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Whenever I go anywhere new I always worry about how people are going to perceive me due to others' expectations of what using a power wheelchair and having a somewhat significant speech impairment means about my intelligence. I don't let my fears hold me back, but I am aware of the unpleasantness that might happen. Therefore, I entered the River Valley Market (RVM),a Northampton member-owned food co-op, in order to be a secret shopper and write this review feeling more than a little nervous.
The first thing I noticed was that although the store looked huge from the outside, it wasn't packed with tons of items. They used that big space to have nice, wide aisles any wheelchair user will love. This doesn't mean that RVM doesn't have a lot of products to offer. It does. This is especially true if you have allergies like me. Many grocery stores look at me like I'm from Mars when I ask them to change plastic containers (which I'm allergic to) for paper ones. Not so at RVM. Better still, if you call ahead they might be able to make you a separate batch of whatever you want without whatever you're allergic to. Try getting your average grocery store to do that! RVM also has tons of gluten free products.
I also enjoyed RVM's one stop shopping status. If you need ready to eat food, they've got you covered. If you need vitamins, cards, yoga supplies, health and wellness books, left leaning magazines, CD's, and even clothing they have that, too. If you need a last minute gift, you can pick one up while you are grabbing supper fixings.
One of things I really liked was that you don't need to belong to RVM to shop there, as is true of many co-ops. However, if you do what to become a member, you'll be able to take advantage of members only sales and discount days. You'll also receive a member owner equity share which means you'll get a share of the co-op's yearly profits.
If you are low income, you only need to pay $75 of the standard $150 lifetime membership because The Low Income Membership Assistance Fund pays the rest. Low income members only need to pay $5/month to pay off their membership. Additionally, RVM doesn't even bill you. They send you 14 coupons, after your $5 initial start up payment. Whenever, you have extra money, you hand or mail RVM a coupon along with your payment. Even while you're paying, you're still a co-op member with all the rights and privileges.
For a comparison, I decided to compare RVM roast beef with Stop and Shop roast beef. I had my personal care assistant give me small pieces of beef. I didn't know which was which and after tasting didn't have a favorite. RVM's cost $2 more per pound. I'm comfortable paying that difference because I want to support local business and I know the animal I'm eating was probably treated better before I consumed it.
I loved most things about RVM from the staff to the allergy free products. I loved the fund that helps ensure low income people can access high quality food. I didn't love the fact that RVM isn't very close to any standard bus stop. I didn't love the fact that I'll pay $2 more per pound if I buy roast beef there. However, even the best things come with drawbacks.
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Match 8 ?C No. 69 Arizona (6-1) vs. No. 57 Minnesota (1-4)
Date:?Sunday, February 17, 2008
Time: ?10: 00 a.m. MST
Location: ?LaNelle Robson Tennis Center, Tucson, Ariz.
Match Data: ??Arizona is back at home after a two game road trip in Texas. This weekend the Cats will play host to the Minnesota Gophers on Sunday and the San Diego State Aztecs on Monday.
The Rankings: ??Arizona is ranked No. 69 in this weeks ITA collegiate poll.? Claudio Christen and Bruno Alcala are currently ranked No. 7 in terms of doubles partnersˇ?Christen is ranked No. 37 as a singles player. The next scheduled team rankings are due out on Feb. 20. They will include both updated player and team rankings.
Arizona Head Coach Tad Berkowitzˇ? will begin his third season at the helm for the Wildcats . He currently has a record of 23-27.? Berkowitz joined the program in 2004?and has held numerous national and collegiate coaching positions. He was promoted to the head coaching position in the spring of 2005 after serving as hall-of-famer Bill Wright's assistant.? Berkowitz, 33, was a top collegiate player for the universities of Kentucky and New Mexico, respectively.? Berkowitz began his coaching career in 1999?as an assistant coach at Alabama for three seasons. In his final year he helped the Crimson Tide earn a No. 18 national ranking and a berth in the NCAA Championships.? He is assisted by Tom Lloyd, who is in his second year in that capacity.
Scouting the Gophers: Minnesota is 1-4 on the season. They have beaten the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay but have lost to four ranked opponents. Their last two defeats both came by a score of 4-3 against No. 33 Oklahoma and No. 50 Drake, respectively.
The Series with Minnesota: ?In the all-time series, Minnesota has a 2-0 advantage over Arizona.
Returnees: ?The Cats will be led by their three senior leaders, Claudio Christen, Bruno Alcala and Nate Cochrane throughout the season.? Christen, ranked No. 37 in the ITA polls, will look use a successful fall season as momentum going into the spring schedule.
Last Time Out:? ?The Cats had their first road trip of the season and came away with a split. They lost to No. 23 Rice 5-2, but came back strong to defeat No .42 Texas A&M Corpus Christi 6-1. Freshman Jay Goldman led the way for Arizona as he beat No. 34 Christopher Muller, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 and Dmitry Novikov, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
New Faces in the Crowd: ?Arizona has four ˇ®newbiesˇ? this season. Among the bunch is freshman Jay Goldman, a five-star recruit out of Worcester, Mass., who is expected to make an immediate impact. Another newcomer is sophomore Pat Metham, a transfer who grew up Wellington, New Zealand.
Recapping Last Year: ?The Cats finished last season with a record of 5-17 overall.? Individually they were led by junior Claudio Christen who was at times ranked as high as No. 83. As a team, Arizona was ranked in nine of the weekly polls. They fluctuated from as high as No.48 to No. 75.
Some New (Volunteer) Coaching Help: ?This year Arizona is pleased to have ATP all-pro Taylor Dent as a volunteer assistant coach throughout the season.? Dent, who was ranked as the No. 21 player in the world on August 8th 2005, suffered a back injury which caused him to miss most of the past seasons. After having successful surgery, Dent was contacted by good friend and former coach Tom Lloyd, now an assistant with Arizona, who extended the coaching invitation.? Dent, while working on rehabbing his back, will coach the Wildcats on specific and individual techniques. Dent is known as an aggressive serve-and-volleyer with one of the biggest serves on the tour, tying Andy Roddick for the record of fastest serve at 155 mph.
Pac-10 Early Standings : Six of the eight possible teams are ranked in the early season with USC leading the ˇ?Pacˇ± at No. 6.? Stanford, which is currently ranked No. 40 has played a brutal schedule losing to No. 2 Georgia, No. 6 USC, No. 8 UCLA, and No. 25 Tulsa. The Cats begin conference play Friday, Feb. 22 at USC.
Early Home Action: ?The Wildcats will look to use their early home schedule to jump out and pick up wins.? Seven of Arizonaˇ?s nine first matches will be played in Tucson.
Fall Season: ?The Cats participated in five fall tournaments during the fall semester...In the Midland Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational, Claudio Christen and Bruno Alcala were bale to win the doubles championshipˇ?At the Aggie Fall Invitational in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Ravid Hazi advanced to the finals before falling to champion Jim Brouleau of New Mexico Stateˇ?Christen competed in the prestigious Polo All American Championship in Tulsa, OK and won four matches before finally falling to No. 17 Adam Holmstrom of Denverˇ?Peter Zimmer competed in three fall events and posted a record of 5-3.
Up Next: ?The Cats will host the San Diego State Aztecs on Monday beginning at 12 p.m.


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Dr. William English Kirwan joined the Commission in 2006 and was named co-chairman in May 2007.
On June 30, 2015, Dr. Kirwan retired after completing a successful 50-year career in higher education. He remains co-chairman of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.
Dr. Kirwan became the third chancellor of the University System of Maryland on August 1, 2002, and served in that role for 12 years. A widely respected academic leader, Dr. Kirwan served as president of Ohio State University four years (1998-2002) and President of the University of Maryland, College Park for 10 years (1988-1998). Prior to his presidency, he was a member of the University of Maryland faculty for 24 years. Currently, Dr. Kirwan chairs the National Research Council Board of Higher Education and Workforce and chairs the College Board's Commission on Access, Admissions, and Success in Higher Education. In 2009, he received the Carnegie Corporation Leadership Award in recognition of his commitment to excellence in undergraduate education and outreach. In 2010, he received the TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence. Considered one of the nation's top higher education honors, this award recognizes leadership and commitment to higher education and contributions to the greater good.
He also served as chairman of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Board of Directors from 2000-2003, as well as terms on the NCAA's Executive Committee and Committee on Agents and Amateurism.
Dr. Kirwan received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Kentucky and his master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in 1962 and 1964. He is a member of several honorary and professional societies, including Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, the American Mathematical Society, and the Mathematical Association of America. A prolific scholar, he is co-editor of the book Advances in Complex Analysis and has published many articles on mathematical research.
A national leader in higher education, Dr. Kirwan is past Chair of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges' Board of Directors and of the American Council on Education's Board. He is also a member of the Business-Higher Education Forum.
Dr. Kirwan was appointed by President Clinton to serve as a member of the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century and chaired the National Research Council's Commission on the Mathematical Sciences in the Year 2000, which produced the report, Moving Beyond Myths: Revitalizing Undergraduate Mathematics, National Academy Press (1991). He was appointed by President Bush to the Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
The recipient of many honors, Dr. Kirwan has been elected to the Hall of Distinguished Alumni at both the University of Kentucky and Rutgers University. He also was selected to receive the Rutgers University award for Career Achievement on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of that university's graduate school. Dr. Kirwan received the 2004 National Innovators Award, the highest honor awarded by Minority Access, Inc., recognizing his commitment to diversity and to improving the recruitment and retention of minorities. In 2002, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In addition, Dr. Kirwan received the Maryland Senate's First Citizen of Maryland Award in 1998.


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The Boston Globe's choice of TARP watchdog Elizabeth Warren as "Bostonian of the Year" seems like a stretch.
No doubt it's been a tough year up in Boston, keeping the selection pool rather shallow. The Red Sox faded early from the playoffs. Tom Brady 's New England Patriots may not even make the playoffs. Massachusetts 's favorite son, Senator Ted Kennedy, passed away from cancer.
"It seemed as if the banks and other firms got a $700 billion bonanza and the American taxpayer got the shaft. But along came this straight-shooting Harvard professor to oversee the bailout, someone who pledged to look out of for the middle class and brought a snese of sanity to the economic crisis. For this we give her our top honors this year," the Globe writes
But Warren, who heads the Congressional panel overseeing the bail out, doesn't seem like a shoo-in for the honor.
For one, her assessments of the TARP program have turned out to be wrong.
In early February, Warren declared that the government had overpaid for investments of preferred shares and warrants in 10 top banks last fall.
But as the stock market began to rebound after bottoming in early March, shares of TARP banks increased. That left taxpayers with profits of as high as 20% in investments at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan.
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In September, Warren praised the Treasury's negotiators for driving a hard bargain on investments in the bailouts of General Motors and Chrysler. "They may have driven the best bargain they could, but it may not be enough," Warren said, while acknowledging that taxpayers may never recover their full investments in Detroit.
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Some probably marvel at the fact that he's been undefeated for 17 years, something that wasn't the luck of the draw in no way, shape or form. Sure, he's managed himself brilliantly, but his boxing IQ and aptitude are just as impressive as his record. In addition to that, Floyd has never been out of shape for the duration of his career. Do you realize every time Mayweather started training for a fight, he never had to worry about his weight or conditioning. All he ever had to concentrate on was boxing and whoever the next opponent was. Unfortunately, a lot of world class fighters go into training and have to bust their ass just to get in shape and lose the necessary pounds just so they can make weight, then they focus on their craft and the opponent last.
Yet in regards to Mayweather, we've never really even seen him tired or gassed. A body that's been in shape for 17 plus years like his must be strong in a boxing sense beyond imagination. Most fighters when they get in great shape brag about it. Not Mayweather. He brags about everything else except that. Like Bernard Hopkins, he doesn't have to tell us about how great of shape he's in, we already assume it.
The list of fighters who can say that is very short and Mayweather belongs on it every bit as much as Rocky Marciano, Marvin Hagler and Hopkins. Like them he runs and stays fit along with not ballooning up in weight between fights. Is it a coincidence that Marciano retired undefeated, Hagler was undefeated from 1976-1987 and Hopkins was undefeated from 1993-2005?
There are fighters around today and a multitude of them who've come before Floyd Mayweather who are/were more gifted, but didn't or don't work or think as hard as Floyd. That gives him a huge edge over everyone he fights. It's interesting (to me anyway) that one of the problems Canelo will have to deal with is his not being in good enough shape to deal with Mayweather, who is 14 years his senior.
Think about all the temptations Mayweather has avoided since he's been on top and it's not like he leads a sedate life outside the ring. Yes, he's had his run ins with law enforcement and has said and done some ridiculous things, like referring to an HBO contract as slave wages, but has there ever been even the slightest rumor about him drinking too much or him snorting or shooting something that he shouldn't? If there has, I've never heard them. And do you know why that is? Because Mayweather, like him or not, takes boxing seriously.
On top of that, winning means something and is paramount to him. His ability to focus on what's important is beyond comprehension. Like Hopkins, Mayweather grasped a long time ago that lazy losers and wannabes don't get paid. Again, most marvel at his unblemished record, something that doesn't blow me away because I believe if an in-their-prime Shane Mosley or Felix Trinidad fought every opponent Mayweather did on the night he fought them, they'd also be undefeated. What blows me away about Mayweather more than anything else is his lifelong dedication to boxing intelligence, which is really the things that have made him successful, not great natural talent. There have been a lot of fighters who were more physically gifted than Mayweather in the last 30 or 40 years.
Sugar Ray Leonard, Tony Ayala, Hector Camacho, Roy Jones and Mike Tyson were better prospects than Mayweather. Yet look at all he's achieved. Actually, Joan Guzman is more physically gifted than Mayweather but isn't nearly as accomplished.
In reality, Mayweather's asset is skill plus will and a dedication and love for the sport of boxing. He's taught himself and learned every aspect of the fight game in and out of the ring. How many other fighters not named Bernard Hopkins can that be said about? Some assume because Floyd isn't a 'walk in, take it to you' type fighter that he's not tough or strong, but you're wrong, because he's very tough and physically strong. He fought Miguel Cotto's fight in the trenches because he wanted to, not because he was forced to. Floyd wanted to beat Miguel at his own game and won many of the exchanges on the inside due to his grit and physical strength. Had he chosen to box and counter he would've escaped with a much easier fight.
It was just eight years ago that Mayweather had to take the smaller purse in his first pay per view bout against Arturo Gatti. Up until fighting Gatti, Mayweather was a brash talking revolving title holder fighting on HBO. But he promised after Gatti, he'd only be seen on PPV and that's basically been the case. In fact the only time he didn't get the lion's share of the purse is when he fought the real "Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya six years ago. Mayweather hasn't just figured out where the X's and the O's go in the ring, he also figured out the business of boxing and what it took to pique interest in his fights. Mayweather realized that didn't have the most fan-friendly style and that he could never be promoted and packaged as the kid next door like Sugar Ray Leonard or Oscar De La Hoya. So he figured he'd piss the fans off with his antics and words and willingly adopted the role of the bad guy (like in professional wrestling). This made him boxing enemy number one and he's fed off of that and used it for motivation. And an overwhelming majority of fans wanted to and still want to see him lose - so they buy all of his fights so they can see it live and he laughs all the way to the Bugatti dealership.
And that folks, along with him always keeping them hanging on for the fights they want him to make, is a lot of the reason why he's the most relevant, comprehensively covered and talked about athlete in combat sports worldwide. And like all else regarding Mayweather, that didn't happen by accident. Like his in the ring strategy, it was well thought out and planned. It really has been something to watch over the last eight years. Mayweather studies the art of boxing, stays in great shape, resist all temptation that's thrown his way, knows how to build and sell a fight and promotion, is very physically gifted and tough and knows what's most important, winning. He's never lost focus of that and for 17 years has done it his way. These things about Mayweather have to be admired and respected.
Also, if you're a boxing purist, you must appreciate how Floyd has helped out other fighters who fell on hard times. He respects fighters and knows how tough the business is. He even paid for "Smokin" Joe Frazier's funeral without being approached to do so, at least that I'm aware of. Look for for Mayweather to retire with his health, wealth, respect and title. Again, adding him to another short list of fighters who can make that claim. Love him or hate him, Floyd Mayweather is one of the more unique great fighters we've seen, and that didn't happen by accident.
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floyd is very strong physically...
he did gas a bit in the cotto fight, or was at least fatigued and exerted, besides that fight i cant recall another fight where he was so static and visually fatigued..
i also view hagler as being undefeated....
I'm gonna have a fight party Saturday and the theme will be exaggerated money/wealth. I plan to hire 10 Mexicans standing on the corner of Home Depot, bring them over, and pay them to laugh at my every corny cliched joke. Y'all invited. Amasyeng, I'll have a Ellebre look alike specially for you. Every time Floyd wins a round in boring fashion.. You can reach over and smack the Leornard lookalike in back the head.
I watched that fight again last night, this version had different announcers and some different camera angles sprinkled in. After watching it again (for maybe the 10th time) I had Floyd winning all but 2 or possibly 3 rounds of that fight. he didn't appear fatigued to me,... but he did look like he was saving his hands. Also it's well known that Floyd was also recovering from the final stages of a cold of a flu, he doesn't talk about it... in fact you'll have a hard time finding the video where he admits to having a cold. But this caused his sinuses to dry out and crack during the fight, contributing to a lot of blood swallowing etc... But even though he made the fight hard by choosing to fight in the clinches... he made it easy on his legs by being stationary... it's ironic that Floyd couldn't fight Guerrero on the inside. Because unlike Cotto, Guerrero doesn't box on the inside... he's a straight up hit and hold man.... straight out of the MMA fighter-tactics playbook, which is why Floyd had to "hug him back"..... This is a good article, but there is one thing that I see as an occurring theme from the media and fans when discussing Mayweather..... it's the allegation that Shane was Shot... True Shane wasn't at his best, and he was in an up and down phase of his career,... However Shane was being shunned by the rest of the welterweights after he destroyed a De-Bricked Margarito. Even today you can find numerous archived articles where Freddy Roach says over and over "No we don't want any parts of Shane right now" also Paq apologetically acknowledged Shanes' challenge but emphasized he wasn't ready to "go in that direction" at the time.... You can easily Google this info, it's all over the web. So the appeal of Mayweather vs Shane was the fact that Shane destroyed a fighter that Mayweather was supposed to have ducked. Then immediately after the fight, Shane is dubbed a has-been and TopRank jumps on the opportunity to match Paq with Shane. I don't believe Shane was Shot... I believe Floyd made him look that way, and Paq finished him off.
b-sug i also heard that floyd had the flu, i am surprised he hasnt mentioned it if it is true, he has def mentioned hand problems with the ghost being why he couldnt deliver the excitement he promised.
i had floyd winning 7-5 to cotto. that was a great fight, really brought out the best in floyd. he was throwing left hooks, right hooks uppercuts, straights, rolling his shoulder off the ropes, standing in the center of the ring with lead rights. he even wobbled cotto on like two occasions, he fought very very well. he did not use his legs and bicycle like he did the ghost.....the great and late Manny Steward commentated that fight, he was a pleasure to hear...
as far as mosley, true shane destroyed margacheato, he nearly decapitated him. that may be my favorite fight in history...shane is truly one of my favorite fighters i have ever followed. however, he fought floyd 18 months later, an 18 month layoff is detrimental for a 38 year old, no matter the level..
i remember complaining that shane needed a fight, no matter who , just get someone in there with him to keep the rust off. never happened...
either way, he landed two bombs that put floyd into another dimension, and boy did he make shane pay. he responded like a dragon.
I think alot of people are going to be surprised...Canelo by late stoppage, in spite of the Oscar melodrama...It's time to leave the stage Floyd...Mayweather will break one of his hands (a sizable detriment, fragile hands). Canelo will prevail.....Things don't always happen the way there supposed to go. I like Floyd's sense of humor, but this time the joke may be on him.....
hey Buzz i have thought about that as well this week. what if floyd breaks a hand in round two?
then its canelos fight to lose...
floyd is near 37 and nature isnt kind at 37 like it is at 27
Interesting and possible
Hulkquez at 40 said that he feels like 25. Don't tell me that "Fallen" Angel Heredia's syet has the mighty Hulkquez delusional too. Hehehe! Holla!
Yessss! Hallelujah Radam is back like cooked cut _____ how's LV homez?
radam mail me some of those special "vitamins" jmm is on.....i wanna go back to 25 years old and take another shot at the Cleveland Indians!!
Everything is everything. It's time for me to gamble and sing. Hehe! Holla!
Lotierzo, even-handed as always. Probably a "hater" to some for this article, for that point re Trinidad and Mosley. Which I agree with.
17 yrs and 40 plus fights? should of read double that ,who knows how good he could of really been
Too many "Yes" men feeding like greedy vampires over their cash cow's prowness..All those rotund sychophants livin off of Money"s money... The writing's on the wall, like graffiti on a dark dead end street in Guadalajara----Canelo by late round stoppage....
Some fans and fanfaronades keep hoping. They remind of those addicts who keep doping. Holla!
Who will win the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward fight?


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Another failure :(
By tdw on Jan 13, 2005
Alas, it didn't help
I put the card in and rebooted the PC. It detected the new card, installed the drivers, so I thought I was off and running. However, when I plugged the DV camera in, nothing further happened. Windows Movie Maker and Studio 9 both refused to see it, so I tried the iPod. Another total and miserable failure.
I checked a couple of other settings in the PC, but I still can't get it to recognise either device, so its obviously back to the drawing board.


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Gateway Science Museum will be open this Memorial Day. Use the holiday to visit the museum during its extended hours from 12 pm to 5 pm.
This Monday will be the closing day for the museum's spring exhibits. It will be the final day to investigate the science of sound, hearing and music with Noise! There are 11 hands-on activities to try out -- including a scream chamber for visitors to measure the decibel level of their loudest scream. Other activities include a sound track and wrench ball.
You also won't want to miss Toys: The Inside Story, which features 12 hands-on stations illustrating mechanisms commonly found in toys, as well as lets visitors create their own combinations of gears and pulleys. Pay close attention to the circuit wall, the area of the exhibit that keeps you current with the basics of circuits, switches and circuit boards.
And finally, don't forget to check out Keeping Company with Flowers: A Glimpse into the World of Pollinators, located in the James W. Cornyn Valley Gallery. Visitors will get the chance to examine the relationship between flowers and pollinators through more than 50 photographs of pollinators in wild and garden settings. Keeping Company with Flowers vividly portrays a glimpse into the relationship between flowers and their many kinds of pollinators. Visitors will explore who pollinates and where pollinators live.
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Once someone is in debt, it is incredibly hard to get out. And many consumers find themselves buried in an endless cycle of high interest charges, bills, and fees. However, there are ways to get out of debt. By following these simple tips, you can tackle your debt and work towards building a better financial future.
Get organized. Gather all your latest statements, set up files for each debt account you have, and keep track of all the important information for each account (your balances, due dates, interest rates, and any extra fees). Having all this information handy will make it much easier to make a plan.
Make a budget. Now that you have everything organized, you can start creating a budget. Calculate your monthly income and necessary expenses (rent, utilities, food, etc…). By separating the necessities from your extra expenditures, you can create a reasonable budget for yourself.
Call your creditors. If you are in over your head, try calling your creditors. If you explain your situation to them, they may help you by reducing your interest rate or putting you on a longer repayment term. Many consumers have gotten help simply for asking.
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This was it as solid match making showed top to bottom on this card, highlighted by impressive debuts, rematches between veterans and two title fights.
Well, I have to start off with an apology for the lack of pictures. Being the not so bright individual I can be at times, and not having personally attended a UFC since Tito Ortiz fought Ken Shamrock, I screwed up my press pass application and wound up taking what I could get when I got there, which were seats in the press box far, far above the ring. If you were going to attend one UFC in the last 18 months, this was it as solid match making showed top to bottom on this card, highlighted by impressive debuts, rematches between veterans and two title fights. It was a long road to Las Vegas (because of some errands I had to run in Los Angeles I DROVE the distance), but was quickly energized when hitting the Mandalay Bay because of the buzz at the place. Matt Serra over Jeff Curran unanimous decision 3 rounds Jeff Curran stepped up on nine days notice to be Matt Serra`s fourth scheduled opponent. This match up marked the second time American BJJ black belt were to meet in the Octagon (Jeff Curran representing Pedro Sauer and Matt Serra representing Renzo Gracie). Still, on paper this was a difficult matchup for Curran, who has had a stellar career in the 145lb division, where as Serra has fought as high as 170 in the past. The match up saw a brave Curran fending off Serra for most of the match, who employed an effective ground and pound strategy to victory. Serra was happy to be back on the winning track in the UFC, where as Curran should get another shot at the Octagon based on his credentials and performance. Josh Thomson over Hermes Franca unanimous decision 3 rounds This was perhaps the fight of the night. The first round started out slowly enough with both fighters feeling each other at the beginning of the first round. Thomson would score the takedown and land in Hermes guard. Thomson would strike but Hermes defended well and attempted a few Oma Plata attempts, which Thomson easily defended. A very close round, but Thomson was likely given the nod because of his aggressiveness. In the second round Thomson continued to press the action both on the feet and on the top from the ground. The third round however Hermes came back strong and after defending a few knees rocked Thomson with a series of punches that nearly had referee Larry Landless jump in to stop the match. Thomson recovered however and scored a takedown at the end of the fight to stave out what would have been a 10-8 Franca round. Thomson wins the decision in a very close match to determine top seed at 155, however a rematch seems inevitable. Georges St. Pierre over Karo Parisyan unanimous decision 3 rounds Making his debut in the Octagon, Georges quickly scored the takedown on Karo Parisyan and employed a ground and pound strategy. Karo looked to really didn`t seem to get much offense going and instead spent the first two round weathering the storm. In the third round Karo purposely gave up his back for a key lock attempt, but Georges shrugged it off and continued his offensive assault to the unanimous decision. Lee Murray defeats Jorge Rivera via Armbar 1:45 of the first round One of the first major surprises of the night. Rivera, well aware of Murray`s reputation as a knock out artist quickly score the takedown. From there, Rivera begins to pound away from within Murray`s guard who climbs his legs up and locks on a triangle choke! As Rivera defends he is swept over, and Murray capitalizes by taking the extended arm for the submission victory. During the post fight interview Lee exchanges words with a ringside Tito Ortiz (Murray first gained the attention of the international MMA audience by knocking out Tito in an altercation at the UFC London post fight party). At the post fight conference Murray was all business however as he announced his attention to take the 185 lb crown and to knock out anyone who stood in his path! Frank Mir beats Wes Sims by KO 4:21 in the second round. A bit of bad blood on this one, as you will recall this was a rematch where Mir was controlling the fight until Sims was able to reverse position, who then proceeded to illegally stomp to Mir`s head causing the DQ. Sims began this match with a crazy sort of stare designed to intimidate Mir, who looked back with quiet confidence. The round began with Mir getting a big takedown slam on Sims, and he then proceeded to work from side control to mount. Mir pounded away while looking for the submission, and settled for a head and arm triangle that looked tight, but Sims signaled with his hand that the choke was having no effect. Round two saw both fighters winded. Frank Mir scores another big slam, but Wes Sims is able to bring it back to the feet. Mir shoots again and again, but Sims stop the shot each time, delivering blows to Mir`s back each time. Mir finally gives up on the shot and makes it a stand up battle, where a combination punch finally fells Sims like a tree. Before Mir can deliver much more damage on the ground, referee Big John McCarthy jumps in and stop the contest. In a show of good will, Sims raises Mir`s hand. BJ Penn over Matt Hughes by rear naked choke 4:39 first round. The fight opens up with a display of BJ`s hand speed. The flurry caused Hughes to take a shallow shot, which was immediately stuffed by BJ who then proceeded to throw Hughes unto his back. Hughes pulled guard and scored with a few elbows as BJ began to methodically pass guard. When BJ finally did pass guard he came crashing down with a right hand that landed so hard that Hughes reportedly didn`t remember the next sequence in which BJ mounted, pounded a bit before Hughes gave up his back and then sunk in the rear naked choke for the victory. BJ shocks the world once again by moving up a weight class to take out the five time defending champion as a huge underdog. At the time of the post fight interview the reality of what he did after chasing a title for two years had not yet begun to sink in on BJ. Hughes for his part demonstrated his typical class by offering no excuses, and then by walking over and shaking BJ`s hand at the post fight conference. Word from the Akins brothers came that Rickson Gracie himself was so excitied about BJ`s performance he called during the event to say that it was the perfect fight. BJ won both the TapOut submission of the night and the Fighter of the Night honors. Renato "Charuto" Verissimo over Carlos Newton unanimous decision 3 rounds. Wow. Although most recognized Charuto`s talent in both jiu-jitsu and striking abilities (he dominated the veteran Gil Castillo at Rumble on the Rock) it was thought he would need more experience to take on the talented Carlos Newton. From start to finish Charuto dominated every aspect of the fight as Newton wasn`t able to create any type of offense. Charuto mounted and pounded Newton for much of the fight and even had the back at points en route to a clear unanimous decision to bring his record to 5-0. A good night for Hilo fans, and it was later pointed out that as one of BJ`s coaches, Charuto and BJ share much of the same style and knowledge. Vitor Belfort over Randy Couture doctor`s stoppage 49 seconds into the first round. After much hype, this fight was over almost as soon as it began, when a flurry from Belfort that seemed to miss the mark actually cut Randy on his lower eyelid. With a pause in the action, referee Big John McCarthy called the doctor in to look at the cut, and the fight was immediately called. Although everyone was obviously disappointed, there was actually a corneal abrasion and the cut itself required stitches in the lower and upper eyelid. Belfort was extremely emotional at the post fight press conference, and quickly offered Couture a rematch. Vitor has been through a lot in the past few months postponing his honeymoon to Joanna "Feiticera" Prado to train for the fight and then having his sister Priscilla disappear but he conducted himself thru ought like a champion. Afterwards there was a number of after parties (including the official UFC party at the House of Blues) but I would up at the Hawaiian after party at the Mandalay Bay`s Rum Jungle. I have to send out a special thank you to Rich from Fokai/Purebred who got my cover when I didn`t have any cash on me. Many BJ fans, family and supporters were there including the victorious Charuto, fighters such as Enson Inoue, Cabbage, and Shaolin, plus his brothers Jay, JD and Reagan (trivia fact: their father, as well as the oldest three of the sons are actually ALL named Jay Dee on their birth certificates. This is in case one of them died, so the name would continue on. Logical, I guess, but it makes for interesting time when trying to get through airport security, which is another interesting anecdote.) When the fight between BJ and Matt Hughes first entered the Vegas books, BJ was as heavy as an 8-1 underdog (word is that someone got $10,000 on that action!) By the time fight time had rolled around, the odds had evened out to +140 thanks to the considerable wagering of this now very happy crowd celebrating with us. With a gate of at least 1.7 million this was among the most successful UFC`s yet. The sponsorship of Miller Lite Beer also signaled the fact tha mixed martial arts fighting is here to stay and is is able to attract large, viable sponsors. The next UFC will be April 2nd in Las Vegas when the long awaited Tito Ortiz Chuck Lidell match up takes place. See you there!


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- Location: Zhangjiajie Railway Station
- Address: East of Nan Zhuang Ping, Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province
- Tel: 0744-8386666前台 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: 张家界万泰国际酒店
- Lowest Price: $37
Opened in 2001 and renovated in 2009, the Wan Tai International Hotel is located in Zhangjiajie city center. It is 2km from Zhangjiajie Railway Station and 3km from Zhangjiajie Lotus Airport.
The Wan Tai International Hotel includes 144 guest rooms. Each room features safe box and refrigerator along with free broadband Internet access.
As for dining, there is a Chinese restaurant, a western restaurant, a cafe, a lobby and a tea house in the hotel as well as room service. Other facilities in the hotel include meeting room, parking lot, business center, chess and card room, beauty room and store, among others.
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• In 2012 became 3rd Vikings player to earn NFL MVP honors, joining Alan Page (1971) and Fran Tarkenton (1975).
• The 1st Vikings RB to lead the NFL in rushing in 2008, setting the team record with 1,760 yards and led NFL with 2,097 yards in 2012, the 2nd-most yards in a season in NFL history.
• Set NFL single-game rushing record with 296 yards vs. San Diego in 2007, the 8th game of his career.
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• In 2012 became 3rd Vikings player to earn NFL MVP honors, joining Alan Page (1971) and Fran Tarkenton (1975).
• The 1st Vikings RB to lead the NFL in rushing in 2008, setting the team record with 1,760 yards and led NFL with 2,097 yards in 2012, the 2nd-most yards in a season in NFL history.
• Set NFL single-game rushing record with 296 yards vs. San Diego in 2007, the 8th game of his career.
OFF THE FIELD Has taken mission trips to Africa in the 2010 and 2011 offseasons, working with Starkey Hearing to provide hearing aids to disadvantaged children and adults, joining other NFL stars on the trips...Addressed crowd following game vs. Detroit (12/29/13) as part of the closing ceremonies at Mall of America Field following the final game at the stadium...Works with youth through his All Day Foundation, with the motto "Giving Back Every Day, All Day"...Has hosted Special Olympics of Minnesota Punt, Pass and Kick events at Winter Park...Comes from an athletic family as mother, Bonita Jackson, was a track and field star and father, Nelson Peterson, was a collegiate basketball player at Idaho State...His uncle, Ivory Lee Brown, was an NFL player and suited up for the Vikings in 1993...Majored in sociology...Active yearly around Holiday season through "Shop With A Viking" program...Sponsors an AAU girl's basketball team in Texas-the AD Elite team...Married to wife, Ashley.
HONORS Named 2012 NFL MVP...Selected 2012 NFL Offensive Player of the Year...2008, 2009, 2012 Associated Press All-Pro 1st Team and 2nd-Team honoree in 2007 and 2013...2008 and 2012 Bert Bell Player of the Year Award by Maxwell Club...Named to 50 Greatest Vikings team as part of 50th season celebration in 2010...Named to Vikings All-Mall of America Field Team in 2013 in honoring the final season in the Dome...2008 FedEx Ground Player of the Year…2007, 2008, 2009, 2012 Pro Bowl starter, 2010 and 2013 Pro Bowl selection but not a starter...Pro Bowl MVP as a rookie…2007 Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year...2007 Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year…2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013 Vikings Offensive MVP as voted by teammates…2007 Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team...NFL Rookie of the Month in September 2007 and October 2007...NFC Offensive Player of the Week at Chicago (10/14/07), vs. San Diego (11/4/07), vs. Green Bay (11/9/08), vs. Detroit (9/26/09), vs. Arizona (10/9/11)...FedEx Ground Player of the Week at Chicago (10/14/07), vs. San Diego (11/4/07), vs. Arizona (10/9/11), vs. Arizona (10/21/12), vs. Pittsburgh (9/29/13), vs. Chicago (12/1/13).
PRO Notched 2nd-best single-season rushing mark in NFL history with 2,097 yards in 2012...Tied his own team record with 10 games over 100 yards...In 7 seasons with the Vikings he has posted 6 of the top 8 single-season rushing yardage marks in club history- #1, #2, #4, #5, #6 and #8t...Holds 9 of the 10 top single-game rushing marks in Vikings history...Holds Vikings career record with 86 rushing TDs...Posted 10+ rushing TDs in his first 7 NFL seasons, joining only LaDainian Tomlinson as the only players who have achieved the feat in NFL history...Holds Vikings career rushing yardage record...Ranks 1st in team history for career 100-yard rushing games with 42, passing Robert Smith's 29...Set Vikings record with 18 rushing TDs in 2009 and ranks 2nd in team history for total TDs in a season, trailing Chuck Foreman's 22 in 1975...Holds Vikings record with 18 career runs of 50+ yards...Holds the Pro Bowl record for career rushing TDs with 4…Became the 1st Viking to lead the NFL in rushing in 2008…Tabbed by the Maxwell Club as the Bert Bell Award winner as the Player of the Year in 2008 and 2012...Re-wrote the Vikings rookie record book with one of the biggest debut seasons in NFL history en route to the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year awards...Set NFL single-game rushing mark with 296 yards vs. San Diego (11/4/07)...Came to the Vikings as the 10th RB selected by the team in the 1st round...The only Vikings RBs selected as high or higher were Tommy Mason (#1, 1961), Clinton Jones (#2, 1967) and Darrin Nelson (#7, 1982).
2014 Appeared in 1 game during the season due to being placed on the Commissioner's Exempt List along with a suspension...Started @ St. Louis (9/7) and rushed for 75 yards on 21 carries and caught 2 passes for 18 yards.
2013 Earned 2nd-Team Associated Press All-Pro honors, his 5th time being 1st or 2nd-team in his 7-year career...Selected to Pro Bowl but did not play due to injury...Ran for 1,000+ yards for 6th time in his 7 seasons...Notched 7th straight season with 10+ rushing TDs...Set career-high with 35 carries vs. Chicago (12/1) and season-high 211 yards rushing, his 5th career game with 200+...Surpassed 10,000 career rushing yards vs. Chicago (12/1)...Had 146 yards at Green Bay (11/24) and notched a rushing TD...Rushed for 140 yards at Dallas (11/3)...Ran for 2 TDs vs. Washington (11/7)...Notched a pair of rushing TDs and ran for 140 yards in International Series game vs. Pittsburgh (9/29) in London, scoring on runs of 60 and 7 yards...Ran for 100 yards at Chicago (9/15)...Took the 1st offensive play of the season for the Vikings for a 78-yard TD run at Detroit (9/8), matching Robert Smith's team record for longest opening-day run and setting an NFL record for the longest TD run on a player's first carry in a season since the 1970 merger...Tied career-high with 3 TDs in opener at Detroit, scoring 2 rushing TDs and 1 receiving score.
2012 Earned NFL MVP, Offensive Player of the Year and 1st-Team Associated Press All-Pro honors following offseason knee surgery...Became only the 3rd Vikings player to take home NFL MVP, joining Alan Page in 1971 and Fran Tarkenton in 1975...Ran for 2,097 yards, the 2nd-best mark in NFL history behind Eric Dickerson's 2,105...Tied his own team record with 10 games of 100+ yards on the season and 2 games of 200+ on the season...Matched NFL record held by Earl Campbell in 1980 with 7 games with 150+ yards...Tied NFL record with 7 runs of 50+ yards on the season, matching Barry Sanders in 1997...Broke Vikings career rushing yardage record in season opener vs. Jacksonville (9/9)...Set NFL record for rushing yards in a month when he amassed 861 yards during December...Posted career-long 82-yard TD run in a pair of games, at Green Bay (12/2) and at St. Louis (12/16).
2011 Ran for 970 yards in 12 games during the season, falling just 66 yards shy of the Vikings career rushing yards record...Broke the Vikings career rushing TDs record vs. Tampa Bay (9/18) with his 53rd career score on a 1-yard run in the 1st quarter...Missed 3 games following ankle injury suffered vs. Oakland (11/20)...Had season cut short by knee injury at Washington (12/24), going on injured reserve before the season finale...Ended season with 12 rushing TDs, giving him 64 for his career...Ranked 3rd in NFL with 12 rushing TDs...Broke the 100-yard mark 3 times during the season, moving his career total to 27...Tied Vikings record and career-best with 3 rushing TDs vs. Arizona (10/9) in the 1st win of the season...Named NFC Offensive Player of the Week and FedEx Ground Player of the Week vs. Arizona...Posted season-best 175 yards on the ground vs. Green Bay (10/23).
2010 Earned 4th trip to Pro Bowl...Rushed for 1,298 yards, the 6th-best total in team history...Tied for Vikings career rushing TDs record with 52, matching total of Chuck Foreman and Bill Brown...Tied for the 5th-best mark in Vikings history with 12 rushing TDs...Notched career-long rush with 80-yard TD burst vs. Detroit (9/26)...Moved into 3rd place in team history for career rushing yards with 5,782...Had 5 games with 100+ yards rushing, giving him 24 games over the 100-yard mark for his career...Notched his 4th career 3-rushing TD game vs. Buffalo (12/5)...Had a streak of 350 offensive touches without a fumble (11/29/09-12/28/10), the 2nd-longest streak in Vikings history.
2009 Earned 1st-Team Associated Press All-Pro and selected to the Pro Bowl...Set Vikings record with 18 rushing TDs and led all NFL non-kickers in scoring...Posted the 4th-highest single-season rushing total in team history...Teamed with Sidney Rice to form the NFC's top rushing-receiving tandem with a combined 2,695 yards (1,383 rushing/1,312 receiving)...Moved into tie for 3rd in team history with 40 career rushing TDs...Moved into 2nd in Vikings history with 19 career 100-yard rushing games...Ranked 2nd in the NFC in rushing yards...Had career-best 43 receptions for 436 yards...Ran for 3 TDs to set a team playoff record and tied a team playoff record with 3 total TDs with his performance at New Orleans (1/24/10) in NFC Championship game...His 122 rushing yards at New Orleans are the 3rd-most in a playoff game in Vikings history...Set a Vikings opening-day record with 180 yards rushing at Cleveland (9/13).
2008 Led NFL in rushing and set a then-Vikings single-season record with 1,760 yards, becoming the 1st Vikings RB to lead the League in rushing yards…Recognized by Maxwell Club with the Bert Bell Player of the Year award, 1st-Team Associated Press All-Pro honoree, Pro Bowl starter and voted by teammates as Vikings Offensive MVP...Tied for 2nd in Associated Press voting for Offensive Player of the Year and finished 4th in AP polling for NFL MVP…Set Vikings record with 10 games over the 100-yard mark…Set team record for rushing attempts with 363, breaking the old record held by Chester Taylor in 2006 by 60 carries…Set then-Vikings record for yards rushing per game at 110.0…Ran for 192 yards vs. Green Bay (11/9)…Named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance vs. Green Bay (11/9) along with FedEx Ground Player of the Week…Earned FedEx Ground Player of the Week honors for games vs. Houston (11/2) and at Arizona (12/14).
2007 Burst onto the NFL scene with a record-breaking rookie season…Earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors from Associated Press and Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Year…Named a starter in the Pro Bowl and earned MVP of the game...Led the NFC with 1,341 rushing yards, ranked 2nd in the NFL and had the 5th-best single season in Vikings history, 2nd-best at the time…Set an NFL single-game record with 296 rushing yards vs. San Diego (11/4), breaking the old record of 295 by Jamal Lewis…Set the #1 and #2 single-game rushing totals in Vikings history with the 296 vs. San Diego and 224 at Chicago (10/14)…Teamed with Chester Taylor to set a Vikings record for combined rushing yards with 2,185…The Vikings set a team rushing record with 2,634 yards and helped team rank #1 in the NFL in rushing offense…Led the NFL in rushing yards per game with 95.8…Set then-Vikings record with an average of 5.6 yards per carry…Set then-Vikings record with 4 rushes of 50+ yards during the season and tied a Vikings record with 7 plays of 50+ yards (4 runs, 1 reception, 2 kickoff returns).
COLLEGE A 3-time All-Big 12 1st-Team honoree...2004 Heisman Trophy runner-up...2004 AP 1st-Team All-America, the 1st OU true freshman to earn the honor and the 1st true freshman on the team since 1996 (Dre Bly)...Played 31 games over 3 seasons...Set the school record with 1,925 yards as a freshman in 2004, breaking Billy Sims' record of 1,896 in 1978...Broke Ron Dayne's NCAA freshman rushing record...Ranks 3rd in OU history with 4,045 yards and 4th with 41 rushing TDs...The only OU RBs with more career yards are Billy Sims and Joe Washington...Broke the 100-yard mark 22 times in 31 games.
PREP Was the consensus national player of the year as a senior at Palestine (TX) High...Broke the 2,000-yard mark as a junior and senior...Competed in basketball and track.


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COMING SOON - The graphic novel:
What's Your Disorder? - the Reality Show
A miscommunication between the actors and the audience of a television reality show being filmed in Hollywood, California, leads to a wild and wacky show.
|This screenplay is the story of an Iraqi War veteran, Arthur Spencer McCord, or, as he is called, Art. Art is wounded in a battle which has a profound effect upon his life. It is his life when he returns home that this story deals with. It is also a story of art and artists and artistry. Finally, it is a salute to all veterans.
While this Stage Play has music in it, it is not meant to be a musical. It is essentially a story of the Human Condition. You can find links to the music on the last page. Please feel free to use the Play in a production you might want to mount but the songs are copyrighted and you must gain the copyright holder's permission to use them in your production. While the author makes the story available in the spirit of "Fair Use", no inherent permissions or warranties are given by the author as it relates to the use of the music.
What's Wrong With Adam - the graphic novel
|The Counterfeit Traitor - a book review.
|Trial of the Millennium - the Graphic Novel
World Premiere - July 6, 2009
It's the year 2030 and a serial killer is loose. Homicide Detective Blackford is on the case. Technology has advanced and it is into this world of new gadgetry that Blackford must pursue the criminal.
This latest release from Howlin Wolf Studio looks into the future of the Internet, hi-tech electronics, gambling and into the depths of human depravity.
|the, Art of a Meal
This release from Howlin Wolf Studio, placed online 25 October, 2008 isn't about USA Energy Independence but, it is relevant to the times and current social environment. While the novel is fiction, the premise is based on fact. Hunger and Homelessness are nothing to joke about, but they are topics that demand our attention. They demand our attention both individually and collectively, as Citizens, and, as a Nation. The subjects are all over the news and, if you look around, right in our hometowns. This is another viewpoint; Good, Bad or Ugly - here it is.
|This is the original of the Madder n Hell.org series. It introduces certain characters; politicians and their cohorts, who are either escapees from, or belong in a lunatic asylum. And, since they are in the Washington D.C. political arena, they probably feel right at home.
Some of the other characters try to apply common sense solutions to addressing and correcting America's dangerous addiction to petroleum products.
While the politicians scheme and plot, the good guys try to make good things happen. What happens? It is a fascinating look at common-sense and patriotism, versus the deranged desire for power and bottomless greed.
|This is Madder n Hell.org - Part Two. The first ended one week before the 2008 Presidential Election, and now this, the sequel, starts out the night of that election. America has a new President and she has a few marbles rolling around loose in her demonic mind.
What happens to America during the four years of her presidency? What happens to America's desperate energy problems? What happens to America and the citizens of America?
On the one hand, the politicians try to destroy the Country.
On the other, Patriotic Citizens demand an Organic, Green, Clean and Renewable energy source.
Who wins the struggle?
Madder n Hell .org #3, An Alternative History
|Pro se Reference
Professional liars and licensed thieves. Is that an unfair over-simplification of lawyers and the legal profession? Perhaps. However, for every honest lawyer who represents their clients in a professional and straightforward fashion, there are probably a couple who should be cooling their heels in a jail cell. Lobo met one of the bad ones and that idiot totally messed up Lobo's life. Instead of smashing the idiot's face (as he justly deserved), Lobo sued the idiot for malpractice. Lobo represented himself Pro se and won his case. Included in the Pro se Reference is the information you can use to represent yourself Pro se, and for you to also win your case.
Copyright Harry Lee (aka Lobo) 2007
"Howlin Wolf Studio" and the distinctive art / logo are Registered Trademarks (art courtesy of Mickey Tracy)
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Aaron Hill, Wade Miley lead Diamondbacks over Giants
SAN FRANCISCO - Aaron Hill homered, doubled and scored twice, Wade Miley pitched seven shutout innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 2-0 on Saturday.
David Peralta and Gerardo Parra each added two hits for the Diamondbacks, who won their fourth in six games.
Marco Scutaro went hitless in two at-bats with a walk in his season debut for the Giants, who were shut out for the fifth time in 13 games.
Miley (5-6) allowed four hits and won his second straight start for the first time since early April. He has given up three runs over his past 22 2/3 innings.
Brad Ziegler worked the eighth and Addison Reed pitched the ninth for his 21st save in 26 chances.
Ryan Vogelsong (5-7) gave up two runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Vogelsong has lost his last four starts despite a 2.19 ERA over that span. The Giants have been shut out in each of his last three starts and given him one run of support in his last 24 2/3 innings.
Scutaro, a postseason star for the Giants in their run to the 2012 championship, received a standing ovation when he came to the plate for his first at-bat of the season. He drew a walk.
Scutaro has missed the first half of the year because of a back problem.
Miley permitted one hitter -- Brandon Belt, who singled and walked twice -- to reach third base and that came with two outs in the seventh.
Miley gave up one leadoff hit, and then promptly picked off Gregor Blanco in the fifth.
Hill homered with one out in the fourth. He hit a leadoff double in the seventh and Parra's RBI single ended Vogelsong's day.


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Events for April 19, 2014
Day Navigation
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The Easter Bunny will be visiting our shelter to pose with pups for pictures and help them hunt for eggs! There will be egg hunts and crafts for 2-legged kiddos too! Egg Hunt: $5 (includes Easter basket and admittance to one hunt) Photos: $10 Hunt & Photos: $12 The doggie hunts will be held atFind out more »


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Plan developed by Mindy Solkin, owner and head coach of The Running Center in New York City.
We're taking a break from speed and hill intervals this week to allow your body time to recover — and to help you get ready for the increased mileage of your training plan. In fact, your long run this week edges up to at least 16 miles; by now you should be able to comfortably cover this distance and finish feeling strong. Remember to keep your intensity at a level you can handle, and don't forget to cross train on at least two of your "off" days. Write down how you feel after all of your workouts so you can compare your sessions.
Week 11 Training Calendar
Total weekly distance: 29 to 31 miles
Monday Off
Tuesday Run 4 miles (80% intensity, you can speak short words)
Wednesday Run 4 miles (65% intensity; you could sing the National Anthem while taking some breathing breaks)
Thursday Run 5 miles (75% intensity; you can speak in phrases)
Friday Off
Saturday Run 16-18 miles (70% intensity; you can speak in short sentences)
Sunday Off
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Does the Bible say the earth is flat?
If so, where in the Bible does it say that?
THE BIBLE DOES NOT SAY THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT. In fact, it teaches that the earth is spherical.
Although many people believe that the flat-earth idea was common until recent times, and that the Bible encouraged this belief, that doesn't seem to be so.
We did a study of 5000 writings back to the time of Plato and Aristotle, and could not find one writer who said the earth is flat.
According to Professor Jeffrey Burton Russell, professor of history at the University of California in Santa Barbara, the flat-earth idea seems to be a relatively recent invention that reached its peak only after Darwinists tried to discredit the Bible.
Professor Russell said in his book Inventing the Flat Earth, first released in the early 1990s, that up until the time of Columbus "nearly unanimous scholarly opinion pronounced the earth spherical". Professor Russell said he believes that the flat-earth myth can largely be traced back to a story by Washington Irving, which relates a mythical account of Columbus defending a round earth against bigoted, misinformed clergy and university professors.
He said there is nothing in the documents from Christopher Columbus's time or in early accounts of Columbus's life that suggests any debate over the shape of the earth. He said the flat-earth myth flourished between 1870 and 1920, and had to do with the ideological setting created by struggles over evolution. It seemed an ideal way to dismiss the ideas of a religious past in the name of modern science.
Another source for the myth
We believe that another source for the myth was Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. In this satire of courts and politicians, Swift wrote:
They bury their dead with their hands directly downwards, because they hold an opinion, that in eleven thousand moons they are all to rise again, in which period the earth (which they conceive to be flat) will turn upside down …
What the Bible says about the earth's shape
The Bible actually teaches a spherical shape for the earth. In Isaiah 40:22 God is said to sit above "the circle of the earth" (the Hebrew word for circle can also mean a sphere). Also, in Luke 17:34–36, Christ's Second Coming is portrayed as occurring while some are asleep at night and others are working at daytime activities — which means a rotating earth with day and night at the same time.
Doesn't the Bible talk about "four corners" of the earth?
Skeptics often point to passages in the Bible that talk about the "four corners" of the earth and the "ends of the earth" (Isaiah 11:12 and Job 38:13), as though this proves a flat earth from the Bible.
But the "four corners of the earth" is an expression still used today to mean the "four quarters" of the earth — North, East, West, South. The initials of these compass directions are still used today to make up the word NEWS. Does this mean all the newspapers and TV channels that use the word NEWS believe in a flat earth? Of course not. So it is with the Bible.
Likewise, to the "ends of the earth" is a common expression meaning to do everything possible to achieve something, or to go as far as you possibly can. If you do a Google search you will find this phrase used in songs, video clips, books, comics, a boat challenge, a BBC drama, and much more. The highly evolutionist publication National Geographic ran a story about the search for a missing Malaysian plane that had the headline "Searching for the Missing Malaysian Jet at the Ends of the Earth". Perhaps the critics of the Bible should also include criticism of their evolutionist friends at National Geographic for using the same phrase.
What did the ancients believe?
American writer Thomas Bullfinch (1796–1867) said in the Introduction of his book Age of Fable that "The Greeks believed the earth to be flat and circular …".
Yet when we check Bullfinch's statement with ancient Greek writings we find that his claim was not true of some of the greatest Greek thinkers, such as Aristotle and Socrates. The brilliant fourth century BC Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote in Book II, chapter 14 of his work Heavens (350 BC):
Of the position of the earth and of the manner of its rest or movement, our discussion may here end. Its shape must necessarily be spherical.
Aristotle, Augustine, and others
Aristotle reiterated this in his Meteorology, and gave reasons and calculations to show that the stars and the heavens are also spherical. "… the horizon always changes with a change in our position," he wrote, "which proves that the earth is convex and spherical."
Likewise, we find problems with a statement in W. Somerset Maugham's book, Of Human Bondage. In a conversation between Weeks and Philip in Maugham's book, we find this comment:
St. Augustine believed that the earth was flat and that the sun turned round it.
That's what Maugham wrote. But did Saint Augustine believe the earth was flat?
Augustine (AD 354–430) was one of the most prominent of the early church fathers. When we turn to Augustine's 22-volume treatise, The City of God (De Civitate Dei), we find that he didn't believe the earth to be flat at all. Maugham was wrong. Augustine did have problems accepting that there were populated lands on the other side of the earth — not a weird belief at all for the time, because Australia and New Zealand, for instance, were not known to exist — but he acknowledged that a spherical earth seemed to have been scientifically demonstrated.
Augustine wrote:
… although it be supposed or scientifically demonstrated that the world is of a round and spherical form, yet it does not follow that the other side of the earth is bare of water; nor even, though it be bare, does it immediately follow that it is peopled.
Other ancient accounts
Plato, a contemporary of Aristotle and disciple of Socrates, quoted Socrates as saying: "my conviction is that the earth is a round body in the center of the heavens" (Phaedo, 380 BC).
The Roman poet Ovid (43 BC–AD 17) wrote in AD 8 that God "moulded Earth into a spacious round" (Metamorphoses, Book the First, The Creation of the World).
Roman philosopher Plotinus (204–270) wrote in his Six Enneads (Eighth Tractate, On the Intellectual Beauty, section 7): "it is possible to give a reason why the earth is set in the midst and why it is round …".
Flat-earth myth flourished in recent times
There might have been debate about a flat earth among some of the ancients, but from our own research of thousands of books dating from ancient times to more recent centuries, we have to say that Professor Russell seems to be correct when he says the flat-earth myth flourished only recently.
Claims that people used to believe that the earth is flat are mostly in modern writings. Charles Darwin made the claim in his Voyage of the Beagle, Rudyard Kipling used the idea in Kim, Arthur Conan Doyle used it in Lost World, and other writers of recent centuries have also used it (such as Thomas Paine, and Swift, Bullfinch and Maugham whom we quoted earlier). All are recent writings.
Compounding their misinformation, some evolutionists claim that creationists are "flat-earthers" or are equivalent to the "flat-earth society". An evolutionist website says there was supposedly a man in California named Charles Johnson who ran a Flat Earth Society. But even if this is genuine, the writings of his they reproduce are quite irrational. Even though the writings mention belief in a Creator, they end by saying "In 30AD JC said …", revealing a non-Christian disrespect for Jesus (non-Christians refer to Jesus Christ as "JC", but Christians don't). To imply that creationists are flat-earthers linked to Johnson or his ideas is mischievous at best, but more likely simply dishonest. It is easier to find a link between evolutionists and astrologers.
Earth was never flat
As we have demonstrated, a look at some of the ancient writings themselves, including the Bible, leads us to believe that informed opinion among the ancients was that the earth was not flat, but was round or spherical.
And if some of the ancients did believe in a flat earth, it certainly was not an idea that got into the Bible. The Bible, as the Word of God, teaches the correct shape of the earth.
Related topics:
- 6 myths about the Bible
- Were the days of creation literal 24-hour days?
- How could light exist before the sun was created?
- What is the origin of the Christian fish symbol?
- Is heaven capitalized? Guide to capitalization of Christian and Bible words
- Who invented the seven-day week?
- Has NASA confirmed Joshua's missing day?
- How to tell time from the sun without a wrist-watch?
- How to use your wrist-watch as a compass to find your way.


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Careful risk assessment needed to evaluate transgenic fish
Alison L. Van Eenennaam, UC Davis
Paul G. Olin, UC Cooperative Extension Sea Grant
California Agriculture 60(3):126-131.
DOI: 10.3733/ca.v060n03p126.
California, fish, risk factors, transgenic animals
The reproductive biology of fish makes them particularly amenable to genetic manipulation. A genetically engineered or "transgenic" Atlantic salmon is currently undergoing federal regulatory review, and international research is being conducted on many other species. The innate ability of fish to escape confinement and potentially invade native ecosystems elevates the ecological concerns associated with their genetic modification. Escaped transgenic fish will not invariably result in deleterious effects on native populations, and careful risk assessment is required to determine the ecological risks unique to each transgene, species and receiving ecosystem combination. In response to public concerns about transgenic fish, California has developed stringent regulations for the importation, possession and raising of transgenic fish, and a California law prohibits their presence in waters of the Pacific Ocean regulated by the state.
A.L. Van Eenennaam is Animal Genomics and Biotechnology Cooperative Extension Specialist, UC Davis; P.G. Olin is Director and Marine Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension Sea Grant.


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I'm looking for a simple tool to manage some files where the file name does not suffice -- that is, I want to be able to put a sentence or paragraph long description for some of my files. (imagine writing a sentence or two on the back of vacation photos)
Is there any tool to do this? I've looked at Tabbles, but it doesn't do exactly what I'm looking for, and also seems a bit overkill for a task of this simplicity.


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Leisa-Anne Smith, Esq. at 732-937-7517
Information and Dates for Foundation's Free* AN INTRODUCTION TO TEASING AND BULLYING TRAINING FOR SCHOOL SAFETY AND CLIMATE TEAMS
ATTENTION EDUCATORS: To better serve the growing needs of educators in the wake of New Jersey's 2011 Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights, the New Jersey State Bar Foundation's revamped, comprehensive training replaces the previously offered separate courses for classroom teachers and administrators. A Bar Foundation pamphlet that gives the facts on bullying, describes the impact of the state's Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights on teachers and offers full details on Foundation training and materials can be downloaded here.
The basics:
While An Introduction to Teasing and Bullying Training for School Safety and Climate Teams directly addresses the 2011 law, which requires each school to establish a safety team and appoint an anti-bullying specialist, the primary focus is threefold:
- The importance of changing school culture and climate
- Development of a school-wide approach
- Proactively combating bullying
Under the law, the anti-bullying program must include lessons taught to students. The Foundation's curriculum-based training provides K-12 lessons educators should use in class. The training examines the many varieties of bullying, points out the differences between everyday conflict and bullying, emphasizes the importance of promoting a positive learning environment and dispels long-held myths.
Bar Foundation's Anti-Bullying Curriculum Guide, Bully-Busting Curriculum: Six Essential Lessons for Grades K-12, which complements the training and tailors each lesson to the elementary, middle and high school grade levels and offers valuable resources for educators; plus colorful posters that correspond to the lessons.
Schools must send at least two--preferably four--school safety team members per school building to Foundation training. Administrators are strongly encouraged to be part of the attending team.
All training sessions are held at the New Jersey Law Center from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Registrants who complete the entire day's training, start to finish, will receive 6-1/2 Professional Development hours.
*An Introduction to Teasing and Bullying Training for School Safety and Climate Teams is offered free of charge; however, a refundable $20 security deposit check, made payable to the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, is required for each registrant and must accompany each registration. Money orders or purchase orders will not be accepted. Deposit checks will be returned by mail to those who give 72 hours' notice of inability to attend. Checks from registrants who do not give at least 72 hours' notice of their inability to attend will be used to defray the expenses related to no-show registrants, and therefore will be forfeited. Registrations CANNOT be accepted online.
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Address training content questions to the program's director Leisa-Anne Smith, Esq. at 732-937-7517 or firstname.lastname@example.com. For questions about the registration process, call 732-937-7528.
Founded in 1958, the New Jersey State Bar Foundation is the educational and philanthropic arm of the New Jersey State Bar Association. The Bar Foundation's mission is to promote public understanding of the law through free public education programs. Among its activities, the Foundation conducts seminars and conflict resolution training, publishes materials, operates a videotape loan library and speakers bureau, and coordinates elementary, middle and high school mock trial competitions. For more information about the Foundation's programs and publications, visit us online at www.njsbf.org or call 1-800-FREE-LAW.