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Gamboa Dropping Back To 130-Pounds, Says Adviser
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Former champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (23-1, 16KOs) is dropping back down in weight, according to his legal adviser Tony Gonzalez. Gamboa tried his hand in the lightweight division last Saturday night, when he challenged WBO champion Terence Crawford. After looking very good in the first four rounds, Gamboa was dropped four times and stopped in the ninth round. Some felt, including Crawford himself, that Gamboa was too small for the weight. When he entered the ring, Crawford rehydrated to a weight of 152-pounds.
"In the fight with Crawford at first everything was fine. But in the end I think the big disadvantage [in size] took a toll [on Gamboa]. The best option now is to go back to 130 pounds," Gonzalez told Carlos Narvaez. "Yuri wanted to test the waters at 135 pounds to see where he stood. But obviously he's stronger at 130. I think he did well in the first four or five rounds but lost the fight. When his senses were affected he abandons the game plan and makes the fight in a street fight."
Can't wait, Yuri will be a beast back at 126-130. Size difference removed, nobody is beating him.Comment by Bronx2245 on 07-02-2014
[B]Smart move[/B]! Gamboa was definitely too small for Crawford. Question is...can you make 130 without killing yourself? Gamboa has a lot of muscle, and not too much fat to lose.Comment by WesleySnipes on 07-02-2014
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The class of drugs that Levitra, Viagra, Stendra, and Cialis belong to are called PDE5 inhibitors. They work by relaxing tight blood vessels, allowing more blood to surge into the penis and cause an erection, says Gregory Bales, M.D., an associate professor of urology at the University of Chicago.
The little pills do the trick for more than two-thirds of men with erectile dysfunction (ED). They also work for guys who simply need them for a short time to get their "confidence back," says Michael Eisenberg, M.D., director of male reproductive medicine and surgery at Stanford University. (Do you have erectile dysfunction? Click here to learn the signs.)
ED drugs also reduce the recovery period between bouts of sex, which can be helpful for the 40 percent of men who suffer from premature ejaculation and come in 1 to 2 minutes, says Harry Fisch, M.D., clinical professor of urology and reproductive medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital, and author of Size Matters. "Even if it is premature [the second time], at least it's another 2 minutes. You can have overall more erections." And guys who take the long-acting Cialis, particularly if they get the daily dose, can have them with more spontaneity, says Dr. Fisch. "You don't have to take a pill two hours before you have sex." (For easy tricks to try tonight, click here for 3 Ways to Last Longer in Bed.)
No drug is without side effects. Viagra, Cialis, Stendra, and Levitra may cause headaches, dizziness, facial flushing, a runny nose, and indigestion. But many men either don't experience side effects or don't mind them. "If you have real erectile dysfunction," Dr. Fisch says, "you'll put up with nasal congestion."
To decrease the risk of potential side effects, take the lowest dose that works for you. Your doctor will probably start you on a low dose, and then up it until it works. And don't worry about jonesing for your Viagra. "These drugs are not addictive," Dr. Eisenberg says. "You're not going to form dependency."
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The big culprits to blame for erectile dysfunction: heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol. With these diseases, vessels are constricting rather than opening to let blood flow to extremities, such as the penis, says Dr. Fisch. In fact, men with severe erectile dysfunction are 35 percent more likely to be hospitalized for cardiovascular disease in a 2-year period compared to men without erection issues, according to a study released January 29 in PLOS Medicine. (Are you at risk for heart disease? Take this 5-minute quiz to find out.)
If you have sex scheduled into your iCalendar because you and your partner are trying to conceive, drugs might also help you. "Scheduled sex is stressful," says urologist Paul Turek, M.D., who runs The Turek Clinic for male fertility. "This avoids that stress. You can get a reliable erection with less willpower."
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"Nobody has to be impotent," says Dr. Bales. "There's always a way." The easiest ones:
Throw out your cigarettes. "It affects the ability of the vessels to relax," which is necessary for an erection, says Kevin T. McVary, M.D., chairman of urology at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. "Stopping smoking is better than any ED drug," says Dr. Bales.
Lose weight. Do anything you can to lower your blood pressure. "With hypertension, you lose the ability of the blood vessels to dilate appropriately," says Dr. McVary. "Losing weight is the best, least costly method to control high blood pressure."
Drink in moderation. Have you ever heard the term "whiskey dick?" "Alcohol increases the desire to have sex but decreases the ability," says Dr. Fisch. Cap your drinks at two a day maximum.
Pass on Sudafed. The nasal decongestant, which contains the blood vessel-constricting chemical pseudoephedrine, can kill erections. (In fact, doctors inject epinephrine into the penis if a man suffers from a prolonged erection.)
Check your other medications. A long list of drugs—including anti-hypertension meds such as thiazines and beta blockers, and antidepressants such as Prozac—can reduce blood flow and contribute to ED. Don't ever go off your medications on your own, but mention the sex life-busting side effects to your doctor.
Switch from night to morning sex. Erections are usually better then, says Dr. Bales. "It's a physical activity, and you're better rested, and your testosterone level tends to spike in the morning." (Click here to find out What More Testosterone Can Do for You!)

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D Tyler Cuma - Ottawa (OHL): First round pick (23rd overall) in 2008 Draft picked up two assists in helping Ottawa to a 2-1-0 record last week, bringing his point total to 17 (2-15=17) in 42 games.
LW Kris Foucault - Calgary (WHL): The fourth round pick (103rd overall) in 2009 Draft posted four assists and a +3 rating as Calgary won all four games last week. He now has 14 goals and 15 assists in 54 games.
D Marco Scandella - Val-D'Or (QMJHL): Second round selection (55th overall) in 2008 was suspended on February 9 for 15 games for a hit to the head. At the time of his suspension, Scandella led his team with a +11 rating, and ranked second among team defensemen in points (9-22=31).
C Anthony Hamburg - Omaha (USHL): Seventh round pick (193rd overall) in 2009 Draft, and Colgate University recruit notched three assists in three games last week and now owns 20 points on five goals and 15 assists.
LW Erik Haula - Omaha (USHL): The University of Minnesota recruit and seventh round pick (182nd overall) in 2009 NHL Draft racked up five more points on two goals and three assists in three games. He ranks third in the USHL in scoring with 61 points on 24 goals and 37 assists.
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Race-depot.com I order two cars on 9-9-2007. I have never got the cars. Like the others they got there money as soon as I made the order. Internet
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We are sorry that this has been ongoing for you. We changed our e-mail address on April 29th, so we are responding to your May 9th, 2008 e-mail.
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09.16 Online Education: Taking Stock of Employers & Students to Improve Higher Ed
Monday, September 16th, 2013 | Allison Rizzolo
In our most recent research, employers and community college students expressed doubt about the quality of online education. Just 17 percent of employers said they'd prefer a graduate from a top-tier college with an online degree over a student from an average college with a traditional degree. Forty-two percent of community college students say they think people learn less online than in-person, and many students who are currently taking online classes say they wish they could take fewer.
Of course, online education is a rapidly evolving issue. The field and its technology will get more sophisticated, and students and employers will gain more experience and exposure. As such, we anticipate their attitudes will evolve as well.
Still, many people are banking on online education as an avenue to increased access and decreased cost. As such, online is increasingly becoming part of the higher ed mainstream. All types of post-secondary institutions are offering various online programs, from universally-accessible MOOCs to online/in-class hybrid programs to online-only degrees.
About a third of all undergrad students today take at least one of their classes online. Past research does suggest that some forms of online education can result in equal or better learning outcomes for students compared to traditional instruction. Plus, online education provides the flexibility many students need to combine school with work and family responsibilities. Online classes can also sometimes be the only way to complete requirements for often oversubscribed or problematically scheduled courses.
At the same time, low-achieving students seem to benefit more from in-class or hybrid instruction over online (for example, see here and here). Those who are already struggling to keep up with their college work are more likely to drop out of online classes than classes taught face-to-face.
Within this rapidly-changing, high-stakes context, the findings from this research raise some very important questions that leaders in higher ed really ought to examine.
It is unclear whether the current trajectory of online education is adequately meeting the diverse needs of community college students. What can colleges do to make sure online education is an effective option for the students who want it or can best benefit from it and keep it from becoming a burden or obstacle for those who dont?
It also seems employers remain wary of online degrees and continue to prefer candidates with traditional degrees from average institutions over candidates with online degrees from top-tier universities. What do higher ed leaders need to do to ensure that students who have made vast investments in their education are competitive in the workforce? Employers' skepticism may also indicate a general need for better communication between colleges and employers about the knowledge and skills the latter seek in their employees.
Other stakeholders matter in this discussion as well, and we must also take continuous stock of their perspectives. We need to hear from other student groups, of course, but also, and in particular, from faculty, who will of course be key in adopting, improving and expanding online education.
And we can't afford to wait - among the community college students we spoke to, 46 percent said they took at least some of their classes online, and 5 percent said they took all of their classes online. Online education already affects many current students. It behooves us to make sure that online learning is adopted in ways that meet the needs of students and society.
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09.03 When Exploring the Issues Means Exploring the Real Choices, Students Engage
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 | Allison Rizzolo
Life on campus this fall will be very different from last year, when a forthcoming election enlivened debate from the dining hall to the lecture hall. But in an off year for national politics, how can you build your students' interest in critical public issues?
Engaging students on public issues is not an easy task, and no wonder. It's hard for most to connect with theoretical policy, especially when they see their political system as inept, broken, or otherwise unworthy of trust. For students enmeshed in social lives, academics, a job and, often, family responsibilities, talking about policy can seem even more hopeless. While many students may simply consider such matters as wholly theoretical abstractions far removed from the reality of their daily lives, we know they are not. Policy has the ability to change the answer to questions like: Will I have a job in my field when I graduate? Has technology forever changed the landscape of employment? What does the Affordable Care Act mean for me when I turn 26?
We've found that there are ways to make policy decisions come alive for students (as well as other members of the public). Together with the Kettering Foundation, Public Agenda developed the Choicework approach. Rooted in the theories of our co-founder, Dan Yankelovich, Choicework can be truly transformative for a few reasons. In the same way that storytelling can bring a news article, research or cause to life, Choicework roots policy approaches in finite and human choices, using accessible language and grounding the choices in essential values that people really connect with.
Choicework can make policy come to life. The point is not to choose one and only one approach; rather, by emphasizing the inherent choices and stakes in the issue at hand brings policy to life, Choicework helps students connect to it and envision how policy plays out in their own lives and the lives of others, and visualize other approaches and broaden the discussion.
Here's an example of Choicework, from our Citizens' Solutions Guide on Immigration:
In addition to Immigration, Public Agenda has published Citizen Solutions Guides on Jobs & The Economy, Healthcare, Education, The Federal Budget, and Energy. All of our CSGs include introductory overviews of the topic, key facts, links to online supporting documentation, and illustrative charts and graphs.
Interested in experimenting with this approach in your classroom? Our nonpartisan Citizens' Solutions Guides on some of our nations most hotly contested issues make great discussion starters in the lecture hall and are free to download. Wed love to hear your stories putting Choicework to use. Let us know how it works out!
08.20 The College Completion Labyrinth
Tuesday, August 20th, 2013 | Allison Rizzolo
The majority of transfer students from community college (62 percent) will go on to receive a bachelor's degree within 6 years. Students who have already received a two-year credential before transferring have an even better shot, with 72 percent going on to complete a bachelor's in 6 years. This data comes from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, in a report released last week.
While there is certainly room for improvement, this is hopeful news. For many young Americans, community college represents one of the few remaining pathways to the American Dream, and these colleges serve nearly half of the nation's undergraduate population.
The students tracked for the study had transferred without taking time off, meaning they likely had more momentum than the typical student, according to researchers from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Momentum helping students maintain it and supporting them when it flagsis a critical component of student success. After all, while students in this study had decent success rates, for more than half of the country's community college students, in 6 years, they will not have completed a two-year degree or transferred to a four-year college.
Many students face hurdles in their personal lives that make completion difficult: they work full-time, they're caring for a family, they commute, they attend school part-time. But the ways in which some community colleges operate present many unnecessary barriers that prevent students from reaching their goals.
Most of us tend to think about the path through community college as something like this:
But here's what the community college experience is really like for most students:
Graphics courtesy of Greg Stoup, Rob Johnstone, and Priyadarshini Chaplot of The RP Group.
The complexity of a students pathway through an associates degree or transfer sheds light on why so few community college students make it to the end of their programs. Yet this flaw in the system is structurally fixable. There are policies and practices that straighten the completion maze and improve and support student momentum.
We've been working with leading, innovative community colleges to identify and implement practices that help students better find their way. We've also spoken to community college students from across the country to hear what they say would help them more easily navigate enrollment, completion and transfer. The ideas they raise include:
- Programs with well-defined pathways and clear goals.
- Advisors, counselors, and faculty members who offer support and guidance that is accurate, accessible, and tailored to students educational and career goals.
- More inter-departmental collaboration and better channels of communication on campus, so students can better find the information and services they need.
- Exposure to career possibilities.
- Developmental education offered in a way that helps students succeed.
Another thing we heard frequently from students was, "I should have known." The students we have spoken to are quick to blame themselves for not being able to reach the end of the completion maze. Unfortunately, their experiences reinforce the misperception many hear their whole life: that they're not college ready; that college isn't for them.
We owe it to students to fix the flaws in our higher education system. The stories, concerns, and recommendations raised by current and former students serve as useful and powerful points of departure as we explore how to help more students complete a degree.
To find out more about what students have to say regarding their community college experience what helps and hinders their progress read our Student Voices report and watch this short video.
07.11 Senate Compromise on Immigration Reform
Thursday, July 11th, 2013 | Danielle Stouck
With a final vote of 68 to 32, a bipartisan group of Senators passed a groundbreaking immigration reform bill late last month. The bill aims to clear the way for up to 11 million undocumented immigrants to embark on a pathway to citizenship while enforcing tougher border security measures.
The future of the Bill in the House remains to be seen. However, in the Senate, the American people witnessed a rare political moment defined not by familiar stalemates and bickering but by solutions-oriented compromise.
How did immigration reform, a divisive and highly controversial topic, become an example of bipartisanship and collaborative decision-making in the Senate? And can we build on this forward momentum so that Congress can continue moving from arguments to dialogue and solutions that work for the American people?
The country has not seen comprehensive immigration reform in over a decade, even as the American public has called out for it. The legislature has taken up comprehensive immigration reform bills in the past. However, these have never made it to see a presidents signature, often due to partisan bickering.
Then, in January, the Gang of Eightfour Democratic and four Republican Senators including Senators Schumer, McCain, Durbin, Graham, Menendez, Rubio, Bennet and Flakeoffered a bipartisan blueprint for immigration reform.
The blueprint begins, We recognize that our immigration system is broken. This opening statement does not focus on past legislation or place any blame on any particular branch of government or specific legislative bloc. Rather, it illustrates a commitment to progress. The blueprint goes on to list four basic legislative pillars agreed upon by the bipartisan group, which became the building blocks for the bill.
Bipartisan groups, such as the so-called Super Committee, have tried and failed to effectively address divisive issues such as the debt crisis and the fiscal cliff. What was different about the Gang of Eight?
The eight Senators agreed to focus on four major issues of contention from the beginning, despite an overwhelming 300 proposed amendments (fully 200 of which were actually debated). While we can only speculate on the intentions of the Gang, this narrow focus seems to signal that the Senators understood that practical solutions require restraint and compromise.
Furthermore, each side conceded to the other on at least one main point. The "pathway to citizenship" supported by the Democrats is contingent on an increase in border security and a crackdown on visa overstay, sticking points for Republicans.
In the words of Senator Schumer, The other seven members of the Gang of Eight, we have come to become friends. We have argued with each other, we have bonded with each other, but most of all we are united in this effort to make our nation better by fixing our broken immigration system.
Now the immigration reform bill must pass through a skeptical House of Representatives. While many remain pessimistic on this front, we hope this bill can not only help mend our countrys broken system but also come to represent civility, bipartisanship and functional governance on Capitol Hill.
Read more about immigration, its affect on jobs and the economy, authorized vs. unauthorized immigration, potential approaches to reform and other complexities in our Citizens' Solutions Guide on the issue. How would you reform our country's immigration system? Let us know on Twitter, or comment below!
07.01 4 Ways Clickers Can Improve Group Discussion and Deliberation
Monday, July 1st, 2013 | Megan Rose Donovan
Though tech innovations can be helpful in improving communication and engagement, especially when immediacy is necessary, some make the mistake of relying too heavily on technology as a stand in for other communication practices.
Keypads, or clickers as they are called in higher education, are certainly no exception to that rule. Using these types of audience response systems alone wont support better interactions between people, but they do have the potential to immensely improve engagement practices when used appropriately.
"Click to Engage: Using Keypads to Enhance Deliberation," a new paper from Public Agenda's Center for Advances in Public Engagement, supports the work of public engagers seeking to improve their use of keypads in group discussion and engagement.
Here are some ways clickers can complement small group discussion:
- Keypads can reveal who is and who isnt in the room.
Using keypads to field demographic questions enables discussion participants to understand who is in the room and situate themselves with the group. It also provides an easy way for the discussion facilitators and organizers to look back at the data. Using keypad responses for recording demographics can motivate those hosting the group discussion to improve their recruitment of persons from diverse backgrounds as well.
- Keypads can be conversation starters.
Keypads can be a great way to break the ice among discussion participants. Asking a couple of neutral, even comedic, questions can set a comfortable tone and allow for some low-pressure conversation to begin. Incorporating this sort of ice breaker in the beginning typically generates more inclusive and robust dialogue. Another bonus: such questions help discussion participants get used to the device.
- Keypads can show variance in opinion and illuminate minority views.
With divisive issues, each side may assume it has the strong majority and the opposition is merely an uninformed but vocal minority. Keypads have the power to provide a more accurate count of the splits and give voice to minority views that might not otherwise enter the conversation. This is not fool-proof though, and can have an adverse effect if audience members do not come from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. Organizers should take care in designing the discussion so that those with minority views do not end up feeling alienated. If a room predominately holds one perspective and only a few disagree, allowing those dissenters to have the floor, if theyre willing, can be a powerful means for exploring divergent viewpoints in a reasonable way.
- Keypads can assist facilitators in allocating remaining time.
Identifying areas of agreement and disagreement through quick polling using the clickers can help a facilitator better allocate precious remaining time. If a topic reveals sharp disagreement, perhaps that topic warrants further, and deeper, discussion. Alternately, participants may not be ready to take on an issue if not enough time remains and the best option is to table it for more research.
The benefits of using a tool like the keypad to engage a diverse room of people far outweigh the drawbacks. Its immediacy and ease of use make it a powerful aide in deeper engagement. But thoughtful preparation, care and attention to design are crucial to using keypads successfully.
For more pointers on how to use this tool, including a breakdown of best practices and strengths and limitations, download our new paper here. For other tips on engagement practices, visit our Center for Advances in Public Engagement. Wed love to hear your successes, words of caution, and other tips regarding the use of keypads send us an email to Michelle Currie at firstname.lastname@example.com.
06.27 Better Collaboration Needed Among Nurses and Physicians
Thursday, June 27th, 2013 | Will Friedman, Ph.D. and David Schleifer, Ph.D.
Nurse-practitioners can provide many medical services, especially in primary care and womens health, and could therefore help fill the doctor shortage gap. Moreover, as provisions of the Affordable Care Act move forward, nurses will be increasingly called upon to improve care coordination, help reduce medical errors and avoidable rehospitalizations, and improve transitions and handoffs.
However, some research suggests that an existing nurse shortage will grow more acute, both because nursing education programs do not have sufficient capacity and because many nurses are reaching retirement. And relying on nurses to deliver care for less money assumes that nurses should be paid less than doctors.
Furthermore, in the 2010 National Survey of Registered Nurses, only one in ten nurses reported having an excellent relationship with a physician (link opens PDF). In fact, since the survey began in 2002, that figure has never been higher than 11%.
During recent deliberative focus groups with members of the public around the country, we heard many participants talk about their experiences with a lack of coordination among doctors, nurses and pharmacists. Such experiences, they felt, had put their health or their families health at risk and cost them money. The groups strongly supported helping medical professionals coordinate care.
The task therefore becomes not only to increase the number of doctors and nurses, but also to empower nurses to work effectively and collaboratively alongside other medical professionals. Such an approach can not only help address the need for more medical professionals but also seems relatively acceptable to members of the public.
Want to learn more about public views toward measures to make health care more cost-effective? Keep an eye on this space, or contact Megan at email@example.com and we will email you the findings of our research when they are available.
06.21 Civic Leaders: Inspiring Engagement and Empowering Communities
Friday, June 21st, 2013 | Christopher DiStasi
"Once the light goes on about civic engagement once you understand what your power is it never goes out, and that is what we're counting on."
Often, people do not believe that they can make a difference when it comes to the decisions that shape their communities. But, when they are shown otherwise, many are ready to jump on the chance to get involved.
This is what we heard from the heads of twenty California nonprofits that organize and advocate in traditionally disenfranchised communities immigrant, poor, and minority. We spoke to these civic leaders about their efforts to improve the publics voice in government for our recent project on civic engagement in California.
Community members often dont consider that they can solve the problems they see around them by organizing and engaging with government.
"They definitely are aware that, for instance, they dont have a park in their neighborhood. What theyre not aware of is the systemic change thats possible. They might think, 'Oh, well, I could drive across town to the park.' Thats how they might think of solving the problem on an individual basis. Because they havent had the involvement and the training in thinking systematically."
Civic leaders tell us that immigrant communities often have preconceived notions about what they cannot do or change based on political cultures in their home countries, along with trepidation about engaging with a foreign system. Meanwhile, native-born individuals often assume that efforts to address local problems through government just dont go anywhere, and that time is better spent on other pursuits.
These myths and taboos must be confronted to demystify engagement before nonprofits can begin teaching community members about the practical side of engaging with government, civic leaders told us.
Some civic leaders' organizations host small group discussions with locals concerned about a particular issue. Others told us that sharing small victories often does the trick.
"[We] create the space for them to experience change and experience a win. Oftentimes inviting that person to a community forum with the decision-maker, where the decision-maker agrees to something, or inviting them to a ribbon-cutting ceremony of a wellness center that we just won at a school in their neighborhood will help move that individual who doesnt believe that people are willing to listen and that their voice doesnt matter."
Once the Light Goes On Generating Leadership Through Engagement
In engaging people who often assume they are not factored into government decision-making, civic leaders and their organizations bring voices to the table that were not previously there. These voices have valuable perspectives and perhaps most importantly are often the only ones who know about or understand the particular problems facing their neighborhoods, towns, cities and communities.
Perhaps the most common benefit of awakening the civic impulse, a number of leaders told us, is its potential to produce new, dedicated civic and community leaders, and even public officials.
"[Our organization] has put out literally hundreds of leaders, and they are on city councils. They are on boards and commissions. We trained them on the importance of civic engagement, on the importance of economic policy and on healthcare policy and how they could get along with their colleagues and how they work with the city."
Civic leaders are counting on the power of positive experiences with civic engagement to keep community members involved and to show them, especially those inspired to lead, that neighborhoods, towns and cities are made better by greater public involvement in government.
Read more from our interviews with the heads of nonprofits working with traditionally disenfranchised communities, and from our statewide survey of over five hundred civic leaders, in our new report, Beyond Business As Usual: Leaders of California's Civic Organizations Seek New Ways to Engage the Public in Local Governance. Also, take a look at our other report on the state of civic engagement in California, Testing the Waters: California's Local Officials Experiment with New Ways to Engage the Public.
Quotes were recorded from in-depth interviews with leaders of organizations that engage traditionally disenfranchised communities. Read more on the Methodology here.
05.20 Improving Public Engagement in Local Government
Monday, May 20th, 2013 | Public Agenda
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While it's no secret that Americans tend to hold federal policymakers in disregard, they are much more likely to trust their local city or county officials. Local officials are close to home, and local government is often only so far as the next public hearing or city council meeting.
Local officials recognize this connection between their constituents trust and governments proximity to the people. New research in California by Public Agenda suggests that, in communities across Americas most populous state, local officials are interested in engaging citizens in more thoughtful, robust and inclusive ways.
The research includes a survey, interviews and focus groups with local, elected and nonelected public officials throughout California, as well as with leaders of community-based and civic organizations. What these leaders and officials have to say offers important considerations for public engagement in communities around the country.
Nearly 8 in ten California public officials say they're interested in learning about public engagement practices that have worked elsewhere, and 85 percent report that their views toward public engagement have changed since their careers began. Many say they have come to understand and value public engagement more over time.
Yet both local officials and civic leaders see hurdles to improving their efforts to engage residents in public decisions. Sometimes officials and civic leaders-- potential partners in engagement-- disagree about the root of the problems they face.
Regardless, local officials and civic leaders share concern for a disconnect between the public and local decision makers, and desire greater public participation and stronger collaboration. The research suggests some avenues for improvement.
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05.09 How to Break the Cycle of Millennial Discontent in Politics
Thursday, May 9th, 2013 | Megan Rose Donovan
Young Americas current view of government does not bode well for the future of our democracy. According to a new Harvard poll of 18-29 year-olds, these so-called millennials are becoming more polarized, more distrustful and more cynical about politics than in previous years.
The difference between the way young Democrats and Republicans view the President has never been more dramatic than in the last six months, the poll release said. The Presidents approval rating among young Democrats is 85 percent, versus 11 percent among young Republicans. This divide has been growing in recent years, with the gap widening by 11 percentage points since last year.
Millennials also consistently rated the countrys institutions poorly. Only 22 percent would trust the federal government (as a whole) to do the right thing, and just 18 percent would trust Congress. The president and Supreme Court garnered a bit more trust (39 percent and 40 percent, respectively), with the military rated most trustworthy (54 percent said they would trust them to do the right thing).
Cynicism for the political process as a whole has increased at a rapid pace. The poll found that nearly half of millennials (48 percent) dont believe their votes will make a real difference, up from 29 percent just a year ago.
While this study does raise myriad reasons for concern and action, the picture is more complicated and less gloomy than it suggests. Millenials have high rates of volunteerism and political activism, and they are arguably masters at networking and collaboration. Some say that this combination may actually break down the partisan divide.
Still, Harvard's survey does merit a genuine discussion of ways we can keep division, distrust and cynicism from taking hold.
So how could we counteract it? Perhaps by first examining the causes we can identify some solutions and find a more favorable prognosis.
Possible Causes for Division and Discontent Among Millennials
One potential source for growing cynicism among the young may be the lack of progress when it comes to our lagging economy. The consequences of our current weak economy have been felt acutely by the young, who also face the ballooning cost of higher education, often staggering student loan debt, the reality that a degree or credential is increasingly required for employment in any field, and the ill fortune of belonging to a generation that will not be better off than their parents. While college graduates seem to have weathered the recession well, they are often underemployed or working jobs below their skill level. For young people without a college degree, the unemployment rate is much higher.
Meanwhile, these underemployed and unemployed youth watch as policymakers avoid making the important decisions necessary to setting this country on a viable economic path. No wonder this group is so frustrated by the current political system.
In general, this generation hasnt seen progress on most major reform movements in their lifetime. Peoples political attitudes often coalesce at the beginning of their adulthood, when they enter the political process, said Trey Grayson, Harvards director of the Institute of Politics, which means that millennials could already be conditioned to doubt and distrust.
Shortfalls in the civic education that young people received (or failed to receive) in secondary school may be a contributing factor as well. Civic education can foster pride in the democratic process, encourage active citizenship and build a constituency of inspired leaders for tomorrow. However, signs indicate that students' civic mastery is faltering, and, nationally, our education system's emphasis on civic education has dwindled.
Outside of formal schooling, young people have few opportunities to develop civic skills. In fact, we can likely attribute millennial polarization in part to the political isolation they experience socially. Only 12 percent of millennials surveyed said that their most recent significant other had different political beliefs from their own, and 72 percent reported that all or most of their friends share their politics, according to the Harvard Crimson. Birds of a feather tend to flock together, sure, but homogenization of social groups doesnt typically encourage the types of critical discussions that have to happen in order to come to terms with tough issues.
It may be the case that the Internet and other digital tools can help improve civic engagement and encourage political activities that bring people of differing politics together. As of yet, however, such technology has failed to broaden the reach of engagement beyond those who are already civically active. Furthermore, research indicates that online commenting tends to negatively affect civil discourse and reduce objectivity.
Improving the Outlook for Millennials and our Political Future
Whatever the myriad for the younger generations increasingly polarized, distrustful and cynical attitudes toward public life, there are no clear and simple solutions. Here are some principles previously discussed in our work that we believe are likely to help:
- Advocate for problem solving over gridlock among our nation's leaders
- Explore ways to harness technology to improve civic education and increase across-the-aisle engagement
- Pursue practices for (re)building trust
We've also seen many instances where community leaders help citizens engage in thoughtful, civil dialogue with people diverse views. Such conversations often have a marked effect on participants, who come away understanding why others have views counter to their own, accepting that there are no easy answers, and seeing their political opponents as people instead of caricatures. Can such a model be used in the higher education classroom to instill a respect for civil dialogue in our nation's college students?
These ideas are certainly not exhaustive. Do you have any others?
Concentrating on ways to shift the political perspective of our future leaders will be a continuous process. Yet not doing so may let them succumb to deep, lifelong polarization and will be detrimental to the health of our society. Lets get a jump on them while they're young.
04.19 When Engaging Parents in School Reform, One Size Does Not Fit All
Friday, April 19th, 2013 | Jeremiah Hess
Those of us who operate in the K-12 education arena talk a lot about how important parents are to a child's education and to making schools better. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan remarked last year: "Promoting a community culture, where educational improvement is everyone's responsibility, is our great national mission." And parents can play a key role in promoting and sustaining that culture. But what will it take to tap into parents' full potential as partners in education improvement?
From our past research it seems clear enough that parents want schools to serve their children well and dont believe those schools can do it alone. Our new survey of parents in Kansas City, summarized in the report Ready, Willing, and Able, adds a wrinkle: parents differ (often dramatically) in how they seek to be involved, and school leaders who are serious about making parents partners should be prepared to meet them where they are.
In this new research, we identified three groups of parents, each unique in preference and readiness to get involved:
Potential transformers stand out as the group most likely to brave the bureaucracy of school policymaking.
These parents tell us they are perfectly comfortable to act as advocates for broader school reform. They are ready to contact district officials and the media to discuss local school problems and to represent parents on committees that shape school policies. In our current study, 3 in 10 parents fell in this group.
Still, very few have actually been involved in these ways. Providing real opportunities for them to get more involvedand supporting their efforts to organize themselvesis an important step towards unearthing parents power in school improvement.
We think theyd get the support of other parents, too: even though the majority of parents don't feel comfortable getting involved as transformers, two-thirds in our survey believed that parent advocates have the ability to make a difference.
Reaching parents cant stop there, though.
School helpers are a second group of parents with more to give.
When you need support in more traditional parent roles in a schoolhelp for teachers in the classroom, volunteers for an event, or more support for a PTAthese are the parents to find. Though school helpers leave advocacy and school policy matters to others, all of these parents feel they could be doing more for their school an obvious call, we think, for leaders to track these parents down.
Even reaching the school helpers doesnt exhaust a principals and teachers options.
Help seekers deserve some special attention.
These parents are concerned about their own childs learning and seem particularly hungry for more support from schools in helping their child do well. They arent likely to respond to calls for collective action, and probably wont have the time or inclination to volunteer more at their school. Yet every single one of these parents told us there was still work to be done teaching their child to do their best in school, and teachers and school leaders are likely to make progress with them by supporting those efforts at home.
Utilizing parents as a powerful resource
In total, these three groups (a full 78 percent of parents surveyed) are a valuable yet untapped resource for diverse, powerful and effective parent engagement. To draw on these parents more effectively, leaders must understand that different parents will respond to a different set of appeals. Our report provides some specific strategies for each of the groups the research identified.
Yet, some principles for parent engagement are universal. For example, education leaders should begin engaging parents by listening to them and understanding their needs. Clearly communicating what exactly a school, a district or a particular teacher needs from parents to succeed is also important. As one Kansas City father told us:
"Parents dont understand that their presence makes a difference. Schools arent getting that message out. Even when my school was going through its worst times, they didnt get the message out that they needed help from the community."
Theres hope, though: parents are by no means hostile to their schools. In fact, parents across the country have told usfor this and other studies in the pastthat they dont think of their childs school as just a service provider; they value its place in their community, trust their teachers and respect principals who return phone calls. In the Kansas City region, 77 percent of parents felt that their principals and teachers were well-connected to their communities, and just over half said they wouldnt leave their school even if money was not an issue).
In spite of their concerns and complaints, parents want their schools to succeed and are aware that they need to be part of that success. For school leaders, developing relationships at this level is always possible, and its an ideal first step towards creating Secretary Duncans community culture.
But we think that transformers, school helpers, and help seekers can be found in any school, and we hope that the pressures of constant change havent made education leaders forget about simply making parents feel welcome. As one mother reminded us:
I love it when teachers thank me for coming. I love it when the principal says, Glad to see you. Hope to see you again.'
Leaders should only remember that with parents, just as with students, one size doesn't fit all.


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Sorry folks, there will be no lengthy lead-in for this edition of the Daily Notes. (And likely very little attempt at clever humor.) I'm a bit under the weather and doing my best to spill any digital ink on the page at all. I hope everyone is cool with me just jumping right in to The Good, The Bad & The Noteworthy for Tuesday's five-game slate so I can catch a few extra ZZZs.Please, blog, may I have some more?
D.J. Augustin
Earlier in the year when the NBA released its schedule for the 2015/2016 season, one of the very first things I did was flip forward to December 25th. I was really stoked to see five games, neatly stacked one after the other, for our holiday viewing pleasure. The excitement continued to grow right up until the games went live and we quickly learned that putting the ball through the hoop is, apparently, quite a bit more difficult on Christmas.
Anthony Davis in South Beach for a noon eastern tip-off against the Heat. What a great way to kick off the afternoon after tossing back a few coffee & Baileys, scarfing down some cinnamon buns, and opening some presents, right? Yeah… no. They needed overtime and the Pelicans still couldn't hit the 90-point mark. Brow was nice (29/15/4/4/3), as was Chris Bosh, but the game was not pretty. At all.
So I says to myself, I says: "Self, one stinker does not a bad day make. We just got the ugly one outta the way early. This will not be a harbinger of things to come. No, sir, it will not." Next up we got the weirdly entertaining (and enigmatic) Bulls visiting the dynamic duo of Russell Westbrook & Kevin Durant in front of an always raucous Oklahoma City crowd. Well, Chicago doubled up OKC in the third quarter (32-16) to quiet the crowd and pulled away as nobody other than the Thunder's two stars bothered to show up. The league's second most efficient team on offense couldn't crack the century mark and fell 105-96.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Woooooooooooo! I don't need to say much more than that, other than what about this weather here on the East Coast over the weekend?! I got friggin' sunburnt! At a football game in mid-December!
While we continue to watch history for the Panthers franchise, we witnessed history come to an end Saturday night, with the Warriors losing at Milwaukee to move to 24-1. Those fans wearing the 24-1 shirts were ballsy!
Most of them don't look like they have undershirts, they would be pretty stupid-looking if they lost! Now I'm no fan of the Warriors (look at their paltry .960 win % vs. my Panthers 1.000! – and I don't mean that to sound like I'm not a fan, I don't really have a big home-team fandom), so during this whole streak and its impact on real-life NBA, I've been more obsessed with the fantasy stuff. Ya know, Stephen Curry's 3s and Draymond Green being a PF deity. In that 2OT triller against the Celtics, DrayDray went 24/11/8/5/5 in just an epic 2.5 rainbow performance. Approached a triple-rainbow! According to Rotoworld (a site that's awesome for being able to pull research in the history books vs. my lack of even properly communicating which team won a game sometimes…), first 5×5 since Nicolas Batum in 2012 and only the third player to go 20/10 + 5×5 in the past 40 years after Hakeem the Dream and Derrick the Knee. I'm a little jaded with DC since I used to be a big Hornets fan the first time around, and he was terrible and fat. Then hurt his knee (yet again!) on that dumb Pros vs. Joes show (hilarious though! hurting it against average joes!), but sadly I could only find the promo. Anyway, #OccupyDraymondGreen has pulled yet another article-lead with his multi-cat game, and didn't even come down too hard in the Saturday loss for 24/11/5/1/1, given a fluky 6 TO. At 13.9/8./7.0 and still improving every season, maybe he can go full Oscar Robinson and give us a season of the O face. Speaking of Os, 13-0!!!!!!!!!!! Man, what a weekend… Here's what else went down in fantasy hoops action, plus The 7 Ahead for week 8:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Three letters to sum it up right there (and I wrote the beginning of this open before seeing Rotoworld's update! Groupthink.)
In only a light slate of two games last night, we had a very solid and steady fantasy contributor in Wesley Matthews go down with a torn Achilles and will miss the rest of the season. I haven't been this mad at Achilleses (multiple Achilles?) since Brad Pitt in Troy! Man was Orlando Bloom a pansy too… Rough, rough injury and owners will have to scramble to find replacements for his 2.9 3PTM and 16.1 points a game with only 1.3 TO. Tagline of Taken baby! "Good luck." And well, probably the guy filling in for Matthews is as good as any replacement, as Arron Afflalo should immediately step in the role and be Afflalo of old. I was shocked that late last night he was already owned in 66% of leagues, but that was probably spiking harder than a Charlie Sheen punchbowl with the devastating news last night. While Matthews was great for what he did, threes are a-plenty on the wire, and veterans of ThrAGNOF should be able to get their stream gloves dirty! Here's what else went down last night in fantasy basketball action:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Crazy game in OKC last night! It was a crazy night across the board! For a while I thought the Sixers were really going to pull that one out – had the lead most of regulation and then clawed back late – but Russell Westbrook playing like Michael Jordan these days got the Thunder the OT win.
Behind all of RW's historical hooblah which we'll go into later, is Isaiah Canaan's career game. Career best 31 points on 10-16 FG (8-13 3PTM 3-3 FT) 31/7/6/1/0. And of course he does that right after I said you'd rather own Ish Smith! And Ish did ish in 15 minutes… All that said, Canaan had 29 early in the 4th and the Sixers couldn't figure out ways to consistently get their hot shooter the rock. The continuity was awful with Philly only staying in the game by taking some horrible deep 3 pointers with no spacing or rebounders. It felt like one of those college intramural games where the much better team was struggling because the other team's scrubs kept hitting 3s for some reason. Did I say intramural? I meant more like every time Duke beats Chapel Hill! Only because of the 3s… Although Chapel Hill has trouble teaching their players the difference between "2" and "3" so there's that… I would still Aaron Brooks over Canaan and I'm not dropping a valuable guy just for this hot shooting game. Here's what else went down last night in fantasy hoops action:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Who is the hottest team in the NBA right now? The Pacers are surprisingly playing well and OKC is still winning through injuries, but those Utah Jazz are as tough to score on as the bookish chicks in college!
5-1 since the trade deadline, the Jazz have wins against Portland, San Antonio and now Memphis in that span (their loss was against the Lakers, but we'll overlook that), and other than that fluke Lakers game, no one has scored over 82 points. And we all know the key to the Jazz D is Rudy Gobert. Moving into the starting line-up, Gobert has been playing unreal with a 15/24/1/0/0 line last night on 6-10 FG and 3-4 FT. He was on a 6-game streak of 3+ blocks, so a random outlier of 0 last night isn't a biggie especially since Marc Gasol loves his mid-range.
I've seen a few comments of owners looking to trade for FG% and a big man boost, and I would be all-in on trying to bring Rudy to those squads. Even his FT% is improving at 11-15 from the stripe the past 3! And the Jazz have that oh so saucy 4/4/4 playoff sched. Yesterday on the Podcast, I asked Slim if he would take Gobert or Hassan Whiteside first in next year's drafts. It's really really close and comes down to a points need (Whiteside) vs. steals need (Gobert). It's crazy that probably the biggest value change during the deadline was just the stubborn Jazz finally unleashing the beast that is Gobert. Here's what else went down last night in fantasy basketball action:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Oh man, Russell Westbrook has turned into Oscar Robertson meets Michael Jordan! It's like the first time you heard your favorite off-the-radar album, you're like, "it sounds like Godspeed You! Black Emperor meets Between the Buried and Me on acid!" And right at the end of yet another tripdub with monster scoring Friday night (40/13/11), Andre Roberson pulled a Van Damme from Kickboxer and kneed the shizz outta RW's face. Friggin' Roberson and his fat knees! After the game, the fashion photographers were like, "Russell, show me your good side, no no the other way, give me Le Tigre! Ferrari! MAGNUM!"
Luckily facial reconstruction for face dents doesn't include a long healing period; maybe they just went in under the skin and used a Pops A Dent! It's been reported he could've even come back yesterday if it were the playoffs. I'd guess he'll miss another game or two, but looks like we dodged a bullet. More like, Westbrook's cheek caught the bullet, just it bounced off his Adamantium! Here's what else went down over the weekend in fantasy basketball action:Please, blog, may I have some more?
I really don't like this 7 game slate on Saturday night. If you want to take the night off or play less volume I wouldn't argue against it. There isn't a player over 9k on Draft Kings if that tells you what kind of night it's going to be.
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Ricky Rubio has really been fantastic the past 5 games. His price has come up but still not to the level where his play has been. Memphis gives up the 4th most fantasy points the last three weeks to PG's. Back on Feb. 6th Rubio had 17-5-5-3 in only 26 minutes against this same Memphis team.
Reggie Jackson has only had 3 games with the Pistons. Yeah it's a small sample size, but he's been given the keys to the car and seeing the same workload as D.J. Augustin was. The Wizards have been decent defending against opposing PG's if you look at their season totals, but the last three weeks they haven't defended well at all. I think that has to do with all of John Wall's nagging injuries.Please, blog, may I have some more?
First off – F this snow! Sorry about the delay with comments yesterday as my power was out almost the whole day and also claimed our Podcast. What did we do in a world without power?! Fantasy basketball would be mad, mad tough. Dr. Naismith's Fantasy Peach Buckets League! Since we didn't get to it on the Pod – be sure and check out the SideLeague app in the GooglePlay and App Store to play in their weekend contest starting tonight. Download the app now, and once you've set up your account, enter promo code RAZZBALL for $5 free dollars! And friend me "[email protected]" so we can smack talk our squads!
Well, the late-season injury bug has become an all-out Mothra, with Darren Corrison having surgery on a core muscle and is likely out for the year with a re-evaluation in 3-6 weeks. With the Kings going nowhere, I highly doubt he comes back this year. Obviously droppable in all redrafts, it opens up monster playing time for Ray McCallum and grandpa Andre Miller. Of course Old Man Karl is keen to his fellow retirees, and has said Miller and Ray Mac will split minutes close to down the middle. Ray in for defense and Andre for O. Miller makes for an interesting add in 14ers if you're looking for dimes and Ray for overall upside. But neither quite crack the 12er range unless streaming. Still would rather the "unconditioned" Isaiah Canaan or Aaron Brooks. Here's what else went down last night in fantasy hoops action:Please, blog, may I have some more?
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I feel like I've played this song and dance all year. "I love KCP!" "KCP is dead to me!" "He's a usable ThrAGNOF!" "He's worse than month-old stroganoff!" And on and on and on like a never clean addict. "Why can't I quit you?!"
In what was a great game until the 4th quarter, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had maybe one of his best games as a pro. It didn't show up in any glaring numbers on the stat sheet, but this new backcourt with Reggie Jackson is mad fun. KCP for 21/2/1/2/0 hitting 7-13 FG (5-7 3PTM) including two ridiculous threes in transition. Both would've been near-cringeworthy if he missed them! Lead the break in unfavorable numbers (more or less was just KCP vs. 2 or 3 defenders) and pulled up leaning forward burying them both. Then in back-to-back plays, knocked the ball of LeBron James' leg for a TO then drew a charge, both in transition where LeBron is his best. Just the overall confidence and swagger was there that I haven't always seen. Then again, I am always biased due to the addiction! I was brushing my teeth with my finger and hopping around like a madman this whole game… Here's what else went down last night in fantasy basketball action:Please, blog, may I have some more?


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 Sony Pictures announced that Emma Stone will star alongside Andrew Garfield in Marc Webb's reboot of "Spider-Man."  Stone, who is currently appearing in the comedy hit "Easy A," will play play Gwen Stacy, one of Peter Parker's main love interests in the classic Marvel comic book.
In a statement, Webb noted, "The chemistry between Andrew and Emma was stunning and made Emma the clear choice.  At the heart of the story of Peter Parker is not only the amazing Spider-Man, but also an ordinary teenager who is wondering what he has to do to get the girl.  Andrew and Emma will bring everything audiences expect to these roles, but also make them their own. Much to my surprise, it was fun to find out that our choice for Gwen (Emma) is also a natural blonde.â€
Most fans first think of redheaded Mary Jane Watson as Peter Parker's love interest.  Kirsten Dunst, in fact, died her hair red to play the role in Sam Raimi's first three "Spider-Man" films.  However, in "Spider-Man" comic book lore, Stacy was known as Parker's "first love" and was killed early on in the series by the Green Goblin.  It's unclear whether this means the Goblin will be the main villain in the new feature. Stacy, played by Bryce Dallas Howard, was previously featured in a secondary storyline in "Spider-Man 3."Â
Stone is best known for her roles in "Superbad" and "The House Bunny."  The 21-year-old has a busy 2011 ahead of her as she's appearing "Crazy, Stupid, Love" alongside Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling and in "The Help." She also has a small role in the comedy "Friends with Benefits" and will voice a role in DreamWorks Animation's comedy "The Croods."
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Complaint Review: Uniguard Plus!
Uniguard Plus!4001 Santa Barbara Blvd #353, Naples, Florida United States of America
Uniguard Plus! Freedom Financial Charged my checking acct $19.95 for a service i didn't order Naples, Florida
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Complaint Review: Cybersonic Toothbrush Co.
Cybersonic Toothbrush Co.1111 Watson Center Road Unit B Carson, California U.S.A.
Cybersonic Toothbrush Co. Cybersonic Toothbrush ripoff the business that lies and doesn't give a dam Carson California
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The problems began almost immediately. First, the company promised lifetime replacement toothbrush heads, every three months, for the life of your unit. You are charged for the shipping and handling. Well, the company lies about this. I never did receive the replacement heads every three months, of course, the company never failed to charge my credit card the shipping and handling fee. Every three months, I had to call and complain that I never received the replacement heads.
The customer service is horriable. You are on hold for over a half an hour, get disconnected and get a different person each time, who knows nothing about your account!!! I was even cussed at by one customer sevice rep because I kept calling and complaining!!!! Finally, I wrote a letter to Cybersonic, but never heard anything back from them.
The final straw came when Cybersonic charged me a $12.95 shipping and handling charge for items I never received!!!!! I contacted my credit card company and put this charge in dispute then I contacted Cybersonic and requested a credit for the $12.95 and also told the company that I no longer wanted anything to do with them!!!!
I cancelled my credit card because I am still afraid that Cybersonic will continue to charge me!!
I am doing this to warn any person who is interested in purchasing a Cybersonic!!!! It turns out to be one mighty expensive toothbrush!!!! The company does not stand by it's product and they do nothing to help you when a problem does occur. As they say, "Let the Buyer BEWARE!!!"
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Shaw's Attorney: Khan Deal More Than $1.3 For Bradley
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Leon Margules, attorney for promoter Gary Shaw, advised BoxingScene.com that WBC/WBO 140-pound champion Timothy Bradley would stand to make a lot more than $1.3 million dollars for a unification bout with WBA king Amir Khan. Shaw has been trying to finalize a deal with Golden Boy Promotions to match the two champions on July 23.
Khan and his promoter, Golden Boy, are on board with the financial terms, and so is Shaw. Bradley is reportedly unhappy with the money being offered. Pursuant to his agreement with HBO, which is connected to January's fight with Devon Alexander, Bradley stands to make $1.2 million against any opponent that HBO approves. Margules wanted BoxingScene to know that Shaw lowered his percentage of the overall package to allow Bradley to make more money.
"We keep seeing this number of $1.3 million being reported and that's not accurate. He would make a lot more than $1.3 million. We offered Bradley 80% of all total net revenues. It would be a lot more than $1.3 million dollars," Margules told BoxingScene.com.
But, industry rumors continue to intensify that Bradley is holding back, for the moment, in order to allow his existing promotional contract with Shaw to expire. The contract reportedly expires on June 30.
140lbs fighters that draw more fans and more money to there Promoters and Networks than Bradley are Ortiz Khan Judah Morales Alexander in St Louis Bradley has earned my respect for staying active and boxing everyone in front of him…Comment by xAUGUSTUSx on 05-11-2011
You're all a bunch of contradicting idiots. Bradley has done nothing but try to prove himself over and over. The guy has more heart than most fighters. You all read one thing without knowing the actual truth and you act…Comment by Pony Boy on 05-11-2011
[QUOTE=J Dubb II 330;10520590]There is no risk for Khan, the fact is he has a multi fight deal to make atleast 1.25 mill each fight, He's not going to get a Pac fight, he's not going to get a Mayweather…Comment by Rome-By-Ko on 05-11-2011
[QUOTE=right hand jab;10523035]As I understand it, this is supposed to be Bradley's last fight under Shaw. then if this is true, why not take the fight against Khan and stand to make more money than he has ever done in…Comment by LEATHERF8CE on 05-11-2011
LMAO at Khan... All that trash talking he's saying is showing how much he needs Bradley...If you want to be the top 140lb you got to go thru Bradley.... Bradley has already said "Its not about Khan, Its about his…Post a Comment - View More User Comments (75)


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Make a splash with young scientists as you teach them all about water using this activity packet. Thirstin, a cartoon glass of water, walks children through the water treatment process, teaches them about different sources of water, and...
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Where's the Water?: Acting Out Science Cycles
Young scientists transform themselves into rivers, oceans, clouds, and drops of water in order to explore the water cycle. After assigning and explaining to young scholars their different roles in the activity, the teacher reads aloud a...
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How Polarity Makes Water Behave Strangely
Water is common? Not really! Learn how the polarity of the water molecule gives it tremendous properties that make is quite unique in the universe. Learners will understand surface tension, adhesion, and cohesion, as well as why these...
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Scholars build a simple filtration system to remove impurities from muddy water and rate the filtered water to a grade of clarity scale. The focus is on teamwork and problem solving. This lesson would be effective in your STEM curriculum...
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When You Were My Age, What Was This Place Like?
Here is a lesson that includes many great ideas for investigating and discovering how our communities have physically changed over the years, and how land use changes over time may affect a community's water supply. The lesson's...
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BCCN partner Vanessa Cantley spoke with WHAS 11 in a segment to air tonight, voicing her support for her client Collin Craig. Craig's decision to come forward and reveal alcohol and sexual abuse resulted in a comprehensive investigation of the Western Kentucky University swimming and diving program, and a decision to suspend the team for five years.
"It's going to follow him wherever he goes now and for him to have recognized that was the potential outcome and to stand up anyway and say, 'No, enough is enough here, this has got to stop,' I don't know that I would have had that courage at 19 years old and the fact that he does is amazing," Cantley said in her interview.
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The South Sotho language of the Basotho people, an official language in Lesotho and South Africa, with over 5 million speakers. Also called Southern Sotho.
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Complaint Review: Rocky Mountain German Shepherd Dogs
Rocky Mountain German Shepherd Dogs25957 Richmond Hill Road Conifer, Colorado United States of America
Rocky Mountain German Shepherd Dogs Their Dogs are Excelent Conifer, Colorado
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I would highly recommend Jayne's services and her dogs.
Please stop by at Willow Ridge Manor and you can see my dogs and we can talk more about Jayne's breeding program.
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