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|Hiding your head and eyes won't make the problems go away!
I do think there are things that shouldn't be shared in sacrament meetings. My biological father would come to our ward, after my parents' divorce (and he no longer lived in that ward) and share intimate details of their marriage and divorce. I have been in a meeting in which someone made degrading comments about Muslims that were very racist, and then tried to get everyone in the congregation to stand up and say the Pledge of Allegiance with him. Instead, a member of the bishopric escorted him out of the chapel. I have been in a meeting in which someone started to share an appallingly brutal opinion of what should be done to all homosexuals during the 2008 campaign, when many members were actively supporting Prop 8 in California. I was grateful that the bishop stood up and asked her to sit down, and then bore his testimony that Heavenly Father loves all His children, and the physical violence is not justifiable under any circumstances, and he referenced the woman taken in adultery who Christ was merciful to. (I probably would have gone a step farther, but it was a strange time to be a liberal Mormon, even in Oregon.) So, I do believe that there are times when things shouldn't be said as part of Fast and Testimony meeting.
I do not think that every testimony has to be without specifics of a person's struggles. If we can't share those things we struggle with, and how Heavenly Father has helped us to overcome those challenges, we deprive others of a chance to see that they are not alone, that there are others who struggle too, and that there is hope. In my opinion, a "good" testimony is one that brings the Holy Ghost to confirm the testimony in the hearts of those who hear it, who testify of Christ and the power of the Atonement, and that brings Hope to those that hear it. I want to share one such experience that I had, and which I shared in response to the women who thought that share a struggle with drug addiction was not appropriate.
In the middle of a horrendously tumultuous time in my life, I went to stay with a nonmember friend in Colorado for a week. The peace of her home was a balm my soul needed, and by Sunday I was grateful to be able to fast, and to have found a meetinghouse 20 minutes away where I could go to sacrament meeting.
I had intended to go to the 9:00 am service, but we all got up late, so instead I ended up at the 11:00 am one. About halfway through the meeting I had a clear impression that I needed to bear my testimony of the Atonement. Since I didn't know anyone, I ignored it, and continued listening. About 15 minutes before the time for sharing testimonies would have been done, the stand was empty. After five minutes, I knew that no one was going to get up until I did. So, I went to the front and shared my testimony of the healing of the Atonement. I did not have to go into great detail about being raped or molested, and I only briefly explained that part of my struggles came from the misunderstanding of my bishop that led to me being put on church probation when I was raped. My testimony focused on how the Spirit can bring comfort, how the Atonement heals wounds that no man could, and that complete forgiveness is a lifelong quest, not a short term goal.
All of the details don't matter, but a woman, who is now my friend, was sitting in the back of he chapel that day. She, and the entire ward council, were fasting for her to be able to find a way to heal. After fifteen years of struggling with an assault by another church member, she was asking her leaders for support in leaving the church. She had decided that the fifteenth anniversary of her rape was the right day to mail her letter of resignation. She was there on that Sunday at the request of her bishop, who had told her that the entire ward council was praying for her to find a way to feel the love of The Lord.
If I had been too embarrassed to talk about my history of being abused, had wanted to keep people comfortable by leaving the details of my spiritual journey out, so that no one needed to feel uncomfortable with the details, my friend would not be a member of the church. I honestly believe that she would have killed herself by now. If I had worried that I was talking to long, taking up the rest if another ward's fast and testimony meeting, I might have missed the chance to pass on some of the healing that Christ has graciously given me. If I had worried that my testimony was inappropriate for children, I would have stayed in my seat. I certainly do not share these details every time I share my testimony, but if I feel prompted to, I do.
I didn't know the full story, or impact, of that 10 minutes for quite a while. My friend talked to me a little after the meeting, mostly asking a lot if questions about my personal journey. At the time I really didn't have a clue why I had at least ten women standing or sitting next to me, or why so many of them were crying. At the time I was worried that I was keeping so many people from Sunday school. When the bishop came and found me, and asked me if I could meet with him briefly, I really wasn't sure what to expect. It was not bear hugs from him, both of his councilors and two stake high councilors. I got a very brief run down, basically that they had a sister in their ward who had been raped, and that some ward members had been fasting for her. I gave them my contact information and permission to share it with the sister I had been talking to, and any ward member who might have questions.
Several months later I got my first email from my friend, and since then she has shared quite a bit of the back story, from her perspective. Almost six months after my trip to Colorado, the wife if the bishop (who had since been released) called me to ask if I would be willing to answer some questions. She was going to be leading a fifth Sunday discussion on the Atonement. My friend's story was well known, and my testimony seems to have almost become folklore in that stake. She asked me to share my back story, how I happened to be in their ward, and why I had shared that testimony. I am not positive about why the ward taped the conversation of that fifth Sunday meeting, but I treasure my copy of it.
|We can't Mourn With Those That Mourn, if we aren't holding on to them!
I hope that this doesn't sound self aggrandizing. The Lord is the one who know what was needed. I fought the prompting, and did not expect it to have an impact on anyone but me. The glory belongs to God. I am humbled that he would choose someone as imperfect as me to help someone else. My point in sharing it, is to hopefully help those who have no experiences with these issues, to see that wonderful things can happen if you step out of your comfort zone enough to acknowledge and talk about issues that are usually keep hidden.


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The most exciting city in the northern Netherlands, Groningen comes as something of a surprise in the midst of its namesake province's quiet, rural surroundings. It's a hip, rather cosmopolitan place for the most part, with a thriving student life that imbues the city with vim and gusto. Competitively priced restaurants dish up exotic curries and fresh falafel alongside the standard Dutch staples, and the arts scene is particularly vibrant, especially during the academic year. Virtually destroyed during the Allied liberation in 1945, the city focuses on two enormous squares and is now a jumble of styles, from traditional canal-side townhouses to bright Art Deco tilework along the upper facades of the shopping streets – an eclecticism that culminates in the innovative Groninger Museum sitting on its own island near the station. Finally, one of the nice things about Groningen is that the centre is almost car-free, the result of huge investment in traffic-calming measures and a network of cycle paths and bus lanes. Today two-thirds of residents travel regularly by bike, the highest percentage in the country.
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The town's main draw is the excellent Groninger Museum, set on its own island on the southern edge of the centre, directly across from the train station. Aside from a very cool information lounge with computers and touch screens, the museum is mostly given over to temporary exhibitions and what you see really depends on when you're here. If you're lucky, a rare work by the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Carel Fabritius – Man in a Helmet (probably the museum's most prized possession) – will be on display, or Rubens' energetic Adoration of the Magi and Isaac Israëls' inviting Hoedenwinkel from a modest sample of Hague School paintings.
Most people, however, visit as much for the building itself as for what's inside, which consists of six pavilions, each designed in a highly individual style: think Gaudí on holiday in Miami, and you'll have some idea of the interior decor. Once inside, between the stylish café and museum shop, the striking mosaic stairwell sweeps downwards, depositing you among bulbous lemon-yellow pillars and pink walls, from where moat-level corridors head off to pavilions either side: east to Mendini, Mendini 1 and Coop Himmelb(l)au, west to Starck and De Ploeg.
De Ploeg and the Starck Pavilion
The museum's collection includes a number of works by the Expressionists of the Groningen De Ploeg school, housed in their own pavilion, a trapezium constructed from red bricks. The De Ploeg movement is characterized by intense colour contrasts, exaggerated shapes and depiction of landscapes – often of the countryside north of Groningen. As founding member Jan Altink put it: "There wasn't much going on in the way of art in Groningen, so I thought of cultivation and thus also of ploughing. Hence the name De Ploeg." As well as Altink, look out for the paintings of Jan Wiegers. Upstairs from De Ploeg, the Philippe Starck pavilion is a giant disc clad in aluminium plating and houses the museum's wonderful collection of Chinese and Japanese porcelain, beautifully displayed in circular glass cases, softened by gauzy drapes.
The Mendini Pavilions and Coop Himmelb(l)au
On the other side of the mosaic stairway, the Mendini pavilions are dedicated to temporary exhibitions, while a large concrete stairway links Mendini 1 to the final, and most controversial, pavilion. Designed by Wolfgang Prix and Helmut Swiczinsky, who together call themselves Coop Himmelb(l)au, it's a Deconstructivist experiment: double-plated steel and reinforced glass jut out at awkward angles, and skinny aerial walkways crisscross the exhibition space. It all feels – probably deliberately – half-built. Look out for the glass-walk holes, where the concrete floor stops and suddenly between your feet the canal gapes, two storeys below. This pavilion is also given over to temporary exhibitions.
Liquor fit for a queen?
Liquor fit for a queen?
Although Groningen does not have a rich culinary tradition, the Hooghoudt brewery (w hooghoudt.nl) is known throughout the country and dates back to 1888. It's best known for its Graanjevener, but they also produce Beerenburg and other liquors like the Wilhelmus Orange Liquor, which is traditionally served on Queen's Day.
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Festival Noorderzon
Every year in mid-August, Groningen hosts the increasingly popular Festival Noorderzon (w noorderzon.nl), a ten-day blend of theatre, music, film and performance art. About a third of the events are free, many of them staged in the Noorderplantsoen park, a fifteen minute walk north along Nieuwe Kijk in 't Jatstraat. Come night-time, food stalls and drinking-holes surround the lake in the park, while folk stroll along the lantern-lit paths or chill on the lake's stone steps to the sound of Afrobeat, Latin, funk, rock, jazz or ambient music. Other entertainment includes circuses, mime, puppetry, videos and installations. Hotels get busy, so if you're planning to visit around this time you'd do well to book in advance.

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Kane Williamson completed his second century in as many LV= County Championship games before Gloucestershire set Yorkshire a contrived target of 400 to win in 111 overs at Bristol.
The New Zealander took his overnight score of 89 to 111 before being one of five victims for Tim Bresnan in a Gloucestershire first-innings total of 351 for nine.
The last 52 of those runs were scored in just 3.1 overs off the bowling of Yorkshire skipper Andrew Gale and Adam Lyth, who presented runs to last pair Ian Saxelby and championship debutant Graeme McCarter.
The visitors then forfeited their first innings and Gloucestershire crawled to 48 without loss off 27 overs before declaring, having set the agreed target. Yorkshire closed on 30 for one from 15 overs.
There was no sign of what was ahead when the hosts began the day on 165 for two. The cricket was orthodox as Williamson and Alex Gidman took the total to 203 before the latter offered a low catch to wicketkeeper Gerard Brophy off Bresnan.
The England seamer went on to send back Williamson, who had hit 128 in the previous championship game against Derbyshire, Hamish Marshall and Ian Cockbain as Gloucestershire progressed to 293 for six, and finished with 5-81 from 32 overs.
When Steve Patterson dismissed Richard Coughtrie and Ed Young for ducks with consecutive balls and then trapped Will Gidman lbw, the home side were 299 for nine and the chief point of interest appeared to be whether they would get a third batting point.
Yet the match took an unexpected twist as Gale introduced first Lyth and then himself to the attack, clearly in an effort to feed the opposition runs.
There was the strange sight of Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie 'fielding' outside the boundary rope to throw the ball back as Saxelby and McCarter blasted a succession of full tosses and long hops to the ropes.
Gloucestershire ended up with four batting points and Yorkshire three bowling. But more contrived cricket was to come as the home side batted again. Openers Chris Dent and Benny Howell took their time and were rarely threatened.
Finally, the game returned to normality as Yorkshire set about their task. Lyth was dropped on 10 at first slip by Alex Gidman off Saxelby before Will Gidman made the breakthrough with the score on 14.
Joe Sayers was caught behind off a defensive edge for one and, with the new ball nibbling about off the seam, Gloucestershire looked favourites.
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Background: Vancomycin treatment failures in adults with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia are well documented despite established therapeutic monitoring consensus recommendations. Vancomycin use in children has unique challenges, and consensus guidelines are lacking. We evaluated trends in vancomycin monitoring in children and estimated the impact of adult guidelines on patterns of vancomycin use.
Methods: A retrospective, descriptive study was designed. Data were obtained from the Pediatric Health Information System from 40 not-for-profit, tertiary care pediatric hospitals in the United States. Patients receiving vancomycin during hospitalizations ending July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2011 were included, and the number of vancomycin monitoring determinations per course of therapy was queried. Vancomycin utilization and monitoring practices were evaluated across institutions, age groups and time intervals.
Results: A total of 104,586 patients met study criteria. The mean duration of vancomycin administration was 5 (median 3, range 1–257) days. A mean of 1 (median 1, range 0–186) serum vancomycin concentration was obtained per patient; 46% of patients had none. Eighty-one percent of those receiving vancomycin more than 3 days had monitoring performed at least once. Monitoring practices did not correlate with length of therapy (r2 = 0.11). Monitoring frequency increased across all age groups (P < 0.05) after publication of adult guidelines in January 2009.
Conclusions: Vancomycin monitoring practices are highly variable in children admitted to pediatric hospitals. The frequency with which serum vancomycin concentrations were monitored in children increased after the publication of the adult guidelines. Pediatric consensus guidelines should be developed to optimize patient care and resource utilization.
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PKLOPP has 3 threads about fasting here. Search for them, lots of good info.
Well, I guess it's actually one question. I am 29 hours into, what has become, an undetermined length fast. Originally planned to be 24 hours, I decided when I got to that point I decided to keep going. I just feel too good to stop. My question concerns conventional wisdom. My whole life I've been told that starving yourself (fasting), will cause your body to go into emergency mode, quit burning fat, and start burning muscle. This really doesn't seem to jive with what I've been reading about fasting and ketosis.
So could someone please set me straight on what the real deal on this topic is?
PKLOPP has 3 threads about fasting here. Search for them, lots of good info.
First, thank you for pointing me toward those postings by PKLOPP. That was a ton of excellent information!
So, I've never been much of a toe dipper - I'm more of a plunger. I like to dive right into things. That's how I began my fast wednesday morning. After reading PK's posts, I ended it this morning at the 48 hour mark. I had two eggs scrambled with onion and in ghee, with some coconut oil poured on them after they were done cooking, a yogurt, and a packet of sardines. I was literally stuffed after that - when only two months ago that would have been a snack for me! I actually had to force myself to eat, I just wasn't hungry! I dropped 6 pounds during the fast (with as much as I was peeing I assume mostly water weight) and i felt great actually almost the whole time. The last 12 hours or so I had an upset stomach, but i wasn't actually sick. I think (maybe) my body was just flushing some nastiness out of it. I actually had more energy during the fast than I did today eating food , it was really weird. I'm definitely going to make this a weekly part of my routine!
I'm not quite sure what people mean when they talk about 16/8 or 19/5 fasts, so if anyone wants to share info about that that would be awesome.
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Gary Cole is always worth watching—an actor of restrained craft and no phony baloney. Over on West Wing, he's vice president. Here he's Conrad "Connie" Rose, head of an elite squad chasing down Los Angeles's 100 most wanted. So far, the show can be shockingly violent—a blurry closeup of a face split open by a bullet was yuck—but the enemies (Korean gang members, Serbian war criminals) tend to have less oomph than their high-grade arsenals. And Connie's cell—which includes a computer whiz with tattoos and piercings (Josey Scott) and an unlikely fresh recruit, a woman from naval intelligence (Rashida Jones)—hasn't gelled. Some good performers are in place, though, including Lee Tergesen (Oz). His thin lips framed by a red fu manchu, Tergesen plays one of Connie's standout trainees from the police academy. It also turns out that he had a recent affair with Connie's estranged wife (DeDee Pfeiffer) and may, in truth, still be having that fling.
Whatever the show's flaws, Cole, moving always at a precise clip and with a ramrod bearing, has the spine to keep it all together. Surprisingly, he's at his best in the personal scenes. Trying to make sense of his still flirting relationship with his wife or improve the spotty companionship he provides to his son (Chris J. Kelly), he doesn't go soft, just yields enough to become momentarily fully human. Then he snaps back to form. When two of his crew debate his judgment, he says, "I will beat you both until your heart stops." And most likely you'll believe him.


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That won't be the case this year, and not just because Rory McIlroy – the No. 2 player in the world – made a last-minute decision to play.
Because of how the calendar falls, there were two weeks between Bay Hill and the Masters. And because of a deal that the Texas Open cannot end on Easter Sunday, it now occupies the final week before Augusta National. That spot had belonged to the Houston Open.
With so many players wanting one last tournament before going to the Masters, the Texas Open has attracted the likes of Matt Kuchar, Jim Furyk, Charl Schwartzel, Ian Poulter and Peter Hanson, all of them in the top 50.
The Texas Open has 16 players who will be in the Masters. This year's field is strong enough to send the winner to Firestone.
ONE LAST CHANCE: Germany's Marcel Siem narrowly missed out on the top 50 (he's ranked 51st) and his first trip to the Masters.
Now, he gets one more chance.
Tournament officials said Siem accepted a sponsor exemption Monday to the Texas Open. All winners of PGA Tour events that offer full FedEx Cup points get a trip down Magnolia Lane.
Ever since the Masters renewed its criteria to take PGA Tour winners in 2007, only one player has won the last event before the Masters to get in – Johnson Wagner at the Houston Open in 2008.
SORENSTAM AWARD: The Annika Award will be presented to the top NCAA Division I women's player, starting next year.
"I'm thrilled to be able to have my name on this," Annika Sorenstam said Tuesday.
The Annika Foundation and the Haskins Commission announced the award Tuesday at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. The Haskins Commission also presents the Haskins Award, named in honor of the late Fred Haskins, to the top men's college player.
Sorenstam, the Swede who starred at the University of Arizona before her Hall of Fame LPGA Tour, and Golfweek magazine also are completing plans for a women's college tournament that will begin play next year in the Orlando, Fla., area.
GEORGIA CUP: A tradition that began in 1998 with Kuchar as the winner resumes Thursday at The Golf Club of Georgia. U.S. Amateur champion Ben Fox faces British Amateur champion Alan Dunbar of Northern Ireland in the Georgia Cup.
The U.S. Amateur champion has an 8-7 edge in the series.
Kuchar won the inaugural competition in 1998 when he defeated Craig Watson. Over the years, the Georgia Cup has featured three future Ryder Cup players (Kuchar, Sergio Garcia, Edoardo Molinari), along with Ricky Barnes, Matteo Manassero, Peter Uihlein and Graeme Storm.
Former Masters and U.S. Open champion Billy Casper will serve as honorary captain.
Fox, a senior at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, won the last two holes in regulation and then made an 18-foot birdie on the 37th hole to beat Michael Weaver last summer at Cherry Hills in the U.S. Amateur. Dunbar, who played on the Walker Cup team in 2011, beat Matthias Schwab, of Austria, in 36 holes to win the British Amateur at Royal Troon.
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WARREN - Three Warren residents were taken to area hospitals about 5 p.m. Wednesday after a high-speed crash into a tree on Southern Boulevard.
Corey Davis, 36, was driving his sister's car while his aunt Demetris Ball, 53, was in the passenger seat and a friend of his, Kevin Parks, 21, was riding in the back, according to family members at the scene.
Heading north toward a slight left curve, the vehicle jumped the curb and went airborne before bottoming out at the side of a driveway at 1206 Southern Blvd. and crashing into a front yard tree, emergency crews said.
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Three Warren residents were injured when the car they were riding in slammed into a tree on Southern Boulevard on Wednesday. Corey Davis, 36, was driving at the time and is facing charges. Photo by Margaret Thompson
Davis is being charged with operating a vehicle impaired, reckless driving and driving under license suspension.
Two of the people were trapped inside the mangled car, and crews had to use a hydraulic cutting tool to free the driver, while using hand tools to extract the passenger.
Cheryl Rosier, 55, who lives at the home, said, "What I heard was tires squealing, like he had slammed on his brakes. ... They had to be flying."
She said she saw Parks climb out of the back window of the car and crawl over to her driveway. The woman in the front seat was asking for her help as well, she said.
"She had the seat belt around her neck and was asking me to cut it," she said.
According to Davis' brother, William Davis, who arrived shortly after the accident, all of the passengers seemed pretty banged up, but survived.
"Kevin was knocked out," he said. "Corey wasn't awake but he was bleeding from all over."
As for his aunt, he said she was bleeding from her face but still talking.
The Warren Fire Department and Police Department arrived on scene and extracted the two people in the front of the car. They spent about 45 minutes on scene.
The conditions of the victims had not been released Wednesday evening. Warren fire Lt. Al Brown said he couldn't tell extent of injuries.
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Speeding on the street isn't uncommon, Rosier said. There was another accident in which a car swiped her tree and took out part of a fence on the corner of Southern Boulevard and Linda Drive not too long ago, she said.
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PITTSBURGH - Seniors Jocelyn Floyd and Carly Vendemia earned their undergraduate degrees earlier this month. Floyd received a bachelor's in sociology and criminal justice and Vendemia a bachelor's in corporate communications. Vanessa Abel and Ahjah Hall, who were also a part of the Dukes' senior class, received their degrees last year.
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The 20-year-old son of mobster-turned-informant Thomas DelGiorno and an 18- year-old South Philadelphia man are being held without bail in Baltimore in the shooting death of a man outside a bar early Sunday.
Baltimore police said Robert DelGiorno, formerly of South Philadelphia, and Anthony Frank Forline Jr., of Gladstone Street near 3rd, are accused of killing Steven Hemerlein, 24, of Silver Spring, Md., during a fistfight over a pool game.
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And I'll be headed to Maine tomorrow. I considered trying to track down a brewpub, but you know, there are cooler things in Boston. Sally and I went to the North End for Italian and then to the 70-year-old (and therefore mis-named) Modern Pastry for cannoli. Plus we paid homage to the revolution, which I have a hard time resisting. Blogging will continue as normal, but commenting here and elsewhere will be slow.
We parked next to the Boston Garden and paid a guy who was dressed head-to-toe in Red Sox paraphernalia. His accent was so think it was only occasionally recognizeable as English.
Paul Revere's wooden house, built 1680. Gives me hope that ours (1925) will survive my lifetime.
Revere, with the Old Church in the background. ("One if by land...")
From inside the Old Church, looking to the courtyard.
Never mind the beer, take the cannolis.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Incidentally, I'm in Boston
Posted by Jeff Alworth at 2:42 PM
Labels: travel
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Mmm, real cannolis. Enjoy
- 8:31 PM, November 23, 2010
No trip to Bukowski's?
- 9:11 PM, November 23, 2010
Publick House!
- 9:18 PM, November 23, 2010
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- 10:06 PM, November 23, 2010
- Jack R. said...
You will no doubt encounter Alan Pugsley's Ringwood yeast Shipyard Ales. Not your Pacific NW citrus, piney ales.
. . . I await your critique.
[just cleaning up a typo]
- 10:10 PM, November 23, 2010
- Angelo De Ieso II said...
Have fun in New England. I'll be back there in a few weeks.
- 11:35 PM, November 23, 2010
- Jeff Alworth said...
As we head north to Maine today, we'll stop at the Portsmouth Brewery for lunch. They have a dunkel gose and rauchbier on tap--score!
(Can't swing a dead cat without hitting a gose these days...)
- 7:16 AM, November 24, 2010
- Kevin said...
"Can't swing a dead cat without hitting a gose these days..."
I accept your challenge.
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A team that loses all five games prior to the begining of district play can't be as concerned about its start as its finish.
Pampa 35, Randall 23
Records: Pampa is 1-5, 1-0 in District 3-4A; Randall 0-6, 0-1
Noteworthy: Pampa quarterback Alex Clendening takes over in second half as Harvesters overcome 13-0 deficit.
In Thursday night's District 3-4A opener at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium, the Pampa Harvesters were best able to overcome a slow start while the Randall Raiders are still looking for a good finish.
Despite giving up the game's first 13 points, Pampa rode a strong ground game and quarterback Alex Clendening in the second half. Clendening accounted for his team's final four touchdowns, including three in the second half, as the Harvesters beat Randall, 35-23, to record their first win, while the Raiders are still looking for theirs.
"They've really tried to do what we've asked of them the entire season," Pampa coach Heath Parker said of his team. "I think we're getting better every week."
One constant for the Harvesters (1-6, 1-0 in district) has been Clendening, and he was again a huge factor. While Clendening threw for 132 yards, a relatively low total for him, he was able to leave the field with something he hadn't had all season - a victory.
"Everybody did such a good job, and I'm so happy for everybody on this team," Clendening said. "Things started going right for us finally."
That wasn't the case in the first 12:24 of the game, which Randall (0-6, 0-1) dominated, grinding down the Harvesters with the running game. The Raiders took the opening kickoff and went 68 yards on eight plays to take a 7-0 lead, as Tony Chavez capped the drive with a 5-yard scoring run.
A meat-grinder approach was even more evident on Randall's next drive, as the Raiders went 80 yards on 16 plays, ending the drive with another 5-yard run, this time by Bryce Ballard, which made it 13-0.
Three plays later, Zack Constancio intercepted Clendening and returned the ball to Pampa's 28-yard line. But Constancio fumbled the return, and the Harvesters recovered.
"Football's all about momentum," Parker said. "That was a big break, but I think the big thing is that our running game outperformed (Randall's) running game."
While the interception proved big, Randall coach Bryan Wood didn't think it was the game's ultimate turning point.
"It was disappointing but we were still up 13-0," Wood said. "Any time you start out like that you're feeling good, but you've got to play four quarters, not a quarter and a half."
Pampa took advantage, as Kendrick Alexander broke a 21-yard run up the middle for a score to make it 13-7. After Randall had a three-and-out on the ensuing possession, the Harvesters scored on a 25-yard pass from Clendening to Braden Hunt on a third-and-15 to make it 14-13.
Randall's Tre Norton kicked a 30-yard field goal as the first half expired, giving the Raiders a 16-14 halftime advantage.
But Pampa took the lead for good late in the third quarter, marching 96 yards on 14 plays, capping the drive with a beautiful 22-yard scoring throw from Clendening to Hunt for a 21-16 lead.
Pampa 0 14 7 14 - 35
Randall 7 9 0 7 - 23
R-Tony Chavez 5 run (Tre Norton kick)
R-Bryce Ballard 5 run (pass failed)
P-Kendrick Alexander 21 run (Colten Adams kick)
P-Braden Hunt 25 pass from Alex Clendening (Adams kick)
R-Norton FG 30
P-Hunt 22 pass from Clendening (Adams kick)
P-Clendening 32 run (Adams kick)
Ra-Hunter Alford 28 run (Norton kick)
P-Clendening 21 run (Adams kick)
Pampa Randall
First Downs 23 15
Rushing 246 238
Passing 132 65
Total yards 378 303
Punts 1-45.0 3-42.0
Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-2
Penalties 4-30 5-35
Individual Statistics
Rushing - Pampa: Alexander 22-158, Clendening 16-81, Trent Cartere 2-7. Randall: Ballard 19-103, Chavez 7-27, Gage Moore 6-40, Colby Douglas 1-8, Anthony Garcia 1-0, Leighton Tapia 1-13, Alford 4-43, Jordan Smith 1-4.
Passing - Pampa: Clendening 9-14-1-132. Randall: Hunter Alford 6-13-0-65, Smith 0-4-0-0.
Receiving - Pampa: Garrett Ericson 1-7, Anthony Allen 1-27, Hunt 5-77. Randall: Aaron Whited 2-32, Norton 1-6, Chavez 1-10, Moore 1-8, Tapia 1-9.
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Jihadi Violence: A Study of al-Qaeda's Media
Armborst, Andreas
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Jörg Albrecht
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The study investigates the ideological origins of religiously inspired violence by analyzing al-Qaedas media. Militant ideologies are a transmitter of political violence. The efficiency of militant ideologies to instigate violence depends on its potential to provide individuals and groups a persuasive rationale about why it is necessary, beneficial and justified to engage in violent activism. In regard to this potential, the ideology of al-Qaeda (jihadism) is the most successful contemporary militant ideology. It has mobilized supporters and followers throughout the world. Today, most military conflicts are, at least partially, inspired by jihadi ideology.
Yet, many speculations revolve around the political goals of Islamists and jihadists. What is it that al-Qaeda think it can achieve through political violence? This book provides clear answers to this and other important questions. Based on the systematic content analysis of claims of responsibilities and video messages of al-Qaeda leaders, it opens intriguing insights into the world view and mindset of the jihadi movement. Thereby it enables the reader to gain a clearer picture of the political-religious program of Islamism and to better distinguish between its radical and moderate political claims. This knowledge is important because political Islam and jihadi violence not only is an increasingly important topic in domestic politics, but also became, through the Arab Spring, a tangible factor in foreign affairs. In al-Qaedas ideology theological and political arguments are blended into a coherent media strategy. Political claims and grievances are convincingly backed up by quasi-journalistic evidence, whereas theological arguments are complemented by legal references to the Quran and Sunna. In addition, the jihadi leaders provide doctrines and strategies describing how the use of force can defend Islam against its perceived three existential threats the global conflict, Arab despotism and secular governance. Theological and strategic considerations converge in al-Qaedas rationale for violence.
In order to compare the intellectual origins of jihadism as expressed in 31 video statements with its actual implementation on the ground in military conflicts, the author has analyzed 196 claims of responsibility issued by jihadi insurgents during the Iraq War (2003-2009). To this end, content analysis software is used. The results of this analysis are 95 different narratives, themes, topics, and issues in AQs media, which represent, in a nutshell, the complex thematic structure of jihadi ideology. Through relational content analysis, it is possible to obtain more generic information about the rationale of jihadi violence. It reveals which topics are quantitatively and qualitatively interrelated, and thereby identifies manifest and latent patterns in the content that usually cannot be identified by just reading the material without the aid of content analysis software.
In short, the results show how both, religious fanaticism and political calculus are inseparably linked in the ideology of the jihadi movement. Besides its coercive quality (e.g. resisting foreign occupation by military means) al-Qaeda assumes political violence and terrorism to be beneficial and necessary for theological reasons. For instance al-Qaeda claims theological supremacy over competing Islamist groups (such as Hamas) based on the allegations of defeatism, that is when other groups refrain for purely political-strategic considerations from the religious obligation of jihad.


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No, Damian Thompson, the 'Atheist Left' Has Never Been a Dawkins Fan
I read a lot of things I disagree with, but this post on Richard Dawkins by The Spectator's Damian Thompson stands out as one of the more brazenly dishonest ones I've encountered in a while. Dawkins is currently in hot water with feminists and others for tweeting about rape, and a few people, like the Guardian's Eleanor Robertson, are pointing out (rightly) that the world-famous atheist crusader has been an unhinged crank for quite a while now.
Enter Damian Thompson with this rant asserting—it's impossible to say he's argued anything—that the "atheist Left" didn't care about Dawkins' bigotry as long as it was directed against Christianity. Dawkins' tweets about rape and about Muslims, Thompson writes, have "exposed a rich vein of hypocrisy in the Left—and, more significantly, an intellectual rift between hard-line and multiculturalist atheists." This is presumably because now "the Left" is pushing back against his craziness now that it's directed at feminists and Muslims, even though they didn't seem to care when it was directed against Christians. (Dawkins, for example, called Pope Benedict "a 'leering old villain in the frock' who ran 'a profiteering, woman-fearing, guilt-gorging, truth-hating, child-raping institution.")
If there's anything more tiresome than someone on the internet accusing someone else of hypocrisy, it's someone on the internet accusing someone of entirely made-up hypocrisy. First of all, what is the "atheist Left"? Sure a lot of people on the left are atheists, but a significant number of them are not, enough to make the such a description functionally useless. Also, if memory serves me, only about 50 percent of the British public describes itself as religious, and only about half of those believe in God. So I'm pretty sure there are some right-wing atheists in the UK. Second, Thompson has completely invented this timeline where Dawkins first arose as an anti-Christian bigot and only later turned against Muslims. The entire phenomenon of the "New Atheism" arose in response to 9/11, and therefore was always about Muslims. Sam Harris' The End of Faith was published in 2004, and explicitly advanced the notion of a civilizational clash between the West and Islam. Dawkins' best-known book, The God Delusion, appeared in 2006. Hitchens' God is Not Great came in 2007. The latter two also dealt extensively with Islam. As the historian Jackson Lears wrote, "[The New Atheism] may have targeted Christianity and occasionally Judaism, but hatred and fear of Islam was its animating force." Sorry Thompson, but these guys have been singling out Muslims from the start.
And the entire time people on the left in the UK and the US were responding that this "secular fundamentalism" was a mirror image of what it purported to criticize. Terry Eagleton, perhaps the most famous Marxist in Thompson's country, wrote a whole book about it. This is the famous first line of his review of The God Delusion, in the bastion of the British left, the London Review of Books:"Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology." And the temple of highbrow American liberalism, the New York Review of Books: "Dawkins when discussing religion is, in effect, a blunt instrument, one that has a hard time distinguishing Unitarians from abortion clinic bombers."And the liberal New York Times: "There is lots of good, hard-hitting stuff about the imbecilities of religious fanatics and frauds of all stripes, but the tone is smug and the logic occasionally sloppy." (The reviewer also accused Dawkins of "scattershot reasoning" and "rhetorical excess.") The American liberal magazines The New Republic and Harper's both published strongly critical reviews.
The left has been even more unforgiving of Dawkins' fellow New Atheists, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, not least because those two turned their arguments against religion into support for George W. Bush's warmongering. Jackson Lears, reviewing Sam Harris in The Nation, the leading magazine of the American left: "The End of Faith, written in the wake of 9/11, bears all the marks of that awful time: hysteria, intolerance, paranoia; cankered demands for unity and the demonization of dissent." In addition to innumerable leftist critiques of Hitchens' politics, here's a fellow atheist, writing in the liberal website Salon, about his "sloppy or altogether missing knowledge of theology" and his "irresponsible thinking within his own presumed area of expertise, Western philosophy and literature." Here's the Washington Post, which Thompson singles out for giving Dawkins a platform, reviewing Hitchens' God is Not Great: "I have never encountered a book whose author is so fundamentally unacquainted with its subject. In the end, this maddeningly dogmatic book does little more than illustrate one of Hitchens's pet themes—the ability of dogma to put reason to sleep."
Of course there are leftists out there who hate religion and enjoy Dawkins' antics. But presenting this recent response to Dawkins' unhinged Twitter account as a sudden leftist awakening to his intemperate intolerance is selective reading of the highest order. Or perhaps more likely, it's evidence Damian Thompson doesn't read at all.
David Sessions
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Patrick Sawyer says:
While I do think many on the left look the other way in terms of egregious civil rights abuses in Islam and in Islamic states, it is absolutely the case, as Sessions underscores, that the "New Atheists" have been targeting Islam from day one. I might also add that I just re-read Sam Harris' The Moral Landscape, and was struck at how many times I had underlined Harris singling out Islam and Muslims. It is noteworthy that this book from Harris was published 9 years after 9/11.
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Plenty of Miley Cyrus for you elsewhere on the interwebs. Bye!
biomuse says:
The author seems to be unaware that Terry Eagleton, in addition to being a brilliant and celebrated man of letters and a Marxist, is also a Christian. As such, citing his definitively reasoned and early takedown of Dawkins' written exercise in public onanism is hardly a defense against Thompson's critique.
David Sessions says:
But the host of his review, the LRB, is not a religious publication; quite the contrary. And in Thompson's opinion, "atheism" and "left" are coterminous. If I couldn't find any secular-left critics of Dawkins, it might be relevant, but in this case it's not; Eagleton is one of many orientations on the left, and that diversity helps illustrate how narrow and ridiculous Thompson's notion of the "atheist left" is.
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I have no idea whether Thompson views "the Left" and "Atheists" as one and the same. I am not a regular reader of Damian Thompson and so don't know what axes he might regularly grind. When he wrote "the atheist Left," I took him to mean by that, "the atheist Left," that is, that subset of the Left who are also atheists, or vice versa.
However if, as you say, Thompson views "the Left" and "Atheists" as a coterminous set, then one excellent way to refute that is by showing that there exists a "religious Left."
That is accomplishable simply by not overlooking the identities of its members, such as Terry Eagleton.
If, on the other hand, Thompson meant exactly what he wrote, then I would think you'd have to admit that his point is rather better taken. I assume you're not going to argue that the extreme popularity of the antireligious polemics by Dawkins, Hitchens, etc. is the result of a large number of confused right-wing fundamentalist Christians who lost track of what books they were buying. Nor that the recent decline in Dawkins' stock is the result of those who already saw the problem suddenly being more widely read. You'll note that those now critical aren't citing Allen Orr, but Dawkins own missteps.
The nonsensical, ahistorical work of the "New Atheists" has been to frame science and religion, reason and faith, not as coexisting spheres of individual behavior but, instead, as warring monoliths immiscible within a single person. They have, deliberately and repeatedly, declared either null or nonsensical the set of which Eagleton is a member: that of a highly learned, vigorously rational, keenly critical and *religious* Left.
The intended effect of this slanderous polemic – that there should be thought to exist no intellectually honest religious who are worth engaging, and thus no arguments that the New Atheists have not both defined and won – has been to hollow out the middle, destroying space for dialog.
I know you're not in favor of that. But as a scientist for 25 years, I'm here to tell you that they've made more headway with that effort among those in the sciences – and at the very highest echelons, where I spent that time – than in other disciplines.
It's telling, and should be more than a little disturbing, that the critiques of Dawkins' work that you cite are, without exception, by humanities scholars or other non-scientists. You cite the
work of Curtis White – but have you read it? Having done so, you will understand why a scientific community in thrall to this stuff is such a calamity, dangerous, and a negative for science to boot.
For all I know, Damian Thompson may well be a right wing blowhard whose crowing is unearned and misplaced. But as a member of a large group of people who have been airbrushed
out of existence by the popular, know-nothing narrative perpetrated by New Atheism, it's hard not to root for a little discord and hopefully more widespread dialectic about how this was allowed to happen among those – and by those – whose minds are ostensibly open.
To my thinking, the transgressions aren't comparable. It is more needful that many who consider themselves of the Left be reminded that far too many fell prey of late to Great Man syndrome, than that such reminders, coarse and inaccurate though they may sometimes be, should be blunted and our consciences whitewashed by reminding us that, yes, there were some who dissented.
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This will seem random. I realize by your comment that you're a scientist and "immiscible" is part of your native tongue so to speak, but still, great word. As a professor in a communications department in a large university, I appreciate the use of a good vocabulary. Sincerely, nice job. Cheers.
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have a gorgeous 19-year-old daughter who has acne. We hear it is due to heredity and hormones. We go to a dermatologist and get fair results. Tetracycline doesn't work. We hear birth-control pills are good. Any suggestions? - J.P.
ANSWER: An attack on acne centers on oil production, clogged skin pores and the bacterium P. acnes. Heredity has a hand, but heredity has an influence on most medical conditions. Oil production is linked to the production of male hormones. Women do make them. Puberty is the age at which all hormone production goes into high gear. Acne pretty well peaks between the ages of 15 and 19 and usually is gone by age 25, but not always.
The skin pore is the home of oil glands and hair. The hair can be so delicate that it's not seen. Male hormones increase the production of oil. The excess oil solidifies in the pore and plugs it. As the production of oil continues, the pore bursts and spreads oil material and bacteria into the adjacent skin. A pimple is born.
Mild acne often yields to topical treatment. "Topical" indicates that medicine is applied directly to the skin. Benzoyl peroxide, an over-the-counter liquid, has an antibacterial effect and can be applied twice daily. It's often used in conjunction with retinoids. Retin-A is such a drug and comes as a cream, gel or lotion.
For more-severe acne, topical antibiotics like Cleocin and erythromycin are added to the program.
The birth-control pill is an excellent idea. It cuts down oil production.
In resistant acne, oral antibiotics are prescribed. Tetracycline is one, but not the only one. Doxycycline in a 20-mg dose, far lower than used for bacterial infections, controls the inflammation of acne and is quite useful and safe.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Two days after Christmas I developed a slight sore throat. The next day it disappeared. However, I felt tired and in a few days I had a cough, which got better on its own. I had been with my grandson the day before I felt sick. However, about nine to 10 days later he got a cold and fever. My doctor said it was not from me. My daughter-in-law believes I transmitted it to the youngster. I am upset by this. She and my son are first-time parents and are obsessed with the child, 18 months old, not getting sick again. - R.C.
ANSWER: People love to track down the miscreant who spread a cold. It's a process that almost never identifies the correct source. It makes the accused feel like a felon, deserving of the guillotine.
The incubation period for a cold, the time from infection to the appearance of symptoms, is 24 to 48 hours. Your grandson didn't catch the cold until nine days after you left. You didn't transmit it to him.
Your son's and daughter-in-law's obsession with protecting their child from all sickness and infections is not realistic. It could be unhealthy. Exposure to a variety of bacteria and viruses is the way we develop immunity to them.
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Emergency crews are still working to remove power lines from the roadway in North Palm Springs.
The lines went down just before 11am on Palm Canyon Drive between Racquet Club Drive and San Rafael Road near the Shell Station.
SCE Crews were able to move the lines to Yorba Drive and have closed it between Los Felices and North Palm Canyon.
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PUKALANI - Chase Newton has grown stronger over the past year, adding 15 pounds of muscle to boost his 6-foot-2 frame to 220 pounds.
The senior quarterback for Kamehameha Schools Maui thinks it is a trend for the Warriors.
"I feel stronger," Newton said at practice last week. "I feel like everyone's more on board this season, understands what's going on. We're just working to get better."
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Chase Newton of Kamehameha Schools Maui passed for 1,521 yards last year, the highest total in the Maui Interscholastic League since 2007.
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Newton passed for 1,521 yards last year, the highest total in the Maui Interscholastic League since Jordan Helle - the Warriors' offensive coordinator - completed his career at Baldwin in 2007.
Head coach Cody Nakamura enters his second year at the Kamehameha helm at the age of 27. Helle is 24 and defensive coordinator Trenson Himalaya is 26.
"They know what we're going through," Newton said. "They have been in our situation not too long ago, so they understand, but they also know what it takes to get better and push us as they do."
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The Maui News will preview one Maui Interscholastic League football team's 2014 season each day leading up to Thursday's season opener.
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Nakamura was suspended for one game last season after making contact with a Maui High player on the sidelines during a game. Kamehameha went 1-8 overall last year.
"Definitely I learned a lot (last year)," said Nakamura, a former tight end at Weber State who added that the program's offseason training and thought process is similar to a college team's. "Being brand new, straight out of college, hired as a head coach definitely was a great experience for the first year. One of the goals, of course, was just to learn, see how it works here.
"Up at Kamehameha Schools it is totally different, we have got a lot of administration to talk to. So that was a definite learning process, but I think I've got it down now and I know all that stuff now. Year two, the main focus is just to go out there and win."
Kamehameha will be the only school in the league without a junior varsity team. The 51-player roster has 13 freshmen and 13 sophomores.
"It was definitely a tough call," Nakamura said of canceling the JV season. "Just because the freshmen, the ones that haven't developed yet, they aren't going to be able to play very much, so we have got to get programs for them to try and get some experience and get them in the weight room. It's almost like a redshirt program in college."
The Warriors ranked fourth in the Maui Interscholastic League in offense last season. Newton's passing accounted for 66.4 percent of the yardage.
The defense was last in the five-team league, surrendering 373.2 yards per game.
"We would like to go to states, that's our main goal," Newton said. "We just take one game at a time. Everyone is competitive around here and we feel we can be a team to push things."
Senior wide receivers Joshua Hiwatashi and Keoni Keanini finished second and third in the MIL in receptions last season, combining for 63 catches, 924 yards and eight touchdowns.
"I would say we're way better than last year," Newton said of the trio. "We have way more chemistry with each other, so I know what they are going to do, they know what I'm going to do."
Aaron Kokubun, a 6-3, 310-pound senior, is one of several linemen who will go both ways.
"I think we are going to play more physical than last year," Kokubun said. "We are a young group with a lot of young guys, but the mentality is better to where we are going to play hard and we are going to do what we can with what we have got."
Kokubun said being a senior brings a lot of responsibility.
"We just have to teach all (the young players) that we can be better than we are at this point, so when they are seniors they can be better than they ever dreamed of being," he said. "That's a huge weight on our shoulders, to just show them what's right and what's not, just set a great example on and off the field."
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Kate Gosselin Stressed About Money
Kate Gosselin, mom of eight, admits that she is worried about her family and stressed about money after TLC cancelled her show, Kate Plus 8.
"I'm freaking out. Big time," Gosselin, 36, told People.
Gosselin has been a reality TV star since 2005 and says twins Cara and Mady, and sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel "weren't ready," to leave the show.
"Nobody was [ready]," she says. "I've never quit a job in my life without having something else lined up. I don't know what's next."
But Gosselin vows to work hard to keep the lifestyle she's provided for her kids.
"I told them I will work my fingers to the bone to make sure that they can stay here and go to their school," she says. "There are no guarantees in life for anyone, but they know that I'm giving it my best shot."
The final episode of Kate Plus 8 will air September 12 on TLC.
This week's issue of People magazine, featuring an interview with Kate Gosselin, is available on newsstands Friday.
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Didn't khate gosselin earned a LOT of money??? What is khate afraid of? How much does it cost for her fake hair, fake eyelashes, fake boobs, fake tan? Is there anything real about this lady? Or is this khate's "ploy" to keep blackmailing America? Didn't she blame technology for having too many kids and that she is entitled to be taken cared of by the American public? Oh, ya know khate … there is the unemployment line. Or, do you think you are tooooooo famous to mix in and fall in line with the rest of us because people might fight over your autograph????? You should have saved for the rainy days .
Poor Kate will need to go back to emptying bed pans and being a nurse. I think she got too many hormone injections when she was trying to get pregers. She has PMS all the time. Maybe she should try to get some the old fashioned way and by someone who knows what they are doing. One good BIG O will turn her from a lion into a pussy cat.
If she sold the house she would have money to live on. She doesn't need all that money to live. Look at the Octomom. She makes it and it isn't easy cause he has 14 kids to support. Nobody gave her hand louts like Kate.
Oh yeah…….You can't dance !!!!!!!
Please just go away.
Yea she needs to get in touch with the real reality. Normal people don't have people filming them and giving them trips and money. If she is having trouble paying her bills maybe she should tell her kids that they will go to a school that doesn't cost so much for 8 kids. She doesn't need to look great all the time any more. So no more beauty trips to have anything done will cut alot of the cost. NOw how is she going to pay for college for those 8 kids does she have a plan for that in the years to come?
If she wasn't such a manipulative, multi-presonality, selfish b**** Jon would still be there and the show would be as popular as ever…but after watching the scenes where Jon and her and the kids were walking in that store and she did nothing but holler and b**** at him the whole time…and then her lil s***ty remarks she likes to make…and how silly she can act…but the last one I saw when the life long babysitter…who had been there over the years thick and thin…and she threw a s*** fit about her bodygaurd,(secret lover), not getting pizza…I mean …geez…all the money Kate's got…the show has to have some expense money like catering…I mean…ORDER SOME MORE PIZZA KATE!!!!…asinine, vain, maniputive,non-dancing, B****!!!!!!
SO stressed out about money that she had to go and buy a $50,000.00 sports car for herself. NO room for her children in it though. (?????????????)
Well, money can't too much of an issue if she just bought a fancy sports car! Would she please just go away?!
I'm pretty sure that Kate has put away some money. She has been saying for a long time that each of her kids have a substantial college account so thier education is already taken care of. I have read that she plans on keeping Steve ( bodyguard turned personal assistant) on the payroll. She must have a substantial amount of money put away to afford to keep her help. I'm sure that she will get a decent severance package from TLC and then there is also unemployment insurance that is available to her just like anybody else. Kate will not be hit hard by unemployment like so many others have been. Not feeling sorry for her at all and the kids will adjust to not having the cameras around.
Poor Miss Kate Goselin, she has had everything handed to her let her go out and work and see what it is all about .I know that she will not be able to hold down a job because she can't get along with people because of her demanding ways.This should prove very interesting.
She does NOT have a real job, nor do any reality shows. If she's worried about money, she hasn't been saving for this day that was bound to come.
oh poor Kate. NOT…………………..she is an evil person who treats the world as her door mat. She want's the US to pay for her kids, that she chose to have. In a statement she made early on She expects the village to help pay for her family.
On to those kids They are brats they have learned it from MOM! They are not a fun happy family at school.
When Kate and John first started the show, they didn't have much money. And at that time Kate was very good at bargains. She was very good at feeding her children healthy filling meals. She just has to put on her Mom hat again. I think they will be ok. I will look forward to the specials and see the kids grow.
she and her ex have spent everything including the kids money. If you think she can put a "mom" hat on again, you have not been watching the show. She does not want anything to do with those kids that does not involve them earning money!
It's taken TOO LONG!!!!! How did this ugly cow ever last 7 seasons? 7 minutes of her and her whining kids is enough for 7 life times. good ridence, and don't come back.
I watched my first episode ever of Kate and her kids it was the final episode. I can see why her husband left. This woman is a raving BBBBBBBBBBBBB. I watched as she complained about getting wet while going rafting. I'am left speechless. I'm glad this was the end.
Kate needs to put her big girl panties on and take care of her kids and stop expecting everything to be givien to her. Does she really care about these kids or that fact they they have been her meal ticket for years. She will never be able to hold down a real job because NOONE is going to put up with her crap. You know there is a chance your show might be cancelled and you go out and buy a new care, one in which all your kids can not fit in…oh I forgot the bodyguard steve will fit….. In time her kids will turn on her and go live with Jon because of the way she treats them.
Khate said that her fans are devestated by the cancellation of the show!!!! What fans – the few weirdos that watch reality show? Even those can't stand her.
Khate – you were and still are a has-been. GO AWAY – FAR, FAR AWAY.
Yea, sure, your kids "LOVE" being on TV and dragged all over the country. I suppose that's why they cry and scream so much on those trips.
The term child abuse comes to mind.
Another thought: why does Khate still need a "bodyguard"? Who in their right mind would even want, or dare, to go near her? She needs a bodyguard to go shopping? Duh. She needs a bodyguard to escort her to talk on TV?
Give it up, Khate.
Oh, not only waiting for the kids' Mommie Dearest book but also the books that the babysitters will write.
Wonder why we haven't seen any of them on TV – now that would make for an interesting show.
I have been a faithful watcher of Jon and Kate. When Jon was on, I watched it faithfully. My husband would see it on and leave. I asked him why don't you watch this. He repiled "that wife is a B…."… That was at the beginning of the era. When Jon finally got some "BA..S" and left I was so proud of him. Kate is playing the "VICTIM". Does she relize why everyone leaving her. She is horriable, she crys and moans about everything. OMG… She may have to actually work. I am so appalled that she has made so much off of this. However, the kids will see what it's actually like to have to fend for themselves. Who is going to pay for them to go off to Disney, Austrilla, a RV trip.
This last session has really opend alot of peoples eyes to what Kate is really like. Everyone blamed Jon at first for going out (which was wrong) but who can blame him. Can you imagne what she is like in the bedroom. OMG>>. (IN KATES VOICE)… However maybe Steve will open his eyes and run.
Kate says there is nothing going on between her and Steve, did you all see on the RV vacation how they were togeher.. RUN RUN RUN STEVE…
To the State of PA department of welfare…. You may want to check in on her in a few weeks… With no housekeeper, Nanny and no Camers to watch her every move, the kids may need more protection.
I have watched Jon and Kate plus 8 then I watched Kate plus 8/ I would agree she ( Kate) is a very dramatized person and needs some kind of Theripy. We all know that she has money saved and she is far from being broke that is why she is not in line for unemployment. But as the story goes money only last as long as you keep it and she really needs to hang up the Body Gaurd and all the cosmetic things and put that money towards her kids and the things they need now she has had her fun with three quarters of that money and know it is time to focus on the kids and there needs that also includes taking the car back or selling it come on it;s Kates car i'm sure she would get a pretty good chunk of the money back. It;s not like she is the most hated person i beleive that would be Casey the mother that got off on either killing her daughter or knowing how did kill her daughter. So i'm sure she will be just fine in the days and months to come as well as her kids. By the why the children are the only ones that are going to get the raw end of all this not any one else.So before you run out of money Kate get a real job. You would feel much better about youself and your kids would would look up to you more as a mother instead of just a Realality T.V mom. Let your kids be kids alittle dirt is'nt going to hurt them as well as you to that is why we have soap and water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve is not her bodyguard – he's her date/escort.
Or to put it another way- he's her sex machine.
Yeh, she must have run out of batteries.
well kate there is always porn.


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Which promo items outsold all others in 2011? Squash your curiosity here.
The promotional products industry showed no signs of slowing down in 2011. Since the response to our top promo items of 2010 blog post was so positive, we've decided to give it another go this year. The 50 promotional products you'll find here were chosen according to customer reviews, sales, and overall popularity. Don't worry about category hopping until you're blue in the face, because you'll find a plethora of bestselling giveaway items right here!
Which products dominated in their respective categories this year? The Alpine Aluminum Water Bottle, the Mood Color Changing Pencil, the Cinch-Up Drawstring Backpack, and the Round Stress Relievers cleaned up in 2011!
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When I go to a conference, I like to pick up USB flash drives, and things kids will like, rubik's cube, super balls that light up when they bounce, finger lights, mini-flashlights, magic 8-ball, etc. After the cabinets fill up, the drink ware just is not as appealing.
When I go to a conference I like to pick up USB flashdrives, and items that kids will like: finger lights, balls that light up when they bounce, rubik's cubes, magic 8-balls are some of the hits from that category.
Me like me some Aluminum Water Bottles! 🙂
Hmmm…. I'm seeing a distinct lack of plushies….
I am disappoint. =[ I know you can't put you're drink in them, but…. or can you?!?!?
Gotta love those Cinch-Up Drawstring Backpacks!
…And it doesn't get any classier than Neon Rubber Sunglasses.
It doesn't surprise me that the cinch-up drawstring back is the number one selling bag. They are awesome giveaways! I also love the Mood Stadium Cups, the Mood Stress Balls, and the Mood Color Changing Pencils, they are so cool.
The Mood changing pencil sounds awesome! It def would have been interesting having one of those when I was going to school. Just to see my mood changing as i would go from one assignment to another. Probably would not have been a good mood color.
I love the Krypton Pen! I'm so glad to see it's pretty neon colors up among the top 50 products. I'm curious to see if 2012 shakes it up a little or if we'll be seeing the same faces next year. 🙂
I love stress balls! They are soft and come in cool types and designs. Although I can't pinpoint a favorite between all of this because I like them all sooo much! I mean I use a Cinch Drawstring Back Pack and Aluminum water bottle Everyday!! I just want to go to a trade-show so I can collect all the cool Swag! Such an awesome market for awesome products!
Neat list! Wow, stadium cups must be pretty popular, seeing as 4 versions of them show up on the drinkware list! Also, I agree with Jeff — 2012 needs to get some plushies on the list. 🙂
Great list. I like water bottles.
Agreeing with Jeff, plushies need some representation on this here list! Now, I can't speak for the pencil variety, but I do use the "mood" color-changing pens every day: not only do they look pretty darn cool, but they write well, too. As for what I'd like to see next year? Acrylic tumblers. Great insulation to keep your beverage cool, with a fail-safe screw-on lid and straw to make sure you don't spill your drink on yourself.


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Well.... ummm, Orlando and Disney are not the best the US has to offer. Sorry. I understand why Europeans think the US is void of culture because they all seem to flock to what is basically a giant amusement park. Hooters, Dunkin Doughnuts and Denny's are also among the worst of our offerings, food wise both in terms of being primal and actually tasting good. Downtown Orlando should have some great restaurants and there is a place near Disney that has good restaurants called Celebration.
I guess I'd visit Disney, if you have kids with you or if you enjoy that style of manufactured entertainment. I've never understood the appeal, but it is quite a spectacle. Epcot Center has a big area that is like a giant fake Europe.
However, if you want to enjoy the best of Florida, you need to rent a car and leave Orlando. Drive to Cocoa Beach. Ask around for the best places to eat (yummy seafood). Charter a fishing boat near the beach. Stop at a Citrus stand. Cocoa Beach is a day trip from Orlando. It's near Cape Canaveral. If you can get to the Gulf Coast, I love Sanibel Island- go look for shells and check out the flamingos and again, charter a fishing boat!
Tipping - I tip 20% to waitresses. If you eat at someplace like Waffle House and have say, a $5 tab, I'll leave a $5 for a tip. Sometimes I'll leave $10 or $15 if it is work travel and I eat there a few days and the staff is nice. The staff at chain restaurants are most likely not making a living wage even with tips. You should leave a couple of bucks for maids at the hotel.