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Speak, Memory, subtitled in its final version "An Autobiography Revisited", appeared in its definitive form in 1967, having undergone a lengthy publishing history. Nabokov's first plans for a memoiristic or autobiographical work, that would have been written in Russian in the 1930s, did not reach fruition. The first edition of the autobiography, then described as a "memoir" and written in English, was completed ten years after his arrival in the United States. It had been conceived in the form of "essays", or "a new kind of autobiography, or rather a new hybrid between that and a novel". A series of such "essays" appeared in American magazines from 1948 to 1951, when the whole was revised, re-ordered and …
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Skip to comments.Candidate Newt Gingrich: Competent, Consistent, Calm, Convincing and Catholic
Posted on 11/01/2011 8:14:03 PM PDT by jageorge72
Newt Gingrich's poll numbers are beginning to climb. His performance in the Presidential debates demonstrates that he is competent, consistent, calm and convincing. He is clearly Pro-Life, defends the primacy of marriage and the family and society founded upon it and is a passionate defender of authentic freedom. He shows calm in the chaotic displays called debates and stands out. In an age filled with crisis, such calm and competence are refreshing.
WASHINGTON,DC (Catholic Online) - I have followed the political career of former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich for a long time. There are few Americans unaware of his role as the architect and "idea man" behind the historic "Contract with America". His leadership helped to bring the Republicans to victory in the House of Representatives in 1994. As the Speaker of the House he provided leadership which led to a balanced budget amendment and a period of fiscal stability. He was named an "exceptional leader" by Time Magazine in 1995 for this contribution. Speaker Gingrich is also an accomplished scholar. He is a history Professor with an earned Doctorate. He is a very intelligent man with a grasp of public policy issues like few others in public service. Over the years I have followed his career, I have been impressed with his willingness to propose fresh solutions for ever challenging public needs. For example, his proposals in the early 2,000's for person, family and free market based health care reforms, are just now being given the due consideration they deserve. His genuine concern for those who are in need of medical care is one of the areas where he has not received the recognition he deserves.
The man is brilliant. Anyone who has listened to him in the 2012 Presidential debates - if they are being honest - agrees he is well informed on every issue of public policy. The man is articulate- and he is prolific. He has written twenty three books - including thirteen New York Times bestsellers. He is comfortable with creative ideas and unafraid of big picture thinking. Coupled with all of these abilities, Newt Gingrich has a hopeful vision for the future. This defies the stereotypes too often associated with "conservative" politicians. I recall years ago when the amazing rise in communications technology had just begun, I searched for a "futurist" among the ranks of the then "conservative" leaders. I found just such a "conservative" futurist in Newt Gingrich. However, I must admit that it was his faith journey in later life which made my respect for him become something more, admiration. I have learned in my own life that the past is either a tutor or a millstone. For Newt Gingrich, a man comfortable in his own skin, the past has become a tutor.
This Professor has learned that we are always students. His response to questions concerning his own past reveal the wisdom borne of experience, infused with real faith. It is not how many times we fall down, but whether we get up and learn how to walk. In an article in the National Catholic Register in 2011 entitled "Why I Became a Catholic" Newt bore witness to the journey which brought him into the Catholic Church. It is the story of an intellectual - who is also a "down to earth" man. It is also similar to numerous other journeys in the history of converts to the catholic Christian faith. Newt's Catholic journey was not a dramatic "Damascus" experience such as the one recorded in the Acts of the Apostles which captured the Apostle Paul for Christ and His Church.(See, Acts 9) Rather, it was a slow and steady attraction to the fullness of truth - and the beauty - contained within the fullness of Christianity found within the Catholic Church. He began - and then ended - this wonderful account with these words, "I am often asked when I chose to become Catholic. However, it is more truthful to say that over the course of several years I gradually became Catholic and then decided one day to accept the faith I had already come to embrace. After a decade-long - perhaps lifelong - faith journey, I was finally home."
In between he tells of how his intellect was satiated and his desire for happiness fulfilled in the Catholic Church. As a "revert" to the Church - one who questioned my way back into the faith of my childhood - I understand and am moved by such accounts. They call to mind what Blessed John Paul called, in his magna-carta on the Moral Life which bears the name, the "Splendor of Truth". The Catholic Christian faith does not frown on questions. Rather it welcomes them as the very path to truth and into the heart of the Church. His work over the past few years in film production, along with his gifted wife Callista, is extraordinary. Most of those who read me know that Blessed John Paul II is my life "champion". I was captured by his message as a very young man and my life and vocation has been deeply affected by his witness in both life and death. I have dedicated my studies and the rest of my life to making his work more widely known. I will never forget the first time I watched "Nine Days that Changed the World" hosted by Newt and Callista Gingrich. I was profoundly impressed with the way in which they both understood and were able to capture those historic moments and the obvious love and respect they have for Blessed John Paul II.
It comes as no surprise that Newt Gingrich's poll numbers are beginning to climb. His performance in the Presidential debates demonstrates that he is competent, consistent, calm and convincing. He is clearly Pro-Life, defends the primacy of marriage and the family and society founded upon it and is a passionate defender of authentic freedom. He is also a man with ideas and the ability to articulate them. The pundit class is finally beginning to take the candidacy of this intelligent and gifted man seriously. He shows calm in the chaotic displays called debates and stands out. In an age filled with crisis, suffering under ill informed and ineffective leaders, such calm and competence are refreshing. Visit the Gingrich campaign's web site and see where he stands on the vital issues.
Cain ... nuff said.
I wonder how the divorce of his ailing wife, dying of cancer fits in to his faith? I mean, Catholics I thought believed in one wife, no divorce. Not to mention infidelity.
I think it's a fair question since the article did not deal with it.
See "Red Card Solution"
The catholic card doesn't impress me in the least.
I saw him claim he cheated on his wife to save the country (on CBN interview).
Back in the Spring I saw him on FNC Cavuto bald-face lie and claim in 1995/1996 that Clinton caved on the budget, when it was him that gave in and passed the budget Clinton demanded after 3 weeks of shutdown. That was after his "They made me ride on the back of the plane " comment got played all over and a SNR skit.
No way!
Bottom line: he's a loose cannon on a slippery deck.
....when he spoke on Dobson's radio show in 2007, Gingrich refused to say that he was actually repentant. The evangelical leader repeatedly pressed him on that point: "When I hear you talk about this dark side of your life...you didn't mention repentance. Do you understand that word repentance?"
-- from the thread Newt and Evangelicals: Not a Match Made in Heaven
"Mrs. Gingrich #2 was dumped after her husband had carried on an extramarital affair with a fetching, blond congressional staffer named Callista Bisek, who went on to become the present Mrs. Gingrich #3. This Family Values paradigm was complicated by the fact that whilst Mr. Gingrich was filibustering Ms. Bisek over the Speakers desk, he was simultaneously leading the impeachment charge against a naughty president of the United States....The much-married Newt Gingrich converts to Catholicism this weekendand Id pay a years salary to have been a bug on the wall during his religious instruction."
-- Christopher Buckley, from the thread The Audacity of Poping
Catholic? Jeez. When I worked in D.C., the stories I heard about Newt and interns made my hair curl. Consistent? What about those Pelosi ads, or work with Hillary on healthcare?
Well not quite. But he did complete the Contract with America in less than the promised 100 days, and he did create the conditions which led to a (nominally) balanced budget, thus making fools of 100% of the whorehouse media who scoffed and snorted at the very idea of cutting taxes and balancing the budget at the same time.
If that were remotely true, he'd have a shot. It isn't, so he doesn't.
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For me, after Sarah dropped out, I have been completely turned off to everything political. I just don't even care anymore. I'm old and I will simply have to leave fixing the country to all you younger folks. I don't have any heart left for it. I gave it all to Sarah. If I live until the election and if there is even an election, I will probably vote for Newt on the simple fact that he knows what he's doing.
I'm sure your erroneous statements were just the result of misinformation and ignorance, and not due to being an outright lying unChristian a-hole.
You can thank me later for setting you on the trail of the truth.
I noticed Conservative was not listed as one of his virtues.
We must strive for the best candidate. I know for a fact that Newt can stand up to anyone on a debate stage. I am not as convinced Cain has the right depth of knowledge for this moment in time. I know Newt has a great deal of personal baggage, however, we at least know what that baggage is. What are we still to find out about the rest? More importantly, when? October 2012? Of those on the stage, it is either Newt or Cain, if either of them are still standing.
Thanks for the link. I did not know that.
where did you hear that Palin might endorse Newt? Palin said that She doubts that Newt will gets the nomination because of a lack of money....that statement seems to me that she won't lift a finger to help Newt through an endorsement or anything else.
Newt is smart and very intelligent but his Achilles heels is his lack of judgement
If not -- he's off the list.
That sums it up nicely for me.
Cain's my guy so far, but I wouldn't mind Newt. (Just like I wouldn't mind Santorum and Bachmann, either.)
Good Grief people have such very short memories. Newt quit and went home remember? He quit at a very critical time. Reliable? No hardly. Convincing? Not in my book. What what he does as much as what he says. What Cabinet position does Nancy get? Can Trent Lott or either Liberal Dole be his VP? The Good Ole GOP would be just like them good ole days.
"No way"
Now that is the attitude. I did not think it was possible, but hey not only do I think we can re-elect Obama but have Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the house again. 2008 all over again. I really think we can do it. Go Obama, go Reid, go Nancy. The glory days are just around the corner.
I will take Newt's Christian past and present over the fake Christian Muslim in the WH any day. I don't really care about his divorce.
You have my support, Newt. Don't screw it up.
LOL! A day late and a dollar short.. We don't need no stinkn' career politicians in the oval office! That house needs fumigation and lots of fresh air to restore the dignity it deserves. And Herman Cain is the fresh air with all the tools in his toolbox to fix the myriad of problems the Communists in government have brought to the American people over many years. Newt could be useful in a good cabinet position, but I wouldn't want him in charge of the button.
You mean that raging fire...?
"I mean, Catholics I thought believed in one wife, no divorce. Not to mention infidelity."
Newt converted to Catholicism in 2009. Not that he believed in divorce or infidelity prior to his conversion. And you obviously know nothing about the circumstances of his divorce.
As for your other comments, try to conduct just a minimal amount of research before you post.
Newt is the smartest announced candidate, he knows the turf, he is articulate, he is an expert debater. BUT he is on the wrong team.
He is a Consummate Elitist Pubbie POL. He endorsed the AGW lie and would sell us (We the People) into a hellish global government. I cannot and will not vote for Newt or Romney for the same reason. They are both against We the People and for the Globalists and their own financial interests.
They are both liars. (neither is stupid or gullible) Both are traitors to We the People,
man that's gonna leave a mark
He said he cheated on his wife to 'save the country'. What do you have against patriots??? LOL
If you're a Gingrich supporter, you probably should have read the comments at your link before posting it.
I hope you guys are happy when you end up with Mitt Romney. Perry is a dunce, and Cain is way out of his league here. His most thought out idea is 999, and it ain't happening. He is clueless on foreign policy. When Mitt Romney is the nominee.... you will be wishing you gave Newt a chance.
I once posted a montage of many Obama videos where he admitted being Muslim. In an interview prior to the last Presidential election, with Bob Schieffer he said, "my Muslim faith". B.S. said, "You mean your Christian faith", and Obama muttered, "oh oh, yes, my Christian faith". He'll say anything for a vote.
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I did. He claimed to be Southern Baptist at the time, divorced, and then converted.
You should research the facts as to the timing of the divorce, and the who/why.
We can do better. Sad to say, but he disqualifies himself through his personal actions even though he is a VERY gifted in the area of Policy/Politics.
They ALL really stink...including Newt. This is not about finding a perfect candidate but about finding out that these candidates are seriously flawed and offer no real solutions but status quo... blah..blah..blah.
"If youre a Gingrich supporter, you probably should have read the comments at your link before posting it."
I read them. Actually, the people I really like aren't running. So I'm open to looking at all of the not-Romneys (or Paul or Huntsman). Gingrich does have one thing going for him - he may be the only one who can out-debate the silver-tongued Liar-in-Chief.
Is that the same Christopher Buckley who endorsed Obama in '08? Whose father had to be spinning in his grave?
We are supposed to care what that Christopher Buckley says or thinks?
I was heartbroken when Sarah decided not to run too.
I hope you live until the next election & many more years after - but, whatever you do - DON'T STICK US WITH NEWT!!!
Newt certainly believes in marriage, he's been married enough times. I'm not sure he believes in the primacy of marriage and the family.
Man the lifeboats. It's getting deep.
That all happened before Newt converted. He's different now./sarc.
Half of the stuff he says makes me want to get behind him and cheer... the other half makes me want to go scarface on him.
In the end, he is lugging around far too much baggage... not to mention his amnesty and global warming stance. I think i'd write in my mother in-law before I'd vote for him
I understand that Nancy Pelosi is Catholic also. Now if Newt could get her on the ticket with him, I bet that would impress you!
Catholic? I guess theres not a high bar for that title.
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BOULDER, Colo. - The Brewers Association recently announced its ""Tiger List"" for 2005, the top 10 craft brewers ranked by a combination of size and 2004 growth percentage. ""Displaying aggressive growth, the entire craft beer industry shows the traits of a tiger right now,"" said Charlie Papazian, president of the Brewers Association. ""Nationwide, we have strong craft beer brands that show impressive growth performance.


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ORCHID: To the Greater Youngstown Area Soap Box Derby being held today along West Main Street in Cortland by the Trumbull County Agriculture and Family Education Center. Drivers ages 8 to 17 from Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties compete in three divisions.
ONION: To officials with Youngstown State University who are considering a 3.5 percent tuition increase, or $130 a semester, beginning in fall. The university's finance and facilities committee has approved the proposal. The full board of trustees votes on it Wednesday.
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ONION: Why have there been two instances where trucks in the area have had the boom on the beds raised resulting in the bed striking an overpass? One happened in 2007 and another on Thursday. Both incidents resulted in death. There has to be a safer way for truck drivers to know whether or not their bed is raised or in the correct position while traveling.
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ORCHID: To the Bazetta Township Police Department and Mosquito Lake Marina for hosting the 10th-annual Safety Day today at Mosquito Lake State Park.
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Psychology 100 Course Cram Notes
body senses that include our ability to touch, feel pain, warmth and changes in our body posture and movement.
two point discrimination threshold
the minimum distance that must exist between two points for them to be perceived as separate stimuli.
Internal senses
the body contains sensory cells outside of the skin, including the gut, brain, bones, and muscles.
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vestibular apparatus
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Auctioning flight slots at the region's major airports will mean higher ticket prices and less service for passengers, but won't improve delays, Gov. Jon Corzine and New York Gov. David Paterson said today.
Corzine and Paterson urged federal Transportation Secretary Mary Peters to reverse a plan to sell to bidding airlines dozens of excess departure and arrival positions at Newark Liberty International, John F. Kennedy International and La Guardia airports by year's end. Along with capping flights at peak hours, federal aviation officials have said the auction plan is the best short-term way to help reduce delays while increasing competition.
The two governors, however, disagree.
"Put simply, this misguided policy will increase ticket prices for consumers and hurt struggling small-market airports while doing nothing to relieve or mitigate delays and congestion at New York and New Jersey metropolitan airports," the governors said in a letter to Peters.
The region's airports have been mired in delays for years, consistently ranking near the bottom in on-time performance.
The letter is the latest salvo in a growing controversy over auctioning certain flight slots to the highest bidder, a plan the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey -- which operates the three airports -- promised earlier this month to block.
D.J. Gribbon, the general counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation, said it is "clearly not in the passengers' benefit for the Port Authority to continue to lob bombs at the department's efforts" to reduce flight delays and increase competition.
Gribbon said if "a low-cost carrier gets in and wins that auction, you could see a precipitous drop in prices." Two slots essentially equals a round-trip flight, since each slot is either a departure or landing. He said he believes a winning slot bid could be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Corzine and Paterson cited an analysis by the Port Authority, which predicted ticket prices would rise about 12 percent for airlines that win auctions.
Gribbon, however, discounted that study and predicted the plan would have "a very modest impact" on operations. At Newark Liberty, for example, the plan is to auction 95 slots over the next five years. There are 1,200 slots a day at the airport on average, he said.


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Where is this perfect city you speak of?!
Welcome, anyways.
Hello there guys, I just wanted to introduce myself.
My name is Brian and I have a problem.
(Everybody: Hello Brian)
I'm addicted to the Wii....and I haven't even played a single online game! Seeing as the Wii is more of an online community than just a gaming system that allows you to play online games, I thought I'd start out by checking out this site and seeing if I can unleash the true potential of the Wii.
I look forward to becoming a part of the community here and hopefully can add some fun to it.
Talk to you soon!
Where is this perfect city you speak of?!
Welcome, anyways.
That turtle has a brief case. It must be going to work. I hope it has a good day.
Hello Brian.
I live just outside of Boston.Originally Posted by Trulen
(perfect city due to the New England Patriots...just a way to say I'm a fan of the Pats)
Boston? God, and that's why you're a newbie.
Welcome Brian <_<
With much love, 261311.
-=Join the Waluigi Fan Club=-Originally Posted by JT.
Ya know what's funny?Originally Posted by 261311
I've had a Wii since before Christmas of last year...and I never really got into it until recently. I played Wii Sports and thought it was fun...but didn't really bother buying any other games (I purchased it right before I moved...and then it got packed away for a while until the new entertainment area got finished). Now I'm hooked!
I currently have:
Wii Sports
Legend of Zelda
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Madden '08
Tiger Woods '08
Super Mario Galaxy
I also have Mario Strikers Charged ordered and waiting for it to be delivered.
thats a long time. and how is boston a perfect city?
I didn't say that Boston was a perfect city...I was saying that I am from the city of perfection (and I said that I lived outside of Boston).Originally Posted by pro gamer
The Patriots have a Perfect season...thus far...and I am from, where the Pats are from.
Man, I'm new to this board and I already found my rival! Dang! this board got everything!!!!!Originally Posted by WDWFreak53
And just to let you know about my opinion, the patriots are gunna win pro bowl cause there playing the NY Giants..and I HATE the Pats, I'm a steelers guy, and ever since I knew about football I never put ROTH on my BURGER, so I always have Roethlisburgers lol
But I'm serious!
And I hate the city, I wanna move, as you can see, I am a very picky person
Hehe, a rival...but it's all in good funOriginally Posted by Pokematto
The only teams that I really don't like are the Chargers (mainly just LT though), the Jets (for obvious reasons), and Oakland (never liked them).
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LEWISTOWN - Residents of a house on Feeder Avenue have not been displaced after a Thursday morning fire in the upstairs part of the residence.
Ryan Barlett, captain of City Hook and Ladder, said the smoke and flames could be seen from the rear of the house on a second floor deck at around 9:32 a.m. He said the fire was extinguished in about 15 minutes, but crews worked longer to check the inner walls of the upper floors to make sure the fire was out completely.
"We all worked really hard to get this under control quickly and keep it contained," Barlett said. "It helped having about 40 to 45 firefighters on the scene helping, since that usually does not happen for a morning fire."
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Firefighters with United Fire and Rescue work the company's engine truck to supply water to other fire equipment on the scene of a Thursday morning small blaze at a residence on Feeder Avenue in Lewistown.
Barlett continued to say the scene was cleared at around 11 a.m., but he said there was no clear cause of what started the fire. Mike Force was called to the scene to investigate the fire, and as of press time Thursday night the cause was still unknown. Barlett also said the residents of the house were not displaced.
City Hook and Ladder were assisted on the scene by United Fire and Rescue, Brooklyn Hose Company, East Derry and West Granville fire companies, along with Fame EMS.


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JACKSON — U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg is withholding his vote on a payroll tax cut agreement that House Republican leaders are supporting, the Los Angeles Times is reporting.
Walberg, R-Tipton, said he wants to wait until he sees the final deal.
"It's not perfect, but it's a step forward," the newspaper quoted Walberg as saying.
Under the deal, a 2 percentage-point cut in the Social Security payroll tax would be extended through the end of the year, with the nearly $100 billion cost added to the deficit, the Associated Press reported. Jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed would be renewed, the AP reported, with the estimated $30 billion cost paid for in part through auctioning broadcast spectrum to wireless companies and requiring federal workers to contribute more toward their pensions.
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I read with interest the recent review by Dr Thomas about hypercoagulability syndromes.1 I would like to comment on the author's recommendations regarding genetic testing and on his suggested approach to treatment of hypercoagulability.
What is the value of genetic testing for the individual presenting with venous thromboembolism? Dr Thomas (and many other experts2,3) states that recurrent idiopathic thrombosis, young age, and a family history of thrombosis are indications for genetic testing. Patients with recurrent idiopathic thrombosis are at high risk of a new episode because the prior thromboses prove that they have a strong thrombotic tendency.4 The sixth American College of Chest Physicians (2000) guidelines for antithrombotic therapy recommend prolonged anticoagulation for such patients whether genetic test results are positive or negative.4 In other words, if the pretest probability of a recurrent event is very high in these patients, a negative genetic test result will not reduce significantly the posttest probability, whereas a positive test result will only confirm that the patient has hypercoagulability.
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COLUMBUS - Jad Abdul-Aal's dream run in the Division II boys tennis state tournament didn't end in the way he desired it to on Saturday, but he won't let that keep him from enjoying the moment.
John F. Kennedy High School's first individual tennis player to make it to the state semifinals since Barry and Jack Conlan in 1978 finished his career at the Ohio State University Varsity Tennis Courts with a fourth-place finish.
The Eagle senior lost both his semifinal match to Cincinnati Country Day School's Patrick Wildman, 6-2, 6-7 (9-11), 6-1, and the third-place match to Cincinnati Seven Hills' John Larkin, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1.
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"I couldn't have asked for anything better," Abdul-Aal said. "Even though I didn't get the No. 1 spot, which is what I was ultimately aiming for, I still feel great about myself. I couldn't have ended (my career) any better than I did.
"I'm definitely going to keep my head up."
Although Abdul-Aal wasn't able to make it close in the final set, he did manage to prolong the matches by coming back and winning the second sets in both.
In the semifinal, Abdul-Aal and Wildman went to a tiebreaker in the second set. The Kennedy singles player took a 5-1 lead to start, but Wildman came charging back and eventually had two match points. Abdul-Aal staved off those points and won the tiebreaker, 11-9.
Then, in the third-place match, Abdul-Aal trailed Larkin, 5-4, but the Kennedy singles player rattled off three games to finish the set with a 7-5 win.
"He's tournament tough," Kennedy coach Joe Marino said. "We were just discussing that for next year - 'How do you get kids tournament tough?' You got to just play a lot of good people.
"You can tell in the years with Mike (Fredericka) and the years with Jad, they work."
These back-to-back three-set matches took a lot out of Abdul-Aal, as he had played three matches of such length in two days. He had only a one-hour break between his matches on Saturday.
It showed especially during the final set against Larkin, who beat Poland's Garrett Gardner on Friday in three sets. After the first game, Abdul-Aal called a medical timeout because he was cramping.
"I can't even feel my legs right now," Abdul-Aal said. "That last match, I had to take a little break because I was cramping up. Any time you have two 3-setters in a row and three in two days, it's going to take a toll on your body. I'm definitely going to test up these next couple of days."
Abdul-Aal's run in the state tournament capped off one of the most successful seasons in recent history for Kennedy tennis.
The Eagles were one step away from qualifying for the state Final Four in the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association team tournament, the farthest-ever in the program's history. Also, the team had a doubles team one step away from qualifying to state and a second singles player from qualifying to districts.
For Marino, though, it's Abdul-Aal's accomplishment that makes this season the most successful one he's had as a coach.
"I'm proud of him," Marino said. "Up until (Saturday), he had lost three matches - all to Garrett (Gardner). This is probably the best season I've ever had (as a coach). I'm very pleased."


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Callaghan, 44, wants to make sure that if tragedy strikes, he leaves his daughter, Emma, with as much fatherly advice as possible. His chosen medium? Napkins.
Ever since Emma was a little girl, Callaghan would leave notes in her lunchbox. What started as a sweet memento between father and daughter has become a tradition – one Callaghan hopes to continue, even if he can no longer participate on a daily basis.
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On a mission to "Pack. Write. Connect," Callaghan is writing more than 800 notes on napkins – enough so that Emma can have one in her lunchbox every day until she graduates from high school.
While the family tradition started when Emma was in second grade, now that she's older, Callaghan's notes include wisdom from the Bible, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. Even quotes from Yoda, Erma Bombeck and George Foreman have been included in the project, in the hope that their words may help guide or comfort Emma, if her father doesn't win his fight against cancer.
Callaghan doesn't only rely on the words of others, though. Some of the most touching notes come from him. "Dear Emma," he wrote on one, "Sometimes when I need a miracle I look into your eyes and realize I've already created one."
You can see some of Callaghan's notes on the website Because I Said I Would and follow Callaghan's note-writing progress on Facebook, Twitter and his website, NapkinNotesDad.com
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A Toddler Who Dresses Like Her Cat – VideoMolly Thornberg
So, SOME people *cough* me *cough* dress up their pets. You know, so they look like a little human. So why not dress up your little human to look like their cat?
This dad decided to dress up his daughter like her best friend…. yep, a cat. With a darling little costume, with perfect kitty cat stripes and a tie, the little girl sits next to her striped kitty cat, who is also wearing a tie. Did you see the collar on this costume? Too cute for words, especially for those of us who like to ahem, dress up their pets like humans or dress our humans like our pets.
Watch This Video of a Toddler and Cat as Twins
Looking for a matching toddler and cat tie? The ones featured in the video are from sewsmooth.net.
More Babbles from Molly:
- What Your Toddler Needs to Know About Money
- 10 Ways Toddlers are Like Puppies
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Ruby and Fortran libraries
by Luke Rodgers on November 14, 2015
I've been trying to learn Fortran for reasons of: future job security; masochism; curiousity.
Since having a REPL for a language makes learning it so much easier, I wrote one in ruby, called frepl. It is pretty buggy, and needs serious refactoring, but mostly works. After having written it, I was informed that there are other such efforts, e.g. in Python, but after cursory examination, they seem a bit less REPL-y than frepl.
I also have been interested in calling Fortran from Ruby, with the ultimate goal of perhaps being able to benefit from Fortran's superior array-handling abilities for doing machine learning work in ruby. Turns out this is somewhat possible with ruby-ffi. I say "somewhat" because it is not very ergonomic to call Fortran from Ruby, as far as I can tell, and of the solutions I've come up with, some seem unstable (as in, occasionally produce segfaults), especially when trying to interact with Fortran derived types.
The ruby-fortran FFI proof-of-concept is here, along with some benchmarks. As I suspected/hoped, Fortran is much faster than ruby at some array manipulation tasks, e.g. summing an array is ~10x faster, doing dot product is ~2x faster. I mean, when using Fortran without the FFI/Ruby overhead, I suspect the speed differences are even more pronounced–these numbers are specifically with regard to pure ruby vs. ruby-calling-fortran.
Fixing slow HTTP PUTs with Rails and Typhoeus
by Luke Rodgers on August 13, 2014
I'm working on a project that involves communication between two Rails apps, one as an API and the other as a backend for web app. The web app communicates with the API via the excellent Typhoeus ruby gem, and everything was going swell until I got to implementing updates via HTTP PUTs for a couple resources.
The problem was that they were way slower than any of the other requests, regardless of payload size–slower than GETs, DELETEs, even POSTs. I tried a PATCH and that was as fast as the rest.
Since at the time I was originally debugging this I had no Internet access, I began throwing logging into the internals of Typhoeus everywhere, and eventually narrowed it down to the Ethon gem, which wasn't too much help since it is basically just an interface to the CURL library. But when I did a plain ol' CURL PUT to the same endpoint, everything worked just fine.
I tried using tcpump to diagnose the problem, suspecting that it lay in a difference in the way commandline CURL and the Typhoeus use were encoding the request, but my tcpdump-fu was weak: I figured the traffic I was interested would not be going over any of the usual interfaces listed by `ifconfig -a` but didn't know which one it was, and it was around this time that I temporarily gave up, figuring some quick Googling would solve these problems when I got back online.
It turns out that this traffic goes over the "loopback" interface, which is in fact listed in the output of `ifconfig -a` as the first one on OSX: `lo0`, so I could have run `tcpdump -i lo0`. But now that I had the Internets back, I installed Wireshark, which for some reason I didn't already have, and fired it up, setting a display filter for http traffic only.
After making a command line CURL PUT request, which was speedy, and a slow ruby Typhoeus request from the rails console, I had a look at the relevant captures in Wireshark and quickly noticed this difference:
You'll notice that the second, slow one is composed of two separate TCP frames.
Examining the headers further, I noticed this:
Turns out that despite all the times I've looked at the list of HTTP codes I've always just skipped over the 1XXs. Wikipedia has a more detailed breakdown, but the gist is that clients may send an `Expect: Continue-100` header so that the server can check if a request is appropriate based solely on the headers, which can be useful for large requests. It turns out that the libcurl will send this header by default, though you can disable it with the `-H` command line flag, which is what my CURL commands were doing by specifying various content-type and authorization headers.
It also turns out that CURL will just send the second request anyway after one second if it doesn't receive a 100 code, which explains why my API client was consistently slow but not broken.
Now, how to work around this. Some Googling revealed some people monkeypatching the Rails default Webrick server, which I didn't want to do. I could also have hacked Typhoeus or Ethon, but that didn't seem like the way to go either. The best way, it seemed, was to take advantage of this feature and have my application return a 100 code if the user was indeed authorized to make the request. (Alternatively, you can just specify an Expect header with an empty value, rather than "100-continue".)
The sensible place to put this code, it seemed to me, was in Rack middleware. (It should be noted at this point that this does not seem to work with Webrick or Thin.) A barebones implementation could look like so:
class Preauthenticator def initialize app @app = app end def call env if env["HTTP_EXPECT"] =~ /100-continue/ return [100, {}, [""]] else @app.call(env) end end end
(For an example from the Unicorn source code, see here.)
The only tricky part here was figuring out how exactly to get Rails to use it. Middleware generally goes in your `config/application.rb` file (make sure to require your file with the middleware class in it at the top of that file), but including this like so: `config.middleware.use Preauthenticator` resulted in rack complaining about a "app error: deadlock; recursive locking (ThreadError)". Running `rake middleware` will list all the middleware used by your Rails app; it seemed to me that my Preauthenticator should run before any of this, so I tried `config.middleware.insert_before Rack::Sendfile, Preauthenticator`, Rack::Sendfile being the first middleware listed, and that worked like a charm.
Now my HTTP PUTs were as speedy as the rest of my requests.
As of Dec 14, 2014, the middleware here will not work with Webrick 1.3.1, Thin 1.6.3, or Puma 2.10.0 ruby servers.
Typhoeus and CURL will make some PUTs and POSTs slow by sending an "Expect: 100-Continue" header. Add rack middleware that returns this header to make your PUTs and POSTs faster.
Rails 4 scopes with has_many :through relations
by Luke Rodgers on April 20, 2014
Given the following Rails 4 model:
class Producer < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :producer_types has_many :types, :through => :producer_types end
There are a couple ways you could create a scope on this model to retrieve only producers of a certain type.
scope :manufacturer, -> { where(:types => {:name => 'manufacturer'}).joins(:types) }
Second, to generate a dynamic scope for the given column name, you can take advantage of the following active record functionality:
scope :with_type_name, lambda {|type_name| where(:types => {:name => type_name}).joins(:types) }
Configuring SoftEther VPN on Ubuntu with a firewall
by Luke Rodgers on March 30, 2014
DigitalOcean has a good article on setting SoftEther VPN on one of their droplets.
The instructions worked for me without just fine, with a couple exceptions:
1. When you attempt to use the command line vpncmd tool to set up the server, you may have to specify localhost:5555 rather than using the defaults.
2. You may have to create a group for the test user before creating them and assigning them to a test group. This can be done with the command `GroupCreate test`.
3. If you are using a firewall, you will need to open up the ports used by SoftEther. To figure out what ports it's using, do `sudo netstat -atulpn | grep vpnserver`. By default, SoftEther will listen on TCP ports 443, 992, and 5555. If you're using L2TP/IPsec, make sure UDP ports 500 and 4500 are open as well. If you're using ufw for your firewall, you can see which ports are open/blocked with `sudo ufw status verbose`. To get an idea of which ports each VPN protocol you're using requires, check out the SoftEther specifications.
Read more literature
by Luke Rodgers on October 13, 2013
"When David called to say he and Patty were coming for a visit, Noel never thought of saying no. And he asked me how he could compete with David. He thought David was coming to his house to win me away. After he reads more literature he'll realize that is too easy. There will have to be complexities. The complexities will protect him forever."
From "Vermont," by Ann Beattie
LAMP on Digital Ocean
by Luke Rodgers on August 25, 2013
I've been experimenting lately with using DigitalOcean both for remote dev environments (to facilitate development on a Chromebook) and also for staging/testing servers.
The plugin for Vagrant in concert with chef solo makes spinning up and provisioning new instances a breeze, but this post is about going the slightly more manual route, and using one of the application bundles (currently in beta) for Ubuntu 12.04.
These steps are a combination of things I've gleaned from various other places and my experience. I make no claim for their soundness.
Create the droplet
Create a new droplet using the Ubuntu 12.04 x32 (or x64–it shouldn't matter for our purposes here), and select "LAMP on Ubuntu 12.04" from the Applications tab.
At this point, I'm going to assume that you'll also add your SSH public keys, so you don't have to login with username and password credentials. (If you don't have an SSH key, here are some instructions for generating one, you can just ignore the git-specific stuff.) An advantage of doing this is that your root password to the new droplet will not be sent over email (because there will no root password).
When you've selected all the options, click "Create Droplet."
Login and Setup
Droplet creation should take a minute at most, after which you'll see a screen with various information about your newly created vm, including an IP address. If you specified that your SSH keys should be automatically added, you should be able to SSH in now.
ssh email@example.com
First off, let's change the default mysql root password as suggested by the login banner (note that the banner may continue to say that the password is still "password" even after you've changed it and logged in again):
mysqladmin -u root -p'password' password newpassword
Next, because we began with our SSH keys pre-installed, there's no root password, so set one by typing `passwd` and following the prompts.
Next we'll issue some commands with the package manager used by Ubuntu, `apt-get` to first update the list of available packages, and then upgrade the installed ones:
apt-get update apt-get upgrade
Next, install fail2ban, a service that scans logfiles and auto-bans IP addresses that show signs of malicious activity, a good line of defense against crackers:
apt-get install fail2ban
Next, I'll install my text editor of choice, vim:
apt-get install vim
As well as unzip…
apt-get install unzip
… and ack
apt-get install ack-grep
Adding a user
Because it is, for a variety of reasons, generally not a good idea to do things as root, let's add a new user, create a home folder for them with the right permissions, copy the contents of root's authorized keys files to the new user's .ssh folder, so we can ssh in as that user, give them a password, and set their default shell to bash.
useradd luke mkdir /home/luke mkdir /home/luke/.ssh chmod 700 /home/luke/.ssh
And add the contents of the root user's authorized_keys files to that of the new user:
cat .ssh/authorized_keys > /home/luke/.ssh/authorized_keys chmod 400 /home/luke/.ssh/authorized_keys chown -R luke:luke /home/luke passwd luke chsh -s /bin/bash luke
Now we'll give that user the ability to run commands as root via `sudo`. Type `visudo` then enter this line, say, below the similar one for root (it doesn't matter where, actually):
luke ALL=(ALL) ALL
Hit Command-X when done editing.
Now we'll disable remote root login. Edit this file, /etc/ssh/sshd_config, with vim, or however you prefer, and make change "PermitRootLogin yes" to "PermitRootLogin no", and uncomment the line "#PasswordAuthentication yes" and change it to "no". This will mean you can only login on machines that have your SSH private key. Following that, we need to restart ssh:
service ssh restart
Now we'll install a firewall to control which ports we allow traffic into. We'll allow SSH and SFTP (port 22), HTTP (80), and HTTPS (443).
apt-get install ufw ufw allow 22 ufw allow 80 ufw allow 443 ufw enable
You may get a warning after the last command about this disrupting your SSH session, but you should be able to ignore it.
Other dev tools
git, rvm + ruby, tmux
apt-get install git apt-get install tmux \curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby
These are just some relevant notes and steps I'm including mostly for myself to remember for later:
In some cases you may need FTP and not just SFTP.
apt-get install vsftpd
Edit /etc/vsftpd.conf and change the following lines
anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES write_enable=YES
Save the file, and `/etc/init.d/vsftpd restart` then `ufw allow 21`.
Serving a git repository
If you're serving files directly from a git repository, make sure you aren't serving .git.
Throttle outbound Spotify traffic
by Luke Rodgers on August 2, 2013
When working on a shared network with limited bandwidth, it's sometimes nice to be able to keep listening to Spotify without ruining your co-workers' Internet connections.
Spotify is P2P (the desktop app is, anyway), so you both receive data from other Spotify users and transmit it to them. Blocking the outgoing traffic entirely would be un-neighbourly (probably also a violation of TOS), and might even prevent streaming from working altogether.
Fortunately, as I just discovered, ipfw allows you to add a pipe to a range of ports, all of which you can then throttle to a certain data transfer rate. It's a shotgun approach, and will slow down any other services that are trying to send data over those ports as well, but since Spotify seems to stick to the range 10000 to 80000, and I rarely if ever run anything of consequence on those ports, this approach works for me.
sudo ipfw add pipe 1 ip from any to any out dst-port 10000-80000 sudo ipfw pipe 1 config bw 8KBytes/s
Filtering ExtJs Grid
by Luke Rodgers on April 24, 2013
ExtJs Grid provides a nice, quick way to build a UI that can handle a lot of tabular data and support the operations you'd typically like to perform on that data (sorting, filtering). It can be hard to style, but is great for whipping up admin CRUD functionality.
One thing that seems hard to do with it out of the box, however, is trigger filtering directly from your javascript, rather than via the UI.
Ext.grid.Panel does in fact expose the requisite properties and methods to accomplish this, but they're a bit hard to track down, and not part of the official public API. This gist, GridFilteringExtensions.js, adds some methods to Ext.grid.Panel that make this easier. It probably won't accomplish everything you want to do, and hasn't been tested in a wide variety of situations, but it was exactly what I needed, and may be a good base from which to build.
Note that before manually setting a filter for the first time, you'll need to call `createFilters`.


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As Brazilian sides take their Christmas holidays, we are offered a brief pause in the relentless flow of transfer activity in which to reflect on the season just passed.
Fluminense emerged as convincing league champions with three weeks to spare, in a show of dominance that is rarely seen in the Brasileirao. The Tricolor Carioca were, indeed, an awesome force that swept aside all before them.
Sao Paulo, Gremio and Atletico Mineiro, in particular, all also showed their impressive qualities for long periods of the season, but were unable to sustain their challenges. They did, though, offer individuals who can be very proud of their efforts this campaign.
So, let's take a look at who could form a Best XI for the Brazilian championship 2012.


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Cathedral Prep clinches outright Region 3 title
The Cathedral Prep swimming and diving team clinched the outright Region 3 title Monday by beating Strong Vincent at the East High pool.
Prep improved to 16-0 overall and finished 14-0 in Region 3 after defeating Vincent 132-39. Meanwhile, East forfeited vs. Prep as the Ramblers capped a perfect region season.
Zach Miller, Lucas Buseck, Tom Squeglia and Christopher Steele each had two wins for Prep.
In addition, Villa Maria moved to 11-3 and took second in Region 3 at 10-2 after a 122-35 win over Vincent.
Kelly Fehr, Abby Fessler, Abby Quinn, Payton Taylor, Jayne Reichel, Kathleen Lynch and Alex Redlawsk were double winners for the Victors.
- Girard, McLane split: At Edinboro, the Lancers' boys won 129-50 and the YellowJackets' girls won 102-81 in a Region 2 finale.
Flynn Connelly and Nick Bradford were quad winners for the McLane boys. Connelly won the 200-yard individual medley and 100 backstroke and swam on the winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays. Bradford won the 200 free and 500 free and was a member of the 200 free and 400 free relay teams for the Lancers (7-7 overall, 7-7 Region 2).
Four-time winner Delaney Drushel and triple winner Dillin Gadley led Girard's girls, who finished with a winning record at 8-6, 8-6. Drushel won the 50 free and 100 backstroke, and was a member of the winning 200 medley and 400 free relays. Gadley had wins in the 200 free and 100 butterfly, and swam on the 400 freestyle relay.
Grace Bennett and CeCe Koral had two wins for McLane (5-9, 5-9).
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text: The TMB (Thai Military Bank) launch their new "Make THE Difference" campaign with a film made to inspire people to start thinking differently, with a hope that they will begin to "Make THE Difference" within their own world. It doesn't have to be big, but a little can create positive change in any environment. This film is based on a true story. In 1986, a football team that lived on a small island in the south of Thailand, "Koh Panyee," wanted the opportunity to play football yet had no soil as they lived on a floating village. Not letting anything stop them, they began to practice on the only thing they could and the community began to rally around them. The Panyee FC challenged the norm and became a great inspiration for new generations on the island. Their story is told above. Enjoy!


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Guruvaryur is one of the prominent pilgrim centers of Hindus found in Kerala and sites under the district of Thrissure.
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Bekal is a tiny little town of Kerala formed in the backwater island region in the district of Kasargod.
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U.S. education secretary talks prekindergarten in Erie
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan had a simple message when he made a stop in Erie on Wednesday: Our country needs to do a better job getting more students into high-quality prekindergarten programs.
"There's nothing more important that we can do than make sure our babies get off to a great start," Duncan said. "I'm just tired of ... playing catch-up. I'm tired of talking about achievement gaps."
Duncan, who has overseen schools across the country since being appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009, stopped in Erie at part of his "Education and the Economy" bus tour of the Great Lakes. He toured the Early Connections Early Learning Center at 704 State St. and lead a panel discussion on the value of prekindergarten education.
Several local educators and community leaders participated in the discussion, including Erie schools Superintendent Jay Badams, Scott Enterprises Inc. Vice President Nick Scott Jr. and Erie Community Foundation President Michael Batchelor.
Badams said programs like those at the Early Learning Center benefit students in the Erie School District.
He said the district in 2007 began tracking students who attended classes at the center and they have consistently shown higher test scores than other students in their classes.
Badams said the program has even aligned its curriculum to the math and science education the district designed through a $15 million grant from the GE Foundation.
Scott said prekindergarten education accomplishes two things: It gives students a better chance to succeed in their kindergarten through 12th-grade education, and ultimately prepares them for the workplace.
"I think it's a game-changer and what will make the biggest difference in the future of our children," Scott said.
But Scott said he'd like to see more focus on aligning prekindergarten programs with the upcoming Common Core standards, which are designed to make education more challenging for students.
"We've learned a lot about (those standards), but we didn't talk about what we're doing before kindergarten to get them prepared," Scott said. "So, when they get to fifth grade, not only are they held to a higher standard but they're prepared to be held to that standard. I think we're missing the boat there."
Prekindergarten education has recently been the focus of nonprofit groups like Erie Together and the United Way of Erie County.
Erie Together recently announced a new countywide kindergarten-readiness plan.
Duncan said he was impressed with Erie's efforts to get more children into quality prekindergarten programs.
"I'm inspired by the community partnerships," Duncan said after the panel discussion. "It's such a common-sense approach, but frankly, you don't see it happening in a lot of places."
Prekindergarten education is receiving more attention these days because it will be the focus of the next round of Race to the Top funding -- a $500 million early learning initiative to increase access and to improve prekindergarten programs.
Prekindergarten wasn't the only issue Duncan addressed in Erie. On the way to his bus, Duncan was stopped along West Seventh Street by Erie resident Justin Dillon, who has a son at Jefferson Elementary School and has friends who were laid off from the Erie School District.
"I think he should've been here with a different priority than early-childhood development," Dillon said. "It should've been the education of the kids who are already suffering in this community."
SEAN McCRACKEN can be reached at 870-1714 or by e-mail.


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What materials did you use? 630 yards (576 m) worsted / 10 ply (9 wpi) yarn weight. Needle size was US 10 - 6.0 mm.
What are you most proud of? In this shawl, I use principles of sweater design to create a beautiful accessory that really is fitted! The placement of the three increase points creates shoulders in the shawl. This means that it won??t fall off! There is fullness at the back, fullness at the front, and a perfect slope to the shoulder. While the main lace chart does have a lot of rows, most of them are simple variants of one another which keeps this elaborate???looking lace well within the piquant knitting skill zone.
What advice would you give someone starting this project? This shawl could be knit beautifully in lace weight, sock weight, DK weight, or any yarn weight (using appropriate needles.) The smaller the yarn and needles you choose, the smaller the dimensions of your shawl will be. If you decide to use very tiny yarn and needles, you may wish to work an extra repeat of one or more of the lace charts. OR, you may enjoy wearing the smaller project as a shawlette or neck scarf.
I loved your knitting class i am going to try this pattern and the tshirt pattern i think i am hooked I also seen your book on amazon does it have patterns and is it as easy as your buttonhole scarf to follow as i sometimes get lost so excited i could carry on forever better sign off
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Boston -- New Orleans Hornets shooting guard Eric Gordon did not play in Wednesday night's game against the Boston Celtics because of a sore right knee, the team announced.
The Hornets also didn't want to risk having him play on consecutive days for fear it could cause a potential setback involving his right knee. Although Gordon has averaged 29.3 minutes in eight games since returning
Dec. 29 from a patella tendon disorder and bone bruise in his right
knee, the Hornets and team doctors still don't think Gordon is in the
desired conditioning for his knee to take the pounding involved in
playing back-to-back games yet. Gordon dressed for Wednesday's game that featured rookie guard Austin Rivers playing against his dad, Boston Celtics Coach Doc Rivers, for the first time. But the Hornets started veteran Roger Mason Jr., instead of Austin Rivers in place of Gordon, who is expected to return to the lineup Saturday when the Hornets play the Golden State Warriors at the New Orleans Arena.
Going into Wednesday's game, Rivers had missed all nine shot attempts from the field in the past five games and went scoreless in four consecutive games before scoring one point against the 76ers Tuesday night.
As a precaution, Gordon also was held out in a Jan.2 game against the Houston Rockets to avoid playing on consecutive nights. In that game, Rivers started but missed five of six shots before finishing with four points.
Gordon played 32 minutes in Tuesday night's 111-99 victory against the Philadelphia 76ers. He was forced to go back in the game in the fourth quarter when the 76ers made a push to cut the Hornets' 20-point lead to eight.
"We are going to keep him out based on protocol in his rehabilitation,'' Hornets Coach Monty Williams said before Wednesday's game at the TD Garden. "We want to make sure he comes back healthy in the right way.''
"My knee is not a 100 percent yet,'' Gordon said after Sunday's game against the New York Knicks in which he played 29 minutes. "I'm just fighting through it right now. It is tough pushing off of your right leg all the time. I'm trying to get it back to a comfortable feeling. I've tried not to show any excuses or anything like that. But that's just what it is right now.''


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Yesterday was pretty good.
I did have some hunger issues that I'm sure were caused by the bad foods eaten this past weekend. But I overcame and yep...
I weigh in tomorrow. Interested to see what my weight is at.
Really need to start exercising on a more regular basis again. It's just SO difficult to get motivated to do it after taking care of our baby girl. All I want to do is relax and take it easy, not get sweaty and not be able to take a shower right after.
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The government awards programme has been expanded into a suite of four awards. In 2013 the GSMA's Government Mobile Excellence Awards will recognise world-class leadership in the establishment of sound telecommunications regulatory policies and practices, based on clear principles that encourage private investment, such as policies that support transparency, competition and regulatory independence.
The 2013 award ceremony will take place during the Government Mobile Forum in February. This year's judging panel features GSMA board members and industry executives, world leading academics, and industry experts.
The four award categories are:
7a. Government Leadership Award
This discretionary award is an honour chosen by the GSMA Director General.
7b. Spectrum for Mobile Broadband Award
This award will be presented to the government that demonstrates the most transparent and stable long-term spectrum policy roadmap in 2012-13.
7c. Best government policy for mobile development
This award recognises policy and development environments that have successfully fostered the mobile revolution in the developing world.
7d. Best m-Government initiative
This award is for the government who has embraced mobile technologies as an opportunity to leverage the potential of mobile to improve government initiatives.
For further information please visit www.globalmobileawards.com/government.
Past winners
In 2012, the GSMA presented the Honourable Minister of Communications for the Republic of Colombia, Diego Molano, with the mobile industry's prestigious annual Government Leadership Award. The award recognised the Government of the Republic of Colombia for its role as a regional and global leader in managing what is now one of the world's scarcest natural resources – spectrum. The exemplary vision and courage of its policy makers in devising and implementing its ICT strategy Vive Digital made the Colombian Government stand out as the 2012 Government Leadership Award winner.
Watch the winning video of the Government of the Republic of Colombia.
Prior winners include Afghanistan (2011), Kenya (2010), France (2009), Egypt (2008), India (2007), Pakistan (2006) and Brazil (2005).


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Making sure he got his say
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Jake May poses with his mother, Cindy, right, and sister Cady after voting at his polling place this morning.
It was just one vote -- a single voice in the millions that will be heard across the nation on Election Day. But for Jake May, it was about "not taking things for granted" -- about thanking those who...
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