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We all know that you can't "spot reduce" fat on your body; some of us are just prone to carrying weight on our legs. But even if you can't change your genetics, there are things you can do to get rid of big calves.
If you're worried about reducing your calf size, chances are you're already paying attention to your diet, which will help you lose weight all over your body, including your legs. But there is one other important thing to think in your diet. The recommended daily allowance for salt is 2400 mg, or just over one teaspoon of table salt. Getting that amount of salt is vital for health, but eating too much can cause swelling and water retention, particularly in the legs and ankles. Pay careful attention to your consumption of salty foods, and be sure those low fat frozen meals aren't sabotaging your efforts.
Some people blame exercise for their large calves, but for most people this isn't an issue. Avoid exercises specifically aimed at increasing calf muscles (like those calf dips on the stairs), and instead focus on light, fat burning aerobic activity followed by stretches that target the calves. This will help reduce fat and lengthen the muscles in your legs, making them appear leaner and longer. Try this stretch: Sit on the floor with your legs out in front of you and flex your feet so you feel the stretch in your calves. Slowly lean forward and grab hold of the arches of your feet (use a towel or elastic band if you can't reach). Continue to flex your feet, focusing on the stretch in your calves. Hold this stretch for at least thirty seconds.
In addition to stretching, massaging your calves will help lessen fluid retention, release toxin build-up, and keep the muscles supple and shapely. You could shell out hundreds of dollars for a massage chair/ottoman, or you could do it yourself. Sitting comfortably in a chair, cross your legs so your right calf is resting just above your left knee. With firm but gentle motions, rub your calf with finger tips and open palms, always moving from the ankle up to the knee. Repeat on the left side.
With a healthy diet, daily aerobic exercise, proper stretching, and some gentle massage, you can get rid of your big calves. And if all else fails, wear heals! High heal shoes will make your legs appear leaner, just be sure to stretch your calves when you take them off to avoid adding bulky muscle to your legs.


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Spanish Town's 33rd annual Mardi Gras parade kicks off today and the floats and riders have already begun lining up in Baton Rouge. "I've been riding for 30 years," Bill Brumfield, president of the Society for the Preservation of Lagniappe in Louisiana said Saturday morning.
Brumfield said the parade has grown over the years and people are still enthused just like they were 30 years ago.
"It's going to be an outstanding day," he said.
Krewes had to design their float around this year's theme: "A Spanish Town Twinkie ate my Ding Dong."
"I think it was a pretty good theme," Brumfield said. "People have shown good imagination." Brumfield's krewe used the last name of its grand marshal to fit this year's theme. "We took (woods) and decided to put pecker in front of it," he said.
Brumfield's float will have about 40 riders but he said some of the other floats in the parade could range up to 50 or 60 riders.
"Staging of the floats and seeing the others is my favorite part," Brumfield said. "Once the parade begins, Spanish Town is going to be covered with people."
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BECHTELSVILLE, Pa. — Greg Hodnett won the Pennsylvania Speed Week sprint car feature during Tuesday night's Thunder on the Hill Racing Series program at Grandview Speedway.
The 25th season of Thunder on the Hill brought Tuesday's 112th event in the series.
Hodnett, driving the Mike Heffner sprint car, set the early pace followed by Darren Mollenoyux and Lucas Wolfe. By lap seven Wolfe was second and chasing down Hodnett. Alan Krimes and Danny Dietrich were on their way to the front of the pack.
On lap 14, Wolfe caught Hodnett and staged the first challenge for the lead with Alan Krimes racing in third.
As the halfway point of the race, Hodnett, Wolfe, Danny Dietrich, Krimes and Mollenoyux were the top five.
On lap 19, Dietrich, using the outside lane, moved into second and he began to chase down the leader. On lap 24, there were three cars racing under a blanket for the lead with Hodnett, Dietrich and Dewease in a battle. Lap after lap Dietrich rode the outside boiler-plate as he challenged Hodnett for the lead.
Dietrich made a challenge for the lead lap after lap then on lap 28, Lucas Wolfe moved into second. Wolfe now challenged for the lead and with just two laps to go, Hodnett and Wolfe crossed the line side by side. Hodnett held off the challenges of Wolfe to score his seventh Thunder on the Hill victory and collected $5,000.
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The opposing bench was decked in blue end to end, and every time Bishop Ahr coach Tommy Lacson checked, there was a new group of Metuchen players waiting to check in.
Fresh legs and new formations filled the field for Metuchen, and by the second half, it seemed coach Ken Graf had a revolving door of depth at his disposal.
But even with the advantage, Metuchen got out-hustled and outplayed by a Bishop Ahr squad which stuck with the same 11 players the entire second half and only used one substitute when it defeated Metuchen, 2-0, yesterday in Edison.
"All the coaches that we play against know that I don't have a deep bench," said Lacson, who's in his 10th season at Bishop Ahr said. "I only sub if someone gets hurt or somebody wants out for two minutes."
Forwards Gerald Demby and Tyler Earl never left the field and led an offensive charge which continually created opportunities.
In the 47th minute, Earl finished one of those opportunities, as the junior knocked in a rebound after Demby cut past a Metuchen defender and struck a right-footed shot at the hands of goalie Ben O'Connell.
For the pair, which shot one would-be goal over the crossbar and had another opportunity thwarted by an offside call, its keys were calmness and communication.
"As long as we keep our heads in the game, the whole game, and keep our cool, we always play well together," Earl said.
Victories in the midfield also kept things flowing for Demby and Earl up top. In back-to-back losses there were holes in the midfield without senior Chris Carnavale, who was was serving a two-game suspension for a red card.
With Carnavale back and Dave Pastore holding down the center of the field, Bishop Ahr posted a total-team effort, Lacson said.
Pastore scored the game's first goal in the 16th minute after Bishop Ahr outshot Metuchen, 5-1, in the first 15 minutes. In the early going, Bishop Ahr capitalized on a Metuchen squad which came out flat, Graf said.
"We let them score that first goal," said Graf, who's in his 39th season at Metuchen. "Then we started feeling sorry for ourselves. They didn't play with any subs the second half, we tried to run them down and because we didn't communicate it was like 11 isolated players trying to work something."


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All three go hand-in-hand. You can have the right number of highly trained and motivated firefighters, and if they dont have a well-maintained up-to-date piece of apparatus to get them to the scene on time and in working order, you might lose your home or your life.
It works the other way (too). You can have the latest and greatest piece of apparatus, and if you dont have enough trained and motivated firefighters, that piece of apparatus is less effective (or) useless.
Facilities are also very important. We ask firefighters to spend 30 percent of their life in our fire station. 24 hours, 48 hours, and sometimes 72 hours straight. They need a clean comfortable place to live, eat and sleep.
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Asa Jones, 32, is charged with murder and related crimes in connection with the death of 41-year-old Tony Miles.
Authorities said Jones and Miles had an argument at South Main and Library streets. Jones returned to his home and retrieved a knife, they allege, came back and stabbed the victim several times.
Miles had been living in Monroe Township but did not have a permanent address, the Prosecutor's Office said.
An anonymous 911 caller reported the stabbing at 10:08 p.m., Prosecutor's Office spokesman Bernie Weisenfeld said. Miles was found lying on Main Street and was taken to Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Washington Township.
There, he was pronounced dead at 10:53 p.m.
Helen Sampson was a longtime friend of Miles. She said Miles was planning on meeting her and some other neighbors for drinks the night of his death.
"He never made it," said Sampson, standing down the block from a makeshift memorial near the intersection where Miles was found. Teddy bears and balloons sat at the base of a utility pole Monday afternoon, along with a sheet of paper where visitors could leave their condolences. "I think it's a sin."
Sampson said she prayed over Miles while waiting for emergency responders to arrive.
"I was there when he took his last breath," she said.
Sampson said Miles was a kind man who got along with all of his neighbors. The altercation that resulted in his death, she said, was not his fault. He left behind a young son.
"He never caused violence," she said. "Instead of arguing, he would rather calm down. This man didn't bother anybody. I think it's wrong. Now it's a statistic."
Jones was arrested near the scene of the crime, Weisenfeld said. The case was investigated by Prosecutor's Office Detective Greg Malesich and Monroe Police Detective Jules Maiorano.
In addition to murder, Jones is charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Bail was set at $1 million.
According to the complaint against him, Jones was convicted of aggravated assault on July 6, 2001, then convicted of resisting arrest and burglary on April 28, 2006.
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Fedora 19 "Schrödinger's Cat" has been released today, featuring the latest stable GNOME 3.8, a new initial setup and other interesting changes.New initial setupThe latest Fedora 19 includes a new initial setup (which was supposed to be introduced with Fedora 18, but was delayed) which allows users to perform some basic actions the first time they boot into Fedora. Users can select the language, keyboard layout, add cloud services and, if no user has been created during the installation process, a new user can easily be created from this initial setup: After the initial setup completes, an animation displaying some GNOME Shell basic usage is displayed in full-screen (I didn't create a video because the animation was very slow in VirtualBox):GNOME 3.8Fedora 19 ships with GNOME 3.8, which comes with numerous changes and new features, including:new Activities Overview applications view;overhauled search which can now include results from applications;new Privacy, Notifications and Search GNOME Settings panels;a new Classic mode is available for GNOME 3.8, replacing the old GNOME fallback mode. This offers a GNOME2-like layout by using some extensions on top of GNOME Shell. To install it, see below;GNOME Clocks and Weather, two new application added with GNOME 3.8, are available
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"So, do you think I can sue TriMet for this?" my passenger asks.
"Sue them for what?"
"Well, I was sitting there for well over an hour. The last bus just never came."
I ponder this. "Sue them for what, exactly?"
"The cost of paying you, of course."
"Certainly. I'll write you a receipt."
"Can you put the time on it?"
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So far, we're just perhaps one standard deviation out of the ordinary, but we're about to start heading into serious outlier territory. "There's also the value of an hour of my time. My time is worth something." Looking at her, I'm thinking that an hour of her time usually equals an hour of television accompanied by an entire box of Ding-Dongs. But that would be unkind. "Certainly, ma'am, time is money," I almost sing.
She agrees, vehemently, which is when I realize she's opened a bag of Cheetos; her vehemence sends forth a little orange spray to brighten up the upholstery. "Then there's the danger to my life, making me sit for an hour in a neighborhood like that" (37th and Belmont). "The trauma, just sitting there thinking of what could happen to a lone woman like myself at this hour. They should pay for that as well, goddammit!"
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Examine whether contaminants in your water supply met two standards: the legal limits established by the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the typically stricter health guidelines. The data was collected by an advocacy organization, the Environmental Working Group, who shared it with The Times.
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It was not supposed to turn out this way: Only a year after Egyptians freely elected Mohamed Mursi as their president for a four-year term, he was removed by a military decree. This sets in motion a "road map" for a new transitional period leading to another experiment akin to the period following the fall of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
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The Muslim Brotherhood, one of the Arab world's oldest Islamist movements and Egypt's largest opposition group, is well placed to play a prominent role as President Hosni Mubarak's rule teeters on the brink of collapse.
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Major Muslim TV preacher Amr Khaled heads for Cairo
One of the world's most influential Muslim television preachers said on Friday that he was traveling back to his native Egypt, which is in turmoil amid mass protests against President Hosni Mubarak.
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Thursday night, the Chargers moved one step closer to a championship.
Hillsdale improved to 31-2 overall with a three-set victory (25-20, 27-25, 25-23) over Wheeling-Jesuit at Coussoulis Arena on the Cal State-San Bernardino campus.
Hillsdale will face the host Coyotes on Friday in a 10:30 p.m. (EST) semifinal. Cal State-San Bernardino (31-0) topped Flagler 25-20, 25-16, 25-12.
Senior Ashlee Crowder (Jenison), the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year, led the Chargers with 15 kills, four digs and four block assists. Junior Kaleigh Shuster (Wayland) saw limited duty in two of the sets and finished with one hitting error and one blocking error.
Seniors Rachel VanderWall (East Kentwood) and Amanda Geelhoed (Lowell) did not see action in the match.
Tampa (33-0) and Concordia-St. Paul (32-0) will face off at 8 p.m. in the first national semifinal. Tampa defeated Bridgeport in three sets (25-16, 25-18, 25-8) while Concordia-St. Paul swept Central Missouri 25-14, 25-23, 25-23.


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WESTFIELD - The brotherhood that is the armed forces in the United Stated of America paid its ultimate respects to Sgt. Kevin White of Westfield on Thursday. More than 120 service men and women spanning more than 10 branches and organizations led the processional for the 7 p.m. viewing at the First Baptist Church of Westfield.
"We're paying another honor to Sgt. Kevin White. We'll do a final walkthrough and a ceremonial salute to the soldier, and we'll present certificates and awards to his family," Commander of the Westfield Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Robert McIntosh said prior to the processional. "All of the members here will also give a hand salute and we'll come back out of the church. It's another token of respect for the sacrifice that that young man made."
The servicemen and women who walked from Main Street down Union and into the church proceeded past several homes with American flags hanging in support and recognition of Sgt. White and his family. From Wednesday's gathering along Route 394 to Thursday's viewing services, it was clear the community has come together to play a supportive role during this tragic time.
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"I was the guy in the middle of the street. It was absolutely fantastic," McIntosh said of the community turnout Wednesday. "That's probably one of the best things that has happened around here, it's just incredibly unfortunate that the circumstances came about that made this happen. But again, the amount of respect this community has shown for that young man is phenomenal."
Commander of the Westfield American Legion Post 327 James Kaufman, who led the processional Thursday with McIntosh, agreed whole heartedly about the community support.
"I was standing next to the phone company on the south side with all of the color guards and there were people across the street and talking and everything else, but when the first motorcycle came through there was nothing but pride," he said reflecting back on Wednesday's event. "There were hands over hearts, hats down, flags up, not even a child said a word and that is total respect. This community came above and beyond, it was beautiful."
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Community members, friends and family were waiting outside for the military processional to enter the viewing first at 7 p.m.
Commander of the Westfield Post for Veterans of Foreign Wars Robert McIntosh, left, and Westfield American Legion Post 327 Commander James Kaufman, right, lead the processional into the First Baptist Church of Westfield during the second viewing for Sgt. Kevin White.
Organizations who represented the processional Thursday included: The VFW, American Legion, Vietnam Veterans of America, the Vietnam Veterans Association, AMVETS, Sons of the Legion, Auxiliary, all Armed Forces Reservists, National Guard, Active Duty, and even a Drill Sergeant who just came off active duty last week.
"I can't speak for the family officially, but I know in their heart they appreciate it. I appreciate the support the community has shown the funeral home. Kevin was a great man," Scott Mason of Mason Funeral Home, who was in charge of the services, said. "It's the community of Westfield, it's not any one person, it's all of our groups. It's the village, the town, the school, the department of public works, the police department, individuals, the VFW, the American Legion, all of their affiliates, everyone has come together it's just been fantastic."
Kaufman and the American Legion also presented certificates and a Bible to the parents of Sgt. White out of due respect to them.
Westfield Central Schools are closed today due to the expectation that too many staff and/or students will be attending the funeral service.
The Funeral Service will be today at 11 a.m. at the The First Baptist Church of Westfield, with Rev. Thayne Bodenmiller officiating. Burial with full Military Honors will be private in Westfield Cemetery.
Flowers are gratefully declined and Kevin's family wishes memorials be made to Northlake Family Recreation Center, P.O. Box 334, Westfield, NY 14787. For those wishing to sign a community register book, you may do so at the Westfield Village Hall (Eason Hall), 23 Elm St. in Westfield.
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Herbal Hope for Allergies?
What can you tell me about an herb called pe min gan wan? I've been told that it can help with my allergies.
Answer (Published 4/29/2008)
Pe min gan wan is a traditional Chinese herbal formula, not a single herb, used to treat allergies. It combines magnolia flower, Chinese lovage root, angelica root, licorice root, and others. I have no first-hand experience with it, but Randy Horwitz, M.D., an allergist and medical director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, tells me that several of his patients with allergic rhinitis (hay fever) have used pe min gan wan prescribed by practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and have reported that it was very helpful. There is no reason why you shouldn't try it.
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While pe min gan wan is generally well-tolerated by patients, Dr. Horwitz says that the natural remedies he prefers for allergic rhinitis are khella tea, stinging nettle, and quercetin, along with saline nasal irrigation (neti pot or NeilMed Sinus Rinse bottle).
He notes that another TCM formulation is going to be studied among patients with asthma in an FDA-approved clinical trial at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. The formula contains extracts of a mixture of the raw herbs: Ling-Zhi 20 g, Ku-Shen 9 g, and Gan-Cao 3 g. Ling-Zhi is Ganoderma lucidum (reishi mushroom); Ku-Shen is made from roots of Sophora flavescens or S.angustifolia (yellow mountain laurel); and Gan-Cao is made from the root of a licorice relative, Glycyrrhiza uralensis.
Dr. Horwitz says he frequently recommends licorice root, one of the ingredients in the formula, to patients with asthma.
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Skip to comments.Just how bad is the damage?
Posted on 10/04/2012 6:22:32 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Lets get the obvious out of the way:Barack Obama lost last nights presidential debate. The question is how badly it will hurt him.
Heading into last night,the president enjoyed a lead of 3.1 points in the Real Clear Politics polling average. The margin was roughly consistent with where the race has been since Romney secured the Republican nomination in the spring,but it did reflect a slight tightening over the past week. But the immediate verdict from voters who watched the debate was clear,with 67 percent saying Romney fared better in a CNN flash poll,compared to just 25 percent for Obama. In CBSs poll of undecided voters, Romney was the victor by a 46-22 percent spread.
Over the next few days,Romney stands to reap some significant benefits from what happened in Denver:
* The best press coverage of his life. Well,thats probably overstating it, but Romney is in for the most favorable stretch of media treatment hes received as a general election candidate. Since late August, when Republicans staged a dud of a convention,Romney has been portrayed as a candidate in decline, and Obama as a resurgent front-runner. There was good reason for this. Democrats put on perfectly choreographed convention, Romney suffered through the release of the devastating 47 percent video,and polls confirmed that the momentum was squarely on Obamas side. Anything short of a clear victory by Romney on Wednesday would have perpetuated this narrative. But he turned in the performance he needed (with a huge assist from a bafflingly docile Obama) and has given the media a new storyline: Romneys back in it now we have a real race! At least for the next few days,it will be Romney who is treated as the candidate on the rise,and Obama as the one desperately seeking to contain the damage..............
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It was very bad, because many people want a reason to vote against Obama and now have it.
Good heavens! In Salon?........I saw the debate and I didn't think it was as bad as all that the Left is making it out to be. Crocodile tears?.........
For Obama, it was bad.
Mr Romney, had better watch his back these Communist Muslims are angry and they will do their dirty deeds..and go after Romney with all they have in them..
I stopped reading at " Democrats put on perfectly choreographed convention"
Short answer,if your a Dem....Bad Landslide Bad, start running commercials in California Bad.
That was awesome! Im still laughing at the statement this morning. Classic line that will go down in history.
"I saw the debate and I didnt think it was as bad as all that the Left is making it out to be."
Are you sure you watched the right debate?
Romney has seized the momentum, changed the MSM narrative, caused libs to wet themselves, and further energized already high GOP turnout enthusiasm.
The next debate is about foreign policy. Obama has nothing to hang his hat on, other than killing UBL which he will crow endlessly about. The Libya debacle, mid East riots and Iran are all pitfalls for him.
Romney has a target rich environment. He can pick and choose those topics to tear Obama apart.
Nicely and with a smile on his face.
I think there were a lot of people looking for a "Green Light" and they got it.
great post!
great post!
great post!
"Perfectly choreographed convention" !
I guess he forgot about the vote against God and Israel, the locked out delegates (I heard this first hand from a delegate that was there) and having to change venues for the acceptance speech.
But when you consider that their idea of perfect is Obama it is easy to see why the writer makes that distinction.
Do us a favor and stop handing out kleenex to them.
When all of Obama's commie friends at MSNBC, CNN, CNBC etc cant even come up with a feasible lie about how well he did, ITS BAD.
I'm reading all I can but I see nothing anywhere about the tax credit for offshoring. Romney said authoritatively that Obama was wrong to claim that businesses get tax credits for moving to foreign shores.
I've no idea who's right, but it sure sounded like glass broke when Romney responded to it.
The leftists are slamming Obama as though Obama was the problem.
The FACTS are, the FACTS are the problem together with Romney's ability to marshall those facts to defeat the flawed political philosophies of the Democrat left.
I instant messages some friends to ask what they thought - not telling them what I thought and heard such things as "Mitt cleanen his clock," "Obama looked terrible," "bored," stunned," and "out-of-touch." Those are just a few.
More than anything, I think the real loser was the MSM. They were exposed as complete sycophants.
I did notice something odd, though. Post debate, every CNN commentor and Stephanie Cutter, whom they interviewed, said that Romney wasn't specific. But the way they said it was forced. Anderson Cooper seemed to be saying it as an afterthought, like oh, yeah, I forgot that I was told by the Obama team before the debates to say 'Romney wasn't specific.' Romney WAS specific, and it looked very much like an odd, preplanned comment.
Says who? What did the Democrats even have to compare to Clint Eastwoods speech to the empty chair? Just because the news media repeats their endless lies with great enthusiasm and Bill Clinton did a superb job sugar coating a turd doesn't change the basic nature of the thing.
Had to stop reading after this line: "Democrats put on perfectly choreographed convention".
They clearly didn't watch the same convention I watched.
How bad was Romney's stomping of Barack?
This was the "October surprise" that many people fear, and the fear is showing on Obama's face and that of his supporters.
Obama was left wondering "who is this guy they put up against me?". No doubt, after so many times looking down and wanting Lehrer to stop Romney, that he also wanted to check his watch to see how much longer he would have to endure the beat-down.
Obama was close to calling for his mommy last night.
Now they can point to Obama's demonstrably poor job performance as a reason to NOT vote for him, and that provides a very effective "innoculation" against those who would attack them with cries--and even screams- of "racist".
Really? What adult beverage were you consuming while watching Obama get absolutely schooled by Romney?
Half of 0bammers' support comes from people who want to associate themselves with "brilliant" people to make themselves feel just as brilliant.
He was exposed as having the less-than-average IQ that he has.
The Left is most likely angry because their Messiah didn't turn Romney into a Pillar of Salt with a wave of his hand..................
People who were planning to vote for Obama are not going to change their minds, and in fact many of them are claiming that Obama won the debate, and that Romney told a bunch of lies, irrational as it might sound, but they are irrational people. Therefore, I don't think the debate will have much, if any, effect on the election.
...I saw the debate and I didnt think it was as bad as all that the Left is making it out to be....
I doubt a single hard core supporter changed after this talk session. The undecideds may have been swayed a bit but if they are changed after one session then they aren't that solid thus may be changed again with 33 days and three more debates to go until voting day.
Yes! You hit it on the head. Mitt did three things, he came across as presidential on stage with the current office holder, he dispelled the image being created by the left/media/hollywood/Obama team of a heartless, worthless, selfish rich guy who doesn't care, and third (as you said), he gave millions of voters what they needed to finally vote against Obama. Voters have been disgusted for 3.5 years, but they needed to be comfortable with an alternative. Mitt showed leadership, competence, intelligence, and fairness.
This was a huge moment. This thing is far from over, but it could not have gone better in terms of meeting the most important objectives.
"I saw the debate and I didnt think it was as bad as all that the Left is making it out to be."
My wife was watching the debate in the living room while I watched the Yankees POUND the Red Sox with the sound off so I could half listen. Romney did good but missed many chances to make major points. Especially regarding the role of govt regulation in causing the economic meltdown. To me obama sounded like he was dishing out the same old S***.
If his handlers decide it was so bad that they don't think he'll do much better next debate, there will be drone attack in Libya to show everyone how presidential Obama is & that he's been distracted by more important things than debates.
It was more animated than what I was expecting, considering the moderator and the format. But apparently the Left believes that because they actually saw a real honest-to-goodness actual debate, not a 90 minute infomercial for Obamacare, their guy got PWNED................
I too stopped reading at that statement.
Anyone with a shred of intelligence wouldn't need a reason to vote Obama out, beyond: Four years of 8-9% unemployment, a 16 trillion dollar deficit, Solyndra, Fast & Furious, Benghazi lies, Obamacare, Keystone Pipeline, War on Coal, disrespect for the Catholic Church, Czars replacing Congress, Out of Control EPA (and that's just off the top of my head.) But, if this gives some former "White Guilt" voters the cover they need to oust a Black man, all the better.
Look for the left to drop some hit piece on Romney in the very very near future to counter the damage.
The most telling was the summation. Just like the Caine Mutiny where Captain Queeg self destructed on the witness stand.
The Zero's comments on bipartisanship was his Queeg Moment.
"...................The passion that the president exhibits on the campaign trail never showed up on the debate stage. To my mind, that was a mistake.
This is the closing argument of a campaign. The jury has heard all the evidence that its going to hear. The candidates needed to deliver a strong, moving summation. We all know that Obama is capable of stirring oratory, but in the first debate he failed to deliver. The guy with the weaker case made the stronger statement, falsehoods and all, and that is a dangerous thing to allow so close to Election Day.
The Obama campaign must learn from this blunder: stronger is better. The last phase of the campaign is about impressions more than it is about policy.
It is unfortunate, but at this stage, for the undecided people in the middle, substance is a casualty of style. By that measure, Romney outshone the president at this debate.
There are two more chances for the president to change tactics, or at least to show up to the debates energized and nimble: President Xanax just doesnt cut it.
The question is whether he will."
""People who were planning to vote for Obama are not going to change their minds,""
What you say is true. But, will they vote?
Ovama's followers are very depressed this morning. If Obama cannot get his followers out of their slump, his voters may not waste their time going to the polls.
Meanwhile, Romney's supporters and leaners are energized this morning.
Vote turnout is the key and Romney is doing well this morning.
I've been watching debates since Kennedy/Nixon and have NEVER seen destruction on such a scale.
The left went into the debate fancying that Obama, the great orator, would "mop the floor" with Romney and the election would be in the bag for their side. Instead, Obama looked alternately hesitant, petulant and nervous, and Romney won (narrowly on strict debating points, though a little more convincingly when the only two zingers of the night, "...own house, your own plane, but not your own facts" and the $90 billion = 2 million teachers and half of them went bankrupt remark are considered). The contrast between expectation and reality has driven the left to despair.
We, of course, went into it knowing Obama was petulant and lost without a teleprompter, so his performance didn't look as bad to us as it did to them.
The left is now falling back on the theory that Obama is playing "rope a dope" and on pretending that the static scoring of the rate cuts in Romney's tax plan is a fact, rather than a (questionable) piece of analysis to accuse Romney of "lying" (ignoring the effects of capping deductions in his plan and the plain historical that shows lower top marginal rates cause a larger share of taxes to be paid by the wealthy, while aggregate income tax receipts in the U.S. depend almost entirely on median household income, not details of tax policy).
The MSM meme is out "debates do not matter"
I do think Romney did well, appeared Presidential and most importantly DID NOT MAKE ANY GAFFS. He sounded calm, and had a command of the facts, and did not appear intimidated at all. That is what the Left is so upset about. Obamugabe looked like GHW Bush in his debate when he looked at his watch..................
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WASHINGTON - An American defence contractor will voluntarily stop stamping references to Bible verses on combat rifle sights sold to the U.S. Army and Marines and Australia and New Zealand's military forces.
The references to Bible passages raised concerns that the citations break a U.S. government rule that bars proselytizing by American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, which are predominantly Muslim countries.
In a statement released Thursday, Trijicon of Wixom, Michigan, says it is also providing to the armed forces free of charge modification kits to remove the Scripture citations from the telescoping sights already in use.
Through multimillion dollar contracts, the U.S. Marine Corps and Army have bought more than 300,000 Trijicon sights.
A spokesman for U.S. Central Command initially said the Trijicon sights didn't violate the ban and compared the citations on the sights to the "In God We Trust" inscription printed on U.S. currency.
On Thursday, however, Army Gen. David Petraeus, Central Command's top officer, called the practice "disturbing."
"This is a serious concern to me and the other commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan," Petraeus told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
In a statement issued later by the command, Petraeus said that "cultural and religious sensitivities are important considerations in the conduct of military operations."
New Zealand announced Thursday that they would remove the citations from the sights they have, and Australia, which also uses the sights, is assessing what to do.
New Zealand defence force spokesman Maj. Kristian Dunne said Trijicon would be instructed to remove the inscriptions from further orders of the gun sights for New Zealand and the letters would be removed from gun sights already in use by troops.
The inscriptions are not obvious and appear in raised lettering at the end of the stock number. Trijicon's rifle sights use tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen, to create light and help shooters hit what they're aiming for.
Markings on the Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight, which is standard issue to U.S. special operations forces, include "JN8:12," a reference to John 8:12: "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, 'I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life,"' according to the King James version of the Bible.
The Trijicon Reflex sight is stamped with 2COR4:6, a reference to part of the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians: "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ," the King James version reads.
Photos posted on a Defence Department Web site show Iraqi forces training with rifles equipped with the inscribed sights.
Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance, said in a letter sent Thursday to President Barack Obama that the gun sights "clearly violate" the rule against proselytizing. Gaddy added that "images of American soldiers as Christian crusaders come to mind when they are carrying weaponry bearing such verses."
Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, contacted The Associated Press last week about the Scripture citations. He said he had received complaints from active-duty and retired members of the military. Weinstein said he couldn't identify them because they fear retaliation.
The company's practice of putting Bible references on the sites began nearly 30 years ago by Trijicon's founder, Glyn Bindon, who was killed in a plane crash in 2003. His son Stephen, Trijicon's president, has continued the practice.
"Trijicon has proudly served the U.S. military for more than two decades, and our decision to offer to voluntarily remove these references is both prudent and appropriate," Stephen Bindon said in the statement.
The statement does not provide an estimate on the removal costs. A company spokesman did not return a telephone call.
The company is also making the same offer to military in other countries that have purchased Trijicon's rifle sights.
An Army spokesman said Thursday the service was unaware of the coded biblical references until a few days ago.
"It is not the policy of the Army or the Department of Defence to put religious references of any kind on its equipment," Lt. Col. Jimmie Cummings said.
Marine Corps spokeswoman Capt. Geraldine Carey said the service "is making every effort to remove these markings from all of our scopes and will ensure that all future procurement of these scopes will not have these types of markings."
Scripture verses on combat rifle sights stoked concerns over proselytizing by American troops
WASHINGTON - An American defence contractor will voluntarily stop stamping references to Bible verses on combat rifle sights sold to the U.S. Army and Marines and Australia and New Zealand's military forces.
Organizations: U.S. Central Command, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and Army God We Trust Center for Strategic and International Studies Department of Defence Corinthians Interfaith Alliance Military Religious Freedom Foundation The Associated Press Marine Corps
Geographic location: Australia and New Zealand, U.S., WASHINGTON Afghanistan Iraq Wixom, MichiganTop of page
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- Ex-Pat
- March 01, 2010 - 14:39
I'm sorry.... and this is *totally* without prejudice - but....
Are the chappies on the OTHER side going to do the same?
Are they going to refrain from shouting phrases from the Qur'an or wearing items of apparel bearing verses while engaging our troops or blowing up innocent civilians trying to go peacefully about their daily existence?
I am guessing the answer is NO .
Religion has marched into battle with combatants since the dawn of our time on this Earth.
Do the rifle scopes offend our enemy?
I'm not really concerned about that.
The biblical verse is possibly giving comfort to the soldier who is using his tools in protection of his life and the decent people of Afghanistan who are threatened by the very individuals who find themselves in the crosshairs of those same scopes.
I am not an especially religious person, but this has given pause to me - that I might offer something to the critics of the scopes and the knee-jerk types bowing to them.
God protect our men and women who are standing in harm's way to protect the weak and innocent. May their aim be straight and their hearts pure.
And when their work is done - may they return safely home.


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The restaurant at 8105 Vaughn Road will be permitted to park a food truck at the 924 Madison Ave. near the Jackson Street intersection. The city is using the competition to test the viability of food trucks in the city, according to the Montgomery Development Department.
Strange said the trial run of the truck will also help bring eatery options to what he described as "food deserts" in downtown.
"I am very excited to bring something new and delicious to downtown Montgomery," owner Nick Jernigan said.
Jernigan said the restaurant plans to begin serving from the truck at the Madison Avenue address by May 1. He said the restaurant's menu will be adapted for the mobile operation but would focus on fresh and quick Americana food. The restaurant will begin by serving the lunch crowd and adapt its hours of operation based on how well the business does, Jernigan said.
Melanie Golson, outreach coordinator for the city's Development Department, said the trial run will be about six to eight months. Golson said the program would not require any new permits from the restaurant, and it will not be required to lease or pay for access to the city-owned space.
Golson said depending on the response from diners downtown, the program could be expanded. Jernigan predicted food trucks would become a regular eatery option in the city.
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Rep. Bob Genetski ought to get his facts straight before making assertions at public meetings. At my local township meeting this week, Genetski spoke with derision about the possible Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, saying that it would extend health coverage in Michigan to a family of four with annual income of $90,000. That's wrong. The expansion would provide coverage to individuals making $14,856 and to families of four making $30,657.
Genetski illserves his constituents by making such exaggerated claims that cannot be supported by readily verifiable facts.
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SMG or MP3.
And no advertising is part of the rules. (Your Sig)
What do you think is the wii's best game so far? I'd say LoZ:TP but I have yet to play SMG.
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SMG or MP3.
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When I saw this title on the Drudge front page tonight, I assumed I knew what he was going to allude to. I mean, there was only one thing I could think it could be.
I mean, I assumed I knew what that title spoke of.
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Out of there! It's vacay time!
My assumption was the second photo. But, actually, Drudge spoke of the combat troop divisions leaving Iraq.
But, I digress. Back to my original assumption:
We start off with this blurb:
After a brief stop at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, President Barack Obama this afternoon landed on Martha's Vineyard for the start of a 10-day vacation.
Awwww. How nice. The family leaving together, once again, to take some hard earned time away from the daily grind of a previous vacation.
His wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia were traveling separately and not on Air Force One with Obama, according to a pool press report. Marine One helicopter touched down at Martha's Vineyard Airport at 2:36 p.m.
First dog Bo traveled with Obama to the Vineyard.
So, once again, Mr Imam Obama (pbuh), spent years telling everyone to stay home, limit your spending, turn down the heat and turn up your AC to save the nation, while he himself takes NUMEROUS expensive vacation trips using almost every single mode of transportation at his disposal... all at the same time.
It's bad enough he feels necessary to waste our tax dollars on vacation after vacation after vacation, but he does so in the most expensive way possible.
[UPDATE] Allahpundit over at Hot Air seems to have a different take. One that I highly disagree with.
Allahpundit believes that the church should be built just because that is just the thing to do. He believes that the site of the mosque is NOT part of the Ground Zero area. Thus, there is no problem with the placement of a mosque in a non-residential area.
Allahpundit believes that former Pres Bush holds the same view that Obama has expressed and in order to give credibility to the construction, former Pres Bush should come out and say so publicly.
Without the steadying hand of a leader like Bush to hold back the floodgates of anti-Islamic rhetoric, Republicans have descended into the sort of political scapegoating of Islam that the country has largely avoided for the past nine years.
Scapegoating?!?! I'm sorry, but who are the ones responsible for the terrorism today? For the nearly 3,000 deaths on 9/11? For the DECAPITATIONS of civilians and captured soldiers?
Is Allahpundit suggesting that there are others that can be blamed? Bush maybe?
I am of the mold that former presidents should get out of the way and stay out of the way. I despise former Pres Carter and Clinton for always throwing their face in TV cameras. That action always seemed to me that they have refused to give up the limelight associated with the office of the president.
And, no one can know the mind of former Pres GW Bush. Many Conservatives who voted him in to office certainly were surprised to find what was truly in his mind.


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The German auto icon is also eyeing China's smaller cities as more Chinese fulfill their dreams of a successful life.
At the 13th Chengdu Motor Show that began on September 17, Mercedes-Benz displayed a comprehensive lineup of 25 models under its Mercedes-Benz, AMG, smart and Maybach badges - the most ever for the luxury automaker at the show.
"With an unmatched heritage of nearly 125 years and continuous investment in China, Mercedes-Benz continued to maintain powerful momentum in the first eight months of the year, growing by 131 percent over last year to deliver more than 87,400 cars," said Bjoern Hauber, executive vice president for sales & marketing at Mercedes-Benz (China) Ltd.
"Chengdu's rapid growth is a true reflection of the strong potential of southwest China and we continue to attach strategic importance to the entire region," said Hauber, who participated in the Chengdu auto show for the third year.
Strong SUV lineup
China was Mercedes-Benz's third-largest market last year, contributing 12 percent of its global sales.
"We are confident of further development in China - the premier segment will definitely outpace the total vehicle market. Our target is to maintain the fastest growth in the premier segment in China," he said.
With a display area of nearly 1,600 square meters, Mercedes-Benz took center stage for its Asia premiere and China market launch of the new generation Grand Luxury Sports Tourer R-Class.
"The R-Class takes the acknowledged characteristics of vehicle categories, including the sporty sedan, estate, MPV and SUV, and fuses them together to create its own unique personality," said Hauber.
The model continues the legacy of its predecessors by featuring 4 MATIC all-wheel drive, offering the outstanding off-road performance and superior reliability of an SUV.
China became the largest market in the world for the R-Class in the first eight months of 2010.
Mercedes-Benz also displayed its rich SUV lineup at the Chengdu show and officially launched the M-Class Grand Edition.
The luxury legend also launched the latest masterpiece in its mid-sized luxury SUV GLK-Class, the GLK 300 Dynamic.
In the first half, the SUV sector - the fastest growing segment in China - reported a sales surge of 133 percent over last year to 587,000 units, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
SUVs also comprised the largest portion of the 353,000 vehicles imported last year, accounting for 54.8 percent of the total.
"Mercedes-Benz has sold 17,800 SUVs in China to date this year, growing 85 percent over last year," said Hauber. "The huge market demand, especially in southwestern China, makes us confident to bring more products in the segment."
"Infusing high performance into the atmosphere of Chengdu motor show, we also brought two heavyweight AMG models here, which truly reflect Mercedes-Benz's 125-year heritage in motorsports," said Hauber.
Touted as the ultimate sports car, SLS AMG features a purist design that points to the future of sports car, while featuring the iconic gullwing doors.
Smaller-sized cars
The smart brand brought six variants to the Chengdu motor show.
"With an innovative design and eco-friendly character, smart truly brings to life the concept of urban mobility, which has been applauded by advocates who desire a car that offers their pursuit of individuality and creativity to people not only in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai, but also in Chengdu," said Hauber.
Bringing more options for people who want to join the Mercedes-Benz family, the company will further expand its portfolio with more smaller-sized cars as entry-level models.
"We have started presales of our A-Class that will be launched this year," said Hauber. "The A-Class represents very well how Mercedes-Benz changed in recent years to make itself a dynamic, younger and deep-hearted brand. It indicates our strategy of making every model of ours the premier one in its segment."
The long-wheel-base E-Class also captured a lot of attention at the show.
"The locally produced long-wheel-base E-Class is to reinforce the title as the 'World's Best Business Sedan', as the model witnessed continued success with more than 26,280 delivered so far this year," said Hauber.
Mercedes-Benz also brought other newly launched models - including the E-Class Cabriolet and C-Class Estate - to Chengdu.
"With such an extensive display amid a vibrant atmosphere, we truly brought to life its philosophy of 'The Best or Nothing' in southwest China, and further reinforced our unwavering commitment to China in the pursuit of 'Fascination, Responsibility and Perfection'," said Hauber.
An exhibition alongside the automotive masterpieces shows Mercedes-Benz's commitment to corporate social responsibility in the southwestern region.
Its efforts highlighted include help to Sichuan panda sanctuaries in earthquake-affected areas and the first music classroom at the Mercedes-Benz School in Shifang.


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A: Mild, Indulgent, luxurious, Flamboyant
(adj.) Performing acts of kindness or charity; Conferring benefits, doing good
S:Humanitarian, Magnanimous, charitable
A:Selfish, cruel, harmful, deletorious
(adj.) Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
S: Corpselike, wasted, haggard, ghastly
A: Robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health
(v.) To prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); To devise, invent, fabricate
S: Create, fashion, rustle up
(adj.) Coarse, unfeeling; stupid
S: Crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
A: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant
(v.) To lower in character, quality, or value; To degrade, adulterate; To cause to deteriorate
S: Cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
A: Elevate, uplift, improve, enhance
(v.) To commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; To contaminate, pollute
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Medical evacuations can cost more than $100,000, and many insurance plans don't cover international trips or injuries sustained while practicing "adventure sports." Check with your insurer before departing to see what coverage they offer. Ask specifically about "international emergency medical clauses." If you're not covered, purchase accident insurance from a provider like Global Rescue (globalrescue.com) which has comprehensive extraction plans starting at $119 (annual plans start at $329).
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What key parts of your kit should you bring overseas? Use this chart to decide.
Sport: Climbing
Gear to Take: Unguided trips: harness, helmet, belay device, rope, shoes, protection. Weight: 19 lbs.
Why: If you're going on your own, bring all of your gear; it may be impossible to rent. Guided? Reputable companies will provide equipment (bring your shoes). Find certified guides and outfitters at the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations or through the American Alpine Club. Inspect gear for fraying and fading indicative of UV damage, and request replacements if anything looks old or worn.
Sport: Skiing/snowboarding
Gear to Take: Boots, goggles, gloves, transceiver, helmet. Weight: 6.5 lbs.
Why: Leave your skis/boards at home; carrying them is nearly impossible if you plan to take public transport, and all big mountain destinations will have well-equipped rental shops. Always bring your boots (as a carry-on), and arrange rentals online ahead of time for discounts of up to 30 percent.
Sport: Kayaking
Gear to Take: PFD, dry top, spray skirt, helmet Weight 4.5 lbs.
Why: Contact boat shops in your destination and rent from the shop with the best brands. Inspect boats and paddles carefully (and check for emergency gear) before committing. Option B: For casual floats, consider taking an inflatable boat like Alpacka Raft's Yukon Yak ($850; 4 lbs. 15 oz.; alpackaraft.com).
Sport: Scuba diving
Gear to Take: Regulator, buoyancy control device, safety knife. Weight: 12 lbs.
Why: Rental gear O-rings and valves aren't always inspected, and gear failure on dives below 30 feet can be fatal. Bring your own breathing apparatus (and safety gear), but rent bulky and heavy items like fins, a wetsuit, air tanks, and weight belt.
Sport: Mountain biking
Gear to Take: Helmet, gloves, padded shorts, shoes, pedals, seat. Weight: 3.5 lbs.
Why: Some airlines tack on $200 for bike transport (check airlinebagfees. com), and frames are susceptible to irreparable damage in the cargo hold. Bikes are also easy targets for theft and not usually covered by insurance abroad. Unless you're on a bike-specific trip, pack comfort essentials but rent the bike.


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Joss Whedon meets the press on the 'Dollhouse' set
If Joss Whedon seems somehow less forthcoming when discussing the upcoming second season of "Dollhouse," I'm afraid it's probably my fault.
From the best shows to the worst, almost every program on TV goes through growing pains trying to find itself. But with most shows, it's a process that goes undiscussed, as both networks and producers are hesitant to admit if they're putting out anything less than the finest work imaginable.
But denial isn't Joss Whedon's way.
He was candid when "Dollhouse" scrapped its original pilot and shot a new one. He was candid when "Dollhouse" shut down production in the early going to give the writers the chance to regain their footing. As the show premiered, he was candid that the first five episodes were basically variations on the pilot and that things didn't really get good until "Man on the Street." While most shows launch amidst a news cycle built around puffery and bluster, Whedon made the decision to tell the world that he was plugging away on this project that he wasn't really comfortable with.
As a reporter, Whedon's attitude was endlessly interesting and refreshing, but I could imaging that for some casual viewers, operating outside of Whedon's sphere of influence, it was a bit off-putting to be told that they should keep tuning in to "Dollhouse," even with the not-so-tacit acknowledgement that the man responsible for the show wasn't exactly a cheerleader.
On Friday (July 31) afternoon, members of the Television Critics Association gathered on the "Dollhouse" set (still one of the most beautiful and detailed I've ever seen) and I asked Whedon if, in retrospect, he felt that maybe he'd been a bit too candid in the show's early going. I asked if maybe some viewers had chose to wait until he said he'd gotten it right.
That seems fair, right?
[Whedon's answer and his enthusiastic gushing about Season Two after the break...]
"Ooops. That's awkward," Whedon said (at least half-kidding and half-stalling to think).
"Too candid? Well, the thing is, I can't help it," he admitted. "The struggle we were going through was monumental. The struggle these guys went through was reflected in the fact we never shot one single episode in order. And so we literally had to give them memos about what they knew or didn't know yet for every show, because we were scrambling so much."
Whedon continued, "I may, in fact, be too candid. I'm wearing women's underwear. For example, there. But the fact is, we were under a microscope. Every time we got shut down, people wanted answers, they wanted some explanation. And if an episode was nothing more than diverting and we hadn't quite gotten inside the experience as much as I wanted, I wanted people to know that I knew that, that I felt like we were trying to get something out and the struggle we had defining the show was causing it to stumble a little bit. I can't put something out there that is less than what it could be, without some kind of explanation and again, it was just a question of what stories can we tell and how can we please the network and all of those things we were going through. People were talking about them anyway and if I didn't say anything, they tended to panic. Also, I can't help myself. I want people to know the truth."
Seconds later, series co-star Olivia Williams laughed and said, "This is the first time I've heard a journalist ask someone to give them less information."
To this, Whedon added, "From now on, I'm gonna clam up. And the person responsible is..."
Well, me. I'm not sure that I actually told Whedon to be less candid or give me less information. I'm also not sure that Whedon really answered my question.
Either way, Whedon and company are approaching "Dollhouse" from a totally different perspective as they finish work on the premiere of Season Two this weekend.
"Welcome back to the biggest surprise of my career," Whedon told reporters as we entered the bright, wood-paneled atrium of the Dollhouse.
Whether he's taking a new promotional tack or still being candid, Whedon is excited about where "Dollhouse" is now, following 12 aired episodes, an unaired pilot and "Epitaph One," a season-ending bonus episode filmed for 20th Century Fox TV, but never aired on FOX.
"We're in it now," Whedon raved. "Before it was an idea and it was an idea that we had a lot of trouble defining and America got to watch that and now we feel like it is defined. The network understand what it is. We understand what it is. We understand what our cast is capable of, which is wonders. So we came in just with the most excitement and we've been having a great deal of fun ever since."
While never seen on the network, "Epitaph One" is available on the "Dollhouse" DVD and was screened for fans at Comic-Con. While some people who have seen the hour insist that it's essential for the ongoing direction of the show, Whedon dismissed the idea that viewers who left off at "Omega" (the Season One finale) would be lost without the future-flashing "Epitaph."
"We're fascinated by that world and its connection to this world, that future and all of the things that we saw there, we will basically be making the show for both audiences," Whedon said. "We will see the future again. In fact, you'll see it first thing. We go back to that time as a sort of bookend structure for this episode, but if you haven't seen that, it will explain itself. It will say what that episode said, which is all of this will result in disaster, but this is the story of what happened then. So the actual bulk of the show takes place three months after the events of 'Omega,' but we will be visiting that future every now and then. It will not be something where you can change it or we send people back in time or anybody has metal under their flesh. I love that stuff, but apparently that gets you cancelled."
In short, pity poor "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles."
So what's on the agenda for Season Two?
"From go, the mandate has been: How far can we take this? How much can we twist the knife? Where can we find alliances that we did not have? Where can we pull people apart who seem to be together? And, most importantly, how can we build Echo up from nothing, which was basically where she started last year, and really give her a sense of momentum and purpose that will ground the show in a way that it couldn't be last year?" Whedon said. "And that has been our mission statement, to make things harder for everybody and to bring back all of the extraordinary recurring actors we had and, most importantly, let things begin to cohere. And the good news about that is that once they do, once Echo starts really realizing that as a person she not only exists, but that she has a mission, that she has something that she wants, this year we're going to see the results of everything she went through last year, particularly the event with Alpha, where she was downloaded with all the personalities, we're going to see the effect that's had on her and we're going to find her to be a great deal less passive and a great deal more directed in what she wants."
That last bit sounds encouraging for critics who complained that as interesting as "Dollhouse" often was, Eliza Dushku's Echo was both the series focus and it's least interesting facet.
"She has gone to a new level in this season and you'll see that she has a cohesiveness and a mission that will make every engagement mean a good deal more to her and she has, as Echo, her own agenda, which is something she didn't quite have," Whedon promised. "We did sort of build to that in 'Omega' where she had been dumped with all the personalities, we heard her say her name. At the end of this episode, we're going to see how far she's come. It's a little further than people around here know."
Whedon thanked the "Dollhouse" fans for their devotion to the show, pointing out that the series returned in part because audiences were passionate and enthusiastic without resorting to elaborate campaigns. They weren't necessarily appearing in Nielsen figures, but fans were out there in different venues and FOX noticed.
"All of the revue streams are taken into account," Whedon said. "It used to be who tuned in that night. Now with DVR, our DVR numbers were about the highest, while our on-Friday-night numbers were hilarious. So they're taking all this into account. Also, my other shows' DVDs, they're being bought now, 10 years after the fact, so they're thinking long-term, which is not something you actually expect from these people, so we're grateful for that."
Of course, under-the-traditional-radar fans are great, but one reporter asked Whedon if he'll be worried about renewal again next spring if none of the numbers change.
"I don't think I have any worry left left in me," Whedon said. "I think I have reached a Zen place. The fact is, I got to tell stories with these people and had they taken all that away from me, I felt like 'Epitaph One' was a hell of a way to go out, even though it was made for very strange reasons. But I'm so grateful to be back here now, I'm kinda taking it one day at a time and always preparing for the storm. That's how we used to live with 'Buffy,' we ended every season knowing if that was the last episode, we'd feel some sort of closure and we're trying to do the same thing without ever closing the door. As long as I'm getting to play with these people? The numbers have never been my concern. I've never gotten huge numbers. I'm not a big hit guy. What I do is find the best ensembles on television and then I make them work their asses off and as long as I do that, I'm in clover."
"Dollhouse" returns to FOX on Friday, September 25. And again, if Whedon somehow seems less candid over the next two months, I'm sorry.


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Max E. Hawkins, 75, Coalport, passed away Tuesday.
He was born in Philipsburg, son of the late Paul E. and Ada (Jarrett) Hawkins. Max is survived by four children: Roger, Jeffery, Eugene Paul and Kimberly Jenkins; 12 grandchildren; and a brother, Robert L. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Leigha Davis; a grandson, Joseph; and a brother, Walter P. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today, July 4, 2014, and 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, July 5, 2014, at Kruise Funeral Home Inc., Madera. A time for sharing will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Kruise Funeral Homes Inc., Madera.


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DETROIT, MI -- Unless the weather slows things down Sunday, total attendance of the North American International Auto Show could exceed 800,000 for the first time since 2004.
Through Saturday, the number stood at 701,298 car enthusiasts who attended the first eight days of pubic shows, two days of industry previews and a charity preview that raised $4.8 million for Detroit children's causes, auto show officials said.
Last year's attendance reached 795,416, the most since 2004's total of 808,833.
After Saturday brought 114,770 spectators, Sunday's attendance could push 2014's attendance past the 2004 number in another potential sign of the auto industry's resurgence.
"The final Sunday is typically one of our stronger days," said NAIAS Chairman Bob Shuman.
The show runs until 7 p.m. Sunday, with no admittance past 6 p.m. Tickets are $13 for adults, $7 for seniors and kids ages 7-12 and free for kids under 7.
(Guide to the Detroit auto show 2014: Parking, tickets and everything you need to know)
This year's NAIAS features about 550 vehicles, including 50 debuts. Some of this year's most-popular vehicles at the 2014 NAIAS include the 2015 Ford F-150, 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, 2015 Honda Fit, 2015 Chrysler 200 and a host of concepts.
The NAIAS is considered one of the top global automotive events in the world and of huge importance to Metro Detroit. Since its introduction 25 years ago, officials estimate the show has had a $9.7 billion economic impact on the region. This year is expected to have a $365 million impact.
Here's a look at attendance at the show since 2007 (including Industry and Charity preview days):
2007- 705,226
2008- 702,814
2009- 650,517
2010- 714,137
2011- 735,370
2012- 770,932
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Evaluating the TCO and ROI of an Intranet Portal
Many companies involved in development and deployment of information systems, including intranet portals, are still making the same mistake over and over again. While striving for innovations and technology, they forget about the customer's fundamental needs. Most customers have no particular desire to know about the technology or standards a developer utilizes in their products. The two questions of the greatest concern for a client are obviously how much the system will cost and what the return on investment will be.
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WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- The Chester County coroner's office has released a preliminary identification for the New Jersey man killed in a weekend hot air balloon crash in suburban Philadelphia.
Earl MacPherson Jr., 67, of Pennsville in Salem County, was identified as the pilot of the balloon that crashed Sunday.
Seven others were burned in the accident, which is believed to have started when the balloon landed. West Vincent Township Police Chief Michael Swininger says none of those injuries appears to be life-threatening.
Swininger says two hot air balloon companies operate in his township. He says they've never had an accident as long as he's been chief there, since 1996.


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DeWitt, NY -- DeWitt Police have identified drivers and passengers in the three-vehicle crash that killed a Mattydale man late Tuesday night.
Peter Otvos, 37, 212 Garden City Drive, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
Robert Currier, 25, of Syracuse, was transported to University Hospital with a broken ankle, bruises and scratches.
Bart Winnowicz, 33, and his mother, Janina Winnowicz, were taken to Crouse Hospital with minor injuries.
Currier was driving east on Route 92 around 9:40 p.m. when his van crossed into the westbound lane and struck Otvos' minivan head-on, investigators said. Currier then crashed into Winnowicz's sedan head-on before stopping in the shoulder of the westbound lane.
DeWitt Police are investigating the accident.