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First off make sure you carve out some time to take part in a live chat here at RMC featuring Niall Doherty and Ryan Schwan from the exceptional blog Hornets 24/7 tonight (Thursday) at 7:00 PM Mountain. You can ask questions or just read along. You choose your own level of involvement just like Project Mayhem in Fight Club.
I am not sure any of us should be excited about the fact the Nuggets drew the New Orleans Hornets in the first round. While it is true the Hornets have been struggling down the stretch run they are a very dangerous team. The only major difference between this season and last was health. During the 2007-08 season during which the Hornets won 56 games to earn the second seed in the west, Peja Stojakovic played 77 games and Tyson Chandler played in 79. This season Peja appeared in only 61 games largely due to a balky back and Chandler was on the floor for only 45 contests thanks to a bum ankle.
Tyson Chandler is back having played in the season finale last night in San Antonio and in his 45 appearances this season the Hornets are 30-15 on the season, a 55 win pace, compared to 19-14 without him. We all know how deadly Chris Paul can be running the pick and roll and he is only that much better with Chandler flying down the lane towards the rim. Defensively Chandler has never blocked more than 1.8 shots a game in his career, but he is a great rebounder and also adds a presence in the lane that the Hornets lack otherwise.
Peja's health issues has had a major impact on the Hornets' three point shooting. Last season New Orleans was in a statistical dead heat for the league lead in three point shooting percentage by hitting 38.9% from behind the arc. This season they are a very mediocre 36.4%. If you look at their individual shooting percentages they are all very similar to last season except for one. Peja dropped from 44.1% last season to a still respectable, but un-Peja like 37.8% this season. He has seemingly recovered, but he has only made one of his previous ten three point attempts so either his back is still bothering him or he is ready to bust out. Only time will tell.
Turning to the Nuggets Melo has struggled with various schemes and individual defenders in the playoffs over the years. I think finally he has a good matchup. He will be covered primarily by Peja and James Posey. We all know Peja has no chance covering Melo, but I do not think Posey can hang with him either. Posey has a rep of being a very good defender, but he does not have the quickness or strength to cover Melo one on one. They way Melo has been attacking the rim and posting up more frequently over the previous couple of weeks I think he has a big series.
Also the Nuggets have shown good progress over the course of the season in defending the pick and roll. Paul will always get his assists, but over the last two meetings, both in New Orleans, the Nuggets forced him into committing five turnovers in one game and six in the other. If the Nuggets can continue that success they will be in great shape.
Finally, I believe the Nuggets have one major intangible on their side and that is the red hot desire to finally win a first round playoff series. We have seen changes, some big (Chauncey Billups), some small (a slight uptick in Melo's defense, George Karl standing during many games) in this team since last season and they have all been spurred by the desire to make a move in the playoffs. This is the year for that to happen and the players know it. I think we will see a focus and drive that we have not seen from them before.
Do not get me wrong, Chris Paul is a competitor and his will to win may be stronger than any individual Nugget player and David West is a fighter as well, but collectively I do not see the Hornets matching the Nuggets' desire and that is a huge key to this matchup. We have seen how powerful the Nuggets can be when they play with focus and I think we are going to see a very focused group.
We have two more days until game day so look for plenty more coverage to come from the chat tonight to some video, a podcast appearance or two and the answers to questions not everyone will be asking such as can James Posey replace the great play the Hornets received last post season from Jannero Pargo?
Update: Hornets 24/7 has an incredible rundown of news covering both the Nuggets and Hornets and Andrew at Denver Stiffs lays out a blueprint for what the Nuggets must do differently this year to succeed in the playoffs.
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The man never met an iron he didn't want to pump or a weight he couldn't wait to curl. This video (h/t SportsGrid) is Moustafa Ismail's triumphant return to Internet fame.
Back in September, we reported on the fitness freak who was at that time bestowed with the honor of world's biggest biceps by Guinness.
It seems the man who dedicated his life, it seems, to sculpting pretty much one part of his body, has been catching a great deal of grief from the cynics among you.
In the video, he states many have come to him with claims his muscles are fake or they are some transplants.
The Walking Bicep is here to tell you those are all false and that his muscles are very much real and as bizarre looking as you think they are.
OK, the second part is just me.
I can't look away from two arms that look like they were made for the insanity of a cartoon, not real life.
What's more, Ismail claims he can't get a decent t-shirt anymore, although I am rather jelly about the Batman shirt he is rocking.
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PLATTSBURGH - After biding his time for 25 laps, Scott Richner pounced on the leaders and went on to win Saturday's Casella Mini Modified 50-lap main event.
Richner had the Beaulac Excavating/Bushey's Auto Repair No. 81 up to third place on a lap 31 restart. He passed Steven Bresette for the lead on lap 35 and held it the rest of the way while eventual runner-up Pete Blaney, Bresette and Dale O'Neil duked it out for second.
Bresette finished third to fortify his point lead with O'Neil fourth and Mike Whalen Jr. fifth. Harold LaVair, Bobby LaVair and Tim LaFountain were next in line.
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Mini Modified Casella 50 winner Scott Richner (81) passes Haold LaVair (9x) during Saturday's race at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh.
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"I tried to take it slow and let everybody shuffle through," Richner said. "It's a great way to end the night after breaking a water pump in practice."
Travis Bruno landed the Bruno's Small Engine Repair/Adirondack Water No. 69 in victory lane in the 1st of two Sportsman Modified features. The first 25-lap event counted toward the Airborne J&S Steel Sportsman Modified point standings.
Codie Aubin led the first 10 laps. Bruno shot underneath him for the lead on lap 11. Bruno's only close moment came on the final lap when he was slowed by backmarkers in the low lane as Mark Lamberton closed ground behind him. Nick Heywood was a close third, followed by Aubin and Jayson Criss.
"I had smooth sailing for a while, but I got a little nervous at the end," Bruno said. "I knew Lamberton was coming and I didn't want to get picked off."
In the nightcap - a Sportsman-358 Modified Challenge - Lamberton drew the pole and smoked the field. The racing for spots 2-6 behind Lamberton was very good. Jason Durgan wound up in 2nd with Leon Gonyo 3rd, Nick Heywood 4th, Bruno 5th and Jessey Mueller 6th.
Robert Gordon got by Josh Terry on the last lap to win the Key Rd Trailer Sales Renegade feature. It was the third win in a row for the division's all-time winner (19). Terry had a seasonal best second-place run. Positions 3-5 went to Jamy Begor, Lance Rabtoy and Shawn Duquette.
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Gordon will try to continue his winning streak Saturday, Aug. 9 in the Champlain Smiles 100. After a competition yellow at the halfway mark, the race leader will have the option of earning a $500 bonus by dropping back to the rear of the field.
Despite being Airborne's winningest driver all-time, Gordon is still seeking his first track championship. Having drawn even with Rabtoy in the 2014 standings, Gordon finds himself only two points ahead of Mooers driver Jamy Begor.
Saturday's 100-lap event - the Renegades typically run 30-lap features - is the second long-distance event of the season for the 8-cylinder, crate motor, metric chassis cars. Gordon won the 98.9 WOKO FM 100 in June. He led at the halfway point when a competition yellow was thrown for refueling and minor adjustments (no tire changes).


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18th Annual Clam Festival
Where: Highlands
When: Aug. 2
What: Admission is free to this long-running festival that is a celebration of clams.
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Where: Showboat Casino, Atlantic City
When: Friday, Aug. 3, 6:50 p.m.
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Sand Sculpture Contest
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80th Annual Baby Parade
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When: Friday, Aug. 3, 11 a.m.
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When: Aug. 3 - Aug. 5
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Manasquan Fireman's Fair
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When: July 31 - Aug. 4
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The Nerds
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When: Aug. 5
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September 2009
Vol. XV, No. 6
Pope Benedict XVI : Saints Cyril and Methodius Language and Transmitting the Faith
"We do not have a teacher who can explain the true faith to us in our own language"
"Every people must integrate the message revealed into its own culture and express its saving truth in its own language", Pope Benedict XVI said in his address on Saints Cyril and Methodius at his July 17 General Audience.
The "value of language in the transmission of the Revelation" was recognized as key to the mission of these two brothers called "Apostles to the Slavs" Pope Benedict said.
The 9th-century missionary brothers were committed to the use of a vernacular language in the liturgy. They translated liturgy and Scripture into the Slavonic language, and developed the Slavonic alphabet. Their feast day is July 7. In 1980, Pope John Paul II proclaimed Saints Cyril and Methodius co-patrons of Europe, along with Saint Benedict.
Cyril was born in Thessalonica (b. 826 or 827) and educated in Constantinople. He and his older brother Methodius (b. ca. 815) both became monks at a monastery on Mount Olympus. (Their baptismal names were Constantine and Michael.)
In about 862, the brothers were sent on a mission to Crimea, where Cyril learned Hebrew and found the relics of Saint Clement, which he took to Rome. Cyril and Methodius were later sent to Moravia at the request of Prince Ratislav of Moravia, who wrote: "Since our people rejected paganism they have embraced the Christian law; but we do not have a teacher who can explain the true faith to us in our own language".
The brothers' mission was "unusually successful", said Pope Benedict. "By translating the liturgy into the Slavonic language the two brothers earned immense popularity". The Holy Father continued:
However, this [popularity] gave rise to hostility among the Frankish clergy who had arrived in Moravia before the brothers and considered the territory to be under their ecclesiastical jurisdiction. In order to justify themselves, in 867, the two brothers traveled to Rome.
On the way they stopped in Venice, where they had a heated discussion with the champions of the so-called "trilingual heresy" that claimed that there were only three languages in which it was lawful to praise God: Hebrew, Greek and Latin. The two brothers obviously forcefully opposed this claim.
In Rome Cyril and Methodius were received by Pope Adrian II…. The pope had also realized the great importance of their exceptional mission. Since the middle of the first millennium, in fact, thousands of Slavs had settled in those territories located between the two parts of the Roman Empire, the East and the West, whose relations were fraught with tension. The pope perceived that the Slav peoples would be able to serve as a bridge and thereby help to preserve the union between the Christians of both parts of the Empire. Thus he did not hesitate to approve the mission of the two brothers in Great Moravia, accepting and approving the use of the Slavonic language in the liturgy. The Slavonic Books were laid on the altar of Saint Mary of Phatmé (Saint Mary Major) and the liturgy in the Slavonic tongue was celebrated in the Basilicas of Saint Peter, Saint Andrew and Saint Paul.
Unfortunately, Cyril fell seriously ill in Rome. Feeling that his death was at hand, he wanted to consecrate himself totally to God as a monk in one of the Greek monasteries of the City (probably Santa Prassede) and took the monastic name of Cyril (his baptismal name was Constantine). He then insistently begged his brother Methodius, who in the meantime had been ordained a bishop, not to abandon their mission in Moravia and to return to the peoples there. He addressed this prayer to God: "Lord, my God ... hear my prayers and keep the flock you have entrusted to me faithful.... Free them from the heresy of the three languages, gather them all in unity and make the people you have chosen agree in the true faith and confession". He died on February 14, 869.
Faithful to the pledge he had made with his brother, Methodius returned to Moravia and Pannonia (today, Hungary) the following year, 870, where once again he encountered the violent aversion of the Frankish missionaries who took him prisoner. He did not lose heart and when he was released in 873, he worked hard to organize the Church and train a group of disciples. It was to the merit of these disciples that it was possible to survive the crisis unleashed after the death of Methodius on April 6, 885.… Welcomed in Bulgaria, [the disciples] were able to continue the mission that Methodius had begun and to disseminate the Gospel in the "Land of the Rus".…
God with His mysterious Providence thus availed Himself of their persecution to save the work of the holy brothers. Literary documentation of their work is extant. It suffices to think of texts such as the Evangeliarium (liturgical passages of the New Testament), the Psalter, various liturgical texts in Slavonic, on which both the brothers had worked. Indeed, after Cyril's death, it is to Methodius and to his disciples that we owe the translation of the entire Sacred Scriptures, the Nomocanone and the Book of the Fathers.
Wishing now to sum up concisely the profile of the two brothers, we should first recall the enthusiasm with which Cyril approached the writings of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, learning from him the value of language in the transmission of the Revelation. Saint Gregory had expressed the wish that Christ would speak through him: "I am a servant of the Word, so I put myself at the service of the Word".
Desirous of imitating Gregory in this service, Cyril asked Christ to deign to speak in Slavonic through him. He introduced his work of translation with the solemn invocation: "Listen, O all of you Slav Peoples, listen to the word that comes from God, the word that nourishes souls, the word that leads to the knowledge of God". In fact, a few years before the Prince of Moravia had asked the Emperor Michael III to send missionaries to his country, it seems that Cyril and his brother Methodius, surrounded by a group of disciples, were already working on the project of collecting the Christian dogmas in books written in Slavonic. The need for new graphic characters closer to the language spoken was therefore clearly apparent: so it was that the Glagolitic alphabet came into being. Subsequently modified, it was later designated by the name "Cyrillic", in honor of the man who inspired it. It was a crucial event for the development of the Slav civilization in general. Cyril and Methodius were convinced that the individual peoples could not claim to have received the Revelation fully unless they had heard it in their own language and read it in the characters proper to their own alphabet.
Methodius had the merit of ensuring that the work begun by his brother was not suddenly interrupted. While Cyril, the "philosopher", was more inclined to contemplation, Methodius on the other hand had a leaning for the active life. Thanks to this he was able to lay the foundations of the successive affirmation of what we might call the "Cyrillian-Methodian idea": it accompanied the Slav peoples in the different periods of their history, encouraging their cultural, national and religious development.… The historic role [Cyril and Methodius] played was later officially proclaimed by Pope John Paul II who, with his Apostolic Letter Egregiae Virtutis, declared them Co-Patrons of Europe, together with Saint Benedict (December 31, 1980; L'Osservatore Romano English edition, January 19, 1981, p. 3).
Cyril and Methodius are in fact a classic example of what today is meant by the term "inculturation": every people must integrate the message revealed into its own culture and express its saving truth in its own language. This implies a very demanding effort of "translation" because it requires the identification of the appropriate words to present anew, without distortion, the riches of the revealed word. The two holy brothers have left us a most important testimony of this, to which the Church also looks today in order to draw from it inspiration and guidelines.
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"Some of these adjustments will come at a cost to the
producer. What that cost is, is unclear at this time," said Josh Trenary,
executive director of Indiana Pork.
Trenary was responding to a letter sent by Tyson Foods on
Jan. 9 to hog farmers who supply hogs to Tyson. That letter outlined a series of
steps the company is taking toward its animal well-being program.
The steps include encouraging hog farmers to "improve
housing for pregnant sows by focusing on the quality and quantity of space
Reconfiguring housing would include "urging all future sow
barn construction or remodeling to allow for pregnant sows of all sizes to
stand, lie down, stretch their legs and turn around," Tyson said.
That announcement didn't come as a surprise to the industry.
Tyson said other measures include urging hog producers to
discontinue the use of blunt force trauma to euthanize sick or injured piglets,
urging hog farmers to use video monitoring in sow farms to monitor employees and
activity within barns and supporting the use of pain mitigation for tail docking
and castration of piglets.
The National Pork Board responded to the Tyson
recommendations and said a major concern about at least one of the
recommendations is the lack of approved drugs for pain mitigation in piglets.
"Currently there are no approved drugs for the use of pain
mitigation in pig farming. We strongly encourage pig farmers to work with their
herd veterinarian to explore options to comply with Tyson's recommendation and
to ensure all federal drug-use regulations are met appropriately under the
Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act," the pork board said in a statement
about the Tyson Foods announcement.
The board also said that the video monitoring requirement
should be part of an overall approach to welfare that includes training on barn
"Video monitoring can be a useful tool in auditing animal
welfare on U.S. pig farms. However, video monitoring, like in-person auditing,
is only one component of providing and ensuring good animal care and can add
significant cost to the farmer. Auditing and monitoring should be balanced with
a comprehensive approach to animal welfare that includes caretaker training to
positively affect human-animal interaction," the board said.
A spokesman for the Iowa Pork Producers Association, Ron
Birkenholz, said the video monitoring, the discontinuation of manual blunt force
trauma to euthanize piglets and the pain mitigation requirement would be of
"greater significance" to Tyson hog suppliers than the sow housing edict would
He said immediate action by farmers not contracted to
Smithfield or Tyson to reconfigure housing isn't likely.
"There hasn't been much urgency among independent producers
to convert, especially here in Iowa. The costs to retrofit barns would be
enormous, and until the industry has some incentive to change, it will likely
remain status quo," Birkenholz said.
Smithfield 'Recommendations'
Smithfield Foods, two days before the Tyson announcement,
said it would "recommend" that all of its contract sow producers, including
production subsidiary Murphy-Brown LLC, convert sow housing facilities to group
"Growers who commit to convert to group housing will receive
contract extensions upon completion of the conversion," Smithfield said.
"We understand that animal care issues are becoming a give
and take between what industry standards say are appropriate practices — vetted
by science and experience — and what the consumer demands. This puts processors
in the middle of the debate to try to develop standards that are still workable
from an industry standpoint but can also pass muster in the court of public
opinion," Trenary said.
In its Jan. 9 "Daily Livestock Report," sponsored by CME
Group, pork industry analysts Steve Meyer and Len Steiner said a desire to
respond to activist groups such as the Humane Society of the United States could
have played a role in the Smithfield announcement. The Jan. 9 report was
published prior to the release of the Tyson announcement.
"It is our belief that most of those decisions had more to
do with getting activist groups like the Humane Society of the United States to
stop bothering the companies than to an uprising of consumer consternation. That
is not to say that no consumers are concerned about sow housing. Some are. But
the 'me too' and 'go away' sentiments among foodservice and retail grocery
companies have been major drivers in this process," Meyer and Steiner said in
the report.
Trenary said the industry needs to continue its efforts to
educate and to show non-farming consumers what hog farmers do and why certain
practices are necessary.
"The pork industry can continue to improve this dynamic by
educating the public on what pork farmers do and why they do it," he said.


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Below are five observations from working with interfaith families that may get our hearts racing and hopefully prompt respectful discussion:
1. Language matters. God created the world with words, "Let there be light…and there was…" The rabbis said that to embarrass someone is to kill their soul—to bring blood to their face. The same word in Hebrew for "word,"—d'var—is also the word for "thing." Words create reality. The old adage "sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me" is not Jewish. Thus, when we say, "non-Jew" for example, we are saying that someone is a "non-entity" or different from, and that isolates and estranges the very people we seek to endear and hold close. Thus, I say, "not Jewish" because I believe this difference is more than semantics.
2. Owning It. Many people who grew up with Judaism and are getting married describe themselves as "culturally Jewish." I have started pushing people to define what this means. Which culture? Ashkenazkic Jewish? If you go to your parent's for the holidays and your mother makes kugel and brisket, she is a cultural Jew. Can you claim this as an authentic identity as an adult vicariously? Is there a cut-off age for this when you have to own it yourself? Are people cultural Jews because they grew up culturally Jewish: going to Jewish camp (or camp with lots of Jews), having Jewish friends, getting together with family for break-fast and Passover?
As adults, we identify as Jewish, but maybe this hasn't been actualized since the Bar/
3. Re-branding Judaism. Selling Judaism. I find myself cheerleading for Judaism. I hear story after story about not having loved religious school; leaving the synagogue after the Bar/Bat Mitzvah; finding services boring, hard to follow, irrelevant; being disappointed by rabbis for whatever reasons; etc. I try to re-sell an open-minded, loving, vibrant, relevant Judaism in which people will find moral grounding, inspiration, other young people, accessible clergy, and rituals open to anybody who loves a Jew and is comfortable being part of everything—whether or not they formally convert. Does this Judaism exist? Should it exist? I tell people that this Judaism exists because I have experienced it in many places here in Chicago and in many different ways.
4. Inclusion. Can Judaism be an inclusive religion? Inclusion is a recent American ideal. For instance, we aim to create neuro-diverse classrooms because we believe that inclusion of different kinds of learners benefits everyone. But, can it be a Jewish ideal? We have been an insular, tight knit, ethnically bound people and this has kept us going. We are a religion of boundaries: day and night, holy and profane, Shabbat and the rest of the week, before 13 and after 13, kosher or treif. Can we have a Judaism that is totally open and includes everybody? This will change our Judaism. Is this OK? What will it look and feel like? Will there be a reason to formally convert anymore? (Anecdotally, I have found that when those come to experience Judaism they want more and more and do end up wanting a formal conversion, quite often…)
Beyond being welcoming, the real question is how and to what extent can Judaism be an inclusive religion?
5. Both religions. Each of these observations I have gleaned from working with interfaith families' present challenges and opportunities in the Jewish world. But, this last point is perhaps the most tricky. This one really gets our hearts racing and leads to arguments among Jewish leaders. What about families who want both religions of the parents to be part of their lives? What does it mean anymore to raise Jewish children? Is there a litmus test to this? Can one raise Jewish children and not belong to a synagogue (pretty hard to do in America, I personally think). Can one raise Jewish children if those children attend church with one parent or grandparent or cousins and take part in Christian holidays? Only if those holidays are celebrated "culturally" and not "religiously"? Can one raise Jewish children if Shabbat is not part of their lives, if they do not give tzedakah and if Judaism may not come up in the course of a day or week?
Many, many couples I meet with think they will want some aspects of both religions in their lives. They don't believe this will confuse children. They feel that if the parents are on the same page, the children will be too. If there is love, tolerance, respect, empathy, a willingness to learn and experience and a depth of compromise, it will enrich the family to become literate in both faiths and to celebrate aspects of both faiths. Whatever we think about this, we are going to have to confront this reality. How can and should the liberal Jewish world respond? What will our religious schools look like if we have more and more children exposed to both religions who feel "half and half" and say it with wholeness and pride? Will this dilute Judaism? Will this expand Judaism? Will all children raised within liberal Judaism today come to love the idiosyncrasies of our way in to the big questions of life: kindness, social justice, the meaning of sin, how to talk about God, what it means to have lived a good life?
If you are an interfaith couple, do these observations resonate? What are your answers? What are your questions? Have I captured some of this? We want to know the top things you are thinking about so that we can think this stuff through with you. Judaism needs your voices and your presence.
Ask the Big Questions
When I was young, my sister taught me one of the most important things I needed to know about the High Holy Days: Always ask the big questions.
As kids, we attended services with the adults since child-friendly services hadn't been invented yet. It was long. Really long. Now I lead services and understand why there is so much liturgy. But as teenagers it was tough to sit attentively for that long. My sister always brought a book with her to synagogue. But it wasn't to pass the time, and it was not just any book. She felt that during the High Holy Days, we should be exploring the depths of religious and philosophical literature about the meaning of life. It was usually someone like Buber, Frankl, Hegel or Heidegger.
She loved finding the same themes they wrote about in the prayer book, and every now and then she would point out to me some kernel of wisdom she'd found or question that came up for her in one book or the other and we would ponder that in whispers for a while. What are we here for? Is there such a thing as a soul? What happens when we die and what makes us so afraid of it? She understood the true meaning of the season: to contemplate life, mortality and purpose. As I grew up, I started to see Rosh Hashanah and especially Yom Kippur as Judaism's personal therapy session. When do we to put aside entire days to just focus on ourselves and the meaning of life?
My sister taught me that the Holy Days are about asking the big questions of life and death. Those questions are imbedded in our liturgy, but it can be hard to tease them out. These days, there are new prayer books that contain insightful meditations and commentary on each page. If you go to services, allow your eyes to wander all over the page, and allow your mind to wander where it needs to go. Things that come up while sitting in services are probably coming up for a good reason, and are pointing you to the work you need to do this year. If you don't attend services, there are lots of ways to get into the High Holy Day spirit.
One Jewish organization, Reboot, has a great suggestion for digging deeply. It is called 10Q, for "ten questions." There are ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur that are meant as a time to reflect on the year past and the year to come. 10Q puts a modern twist on this tradition and asks you (digitally) a big question every day during that period about your life plans, goals, relationships and how you relate to world events of the day. People of any background can use them to delve deeply with their broad, spiritual questions. And in case the craziness of the intervening year causes you to forget what matters most to you, they will send you your responses before Rosh Hashanah of 2015.
However you mark the days of reflection coming up, try to not let them just go by. Whether you spend these days in nature, in synagogue, at home or work, take some time to ask yourself the big questions.
Is God Taboo?
Many will agree that taboo topics of conversation include sex, politics, money, and religion. We're guided not to discuss these things at work, sometimes not even with our extended family, but do we talk about them at home, with our spouse? With our children? If you don't talk about these topics, how will your children know what's important to you?
Jim Keen states, in response to his daughter's query, "What is God?" in When My Jewish Child Asks Me about God: A Christian Parent's Perspective,
Certainly, none of us want to leave a large gap in our child's development. So, let's start talking about it.
Answer these questions for yourself: Where does God live? How does God listen? Does God ever sleep? Does God forgive me? Does God hear my prayers? Children are thinking about these things and developing their own responses. Ask your child what he/she thinks. Share your ideas. If you're stuck, check out the Children's Spirituality Quest Set published by Skylight Paths Publishing in Woodstock, VT. They are designed for children ages 3-6, but I've used them when teaching teens. This set is perfect for any family; it has been "endorsed by Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Buddhist religious leaders."
Another book you may consider adding to your child's library (or your own), In God's Name shares insights from many different people about qualities that they see in God and what each calls God. This book allows the reader to create his/her own connection to God and adapt one of the names in the book or develop his/her own name for God.
My personal favorite is called God's Paintbrush. In writing this, I discovered that there is now a special 10th Anniversary Edition of God's Paintbrush. In the introduction, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso tells a sweet story of a child explaining to his grandmother why he likes this book so much. "It's because it asks questions." When asked if the answers to the questions were in the back of the book, she explained, "no, the answers are inside you."
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She goes on to share some ideas for how to read and utilize the book to open the door for conversation.
So start your conversation. Take the "taboo" label off God and start talking about God with your partner, with your children, with your family, and maybe even with your friends!


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Sometimes the old expression that you get what you pay for doesn't turn out to be true. Sometimes you get quite a bit less.
That seems to be the case in the Senate race between incumbent Sen. Scott Brown and his chief Democratic rival, Elizabeth Warren, which is making a run at being the most expensive senate campaign in the country.
Warren's campaign donations have already topped $15 million while Brown has collected nearly $12 million, with Election Day still more than half a year away.
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You get more noise.
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But perhaps there is another way. Perhaps we could dial down the noise just as we've dialed it up. Perhaps both sides could agree to start with a few debates, some town hall-type appearances and some plain old barnstorming throughout the state so that the voters could meet the candidates the way they used to. By listening to them speak.
Then imagine that the millions of dollars in advertising money were simply diverted to the state budget, the Social Security mess, or any charities of the candidate's choice. Wouldn't that say as much about a candidate's character as a TV ad, or a hundred.
It's a lot to hope for, but perhaps in that way, to rephrase that master politician Macbeth, at least all the sound and fury coming our way might at last signify something.
Editorial: In Massachusetts Senate race, expensive campaign ads blur real issues
Sometimes the old expression that you get what you pay for doesn't turn out to be true. Sometimes you get quite a bit less.


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ADRIAN, MI – The remarkable run of Stephanie Jass on "Jeopardy!" has reached a seventh day.
Jass, 42, an associate professor of American history at Adrian College got off to a slower start than typical, but ended the game tying the record of seven wins for a woman on the TV quiz show.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience," Jass said. "This could really change my life."
Jass' total winnings now are at $147,570.
And as host Alex Trebek said Jass shared with him after Monday's win, "She isn't going to have to worry about having to deal with those blond jokes."
At one point last week, Jass, a Western Michigan University graduate, jokingly called host Alex Trebek "the Devil" for trying to coax her into wagering more than she was comfortable with on the "Daily Double."
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Heading into Final Jeopardy, which covered the subject "Americana," Jass once again was so far ahead at $20,600 to $8,000 and $5,200 that it was impossible for anyone to catch her.
The Final Jeopardy clue was: "The creator of this comic strip did not like its 1958 change in title, believing it suggested insignificance."
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"I'm on a roll," Jass said. "It's kind of a crazy tear."
If you've enjoyed watching Jass on "Jeopardy!" and have questions you'd like to ask her about the experience, she will be with us this week for a live online chat.
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AMHERST - Staff at Hicks LeMoine know all too well the devastating toll of breast cancer.
That's why the law firm's staff has made the CIBC Run for the Cure its major benefactor for corporate and staff donations.
Legal Beagles return to Run for the Cure, look to break last years fundraising total
AMHERST - Staff at Hicks LeMoine know all too well the devastating toll of breast cancer.
That's why the law firm's staff has made the CIBC Run for the Cure its major benefactor for corporate and staff donations.
The Legal Beagles are back again this year and looking to improve on the nearly $20,000 they have raised during the annual run that raises funds for breast cancer research.
"Everyone knows someone who has been touched with cancer and a lot of those people have fought breast cancer," lawyer Morris Haugg said recently as he cooked Bavarian sausages and meatloaf during a Run for the Cure barbecue, bake and book sale. "We have had former employees here who battled breast cancer and we've had clients who have battled it."
When the first run was held in Amherst Haugg said staff came together and talked about how they could support it and it didn't take long for them to decide to make the Run for the Cure their charity of choice.
"Not only are people participating because it's a good cause, but they are doing so because it brings people together as a staff and as friends and co-workers," Haugg added. "Everyone is participating in one way or another by going in the run or providing things for the barbecue and yard sale."
Besides pledges, the Legal Beagles have held other fundraisers in the past including yard sales. Those efforts were recognized on four occasions, including last year, when the Legal Beagles were named the top corporate fundraisers.
The Legal Beagles are also raising funds through the sale of Run for the Cure cookbooks. Last year was the first year the group sold the books, after getting the idea from legal assistant Doreen Haynes.
To purchase a book, call the law office at 667-7214.
Along with raising important funds for breast cancer research, Haugg said staff are having a lot of fun.
There was a festive mood at barbecue with many stopping by to test some of Haugg's Bavarian creations including his secret sauerkraut, mustard fresh from Munich and Bavarian meatloaf. There was also German salad and, of course, hotdogs.


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Patrons spilling out of the Restaurant Row bars on weekends should see more police officers trying to keep the peace, but taxpayers won't be footing the bill.
An anonymous businessman "stepped up to the plate," and will pay the cost of four off-duty police officers and a police supervisor for one month, Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson said Wednesday.
The additional police will patrol downtown before and after the bars close on weekends, Thompson said.
To keep the added police presence, Thompson said that starting next month, a group of restaurant owners will pay collectively to keep the additional police presence for an indefinite length of time. Specifics have not yet been ironed out, she said.
The mayor said she was disappointed about the perception of downtown as a dangerous place to visit.
"This is not the Wild, Wild West. We have our city under control," Thompson said following a meeting between police and representatives of nearly two dozen downtown restaurants and bars. "We don't want you to be afraid to come to the city. This is our city, and we want the perpetrators to be fearful of coming into the city and doing wrong to us."
Concerns about downtown safety arose last week after a 21-year-old York man was stabbed to death outside Dragonfly nightclub in the 200 block of North Second Street. Officers had to push through the crowd that routinely congregates outside the club to get to the victim.
The stabbing occurred about 10 days after a city police officer shot a man during a pursuit less than a block from the Walnut Street police station.
An arrest was made in the stabbing homicide, the city's third of 2012, but the question of how to make the downtown area safer for patrons remained.
The number of additional police could grow to six or seven depending on what's needed, Thompson said. The mayor said she would be able to say today how much the extra police will cost the restaurant owners.
Tom Scott, owner of McGrath's Pub on Locust Street, said the restaurant owners felt the additional police officers would be the best first step to ensure the safety of its patrons.
"We, as a group, wanted to get the word out that downtown Harrisburg is safe," said Scott, speaking on behalf of the restaurant owners. "We have had some issues over the last couple years, and as a group we were a little concerned the message was not clear about what's going on in town."
One downtown resident said she doesn't believe the added police presence will have much of an impact. A better solution would be to limit alcohol to patrons and stagger closing times, something that's not required by law, she said.
"Unless you have an adequate ratio of police to drunk people at 2 a.m. when they come staggering out of the bars, you're not going to be able to control every situation," said Erin Miller, who has lived downtown for about three years.
The officers will help direct traffic and try to prevent those who loiter from causing fights, the mayor said. They will start around 10 p.m. and patrol North Second from Locust to Pine streets, staying until after the bars close at 2 a.m.
Ron Kamionka, whose downtown properties include Eclipse, Hardware Bar, Tom Sawyer's and Bourbon Street Saloon, said the restaurant owners estimated it would cost about $1,100 a night for the officers' salaries.
"I think what it's going to do is put a constant, visible police presence downtown," Kamionka said. "People will feel safe by seeing the police down there, and it's also a deterrent."
The restaurant owners also agreed to privately install at least four security cameras to record street activity along North Second Street.
Robert Philbin, the mayor's spokesman, said the need for the city to hire a health care officer to perform inspections also was discussed during the meeting with the restaurant and bar owners. The city is in the process of hiring a health inspector, but Philbin said the owners said they would volunteer to pay for a second health inspector for the cash-strapped city.
Some of the owners said they would be willing to pay higher inspection fees to pay for the position, Philbin said.
Harrisburg hasn't had a health inspector since June, leaving about half of the city's 400 restaurants unchecked last year. City officials said they had one candidate for the job who backed out over concerns about Harrisburg's financial crisis.
In the aftermath of the stabbing outside Dragonfly, Dauphin County District Attorney Edward M. Marsico Jr. asked city police last week for records of response calls to the nightclub. Marsico said he'll use the records if he decides to pursue a nuisance-bar action against the nightclub.
Dragonfly owner Judd Goodman was at Wednesday's meeting, but declined to comment.


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I made Pam "AtlASS" remove the embedding feature from her vlog at youtube.com.
Now, I consider myself a gentleman, and a really sweet forgiving guy....but this crackpot supports Santorum in her latest offering.
Go get her, folks! She's a skank and deserves our OB-GYN lovin'...
PS She's disabled my comments. Can't take a little heat there, Pammyboobs? C'est dommage.
I'll be at the Vilalge Barnes & Noble on Wednesday night, Pammy. If you'd like, we could meet up, you can bring your daughter to tape us, and we can....debate.
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The news comes on the heels of reports earlier this week that a car belonging to Incognito was damaged by the player himself.
Scottsdale, Ariz., Sgt. Mark Clark says the Dolphins guard took responsibility when police contacted him Thursday.
He says police first went to Incognito's home Wednesday after being contacted by TMZ Sports and being given a photo of a black Ferrari with several dents in its hood.
Clark says further details are unavailable because no report was filed because no crime was reported. He says Scottsdale police are done with the matter.
An investigation conducted for the NFL determined Incognito and two other offensive linemen engaged in persistent harassment of tackle Jonathan Martin, another offensive lineman and an assistant trainer.
Incognito enrolled at University of Oregon for fall term 2004, but never attended a class or practice, failing to meet the conditions the university's then coach imposed on him.
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I'd like to eat raw meat more often now and I do like the taste of it just plain with sea salt but I'm looking for a marinade that will not just taste good but also kill any bad bacteria? Right now I have a glass container with sliced top sirloin marinating in lime juice.
Does anyone have a special mix?
or any go-to easy marinades?
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Celebs flee Instagram in favour of Flickr
- From: News Corp Australia Network
- December 20, 2012
- Flickr has updated its iPhone app. It can take photos
- Instagram hit by backlash over change of service terms
- Günsberg and Wheaton are testing Flickr's new photo ap
CELEBRITIES are showing more than a flicker of interest in Flickr's new photo app, which has been released just in time for the furore over Instagram's new terms of service.
Flickr released an update to its iPhone app earlier this week, introducing filters and the ability to take photos using the app, placing itself as a direct competitor to Instagram.
Instagram backpedals over plans to sell users' photos
Pictures: Instagram gets hit with celebrity backlash
Andrew Günsberg, former host of Australian Idol and professional photographer, told News Ltd that he is "super excited about Flickr's new iPhone app".
"They've been working hard, obviously, and I'm a devoted Flickr fan - so if Instagram can't sort this agreement out by January 16th, I may indeed pull the plug and head for Flickr, hoping Yahoo! doesn't do something similar."
Flickr - which is owned by Yahoo! - does not sell or make available user photos to third parties, and its terms of service states that the license to use or reproduce your photos apply only to Yahoo! owned services for the purposes of promotion of the service.
It also does not get involved in business dealings with advertisers, stating in its conditions that: "Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Yahoo! Services, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser."
Günsberg said that for a "company that deals in people's personal moments and memories as currencies, Instagram sure could have handled it better," in terms of forseeing the backlash to the altered terms of service.
"Why can't they run a revenue-share with their users based on favourites and followers?," he said, "So naked Rihanna makes more money per 'fav' than Dave Derp's photo of his latte froth. That way everyone makes money off the content we are providing to Instagram, for free."
Star Trek child star and internet celebrity Wil Wheaton tweeted this morning that he was testing out Flickr's new photo sharing app. "Flickrception is what happens when I try out the Flickr Mobile App for Android."
Wheaton has never had an Instagram account and posted on Google Plus that he has no idea how the company's new terms of service will work, but said he was glad he chose not to use the photo sharing app.
"So Instagram is now going to use photos taken by its users in advertising, and they may or may not disclose to viewers when the advertising is happening.
I have no idea how this will work, and I'm once again glad that I don't use Instagram... but I know a lot of people who do, and many of those people are celebrities to some degree."
Günsberg isn't the only celebrity bidding farewell to Instagram. Mia Farrow and P!nk are also planning to bid farewell to the site. On Twitter, P!nk wrote: "I will be quitting Instagram today. What a bummer. You should all read their new rules."
Harold and Kumar star Kal Pen is also leaving the service, announcing on Twitter: "Sorry, I gotta delete you, Instagram. I liked your filters."
The migration to Flickr seems to already be taking force. Twitter users have noted the increase in Flickr notifications since Instagram's terms of service were announced.
Author Warren Ellis Tweeted: "I guess the Instagram-to-Flickr diaspora is in full force, my phone seems to be lighting up with a notification every fifteen seconds."
It all follows outrage over changes to Instagram's terms of service that allows the company to license people's photos without permission, notification or payment and sell them to advertisers.
Instagram has since backpeddled, saying that it does not plan to sell people's photos, but users are still concerned.
In a blog post the company said it would be revising its language to clarify its intentions but how the new terms of service will look is to be seen.
If you are thinking of making the switch, a new service called Free The Photos has created an easy process to move your photos over to Flickr.
All you need to do is visit Freethephotos.com and click to login to your Instagram account to authorise access. Once access is approved, login to Flickr and click on "free your photos."
The site has warned that the process could "take a while" due to increased demand.
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Registered voters can use the mail to cast their ballot in the Nov. 8 election — provided the application is received by the county clerk by Tuesday, the state Division of Elections advises.
A voter can also apply in person to their county clerk until 3 p.m. the day before the election. The Gloucester County Board of Elections is at 550 Grove Road, West Deptford Township. The office phone is 856-385-4500.
Pre-addressed "vote by mail" applications for all 21 counties can be downloaded by visiting www.NJElections.org.
Registered voters may also request a mail-in ballot for all general elections, and receive mail-in ballots automatically for future general elections with one application.
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Inebriated Ramblings, stupefied and otherwise stupid things you've gone and done.
Aug 26 2006, 08:56 PM
Post #341
bah ha ha ha ha!
hate to say it but been there, done that. actually, we had lots of drinx and had also taken a bunch of g so not only did i lose consciousness mid coitus (more than once) but i had to run to the can to throw up every thirty minutes or so. ve-rah romantical. we were so wasted though that we kept at it until the sun came up. what a couple of loonies we were.
Aug 26 2006, 08:52 PM
Post #342
Posts: 38
Here is something not said, but...ahem...done...
I passed out, mid sex, with my now fiance. Now that's love.
Aug 20 2006, 01:43 PM
Post #343
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 131
So, I guess it looks like I'll never have a career in politics,
I have the same problem! One night I actually did a little something for Girls Gone Wild but it wasn't THAT bad at all! But I'm trying to get into politics/international organizations, and I hope that never get back to me to bite me in the arse!
Aug 19 2006, 05:00 PM
Post #344
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 110
girl, i looked but can't find. better directions please....
oh! Sorry, I didn't realize until i had revisited the site that the links are named differently. Here ya go:
Aug 19 2006, 09:16 AM
Post #345
girl, i looked but can't find. better directions please....
Aug 19 2006, 01:01 AM
Post #346
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 110
I did go-go dancing for a vaudeville troupe for awhile and earned a pretty notorious reputation for getting completely plastered and taking my clothes off inappropriately whenever we'd put on a show. Now, this is a group of some of the hardest drinkers I've ever known, so my dubious reputation was earned with much love and ribald joking.
*HOWEVER* there was one show in particular that will live on in infamy (and on video) as the night I went a wee bit too far.
We were doing this hilarious show that was themed around the idea of a bunch of WWII era navy types getting marooned on a south pacific island full of cannibals.. I was a "sailor girl" go-go, and so basically my job was just to get up on stage and dance sexy in a skimpy outfit whenever there was an act involving sailors.
Needless to say, it was one of those nights where I didn't remember how I got home.
When I saw the videotape of the show, I was mortified. (I didn't remember the entire second half of the show, either, that's how blotto I was).
There I was, FLASHING MY VAGINA AND FELLATING A FAKE BOMB ONSTAGE IN FRONT OF 300 PEOPLE!
So, I guess it looks like I'll never have a career in politics, but the male bartenders who work at the venue we put on our shows *love* making me the strongest drinks they can, in hopes I'll flash them again.
If you'd ever like to see evidence of my debauchery, check out http://www.dnalounge.com and look for the photo galleries entitled, "Spectacular!Spectacular!"
Aug 17 2006, 10:33 AM
Post #347
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 438
From: Los Angeles, California...west siiiide!!!
i was drunk..actually we all were...which is a requirement for odd topic conversations in my group. some how, talk about asses and fingers in them and doing it in the ass came about....and i blurted out, probably way too loud...."i like a finger in the butt, who doesn't?".....needless to say, the boys in the group were shocked and my friend H was high fiving me, laughing her ass off. i just smiled and drank up.
i mean, what else could you do?
"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance."
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Aug 14 2006, 10:43 PM
Post #348
Hardcore BUSTie
Posts: 131
Oh god I have made/said sooo many stupid things when I've been drunk that I could write a book! Really, I'm known for being crazy when drunk. I'm still trying to think about what's the worst thing I've done, but there are so many I can't choose one
But the last dumb thing I said/did when I was drunk(last wednesday) was asking this guy I used to like a LOT if he was gay or not, and when he said "of course I'm not" I proceeded to ask him questions about why we never hooked up, why he never tried to do anything with me, why why whyyy! Ahh everytime I remember this, I get embarrased of myself lol
Aug 13 2006, 04:40 PM
Post #349
uh huh.
Posts: 1,818
From: the world.
ok. drunk posting. I dare not say more. But I am. yep.
Aug 11 2006, 08:19 PM
Post #350
bah ha ha ha ha!! i love it so far girls. makes me want to run out for a bottle of wine. then again, Everything makes me want to run out for a bottle of wine!
Aug 11 2006, 08:56 AM
Post #351
uh huh.
Posts: 1,818
From: the world.
Yes, drunk text is not a good thing..the best (worst??!!) was when I was on about my 6th martini and third tray of raw oysters with my brother and sister a few months ago (needless to say we were about 6 sheets to the wind at that point) and I thought it would be a good idea to text a friend and tell her about our debauchery.
The next day, hung as hell, I looked at my text log and realized I'd actually texted the person in my phone book right above the friend I thought I'd texted: a completely hot guy friend of mine who tends towards the not-much-of-a-drinker end of the spectrum. He called me a few days later laughing his ass off at me, he thought it was so funny. Oh, and he read the rambling, misspelled, drunk ass text back to me. He was highly amused.
As for me, I wanted a hole to open in the ground at that moment.
Aug 11 2006, 08:38 AM
Post #352
it's cards on the table time
Posts: 1,993
I am sober, but I want to say: Don't Drink and Dial. Seriously. Or even text and dial. That way lies madness.
Have a good weekend everyone!
Aug 10 2006, 01:49 AM
Post #353
i'M not done raambling. What;'s with all the fucink SOPam in he other sthreasd? I justy looked and there's trips to runnia and trips to datung websites an dthen there;s the hot blonedw wityh the gmial accout. Thesew people makes me sick! I wiyh we could ddet;eds threass. But I LOGVE the loung lady., That;'s like the best thing wever.
No, wait. The best thing ever is my CAT. Geoff. He's sleeepung in emy foot.
tear him a new ass sounds painsfuel.
Aug 8 2006, 02:38 PM
Post #354
Posts: 11,350
From: Oh boobs
I'll get in on this! I want to call up my ex-friend and ask him who is going to wear the dress. I also want to tear him a new ass.
This is how things would go. In the perfect scenario that is my mind. I would see him and my ex out somewhere. Me looking ever fabulous, with a fine looking gentleman companion. Anyways, I would see them and go up to my former friend, and ask him "Well hey *fill in ex friends name*, I haven't talked to you in a while. I was just wondering, who is going to wear the dress? I haven't seen the wedding announcement yet" Then laugh at them and walk away with cute boy toy. If course, things will never turn out like this. Ever. If it did, I would seem completely neurotic. But at this point I am so in for humiliation. That or telling former friend that in order to make amends, I should tell my ex the real truth about what happened. That would make me look real nuts. But at this point I am all about hurting someone. Okay. Done rambling now.
Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth. --- Buddah, The Dhammapada
Aug 7 2006, 01:10 AM
Post #355
well, here it is girls and boys. post away so you can read it and weep tomorrow over what idiotic thang you've gone and done, or weep with joy that you've only let it out in here and nowhere else.
i've had one too many and am SO tempted to call my ex. he'll be in town in a couple of days and has made it no secret that he wants to get together with me. any of you who know my history with Dirty T know that i should know better but maude-damn it! he's a sexy, sexy man and i want some hot ex-lover action! stupid, stupid me. at least i haven't actually told him that. much as drunken me wants to call him up for phone sex right damn now! sigh.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- WILLOWBROOK -- A sunny day in November brought Flair Shalem and her sister Sari, to Willowbrook Park last Friday.
Ms. Shalem, who settled on Staten Island 10 years ago, brought her three kids to the park, too. They decided to fly a kite on the spacious grounds.
The Westerleigh mother said that her neighborhood is good, but she worries about when her young children will be in middle and high school.
"I'm worried about things everyone else is worried about: Drugs and gangs," she said. "That might be a reason we move out of Staten Island."
Adding that while behavioral issues may linger, Ms. Shalem believes the academics of city public schools are good. She considers the borough to be a place that is very family- oriented, but wishes there was more for her children.
Ms. Shalem said that back in her native country, Israel, children could go to a nearby club. They could watch movies together and take lessons in sculpting, as well as play sports.


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EUCLID, Ohio -- Mayfield's softball scored early, allowing sophomore pitcher Ivori Coleman to work from the mound with a constant lead in the Wildcats' 6-5 win against Cloverleaf.
The Wildcats scored three runs in the top of the first inning to give themselves an early lead and then scored three more in the third.
The Colts scored four runs in two innings, including a two-run homer by Jari Williams and another run in the sixth.
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text: By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian government has spent only 17.6 percent of the R$130.4 billion authorized for investments in the country in the federal budget this year, according to a report from the National Treasury. This is less than during the first four months of last year, when the government spent R$21.1 billion, or 22.58 percent of 2012's R$93.4 billion budget. The ministers of Cities, Planning, Transportation and National Integration presented the PAC results on Monday in Brasília, photo by Antônio Cruz/ABr. The federal government's investments remained stagnant in relation to the GDP during the first four months of the year, hovering around 1.51 percent over the total goods produced in the country during that period. Government data also reveals that the three organs which should be driving the expenditures have not seen investments rise dramatically. While the Rousseff government has promised increased spending on transportation infrastructure, to mainly improve roads, ports and airports and make Brazil a more competitive country, the Ministry of Transportation's investments fell from 13.28 percent to 12.85 of budgeted expenses this year, according to O Globo. National Integration, the government organ in charge of large-scale irrigation and infrastructure projects, saw its approved expenditures decrease to 9.69 percent compared to last year's 14.03 percent. The Ministry of Cities, which handles among others the Minha Casa, Minha Vida (My House, My Life) investments, also saw payments plummet to 29.53 percent from 49.17 percent compared to the same time period last year. The Ministry of Planning, tasked with controlling the federal budget and approving of project spending, attributed the disappointing rate of expenditures to the slow approval of the Annual Budgetary Law (LOA), Brazil's yearly budget, which passed 71 days later than scheduled. The PAC is financing projects to modernize Rio de Janeiro's port, photo by Paulo R S Menezes/Wikimedia Creative Commons License. In a press release, the Ministry of Cities also blamed the late budget and said it expects to see more investments this year. "In the next quarters, the tendency is for the flow of payments of the ministry to reach levels equivalent or superior to those of 2012," it said. Brazil, a large country with vast natural resources, has lagged behind other emerging markets in infrastructure expenditures for years. The country used to spend around five percent of its GDP on infrastructure in the Seventies, but in the last ten years, that kind of spending has dropped to two percent. An amount that, according to experts, cannot sustain much growth. One initiative backed by the federal government that did see positive figures in public investments was the Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (Growth Acceleration Program, PAC 2), funded by mostly state and local governments, foreign institutions and private actors. In the first four months of 2013, the PAC invested R$557.4 billion in logistics, social and urban infrastructure, the federal government announced this past Monday. This corresponds to 56.3 percent of the budget allocated to the program until 2014. Although it did register a rise in investments, the rhythm of expenditures was 26 percent slower than in the last quarter. Around 54.9 percent of the construction projects planned under the PAC 2 have been completed to this day. At the beginning of the year, the government had announced it had spent 47.8 percent of the R$1 trillion set aside for investments for the 2011-2014 period. However, investments in housing, and not infrastructure, are driving over thirty percent of the PAC expenditures for the years 2011-2014. The program has built 1,889km of roads, with 7,349 km in progress. It is also investing heavily in airports and in improving the capacity of the country's power grid with hydroelectric plants and wind farms, among others. 6 Responses to "Brazil Infrastructure Spending Slows" Brazilian Englishman June 20, 2013 at 10:38 PM Well, this is not a surprise. The one good outcome of this non spending, is the fact that the officials / politicians, in charge of the project "MY HOME, MY LIFE" will not have the monies they thought they would get out of this project, to line their very greedy, corrupt, pockets. George September 14, 2013 at 8:29 AM Brazil's Gross Fixed Investment as a percentage of the GDP is low not only among BRIC countries but among other South American countries as well. In this measure Brazil lags behind countries like Argentina whose 2012 GFI was 21.8% of GDP. In fact, Brazil's infrastructure investments as a % of GDP are at a level comparable to Germany's. The difference is that Germany already has infrastructure! Pingback: Construction Costs on the Rise in Brazil | The Rio Times | Brazil News Pingback: Brazil to Invest R$13.5B in Infrastructure Projects: Daily Update | The Rio Times | Brazil News Pingback: Brazil Set to Implement PAC 3 in 2015: Daily Update | The Rio Times | Brazil News Pingback: Belo Horizonte Bridge Collapse in BRazil: Daily Update | The Rio Times | Brazil News Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Please enter an answer in digits:6 + four =


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It can be a challenge to beat the heat while still looking cute for an outdoor summer wedding. Birmingham makeup artist Jestina Howard, owner of Aware Cosmetics and Makeup Services, offers some tips to help brides and their fashionista guests keep a fresh face this season.
*Avoid a shiny face by using a translucent powder that contains minimal pigment. Products such as MAC Blotting Powder or Revlon PhotoFinish Powder work well. Also Make Up For Ever's HD Microfinish Powder is a good choice because it's made of mineral silica powder and contains no color at all. All of these can be worn over foundation or alone.
*Wear makeup products that hold up well in the warm weather. The bride and bridesmaids may want to consider airbrushed makeup or a non-transferable foundation that won't smudge and is sweat resistant. Also, use water-resistant or waterproof mascaras and eyeshadows that wear for eight hours or more. Products such as Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay Foundation, Lancome's Teint Idole makeup and Maybelline's SuperStay products can handle the heat.
*Keep smelling fresh with a good deodorant. For women, consider Secret Clinical Strength deodorant, which also comes in a waterproof formula. For men, try Gillette Clinical Odor Shield, which eliminates odor and gives three times the wetness protection.
*Spritz the face with Evian Natural Mineral Water Facial Spray. It's perfect for misting all over the face to set makeup or to refresh the face throughout the day with a mist of coolness.
*Wear a brimmed hat. It will shade your face from direct sunlight. Plus, you will look very fashionable.
*Apply sunscreen, especially to your face and exposed body parts such as your arms and legs.
*Pick the right adhesive if you plan to wear false lashes. They will hold up well anytime when you use the right adhesive. Duo Adhesive is very good. It's waterproof, comes in white and black, and dries clear. Get false lashes applied the day of the special occasion. You can reuse the lashes if you remove them carefully. Remember to remove the glue and put the lashes back in their case.
*Moisturize your lips with a Vitamin E stick before applying lipstick or lipgloss. It's a good primer before applying a color. Consider Maybelline SuperStay 14-hour Lipstick if you'll be eating or drinking and won't have time for touch ups<CM+RT touchups-RT>. It's less than $10 and comes in several shades.
*Wear lighter weight clothing that welcomes circulation. If you want the look of hosiery and but don't want to wear hosiery, consider Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs. You can spray it on your legs and look like you are wearing hosiery. "It comes in shades for everybody. I've worn it before," Howard said. It's available at Walgreens, Walmart and CVS.
Howard has six bridal beauty don'ts for the wedding day:
*Don't get a manicure/pedicure. Do this the day before the wedding so your nails are completely dry.
*Don't get a facial or any type of skin treatment. Do this at least one month before in case there's irritation, breakouts or some sort of reaction.
*Don't wear a trendy, over the top makeup look. It can look dated in your photos. Consult with your makeup artist for the best look.
*Don't get your brows tweezed, waxed, threaded, plucked or shaved. Do this several days in advance. You don't want irritated or red skin.
*Don't overtan. Do a self tanner several months before the wedding.
*Don't eat berries or candy or drink beverages that can stain your teeth and tongue.
Eye tips from Pennsylvania dermatologist Eric Bernstein, creator of LaseResults skincare:
*Sleep with your head slightly elevated. Sleeping with your head on a downward angle causes fluid to drain to your face, leaving your eyes swollen and puffy.
*Don't rub your eyes. The pressure will increase, causing possible swelling and redness in the sensitive area under the eyes.
*Eat foods rich in Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, iron and folic acid, all found in leafy greens and citrus fruits, for healthy-looking skin.
For more tips, go to www.al.com/weddings.


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The Skaneateles girls track and field team took seven events to easily win the Onondaga High School League Liberty Championship on Monday at Chittenango.
The Lakers won both the 3200 and 400 meter relays. The 3200 team of Madeline Adams, Kaitlyn Neal, Liz Dwye and Julia Willcox won in 9 minutes, 57.65 seconds. The 400 team of Amanda Wetmore, Katelyn Ellison, Laurel Parker and Taylor Woodruff won in 53 seconds.
Other Laker winners included Amanda Wetmore in the 100 meters (13.41), Taylor Woodruff in the 400 (1:00.62) and 200 (27.41), Raenah Campbell in the 400 low hurdles (1:10.86) and Madeline Adams in the 3000 meters (11:24.34).
Cazenovia lost sprint star Ashley Winn to a pulled hamstring muscle during the 100 meters. Winn is the area leader in the 100 and 200 meters. She also anchored the team's 4x100 and 4x400 relays.


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Railroad Board To Meet Monday
SALAMANCA - The Southern Tier Extension Railroad Authority board will meet from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday in the main conference room in the office of the Southern Tier West Regional Planning Board in the Center for Regional Excellence, 4039 Route 219, Suite 200, Salamanca. The authority's Audit Committee also will meet from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Monday in the small conference room in the office of the Southern Tier West Regional Planning Board while the authority's Governance Committee will also meet from 9 to 9:30 a.m. in the main conference room. All meetings are open to the public.
IDA?Committee To Meet Wednesday
The Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency's Governance Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, in the IDA offices, 200 Harrison St., Jamestown.
TEA?Party To Host Sen. Young
The Southern Tier TEA Party Patriots will hold a special meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at the Lakewood American Legion, 174 Chautauqua Ave., Lakewood. The party is hosting state Sen. Cathy Young, R-Olean. The meeting is open to the public. The next general meeting is scheduled for March 27 at the Lakewood American Legion. Sen. Young will address the Medicaid issue along with proposed legislation to deal with this issue. She also will speak to the issue of welfare reform, as well as regionalization of county high schools. The public is welcome to attend.
Breakfast To Be Held March 11
BEMUS POINT - The Bemus Point Volunteer Fire Department, 13 Alburtus Ave., will host a pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to noon on Sunday, March 11, at the Bemus Point Village Hall/Fire Station. The cost for adults is $6; and $3 for children age 10 and under.
Explore JCC Set For March 24
Jamestown Community College will hold Explore JCC, an open house for high school students and others, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24. A campus fair featuring information on academic programs and student services will be held from 10-11:30 a.m. in the Student Union. Participants can also choose among 20-minute sessions on scholarship opportunities, experiential learning, financial aid, JCC's honors and study abroad programs, transferability of JCC credits, and options for undecided students. Another session, The College Classroom, invites individuals to participate in an actual classroom learning experience. Guided campus tours will begin at 11:30 a.m. To register for the program, visit www.sunyjcc.edu/explorejcc. For more information, call the JCC admissions office at 800-388-8557 or 338-1001.


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