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You know from the base case that . You also know that so that gives you
Here's the question:
Use induction to prove that for every integer , .
Firstly, I'm confused whether to use the simple induction or the complete induction for this problem. I will try the simple one:
Base case: let and let P(n) be the statement:
" , "
Since I can't use P(1) as the base case so I'll do P(4) in its stead:
Inductive step:
Suppose and P(k) is true. So
Now we consider P(k+1)
What else can be done here to prove the inequality?
any help is appreciated
OK .. i am using plain english as i have not yet figured out how to put the mathematical letters.
so write (k+1)^3 = k^3+1+3k^2+3k > 3^k +3k^2+3k
so if you prove that 3^(k+1)-3^k = 2.3^k > 3k^2 + 3k then you are through.
apply the same trick of starting with the polynomial. this time again you have to compare a polynimal of lesser degree with a exponential. go on till what remains is obvious. i hope i have made it clear. just write whatever i have told you on a piece of paper .. you will get it.
ok see this ...
you need to prove that
take the difference of the two inequalities. it follows that you must prove .
now start afresh with this inequality using the same trick. this time you will get something like . again do the same step. ignore any mistakes that i may have done ... the essential point is that degree of the polynomial keeps reducing whereas the exponential stays same.
remember that each time your applicable has a different domain. so just keep track of it.
perhaps you may have recognized what i am essentially doing. i am replicating the way of taking derivatives in a continuous setup to the discrete setup that you need.
Frankly, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, I'm so confused and I can't follow where you got the term from!
So, we know and , now we want to prove:
This is where I am so far. Any more explanation is appreciated.
maybe i will have to write in detail
i hope you have got his far ..
frm this u get -- (1)
u need to prove --- (2)
the difference [(2) - (1)] of the two inequalities is --- (3)
now observe that if (1) and (3) is true then (2) must be true.
so the thing to prove now is . forget about the earlier inequality and instead treat this as your problem. in mathamatical language we say the the problem has been reduced to a new problem
to prove this again form 3 inequalities like above .. you will get a new inequality which is even simpler. finally you will get something which is just obvious. just try it with a pen and paper.
edit :: when i say the inequality is simpler i mean the degree of the polynomial part is smaller, even if the expression is a bigger one the polynomial itself is simpler to analyze.


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Planning for Sidewalk Days is well underway, but co-ordinators are looking for more volunteers.
"We're in desperate need of volunteer groups, meaning there's a lot of groups out there that want to fundraise and make some money," said Teresa Gillis. "We're in need of them to come down, fill in an application and we've got a whole bunch of odd jobs where they can actually make some money."
Gillis said that there are no volunteers yet for the event, which is scheduled to take place on July 5 to 7. It normally takes place in June, but this year it was moved in hopes of avoiding rain.
At least five or six volunteer groups are needed to do such jobs as security, set-up and take down and taking out garbage, she said.
"Last year there was no one selling water, which was beyond weird," said Gillis. "(This year) we'll make sure that everybody's selling water at the same price, but you can sell as much as you want and all the proceeds are your own. We don't take any of it."
Gillis said there is also a need for sponsorship to help pay for the event. Because the event is free and Sidewalk Days is a non-profit organization, she said sponsorship is needed to keep the event growing "bigger and better" each year.
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It's time to play that game with DC Comics, where we point out something just a little bit sexual about one of the covers of their comics, they get all cross with Bleeding Cool, but by the time it actually comes out they amend the cover and save themselves a modicum of embarassment, in printed form at least.
This time, it's the cover to World's Finest #7, scheduled for December. In which Robin has a camel toe. Understandable to some degree when you're dealing with the title's Robin character, Huntress, but less so when the book is guest-starring Damian Wayne.
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Remember when Red Faction was the initial first-person shooter to feature fully destructible environments? Walls through which you could merrily detonate your way to to some secret, adjacent room? Pillars that would disintegrate as they took round after round of ammo? Shortcuts created by the careful application of a rocket launcher? And how it was all hands-down, jaw-on-the-floor, mind-blowingly awesome?
Well, it's not that anymore.
As with the last title in the franchise, Red Faction: Armageddon returns to the third-person action genre without much of a visual upgrade to the series. That said, you can immediately tell that the focus here was poured quite liberally into the weapon design and environmental destruction tech. But as we've seen before in countless titles, context is king, and after a few hours of hands-on time with the game, how does it seem to be shaping up?
Well, let's just say this. If the game were simply a giant, unpopulated sandbox in which you could spend either five minutes or five hours blowing up buildings and collapsing bridges, it'd likely be more entertaining the single-player campaign we played. Prior to jumping into the game's rather light-handed story mode, the developers had created a sandbox level in which we were able to freely experiment with each of the game's major weapons. After about five or ten minutes, you'd be forced out of the level and into the game proper, to which we responded by simply starting over a handful of times before allowing ourselves to proceed.
Inside the sandbox, we used singularity cannons to create black holes in the interiors of buildings, watching as the structures collapsed into themselves. We attached one half of a magnetic weapon to a giant ball and the other to…well…basically anything and witnessed as the ball flew into and through entire skyscrapers. We split buildings in half using the same device. We repaired the damaged with caused with a repai weapon, only to destory it all a second time. We used rail guns to virtually slice out the support pylons of a bridge, laughing as it fell from a very great height. We did this over, and over, and over again. And it never got tiresome.
Until we had to do it for real.
Fighting within the actual scope of the game seemed average at best. With our weaponry limited and our enemies dropping without much challenge, all we could think about was the sheer, mindless joy of destroying buildings, but the experience provided by the single-player campaign made the destructive possibilities feel both limited and empty. After the surface-level glee wore off, we simply didn't encounter enough scenarios where such epic devastation felt at all impactful. Indeed, the second, indoor level – in which you weren't even given the luxury of generically textured, non-residential huts to destroy – presented little more than a very average action experience.
If there was a story, we failed to pay attention to it, largely because the weapons are so over-developed and the world itself so under-developed that we simply didn't think to...
None of this is to say that the game is lacking, but simply to say that once you've seen the seeds of just how epic it could be, it's hard to reconcile that with the fairly straightforward game that follows. But certainly the campaign could offer a much more intensive variety of levels further into the game, giving players increasing context with which to level buildings to their utter satisfaction.
The tech is there. Now let's see the creativity. Bring it on, Red Faction. Bring it on…
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I'm excited for the gameplay but worried for the storyPosted: February 9, 2011 7:56 PM
P.S. whats up with Dr. Doom invading mars?Posted: January 24, 2011 8:20 AM
Ok, Red Faction Guerrilla was a massive let down! I gotta say that when I played the demo for RFG I was extremely excited to play the full game and unlock the entirety of the map. Man was that a huge disappointment! Not only was the demo like the best mission in the game, the planet was like 85% barren nothingness. LAME!
Now when it comes to the next installment, I'm quite skeptical.....for obvious reasons^. I first off like the introduction of the alien creatures and the new weapons, like the gun that simply erases buildings....."i mean who wouldn't?". Yet, I think that going underground was the WORST idea ever! I mean, just give us a large map with a huge city, with skyscrapers and different enemies and weapons to play with and let us put that destruction engine to the test. GOD DAMN!Posted: January 24, 2011 8:18 AM
guerrillA WAS SWEEEEET! TOKERPosted: January 23, 2011 1:47 PM
I loved the first red faction, hated the 2nd. The second one was so lame that it literally made me wanna vomit.
The core of red faction I think is always the destruction.. the first one quite obviously had it.. the second one.. uhh no.. what could you destroy in that game again? not to mention the weapons were all pretty damn lame.
The third one I liked but wished the buildings were bigger and was more to destroy and the online was a blast for me. It was the first online game I really played regularly. I eventually ended up in the top 100 on the leaderboards for Kills, Score.. etc etc.
As for this one. I like the new weapons but I am concerned about the set pieces and hope there is a lot to do. I also hope the multiplayer is expanded upon and we dont get a re-hash of the third but excellent multiplayer.Posted: January 21, 2011 12:24 AM
im gonna agree...im a major fan of the first 2, the first being groundbreaking for its time and only got better with two. i like the idea of guerilla but did seem to lack in variety. this looks decent for how theyve taken it...we will see i guessPosted: January 20, 2011 5:02 PM
I liked red faction 1 and 2....not sure what to make of the latest installments of this seriesPosted: January 20, 2011 2:43 PM
So.....it's Guerrilla all over again? Boring set pieces, and a fairly empty world that doesn't have enough to destroy even while the game is all about destruction. I'm sure the multiplayer will be ever just as boring too, decaying into large open spaces as everything is destroyed and can't span back quick enough.Posted: January 20, 2011 10:55 AM
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It has come to our attention that due to a packing error at the printer, one of the cellowrapped sets of cards was not packaged with Heart of Doom. This error was caught before the game was sent to distribution, and the printer has sent all of missing card sets along with the game. Rather than delaying the release several months for a repacking, we've moved forward with the following solution. Distributors have been instructed to send a pack with each copy of the game sold in a retail store, and the retailers have been notified that anyone who purchases Heart of Doom is to receive the set of cards, free.
The pack of cards has its facing card as the Magma Hammer randomizer. Within are several more randomizers and a few other cards that make up the remainder of the Heart of Doom set.
We apologize for any difficulty this causes, and have taken measures to ensure this does not happen in the future. If you attempt to purchase Heart of Doom at a retail location and do not receive the missing card set, please contact email@example.com.
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The theory is that when we engage others or some outside force regarding our financial situation, we are more likely to stick to our financial goals. Here are a few quick tips to bring more accountability into your finances:
"Accountability breeds response-ability." Stephen R. Covey
Couple with Your Spouse – Odds are, no one knows your financial situation better than your spouse. Ideally, at some point you should both have met to agree upon financial goals for your family. Since you know each others shared goals and values, it's easy to have discussions about your finances with those goals and values in mind.
Those are the conversations you should be having: "how is this helping us in our financial goals?", "let's get back in line with our values."
Enlist a Friend – If you don't have a spouse, enlist the help of a close friend. Tell them your financial hopes and dreams. Tell them your actions steps to get there. Outline milestones in the process. Then ask them to hold you accountable to your goals. Ask them to check in with you at each of the milestones. A good friend won't mind doing this.
Pay for a Trusted Advisor – Contact a fee-only planner, or some type of financial coach or counselor. Set up weekly or monthly meetings with this person to review your financial situation.
Make Signposts – Put your financial goals on your fridge (hey, that's where I spend a lot of time). Put them on your mirror in the bathroom. Put them in your wallet taped to your credit cards. Sometimes all we need is our own daily reminder to help hold us accountable.
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Big-budget and highly buzzed about film "Cloud Atlas" isn't performing as well as industry insiders hoped.
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Ben Affleck's "Argo" is "Cloud Atlas'" closest competitor and is expected to land the number-one spot. "Argo" has held steady at number two for the past two weeks. It will be the first time since 2009's "The Blind Side" for a movie to first win the top spot in its third week of release.
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Where do comics go when they die? Well, it depends: if this question is asked when children are present, the comics go to a spacious farm located someplace upstate, where a lady with big arms comes by twice a week to exfoliate their withered halftone dots, and they have plenty of room to grow nice and yellowed in the sunshine. If the children have been bustled off to bed when this question is posed, the answer is that most are humanely culled and reconstituted into Bazooka bubble gum wrappers for developing nations. The management at the rendering plant tells me the comics don't feel a thing when it happens. The tales told by the haunted eyes of the plant's workers suggest it's best if we don't ask too many followups about how the strips featuring talking sausages are made. Residue from Cathy's final, bloodcurdling "Ack!" is still caked on the walls in there, the legend goes.
In the deepest reaches of our archives resides the "Classic and Retired" folder, where the poor unfortunates can cool their heels, still technically viable enough to keep around, but not so viable as to be wanted by anyone, anywhere, for any purpose ever again.
Not that the stuff in there is bad, by any means-- most of the comics in there ran for years and are perfectly respectable; they just outlived their relevance, usefulness, or in today's case, their entire audience's lifespan. We should all be so lucky.
Here's what I thought I knew about Mutt & Jeff, prior to peering into its depths: Uh, it's… it's the same thing as Pogo, right? The one about the lion who is also a dog and hangs around with Li'l Abner and a couple of crocodiles drawn so attractively I've had to intentionally force them from my mind so I don't have to confront the feelings they stir? Probably. I refuse to do any research!
Ladies and gentlemen, I was mistaken. Mutt & Jeff isn't Pogo, or even Li'l Abner, though at the time of writing, the results on whether it is Terry and the Pirates are inconclusive. As far as I can tell, Mutt & Jeff is about Mutt and Jeff, two fellows who frequently get into accidents involving "auto-gyros," cycle through dozens of menial jobs, enjoy fishing, employ delightfully old-world distain for their wives, halfheartedly run for public office and are as dumb or smart as needed, depending on the gag. Exactly what one hopes to find in the skeletal remains of one of the first comics to sprout legs, stomp onto dry land and immediately stub its toe in a mildly amusing manner.
(Y'know, Korea? Where they speak Chinese?)
Sure, plenty of the gags themselves are pretty creaky, but plenty aren't, and besides, it helps to keep in mind that during their original run, there were only a handful of jokes anywhere in American culture:
1) The "Hot Foot," where a lit match is wedged between the toes of a sleeping rube,
2) A ribald song about the Haymarket Square riot, told from the point of view of an anarchist's homemade bomb and
3) Vaudeville's signature "banana peel" bit, which bears little resemblance to the slapstick routine we think of today (back then they used horse droppings and locked theatre doors before each performance). The time was right for Mutt and/ or Jeff to drop their German surnames and take America by storm!
Included here are some highlights I came across-- there are plenty more through which I've yet to rummage, so if I find anything worth sharing, I'll let you know. The strip itself, when viewed in context, is just fine-- well illustrated, clearly arranged and paced. Presentationally, it helped usher the medium into the more standardized format still used today, much to the chagrin of George Herriman and his impressionistic, unmoored dialogue, floating over the mesa. Pack up your bricks and begone, hippie!
What's sort of sad about these is that we've come to them after they've been reused to the point of exhaustion not just of the gags, but even the artwork, which I've cleaned up a little to make slightly more presentable. Syndicate names have been affixed, removed, replaced and reaffixed over and over again, blotting out rectangular chunks of the expert crosshatching and mucking up the natural flow of the original work. Nearly all of the strips have been either photocopied, scanned or cropped so poorly that the last panel is rendered either cramped to the point of incomprehensibility or half-absent. This being Mutt & Jeff, it's not such a loss, but it's a shame when these things-- which regardless of your tastes, are still most certainly art-- are so manhandled. It should be emphasized that our company didn't come into possession of these until long after the damage was done-- if anything, we care too much around here (for further proof, see also: everything I've ever written for this blog, including this entry). Poor fellas. Hey, maybe time really is cyclical, and they'll come back into fashion after the erosion and reemergence of the continents! Something to shoot for, at least.
So let's pour one out for these two, and then take a long, lusty slug for ourselves, using our wrists to wipe away the tears that follow in order to clear our vision for next week, when we'll gaze further into the void of "Classic and Retired" comics, and see what we can make of them. I don't want to get your hopes up, but there's a Spanish language strip in there all about dinosaurs fighting each other. I haven't checked, but I have my suspicions about how that one ends.
Next week: Dinosaurs, maybe.


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This is a discussion on English/Grammar Lessons Not Needed! within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Originally Posted by QKShooter It bothers me seeing "america" for some odd, quirky, reason...almost like some people are willing to sacrifice everything for their country ...
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It takes a college degree to break'em;
and a high school education to fix'em!
I only point out real hilarious mistakes.
Hitler once said, The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerers who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing.
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really though... i completely agree that correcting basic grammer/spelling mistakes isnt appropriate for such a forum. im sure i have tons of mistakes in mine all the time. mainly b/c i type from work, where i dont have a spellcheck installed (stupid IT not letting me have anything). I type fast, type badly, and really am pretty crappy at spelling anyways. I type well thought out gramatically correct perfectly spelled papers and such all the time... just not here.
Having said that, if your grammer or spelling is so bad that i actually dont know what you are saying.. then yea, of course a 'huh? leern 2 tiep' responce is fine.
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(Murder begins where self-defense ends)
I still like Hugo Weaving's soliloqy from "V for Vendetta."Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition! The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V.
if we understand what the person meant it should be a non issue...
another thing is the clip vs magazine debate...get over it...a simple correction isnt bad...but are you really having that hard of a time understanding what the guy is trying to relate?...we get it...get over it...
I am guilty of using these dots....in some sentences and ocasionally these --- dashes.
Once my Wife told me that I was probably a TELEGRAPH OPERATOR in a past life.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
Some of us try very hard to articulate what we mean. It can be hard with a learning disability and very embarrassing when you get it wrong. Writting for me has always been difficult. What is in the brain does not always come out the way you want it to. How would you like it if you put alot of effert in writing something and then have it torn apart?
President Andy Jackson of Tennessee, saddle-maker, teacher, lawyer, commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans, statesman ... crooked politician..., etc was once well quoted as say'n, "Hit's a poor feller what can only thank o' one way to spelt a word."
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I'm just one root in a grassroots organization. No one should assume that I speak for the VCDL.
I am neither an attorney-at-law nor I do play one on television or on the internet. No one should assumes my opinion is legal advice.
Veni, Vidi, Velcro
I ignore stuff like that, but some posts get very hard to read and then you're not communicating. If a person knows they have a problem, it would solve problems on both sides to type the post in Word, spell/grammar check it, then copy/paste to the forum. Just a suggestion.
I agree with the OP to a certain point.
Let the unintentional mistakes go.
However, I have a dislike of some of the "texting" abbreviations, like "cuz", "b4", etc.
I don't even use them in text messages.
Actually, I often skip these posts.
I like to see "I" capitalized as well as the name of persons or countries.
I think a liberal use of the <Enter> key makes long posts easier to read.
But that's because I am an old guy; to each his own, and I am not coming here to play the grammar teacher
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The second rule: "Bring enough gun"
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Boise Mayor David Bieter talks about the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program.
Thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the Department's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, the city of Boise, Idaho, will replace and install 1,450 LED streetlights by the end of this month. The project is projected to save $1.2 million over the next 15 years.
Boise Mayor David Bieter says that the EECBG Program is the best federal program he's worked with in the time he's been in office. "We've just been overjoyed with the effect of this project," he said.
By installing these energy-efficient streetlights, the city of Boise is able to use less energy and save taxpayer money. The project will create 6 jobs directly in addition to the business it provided to the local manufacturer that's producing the LED bulbs.
This is another great example of how the EECBG Program grants are improving communities across the country. In Boise's case, the city is able to improve its streetlights and save money for its citizens.
For more information about the EECBG Program, visit the website or read about the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.


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I'm 11 wks. pregnant, my barely-there milk supply is soon to be a thing of the past. The closer I get to the 2nd trimester, the less milk I have and it's dropping dramatically each day.
Dd is almost 13 months. She's nowhere near ready and b/c of that I'm not ready. I won't miss the nipple pain that came with the combination of the new pregnancy and nursing, but ready or not - it's almost over.
The problem: I cannot get her to drink milk, water, juice, watered down juice, whatever....she was drinking lots of water from a sippy cup when our nursing was going well. She's never taken to a bottle. She's eating solids 4 x's a day (mostly pureed fruits), but I don't think she's getting enough hydration. Now that my milk is drying up, she's protesting other forms of liquid. Does she get enough liquid from the babyfood?
Any suggestions? I want to be sure she is getting enough of everything. Is there a solid/liquid intake chart per pound of baby or something like that? How do I know it's enough calories, enough ounces, enough??


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The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder got in just under the clock to complete a peripheral, but important, trade. Jeff Green and Nenad Krstic are packing their scarves and winter coats for Boston and will wave hello to Kendrick Perkins and Nate Robinson on their way to Oklahoma City.
This was a move that was unexpected and unheard of until reports were calling it finalized. It took many by surprise that both teams, considered contenders in their respective conferences, would shake up their rosters in such a profound way.
As always, this NBA trade did not happen in a vacuum; players from each team, the teams as wholes and other teams will feel the ripple in some way. There are definite winners and losers to any NBA deal, and this one is no exception.
Let's break down some of the winners and losers from Thursday's Celtics-Thunder swap.


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A History, Revised Edition
Publication Year: 2012
Hailed as a model state history thanks to Thomas E. Sheridan's thoughtful analysis and lively interpretation of the people and events shaping the Grand Canyon State, Arizona has become a standard in the field. Now, just in time for Arizona's centennial, Sheridan has revised and expanded this already top-tier state history to incorporate events and changes that have taken place in recent years. Addressing contemporary issues like land use, water rights, dramatic population increases, suburban sprawl, and the US-Mexico border, the new material makes the book more essential than ever. It successfully places the forty-eighth state's history within the context of national and global events. No other book on Arizona history is as integrative or comprehensive.
From stone spear points more than 10,000 years old to the boom and bust of the housing market in the first decade of this century, Arizona: A History explores the ways in which Native Americans, Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, and Anglos have inhabited and exploited Arizona. Sheridan, a life-long resident of the state, puts forth new ideas about what a history should be, embracing a holistic view of the region and shattering the artificial line between prehistory and history. Other works on Arizona's history focus on government, business, or natural resources, but this is the only book to meld the ethnic and cultural complexities of the state's history into the main flow of the story.
A must read for anyone interested in Arizona's past or present, this extensive revision of the classic work will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers alike.
Published by: University of Arizona Press
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I grew up in Phoenix, a child of the boom in a subdivision carved out of citrus groves just south of the Arizona Canal. Soon after my family moved there in 1955, we began making pilgrimages up the Beeline Highway to a neighbor's log cabin under the Mogollon Rim. I remember sitting beside my mother on...
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This book interprets Arizona's past by organizing it into three major phases— incorporation, extraction, and transformation—that mark Arizona's integration into what Immanuel Wallerstein calls the modern world system. Beginning in the fifteenth century, Europe completed its transition from feudalism...
I. Incorporation
1. The Native Americans
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The mammoth was huge, perhaps twelve feet tall at the shoulder. Its forelegs were the forelegs of a behemoth. Its long, curved tusks swept the space in front of it like the antennae of a giant insect frozen in ivory. And even though it fed on grasses, not flesh, one blow from its feet or one swing of its tusks...
2. The Arrival of the Europeans
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Before they learned to read and write in government schools, Akimel O'odham (River People, or Pima Indians) living along the Gila River recorded their history by carving notched symbols into the soft wood of willow or the ribs of the giant saguaro. Caressing these mnemonic marks, Piman keepers of the sticks...
3. Mexican Arizona and the Anglo Frontier
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The year 1826 was a bad one for Mexican Arizona. Five years earlier, Mexico won its independence from Spain after a decade of bloody struggle. The revolution destroyed the colonial silver-mining industry and bankrupted the national treasury. Along the northern frontier, funds that had supported missions...
4. Early Anglo Settlement and the Beginning of the Indian Wars
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Mangas Coloradas (Red Sleeves) was perhaps six feet four inches tall, with a powerful body and an enormous head. Indian agent Edward Wingfield called him "a noble specimen of the genus homo. He comes up nearer the poetic ideal of a chieftain . . . than any person I have ever seen." Mangas Coloradas...
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General George Crook came to Arizona in 1871, when Vincent Colyer and General O. O. Howard dominated US Indian affairs. Both helped shape President Ulysses S. Grant's peace policy, which sought to replace armed force with peace negotiations and corrupt Indian agents with agencies run by Protestant...
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6. The Freighters and the Railroads
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In 1875, at a time when many Anglo Americans despised Mexicans as a "race of mongrels," the citizens of Tucson elected Don Estevan Ochoa mayor of the town by the overwhelming margin of 187 to 40. A native of Chihuahua who had immigrated to the United States in the 1850s, Ochoa was a soft-spoken...
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When Colin Cameron arrived in Arizona in 1882, he was dressed in an eastern suit and carried a walking stick. He had not grown up in the saddle or cut his teeth fighting Apaches. On the contrary, he was Pennsylvania born and bred, the well-educated son of a railroad magnate and the well-connected nephew...
8. Silver and Gold
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In 1877, Edward Schieffelin drifted into the San Pedro Valley after years of prospecting in the Great Basin and the Pacific Northwest. Because Chiricahua Apaches still inhabited the area, soldiers at Camp Huachuca told Schieffelin that the only thing he would find was his tombstone. "The word lingered in...
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More than any other figure of his era, George Wiley Paul Hunt embodied all the contradictions of Arizona in his walruslike frame. His enemies in the business community sneered at his poor grammar and his uncouth table manners, but Hunt understood Arizona politics better than anyone else in the early...
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In 1877, Brigham Young, the visionary president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, told William Flake to sell everything he owned and take up a mission on the Arizona frontier. With a "sad heart and mental suffering," Flake gave up the prosperous life he had carved for himself in Utah and...
11. Water and Cotton
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Born in 1877 in the little adobe community of Hayden's Ferry (renamed Tempe a year later), Carl Hayden grew up on the cusp, watching Arizona change from a frontier to an extractive colony dominated by outside investors. Hayden loved his parents, but he wanted no part of their hard lives. In 1898, ...
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12. Climate
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In the late spring of 1898, a forty-two-year-old art critic from Rutgers University wandered into the Mojave Desert with a horse and a fox terrier for company. He carried a .30-30 rifle for large game and a Chicopee .22-caliber pistol for smaller prey. The rest of his outfit consisted of two light blankets, a shovel...
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In 1909, Walter Packard, the son of a suffragist and a wealthy Chicago lawyer, came West to work as an extension agent in the Imperial Valley. There, amid the green fields and squalid labor camps, Packard embarked on an intellectual odyssey that was common during the first half of the twentieth century. He started out as a progressive reformer and a protégé of Elwood Mead, who...
14. World War II and the Postwar Boom
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If Horatio Alger had grown up in Arizona, even he would have had a hard time imagining Del Webb. Born in Fresno, California, in 1899, Webb quit school at thirteen to work as a carpenter and play semipro baseball, a passion that would become a business later in life. But after typhoid fever consumed his six-foot-four body and dropped his weight from 204 to 99 pounds, Webb moved to...
15. The Other Arizona
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In 1871 an O'odham war party slipped north of the Salt River and attacked a group of Yavapais below Four Peaks in the Mazatzal Mountains. The Pimas killed most of the adults but took the children captive, including a little boy named Wassaja. They sold him to an Italian photographer named Carlos Gentile...
16. From the Southwest to the Sunbelt
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Before the 1960s the financial world of Arizona was run by local bankers like Frank Brophy, the flamboyant chairman of the board of the Bank of Douglas, and Walter Bimson, the son of a Colorado blacksmith who made the Valley National Bank (VNB) synonymous with Arizona growth. Arizona was a real...
17. Arizona in the Twenty-First Century
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In 2008, just as the nation was about to plunge into the worst recession since the 1930s, two glossy scenarios of urban Arizona in the twenty-first century appeared. One was the Brookings Institution's Mountain Megas: America's Newest Metropolitan Places and a Federal Partnership to Help Them Prosper. The...
18. The Political Ecology of a Desert State
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In 1976, Arizona business leaders commissioned Herman Kahn's Hudson Institute to peer into its crystal ball and divine Arizona's future. The institute's report, entitled Arizona Tomorrow, called Arizona "the development prototype for post-industrial society." During the nineteenth century, many people perceived...
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About the Author
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Page Count: 488
Publication Year: 2012
OCLC Number: 828490605
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Men and women both suffer from a culture that discourages us from expressing complex emotions. The answer is deeper listening, and it's the key to healthier, more engaged lives.
From street art to law reform, women across Brazil are taking a stand against gender-based violence.
When Donald Trump gets more air time than Bernie Sanders, the media misses the mark on grassroots change.
Car washes are the "wild, wild West" of workplace regulation. The Car Wash Accountability Act will improve that—if it is ever implemented.
Today, 800 million of us are considered "hungry," but we produce enough calories to feed us all. Rather than a lack of food, we're dealing with a lack of democracy.
From strangers on the street to Muslim refugees—why we should embrace the humanity of people we may fear.
A human rights campaign to protest Islamophobic rhetoric sent message-scrawled pillowcases to 31 governors who expressed support for refugee bans. And more are on the way.
In Ecuador, indigenous Kichwa women are resisting corporate interests that threaten their land.
In the first episode of their new documentary series, A Woman's Place, filmmakers explain how transgender beauty queens are lobbying for their rights outside of pageants.
Despite conflicts and crises at home and abroad, 2015 offered glimpses of the road to a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world.
In this collection of watercolor illustrations, a comics artist illustrates her journey through grief after the sudden death of her first child.
The inner lives of drone operators, refugee camps through the eyes of children, and women who would be denied entry to the United States under Donald Trump's "total shutdown."


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New Water Wall in Bellin Hospital recognizes Kerwin's service
Sculpture is a gift from hospital's corporation members
GREEN BAY - A new water wall sculpture in the Laird Welcome Center in Bellin Hospital is not only meant to provide a soothing atmosphere for patients, families and visitors, but recognizes the leadership and dedication of Bellin's president and CEO, George Kerwin, who recently celebrated 35 years of employment at Bellin.
The water wall is a gift to Bellin by its corporation members who wanted to recognize Kerwin's leadership, which started in 1971 when he was hired to be the housekeeping/laundry manager. Over the years he has held various leadership positions and in 1992 was named president and CEO. Bellin's corporation members are community and medical staff volunteers who serve as advisors to the health system and are the pool from which its board of directors is elected.
"I could never have envisioned the accomplishments, growth and improvements we have made during my years at Bellin," Kerwin said. "I am most proud of the people associated with Bellin Health and I am grateful for the opportunity to work along side them, serving and caring for members of our community."
The Laird Welcome Center where the water wall is located was part of a four-year hospital renovation project Bellin undertook to upgrade all of its hospital facilities which was completed in 2005, one of many projects Kerwin was instrumental in leading. The water wall was unveiled during a recent dedication ceremony.


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Cantor amasses cash for re-election bid
Forget David and Goliath. In the money race in Virginia's 7th Congressional District, it's Wayne and Eric.
Democrat Wayne Powell is challenging incumbent Rep. Eric Cantor, the Republican majority leader in the U.S. House. From a campaign- finance standpoint, it's not much of a contest: Cantor has 58 times more money on hand than Powell does.
Cantor, who has represented the Richmond-area district since 2001, has more than $2.2 million cash on hand. That's far more than any other candidate for the U.S. House in Virginia. It's almost as much as the state's 18 Democratic congressional candidates hold collectively. (They have a combined $2.5 million.) And that's just the cash on hand.
During the 2011-12 election cycle, Cantor's receipts have totaled $5.1 million.
Only three House candidates – all of them Republican incumbents – have raised more money than Cantor: House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio (nearly $15 million); Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota (about the same, which also funded her presidential bid); and Rep. Allen West of Florida (nearly $8 million).
Powell has raised only $66,000 so far.
Powell, a Midlothian lawyer who calls himself a progressive Democrat, has about $38,000 on hand. That could put him at a distinct disadvantage against Cantor's deep pockets.
In an election year when the top of the ticket – the presidential race – could be close, money will play a large role in elections, according to Joseph Bafumi, a government professor at Dartmouth College.
"Money is very important … If there were a strong tide going towards the Democratic ticket, that would give Powell a better shot – that or if Cantor were to be embroiled in some enormous scandal. However, looking at this election, it looks like it will be a very likely victory for Cantor," Bafumi said.
Bafumi said some candidates who have lost the fundraising battle have managed to win election, but that tends to happen when other factors are in play.
In 2006, for example, public disapproval of the Iraq war helped elect a Democratic majority in Congress, and in 2010, the tea party movement helped Republicans recapture the House.
This year, Congress' approval rating is at an all-time low – 17percent, according to the Gallup Poll. The state of the economy will play a key role in November's elections, Bafumi said. The success of the Democratic ticket depends a lot on what President Obama does between now and then.
"It's tight now, and a lot depends on the economy … If it improves, it could improve Obama's curtails," Bafumi said.
In April, Democrats in the 7th District nominated Powell, a retired Army colonel, to take on Cantor. Before getting his party's blessing, Powell said he expected his nomination to open the doors for more fundraising.
"Money is an issue in every campaign," Powell said. "By June or July, I expect to have substantially more money – in excess of a million dollars with promises for more."
It is unclear how Powell's fundraising has fared since he got the nomination. The campaign finance reports on the Federal Elections Commission's website are current through March.
As of March 31, Powell had received about 560 itemized individual donations totaling $37,000. (On his FEC filings, he listed contributions as small as $1.)
Cantor reported more than 2,000 itemized individual contributions totaling $2.6 million from nearly 1,500 individuals.
About 74 percent of Cantor's individual donations have come from outside Virginia, according to an analysis of FEC data by Capital News Service. For Powell, the figure is 30 percent.
Cantor and Powell's contributions differ in another significant way – funding from political action committees.
Powell has received only $600 in PAC contributions – 1 percent of his total contributions.
By contrast, Cantor has received 634 contributions from PACs, totaling $1.7 million – one-third of his war chest. Forty-three PACs have given the maximum $10,000 to Cantor's congressional campaign. They included the committees for Altria, Anheuser-Busch and Comcast. Cantor also received big donations from the PACs representing the National Rifle Association, News America/Fox and various financial and health-care interests.
Cantor's fundraising has grown since his initial run for the House a dozen years ago.
In 2002, Cantor raised just over $1 million. That number has increased every election since; for the 2009-10 election cycle, he raised nearly $6 million. (His main Democratic challenger then, Rick Waugh, raised less than $150,000.)
The five industry sectors that have donated the most to Cantor are finance, real estate, insurance, pharmaceuticals and health, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit that tracks campaign finance.
Bafumi said the better-funded candidate doesn't always win. In 2008, Democratic challenger Tom Perriello beat Republican incumbent Virgil Goode in Virginia's 5th District, with each campaign having raised about the same amount of money – $1.8 million.
Two years later, Perriello lost to GOP nominee Robert Hurt, even though Hurt raised about $1.2 million less than Perriello. Bafumi said campaign funding helps candidates reach voters. More money can mean a larger campaign staff, more television commercials, more mailings to voters and other strategies to win on Election Day.
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Citizen Staff Reports 12/01/2016
The project:HOMES "Renew Crew" (above) recently assisted an elderly member of the Laurel Presbyterian Church in Henrico by clearing brush, trimming hedges and raking leaves in her yard.
The Renew Crew serves low-income, disabled and elderly homeowners in need of small-scale home repairs such as porch, railing and step repairs, exterior painting, clearing overgrown yards, tearing down outbuildings, wheelchair ramps and other critical repairs and accessibility modifications. > Read more.
Alzheimer's Walk raises $436,000
More than 2,000 people participated in the the Alzheimer's Association Greater Richmond Chapter's annual Richmond Walk to End Alzheimer's Nov. 5 at Markel Plaza in Innsbrook. The event raised more than $436,000 for Alzheimer's care, support programs and research.
The event is one of three walks that benefit the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Richmond and is held in celebration of National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month.
Donations to the Walk to End Alzheimer's will be accepted through the end of the year and can be made at http://www.alz.org/walk. In total, the three walks this year have raised more than $644,344. > Read more.
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The past couple of days haven't felt like it, but it's finally December and this weekend is packed with holiday events. Kicking the weekend off is Glorious Christmas Nights' production of "Finding Christmas" at West End Assembly of God. Gayton Baptist Church's annual Jazz Nativity starts tonight. Another annual favorite is tomorrow – the tree lighting at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen. In search of Christmas concerts? The Virginians Barbershop Chorus will present its annual Christmas Show tomorrow at the Collegiate School and the Richmond Choral Society will perform Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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CalendarLewis Ginter Botanical Garden teams up with "Go Nuts for Reading" partners M&T Bank, the Children's Museum of Richmond, and the Richmond Flying Squirrels for a new event during the popular Dominion GardenFest of Lights show. From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., stories will be read every half-hour and children can participate in a craft to make a literacy-themed holiday garland. Visitors are encouraged to bring a new or like-new book to donate to the RVA Book Buggy to be distributed to those in under-served communities. Dominion GardenFest of Lights is open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. For details, visit http://www.lewisginter.org. Full text


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Baby Name Poll Results
Nolan George vs. Oliver George
Need help choosing between these 2! please!
The Top Baby Name is...
|Nolan George
|35% (8 votes)
|Oliver George
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Nolan George sounds better but I like them both.
posted by guest :: 2014-02-06 13:55:24 | report
I love both but went with Oliver…the nickname Ollie is the best thing ever! Not a fan of George unless it is a family name.
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Oliver Nolan would be handsome.
posted by guest :: 2014-02-06 14:00:57 | report
Yes George was my grandfathers name
posted by guest :: 2014-02-06 14:13:27 | report
I really love Nolan, Oliver is nice also though.
posted by guest :: 2014-02-06 14:31:55 | report
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Girl, Positive
Release Date: January 1st, 2007
Not Yet Rated|1 hr. 36 min.
Plot Summary
An HIV-positive high-school student (Andrea Bowen) finds support from a teacher (Jennie Garth) who is secretly living with the disease.
Cast: Andrea Bowen, Jennie Garth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Nathan Anderson, Erik von Detten, Laura Wiggins, Evan Gamble, Andrew Matthews
Director: Peter Werner
Genres: Drama


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Headed South to ABS Nationals!
So for the first time ever, the NE2C crew is headed South to work with USA Climbing to help produce the ABS National Championships. This is big news for us and we are psyched to work with the crew at USAC! Over the years we've worked with almost everyone at USAC in one form or another (I used to set regional level events back in the day), but this is the first time we've formally worked together to produce an event at the highest level and it's only the first of many…
We haven't been to Sportrock since 2005, but we hear that they have done some extensive renovations and Kynan and the USAC peeps have some tricks up their sleeves as well. The venue should be amazing. Lillian, James and the whole Sportrock crew have a killer gym and we're psyched that Nationals are going down!
Of course this whole "Washington DC is the North American Snowfall Capitol" thing will make dealing with gear and travel interesting, but we're fine with interesting… just wondering if we put enough dogsleds in the materials lists?
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Pakistani politics are it! Musharraf declares a state of emergency, and its politics still remain what to watch. One colleague who just returned from a research trip writes:
It will be bad for religious minorities not so much because of the suspension of basic rights, but because a continuation of ever-more-narrow martial rule will exacerbate the government's ability to take action against militants in a way that garners broad-based societal support.
For people who study Pakistan, this very much fits a many-times-repeated cycle of military interference in the affairs of state; but for those people who actually live there and see things from a less analytic, more human perspective, it's just terribly, terribly frustrating.
Our speech is going to hell in a handbasket! These mistakes (Lifehacker) absolutely shock me. There are people going around saying "supposably?"
Technology makes life more complicated! I'm so glad daylight savings time is finally passed. Goodness gracious it was frustrating to have to think one hour ahead all week as my blackberry refused but refused to listen to Congress's law delaying the set back until November 4.
You should give vouchers a chance:
[t]he guy who does usability for Treo … talked about design philosophy [and] showed slides of a project he does where he goes into various institutions, divides people into groups, gives them spaghetti and some tape, and asks them to build the tallest self-supporting structure they can. The worst-performing group, you'll be unsurprised to hear, was MBA students; they spend all their time arguing about who will be boss. Engineers do okay. But the best performing group? Kindergarten students.
The students don't plan anything. They just try stuff, and if it doesn't work, they try something else. The presenter's argument was that if you want to do something quickly, and well, you need to have a lot of failure. Failure is the quickest way to learn.
But the way public schools are set up, they can't really fail–and so they don't succeed at the hardest task we've given them.
Read on from Megan McArdle at the Atlantic. Related on lefty libertarianism: The Poor Are Not Children, Except for the Ones Who Are Actual Children.
Stephen Colbert is the funniest man alive! I know I already blogged this, but did you read? Did you? Because I nearly spit up my tea laughing:
I'd like to thank Maureen Dowd for permitting/begging me to write her column today. As I type this, she's watching from an overstuffed divan, petting her prize Abyssinian and sipping a Dirty Cosmotinijito. Which reminds me: Before I get started, I have to take care of one other bit of business:
Bad things are happening in countries you shouldn't have to think about. It's all George Bush's fault, the vice president is Satan, and God is gay.
There. Now I've written Frank Rich's column too.
Read the rest of I am an Op-Ed Columnist (And So Can You!). Re-post courtesy of seeing it again on Evangelical Outpost.
Being mean, homophobic, and non-sensical doesn't make you a Christian, but it can sure make you liable! Anti-Gay Funeral Picketers Ordered to Pay $10.9 Million in Damages. Everytime you hear about anti-gay military funeral picketing (in this case, the Iraqi war veteran being picketed wasn't even gay), it is bound to be Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist "church." I am making light of this, but really it makes me feel ill when people do things like this in the name of Christ.


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Cheats and Walkthroughs
It's Tuesday after a long weekend, and I don't know about you, but I played a lot of video games over the last three days. Mostly Super Meat Boy... curse you, Super Meat Boy and your amazing difficulty curve! I also saw The Black Swan, which was amazing.
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Beyonce Declares That She's 'Bigger Than Life' In New Song 'Bow Down/I Been On'
Beyonce released a new teaser -- disguised as a single -- for her upcoming fifth studio album on Sunday night. "Bow Down/I Been On" is little more than a three-minute interlude that will probably be included on the new disc, and it features the former Destiny's Child singer getting a lot edgier than usual.
"I know when you were little girls you dreamt of being in my world," B sings. "Don't forget it. Don't forget it. Respect that. Bow down b*tches."
The first half of the track is Beyonce singing -- demanding -- that she deserves respect and isn't just Jay-Z's wife and now a stay-at-home mom.
"I took some time to live my life, but don't think I'm just his little wife. Don't get it twisted, get it twisted, this my sh*t, Bow down b*tches," she sings.
About a minute in the song turns into an ode to her hometown of Houston, Texas, where her vocals are altered to sound like a man's and distorted. She throws shout-outs to rappers from "H-town," including the Geto Boys' Willie D, who cast her in one of his videos when she was 14. She also name-drops the late Pimp C of UGK.
Beyonce is getting ready to kick-off her "The Mrs. Carter Show," which is a little less than a month off, and perhaps the single is just her way of getting people pumped up.
"I'm bigger than life, my name in the lights," she says in the latter half of the new song; the cover for which features an old photo of a much younger Beyonce wearing a crown and surrounded by trophies from beauty pageants.
So here's the big question: is this just B having fun, or is all the attention lately -- singing the National Anthem at the Presidential Inauguration, Super Bowl halftime show, performing at the White House -- starting to go to her head?
Check out "Bow Down/I Been On" below (explicit lyrics)...


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Getting away with your spouse is so important for a healthy and vital marriage. However, there will be times in your relationship when getting away is NOT an option.
For us, that is a reality right now.
Between ailing family members, low funds, and nowhere for the kids to go in order to take a vacation together, getting away is just not in our future. Sure, I could be upset and rant and rave about not being able to get away. But, I have decided to just embrace the time and do what I can to make our together time special.
Who doesn't want to get away and just bask in the love and adoration of your spouse?
Here are a few things I plan on trying to incorporate in the next few months with my man since we cannot get away and go on vacation together right now.
- Try to find at least 15 to 30 minutes a day after he comes home to sit down and talk to one another. We have gotten into the habit of talking more to our computers and the television than we do to each other. During this time of talking, no one is allowed to barge in and bother us and interrupt our talking time. We used to do this regularly when the kids were smaller, but in the last couple of years, we kind of quit practicing it.
- Since our kids are older, we can leave them at home and go on a walk around the neighborhood (when it warms up again) just so we can spend a few minutes alone together.
- Get away at home. This one is easy to accomplish if the kids have somewhere to go. This is also a great idea if you are low on finances. Get creative and create an environment of somewhere you want to visit. One of my places I want to visit is the beach one time in my life. Recreate a room using sheer curtains and play beach music. Transform your dining room into a beach scene using chairs! You can even ask your kids to draw beach scenes on paper and get them involved in helping you treat daddy to a night out somewhere! Make food at home that you might eat on the beach and just enjoy being together.
As you can see, there are many things you can do to "make getting away" an option for you by re-creating something at home.
As the Bible says, Everything has a season and this too shall pass (my paraphrase). Bide your time, be content where you are at the moment in life and when the time is right, you will be able to get away once again!


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This is the third and final post in a series looking at wildlife movement, corridors and roads. Read the first post, Ecology Lesson: Population Movements, which was followed by Corridor Ecology and Planning. Roads Roads crisscross the entire country covering much of the land. Highways take us through states or across the whole country, streets cover cities and dirt roads link rural areas to cities. They traverse over rivers, lakes, mountains, valleys, deserts and forests. Some highways are many lanes wide and some bridges are modern engineering marvels. They bring us commercial goods, foods and fuel across great distances. There are over 4...
This is the second post in a series looking at wildlife movement, corridors and roads. The full series: Ecology Lesson: Population Movements, Corridor Ecology and Planning and Road Ecology and Wildlife Crossings. Wildlife needs to move for many reasons which were discussed in Ecology Lesson: Population Movements. There are many barriers in the urban landscape that prevent or make movement difficult for wildlife. Among the many barriers are roads including small streets to major highways, development such as shopping centers or subdivisions, railroad lines, powerline corridors, canals, dams and non wildlife-friendly landscapes such as agriculture, golf courses or cemeteries. ...
The ARC International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition, which was mentioned on this blog back in February here, has finally posted the submissions of the five finalists. The winner won't be announced until the end of January at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, but the designs can be viewed on the website now. The five finalists include Balmori Associates from New York, The Olin Studio from Philadelphia, Janet Rosenberg & Associates from Toronto, Michael Van Valkenburgh & Associates with HNTB Engineering from New York and Zwarts & Jantsma Architects from Amsterdam. Be sure to visit the ARC page with PDF's of all...
This is a very exciting upcoming competition addressing the issue of wildlife crossings. (See the right hand column on this blog for many links on the issue.) The competition website by the ARC states the following about the competition. ARC will engage the best and most innovative international, interdisciplinary design teams—comprised of landscape architects, architects, engineers, ecologists, and other experts—to create the next generation of wildlife crossing structures for North America's roadways. This competition seeks specifically from its entries, innovation in feasible, buildable context-sensitive and compelling design solutions for safe, efficient, cost-effective, and ecologically responsive wildlife crossings. In doing so,...


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How Dashed Hopes and Disaster Dates Can Help You Find True Love
Many single people made New Year's resolutions to find love in 2014. Whether you vowed to sign up for a dating website or finally agreed to give blind dates a try, the beginning of the year seems like the perfect time to breathe new life into your search for love.
However, as with most resolutions, people tend to get discouraged about their lofty New Year's goals right around the time the bleak mid-January weather sets in. It's hard to stick to your resolutions, especially if your new efforts seemed to have landed you nothing but disaster dates and bad matches on your dating profile.
But take heart! A new study says that disaster dates and dashed hopes are actually par for the course on one's search for true love. The study, which surveyed over 2,000 Britons in their hunt for love, found that the average women will kiss 15 men and have her heart broken twice before she finds true love. On average, she also will have two failed long-term relationships, cohabitated with a partner in a failed relationship, as well as had an average of seven sexual partners.
As if that doesn't keep her busy enough, the study also found that the average woman will go on four disaster dates and even be stood up at least once before she finds her long-term mate.
As Shakespeare once said, the course of true love never did run smooth! Broken hearts, failed relationships, one-night-stands, and even dead-end dates are all part of most women's quest for true love. The good news is that this study proves that suffering in the search for love really is quite normal, and some might even say character-building. Even though it might seem like all of those disaster dates and bad kisses are a waste of time, the truth is that they teach you valuable lessons about life, love, and communication.
You discover what you are really looking for in a partner as well as who you really are on the inside. Unlike high school sweethearts and lucky lovers who find their mate right away, people who have to search for love get a chance to hone their dating skills and discover what is really important to them…not to mention, they get to experiment with different sexual partners and learn what they really need in the bedroom.
However, even though this quest for love is normal, many people feel discouraged or defective if they can't find Mr. or Mrs. Right away. But there is more good news: The study also found that eight in ten people said that they met 'The One' when they least expected it, and more than a quarter said that they ended up settling down with someone they never would have considered their "type" in the past.
In other words, love often strikes when you least expect it, whether it is when you happen into a new coffeeshop by chance or whether you finally agree to go on a blind date with someone you never thought you would click with. The key is to stay positive, put yourself out there, and stay vulnerable and open, even when (or especially when) you are scared. Remember, you will have to kiss a lot of frogs before you meet your prince, but when you do…it will be worth it!


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GoComics.com has been remodeled and the new GoComics Beta makes its live debut today! Take a few minutes (after your eyes have adjusted to the freshly painted walls) to explore all the great new interactive features:
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Comics Profiles: Everyone with a free or paid GoComics account has been given a Comics Profile. To access yours, sign in to the site with your GoComics username and password. (If you don't have one, get one!) Once you've signed in you'll be taken to your Dashboard, which is like your own personal headquarters on GoComics.com. You'll find all of your Comics Pages, Collections and Tags saved there. You'll also find sections devoted to your followers and those you're following, as well as a Comics Action Feed with updates from GoComics and other users.
Toon Picker: If you're not familiar with all of the comics on our site (or if you're just feeling adventurous) give the Toon Picker a try. The Toon Picker automatically generates a Comics Page for you based on comic categories you select, then you get to read and rate them. When you're done, you've got a great new custom comics page on your dashboard, and you can come back and read the updated version everyday.
Update on Free Emails: While the new GoComics.com is in its early beta stage, the free GoComics email system will not be operational. (This does not apply to GoComics Pro members, who will continue to receive their comic subscriptions by email.) We'll soon unveil a brand new free email product with features inspired by the new site, and we'll keep you updated as we get closer to its debut.
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Game On
New tennis complex opening for play
By LARRY DEVINE
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Carlos Jimenez (left) and Carlos Holquin of Midwest Track and Tennis of Denison use a T-square ruler for precise painting of lines on the asphalt surface.
Daily Times Herald photo by Larry Devine
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Game, set, match. Completion of a six-court tennis complex at Graham Park is a triumph for the game's enthusiasts.
Lines have been painted, and nets will go up for the first time this week at the new six-court, outdoor complex on the north side of Graham Park.
The courts are getting their first workout this week and then will be the site of the annual Carroll Tennis Open Saturday and Sunday. That tournament usually is played in mid-summer but was moved back, awaiting completion of the new courts.
Carroll Parks and Recreation director Jack Wardell said in an interview last week that the courts are high-quality, enhance aesthetics in the park, and add to a remarkable layout of sports and recreation facilities in the center of the city.
"These are top-of-the-line courts," Wardell comments. "Everything about them was done high-quality."
The asphalt surfaces are painted a combination of greens — dark (called Florida) green on the courts bordered by standard turf green. Stripes for regulation singles and doubles play — side lines, service courts and alley lines — are white. The chain-link fence around the courts is coated black.
"It fits right nice on the north side of Graham Park," Wardell says.
"It fits into the area with the aquatic center, the football and baseball stadiums and skate park," Wardell adds.
Badding Construction of Carroll was contractor for the project, and JEO Consulting Group did the engineering. Midwest Track and Tennis of Denison painted the courts.
The complex includes four courts on the far north, adjoined by two more courts southwest of them, leaving open space to the east where a storage shed for tennis equipment will be added.
Four courts have been additionally striped for 10-and-under kids' play and two for 8-and-under. Those courts are smaller than the regulation 36-by-78-foot courts. Players 10 and under use a softer ball, and 8-and-under players use a foam ball and smaller net. The portable smaller nets will be used for clinics and lessons and will be available for use by request to the Recreation Center.
Matt Greteman, who coordinates the local high schools' tennis programs and is the boys' head coach, spearheaded the tennis-complex project, presenting the proposal to the Carroll City Council.
He's gratified to see the work come to fruition and says the project will be a game-changer both for the high schools' tennis program and recreational play.
"It's been a long process," he says. He initiated the proposal about eight years ago.
"They (the courts) will be good for bringing people to town," he said in an interview last week. "They'll be good for kids. They'll be good for development of the sport with younger kids through the Rec Center. There are a lot of good things about it."
Greteman says he believes there will be an increase in recreation play. He notes there are adults' doubles leagues, and he expects those programs to grow.
Carroll and Kuemper high school students compete in a shared program under the Kuemper name. Greteman is boys' coach, Dean Kollasch is girls' coach, and Greteman works with Kollasch in coordinating both programs.
The boys usually draw about 20 players each year and the girls 25, according to Greteman.
Carroll will host the Hawkeye 10 Conference Girls Tournament next spring and the conference boys' tournament in 2014, and with the new courts, Greteman says he now will pursue possibility of hosting a district tournament.
With enrollment of the two high schools combined, Kuemper plays in Class 2A in tennis, the larger of the two competition classes.
While rural Iowa communities don't have the advantage of the indoor-tennis facilities that are available in large cities, Greteman says, Carroll's new courts will boost interest and accelerate players' development.
"We'll have both boys and girls on courts at the same time, working together, working on drills and making them better," Greteman says.
Greteman comments on the new courts: "They look good. Scott Parcher (Parks and Recreation parks superintendent) did a good job of seeding the site. Badding did a good job putting it in there and getting it finished."
Matt Greteman's sons Peter and Nathan, both tennis players at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, gave one of the courts the inaugural try after the first net was put up Monday afternoon.
"It's nice to have these really nice courts all in one spot," Peter commented. "Not a lot of towns our size have a facility like this."
He raved about the surface.
"Here you'll get a clean bounce every single time," he said.
Peter said he believes the courts can make a big difference both in the high school programs and the general public's recreation enjoyment.
"I hope it builds more interest especially for the high school teams," he said. "because now they can host conference tournaments and they can practice all at one facility. They don't have to travel around town for practices. And, hopefully, more people in town will get out and start hitting just recreationally."
Peter is a 2008 Kuemper graduate and Nathan a 2011 Kuemper grad, and both played in state high school tennis tournaments. Peter is a senior at UNO majoring in accounting and Nathan a sophomore who hasn't decided on a major.
Wardell and Matt Greteman say the asphalt courts should be good for 15 to 20 years before needing a new overlay.
Revenue for the project totals $702,527, including $528,000 from the city, $63,000 from Carroll Community School District, $30,000 from Kuemper Catholic Schools, $48,000 from the U.S. Tennis Association, $10,000 from Kuyper Foundation and $23,527 in local fundraising support.
This weekend's Carroll Tennis Open will offer singles, doubles and mixed-doubles play, with doubles beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, mixed doubles at 1 p.m. Saturday and singles at 10 a.m. Sunday. The tournament generally has drawn players high-school and college-age players as well as adults. Anybody interested in playing can sign up at the events.
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The 2012 NFL season is officially in the books, and the Redskins' geographical rivals have been crowned world champions. With no games left on the schedule, Bruce Allen and the rest of the Redskins' front office are busy molding improvements for 2013.
In 2012 the Washington Redskins took a significant step forward, primarily on offense. The addition of Robert Griffin III cannot be understated as his performances, along with Alfred Morris, produced the NFL's best overall rushing attack. RG3 pushed the Redskins to emerge as division champions, earning him Offensive Rookie of the Year honors.
Despite these improvements, the Redskins still have several deficiencies that must be addressed this offseason. This piece will explore five areas the Burgundy and Gold must examine and correct if they hope to advance next season.