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I am a 20 year old guy doing my Bachelors degree. I have a problem in
trusting one of my friends. A couple of years back, he cheated me in a
money matter. He was one of my best friends (or so I thought) back then.
I always thought he was very genuine and I couldnt believe what had
Later, I found that he never cared for me truly as a friend and was
always looking to take advantage of me. This affected me deeply and now
I can't fully trust him even though we were really nice friends. I feel
very bad that whenever I think about my genuine friends who care so much
about me, I just can't bring myself to fully trust anyone. What can I do
to get over my bad experience and get myself back in touch with reality?
It is true that trust is a very important aspect in every
relationship. As a first step towards developing your trust is to let go
of the past and set yourself in a healing environment which includes
forgiving your friend, understand the situation he was in or healthy
communication to resolve the issue. In other words you have to move on
in order to reconnect with the present. In life we come across many
junctures that one must solely trust oneself. You might not always have
someone who you can totally rely on but gradually you will learn about
your associates and know with whom you could rely on.
Don't get disheartened by one incident that went wrong. Along the
journey of your life you will come across many instances dealing with
trust and mistrust. You state that you really have nice friends and
friends who care about you. So in order to build trust, you have to let
go of the fear (of failing again), negative feelings (of consequences
that may or may not happen) & should be willing to take the risk in
trusting again!
As a girl who is about to finish higher education and get myself
ready for the job hunt, my knowledge and skills in my subject are very
good and I am confident that I can do very well. But I have always been
a shy and reserved type of person. I cant communicate well and I know
this is going to affect my performance during interviews and group
discussions. I dont know where to get help for this. How to get rid of
my shyness and anxiety especially when facing people unknown to me? I
need some advice, please.
The fact that you've realized that shyness can keep you away from
achieving what you need to do is a good start in overcoming your issue.
First of all, start practicing alone in how you would communicate at an
interview or a social gathering. You can later have a close friend or
relative whom you're comfortable with to start up conversations and
further your practice or even take a close friend/relative along with
you to social events to give you a little bit of support.
Join a club or group that may have similar interests such as yours.
By doing so you may come across new acquaintances and it will make it
easier for you to relate to them. In an occasion such as interview or
social gathering, the first thing you should do is to put yourself at
ease, make eye contact with the person you're talking to and smile.
By doing so you're not only showing an interest but also making it
easier for the other person to communicate with you. Be your own best
friend, feel good about yourself. Remember practice makes perfect and
just follow the tips and you will definitely push yourself forward.
I have a problem which many youngsters go through. I am a girl
studying in grade 11. My parents always compare me with their friends
daughters or other relatives daughters and put me down. I dont think I
am doing badly in my studies or my other duties. I score around 80% in
my studies. I try hard and do my best. But it looks impossible to meet
the expectations of my parents. It is frustrating and very discouraging.
How to cope with this? Please help me.
All of us go through a period of tension with our parents especially
during adolescence, and its not easy because we're constantly battling
through finding our identity, experimenting with a range of behavioural
changes and interested in a variety of activities that may or may not be
of any interest to the home front or society during this period. This
period is not completely blissful and sometimes stressful to cope with.
I appreciate the fact that you try hard to excel in your studies and
And I believe that you should keep doing so rather than feeling
frustrated or discouraged by the pressure put in by your parents. On the
other hand maybe your parents want to bring the best in you and trying
to push you (through the hard way) or else by comparing you with the
rest (which necessarily will not be what we would like) feel that you
would try to stand out amongst them.
However there are limitations between what your parents expect out of
you and what you can give them in return. Find a convenient time and try
talking to your parents or one of them and express how you feel. This
way you will not bottle in your feelings and may even find some relief
though you may not find your parents reacting the way you want them to
or give you answers that you expect from them. You're special in your
own way and you have every right to feel that way. So don't get
discouraged but concentrate in your studies and duties. Because hard
work will show its results in due time!
I am a successful businessman in my thirties. I want to ask my
parents to move in with me and take care of them. My wife is a very good
lady but in this thing she is not cooperating with me. She says that my
brother who is richer than us is the one who should do this. My brother
has much more money than us, that's true but we have enough money and it
can't be a problem at all. I feel bad even talking about money regarding
taking care of my parents. Moreover, my brother is living in another
country and I hate to make my parents shift to a new place in their old
age. How can I convince my wife in this matter without it turning into a
big argument?
I appreciate your good intention to take care of your ageing parents.
And obviously I don't see that money plays any major role in this case,
since both you and your brother are doing well in this regard. First you
should sort out two issues before taking a decision. Where do your
parents live? Do they live at their own house? If so, you should first
find out if they're willing to move in with you! As much as they would
love to spend time with you and your family, sometimes they may feel
uncomfortable in settling to a new way of life after all these years.
Secondly, you should know what your wife feels; if it's money that is
the issue or if she doesn't want your parents to be with you for certain
reasons. If you manage to find out if your parents are willing to move
in with you and the way your wife feels towards the whole situation.
Don't make it an issue for argument; you may not see a favourable end
result that you expect.
As much as you're concerned for your parents it is important that
your parents move in on good terms with your wife. Take time; analyze
the options you have before you. Hopefully things might work out well
for your family, since you have a good intention within you.
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Is it wrong to get a puppy from a breeder?
I am getting a puppy for my 16th birthday and i want to adopt a border collie pup but it seems impossible.I search on petfinder.com to see how often a puppy BC is posted but there are never any young puppies in my area.I dont know what to do because i want the experience of having a small 8 week old puppy because i have never had a puppy(i have always had adult dogs) but at the same time adopting would be saving an animals life.So my question is, is it wrong to buy a puppy from a breeder over adopting one in my situation?
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No, I don't think it's wrong. I got a Beagle from a breeder a year ago and he makes my life so happy! I agree that there are many dogs in the shelter that need help but I'm like you, I like to raise them as a puppy my way. I like to see there whole life! AI would get it from a breeder because when you think about it if you don't adopt a puppy from a breeder then that puppy could get sold to a bad home and end up on the streets. So by giving it a good home would still be helping it! Also if you're like me and feel sorry for the animals in the shelters then there are other things you can do besides adopt. You can donate money or you can volenteer at your local shelter to help with whatever they need. I hope this helps! :)
Shiloh answered on 6/28/10. Helpful? / 2
It wouldn't be wrong, no. It would be ideal to get a puppy at an animal shelter, but if you can't find the puppy you are looking for, a good breeder is the next best choice. I bought both of my dogs from breeders and they are just wonderful today.
Make sure that the breeder is a good one. To tell if a breeder is good or bad, they should let you see where you keep the puppies. They should feel comfortable answering any questions about the puppies. And make sure you do ask questions. Puppies should not go home until they are 8 weeks, but I did bring mine home at 7 weeks!
Have a great time with the new member of the family. I know whichever you choose -shelter of breeder- you'll be happy with the new puppy, and the puppy will be happy with you!
Brutus answered on 6/28/10. Helpful? / 2
Getting a puppy from a breeder (as long and they are reputable) is better because the puppy wont come with a history. You'll know that it came from a good place and taken from a bad home that couldn't care for it. It will also mean more because you will have to pay a bit more. Most of the time everything means more if is coast a little more. (sad to say in the case of animals) That's way a lot rescues end up back in the shelter. A good breeder wont let that happen because they will take the puppy back if you can't care for it. If you need help finding one I am on very good terms with the breeder I got my baby from and she might know someone who breeds Border Collies. Let me know!
Brooklyn answered on 6/28/10. Helpful? / 1
Depends on who you ask.
My opinion:
No, not as long as you do your research on caring for dogs and on choosing a good breeder first.
We need good breeders around to keep the breeds healthy. It's just not practical to ask them to quit breeding until the pet overpopulation problem is past, by then the dogs that are breeding quality may be too old to breed. And you can't have breeders around without people to get puppies from them.
Please note that a good, reputable breeder will thoroughly screen customers (among many other things). They often have a waiting list.
My website has more information on what to look for in a breeder:
~Tiffany, breeder-in-training
Cookies 'n' Creme (1998-2011) answered on 6/29/10. Helpful? / 2
It would not be wrong to get a puppy from a breeder. Just be sure you get a puppy from a breeder whose top priority is breeding good temperaments and healthy dogs. It is also important to get your puppy from a breeder who will allow you to meet the mother and father (if he lives with the breeder)so you will have an idea of what your puppy will be like when he/she grows up. Be sure and ask what the parents are like in the house if you want your dog to be a house dog. Many border collies are busy dogs and have trouble settling down in the house.
If you are getting a puppy, it is also important to commit to properly socializing your puppy. Border collies can be shy around strangers if they don't meet enough people during their first 16 weeks of life. Find a breeder who has started the socialization process for you by raising the puppy in the house and around children. Lastly, read up on how to care for a puppy and find a good puppy training class to get off to a good start.
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Shaun Rogers: Worth the risk, and then some
Shaun Rogers: Worth the risk, and then some
When I first heard that Shaun Rogers had been released by the Cleveland Browns, I wasn't taken aback.
Here's a guy who has had legal issues and struggled to get on with his most recent head coach. More to the point, he wasn't a great fit for their 3-4 defense the Browns were running. He never played badly, and was always making plays, but Cleveland wanted a guy like Ahytba Rubin who could stuff the run in a two gap 3-4.
So it wasn't a surprise when he was relegated to situational duty and told to go get himself some quarterback. It was a mild surprise, that a Cleveland team switching to the 4-3, would say goodbye to him. Granted Rogers had some money coming his way they'd rather not pay, and a new defensive co-ordinator Dick Jauron that may have had his fill of him while he was his head coach in Detroit.
But this is a guy who can still go. And I'm going to prove it if you didn't already know.
Getting to the passer
You know what I'd hate if I was a quarterback? I'd hate not being able to step up into my throws. It's why guys like Ndamukong Suh and Tommy Kelly are nightmares for offensive coordinators. They push interior lineman back, get up the field and prevent quarterbacks from doing what they want to do. It's why these same offensive co-ordinators hate Shaun Rogers.
So how do I know they hate him? Well I did one of my fun little studies. I looked at our numbers and saw how much a defensive tackle rushed the quarterback. Then I looked at how much pressure he got. And you know what I saw in Rogers? A guy who in 272 pass rushes got to the quarterback for three sacks, 12 hits and 15 further pressures. That kind of ratio was third best among all defensive tackles who played more than 200 snaps.
Better than Haloti Ngata. Better than Kevin Williams. Heck it was even better than my man crush Kyle Williams.
I'm going to drop an "E" bomb: those are "Elite" numbers, and Rogers continues to be an elite pass rusher.
Take our grading system for example. We've been going three years now. Want to know the pure pass rushing grading for Rogers in that time?
- 2008, he finished 2nd
- 2009, he finished 3rd (in an injury shortened year)
- 2010, he finished 7th (despite being relegated to a situational role)
That's not just consistency. That's dominance.
To 3-4, or not 3-4, that is the question
It's not that he's miscast as a 3-4 nose tackle. Plenty of guys like Jay Ratliff, Antonio Garay and B.J. Raji have taken on a nose tackle role that is less about eating up blocks, and more about disrupting plays.
Indeed Rogers has always done well in run defense when asked to play in a one gap scheme. In 2008 he finished 14th in our run defense rankings, and 5th of all nose tackles. He's capable of making plays in run defense no doubt, just not as a more conventional nose tackle.
No, if you really want to get the best out of him, you want him going up field. That's letting him target the quarterback and blow up run plays – that's what he does as well as anyone.
Which is why it is somewhat surprising we're getting a glut of 3-4 teams looking at Rogers to soothe their nose tackles. We know why they're doing it. Desperation. Rogers is a good player and he has the right size. So put him on the nose and watch him go.
He'll manhandle centers in one on one match ups, no doubt. The amount of times he did it this year in a limited role tells us that (if you don't believe me ask Jonathan Goodwin or the Saints, or Jeff Faine of Tampa what they think). But he'll also struggle to cope with being double teamed, and it can breed an ill-disciplined side of his game that sees him lose leverage when he tries getting inside.
Want to know what I'd do with him? I'd plump him in a four-man line, and let him use that uncanny burst and ridiculous power. Guys like Rogers aren't easy to find, and you want to maximize that skill set on every down. You don't want to save him for a situational role when he can have such a big impact all game long and in every phase.
The Choice
Which for me leaves a number of desirable locations. In the NFL there are a lot of players who swap teams for divisional foes. And why wouldn't there be. They scout them twice a year so have a better take on them. So the most logical solution would see the big tackle going to a team like the Cincinnati Bengals. This is a team that is crying out for defensive tackle help, and won't be scared off by some of the questionable decisions Rogers has made. He'd upgrade their whole defense immediately. If ever a guy could turn a "Nearly Team" into a "Now Team" then it's interior terror, Shaun Rogers.
And how about this for one out of left field. There have been some murmurs that the allergic-to-free-agency Colts, could be looking to revamp things with some off-season investment. They've tried and failed to use the draft to turn that terrible interior defensive line into something. Now they could have a guy like Shaun Rogers available to provide inside push while Freeney and Mathis attack the edges. How would teams cope with that?
If I'm a GM of either team right now, I'm making a phone call and getting the 31-year-old Rogers on the first plane to either Ohio or Indiana. Because if you don't, plenty of other teams will.


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Sig Hecker spoke last night (January 19) in Los Alamos on dealing with fissionable materials at the former Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. Much of the information has only recently been declassified.
Sig Hecker spoke last night (January 19) in Los Alamos on dealing with fissionable materials at the former Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. Much of the information has only recently been declassified.
William Tobey told the broad outlines of the story, but Sig brought it to life with the names of the people involved and photos of work at the site, which is now completed.
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev agreed at Reykjavik in October 1986 to allow teams to observe each other's underground nuclear tests. So in 1988, a Soviet team came to the Nevada Test Site, and an American team went to Semipalatinsk.
In 1992, after the breakup of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan was an independent nuclear state, but President Nursultan Nazarbaev declared it non-nuclear and shipped back to Russia the nuclear missiles that had been stationed there. The Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site was closed to further tests.
The test site is in northeastern Kazakhstan, about the size of Connecticut. A total of 456 nuclear explosions, atmospheric and underground, were carried out there. But the site also holds two reactors and a number of other tests. In the map above, engineers and observers stayed in Kurchatov City, and Experimental Field is where most of the atmospheric tests took place, with underground tests in the Degelen Mountains. Not shown on the map are Aktenberly and Ploshad 7, west of the Degelen Mountains, where hydrodynamic and hydronuclear tests were done.
Those tests used explosives to determine the properties of plutonium and enriched uranium that were needed to design nuclear weapons. Hydrodynamic tests use smaller amounts of fissionable material and were done in a grid of holes, one for each experiment, across a wide area. Hydronuclear tests use larger amounts of fissionable material, and some were done on the surface. Others were done in large containers.
Neither kind of test fissioned and destroyed the material. As director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sig knew that the Soviets would have done experiments like this. So in 1997 he asked his Russian hosts, "What did you leave at Semipalatinsk?" The Russians didn't want to talk about it. They were worried about their liability for environmental damage. Sig was worried about nonproliferation.
And that was a real worry. Kazakhstan was not a wealthy state at the time, and fencing the test site was not an option. It wouldn't have worked, because people in the area needed money, and there was plenty of scrap metal at Semipalatinsk. Diagnostics for the nuclear tests required many miles of copper wiring. Digging up that wiring and other metal left behind paid well. There are trenches across the testing areas. What if one of those entrepreneurs decided to dig up or collect the fissionable material?
At about the same time, some of us at Los Alamos were becoming involved with projects in Kazakhstan through the International Science and Technology Center. (I was one of them, and I thank Sig for the shout-out last night. Others were in the audience.) This built trust with the Kazakhstanis and their government and many great personal relationships and memories.
In 1999, Sig convinced Rady Ilkaev, the director of the All Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (Russian acronym VNIIEF, in Sarov), to visit Kazakhstan with him and talk about what was left. There were probably one hundred kilograms of plutonium. The stock we worry about in North Korea is thirty to forty kilograms.
By May 2000, a tripartite agreement was signed between the United States, Russia, and Kazakhstan to deal with the fissionable material.
Removing the material would be expensive, particularly since the explosives had scattered it and driven it into unknown depths of soil. For the areas of hydrodynamic and hydronuclear tests, covers of concrete and additional materials to control water movement and minimize leaching were constructed so that reaching fissionable material would require an equally massive construction project. Ten meters of sand and soil covered the concrete. (Operation Groundhog)
Containment tanks called kolbas had also been used for those experiments. They were several meters long and three or four meters in diameter, judging from Sig's photos. A mixture of cement, water, and sand was developed to fill the containers and fix whatever fissionable material they contained in place. They were also covered with sand and soil. (Operation Matchbox)
The Degelen Mountains contain 181 tunnels for nuclear tests. In 2000, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency had sealed the tunnels by explosions that collapsed the first five to fifteen meters. But the scavengers were ingenious: they dug from above or the side into the uncollapsed test areas of the tunnels. The environmental project I was working with had found significant levels of plutonium in water flowing out from some of the tunnels.
Not all of the tests had resulted in nuclear explosions, leaving plutonium behind, along with other metals that were the objective of the scavengers. A hundred ten of them had been accessed after they were closed. So workers re-opened the tunnels, filled kolbas in some of them, and removed dangerous materials, after which the tunnels were collapsed. Filling the kolbas in the tunnels was known as Operation Nomad, and clearing the other tunnels, Operation Golden Eagle.
American drones now monitor the test site. Seismic monitors have been installed to pick up vehicle movements.
So much of what is written after the fact, by people removed from the actions, is impersonal, like the Tobey article. But many people are involved in what is academically called international relations. Things can go wrong anywhere up and down the line, from individuals behaving badly through bureaucrats protecting their turf and diplomats getting technical stuff wrong. When they go well, it's extremely satisfying for all involved and good for the world.
Photo is of one of the Degelen tunnels before it was collapsed, from the V. G. Khlopin Institute. The map is from here.
Update: I have added the names of the operations, because people like Jeffrey Lewis keep track of such things.
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On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled Kentucky's ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional and issued a withering take-down of marriage equality opponents.
Kentucky had argued that legalizing gay marriage would harm the state's birth rate. "These arguments are not those of serious people," wrote US district judge John Heyburn. "Though it seems almost unnecessary to explain, here are the reasons why.
"Even assuming the state has a legitimate interest in promoting procreation, the Court fails to see, and Defendant never explains, how the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage has any effect whatsoever on procreation among heterosexual spouses. Excluding same-sex couples from marriage does not change the number of heterosexual couples who choose to get married, the number who choose to have children, or the number of children they have.
"The state's attempts to connect the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage to its interest in economic stability and in 'ensuring humanity's continued existence' are at best illogical and even bewildering…The Court can think of no other conceivable legitimate reason for Kentucky's laws excluding same-sex couples from marriage."
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residential lamp post options?
I'm looking to put a lamp on a post in our front yard. I'd like to get something that compliments the finish on this style lamp:
I don't particularly like their direct burial post for this. I'd actually prefer to have one that bolted to the surface instead. But Kichler doesn't make one in the matching finish and their closest alternative is PRICEY at over $700, just for the post.
So, anyone have a supplier to recommend for an alternative post? The trick being it'd have to allow for mounting that light. I'd even entertain buying a whole other assembly (post and lamps) and discarding the lamps if it meant finding a reasonable compliment without breaking the bank.
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Why cant you make some sort of a base that will accept that type of pole ?
Some galvanised steel plate, some round steel of a size slightly larger than the existing pole
some bolts to lock it into place.
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The damage is almost unimaginable.
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I support your government on a lot of things.
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Last month the world hit a worrying milestone.
For the first time in recorded history, perhaps the first time in the course of human history temperatures in the northern hemisphere passed 2 degrees C above 'normal'.
Two degrees is the absolute...
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Last week, the Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC) came out and stated its unanimous opposition to the Energy East tarsands pipeline. The MMC's denial was on behalf of 82 municipalities, including Montreal, Laval, Longueuil, and 79 others. These municipalities represent 3.9 million people, which...
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Today was a beautiful day.
All around the world people took to the streets to help give the earth a voice.
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After a string of pipeline victories and over a decade of campaigning on at least three different continents, the Alberta government has finally put a limit to the tar sands. They announced they will
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Parkland County, Alberta has declared a state of agricultural disaster because moisture levels in some areas of the province are at their lowest levels in 50 years.
Recently, parts of southern Alberta were hit with...
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I wanted to start by commending you for supporting the call for an inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. We have lost too many of our sisters, mothers, and friends with no explanation and I thank you for trying to shine the light...
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Monday the G7 committed to eliminating the use of the fossil fuels by the end of the century. The commitment might have been stronger if it wasn't for the lobbying of Canada and Japan, who continue to be obstacles to progress on the climate.
There's no doubt about...
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On Sunday I stood with thousands of other Albertans at the Alberta legislature building, the place of so many protests and rallies, to welcome our new government.
I cheered as the new cabinet was introduced. We now have a former teacher as the new Minister of Education. An outspoken, hard-working...
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Yesterday talking about the urgent need to act on a growing climate crisis President Barack Obama said the statement above in his Earth Day speech.
President Obama's speech noted that we are already experiencing the...
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On April 11th I will be in the streets of Quebec City.
I will be there with thousands of others, from different walks of life, that have come from coast to coast to coast to demand action on climate change.
The warning signs are all around...
(28) Comments | Posted November 27, 2014 | 5:31 PM
In the fight against the tar sands there are good weeks and bad weeks and then there are weeks like this one where you can't help but feel that we might just win.
This week on both sides of the country tar sands pipeline pushers got a huge wake-up call.
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Yesterday, four people, including myself, climbed the oil derrick that launched Western Canada's oil boom over 60 years ago. We did it to send a very simple message: it's time that we transitioned away from dirty energy sources and to the awe inspiring power of the sun, the wind, and other renewables.
We scaled the Leduc derrick at Edmonton's Gateway Park and hung a large banner that read: "Solar: 100% climate safe." For four hours we also created our own solar powered radio station playing sun-themed songs directly from the derrick.
While the action was a bit tongue-in-cheek the issue most definitely is not. Alberta is the most climate-polluting province in Canada, emitting more greenhouse gases than any other province in the country. Alberta is also home to the Canada's fastest growing source of climate pollution the tar sands.
Timely message. #catchupAB pic.twitter.com/tVwi8aba0B— Peter Louwe (@peterlouwe) November 3, 2014
Just two days ago the UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest climate report. The report outlined the mounting human, environmental and economic risks of failing to act on the growing crisis as well as painting a clear pathway away from climatic collapse. The pathway entails keeping the vast majority of remaining fossil fuel reserves in the ground (at least 75 per cent) and an urgent shift to renewables and conservation efforts.
To put it simply we can't keep digging, we can't keep burning, and we need to transition and quick.
As oil prices continue to plummet tar sands projects are being shelved and the vulnerability of a fossil fuel based economy is starkly clear. The province needs to diversify and I'm sure most Albertans would like to see energy profits remain in the province rather than flowing down a pipeline out of it. With renewables not only to they create more jobs per dollar than fossil fuels do but the profits don't go to large multinational oil companies but remain with homeowners, farmers, ranchers and First Nation communities.
Luckily Alberta has the natural capital to make the transition. Alberta has the best solar and wind potential in all of Canada more than enough to power the entire province yet utilizes less than 1per cent of it.
Alberta also has a highly skilled, trained workforce. Alberta has the welders, it has the electricians, it has the engineers, the machinists, it has all the people power it needs to make the solar powered leap.
Finally, Alberta has more than enough reasons to do it. Beyond the economic benefits that a move to renewables would bring and the climate crisis demands such a move would solve many other problems as well. Health practitioners have warned us for years about the damaging effects fossil fuel development has on our communities. From asthma to cancer, a continued reliance on fossil fuels only means our communities are sicker. In addition to the reduced pollution, solar and wind are 100% spill free. They don't have the damaging effects pipelines and extractive industries do.
It's for all these reasons that we climbed the derrick and hung the banner. We risked arrest and our own personal freedoms because we can't afford to wait - science and our planet are telling us that. We need to act, we need to move, and it's time to reap the tremendous benefits that come with that transition.
Getting there is doable but it's not going to be easy. Powerful oil and coal interests stand in our way and won't go down without a fight.
That's why we're asking you to join us, to add your voice to the growing calls to Alberta's Premier.
Together we can make a difference, together we can transition again, and together we can rescue the planet from the brink.
So help us take another step on that journey our planet simply can't wait.
In solidarity,
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Tom Werner: Jenny Dell, NESN 'moving on' from each other
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Jenny Dell saga is coming to an end on NESN.
Red Sox chairman Tom Werner, who oversees all of NESN's on-air operations, acknowledged Thursday morning that Dell has decided to pursue other opportunities outside of the sports cable franchise after she and Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks acknowledged on New Year's Eve that they were in a relationship.
There was immediately much speculation that Dell and NESN would and should part ways.
Dell was taken off the Red Sox beat by NESN in January. On Thursday, Werner broke the news that Dell, despite still working for the company, would prefer to get a job somewhere else.
"I think that we talked about it internally because I think Jenny is a terrific reporter," Werner said. "I think we came to the conclusion, and Jenny came to the same conclusion, that it would be a distraction for her to be a reporter. So, she's moving on.
"It wasn't sort of a black-and-white decision because [she could] divorce her personal life from being a professional. But we decided that in the end it would be better to move on and not have it be a distraction. She's looking for other opportunities. Nothing's been set but I think she's looking for other opportunities. We've offered her other positions at NESN, whether she wanted to be an anchor or on an evening show or do other stuff.
Dell was hired before the 2012 season to replace Heidi Watney as the team's sideline reporter, covering the team on NESN for the entire season. Werner was asked if Dell is free and clear of any contractual obligations.
"Yes, she is," Werner replied.
As for another NESN talent, Werner said the team is welcoming back Jerry Remy with open arms. Remy, who will return to broadcasts this spring, took a leave of absence from the team in mid-August last year and did not return after his son Jared was charged with murdering his girlfriend, and mother of his child, in Waltham.
"What we said to Jerry at the time was that we just offered him our support after the tragedy," Werner said. "We said to him, 'There's a place for you if and when you come back. This is going to be a very personal decision but you have a home here at NESN if and when you feel it's appropriate to come back.' We're delighted he's back. I know that he's very mindful of the tragedy but I think he's excited about returning to the booth."
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Hopefully some of you may have experience this. I am getting a "clunking" or "popping " sound from the front end of my B6 when I turn at low speeds; like turning into and backing out of a parking spot. It sounds like it is coming from the right front, but sometimes from the left.
The car is lowered with a set of FK coilovers approximately 1.5" - 2.0" and has 19K miles on it. I was thinking it may be the springs binding; the sway bar link causing the sway bar to bind; subframe bolts; or something else.
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Credit Unions Still Provide Important Credit Card/Loan Protection
Although the economy is sputtering to regain life and jobless claims are increasing, some financial institutions are ending protective plans put in place to reduce the strife and anxiety consumers experience when they fall on hard times.
Last week Bank of America and a slew of other mega financial institutions announced that they would no longer offer credit protection or "debt cancellation" type add-on products to their credit card line.
Consumers purchase this product in order to postpone monthly credit card payments if the cardholder experiences a job loss or another financial hardship. The add-on product is not free; typically costing between $.85 to $1.35 per $100 of the cardholder's outstanding monthly balance.
Although the economy is showing signs of life, mega banks may be jumping the gun. The Washington Post/ABC News conducted a poll last week asking a random sampling of adults to describe the nation's economy these days as being excellent, good, not so good or poor. The vast majority of the 1,002 adults overwhelmingly responded that the economy was at the lowest level--poor.
Additionally, Bloomberg reported last week that jobless claims rose for the second week to a one month high. The Labor Department said that jobless claims increased by 4,000 for a second week to reach 372,000 ending August 18.
Financial institutions are well aware of the state of the nation's fragile economy. "The economy is growing, but it's still moderate growth, and the labor market is still weak," Scott Anderson, chief economist at Bank of the West told Bloomberg. "We're also getting better numbers in terms of building activity. That's certainly adding to growth and offsetting some of the weakness we're seeing from the consumer."
Interestingly, even Bank of America contends that many companies have a hiring moratorium in place due to the economy. "We are stuck in this mediocre range for claims," said Michael Hanson, senior U.S. economist at Bank of America. "In an uncertain environment, firms tend not to stick their neck out and make big hiring and investment decisions."
Knowing full well that consumers need support more than ever, why are the big banks relinquishing access to much needed protection programs?
According to Betty Riess, spokesperson for Bank of America, discontinuing the product is part of a "larger strategy to streamline our business." The product will cease for all customers by the end of next year, Riess adds.
Not every bank plans to slash its program completely. Banks like J.P. Morgan will continue to provide protection to its existing customers but not to new customers.
Credit unions like Andrews Federal Credit Union ($900 million, Suitland, MD) will continue to offer a comprehensive line of debt protection products on numerous loans, including credit cards.
LoanGuard is available on all auto loans, credit cards, unsecured loans and lines of credit as well as home equity lines of credit. Members are educated and informed about LoanGuard during the loan application process, with many opting for the service.
"We've definitely seen more people take advantage of our loan protection product and end up using it within the past few years," says Linda Garboczi, VP/Marketing.
"Most people just opt for it, because during tough financial times and widespread unemployment, people feel as though it's a no brainer. The cost is minimal but the peace of mind is extensive."
She explains that the fee is based on the member's outstanding balance at the end of their billing cycle. "Depending on the balance, the fee could change slightly from month to month," Garboczi says.
When asked about Bank of America and other mega bank's decision to eliminate this product, Garboczi says that she can't speculate why the banks have decided to make this move.
"However, you have to wonder if it comes down more to cost than helping their customers," she says. "This is coming from a financial institution that tried to administer a $5 debit card fee. So you have to wonder if the banks are really overly concerned with the customer's wellbeing."
Protecting the consumer's wellbeing is a priority for many credit unions. Columbia Credit Union ($865 million, Vancouver, WA) offers debt protection that cancels or suspends consumer loan payment(s) without penalty, added interest, or being reported as delinquent when a qualifying event occurs.
Cyprus Credit Union ($557.9 million, West Jordan, UT) explains a myriad of debt protection options on its website. Scenario options range from loss of life where the credit union will pay the remaining loan balance in the event of the insured member's death to a combination of loss of life, disability or involuntary unemployment that provides a variety of payment solutions.
Concerned that your big bank may extinguish your debt protection? Find a credit union and inquire about a debt protection program that can provide you with peace of mind.By Gina Ragusa


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Hopefully koda will be faster this week coz I can't read Moonrunes and there's a fuck ton of them in the episode.
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- Saki is marginally less useless in this episode than she has been for the past few. But did she have to buy pants according to HER size?
- Seriously, poor Itazu-kun.
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The capital city in the land of Leonardo, Michelangelo and the popes is today a living museum with gorgeous artwork, amazing architecture and inspiring ancient sites -- yet at the same time it is alive and vibrant in a 21st-century way. It's an unforgettable city to visit, and we'll warn you right now: once you've experienced it, you'll want to come back for more.
One of our favorite things to do here is walk and ogle. On a recent visit, we took one day to do the route from Vatican City and St. Peter's Basilica, with its jaw-dropping art and statuary (not to mention religious significance), to Via del Corso, where our pursuit of the latest Italian fashions was more than fulfilled amidst the well-dressed crowd of Roman shoppers. And then the next day we went on an ancient history quest past ruins and columns, traversing the same streets Julius Caesar strode (and rode) to the Colosseum, where gladiators once battled. Then, walking on, we were awed by the Pantheon, the well-preserved ancient symbol of Rome and now a great hangout spot.
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Many first-time visitors, envisioning Rome as big and congested, will be surprised by the scenic layout, with its famous seven hills and the Tiber River running through the city. But your senses may be shocked by the general energy and hustle and bustle. With cars, taxis and scooters roaring here and there, crossing the street can be a challenge (don't worry, there are quiet piazzas aplenty with lovely cafes where you can get away from it all and unwind).
The food is, of course, wonderful -- we can't eat enough pasta -- and the spirit of la dolce vita (the good life) abounds. Whenever we do such a quest in Rome, we do regular gelato stops (try the yummy pine nut flavor) or coffee breaks because "when in Rome..." And the shopping scene serves up Prada, Gucci, Armani and more (high style can be found in more affordable brands like Furla as well). What could be better than that?
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Port Union National Historic District of Canada
Port Union National Historic District is the only union built town in North America, a social justice history depicting the vision of William Coaker and the Fisherman's Protective Union. They established a commercial and economic footing for fisherman breaking the bonds of merchants. A planned community come visit The Interpretation Centre The Factory home of the Fisherman's Advocate Newspaper.
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Visitor information, craft shop, handicap, accessible, clean washrooms, meeting space available
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Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel Has Outsize Ideas, Creativity, and Spirit
Raconteuse, epigrammatist, and mythomaniac, peerless fashion editor Diana Vreeland (1903-89) might have loved words as much as she loved Balenciaga. As Harold Koda of the Met's Costume Institute, for which Vreeland served as a special consultant from 1973 until her death, memorably says in this often charming nonfiction bauble: "I don't think she had the average person's relationship to the English language." At its best, this first film by Lisa Immordino Vreeland, who is married to her subject's grandson Alexander, showcases D.V.'s spectacular gifts for dramatic presentation and proclamation, as evident in her various TV interviews throughout the decades and present-day remembrances by those who worked with her. (David Bailey, who photographed frequently for Vreeland during her 1962 — 71 tenure as editor in chief at Vogue, recalls her dismissal of his arduous shoot of Penelope Tree: "There's no languor in the lips!") At its worst, the documentary further indulges its own nepotism: The director gratuitously films her young daughter reading aloud from her great-grandmother's outré "Why Don't You?" column from Harper's Bazaar. But the outsize ideas, creativity, and spirit of this birdlike, unconventional-looking woman — called "my ugly little monster" by her mother, Vreeland resembles John Hurt in a jet-black wig — still dominate a project occasionally lacking the same attributes.
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|Posted: Thu Dec 8th, 2005 02:19 am
|Hello guys,
I have a Maytag oven model # CRE9500ADE, Serial # 10001685HF serie 11, with a fault code F5 that appear each time I use the oven.
I just want to be certain that I need to replace the ERC module and not something else!
I wondering if the fact that the word LOCK, when I put the hatch door lock on, did not appear anymore on my ERC, if it can be only this switch.
Thanks for helping me!
Ho and before the F5 code it was the F1 code, so I replace the Temp sensor but did not work :-(


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Cajuns Host Mean Green
Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns put their five-game win streak on the line, on Saturday, when coach Mark Hudspeth's team plays host to the North Texas Mean Green, at Cajun Field.
The Sun Belt Conference game will serve as this year's homecoming game for UL.
The Cajuns are 5-1, overall, and sit atop the Sun Belt Conference standings, with a perfect 3-0 mark.
North Texas has won two of their last three. The Mean Green stand at 2-4, overall, and 1-1 in league play.
Kick-off time is scheduled for 4:08 pm.
You can catch all the play-by-play action on Sports Radio ESPN 1420, espn1420.com, and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajun Radio Network, beginning with the pre-game show, at 3:35 pm.
UL head coach Mark Hudspeth
Ragincajuns.com has a preview.


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Celeb Trend Alert: White-Hot Blondes
Is that sunshine we see outside our window? Summer is finally ... on the horizon!
And with the season's somewhat late arrival comes the annual client rush to lighten up for a fresh, striking summer 'do. But just how light does your client want to go? Golden? Platinum? Use your keen stylist judgment on what would best complement your client's skin tone, lifestyle and, of course, color maintenance routine, but do consider the latest trend for blondes: going beyond platinum for a white-hot look.
Gwen Stefani has been rocking the look since the early '90s--with a few experiments with bright colors and tips here and there--but here are a few recent celebs who have taken the high road to a highly noticeable walk on the lighter side.
|Karen O
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman is back with a radically different look--blonde. Formerly an ebony brunette for most of the 10 years we've known her, Karen lightened up for only the second time in her life. She told Pitchfork she was blonde once in her 20s and her mother "never forgave her." She finally took the plunge again after some insistence from her stylist, Mike Potter, last summer and admits she hasn't touched up her roots as much as she'd like.
Salon tip: Maybe roots aren't such a bad thing? Check out this how-to on a new runway trend MODERN spotted on platinum blondes with dark regrowth.
In a surprise to no one, Ke$ha has changed up her hair, once again! After updating her oft-changing look recently to a more golden blonde shade, she's back to a striking platinum status with this heavy-fringed look and even more outrageous--but surprisingly chic--looks.
Salon tip: This seems like something Ke$ha would like--how to add some minty fresh color into your platinum blonde client's new look.
|Miley Cyrus
Miley has been leading the way lately in daring, edgy fashion and hair, and her fresh color is no exception. She most recently went the way of the blue-blonde on top of her crop--though she insisted on Twitter that it was "platinum"--keeping her sides more of her natural brown. Of her new look, she also said, "I think I've finally found out who I am, and it changes every freaking day, as you can tell."
Salon tip: Miley didn't go headfirst into her blonde journey by switching from her darker locks immediately to her currently platinum--it was gradual, thank goodness. Here are some tips for giving your client both cool and warm tones.
|Sky Ferreira
Young Madonna lookalike, anyone? The young singer often channels her edgy attitude through color experiments with her light blonde locks, including incorporation of purple, green and even gray. It's roughed up, it's usually a bit dishevelled and it works for her.
Salon tip: Good product suggestions are key for your blonde clients. Consider repair lines, like this one from AG Hair, as take-home suggestions.


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Scott Kara talks to the teams tackling the do-ups on a site in Takapuna ahead of The Block's on-screen debut at the end of August.
Yes, it's just another muddy building site, but it's about to become the most famous muddy building site on New Zealand telly.
And for every tradie in a hard hat and high-viz vest, there's a TV crew member treading tentatively across gantry-like walkways, nursing cameras and microphones cords, as the chaos and noise of construction goes on around them.
Although the area on Lake Rd in Takapuna that's being used for big-budget renovation show The Block NZ is vast, it's jammed packed with trucks, portaloos and building supplies.
Ahead of its debut on screen on Monday week, TimeOut is visiting The Block during week four of the contestants' 10-week renovation project so it's hard to tell what the final results will look like.
However, it's clear the four do-ups - two bungalows, one villa, and a 1940s brick veneer and tile - are set out at a reasonable distance from each other, meaning these houses should have decent-sized sections.
And after further nosying around - and not to give too much away - there is one house that has a stunning view to the north that they are making the most of - and will surely be a big advantage when it comes time to sell the houses at auction.
"The best view on The Block," boasts the proud owner.
The big difference between the first series of the show, which was won by brother-and-sister team Libby and Ben, is the size of the houses. With far bigger rooms, multiple levels and more layout possibilities, they make last year's four houses look cookie-cutter conventional.
As the tradies buzz around the site, wielding everything from pipes and plasterboard to skilsaws and blow torches, the contestants are mucking in, too. Nelson locals Loz and Tom Heaphy are creating something out of an old wooden spindle used to hold wire cable.
Another competitor, who will remain nameless, has a grumble about the judges not really liking how they've gone about retaining the heritage features of their house.
And then there's Catlins-based farming brothers Pete and Andy Walker, who take a moment to explain their approach - putting their own influence in but balancing that with a good general appeal to potential buyers.
They may not be as vocal as Loz and Tom, or sweet and bubbly Alice, an Auckland youth worker with a competitive streak, who's on the show with project manager hubby, Caleb, but word around the site is that the brothers go about their business and could just be the dark horses of the competition.
Of course, all eight contestants - also made up of 25-year-old animal wrangler Koan Vette and his PR consultant partner Alisa Keall-Grant - are new to having their mugs on TV and in the last four weeks Loz has come up with a philosophy about reality TV shows.
She reckons that while you can't control how you are portrayed, "you can control who you are. If you aren't being a diva then they can't portray you as a diva."
Although, by the sounds, she's already exhibited a few diva-like qualities. She's been nicknamed "Onions" by her fellow competitors because during the first week Loz cried ... quite a lot.
You can understand why she was an emotional wreck, because when she and Tom turned up to the Block, their house didn't have a roof.
"So it was pretty horrendous because it rained. So we were sleeping in a different spot every night just to escape the rain. And we spent quite a bit of time in the tool shed," she says.
Alice agrees with Loz's reality TV philosophy. "You almost have to keep reminding yourself that you're being filmed - and that it's going to be on TV," she says.
"It becomes like tunnel vision, you only see the challenge ahead of you, or the room you've got to finish, and you almost forget the cameras are there. For us, seeing the promo [TV advertisements] was a reality check that this is actually happening."
"And that we look like the Wiggles," adds Loz with a laugh, referring to the colour-coded uniforms they wear. Compared to the 2012 teams, this lot are more savvy and prepared since they have seen last year's show and the Australian series, and know how the game is played.
Still, says Tom, nothing can prepare you for the all-night painting marathons.
"The knowledge that you are going to have one or two of those coming up in a week is a huge mental challenge you have to get over," he says.
"It's a total cliche," says Koan, "but it's an incredible roller coaster. One day you're high, high, high; another day you're low, low, low. You're running out of time, not getting stuff done, but trying to work it out in the end."
Alice: "You know you've bitten off more than you can chew when you ask your builders or your tradies that we need this done and they laugh at you."
Loz: "But we've got an amazing builder, because as well as being a great builder he's a motivational speaker and he writes signs like, 'Positive energy only', and puts them up around the house. Then at the end of the week, you look back and go, 'Oh my God, how much have I just achieved'. The amount you can achieve is amazing, and for us, never having renovated, Tom has turned into builder Tom, and he's loving it."
Tom: "Oh yeah, I wish I had my toolbelt on now. I feel a bit naked."
And after four weeks they already know each other "too well", but say they're getting along fine.
So why did they want to be on The Block?
Loz doesn't mind admitting the show offers a good profile-boost for someone like her and Tom, who are in marketing. "But we're all focused on the potential of the end result. Fingers crossed it could be good," she says of the chance of keeping the profit from the sale of their house at the end. The team whose property sells for the most over reserve also win $80,000 extra.
And they all agree it's a chance to learn new skills and to challenge themselves.
"To look back and go, 'We did that house in 10 weeks', that's a massive life accomplishment regardless if you get a cash prize at the end of it," says Alice. "And each week when you step back and look at the room there is such a sense of achievement, especially when there are so many lows when you really don't think you're going to get it done."
Executive producer Greg Heathcote, who has been dealing with everything from complaints from neighbours about noise (he says The Block causes no more disruption than any normal building site) to the safe removal of lead paint from three of the houses, says he likes to think of the reality show as "a classic Kiwi drama. Everybody at some point has renovated their house. It's just who we are.
"Kiwis love owning their own homes, they're very handy, and they want to improve them. And people sitting at home watching the show are also looking for someone who is like them. 'Loz and Tom. They're like me so I'm going to support them'. Or, 'Pete and Andy are more like me so I'm going to support them'."
Heathcote says even though they're almost halfway through the renovation he still can't pick a winner - unlike last year when Libby and Ben were frontrunners from the outset.
"But this year, I have no idea which house is going to go for the most money because it changes daily. And I have no idea who is going to win."
What: The Block NZ
When & where: Starts August 26, 7.30pm, TV3. Screens Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
Follow @nzherald_ent on Twitter for all the latest entertainment news.
- TimeOut


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When I watch a Black Cap performance like Friday night's I get worried.
What are you meant to say? You have to champion that, it was too good a display not to. But every time you champion this cricket team, you're left looking foolish a game later.
Conversely, just when you give up on our cricket team, they turn in a wonder performance.
The easy way to view that demolition is to say it was just Bangladesh. But they are becoming more of a force and have proven, especially against us, they are not always easy-beats. However, on Friday they were average, New Zealand were good and Brendon McCullum was outstanding.
New Zealand did all that could be asked of them and McCullum did quite a lot more.
The job was to beat the perceived weakest team in the group to all but book a place in the super eights, and by hammering them you give yourself a little insurance should you lose to the better team. Job done.
Our cricket team has proven before that they are better than the minnows, quite some way better, but also some way behind the top teams.
In recent years, I've viewed the Black Caps as a schoolyard bully type of team. Boy have we beaten up on the small guy, as we did on Friday, but when a superior force or even our equals have turned up, we've failed to front at all.
This tournament is a real chance to right that flaw because the T20 ability is abundant in this team if they are a prepared to front when it gets tough and when the opposition has enough menace to employ stand-over tactics of their own.
The Black Caps have actually performed pretty well in ICC tournaments in recent years, so for this tournament to be seen as a success, I feel they have to make the final. They certainly have the make up of the side to do that. The New Zealand slow bowlers are highly capable T20 performers and the quicks hold their own. But the batting holds some real threat, as enigmatic as it can be.
Martin Guptill's qualities are known, don't underestimate just how good James Franklin is at this form, Ross Taylor will fire at some stage and the middle order is capable. But this tournament needs to be McCullum's time. Too often he plays a blinder and then goes missing but don't forget he did also score ninety-odd against India recently.
He looked so composed and selective in the way he destroyed Bangladesh, it was almost casual. Don't undervalue how driven this guy is for success and hold on to the knowledge that this is the one game in which statistically, he can actually call himself world class.


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Dublin's Conor McGregor brings flair to UFC's Boston return
Something feels very serendipitous about Dublin's own Conor McGregor fighting in Boston at the UFC's inaugural event on Fox Sports 1 this Saturday. As McGregor puts it: "We are a tough nation. Born fighters. Combat is in our blood."
McGregor (13-2) meets Max Holloway (7-2) in an undercard bout (Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m. ET), part of the cable network's relaunch as a full-fledged sports channel. The 25-year-old featherweight might as well be on the main card. He's certainly garnered more attention than most of the fighters appearing after him that night.
Before you label McGregor as the night's token Irishman, there are a few things you should know about him. For one, he knocked the socks off his opponent, the fans and UFC President Dana White in his 67-second Octagon debut in April. McGregor's fearless performance was one of those lottery-winning moments that every struggling fighter dreams of, where everything changes in what seems like a blink of an eye.
So smitten was Boston-native White that he pulled McGregor aside backstage just minutes after his bout and told him he'd be coming back for the Boston card -- the first of a few surreal moments that have come with getting swept up into the UFC whirlwind. After watching the bullish promoter on television all those years, McGregor couldn't believe White was talking to him, let alone offering him another bout so quickly.
"Honestly, I felt drunk," McGregor said. "I was in a bubble. I was in a daze. It really felt like a video game to me. Once the cage door locks, it's just another contest to me. The situation inside the Octagon doesn't faze me. Outside of it, I'm like a little fan."
This fan's journey is only getting started and it's been a fun one to watch unfold so far.
From Crumlin to Boston
Conor McGregor grew up the youngest of three children in Crumlin, a suburb of Dublin dating back to the 12th century, known just as much for its seediness as for its deep-seeded history. His father, a taxi driver, and mom, a sales rep, McGregor dreamed, like so many Irish youngsters, of becoming a professional footballer (or Irish for soccer player). But on the side, an eight-year-old McGregor also dabbled in boxing and kickboxing around a few local gyms -- more out necessity in the beginning, he said, than anything else.
"For some reason, I had this face everyone wanted to hit all the time. I wasn't bullied -- bullied is a heavy word, but you'd get into [potential] situations and these situations weighed heavy on my mind," said the fast-talking, yet deceivingly conciensous McGregor. "It went from learning to defend myself to becoming an obsession. [Today], I have to do some sort of combat to ease my mind. It's really like a sense of security."
At 12, McGregor found a kindred spirit in Tom Egan, a friend of the same age who shared his growing passion for combat sports. The pair religiously watched UFC events on the Bravo channel -- one of the promotion's first broadcast deals in Europe in the early 2000s.
"I had a little boxing, some kickboxing; he had a little jiu-jitsu," McGregor recalls. "I'd go down to his house and stay there the whole weekend. I'd teach him a little. He'd teach me a little bit, and we'd punch the head(s) off each other in this little shed out in the backyard."
It was mostly just good fun until one Saturday morning, when the 16-year-old McGregor and Egan drove into the city centre to scope out the Straight Blast Gym, one of the few MMA facilities in Ireland at the time. McGregor said his outlook changed when he met coach John Kavanagh, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt believed to be the first Irishman to ever compete in a professional MMA bout, in 2000.
"That was when I really got serious," McGregor said. John taught me to have an open mind with combat, to study all styles. I became obsessed to where, literally, I couldn't speak of nothing else. I found out there were actually some [MMA] shows going on over here that I didn't even know about."
At 17, McGregor won his first bout at a Dublin show with a second-round technical knockout. These were formidable times for Ireland's local circuit and McGregor grew along with it. By 2011, McGregor had fought for eight promotions in Ireland and Northern Ireland, a telling statistic given there were only two or three promotions in Ireland just a few years prior.
At first, McGregor balanced his training with a day job as a plumber, but that soon gave way to the fighter's ambitions to make it into the UFC.
"I worked 14-hour days, shoveling s—t out of a pipe and being ordered around a freezing-cold building site at six a.m.," McGregor said. "I just realized one day, I was done. I wasn't going back."
Still living at home, he said his parents had a difficult time understanding their only son's decision. His father tried to drag him out of bed and back to the construction site a couple of times, but McGregor was steadfast.
"They were always on my case before a fight. They'd say, 'What will you do if you lose? Will you go back to your plumbing?' That's the kind of things I was hearing on fight day," McGregor recalls.
Though he knew his parents were operating out of concern and love for him, it was a difficult time, said McGregor. Still, his faith in his potential was unflinching. Over time, as McGregor's wins accumulated and his recognition grew, he said his parents came to understand why he'd been so adamant.
On the last day of 2012, McGregor boosted his record to 12-2, was on a hot eight-fight win streak, and had become the first Irish fighter to hold titles simultaneously in two different weight classes for the well-established Cage Warriors promotion. Probably most attractive to the UFC, though, was how McGregor won his bouts -- 10 (T)KOs among his 12 victories.
Teammate Egan had already earned the distinction of becoming the first Irishman in the Octagon when the promotion visited Dublin for UFC 93 in 2009, but had lost his bout via first-round strikes. The hypomanic McGregor had a decidedly different air about him when he entered the cage against TUF veteran Marcus Brimage (6-2) last April in Stockholm, Sweden. With his very first step onto the canvas, there was an unflappable confidence about McGregor. His aggressive and borderline reckless attack on Brimage only accentuated that. It was as if McGregor already knew there was no way he'd lose; the rest of us just had to get with the program.
The crowd's response to McGregor was instantaneous and visceral. It's something that UFC owners Zuffa LLC look for in all of its fighters -- the innate ability to get a reaction, any kind of reaction, from the fans. And after only one bout in the Octagon, it was plainly obvious that McGregor had this in spades.
Irish Americans Are Welcome
The road to Boston hasn't been as smooth as it sounds. A month ago, McGregor traveled through Canada to get a temporary visa, then proceeded to Las Vegas for 10 days to get a U.S. social security number -- an extraordinary requirement made by the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission that sent UFC promoters scrambling to keep their foreign fighters on the card. It was a small price to pay, said McGregor, as if anything outside a herd of charging bulls could keep him away.
In Sin City, McGregor cruised the Strip one night with White in his six-figure Ferrari. McGregor saw it as a symbolic gesture of where his career could go and the lifestyle he might attain should he continue on his path of dedication. During the drive, conversation eventually turned to this Saturday's bout, and White asked if McGregor minded the way Irish Americans cling to their heritage. McGregor was taken aback to hear that some of his countrymen may roll their eyes at the overzealous Irish American population in the States.
"To have this link between Ireland and America is brilliant," he said. "Ireland is a small country; us over here love when Americans say they have Irish in them: 'My great auntie was from Ireland.' That, to me, is brilliant. Why wouldn't you like [other] people to be proud of your nation? Who wouldn't like that?"
McGregor will certainly be welcome in Boston this Saturday and the UFC has done everything to lay out the carpet. Undercard fighters don't get their own dedicated open workout days to meet media and fans, but McGregor broke that rule. Irish pubs have been plastered with specially made posters of McGregor, arms raised with the green, white and orange flag waving behind him.
"If there's a spark, I want to light a fire," White told the media Thursday when asked about the special treatment.
White is being a savvy businessman. Though his UFC tenure has been short, McGregor already feels like a good horse to bet on. Zuffa has been patiently waiting for a legitimate Irish fighter to use as a flagpole in Ireland the way Brits Michael Bisping and Dan Hardy became patriotic idols in the United Kingdom. And fans have been waiting for a legitimate Irish fighter to proudly root for. It's a sentiment that hasn't been lost on McGregor.
"It's going to be a special occasion for me, to represent Ireland as a whole, to carry my nation in there," McGregor said. "It's something I'm going to take with me for the rest of my life. No one's going to be able to take this from me."


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Jessica Biel Reveals Her Beauty And Workout Secrets
Jessica Biel is definitely one hot chick! She has flawless skin, a great body, and has won over the hearts of Justin Timberlake, and rumored flings Colin Farrell and Gerard Butler. With beauty like this, she must have secrets!
The actress revealed that she does not wear much make-up mostly because she finds it does not make her feel glamorous. She enjoys staying simple with a little bit of mascara, blotting paper, and peach lip gloss.
PHOTOS: Jessica Biel's Questionable Dior Outfit
As for her workout secrets, Biel tries to eat right and exercise. She said:
"For me, getting enough sleep, drinking lots of water, having a healthy diet, and staying away from alcohol are musts. It's so boring, I know, but doing those things really helps.You can find healthy food pretty much anywhere. I do a lot of cooking at home using grains and vegetables."
Besides that, Biel does a lot of yoga, boxing, and martial arts which helps her keep her muscles flexible and body in shape. She also loves jogging with her dog Tina.
Launch the gallery to check out photos of Biel looking "bloody" on set of her new film.


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Kim Kardashian And Kris Humphries Giggle During Date Night
Toting yet another Birkin bag, Kim Kardashian and husband Kris Humphries walked into Serafina's restaurant in Manhattan Tuesday night (September 20th).
PHOTOS: Khloe, Kim And Kourtney Kardashian Debut Their Sears Line
According to People, the newlyweds were sitting too close to the pizza oven and requested that the air conditioning be turned up. When that didn't work, staffers brought over a fan to cool down Kim K, whom a source says was "very gracious. Mrs. Humphries couldn't stop smiling at Humphries, who lapped up every minute of the NBA stars "playful side."


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porcelain with polychrome decoration
7.3 x 17.8 cm
Gift of an anonymous donor, 1975, in memory of Rosalie Idelson Phillips
National Gallery of Canada (no. 18522)
This rare porcelain bowl is decorated with mandarin ducks (the Chinese symbol of marital fidelity) in a pond, surrounded by lotuses and other aquatic plants. The technique of "tou-ts'ai", meaning contrasting colours, is an important innovation of the Ming period. The blue outlines are drawn in cobalt oxide under a transparent glaze.
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