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Erica Jong Bops Arianna Huffington For Not Paying HuffPost Bloggers
Iconic Fear Of Flying author Erica Jong has publicly criticized Arianna Huffington — who uses the unpaid labor of thousands of bloggers on The Huffington Post — and accused her of "hurting writing as a profession." A feisty Ms. Jong spoke to The Slant, a journalism blog, about Huffington's effect on the media biz and, wow-ee, she did not hold back. (Which is precisely why I love her.)
Said Jong:
I won't write for free anymore. The idea that everybody's writing for free is hurting writing as a profession. I wrote many articles for Arianna when she was establishing her aggregator blog and attracting all those eyeballs. When she got $300 million from the AOL acquisition, I said: 'OK, Arianna, we all helped you get there so now you're going to pay writers.' She said, 'No, I pay my editors.' I've known Arianna for years. Before she married a gay billionaire, she was a writer — A poor. Greek. Writer. …
But "there is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women," as Madeleine Albright once said. Artists who turncoat and exploit other artists — I have no words. …
Now authors are blogging everywhere for free, and it's not a good development. They are starving. I care about artists — the oxygen of society. Suppress them and you asphyxiate discussion and change. Arianna was a writer once. Then she married an ambivalent gay billionaire and became part of the one percent. She forgot her origins. Writers are part of the 99 percent. We need to be paid! We cannot barter poems for food.
In theory, I absolutely agree with Erica Jong. As a writer, it's troubling to see freelance writing budgets slashed and paid-writing gigs being shut down to promote "user-generated content" instead. Media outlets suppose they are being very clever, I think, by assuming they can just post content people make them for free. But my general theory about that stuff — unpaid blogging/"journalism" which takes place outside an editorial team's purview — is that you get what you pay for.
Yet as compelling as Erica Jong's argument may be, I also have a hard time feeling sympathetic for people who choose to provide labor without pay. I don't see how it is Arianna Huffington's fault if people are willing blog for her for free, especially if they're lining her pockets by doing so yet not "getting anything out of it" themselves. Her model may be exploitative — and I'm not saying it isn't — but bloggers are choosing to participate in that model. Lots of other people do some kind of unpaid labor to advance their career, usually for only a short time or just occasionally. Presumably these individuals do a cost/benefit analysis of what is worth it to them to work "unpaid." Do they get more exposure for their name/brand? Do they get something to put on their resume? Do they simply get more practice? For instance, many moons ago as a young sprite, I used to contribute to the blog Feministing without being paid, just to get the blogging "clips" to put on my resume. I'd say it was worth it.
I worked on the blog at Huffington Post from 2007 to 2008. (To be clear, Huffington Post also has a large salaried staff of reporters and editors as well — I was one of those.) I recruited many of these unpaid bloggers myself and copyedited their pieces, and have also blogged for free for the site for the same resume-boosting reasons. Prior to HuffPost and after HuffPost, I've worked in the media — sometimes cobbling together two or three jobs at a time to make ends meet. Writing professionally has not been an easy life and it has come with sacrifices — like, say, no health insurance for three years — but it has been my choice to take on those hardships and make the best of them. Like Erica Jong, in 99.9 percent of scenarios, I wouldn't do unpaid writing today. I have bills to pay and enough experience and talent to pursue paid outlets to pay those bills. Yet if I was offered some really amazing writing opportunity that happened to be unpaid? Like say, writing a Michael Fassbender profile, or a travel piece where I get to hug all the baby pandas in China? Sure. Hells yeah. That would be worth it to me for the experience and possible exposure alone. And, again, I certainly wouldn't turn around and be resentful about doing unpaid labor when I willingly chose to do it.
What do you think about Erica Jong's arguments? Do you Arianna Huffington's actions are defensible? Let us know in the comments.
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Same old same old, then
That was a comprehensive victory for West Indies, whose batsmen set the tone with that aggressive start, even if the returning Chris Gayle wasn't at his most fluent. That he can still hammer 43, though, is chastening for an England side whose own batting continues to labour against spin, a department in which Samuel Badree excelled for the home side. Only Ravi Bopara - batting down the order yet again – looked properly on top of his game, though Tim Bresnan hammered some decent runs when the game was all but lost.
Overall, it was obvious which of these sides had won the world Twenty20 most recently, and has the better chance of triumphing in Bangladesh.
But thanks for your company throughout it all, and Felix Wood is going to play us out with some more bleeding-edge social commentary, on the subject of those supporter chants we've been blethering about: "If Jon Taylor thinks slave owners are in the Barmy Army he's a fool. They don't have time to watch cricket, parliament is in session. #satire #hashtag #amidoingthisright #questionmark" Bit o' Politics indeed. My name's Tom Davies - goodnight. And thanks for all your emails. Bye.
20th over: England 143-9 (Bresnan 47, Dernbach 1). West Indies win by 27 runs
England need 38 off the last over, from Bravo - pretty much impossible. Bresnan swipes the first ball of it down the ground for four, but his scampered one off the next confirms the result as beyond doubt. Dernbach gets off the mark from his first ball, before Gayle delights the crowd with a theatrical drive to cut off Bresnan's cut, which brings one more run. Dernbach slashes and misses the penultimate delivery. The final one is carved square on the offside for four but England have been well beaten here, second best in every department.
Wicket! Tredwell run out 0 19th over: England 133-9 (Bresnan 39); target 171
Something to perk us up a little - an actual six. From Bresnan, purposefully drilling Russell for a straight-driven maximum (actually I loathe the word maximum, in a cricketing context, why am I using it?). Tredwell gets off the mark with a glance down to third man, but he's swiftly out, run out dashing from the non-striker's end. Good work by bowler and keeper.
Wicket! Broad run out 5; 18th over: England 123-8; target 171
Dwayne Bravo bowls his final over, and Broad, who's limping very so slightly, still can't find the boundary, but he does crack a decent drive to deep mid-off for one and essays another pull on the legside for two, well fielded by Russell. Bresnan's flick to fine leg brings another one, but there's a sense now that this target is beyond reach.
This sense is confirmed by another wicket, Broad's, who plays and misses, sets off, turns back and is run out by the keeper.
17th over: England 119-7 (Bresnan 28, Broad 2); target 171
Andre Russell is introduced to the West Indies attack, right at the death. It's medium-fast, which helps Bresnan get four from a hard-slash edge over the vacant slip area. Broad can't get hold of the ball at all, and swings and misses but dashes through for a bye. Bresnan is at least getting the edge of his bat to connect, and follows his outside-edge four with an inside-edge one before digging out a slower yorker comfortably. This has become a decent knock by the Yorkshireman, albeit almost certainly in a losing cause.
More from the on-song Robin Hazlehurst on songs: "Fair point from Jon Taylor about Swing Low (even if the chippy inverted snobbery about rugby fans is remarkably tedious). I remember being taken as a lad to Murrayfield and the England fans there belting out Jerusalem, and it's been the true song of English sport for me ever since. Maybe the England cricket fans should have saluted the rugby lads by singing Jerusalem before today's match?"
16th over: England 107-7 (Bresnan 18, Broad 1); target 171
Samuels continues, Bresnan carves out another single, and Broad does likewise, but the boundaries are drying up and Bopara is already missed. Bresnan pushes through the offside for two, and then pulls to deep midwicket for one. There's turn in this pitch, and England aren't always comfortable with it, as Broad demonstrates when slashing and missing outside off stump. Five from the over - nowhere near enough.
15th over: England 102-7 (Bresnan 14, Broad 0)
Bravo continues and Bopara unleashes a rasping lofted cover driver just over Gayle's head at mid-off. He's played well, but not well enough, and Bravo claims his wicket! when he loses his head, swings straight up in the air and is comfortably caught. Bresnan takes a single to midwicket, but the game is surely all over now.
More on songs, roots and culture. Gary Naylor thinks Swing Low singers should be cut some slack. "These days, 'Swing Lo' has about as much connection to its origins as Britannia
has to its days of ruling the waves," he says. "Meanings shift - it's what happens in languages. There's plenty that's unpalatable about 'Swing Low' but not its history - at least not any more." Richard Thomson disagrees: "I very much agree with Jon Taylor's email from the 12th over. Ingerland fans using that song in rugby is wrong for a start.To balance, Tom, please give a plug for 'Fire in Babylon'. I hope you know it and have seen it."
Certainly do and certainly have. It's tear-inducingly magnificent.
Wicket! Bopara c b Bravo 42; England 101-7
That may well be it, as England's best batsman goes
14th over: England 96-6 (Bopara 38, Bresnan 12)
Singles for each batsman off Samuels, but no more. The bad blood of Samuels' previous over seems to have been mopped up, which displeases Richard Thomson, who clearly wants to see more of This Sort Of Thing: "I'm enjoying this more now," he says. "Are we going to get a proper scrap between Ravi and Samuels or will Bopara get out stupidly too? Oh, bollocks, they've made up."
13th over: England 91-6 (Bopara 36, Bresnan 8); target 171
Reprieve for Bresnan! The batsman whacks Rampaul straight up into the air and the age -old Sunday footballer's cry of "Let's have a name on it" is conspicuous by its absence as no one looks to claim the catch and Sammy eventually dives in vain. There's more sloppy fielding to follow, as Bopara's inelegant clump down the ground is fumbled over the ropes by Charles. Bopara's next shot is very elegant indeed though, a clean, crisp straight drive down the ground for four. Two more follow, and there's another boundary when Bopara slashes it behind slip to the boundary The debate about Bopara being buried so far down the order, inevitably, resumes.
12th over: England 76-6 (Bopara 25, Bresnan 3)
England in a complete mess against the slower bowlers. Samuels continues, Bopara swats away a single off the first ball, but there's a bit of afters/verbals/banter between batsman, wicketkeeper and bowler, and the umpires are getting involved. It doesn't seem to be doing much good for England though, as Stokes is dismissed, his ugly swing and miss being punished by a stumping.
Bresnan comes in and gets a hurried, nay risky, two first off. And one more off the last ball.
Back to the fan song thing: "It's not just the cross-sport thing with Swing Low," argues Jon Taylor. "It's already a bit questionable the way an old slave song has been adopted by the Countryside Alliance to bray out on their annual visit to Twickers. It's another few steps along the questionable scale to belt it out in the West Indies, where relatively-recent ancestors of the Windies fans and players sang songs like that on slave plantations owned by the relatively-recent ancestors of the Barmy Army."
Wicket! Stokes st Ramdin b Samuels 4; England 73-6
And another one goes.
11th over: England 70-5 (Bopara 25, Stokes 3); target 171
Sammy comes on. Bopara is trying his best, and he bludgeons two down to long-off, he gets one more, and Stokes tries an equally unconvincing slog off a pacier delivery from Bravo. Bopara regains the strike, thankfully, and batters Sammy over deep midwicket for six.
Anyway, time to discuss who and what to blame, inevitably, then. I feel like every time Kevin Pietersen's name is mentioned, that QI klaxon should be sounded, not necessarily because it's the wrong answer but it's the answer everyone expects to be discussed. Nicholas Horne duly activates it: "Obviously Pietersen is the problem. His 'bad vibes' [or whatever the ECB has identified] are somehow causing the England batsmen to fail."
10th over: England 58-5 (Bopara 15, Stokes 1); target 171
Samuels is introduced in place of Narine and Morgan pushes one behind square for a well-run single. Bopara adds another before Morgan is out, swinging to deep midwicket where Johnson Charles takes the catch, just managing to stay inside the ropes.
Ben Stokes is off the mark straight away, but ones aren't enough as we approach the halfway stage. Bopara - another sometime favourite scapegoat of some - is looking more accomplished though and takes two, but no more. England way behind here at 10 overs.
Wicket! Morgan c sub (Charles) b Samuels 19; England 55-5
Oh dear
9th over: England 53-4 (Morgan 18, Bopara 12); target 171
England are relieved Badree's not bowling at this end anymore and Bopara strikes Bravo down the ground and the sub Charles can't stop the ball crossing the ropes despite grabbing hold of it initially. His next shot is even better, a majestic square cut for four more. He misses out on a couple of full tosses though, scrambling a mere one dabbed away on the legside from them, which gives Morgan a chance to add one more scampered single to complete an over that brought 10 runs. Need to improve even on that rate though.
8th over: England 43-4 (Morgan 17, Bopara 3); target 171
Narine, having stumbled in the field in the previous over, is moving more gingerly as he runs in to bowl, but he still deceives Buttler with a sharp cutter. And gets better still, with another wicket! – Buttler's mistimed reverse sweep easily pouched by the substitute Charles. It gives Narine a chance to receive a bit more treatment from the physio. He bowls his over through but leaves the field at the end of it. Bopara gets off the mark, fortuitously gloving the ball between wicketkeeper and slip for two, and getting one more with a glide wide of slip.
Wicket! Buttler c Sub b Narine 0; England 40-4
This can now be called something of a crisis.
7th over: England 40-3 (Morgan 17, Buttler 0)
Badree is being bowled through, and England still struggle to work him away, and then there's a wicket! Lumb swings in exasperation down to the deep square leg boundary, where Rampaul takes the catch.
It almost gets even worse, as Morgan is dropped when his straight drive at the bowler is spilled by Badree, who completes a superb spell with another fine turner, but Morgan's edge is fumbled by the fielder and brings him four. Career-best figures nonetheless.
"Who will be the brighter red at the end of the game," wonders Richard Thomson, "the England players or the lardy English retired-on-stupid-pensions ex-insurance-salesmen with their shirts off and guts hanging out, dancing around in the crowd and spilling their drinks?" Let he who has never danced around in the crowd spilling drinks cast the first stone.
Wicket! Lumb c Rampaul b Badree 18, England 36-3
Badree strikes again as Lumb holes out
6th over: England 36-2 (Lumb 18, Morgan 13); target 171
Narine - or 'nostril' – comes into the attack. Lumb grabs a single, before a more confident-looking Morgan gets down the track and sweeps him classily for four. But Narine comes back strongly, bringing one back in on the batsman and going right through him. A good powerplay for West Indies, that.
Robin Hazlehurst offers some thoughts on fans singing other sports' songs: "The idea of keeping sports separate would work better if they didn't play cricket during the rugby season. March is never the cricket season, it clearly is the rugby season. If you want fans to stay focused, then play less and play at the right time. I know that football is trying to take over the whole world and would have a 13-month season if it could, but that doesn't mean other sports have to copy it."
5th over: England 31-2 (Lumb 17, Morgan 9); target 171
England finally try to take on Badree and a lovely reverse-sweep from Morgan brings four, but the bowler still isn't offering many chances, and a scampered one is the only other scoring shot Morgan can muster. Lumb can't even manage one of those but does manage a hurried leg-bye after swinging and missing. Good bowling again.
4th over: England 24-2 (Lumb 16, Morgan 4) ; target 171
Ah so here we are in more familiar territory then, England trying to repair early damage. Lumb's neat push through the covers off Rampaul brings two, but the bowler's mixing it up nicely here, and the English batsmen can't quite hit their groove or find the gaps. Lumb does manage to punish the one over-pitched ball though, with a clever scoop on the offside over point for four. One more single completes the scoring from the over.
Given how email carping about Dernbach sparked a decent performance from the beleaguered bowler, anyone want to try piling into a scapegoated batsman of choice to see if it has similar motivational powers? If so, who?
3rd over: England 17-2 (Lumb 9, Morgan 4); target 171
Badree continues. The batsmen take a flicked single each before Hales is flummoxed trying to make room outside off stump. He's deceived by the bounce, misses, Ramdin whisks off the bails and it's a wicket!
And another! Luke Wright is similarly bamboozled, this time by a googly, and Ramdin does the necessary again. The dismissal is confirmed after a lengthy TV review and the bowler is on a hat-trick. Morgan is studiously watchful with the hat-trick ball and plays a Test-style forward defensive, before yanking the next ball round the corner for four.
Wicket! Wright st Ramdin b Badree 0; England 13-2
And another! Wright is gone first ball, same drill, after a lengthy TV referral.
Wicket! Hales St Ramdin b Badree 3 England 13-1
Fine bowling from the spinner
2nd over: England 11-0 (Lumb 8, Hales 2)
The first four of the innings comes from the eighth ball, Lumb pulling Rampaul to the square-leg boundary. The bowler has a good comeback though, a slower off-cutter that beats the batsman's outside-edge. He then has a massive shout for lbw, as the ball thuds into Lumb's back leg but there's a possible inside-edge. "What the hell," thinks Lumb, and swings more wildly at the next one – it's edged, it's high and it's four. But it's been a good couple of overs to start with from West Indies.
1st over: England 2-0 (Lumb 1, Hales 1); target 171
The Trinidadian spinner Badree bowls the first over, and Lumb dabs limply at his first ball towards the slip area, but is off the mark with one off the second ball. It's tight and straight, and Hales tries a legside heave, but that only finds short fine leg too. A hurried single completes a very economical first over.
Some England fans are singing 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot' - this sporting-song cross-fertilisation is mildly annoying. You should be so wrapped up in your own sport you don't even know who won the rugby.
Innings break
This one looks finely poised, though there's a sense that West Indies might have wanted a bit more than that, particularly after the way they began. Chris Gayle took an over or two to get going but then looked nearer to his corruscating best, while Marlon Samuels saw the innings through with conviction, but there was some encouraging bowling at points from England there too. James Tredwell and Ravi Bopara reined West Indies in, while Dernbach and, to a lesser extent, produced some fine late-innings bowling to keep England in this.
Some bowling figures then:
Broad 2-0-0-26, Dernbach 4-0-36-0, Bresnan 4-0-36-0, Stokes 2-0-30-0, Tredwell 4-0-16-1, Bopara 4-0-23-2.
Time for a coffee. See you in a bit.
20th over: West Indies 170-3 (Samuels 69, Russell 24)
"Not loving this whatsoever, I want us to win," ripostes Paul Turp of Dernbach's previous over, but the bowler is much better in this, the final one, pitching it right up, yielding only three singles from the first three balls before a dot ball cuts Samuels in half with his fourth delivery. A low full toss can only be worked away for one from the fifth, leaving Russell on strike for the final ball of the over, but he can only dig out the yorker and scramble a single as well. A very good piece of death bowling indeed there from the much-maligned Dernbach.
19th over: West Indies 165-3 (Samuels 67, Russell 21)
Bresnan's last over begins with a Russell single from a yorker, and a low full toss that Samuels can only fend back to the bowler. He can't get hold of the third ball either, and a scurried leg-bye ensues, but Russell makes amends next ball with an extraordinary scooped six square on the offside. A one and a four, flicked down past fine leg, complete the over.
18th over: West Indies 152-3 (Samuels 63, Russell 13)
It all goes wrong a bit here. Dernbach returns, Paul Turp licks his lips, and our emailing heckler is nearly made to eat humble pie as Samuels cracks a chance to mid-off that is dropped by Tredwell. Typically, a delicious cover-drive to the boundary and a cracked four off a full toss followsm to bring up Samuels' half-century. The notorious Dernbach Slower Ball is then slightly miscued square on the offside – and brings four more. He tries a yorker next, but that fails and is also driven firmly past the field for four. The infamous Dernbach Slower Ball is tried again, but that's four too, smacked past point to the ropes. Paul Turp must be loving this. The home crowd are too.
17th over: West Indies 132-3 (Samuels 43, Russell 13)
Bresnan returns, and his initial offering - a misapplied full toss - is clobbered past him by Russell for four. The bowler gets away with it, second ball, with a wide one outside the off-stump which is perilously close to being called wide but isn't (though the idea was good). Russell doesn't miss out next time, swinging a full one all the way to the legside boundary. There's one more scuffed single from a slower ball, and Bresnan delivers another dot with an intelligent legside delivery following the batsman, who is pretty much cut in half and Buttler responds with a good take behind the stumps. One more run completes a mixed over.
16th over: West Indies 122-3 (Samuels 42, Russell 3)
Broad, having been shellacked in the first over, returns at last, and is tighter first off, giving Russell just a single. He almost takes a wicket with his second, as Samuels' cut is just a fraction above Eoin Morgan's outstretched fingers. This is a better, less frenetic over from the England captain, who actually kind of beats the edge with an outswinger in a strangely orthodox bit of cricket for the late stages of a T20 innings. Not a bad over - seven from it.
I think I'd be just as successful lobbing the ball around the pitch as most bowlers who bowl fast in T20," reckons Richard Thomson, angling for a call-up and a Caribbean/Bangladesh jolly, "(apart from those who can bowl six spot-on yorkers per over, or are Dale Steyn). Unpredictable bafflement would be my weapon. That's a top tip for Broad and Stokes."
15th over: West Indies 115-3 (Samuels 37, Russell 1)
Bopara's final over is fruitful, and brings him his second wicket, as Simmons thumps him down the ground but can't quite find the timing or power to clear the ropes, and Lumb trots across to pouch the catch. Russell is off the mark with an edge down to third man, and Samuels is more emphatic from the next delivery, a crashing offside drive but it's straight to a fielder and brings only one run. Russell can only hack away for one run off the penultimate ball. His last is better, a slower one that the batsman can't work away at all. That's Bopara's lot, a decent spell. England looking in better shape with five overs remaining.
Wicket! Simmons c Lumb b Bopara 3 (West Indies 112-3)
Simmons holes out, as Bopara gets a deserved wicket
14th over: West Indies 111-2 (Samuels 35, Simmons 3)
England look to Tredwell to calm it down again, and he does so, coming round the wicket and offering Simmonds just a single, before tying up Samuels with some good full-length bowling. He yields a single, but is similarly effective to Simmonds. The end of a fine spell from the spinner, 1-16 from four.
13th over: West Indies 109-2 (Samuels 34, Simmons 2)
Stokes returns, and has a bit of a shocker. Simmonds scrambles another single, but England are fielding well and have done a decent containing job since the end of the powerplay. Samuels, perhaps sensing he needs to crack on now Gayle has gone, hammers two then four in consecutive balls.
Stokes is struggling for the right line, but gets an extra breather as the umpire delays his fourth ball because of the atmosphere-wrecking boundary music that is still blaring away. It doesn't help much, because Samuels batters his next ball down the ground for a fierce six, and cuts the next one square for four - in the air but between fielders. Two more completes West Indies' most productive over for a while.
12th over: West Indies 90-2 (Samuels 16, Simmonds 1)
Tredwell continues, finding a nice variation, and makes Gayle look a bit daft with a wild swipe at one that turns sharply past his bat. Samuels tries to cut loose a little, opening his shoulders and lofting Tredwell down towards long off for two. And he gets the wicket! he deserves, trapping Gayle in front. The West Indies star man doesn't look too happy, but he's got to go. Simmons is off the mark straight away with a single.
Paul Turp stands by his Dernbach damnation: "Erm, we're only halfway through the West Indies innings. Give it another hour!" I will.
Wicket! Gayle lbw b Tredwell 43 (West Indies 87-2)
A deserved scalp for Tredwell
11th over: West Indies 86-1 (Gayle 43, Samuels 13)
Gayle hammers Bopara down the ground for a glorious boundary, and adds one more. Samuels takes another flicked two, and a single with a classical cover drive towards deep extra cover.
"Just thought I'd point this out," points Tim Gray, "Narine is French for nostril. Really."
10th over: West Indies 78-1 (Gayle 38, Samuels 10)
Gayle accelerates again, calmly flicking a perfectly well-flighted ball from Tredwell over the square leg stands for six. But there are only three mores run from the over, another fine one
Some emails are needed, more specifically some emails from Gary Naylor and here he is: "We need seven dibbly-dobblers / spinners for T20 cricket. Pace is redundant in this format - even those who can bowl at 85mph deliver more at 75mph."
He's a bit more prescient than Paul Turp, who an hour ago wrote in to say: Can I make a prediction for today? Not for the result but the most uttered phrase during the West Indies innings: 'Oh Jade (insert favourite expletive here)'."
9th over: West Indies 69-1 (Gayle 32, Samuels 8)
They're getting them in singles now - and there's only four of them in this over. One for Samuels, one for Gayle with another mistimed pull that just flops up towards the vacant mid-on area, one for Samuels again, and one for Gayle, before two dot balls.
This is much better from England, Bopara doing what he can do as a one-day bowler at his very best here.
8th over: West Indies 65-1 (Gayle 30, Samuels 6)
We have spin, from James Tredwell, and he keeps it tight at Gayle, even managing an unconvincing leg-before shout with one that's drifting narrowly down leg side (or even clipping, according to the TV replay). Gayle gets one, and Samuels can only get one too despite a powerful straight drive that's neatly gathered before it reaches the boundary. A neat start indeed from Tredwell.
7th over: West Indies 63-1 (Gayle 29, Samuels 5)
Ravi Bopara replaces Bresnan, for what might once have been the quiet nurdled-singles spell of a game, with England leaving only four fielders inside the circle. But he gets a wicket – cutting Smith in half with one that just drifts in slightly, and bowling him. There are two more singles - the second of which, to Gayle, offers a half-chance of a catch square on the off – but that's a fine first over from the Essex man.
It brings Marlon Samuels to the crease - "a couple of cool guys we've got in now," burbles Bumble in the commentary box – and he's off the mark with an effortlessly boundary, an elegantly directed square cut past gully for four.
Wicket! Smith b Bopara 27
Who'd have thought it, but Bopara gets the breakthrough in his first over
6th over: West Indies 56-0 (Smith 27, Gayle 27)
Ben Stokes comes into the attack for Dernbach, and generates some pace. Gayle is equal to it though, blasting the second ball of the over into the stands at long-on. Four more follows with a yank to the leg side. The same shot, slightly more scruffily executed, brings Gayle another single. And then Stokes limits the damage with two dot balls to end the powerplay, one the West Indies have dominated.
Not fun to be a bowler at present, as one who might know adds:
5th over: West Indies 45-0 (Smith 27, Gayle 16)
More like it from Gayle, punishing a ball from Bresnan that was too short and short-arm jabbing it for four, and then stepping wide and cracking the bowler down the ground for another boundary. Broad prevents the next rasping drive from being a scoring shot with a good low stop at mid-on, but Gayle's seeing it well now and Bresnan is blasted over his head for four more. One more single hands the strike back to Smith, who's tucked up well by the best delivery of the over, a dot ball.
4th over: West Indies 32-0 (Smith 27, Gayle 3)
Gayle really isn't looking comfortable out there, mishitting as he attempts to play the ball away on the onside and lobbing it straight past Dernbach for an unconvincing one. Smith knows what's what though, and he turns the following delivery down to deep square leg for four. He gets one more, leaving Gayle on strike for more leg bye.
But Dernbach's bowling well here, finding the kind of movement we didn't see much of in the ODI series. Perhaps the array of "Oh Gawd, not Dernbach again" pre-match Tweets sprayed about on the internet have reverse-jinxed him.
3rd over: West Indies 25-0 (Smith 22, Gayle 2)
Stuart Broad pulls himself out of the attack straight away, and hands the ball to Tim Bresnan, who bowls a fine over. He gets some respectful treatment from Gayle with a couple of well pitched up deliveries. The left-hander then completely misjudges one going across him and almost chips it to mid-off. Gayle's struggling a tad here, pulling and missing at a straight-ish, pullable ball. Gayle finally manages a run when he digs out another good slower yorker, but that was an excellent over from Bresnan.
2nd over: West Indies 24-0 (Smith 22, Gayle 1)
It's the beleaguered Jade Dernbach, who finds some movement first off, whistling one back in at Gayle, and then bamboozling him with an attempted inswinging yorker. Gayle is off the mark with a mere single, flicked to deep midwicket. Smith is looking in good touch though, and drives beautifully through the covers for four, in one of only two scoring shots in a good over.
Well, I wasn't expecting to hail Dernbach's opening over while lambasting Broad's, but that's where we are.
1st over: West Indies 19-0 (Smith 18, Gayle 0)
What a start – emphatic from West Indies, a nightmare for Stuart Broad. Six from Dwayne Smith first off, hoiking Broad over square leg for six. A replacement ball is required already. He gets another three more fours too, one with an effortless flick off his legs down to long leg, and another with a thumping pull past wide midwicket, and is similarly punitive towards one pitched further up, driving it confidently through the covers to the boundary once more.
Broad's misery is compounded by a no-ball, but he gets away with the free hit, with Smith swinging and missing at a wide one outside off-stump
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Good evening…
… And welcome, as England's warm-up tour of the Caribbean begins in earnest, if warm-up tours can ever really be deemed to have an "earnest" element. Apparently they do though, and these matches will be handy for both sides to assess the shape and state of their squads before the World T20.
For England's assistant coach Paul Collingwood, it's a chance to build momentum and confidence, even while the ideal lineup is far from certain, as Mike Selvey's preview outlines, while for West Indies the big point of excitement is that Chris Gayle's back. One of T20 cricket's most explosive talents, and all-round most quintessentially T20-ish cricketer, can, when in the mood, destroy an opposition bowling attack in the way no one on the England side can. Not since whatsisname was axed from the side anyway. And unsurprisingly, Gayle is disappointed that his fellow bloke off Twitter, Kevin Pietersen, is not in the England squad.
Gayle's tweets are things of wonder – surely no other sportsperson tweets so rarely on their own chosen sport – but are good value nonetheless:
He's fantastic to watch though, and it would be good to see some pyrotechnics from him in Bridgetown today. Other T20 specialists likely to play for the home side include the batsmen Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher, the leg-spinner Samuel Badree and the left-arm bowlers Krishmar Santokie and Sheldon Cottrell. England will look to the returning Eoin Morgan to have, in his own way, the same sort of impact Gayle might bring.
For we Test purists though, West Indies v England in Barbados always conjures memories of both sides in periods of greater swagger than this one. So why not enjoy Curtly Ambrose ripping through England and taking 8-45 in 1990, for example …
… or Matthew Hoggard's hat-trick 10 years ago as what remains England's most watchable side of recent decades tore West Indies apart:
But that's enough Old Test Cricket self-indulgence - we've got a short sharp three hours of batsmen trying to hit wily bowlers as hard as they can, and then going home. Back with team news soon.
Early talking point…
… from our man in Barbados:
Would Scottish independence eradicate this risk?
The teams are in
And they look like this:
West Indies: 1 Gayle, 2 Smith, 3 Samuels, 4 Simmons, 5 Bravo, 6 Ramdin, 7 Sammy (capt), 8 Russell, 9 Narine, 10 Rampaul, 11 Badree
England: 1 Hales, 2 Lumb, 3 Wright, 4 Morgan, 5 Buttler, 6 Bopara, 7 Stokes, 8 Bresnan, 9 Broad (capt), 10 Tredwell, 11 Dernbach
So, no place for the recently arrived Ian Bell, nor for Moeen Ali, while – to the exasperated raised eyebrows of more than a few people I suspect - Jade Dernbach regains his place in the team, despite his less than devastating displays in Australia. Gayle opens the batting for West Indies, as eagerly anticipated.
Toss news
West Indies have won the toss and will bat.
Tom will be here shortly …

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Portland OR (SPX) Jan 18, 2013
Evidence is increasing from multiple scientific fields that exposure to the natural environment can improve human health. In a new study by the U.S. Forest Service, the presence of trees was associated with human health.
For Geoffrey Donovan, a research forester at the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station, and his colleagues, the loss of 100 million trees in the eastern and midwestern United States was an unprecedented opportunity to study the impact of a major change in the natural environment on human health.
In an analysis of 18 years of data from 1,296 counties in 15 states, researchers found that Americans living in areas infested by the emerald ash borer, a beetle that kills ash trees, suffered from an additional 15,000 deaths from cardiovascular disease and 6,000 more deaths from lower respiratory disease when compared to uninfected areas. When emerald ash borer comes into a community, city streets lined with ash trees become treeless.
The researchers analyzed demographic, human mortality, and forest health data at the county level between 1990 and 2007. The data came from counties in states with at least one confirmed case of the emerald ash borer in 2010. The findings-which hold true after accounting for the influence of demographic differences, like income, race, and education-are published in the current issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
"There's a natural tendency to see our findings and conclude that, surely, the higher mortality rates are because of some confounding variable, like income or education, and not the loss of trees," said Donovan. "But we saw the same pattern repeated over and over in counties with very different demographic makeups."
Although the study shows the association between loss of trees and human mortality from cardiovascular and lower respiratory disease, it did not prove a causal link. The reason for the association is yet to be determined.
The emerald ash borer was first discovered near Detroit, Michigan, in 2002. The borer attacks all 22 species of North American ash and kills virtually all of the trees it infests.
The study was conducted in collaboration with David Butry, with the National Institute of Standards and Technology; Yvonne Michael, with Drexel University; and Jeffrey Prestemon, Andrew Liebhold, Demetrios Gatziolis, and Megan Mao, with the Forest Service's Southern, Northern, and Pacific Northwest Research Stations.
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Twenty-one-year-old Nene Kamate, a University of Miami senior from Queens, New York, and a 100-meter hurdler on the women's track team, stood patiently for more than an hour-and-a-half, waiting to enter the arena where she would get the chance to see and hear the man whose childhood, she says, "was like mine in many respects."
"My parents fought hard, too, to raise us," said Kamate, who has two brothers and three sisters. "My dad drove a cab and my mother cooked meals out of the house and sold them. They did everything they could to make sure we had everything we needed."
Kamate was talking about U.S. Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate who, during his speeches across the nation, often refers to being raised by a single mother who struggled to make ends meet.
The first African-American to accept a major-party presidential nomination, Obama brought his campaign to the University of Miami campus on Friday, delivering a message of hope for women and touting his plans for economic recovery and universal health care.
His appearance at UM's BankUnited Center, dubbed a "Women's Rally for the Change We Need," was part of A Dialogue for Democracy, a University-wide series of events focusing on key issues surrounding the presidential campaign.
"We all know how important women will be in determining the outcome of this election," Obama said during his opening remarks. "But as I stand here with all of you, I know that this isn't just about politics for me. This is personal. I come here today not just as a candidate for president. I come here as a son and a grandson, as a husband and a father who has seen firsthand throughout my life the challenges so many women face every day in this country."
He recalled seeing his mother struggle to put herself through school while working and raising two children. "She once had to turn to food stamps to make sure we had enough to eat," Obama said.
"I think women like her who work hard and pour everything they've got into their kids should be able to pay the bill and get ahead. And that's why I'm running for president of the United States."
He said women like his grandmother, who worked her way up to middle management at a bank and saw men no more qualified than her move above her in the corporate ladder, "should be paid fairly and have the same chances to succeed as everyone else.
"I know how hard the women of this country are working … as we stand in the midst of the most serious financial crisis in generations," Obama said. But he noted that challenges that women face, including equal pay, childcare, and balancing work and family life, aren't just issues for women. "When a job doesn't offer family leave, that also hurts men who want to help care for a new baby or a sick parent," he said.
Meeting with UM Students
Before the senator took the stage, he met privately with three University of Miami students who play an active role in politics at the institution.
"He told us he should take tips from us on how to win an election, and he stressed the importance of swing states, particularly voting in Florida," Amanda Sussex, a senior majoring in psychology who is an Obama campaign campus intern and president of the UM organization Students for a Better America, said of her encounter with the senator.
UM Student Government President Brandon Gross, one of the three students who met Obama, said the senator talked about the importance of getting young people to vote. President of UM's Young and College Democrats Jason Stevens was the third student to meet the senator.
UM President Donna E. Shalala stressed that the upcoming election is a "particularly important election for the young people of our country. It will determine their future," she said.
Obama's Message
During his speech, which was often interrupted by applause from the audience, Obama said the country could steer itself out of the current economic crisis. "Our nation has faced difficult times before, and in each one of those moments, we've always risen to the challenge, because we've never forgotten that fundamental truth: that here in America, our destiny is written not for us, but by us."
He said he supports the bipartisan efforts of U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to work with members of Congress to find a solution to the country's economic downturn, and that he would ask Republicans to join him in supporting an emergency economic plan for working families.
He echoed the "Change We Need" theme that has characterized his campaign, calling for an end to pay discrimination, and saying he favors affordable and acceptable health care for Americans and an expansion of the family medical leave act.
The senator promised to raise the minimum wage, address early childhood education, and push for a $4,000 tuition credit to make college affordable for everyone. He also touted his tax plan, which he said would give 95 percent of all working families a tax credit and would provide tax breaks to companies that invest in the United States.
Florida Swing
Obama's UM stop, which occurred with just 45 days before the nation's voters head to the polls to elect a new commander in chief, was part of a Florida campaign swing that includes scheduled rallies in Daytona Beach and Jacksonville on Saturday.
The University was contacted on Sunday about the possibility of hosting Obama's rally, and by Tuesday the deal had been finalized, according to Rudy Fernandez, UM's vice president for government affairs.
Noting that UM President Donna E. Shalala is committed to bringing events to campus this semester as part of the institution's Dialogue for Democracy series, Fernandez said she reached out to the Obama and McCain camps months ago, inviting both candidates to visit the campus at some point during the campaign cycle.
"We've invited McCain to also have a rally here," Fernandez said, "and we're hoping that he will accept our invitation before the election."
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Nearly every seat in the arena was filled, and a large crowd gathered around the stage where Obama spoke. Mothers came with their young daughters. Students, retirees, schoolteachers, stay-at-home moms, war veterans, and people representing a cross-section of nationalities packed the arena, waving sings that said "Change We Can Believe In" and "Women for Obama."
Those who weren't lucky enough to get tickets to the event watched the rally at different locations on the Coral Gables campus. UMTV broadcast the rally, which was shown at the Cosford Cinema, where it was projected onto the venue's big screen, and the School of Communication's Shoma Hall.
Busy at the BUC
UM's BankUnited Center, which hosted the first presidential debate of 2004 and two historic Spanish-language forums last year in which Democratic and Republican candidates addressed issues of importance to Hispanics, had to overcome a logistical challenge to prepare the venue in time for Obama's visit.
On Wednesday it hosted a career fair for UM students, and a day later workers installed the new basketball floor
"The planning and execution of this event was incredibly intense," said George J. Aiello, the center's director of marketing, noting that many employees worked around the clock to prepare the venue.
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Kamate, who will be voting in her first presidential election, said seeing Obama in person inspired her.
"I've seen him on TV a lot," she said after the rally, which she attended with her close friend and teammate Krista Simkins. "Getting a chance to see him in person has made me want to pay closer attention to women's issues and the political process."
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In a target's statement released on January 7, Globe slammed Mariner's $19.7 million conditional scrip offer as "inadequate . . . uncertain, speculative", carrying significant risk and of no benefit to Globe, and urged shareholders to take no action.
The statement highlighted the low carrying value of Mariner shares, which now pit the bid at a 20 per cent discount to Globe shares, and Mariner's $1.35 million of net assets compared with Globe's net assets of $45 million.
The statement questioned the track record of Mariner directors, under which the company's share price has dropped about 72 per cent. Mariner's outstanding bid for Wilson HTM was also raised as a point of concern.
Globe chief financial officer Jessica Moelands told The Australian Financial Review that Globe had not even began to contemplate a price it might be prepared to accept.
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Globe is being advised by Patterson Securities.
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Globe has been emphatic in its resistance to the unsolicited bid since its announcement November 16. The stoush has at times been intensely bitter.
Chairman Paul Isherwood slammed the move as "unhelpful, inopportune, untimely and opportunistic".
Mariner chief executive Darren Olney-Fraser criticised Globe directors for acting like "kids in a skate park, but they run a listed company".
Mariner chief executive Darren Olney-Fraser said he was feeling confident of Mariner's prospects at Globe.
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Green, OH –The City of Green's Park and Recreation Division has several senior events planned through the remainder of the year including a picnic in the park in August, and bus trips in September and November.
Senior Picnic
The annual Senior Picnic-in-the-Park for Green residents 50+ is Thursday, August 8 at 11:30 a.m. at Boettler Park. Park and Recreation Staff members will grill burgers and hotdogs for Green Seniors' Annual Picnic-in-the-Park. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish to share. Registration is required by calling 330-896-6621.
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The first fall bus trip for seniors is September 12 to Amish country to see the musical Half-Stitched at the Carlisle Inn. Departing at 10:30 a.m. from the Green High School Stadium parking lot, the trip includes lunch at the Dutch Valley Restaurant, followed by the performance Half-stitched beginning at 2 p.m. Cost of the trip is $50 per person and includes ticket to the musical and transportation. Lunch is additional. Register by calling 330-896-6621 or online at www.cityofgreen.org. Space is limited.
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#61 How I Miss You
After meeting your cyber love and having confirmed that your online feelings are even greater in the flesh - then having to go back to the cyber relationship until the time is right is the hardest thing to do.
This poem originally was published in Love Poems - Cyber Romance Poems
How I Miss You
My Darling, How I miss your touch
I miss your whisper of "I love you so much"
Your love is so sweet, so gentle, so tender
So wonderful - just like the sender
My love for you is so true and so deep
I pray that my love you will forever keep
I love you more each and every day
I love you, Baby - in every way
I love it when you Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! ! ! ! !
OMG - that makes me Purrrrrrrrrrr! ! ! !
LYL - is where I want to be
Me pleasing you and you pleasing me
I want to be touching you - skin to skin
Baby - I am ready for our life to begin
I am counting the days until then
You will long for love - never again
I will love you like crazy for the rest of your life
You will have the best friend, lover and wife
I want to be your everything
I want to be what makes your heart sing
I love you, Darling - please never doubt
I love you so much - I want to Shout
Until we are together again - hold me in your heart
I am holding you in mine - as I have from the start
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YouTuber Covers Pharrell's 'Happy' Using 'Family Guy' Voices
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Pharrell's feel-good track "Happy" has been covered by hundreds of YouTube artist since its debut on the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack.
If fans feel like they've reached their end with the ubiquitous single, one cover artist and Family Guy superfan has revived the track using his unique gift.
YouTuber Mikey Bolt put his own twist on "Happy" using voices from FOX's animated comedy series. In the video — which has logged over 600,000 views — the voice impersonator delivers spot-on vocal appearances from characters including Stewie, Peter Griffin, Neil Goldman, and John Herbert.
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Tyler Zepp
Football has always been a part of my life. To be named the starting quarterback for the Wheatland Pirates, it was a dream come true. Hi. I'm Tyler Zepp, and this is my story.
Jerry Zepp, Tyler's father
Tyler had been working out all summer. One day, just before practice, when he wasn't even expending a whole lot of energy, his heart started to beat rapidly. It was so fast we actually couldn't get a pulse on him.
Terri Zepp, Tyler's mother
They said there was an abnormality on the EKG, and I couldn't believe it.
Jerry Zepp, Tyler's father
They had gotten in touch with a cardiologist at one o'clock in the morning. That's how serious they thought this was.
Robert Achtel, M.D., Tyler's cardiologist
The echocardiogram showed a drop in pressure between the upper part of his body and the lower part of his body. But as hard as we tried, the echo could not visualize a reason for this drop.
Tyler Zepp
To diagnose my heart problem, Dr. Achtel decided next to use a brand-new CT scan machine.
Robert Achtel, M.D., Tyler's Cardiologist
The 64-slice CT gives absolutely incredible definition.
Jerry Zepp, Tyler's father
And where the artery was actually blocked, you wouldn't normally have seen it because it was back behind the heart.
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The equipment used to diagnose Tyler's condition was purchased with community donations.
Robert Achtel, M.D., Tyler's Cardiologist
Philanthropy has enabled us to buy equipment that allows us to provide leading-edge medical care. Tyler could have died instantly had he generated enough pressure and had he had an artery anywhere in his body that was subject to rupture.
Tyler Zepp
Dr. Achtel said I probably wouldn't be able to play football for the rest of the season and that I would have to have heart surgery.
Javier Lopez, Tyler's football coach
For Tyler not to get any time on the field at all--that just didn't sit well with me. So I approached (Tyler's) dad and said, "If you get me a doctor's note saying that I can play him one or two plays—then let's do that."
Derek Zepp, Tyler's brother
All I remember was the crowd cheering, "Zepp! Zepp! Zepp!" I couldn't hear anything else. The crowd was so loud.
Tyler Zepp
I ended up throwing a touchdown and running a touchdown.
Robert Achtel, M.D., Tyler's Cardiologist
We operated at Sutter Memorial Hospital, and it went very well.
Tyler Zepp
The doctors and nurses at Sutter Health are all really great. That meant more to me than the two football plays….that everybody around me cared.
Robert Achtel, M.D., Tyler's Cardiologist
He will be able to perform at all sports, and I have given him clearance to play football again.
Terri Zepp
And Tyler is going to play football at Sierra College.
Jerry Zepp
He's going to give it another shot. That's my boy.
Tyler Zepp
I'm Tyler Zepp and that's my story.
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The support of our generous donors has helped expand medical services, introduce new programs and purchase technology to diagnose and treat patients like Tyler.
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San Rafael, CA – December 21, 2011. The Winter Holiday Anti-DUI crackdown has resulted in a significant number of DUI arrests from local routine traffic enforcement and special Avoid the 13 DUI deployments during the past several days in Marin County.
From 12:01 AM Friday December 16, 2011 through Midnight Tuesday, December 20, 2011 officers representing all 13 county law enforcement agencies have arrested 27 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In 2010, 18 DUI arrests occurred during the same five day time period.
For this second weekend of the campaign a DUI/Driver's license checkpoint will be conducted in the city of San Rafael. The checkpoint will be set up on Grand Avenue at East Francisco Boulevard and operate in both directions. It starts at 6:00 p.m. and may relocate later in the evening to northbound Irwin Street at Fifth Avenue. Grand Avenue and East Francisco Boulevard are major arterial roadways that lead in to and out of San Rafael's busy downtown. The location was selected for it's proximity to the area's bars, restaurants, and shopping. Additionally, the Canal neighborhood south of the location has experienced a high percentage of DUI-involved collisions over the past year. The California Highway Patrol will also be deploying all available officers during their Maximum Enforcement Period this holiday weekend; Friday 6 PM through midnight Monday.
All regularly scheduled traffic and patrol officers will focus efforts at stopping and arresting DUI drivers during their normal shifts. Multiple DUI/Driver's License Checkpoints, Multi Agency DUI Task Force operations and local Roving DUI patrols are all part of this Bay Area- wide effort during the 17 day Winter Holiday Campaign.
Police, Sheriff and the CHP encourage all motorists to help make the holidays safer: Report Drunk Drivers – Call 911. DUI arrest data collection will continue through New Year's Weekend, midnight Sunday, January 1, 2012. Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.


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Environmentalist proposes "baby tax," financial disabilities for large families
Dec 11, 2007 - 05:04 pm
.- An Australian professor of obstetrics has proposed both a $5,000 "baby levy" to be imposed on parents upon the birth of their children and an annual carbon tax of up to $800 per child, The Advertiser reports.
Congregation for Clergy launches website on the Bible
Dec 11, 2007 - 03:24 pm
.- "Reading the Word of God with the Church" is the slogan for the Congregation for the Clergy's new website, which was developed to make the books of the Bible available online in nine different languages, with theological and exegetical commentaries.
Abortion promoters see man as just an animal, Spanish bishop warns
Dec 11, 2007 - 01:32 pm
.- Bishop Jose Ignacio Munilla Aguirre of Palencia warned this week that the recent arrests of personnel at various clinics in Barcelona where illegal abortions up to the eighth month were being performed confirms that the defenders of abortion see man as just an animal.
"Terri's Day" established in remembrance of Terri Schiavo
Dec 11, 2007 - 12:52 pm
.- March 31, the date of Terri Schiavo's death will mark the newly established "International Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Terri Schindler Schiavo and All of Our Vulnerable Brothers and Sisters." The day was created to foster education, prayer and activism regarding discrimination against the disabled.
Guatemalan bishops call on Congress to approve adoption law to combat trafficking of children
Dec 11, 2007 - 12:44 pm
.- The president of the Bishops' Conference of Guatemala, Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini, called on the country's Congress this week to approve a law on adoptions "that protects the rights of the child and strongly confronts the excesses and immoral attitudes of those who have made a business out of adoption."
Archbishop Luckert: Don't be surprised if Chavez starts inventing things against the Church
Dec 11, 2007 - 12:39 pm
.- The vice president of the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela, Archbishop Roberto Luckert, expressed his solidarity this week with Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas, who has been the target of recent attacks on the Church by Chavez supporters.
Progress without God benefits few and oppresses many, says Spanish cardinal
Dec 11, 2007 - 12:27 pm
.- The Archbishop of Valencia, Cardinal Agustin Garcia-Gasco, said this week that the ideologies of modern times, especially of the 20th century, "seek to build a perfect society by radically rejecting God," and they hold that "the path to the future entails the expulsion of God from the human city."
Romney calls support for abortion "biggest mistake," but is in favor of some embryonic stem cell research
Dec 11, 2007 - 11:42 am
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Whoever attacks the family undermines the peace of the world, says the Pope
Dec 11, 2007 - 11:03 am
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Lindsay Lohan's 26th Birthday: The 'Liz & Dick' Star's Life and Career in Pictures (PHOTOS)
After dancing the night away with her friends, the actress was presented with cake and Sprinkles Cupcakes, and the whole room broke out singing "Happy Birthday."
The bash went off without a hitch, which is good news for the headline-making actress, especially after her scary June 15 incident where she was treated for exhaustion.
There have been a whole lot of changes — professionally, physically, legally — since the freckle-faced kid version of Lindsay hit the scene in The Parent Trap until 2011, where she's been in and out of court, rehab, house arrest, etc. Click through the gallery to see her life through the years.
Most recently, Lohan has starred on Glee and landed the coveted leading role of Elizabeth Taylor in the biopic, Liz & Dick.
But that hasn't kept her out of the headlines. On June 15, Lohan was treated for exhaustion after being found unresponsive in the penthouse of the Ritz Carlton hotel in Marina del Ray, Calif. Representatives for the actress later clarified that the 911 call was placed after she did not respond to knocks at her suite door.
The incident occurred after the actress completed an all-night shoot and had kept up a grueling schedule in recent days, Honig said.
The actress was not transported to the hospital and returned to the set of the film Friday afternoon.
"Note to self.. After working 85 hours in 4 days, and being up all night shooting, be very aware that you might pass out from exhaustion & 7 paramedics MIGHT show up @ your door… Hopefully they're cute. Otherwise it would be a real let down," Lohan posted to her Twitter following the incident.
But she was a total pro, returning to the Liz & Dick set later that day.
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The word brazzer has several different meanings. The most common meanings have to do with slang to describe women. The word usually refers to an attractive woman and her physical assets, specifically her upper body. In particular, the word brazzer is most often used to describe a woman with particularly attractive, large breasts. However, the word brazzers, plural, may be used to refer to the breasts themselves. Brazzer is also a vulgar Irish slang term for a prostitute.
As you can see, the term brazzer is most often used to refer to a woman or her attributes in some way. However, the word brazzer does have a few meanings unrelated to a woman, or her breasts. There are a few additional, less popular, meanings of the word. For example, brazzer may be used as a term of endearment for a friend. In that usage, brazzer is similar to calling a male friend brother or homeboy. Brazzer is sometimes used as a racial slur to describe people of Mexican descent. That alternate usage is most common in the city of Chicago.
Brazzers is also the name of an adult website. It should come as no surprise that this website offers pornography featuring beautiful women with large breasts. It also features all the regular fare that you would expect from a website that provides adult content. Brazzers, the website, requires that visitors be 18 or older to view content.
Brazzers, the website, is composed of 29 individual sites and boasts 4,600 exclusive videos with more than 1,000 porn stars. That is quite an impressive array of pornography and a huge variety of porn actresses. The women who are featured on the home page of this website could definitely be described as brazzers themselves, based on the most popular meaning of this unusual word. The site features plenty of beautiful women with large breasts and varied talents.
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|The Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) is a unique coalition of Atlantic Canadian organizations and individuals working on, or having an interest in, international development and cooperation issues, working together to achieve sustainable global development in a peaceful and healthy environment, with social justice, human dignity, and participation for all. ACIC supports its members in development and development education through collective leadership, networking, information, training and coordination, and represents their interests when dealing with government and others. We currently have 55 members, including national and grassroots organizations from across the Atlantic Provinces.
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Overseas, the project will involve managing the overall logistics and coordination of the Friends of the Earth International Conference to be held in Tegucigalpa, Honduras in 2008. The assignment will depend on the close collaboration with Madre Tierra's Executive Director, Dr. Juan Almendares. By building networks and working in partnership with representatives from a variety of Honduran Environmental non-governmental organizations, the project aims to successfully oversee and administer a conference bringing together over a thousand participants from all over the world.
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UPDATE 2012 - Thanks for visiting TalkCharlotteRealEstate.com! Here's a quick rundown of fun things to do in Charlotte for Labor Day Weekend in 2012:
Charlotte Labor Day Parade - Monday, September 3, 2012 at 10:00am, Pearl Street Park to Marshall Park in Charlotte, NC. Get more details: Charlotte NC Labor Day Parade
Matthews Alive Festival - August 31 through September 3, 2012 at the corner of John and Trade streets in Matthews, NC. Find the event map here: matthewsalive.org/map.php
Labor Day Celebration at the Whitewater Center - September 1, 2012 at 4:00pm with Megafun, Pseudo Blue, and Friends. More details here: Labor Day Celebration, Charlotte Whitewater Center
[No NASCAR events this weekend]
Thanks and enjoy!!
Labor Day Weekend has long been regarded as the closing bookend to the summer season. And here in Charlotte, we celebrate the unofficial start of Fall with tons of fun things to do over Labor Day Weekend. Here's a list of some of the events and activities happening around Charlotte over Labor Day.
Charlotte Labor Day Parade - Monday, September 5th at 11:00 a.m. The parade begins at Hal Marshal Center in uptown Charlotte and ends at the intersection of Tryon and Third Street.
Matthews Alive Festival - Friday, September 2nd through Monday, September 5th. Featuring a huge Labor Day Parade plus 3 live music stages with full schedules, arts and crafts vendors, rides, games, amusements, pony rides and train rides. Attracts over 200,000 people and is dedicated to the support of local non-profit organizations through music, arts and community involvement. For more info, visit matthewsalive.org
Labor Day Celebration at the Whitewater Center - Sunday, September 4th at 4:00 p.m. Free concert featuring the Steep Canyon Rangers and friends as well as a Fireworks show at dusk. Take in the events at the U.S. National Whitewater Center during the day and enjoy the free concert and fireworks in the evening. For more info, visit usnwc.org.
7th St.Labor Day Block Party - Sunday, September 4th at 1:00 p.m. at the corner of 7th St and N. Caswell in the Elizabeth neighborhood. Put on by Kennedy's, Jack's, PStone and Sub Station II with live music, wing eating contests, and a cornhole tournament. Pet friendly celebration!
Labor Day Classic 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway at NASCAR Hall of Fame - Sunday, September 4th from 7:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. The Belk High Octane Theater at the NASCAR Hall of Fame presents a Race Day Experience featuring the 64' wide, curved projection screen, complete with surround sound and in-car audio feeds. For more info, visit nascarhall.com.
If you're in the Charlotte area or are planning a visit here for Labor Day Weekend, we know you'll find plenty of fun things to do to welcome the fall season in North Carolina. If you have any interest in real estate shopping while you're in town, we invite you to browse Charlotte homes for sale and to call our Talk Charlotte Real Estate Agents to schedule a showing: 888-297-6100.
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AP - With only two chances left to earn a spot in next month's Masters, Aaron Baddeley and Stuart Appleby have started well at the Texas Open.
The Australian pair shot two-under-par 70s to be two shots behind joint clubhouse leaders Pat Perez and young Kiwi Danny Lee before darkness forced the first round to be suspended following a start delayed by fog.
They need to win either this event on the Greg Norman-designed T&T Oaks Course in San Antonio or next week's Houston Open if they're to tee up in the Masters at Augusta National the following week.
The biggest talking point of the day was the form - or lack of it - of three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson who shot a five-over-par 77 to fall nine strokes back.
In his previous two starts, Mickelson missed the cut in the Honda Classic and tied for 16th three weeks ago at Doral in the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship.
"I had been playing real well at home, so to come out and play like this is disappointing," Mickelson said. "Just didn't feel quite sharp."
Mickelson hit just half of the greens in regulation, bogeyed three of the four par 3s and closed with a double bogey on the par-4 ninth.
"I didn't putt well," said Mickelson, who had 17 putts on the second nine that he played in four-over 40.
"I had a couple of three-putts that hurt. Iron play wasn't great. I didn't drive it bad, until that last hole."
The fog kept temperatures in the 50s before it burned off and gave way to sun and readings in the 80s.
"This morning it was freezing, and I hit balls (on the practice range) in four layers of clothes," Perez said. "Now, I'm sweating."
One-under after a bogey on the 15th, Perez finished with three birdies on putts from more than 10 feet - including a 17-footer on the final hole.
Lee, the 2008 US Amateur champion at Pinehurst No. 2, finished with consecutive birdies with putts inside 13 feet on the 17 and 18. He finished second three weeks ago in Puerto Rico.


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"Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." (Jonah 1:17)
Have you ever eaten fish? Some people really like fish, and some people really don't! Some people eat fish all the time. But how often do you hear of a fish eating a person?
God told a man named Jonah to go preach to some people called the Ninevites. The Ninevites were very wicked people. They tortured and killed people for no reason. They worshipped many false gods. They hated the Israelites – and an Israelite is just what Jonah was. God told Jonah to tell these wicked people that God loved them and that if they turned from their sin, God would forgive them and would not punish them for their wicked deeds.
Jonah did not want to go tell these people that good news. In fact, he went down to the boat docks and bought a ticket for a ship headed in the opposite direction! On the way, a very bad storm came up. The wind blew and the waves rolled high. The boat rocked back and forth, and the crew was soaked head-to-toe by the rain. Each man on board cried out to his idol-god to save him.
Only Jonah knew of the one true God. Jonah knew God was using the storm to get his attention because he had disobeyed Him. Instead of telling the sailors to turn around and go back to port, Jonah told them to throw him overboard into the raging sea. At first, they did not want to throw him off, but when the storm got even worse, they finally picked him up and threw him over the side of the ship.
When they did, the seas were quiet. The wind stopped blowing. But what happened to Jonah? Well, God had prepared something special for him – a miracle, in fact! God made a fish swallow up Jonah! From inside the fish, Jonah prayed, getting his heart right with God. After three days and three nights, the fish threw up Jonah...onto a beach. He probably looked bad after all that time in a fish's stomach– in his prayer, he had even said he seaweed wrapped around his head!
When Jonah finally went to the city on Nineveh and preached to them of God's love, they repented of their sins. They gave up their wicked ways and began to serve God. Even the king repented of his sin and turned to God.
Throughout all these events, you can see that God was in complete control: He directed the weather and sea, directed a fish, and used these things to direct Jonah.
God uses creation to do what He wants done – even to get the attention of His people.
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Isaiah 28:5 "In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,"
Our lives, and everything to do with our lives are in the hand of the Lord. 1 Samuel 2:6 – The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
"Evangelism" comes from the Greek-based word evangel, which means "good news" in English. To "evangelize" is to tell the Gospel message of Jesus Christ to those who do not yet know or understand God's plan of salvation. Evangelism is part of one of the most important teachings that Jesus gave the believers. Matthew 28:19-20 – "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."
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Conceptual art is based on thoughts, events and processes where form is incorporated into new meanings in the intersection between art and the world's social, political and philosophical appearance. The act of making the idea visible therefore does not originate primarily from the observations of the eye, but is conditioned by a mental - rather than sensory - insight into the object's condition.
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