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— "Serena Williams: Love Her, Hate Her, She's the Best Ever". That's the line that greeted us on the cover of last week's post-Wimbledon issue of Sports Illustrated.
It was a surprise in one sense. Serena, despite her continued dominance, has yet to match the career totals — the Slam wins, the tournament titles, the weeks at No. 1 — of past greats like Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, and Chris Evert.
In another sense, though, it wasn't all that shocking. This is a magazine cover. As anyone who has ever read a fitness magazine and tried to get a "6 pack in 6 days" knows, covers are all about exaggeration.
But once we're inside the magazine, we can come back down to earth. Why does L. Jon Wertheim suddenly believe, now that Serena has won her fourth Wimbledon and 13th major, that she should be elevated above Court (24 Slams), Graf (22), Navratilova (18), and Evert (17)?
Why not also say that her fellow Wimbledon champion, Rafael Nadal, is also the greatest ever, even though he lags behind Roger Federer in Slams? I respect Wertheim's writing and trust his judgments on most occasions, but I can't join him here. Maybe he pushed the envelope on this a little because it was a cover story. Or maybe this is what it takes to get tennis onto the cover of SI in the first place. Or maybe he just believes it. Let's look at the arguments.
"Williams plays in a far more competitive and demanding era."
The game is global now, there's more money in it, and the women hit harder and play a more physical brand of tennis. But has that produced more Hall-of-Fame level players? We've spent the latter half of this decade bemoaning the lack of new blood at the top of the WTA — the only multiple Slam winner to turn pro after the year 2000 is Maria Sharapova. Court did win many Aussie Opens (11 in total) against weak competition, but Serena has won Slam finals against less-than-Olympian names like Safina, Jankovic, and Zvonareva.
As far as the demanding part goes, it's true that the sport is tougher on the body now and requires a high level of athleticism, but each of those former champions — Evert and Navrailova in particular — played more matches per season than Serena does.
The more important point, though, is that the perceived level of competition in every era is skewed by the level of dominance of the top player. If Graf had never existed, Gabriela Sabatini would likely have been a five-six-seven-time Slam winner rather than a one-timer. If Court had never existed, we'd be talking about Billie Jean King as the best of all time. And while Serena has been the best player of the last decade and of her era, she hasn't dominated the best player not named Williams, Justine Henin. Serena is 8-6 overall against Henin, but 2-4 at the majors.
The bottom line is that in each era, the women we've mentioned took on the best competition in the world at that moment and raised themselves above it. That's all you can ask.
"None of the others had to play her sister in a final."
True, Venus is also an all-time great, and it's a unique psychological struggle for Serena. But Court had King, Navratilova had to beat 17-time Slam winner Evert over and over, and Graf had to overcome Navratilova herself to begin her reign.
"She has also won 12 major women's doubles titles, two major mixed titles, and two double gold medals."
The Williams sisters will go down as one of the greatest doubles team of all time. But bringing doubles into this particular conversation isn't going to help her cause. Court won 19 doubles Slams and 19 mixed-doubles Slams. Navratilova won 177 doubles titles in total. As for the Olympics, Graf owns a singles gold.
"She's been winning them since she was 17."
Graf won her first Slam at 17, and her last at 29, Serena's current age. There's no doubt that Serena can win them for years to come, and her longevity could eventually make her a candidate for greatest player ever.
But during her 20s she wasn't as dominant as Graf. Steffi won her famous Golden Slam in 1988, but she also won three majors in a year on four other occasions. Since her Serena Slam in 2002-3, Williams has never won three in a season (that could change this year).
Before last year, she hadn't won two in a single season. But if you want to talk crazy dominance, nobody can match Navratilova in her prime. From 1981 to '87, she went 432-14. You read it right: 432-14.
Incidentally, Graf and Serena played twice, and, if the WTA's website is correct, split those matches by the same score, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. Both matches occurred in 1999, Serena's first big year, and Graf's last. (See the end of their second match, in Indian Wells, here.)
"The most important stroke in tennis is the serve, and Williams's is the most fearsome in women's history."
Agreed, Serena's serve is the best ever, and if there were no other shots in tennis, she'd have the Goat title locked up. But by most measures Ivo Karlovic has the most devastating serve in men's tennis at the moment. Should we ignore his results and hand him the No. 1 ranking every year? Plus, Graf and Navratilova also had the most effective serves of their eras.
"If you matched tennis's female legends head-to-head — all at their best, with identical equipment — Williams wouldn't just beat the others; she'd crush them."
Serena would crush Court and Evert, I agree, and beat Graf and Navratilova most of the time. But I would also say that the 500th-ranked man on the ATP tour right now would beat Don Budge — at his best, with identical equipment — like a drum. Does that make No. 500 from 2010 a greater player and champion than Budge, or Tilden, or Gonzalez?
Every player, obviously, is a product of his or her era. The best player of any era has trained and designed her game to beat the opponents she has to face on the court — nothing more, nothing less.
You can't penalize Graf and Navratilova for not making themselves good enough in their primes to beat a hypothetical future opponent. If Serena had made her debut, say, three years after Graf's debut, and Serena had started taking Slams from her, Steffi would have been forced to change her game to meet this challenge.
We'll never know how that would worked out, so all we can do to compare them is to look at their overall records during the times when they were playing. And as with the Federer-Nadal head-to-head argument, the fact that someone can beat another player doesn't make them "greater" — top players play to win tournaments, not beat certain individuals.
The same will be true when a young serve-and-volleying Russian starts racking up Slams 15 years from now. We won't be able to look back and penalize Serena for not having made her game consistent or versatile enough to have beaten her.
Slam totals are what we generally go by to judge all-time greatness. There's a vogue right now for saying that they shouldn't matter so much, because the best players skipped the Aussie Open in the 70s and 80s. And it's true, the Aussie was not really a major title for 20 years, and the "it's only the Slams that matter" attitude didn't get started until the Ivan Lendl era, when the top players became rich enough not to have to worry about anything other than prepping for and winning those four tournaments.
But that doesn't change the fact that from the earliest days of the sport, the Slams — which were each of the big tennis nation's national championships — were the events that the players wanted to win most. That's why they remain the benchmark.
But there are other markers of excellence. There's time spent at No. 1: Graf finished eight seasons there, Navratilova seven. Williams has done it twice. There are total titles: Navratilova ended with 167, Graf 107; Williams has 37. There's excellence on all surfaces: Serena has won all four majors at least once; Graf won all four at least four times (her signature achievement, IMO).
None of this is a knock on Serena. She's the best of this generation and a tremendous athlete to watch. She's also never been too concerned with the No. 1 ranking, or total titles, and she hasn't had the relentless, long-term, week-to-week drive for dominance that characterized Graf and Navratilova. And as it stands now, Serena's best years may be ahead of her. You can't fully measure a career against the sport's past until that career is over.
In a way, it's only fair to Serena that we not jump the gun on her place in history. Next thing you know, in 10 years, we'll be celebrating a young American champ as "Better than Serena ever was!" after she wins her fifth major. Sounds like a good line for a magazine cover.


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Thank you for this, Graeme. Quite interesting, from my legal geek perspective. Seems like there's a legislative fix or two required!
Which will probably end up being done by private members bills entered into the ballot by backbench government MPs!
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What puzzles me is why there such a profound opposition to medicial marijuana from the Beehive? Is it really that much of a vote losing issue?
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OnPoint: My last name sounds Chinese, in reply to
By making the headlines about buyers with Chinese surnames, instead of the broader issue of non-residents buying property, Labour now his the risible Nick Smith leading the news bulletin, accusing them of playing the race card.
It was Labour who chose this lede. Not Smith. Not the media. Labour.
Polity: House-buying patterns in Auckland,
...and, oh look, Nick Smith's calling out Labour for "playing the race card". Right or wrong, what other way was focusing on race by choosing to focus on Chinese supposed to play out?
This really is spectacularly stupid politics from Labour.
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Exactly, Sacha. I know Rob's a smart man, and I like to think many in Labour are... so why make this specifically about Chinese, why make it about race when the big issue didn't need to be?
OnPoint: My last name sounds Chinese,
If the debate about "is this or is this not racist" is distracting from the important issue of non-residents buying Auckland housing, then that's because Phil Twyford and Labour chose to make the headlines of this story about race. When it didn't need to be, at all.
OnPoint: My last name sounds Chinese,
Superb rebuttal of Twyford's racist dog whistle, Keith. Thank you.
Field Theory: Real Fans, in reply to
To echo Dom - I also was a long-time season pass holder for the Hurricanes and Wellington Lions, both through Athletic Park then Westpac Stadium. But then, around 2010, it all just got too much.
While seeing our teams playing poorly wasn't particularly new, having to do so at great cost in a bitterly cold concrete stadium with ridiculously poor choices for food and drink, attempts at half-time entertainment that at best were half-hearted (but more accurately, simply piss-poor) and security who embodied all the worst aspects of trumped up little pricks in uniform.
We started to leave at half-time to watch the rest of the game in comfort at a nearby bar; with good food and drink to hand.
Then we just stopped going along at all.

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The New England War was the bloodiest conflict in the History of North America, and was fought between the German Empire and the United States of America. It was the second time in US history that a overseas power invaded the U.S. mainland, and first war in which the German Empire fought an overseas power. The war lasted from July 27th, 1901, to February 8th, 1902.
The conflict has had a lasting effect upon all the nations involved in to varying degrees. It secured the position of the as United States a world power, and ended the Kaisers dream of a German Colonial Empire. However, another result was the Germans growth on continental Europe, which lead to the First World War.
The key cause of the war was Kaiser Wilheim II desire to create a German overseas empire. Germany may have had some colonies, but the Kaiser felt that they needed one that would rival even the British Empire, and thus give him an excuse to build Germany's navy to match. Some historians speculate that Kaiser Wilheim II also felt he needed to prove himself to the world, and have cited his hatred of the U.S.A as another reason.
In the US, however, very little went on in the preparation of war, as no one was aware of Germany intentions. However, British intelligence uncovered evidence that Germany was preparing to invade an overseas nation. However, rather then warn the US, the British Government was more concerned that Canada was the Germans target, and began stock piling weapons in the region for the populace. With the Boer War still raging on, Britain could not directly intervene in North America, so placed Canada top priority, and paid no heed to the US.
First Landings; 1901.
On July, 20th, 1901, a fleet of ships set out from Germany, bound for New England. Accompanying them were most of the German Navy, save the North Sea Fleet. The Kaiser had an Ultimatum sent to Washington, D.C., but deliberately delayed it so as to catch the US by surprise. The British spotted the fleet, but, rather then inform the US, they began making preparations in Canada for the possible war.
However, over a week later, German troops landed on Long Island, and swept into Brooklyn, catching the Americans and the world by surprise. A spirited defense by 1000 state militia men in and around Brooklyn Bridge, however, delayed the Germans for at least two days, in an event that became known as the Battle of Brooklyn Bridge, buying time for refugees to flee the city, and also gave the time needed for word to get to Washington. A naval blockade began around New York harbor, and German Naval Ships began bombing the US coast at random points, causing severe damage and loss of life. President William McKinley declared a state of war had begun between the German Empire and the United States of America. Governors from several states began sending National Guard and state militias to New York. Most of these militias were untrained and carried out of date weaponry, but had the advantage of numbers.
On June 8th, Germany presented the terms of surrender for the US, and gave them a week to reply. Meanwhile, German forces had begun to establish a formidable beachhead around the city of New York, which was now occupied by German forces, and the remaining population, was in the consent fear of the Germans. More state militias began arriving, and a force of over 50,000 was assembled to confront the Germans. They were beaten back, however, at the Battle of the Hudson by the German First Army, and retreated to Albany, which became the main area of a massive military build up by American forces from regulars to militia. The Germans, on the other hand, had to ferry their troops across the Atlantic, but had the superiority of weapons on their side. This resulted in a stalemate forming, and little to no action occurred until August 3rd, when the Battle of Hartford began.
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Redemption: How An NFL Player Came Back From the Brink Of Cocaine Addiction
He had just returned from what would be his last drug-binge, as a cocaine addict.
As he sat atop a bunk-bed, in a Texas Salvation Army, gaunt and emaciated he knew he had to make a change. By this time, he was forty-six years old and he no longer wanted to live on the street, homeless, scouring for cocaine.
In fact, he liked being inside the Salvation Army, away from the elements, as he would put it.
Now, let's go back 35 years, John Corker was a teenage, athletic phenom. Corker was a teenage football star, then a university football star, and later a professional football star.
Corker reached the greatest heights of his profession, and then fell equally as low due to drug addiction.
At the height of his career, the six foot seven, two hundred eighty pound football star, was a linebacker for the Houston Oilers and the Green Bay Packers, both of the National Football League.
He earned hundreds of thousands of dollars, won awards, and received praise from fans. None of it, at the time, was a match for cocaine addiction.
At his worst, Corker was in his forties, living on the streets, eating out of garbage cans, and ingesting enormous amounts of cocaine into his body. In fact, he often wonders why his heart did not explode.
Well, today he is an employed, self-sufficient single father of a 4 year old daughter. He no longer consumes cocaine or alcohol, nor does he sleep on the streets or live in the Salvation Army shelter.
Actually, Corker is a recovered drug addict, with seven years clean and sober. Also, he serves on the advisory council of the Salvation Army.
Corker often speaks at Salvation Army events. He shares his experience, strength and hope at schools and other organizations as well.
Many years after setting sports records, achieving fame and making lots of money, not to mention, surviving financial ruin, homelessness, and an egregious cocaine habit, he is happy and content as a city bus driver in Texas.
Although he pays a lot in child care, he is saving money to someday buy a house for the "apple of his eye", his 4 year old daughter.
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Taxpayers in several Southern NH towns will pay a total of $13,000 for costs incurred during the recent Obama campaign visit to Windham.
Analysis of the costs to provide additional security during the campaign visit reveals the "bill" to each town is as follows:
Derry - $2,233.21
Hudson - $397.02
Pelham - $794.03
Salem - $1,588.06
Windham - $5,409.58
This does not include the costs incurred by the Rockingham County Sheriff's Department or the NHSP.
Now the Board of Selectmen in these towns must find ways to funnel your hard-earned taxpayer money around in the budget to pay for this purely political visit! Think of how much you pay annually in property taxes and then contact your selectmen to let them know you are not ok with those funds being used for any political stop!
The town of Windham will be the first to tackle this issue at their meeting this Monday, August 27.
I encourage you to call the Windham Board of Selectmen using the contact information below and tell them you don't think taxpayer dollars should be used for political visits!
Bruce Breton, Chairman
Ross McLeod, Vice Chairman - 603-303-4504
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This is an issue that affects taxpayers across NH! Even if you are not a resident of Windham, I encourage you to contact the Board of Selectmen and let them know that you don't think taxpayer resources should pay for President Obama's campaign stop!
As you may recall, the town of Durham played host to a similar stop for the President's re-election campaign in late June and has yet to be reimbursed for the $12,998.28 in expenses they incurred to provide additional security for the visit.
A lot of time remains until the November elections. During that time, there will likely be additional stops by campaigns in the swing state of NH. The next town to be billed by the Obama campaign could be yours! Contact the Windham Board of Selectmen today and put a stop to this!
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'We reserve the right to choose our own way of combating this aggression,' said a statement by President Saddam Hussein and the country's top leadership. 'We must not let our colonialist and Zionist enemies achieve their base aims by choosing the time that suits them.'
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So we had a new employee who seemed to know how to use her PC without any issues. I was called in to help out because the documents were not saving (So I'm thinking Word files are being saved to the wrong place, and we use DeepFreeze which does not allow ANY changes to the local machine).
I walk up to the desk and ask "Please show me exactly how you save files".
She opens up My Computer, Click on her Networked Drive, opens a specific folder...
...and begins to type in the blank area where files would normally be.
She yells, "Look! I can't save my documents if I can't type in them!?"
I politely showed her how to properly open Word, then save a Word document into that specific folder of hers. As bad as some days are, I've always seen worse.
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Nov 4, 2011 at 11:01 UTC
This is why IT personnel will always be needed. Job security. :)
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:01 UTC
Wow... just... wow
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:02 UTC
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Nov 4, 2011 at 11:04 UTC
+1 on the WOW statement. Thats one Ive never heard of before.
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:05 UTC
Just curious... Does this same user think that their CD-ROM drive is a cup holder for their coffee mug? Seems like they might... just sayin'.
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:05 UTC
Take the computer away, and give her a typewriter. If she can't handle that, give her a pencil and a notepad.
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:06 UTC
This user sounds to me to be on the same playing field as my mom. I feel sorry for you.
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:07 UTC
thats a definate first for me...
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:07 UTC
How on earth did she think this??????????
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:07 UTC
Take the computer away, and give her a typewriter. If she can't handle that, give her a pencil and a notepad.
She'd probably write with the eraser-end and wonder why nothing's appearing on the paper.
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:11 UTC
Wow, that's a new one. I'm kind of surprised that she was able to get to the folder at all. Why would she think you can just start typing? My head hurts...
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:12 UTC
I don't know which is worse that one or the time I had a teacher complain that she could not get the internet. I come in and she shows me by opening up IE and the homepage came up just fine, which was the schools attendance page. As she tells me "See the Internet is not working, I only get the attendance page."
I had to show her how to type in the address of the page she wanted. BTW she had been working at the school and the same computer for years and could get to where she wanted to go without a problem.
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:12 UTC
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:13 UTC
Omni Tech Solutions is an IT service provider.
Take the computer away, and give her a typewriter. If she can't handle that, give her a pencil and a notepad.
She'd probably type onto a manila folder =D
and @Kevin7205, not yet...but now that you mentioned it I might just retrofit mine to do just that!
I have pride in my patience and kindness, I'm not sure what other people would say or how they would react if you saw someone slapping their keyboard with a "My Documents" folder open and no other applications!
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:14 UTC
Just had a thought..
Don't let her near any whiteout or you will have a mess all over her screen to clean up.
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:19 UTC
I think I just died a little bit...
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:27 UTC
haha I have never heard of anything like this wow.
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:28 UTC
You should have said your company actually uses a "hands free document editor" where you need to press the Dell / HP / etc badge on the monitor and shout "Activate" to create a new document...
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:33 UTC
Hopefully someone drives them to work.....
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:37 UTC
I find that the number of congenital idiots does not vary as a function of time or location.
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:41 UTC
Wow that is just.. Wow. I have no words for what that really is.
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:43 UTC
Am i the only person wondering how they got the job?
Nov 4, 2011 at 11:45 UTC
Am i the only person wondering how they got the job?
No, I'm wondering the same thing. I understand everyone has their moments where they forget the simple things...but I can't picture this being one of those cases...
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OmniGraph Attended With Success 2015, Stationery Show in Athens.
OmniGraph Attended With Success 2015, Stationery Show in Athens.
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OmniGraph Attended With Success 2015, Stationery Show in Athens.
OmniGraph, attended the stationery show with the name "School and Office 2015" in Athens, between 25th and 27th of April, 2015.
OmniGraph, is one of the leaders in Greece, offering remanufactured and compatible aftermarket supplies for printers and copiers. Within the product portfolio are components for toner and inkjet recycling and remanufacturing. From the end of 2014, is the preferred distributor of Delacamp, offering to the remanufacturing industry in Greece and Cyprus the full range of Delacamp products.
Susanne Przybylski, Area Sales Manager of Delacamp, joined the show and offered the fully support in the Greek sales team, promoting the solutions and products of Delacamp. She stated: "We are happy with having attended the event, which has brought us a step closer to our end users and their real demand. It has showed me the importance of understanding the views of the end customer in the Greek market by talking to many attendees. Overall, it was a successful event, which not only supported our business but also strengthened our ongoing partnership with Omnigraph. "
Markos Lianos, owner of OmniGraph also commented: "During the show, with the support of Ms. Susanne Przybylski we had the chance to meet our customers together and exchange ideas for the present and the future of the remanufacturing industry in the region."
About the show.
The Trade Fair "School and Office 2015" is an initiative of the newly formed Association of suppliers of stationery, school items, writing accessories and office supplies of Greece. "School & Office 2015" trade fair ran for fourth consecutive year, from 25 to 27 April at the Exhibition MEC Peania center, in Athens. Exhibitors from Greece and visitors from Greece, Cyprus, and the other neighboring countries joined the show for three following days, and had the opportunity to discuss the new trends and demonstrate the available products and services.


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Built in 2010, this stylish city hotel is family-friendly and ideal for business travellers and holiday makers alike. It comprises a total of 116 rooms including 2 suites. Facilities on offer to guests at this air-conditioned establishment include a lobby area with a 24-hour reception and check-out service, a hotel safe and lift access. There is a caf�, a bar/snack bar and a restaurant and guests will appreciate the free wireless Internet access and conference facilities. They can also take advantage of the room and laundry services. Free parking is available for those arriving by car.
This hotel is located in Pinto, 300 m from Nassica and the Factory Shopping Centre. It is around 2 km from Juan Carlos I park and the centre of Pinto, some 5 km from El Cesar metro station and 10 minutes' drive from the Warner Brothers Theme Park. This hotel enjoys a convenient setting just off the A4 motorway, 18 km south of Madrid. Madrid Barajas Airport is approximately 32 km away.
All rooms are en suite with a shower, bathtub and hairdryer. Standard in-room amenities include a double bed, direct dial telephone, TV, radio, Internet access, a safe, minibar and fridge. The air conditioning and heating are individually regulated.
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New Zealand votes to legalise same-sex marriage
New Zealand became the first Asia-Pacific country to legalise same-sex marriage on Wednesday after a decades-long campaign, a historic decision celebrated with parties across the gay community.
A parliamentary vote overwhelmingly backed a move to amend the 1955 Marriage Act 77-44 to describe matrimony as a union of two people regardless of their sex, sexuality or how they choose to identify their gender.
"It is about saying these lives matter, our society is big enough for us," gay Green Party MP Kevin Hague told parliament.
The lawmaker behind the reform, Louisa Wall, a gay member of the centre-left Labour Party, said the New Zealand legislation should pave the way for reform in other countries in the region.
"The law unfortunately has treated homosexual New Zealanders as less than human, as less than equal citizens," she said. "What this bill will do is ensure the state does not discriminate against any citizen."
On the capital's Cuba Street entertainment strip, gay venues such as the San Francisco Bath House and S&M's held parties while screening Wednesday night's vote live.
Parliament's public gallery was booked out due to overwhelming demand and a big screen was erected in an overflow room near the debating chamber to accommodate hundreds of extra onlookers.
"There's going to be parties everywhere," LegaliseLove Wellington co-ordinator Joseph Habgood said ahead of the vote.
The change makes New Zealand the 13th nation globally to allow gay marriage, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Australia rejected a similar proposal last September and the issue has prompted heated debate in the United States since President Barack Obama made support for same-sex unions a prominent part of his second-term agenda.
With Britain and France both appearing set to adopt same-sex marriage soon, Wall said a "global conversation" on gay rights was occurring, which should prompt changes in nations such as Tonga and Samoa, where homosexuality is still illegal.
Opinion was divided on Cuba Street ahead of the vote.
"If some people are allowed to do it, then all people should be allowed to do it," Christina Hroch said "I haven't met anyone that would be against it."
But Suzy Prime was "totally opposed" to the change, raising concerns about the impact on children raised in same-sex marriages.
"I don't think there's a need for marriage," she said. "We already have a law that they can be together with their civil rights. I don't have a problem with that but I don't think it's right to go beyond that and allow marriage."
New Zealand decriminalised homosexuality in 1986 and since 2005 has allowed same-sex civil unions.
HRW lists the countries that currently allow same-sex marriage as The Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, South Africa, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Uruguay, which changed the law this month.
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Jina received her Bachelors in Sociology and Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She continued her education at UCLA to earn her Masters in Education and at Pepperdine University for her Masters in Administration. In 2012, Jina earned a Doctorate in Educational Leadership through the UCLA Educational Leadership Program. Jina resides happily in Los Angeles with her husband, son, daughter, and dog.
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By Anthony Breznican, USA TODAY
Early in Casino Royale, James Bond arrives at a ritzy tropical resort in a blue Ford Mondeo, the kind of nice-but-everyday vehicle that projects "suburban dad" more than "superspy."
Hardly the high-class wheels 007 has maneuvered before. It's like Batman tooling around Gotham City in a minivan instead of the Batmobile.
But soon after Bond arrives, his attention focuses on a vintage Aston Martin owned by a terrorist financier he's tracking, which only makes him covet it more.
Though James Bond seems to have been born to wear a tuxedo, the Bond in the version of Casino Royale opening today has not yet become the iconic 007.
Daniel Craig takes over as the sixth man to be Bond, and the story tells of his transformation. "Nothing's unexplored," Craig says.
For lifelong fans, that's an enticing but delicate experiment. And though Bond has survived five previous actors, Craig is feeling the pressure.
"There's a duty to fulfill here," Craig says. "Nobody is more aware of the responsibility for this than me. I get that this is incredibly important to a lot of people. It's part of their movie upbringing. My only plan is to deliver everything I am."
Based on Fleming's first Bond novel, Casino Royale resets the 007 universe with a tale that begins when the ink is hardly dry on that infamous license to kill.
It's not just his early taste in cars that sets this Bond apart from the one featured in the 21 previous films inspired by author Ian Fleming's spy novels. Ever since Sean Connery first played the character in 1962's Dr. No, and through Pierce Brosnan's latest incarnation, part of Bond's charisma comes from his cavalier approach to the best that life has to offer.
A classic automobile is just as good as a battering ram, the world's most beautiful women are just one-night stands, and exotic locales are destroyed in pursuit of supervillains. The only thing Bond is usually particular about is his drink, and in Casino Royale, not even that taste is fully developed.
In this movie, Bond learns that the life of a spy is very often unpleasant business, and that the opulent fringe benefits of the business are fleeting pleasures.
"The Brioni suits I wear in this, which are literally thousands of dollars worth of suits, are torn off my back," Craig says. "It's how he wears it and how it's destroyed that says these things are important, but not that important. What's more important is this — getting the bad guy, or getting the girl. I kind of like that philosophy."
Though the story theoretically would take place before any of Bond's other adventures, it is set in contemporary times and does not attempt to leap backward to the 1950s before Connery's incarnation took over. Bond has always been depicted as ageless, and the films exist as islands unto themselves, neither dependent on the previous movies nor beholden to the future ones.
Becoming Bond
The 22nd movie is a strange place to begin telling the "first" Bond story, and the reason it hadn't been told properly until now is mostly the fault of legal wrangling.
The late Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli (the father of current producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson) and Harry Saltzman began buying the film rights to Fleming's novels. They started with Dr. No, the sixth book in the series.
One book they could not secure the rights to was Casino Royale, which had previously been done as a television play in 1954 and — after the smash cinematic success of Connery's films — was transformed by the rights-holders into a 1967 spoof starring Peter Sellers and Woody Allen.
The rights remained out of reach for years, and an alternate "origin story" for Bond was never devised, though producers had long wanted to plug this hole in the series.
A number of factors came together to make it happen this time. One was the addition of a new actor — it's hard to "restart" a series with a 50-something star who has been in four previous films. Craig, 38, is young enough to suggest a new agent without making it seem like "kid James Bond."
"I imagine he was in the military service and did whatever he had to do in combat. So it's not about a 25-year-old guy becoming Bond. It's about a man who's already a very competent and experienced veteran who gets his Double-O status," Wilson says.
Another factor was the popularity of other origin films like Batman Begins, Spider-Man and the recent Star Wars prequels, which told the back story of Darth Vader. Those hits created a box-office precedent for exploring the early adventures of 007.
And though the Bond films have collectively taken in $3.5 billion in 2006 dollars, and the last one, 2002's Die Another Day, earned $432 million worldwide, Wilson and his stepsister Barbara say they simply wanted a way to refresh the series. Sci-fi gadgetry that came to dominate the films had gotten too fantastical for many fans.
One way to change direction was to start over completely.
Says Wilson: "When we started on the next film (Barbara) said, 'You don't seem terribly happy. What would you like to do?' I said, 'We got the rights to Casino Royale in 2000 — finally, after 40 years — let's do it, and do it right.' She said, 'That's what I want to do.' "
Casino Royale's strength comes from playing with the expectations the other Bond movies have set up.
We see where his affection for the Aston Martin originates. There is a clever in-joke about the well-known way he likes his martinis prepared. And by the end, the audience has a better understanding about his other famous idiosyncrasy — that love-'em-and-leave-'em attitude that keeps each movie stocked with a fresh buxom babe.
Craig says one new element to this Bond is the addition of an actual love story. Vesper Lynd, the bureaucrat assigned to watch over the millions Bond uses in a high-stakes poker game to bankrupt a terrorist banker, is not the typical Bond girl.
The character played by French actress Eva Green (Kingdom of Heaven, The Dreamers) is waifish and somewhat girl-next-door instead of pinup-model seductive.
And Bond begins to fall in love with her instead of simply bedding her as he has with previous female sidekicks.
Green, 26, says this reveals a tender side to Bond that is not present in the other films. "He's quite dangerous and scary but also very gentle, and that makes him quite sexy."
Bond is not a man who should be falling in love.
"He's willing to give up everything for her," Green says. "After this, he's able to become the best secret agent ever because he's completely detached and closed off, more like a machine."
The closing line of Casino Royale— "Bond, James Bond" — is one fans have heard before, but it is saved for last. And that speaks volumes. This is a movie about self-discovery, and the entertainment for the audience is that they already know the character better than he knows himself.


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It's finally reunion time in Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi. In the previous episode, Ranveer (Shakti Arora) decides to divorce Ishaani (Radhika Madan) and marry Ritika (Smriti Khanna) immediately, as promised. But as we told you not to worry, since RV is just getting ready to get married to Ritika!
RV is so frustrated with Ishaani and her lies that he decides to part ways with her. Ishaani, who is scared of RV's move of attempting suicide, blindly accepts whatever he says and loses the challenge to Ritika.
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Amba too, is shocked with RV's move and she promises to accept whatever he says. Amba and Baa would have united because of Ishveer's death news.
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Ritika, on the other hand, is very happy that he won against Ishaani and RV is all hers. She even locks the room and dances for her win.
Ishaani packs her bags to leave the house. She returns everything that belongs to RV and Amba and leaves the place. Though RV loves her, he has lost all trust on her, which makes him let Ishaani go.
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Ishaani goes to the station to go to Nitin's place whom she considers as her father. Though Shikar (Arjun Bijlani) is hurt both with Ishaani's loss and his loss of love (Ishaani), he tries to stop her. He even asks her to call if she needs any help.
Since trains were cancelled due to the heavy rain, Ritiesh takes her back home. Ritika, who wants Ishaani to stay back till her marriage, invites Ishaani as a friend to attend her marriage. She even asks RV to tell Ishaani the same.
Read on to know the complete story and spoilers in the slides....
Ishaani Packs Her Bags
Ishaani packs her bags to leave as RV had decided to marry Ritika, divorcing Ishaani.
RV Hurt
Though RV is hurt to see Ishaani go away, he will not stop her as he thinks she lied to him.
Shikar Hurt
Shikar is hurt to lose Ishaani, but doesn't express as Ishaani as Ishaani herself is hurt due to her loss to Ritika.
After Shikar trying to stop Ishaani, Ritesh tries his best to stop her. Since the trains were delayed, Ishaani had to go along with Ritiesh.
Ritika Happy
Ritika is happy that RV is all hers now as Ishaani has lost the challenge and is leaving RV forever.
As promised to Ritika, RV decides to marry her. Ritika also asks Ishaani to attend her marriage. She asks RV to tell Ishaani the same.
Ritika Exposed
We are still unaware, how RV gets to know Ritika's truth. But what we know is, RV stops his marriage mid-way as he gets to know with some clues that Ishaani was trying best to save RV and Ritika was culprit.
Ishaani, who had boarded train to leave, hears RV's voice and gets down from the train. She is happy that RV had come to stop her.


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Some secrets can't be kept. . . .
Years ago, they were all the best of friends. But as time passed and circumstances changed, they grew apart, became adults with families of their own, and began to forget about the past—and the terrible lie they all shared. But now Gordon, the youngest and wildest of the five, has died and the others are thrown together for the first time in years. And then the revelations start. Could their long-ago lie be the reason for their troubles today? Each one of these old friends has to wonder if their secret has been discovered—and if someone within the circle is out to destroy them.
©2011 Laura Lippman (P)2011 HarperCollinsPublishers
"Mixed feelings"
I liked this story and I like the way it was told, but I was confused with the mixture of first and third person usage. The narrator keeps referring to "we, but is never identified.
"Laura Lippman knows danger!"
intriguing, suspenseful, heartbreaking.
Go- Go was so complex. You were frustrated by his irresponsibility and recklessness. Eventually, you actually sympathized with him.
She read with such insight to each character's feelings and inner dialogue.
I was shocked at the ending.
I really thought the story was leading to a pat and predictable (disappointing ending) and was so surprised at how it really turned out. This surprise did not take away from the story. It made me listen to the story a second time.
"If you're in a bind with no other options this is"
I found myself not caring much about any of the charectors. It seemed to me that none of them ever fully developed. There were several random story lines that took away from the main story. The random story lines were pretty much wrapped up but didn't add to the main story.
"Very disappointing - don't spend the money"
I think I have read all of Lippman's novels and enjoyed them all. This is boring - I suppose the characters are well done but then there is very little to hold ones interest. The event that occurred while the main characters were children just isn't written well enough to be shocking.
I really hate spending money with Audible to find the novel is hopeless. At least if one uses the library for an audio book, it can be returned. If you buy the audible book and dislike it - you can give it to someone else who may like it. But with Audible, the cost is just GONE.
I am beginning to re-think the money I spend with Audible.
"I forced myself to finish it"
No one I could spend any time with.
I have never missed one of her books - really enjoyed them all. This running at the mouth what ever is just so dreary and predictable.
Nothing wrong with the narrator - It is like being inside of the head of someone that never had an interesting thought.
there isn't enough story or even any depth to the characters
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They debut in Chapter 229.
They sense an evil presence coming after the Jewels and worry about whether Tate and Liza will succeed in stopping it. They say that the Jewels must be protected at all costs.
When Mack arrives at the summit, after the Jewels, he easily knocks the guardians aside to obtain the Jewels.[1]
Utilizing their Chimecho and likely their own powers, the pair manage to psychically travel from Mt. Pyre to Route 123, where they tell Winona and Sapphire of the Jewels and inform them that their true enemy is the person controlling Kyogre and Groudon, deep in the Seafloor Cavern. They also tell Winona that Tate and Liza are secretly guardians of Mt. Pyre, and reveal that the director of Hoenn's Pokémon Association is aware of this fact.[2]
When the director arrives, they admit to wanting to find Tate and Liza. They accept his invitation to stay on the Pokémon Association's airship.[3]
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Chimecho help the two travel from Mt. Pyre to Route 123.


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The League joined over eighty-five 85+ environment groups, public health advocates, labor allies, environmental justice and civil rights organizations and faith groups in support of revising the primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone to a level of 60 parts per billion (ppb).
The LWVUS Climate Change Task Force has developed a background paper for League members and others on the projected impacts of climate change on the cryosphere.
The League joined coalition partners on a letter thanking President Obama for his veto of legislation that would force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.
The League sent a letter to the U.S. Senate urging Senators to defend our vital natural resources and protect public health against pollution. Members of the LWVUS Lobby Corps will also deliver this letter in their visits to select office on Capitol Hill.
January 15, 2015
TO: Members of the U.S. Senate
FROM: Elisabeth MacNamara, President
The LWVUS Climate Change Task Force has developed a background paper for League members and others on the projected impacts of climate change on land ice.
President MacNamara delivered comments on the Clean Power Plan at the EPA's public hearing in Atlanta. The comments commend the EPA for taking the necessary steps to cut carbon pollution and fight climate change. They also urge the EPA to work with state stakeholders to make the regulation stronger and reduce carbon pollution levels 35 percent by 2030.
The League joined a letter to the Leadership of the U.S. Senate encouraging them to stay strong against attempts to load 2014 appropriations bills with amendments that threaten the nation's clean water, climate and natural resources.
The League joined a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging the agency to expeditiously move forward with regulations to cut methane emissions.
The League joined a letter to the U.S. Senate urging Senators to oppose S. 3214, Senator McConnell's newest attempt to derail the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) carbon pollution standards.
The League of Women Voters has been at the forefront of the environmental protection movement for decades, consistently supporting legislation to preserve our nation's natural resources and protect our public health. We support legislation that seeks to protect our country from the physical, economic and public health effects of climate change while also providing pathways to economic prosperity.
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Jump is a runic spell that appears in Ultima Underworld I and II.
The Jump spell enables its caster to make great leaps over large distances, enabling a canny mage to reach otherwise difficult to reach ledges and surpass obstacles. The Avatar could first learn of this spell a scrawled note in left in the uppermost levels of the Stygian Abyss, although it would later make its way into common lexicons of runic magic
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- Mechanically, the spell temporarily increases the Acrobat skill, which determines jumping height.