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Would You Undergo Surgery To Be Taller?
When I was younger, I used to beg my mother to find ways to make me taller because the fact that I stopped growing at 5'1″ was more than a little depressing. Despite my cries and vertical issues, I'm certain that there was no way I'd willingly submit to months of bed rest and painful surgery in order to gain a few inches. Apparently though, there are people in the world who would. Orthopedic surgeon Bai Helong recognized that women and men all over feel inadequate based on their height and found a way to "safely" extend the legs in order to give his patients those few extra inches. By cutting through the tibia and the fibula below the knee and screwing braces on the inner part of his patients' legs, Helong begins the four-(yes, four)-month-long process of stretching the legs. In that period of time, an extra two to three inches are added, but the patient is required to stay immobile. The surgery will set you back about $11,000 and it takes about 4 months before you can even think about walking again, but in the end, you will be a few centimeters taller.
Interestingly enough, a new study just found that for women, the taller you are the more you get paid, so it looks like that surgery would pay itself off if you can deal with sitting on your bottom for multiple weeks at a time. I'm going to go ahead and continue to embrace my height, or lack thereof. [Independent and Daily Mail]


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U.S. U-19 Women's National Team Arrives in Portland to Begin Final Preparations for World Championship
CHICAGO (Friday, August 9, 2002) — The U.S. Under-19 Women's National Team will arrive in Portland, Ore., today to begin final preparations for the 2002 FIFA Under-19 Women's World Championship, taking place in Canada from Aug. 17-Sept. 1, 2002. The U.S. team will train for two days at the Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., before leaving on Monday for Victoria, B.C., where the U.S. team will be based during the entire first round of the tournament.
The U-19s team will train daily in Victoria before opening World Championship play on Saturday, Aug. 17, against England at 1 p.m. PT in what will be the first match of the tournament. The USA will face Australia in its second opening round game on Monday, Aug. 19 at 7:15 p.m. PT and finish Group C play on Wednesday, Aug. 21 against Chinese Taipei (a.k.a. Taiwan) at 7:15 p.m. PT. All of the USA's first round matches will be played at the 6,000-seat Centennial Stadium in Victoria, B.C.
The 12-team tournament is divided into three groups of four teams each which will all play round-robin matches within the groups. Canada, Denmark, Nigeria and Japan will play in Group A in Edmonton, Alberta, while Group B, being played in Vancouver, B.C., is the "Group of Death" and features Germany, France, Mexico and Brazil. The group winners and second place teams will all advance to the quarterfinals, along with the two best third-place teams based on points, at which time the tournament becomes a knock-out competition.
Fans will be able to follow the tournament by logging onto the special section of ussoccer.com dedicated to the first-ever FIFA Under-19 Women's World Championship, to get game reports, group standings, notes, photos and other features during the tournament. In addition, fans will be able to follow all the game action live on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker, presented by Philips Electronics.
The U.S. team was dealt some bad news last week when midfielder Annie Schefter tore her ACL playing in a pickup game in her hometown of Yakima, Wash. Forward Kerri Hanks, a rising high school junior from Allen, Texas, who was on the USA's CONCACAF Qualifying team in Tobago, has replaced Schefter on the roster.
The U.S. team has talented players at every position and will be getting an unprecedented opportunity to compete in a women's youth World Championship, something not afforded to the current generation of star players on the U.S. Women's National Team. In preparation for the World Championship, the U.S. U-19s played 37 official matches over the past two years, including 17 full internationals, and countless other scrimmages. The USA went 15-1-1 in those international matches, outscoring their opponents 93-18. However, the U.S. U-19s have never faced any of their three first round opponents in what promises to be a highly competitive tournament. Due to the extensive preparation schedule, the majority of the U.S. roster has reached double-figures in U-19 caps with captain Lindsay Tarpley having the most at 20. Forward Angie Woznuk has played the least amount of full U-19 internationals with just two.
The 18-player roster features six players who will be sophomores for their colleges next fall, seven incoming college freshmen, three players who will be high school seniors (defender Rachel Buehler and forwards Angie Woznuk and Heather O'Reilly) and two players who will be a high school juniors (goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris and Hanks). The rising college freshmen and sophomores will miss their pre-seasons and then jump right into their collegiate seasons after the World Championship.
The following is the U.S. roster with hometowns:
Goalkeepers (2): Ashlyn Harris (Satellite Beach, Fla.), Megan Rivera (Miami, Fla.);
Defenders (5): Jessica Ballweg (Metuchen, N.J.), Rachel Buehler (Del Mar, Calif.), Keeley Dowling (Carmel, Ind.), Kendall Fletcher (Cary, N.C.), Amy Steadman (Brevard, N.C.);
Midfielders (5): Lori Chalupny (St. Louis, Mo.), Sarah Huffman (Flower Mound, Texas), Manya Makoski (Trumbull, Conn.), Jill Oakes (West Hills, Calif.), Leslie Osborne (Menominee Falls, Wis.);
Forwards (6): Kerri Hanks (Allen, Texas), Megan Kakadelas (Carlsbad, Calif.), Heather O'Reilly (East Brunswick, N.J.), Lindsay Tarpley (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Kelly Wilson (Odessa, Tex.), Angie Woznuk (El Cajon, Calif.).

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I got a standing ovation, I GOT A STANDING OVATION!!! My first ever!!!
— Nate Maingard (@NateMaingard) July 3, 2012
Just after my show last night I posted that tweet. I played my last show at this year's official Grahamstown's Fringe Festival and it was INCREDIBLE! An almost full house, everyone singing along and to end, a standing ovation!!! I was almost in tears, which I don't think anyone knew, hehe.
That's not all that was amazing about last night. I also had the incredible Guy Buttery join me on stage for a cover rendition of John Lennon's Working Class Hero. It was sublime to play with a man who is becoming one of my dearest friends. I couldn't ask to be on stage with a more powerful and subtle musician!
Again, THAT'S NOT ALL! My friend Tim Hutchinson ALSO joined me for a few songs and his incredibly sensitive harmonies and impeccable saxophone playing added layers of magical energy which we danced with on the stage to the delight of all present.
The audience was sublime, SO available to get into the feelings and move with the songs. We all sang I Will Devour together, and there were incredible harmonies, counterpoints and energies flowing. It was insane, I literally felt like I was not in control anymore, but that we were all creating it together!
To top it all off, after the STANDING OVATION (aaaaaaaaaah!!!) I did an encore and invited Tim and Guy back up on stage for a crazy blues jam. The whole crowd was clapping and whistling and we were jamming hard and suddenly up onto the stage leapt this gorgeous black woman who started singing into the mic, and she was amazing!!!
It was an incredible, fantastic ending to my first experience at Grahamstown National Arts Festival. I will never forget it, ever!
I'm playing one more show tonight at the Sound Kiln Festival, which is on a little farm just at the edge of Grahamstown, event here: http://www.facebook.com/events/471840106163860/.
Then it's off to East London for another show at Murambi Country Kitchen, which is such a lovely venue! Really looking forward to this too! Once that's done, back to Cape Town for my last round of shows before I leave South Africa!
What a success, thanks for being a part of it!
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Wednesday | September 10, 2014 | 6:30 pm
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Mama's Snow Cake Recipe
For a beautiful finish to a winter meal, I serve this "snow" cake. This dessert is so impressive its fluffy interior and its sweet exterior.—Jim Luker, Chesapeake, Virginia
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs, separated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1-1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 egg whites
- 5 tablespoons melted snow (or water)
- 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Sweetened shredded coconut
- 1. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks and extracts; beat well. Combine flour, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Add coconut and orange peel. In a small bowl, beat egg whites with remaining salt until stiff peaks form; gently fold into batter. Pour into three greased 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean (if wood burning stove is used, start peeking after 25 minutes). Cool in pans for 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- 2. For icing, combine sugar, egg whites, water and corn syrup in a heavy saucepan or double boiler. With a portable mixer, beat on low for 1 minute. Continue beating on low speed over low heat until frosting reaches 160°, about 8-10 minutes. Pour into a bowl; add vanilla. Beat on high until stiff peaks form, about 7 minutes. Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Spread with frosting and sprinkle with coconut. Repeat. Top with last layer. Frost top and sides of cake; sprinkle with coconut. Yield: 12-16 servings.
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1 slice: 430 calories, 15g fat (10g saturated fat), 86mg cholesterol, 327mg sodium, 69g carbohydrate (52g sugars, 1g fiber), 5g protein.
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655,000: The toll of war in Iraq
Survey suggests violent death rate in Iraq is now running at one every three minutes
The human cost of the war in Iraq could be far higher than previously thought. A new survey says more than 650,000 Iraqis have lost their lives as a consequence of the invasion by the United States and Britain, with an estimated 200,000 violent deaths directly attributable to Allied forces.
The new figure is much larger than all previous estimates - more than 20 times higher than President George Bush claimed 11 months ago - and will add considerable weight to the calls of those seeking a withdrawal of troops.
The 654,965 deaths estimated to have resulted from the invasion represent about 2.5 per cent of the Iraqi population. It means people have been dying at a rate of about 560 a day, equivalent to one death every three minutes, or less
Two years ago, a study by Dr Les Roberts and a team from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, estimated that at least 100,000 Iraqis had been killed as a result of the war. This new survey, conducted by the same team and based on similar methodology but using a larger sample, suggests the situation is getting worse rather than better - a conclusion at odds with claims made by President Bush.
Dr Roberts said: "Yes [this finding was a surprise]. I didn't realise that things there were twice as bad as when we carried out our first survey in 2004. I did not know it was that much." Dr Roberts said he expected there would be many who would seek to undermine the report, as happened two years ago. But he said: "Let's have these people tell us what we have done wrong and what the true numbers are. Our study is pretty easy to verify. If they go to a graveyard in a small village and ask how many people are being put in the ground..."
The survey was overseen by epidemiologists at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. Epidemiology is considered a cornerstone methodology for public health research, and is highly regarded in evidence-based medicine.
The study, published by The Lancet, was based on a survey of 1,849 households at 47 random locations in Iraq this summer. A team of Iraqi doctors asked heads of households how many members had lost their lives in the year before the invasion in March 2003 and then in the three subsequent years.
In 92 per cent of the 87 per cent of households where the questioners asked to see death certificates, the households were able to provide them.
The findings were then extrapolated to match the total estimated population of Iraq. The survey concluded Iraq's mortality rate has increased from 5.5 people per 1,000 prior to the invasion to 13.3 in the period since.
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The death toll in Iraq following the US-led invasion has topped 655,000 - one in 40 of the entire population - according to a major piece of research in one of the world's leading medical journals.
The study, produced by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore and published online by the Lancet, claims the total number of deaths is more than 10 times greater than any previously compiled estimate.
The findings provoked an immediate political storm. Within hours of its release, George Bush had dismissed the figures. "I don't consider it a credible report," he told reporters at the White House. "Neither does General Casey [the top US officer in Iraq], neither do Iraqi officials."
The Foreign Office also cast doubt on the findings, stating that the government preferred to rely on the body count of the Iraqi ministry of health, which recorded just 7,254 deaths between January 2005 and January 2006.
But the US researchers have the backing of four separate independent experts who reviewed the new paper for the Lancet. All urged publication. One spoke of the "powerful strength" of the research methods, which involved house-to-house surveys by teams of doctors across Iraq.
The Johns Hopkins researchers published an earlier study in the Lancet in October 2004, which caused similar shock waves. They say the new work validates the old and shows an alarming escalation in violent deaths.
Nearly a third of the deaths (31%) were ascribed to the coalition forces. Most of the deaths - 601,000 out of 655,000 - were due to violence and of those, 56% were caused by gunshot wounds. Air strikes, car bombs and other explosions accounted for a further 13-14%.
For reasons involving their own safety, the doctors did not probe whether those who died were combatants or civilians. Deaths due to disease have also risen as the conflict has damaged Iraq's health services.
The authors say their discovery that the death rate in Iraq has more than doubled from 5.5 per 1,000 a year before the invasion to 13.3 per 1,000 a year since "constitutes a humanitarian emergency".
"Although such death rates might be common in times of war," write the authors, Professor Gilbert Burnham and colleagues, "the combination of a long duration and tens of millions of people affected has made this the deadliest international conflict of the 21st century and should be of grave concern to everyone.
"At the conclusion of our 2004 study we urged that an independent body assess the excess mortality that we saw in Iraq. This has not happened.
"We continue to believe that an independent international body to monitor compliance with the Geneva conventions and other humanitarian standards in conflict is urgently needed. With reliable data, those voices that speak out for civilians trapped in conflict might be able to lessen the tragic human cost of future wars."
Yesterday the Foreign Office repeated the government's criticism of two years ago. "We will be looking at it in more detail but it is a fairly small sample they have taken and they have extrapolated across the country," said a spokesman.
"We rely on the Iraqi government themselves. They are producing their own figures these days. Our position at the moment is that whatever figures we see, all these civilian deaths are a tragedy and of great concern to us. The multinational forces and the international community have to support a democratically elected government which is trying to stamp out the violence."
The US defence department said that it always regrets the loss of life anywhere. "The coalition takes enormous precautions to prevent civilian deaths and injuries," said its spokesman, Mark Ballesteros.
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CAIRO — A team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists estimates that655 , 000more people have lost their lives since the US-led troops invaded the Arab country in March 2003 than would have otherwise happened, the highest death toll ever since the invasion.
"We estimate that as of July,2006 , there have been 965 654 excess Iraqi deaths as a consequence of the war, which corresponds to2 ·5% of the population in the study area," said the study, conducted between May 20 and July10 , and published online Wednesday, October11 , by the British medical journal the Lancet.
"Of post-invasion deaths,601 , 027were due to violence, the most common cause being gunfire."
The study was conducted10 by eight Iraqi physicians and overseen by Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health.
It surveyed1 , 849Iraqi families in 47 different neighborhoods across Iraq. The selection of geographical areas in 18 regions across Iraq was based on population size, not on the level of violence.
The study found a steady increase in "excess deaths" since the invasion, with a steeper rise in the last year that appears to reflect a worsening of violence.
"The number of people dying in Iraq has continued to escalate. The proportion of deaths ascribed to coalition forces has diminished in2006 , although the actual numbers have increased every year."
In the year ending in June, the team calculated Iraq's mortality rate to be roughly four times what it was the year before the war.
The study breaks down to about15 , 000violent deaths a month, a number that is quadruple the one for July given by Iraqi government hospitals and the morgue in Baghdad. That month was the highest for Iraqi civilian deaths since the invasion.
The new survey comes as fire is still blazing at a US base in Baghdad, known as Forward Operating Base Falcon.
The US army said this was caused by a mortar attack that triggered a series of massive explosions in an ammunition dump in the base.
The human rights office of the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) warned in a report on September 21 that civilian torture and killing in Iraq is surging in an alarming daily rate in detention centers as well as by rampant sectarian-oriented militias across the country.
The study estimate is more than 20 times the estimate of30 , 000civilian deaths President George Bush gave in a speech in December.
It is also 10 times higher than the estimate of roughly50 , 000civilian deaths made by the British-based Iraq Body Count research group.
"I expect that people will be surprised by these figures," Sarah Leah Whitson, an official of Human Rights Watch in New York commented on the study to the Washington Post.
Whitson said that there was no reason to question the findings or the accuracy of the survey.
"I think it is very important that, rather than questioning them, people realize there is very, very little reliable data coming out of Iraq."


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The Hobbit fans put on their best pointy-ears, adorned themselves in medieval costumes, and converged upon New Zealand's capital city. The massive gathering of Hobbit lovers camped out overnight in order to get the best viewing spot for the red carpet extravaganza organized for the world premiere of the film.
Director Peter Jackson and most of the post production crew for the new Hobbit movie are based in Wellington. The city had been dubbed "the Middle of Middle Earth," according to Reuters. Diehard fans were easy to spot in the enormous crowd gathered for the movie premiere. Wizard hats, The Hobbit ears, and flowing gray beards were the order of the day in New Zealand.
Tens of thousands of spectators were expected to arrive along the road leading to the theater for a chance to get a glimpse at cast members as they rolled along. The New Zealand theater was decorated like the entrance of a Hobbit house. Three giant trolls, wizard Gandalf, and several other creatures from TheHobbit: an Unexpected Journey, were placed along the street.
Peter Jackson began making Oscar-winning movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien characters in New Zealand more than a decade ago. Residents reportedly hold TheHobbit and Lord of the Rings is extremely high esteem. Tolkien's great grandson, Royd Tolkien, also reportedly came out for the premiere. The Hobbit fans from both America and Europe hopped a plane to New Zealand so they too could be a part of the world premiere excitement.
Although fans are eager to buy a ticket and watch the movie, the making of the film was not without controversy. A dispute with unions over labor contracts prompted government intervention to change employment laws. Warner Brothers was reportedly given "increased incentives" to keep film production in New Zealand. Animal rights activists planned a red carpet protest because 20 animals slated to appear in the film died on a farm where they were being housed, according to CNN.


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Umpire Tackles Streaker At Orioles Game
I don't condone jumping on the field at any Sporting event. It's just a stupid thing to do. Is it really worth spending a night in jail just to run around looking like a moron? I don't think so. But I do have to say it makes for some amusing videos. There have been tazers used, security guards making NFL style tackles and the players themselves taking care of business. This time around it's an umpires turn to take care of business.
At Camden Yards in Baltimore, it' is tradition to play John Denver's "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" during the 7th inning stretch. At a recent Orioles game, one "country boy" decided it was a good idea to jump the fence and slide into home plate, but the home plate umpire Jeff Kellogg decided to call him out in his own special way. Enjoy!


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NFL Ref situation
Should the NFL keep the current set of Refs or give in to the striking Refs demands because of all the problems?
I think the current Refs are hurting the reputation of the league and the NFL owners should do whatever it takes to get the real Refs back. I turned off the game early last night because of the disorganization.
Longer time to make calls, less accurate calls and less control of the game are the issues.
I don't watch, nor do I care about, football.
But the radio station I listen to has three guys that are PASSIONATE about sports and football specifically and the case they made was pretty compelling that the NFL is shooting themselves in both feet and the package by not trying harder to get the "real" refs back on the field.
One game took over 4 hours last weekend, I believe it was the Baltimore game.
That's not entertainment, that's torture....
The NFL and the Real Refs need to come to an agreement and let the pros on the field be watched by the pros with the whistles.
Its terrible this season , Im to the point that Im about to call football a loss like nascar. Bad calls , bad decisions, no more rubbins racing without getting fined and your hand slapped . All our sports have turned into nonsense sissy BS anymore . Gett he real rfs back in the game so I can get back to real football . :D
I mean, who didnt see this one coming? I mean REEEAALLY??
The regular guys had a hard enough time getting it right most of the time, so lets bring in less than adequate people to do the job.
The ONLY thing good about last nights game was seeing That punk Peyton is back to his old self, back in the form we have come to expect...3 picks in the first 3 possessions!
I rarely watch sports anymore because of crap like this. It always revolves around money and everyone is always too greedy to give some of it up.
I say fire the refs, and replace them with Burning Man chicks and hula hoops.
As long as the NFL keeps them working Sundays and they can't work Saturdays, its ok with me. Football on Saturday, range time on Sunday.
Roger Goodell needs to get off his ass and settle this before week three.
It's a joke and nobody can say they didn't see this coming...
The best replacements are working college games...
We're stuck with HS shop teachers and environmental engineers...
Not their faults at all, (the replacements), I think they're doing the best they know how...I can only imagine how nervous they must be and all the pressure that is on them, poor bastids...
It won't be very long before some mistake causes a huge problem...
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"I am wondering whether you would consider enlarging some of your type so that it can be read without having to use a magnifying glass."
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"I can't read the little writing on the death list. This thing is made to read and let's see if you can't straighten this thing out," said one anonymous caller.
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Two people pointed out the difficulty in reading our slogan: "The South's oldest newspaper – Est. 1785." We are still working to get that one right.
Some of you called and asked whether we were putting less ink on the paper because "everything looks light." Our production director, Pat McCue, assures me we haven't changed any of our printing processes.
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One caller left me the following voicemail, "I sure did like the old font better."
Two of you on the phone would not take my word that the story font is exactly the same.
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I found an interesting use for the IIF function in a Reporting Services report this week. I needed to provide a report of users and the schedule date for migrating them to our new workstation image or the date that they were migrated. The people viewing the report are mostly interested in the people who have not been migrated yet. So, I created a grouping level based on a migration flag. For the users who have been migrated, we don't care about the scheduled date anymore. For the users who haven't migrated, well, they don't have a migrated date. I like to add a row in the group header right above the detail line for the labels. So, instead of hard-coding "Schedule Date" and "Migration Date", I used the IIF function to display the correct heading. I also used the IIF function to choose which report field to use for the date. I use the IIF function a lot for conditional formatting. For example, alternating background colors for the detail section. I'm sure there are lots of uses I haven't thought of yet. To use IIF, you supply an expression that can be evaluated to TRUE or FALSE, then a value if the expression is TRUE and one if it is FALSE. Here is an example: =IIF(Fields!Completed.Value = TRUE,"Migration Date","Schedule Date")
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text: The paying agent for the redemption is The Bank of New York Mellon. The relevant contact information for The Bank of New York Mellon is set forth in the Notice of Redemption.This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the Notes and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. Pfizer Inc: Working together for a healthier world™ At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacturing of medicines for people and animals. Our diversified global health care portfolio includes human and animal biologic and small molecule medicines and vaccines, as well as nutritional products and many of the world's best-known consumer products. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. Consistent with our responsibility as the world's leading biopharmaceutical company, we also collaborate with health care providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world. For more than 150 years, Pfizer has worked to make a difference for all who rely on us. To learn more about our commitments, please visit us at www.pfizer.com.


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Two-time AFL Brownlow Medallist Gary Ablett wishes his legendary father Gary Snr and Geelong captain Joel Selwood could also have the honour.
An emotional Ablett paid rich tribute to the two fellow AFL stars after winning a nailbiting count on Monday night in Melbourne.
Going into the last round, the Gold Coast captain was on 25 votes - one behind Collingwood's Dane Swan and two behind Selwood.
Swan, the 2011 winner, and Selwood failed to poll any votes as Ablett picked up three for his outstanding game against Greater Western Sydney.
That was the last vote that AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou read out and the room erupted in applause as Ablett won by a single vote.
Inevitably, one of the first questions asked on stage after Ablett was presented with the medal was to discuss the constant comparisons with his famous father.
"I do (get sick of the comparisons) because there shouldn't be any comparisons," Ablett Jnr said.
"My old man's the best player ever to play the game and he should have won a Brownlow.
"Now I've got two, I can give him one."
Ablett said Gary Snr and his mother Sue, who has remarried and is overseas on her honeymoon, had been the two biggest influences in his career.
"I'm just so thankful I have a dad like that and I should mention my mum as well, she's an amazing support," he said.
Like his father, Gary Jnr made his career at Geelong, playing in two premiership teams and winning the 2009 medal.
In late 2010, Ablett made the massive move to the Suns and has flourished at the expansion club.
He has also maintained close ties with his old Cats teammates and wanted to share the medal with Selwood, the Geelong captain.
"When it got to the last round, I was really hoping I polled the two because I really think Joel Selwood deserved to be up here as much as me," he said.
"As I said on stage, he's a very good friend of mine, a fantastic guy and a fantastic leader."
Ablett also said he would have been rapt had Selwood won the medal on his own.
Selwood repaid the compliment, saying Ablett richly deserved a second Brownlow and probably had a third in him as well.
"My heart was actually okay through that - my partner Kathryn, my manager, she was probably a little bit different," Selwood told AAP.
"He's a pretty easy man to lose to.
"He's a class act and the best player in the league, I believe.
"He's been an idol of mine since I got to Geelong and just a guy I think everyone in the league respects."
Ablett admitted he was surprised to receive votes in games against Richmond and Carlton.
Those unexpected votes proved critical.
"Thank you to the umpires for giving me a couple of votes - I appreciate it," Ablett said.
"But that happens with everyone.
"There are some games you go into where you feel like you played an alright game and you get a vote maybe you didn't expect."
Ablett is the fifth player to win Brownlows at different clubs.
His major ambition before retirement is to play in a Suns premiership team.


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Never-Before-Published Erasure by Mary Ruefle
What a nice Sunday present! Michelle Aldredge, who runs Gwarlingo, received Melody, a new erasure by Mary Ruefle, and was kind enough to post it in its entirety on the site.
Aldredge introduces the piece thusly:
When Mary Ruefle's book Melody: The Story of a Child arrived in the mail several weeks ago, I could smell the musty, antique pages and the faint whiff of stale cigarette smoke before I even opened the package. The beige envelope arrived by U.S. Postal Service, without insurance and without tracking–a method that is not only cheaper, but also less conspicuous, as Ruefle explained to me on the phone one afternoon.
Ruefle is anti-FedEx (a description that fits this writer in so many ways); she finds both the cost and the hyped-up urgency of express shipping unnecessary. She also hates preciousness. When I expressed concern about damaging the spine of the book during the scanning process, Mary was lackadaisical: "Don't worry. It's meant to be handled. That whole archival, white-glove thing is ridiculous anyway."
A new erasure by Mary Ruefle is a rare event, and the publication of one online or in print even rarer. Her one-of-a-kind creations occasionally appear in journals or are purchased by museums or collectors. In 2006 Wave Books published the acclaimed volume A Little White Shadow, a book of "haiku-like minifables, sideways aphorisms, and hauntingly perplexing koans," as described by Publisher's Weekly. Although Ruefle doesn't own a computer or do email, she has a website where fans can enjoy perusing a small sampling of her one-of-a-kind erasures.
Still, these unique works are difficult to come by, so when Mary offered to share an erasure that had never been seen before, I jumped at the chance to publish it on Gwarlingo.
It's pretty awesome, and there is more from Aldredge, including Ruefle's insights on the erasure process (via Gulf Coast) here. Go!


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Despite all the problems that this country faces on a daily basis at the end of the day we can consider ourselves pretty lucky. We have our freedom, we can choose what we want to do each and every day and although there is crime in the United States it's nowhere near the level that other countries face. The things that go on overseas are deplorable and sickening. From child sex slaves to human trafficking it's enough to make most people want to change the channel or turn the page when these issues are brought to their attention.
If you have two minutes please read this press release. What former MMA fighter Cameron Conway is doing should be brought to light and is just another instance of how truly special mixed martial artists truly are.
BANGKOK, –September 26, 2012 – Cameron Conaway, an award-winning
author and former MMA fighter who once trained under Renzo Gracie, is
now fighting an epic battle that reaches far beyond the cage, the
battle to end human trafficking. More than 27 million men, women and
children are held as slaves, and UNICEF reports that each year nearly
2 million children are exploited in the global commercial sex trade.
Conaway has made it his mission to become their voice as he travels
throughout Asia and visits human trafficking conferences and refuge
Human trafficking is a truly global crime. It is not only happening in
places like Bangkok, even Los Angeles is a hub. Conaway has done
extensive research on sexual and labor exploitation practices in the
U.S. and abroad and has seen its effects first hand.
According to Conaway, "When you look into the eyes of a 5-year-old
Bangladeshi boy who now has HIV as a result of being used as a sex
slave, or of a handicapped 11-year-old Thai girl who has lived in the
back of a van for years as part of a mobile brothel, or even of the
father who was sold the fake promise of a better job and then beaten
into slavery – these moments leave imprints on your being, they make
you realize what's worth fighting for."
Conaway, who is deemed by many as the 'MMA fighter who fights human
trafficking,' has participated in many human trafficking conferences
including the 2012 'Slavery No More' Conference in Los Angeles, the
2012 'Not For Sale' Asia Pacific Forum in the Philippines, and he was
the only American at the 2012 Human Trafficking Roundtable in
Chittagong, Bangladesh. Conaway was also invited to speak at the 2012
International Symposium on Combating Human Trafficking in Bandung,
Indonesia due to his advocacy work.
Conaway went on to say, "We need penal reform, more sustainable
business models and education, deeper collaborations, more
psychologists and reintegration specialists…the list goes on. People
have referred to me as the fighter who fights human trafficking, but
the true warriors are the ones out there battling this each day. The
more involved I become, the more I see how my MMA training was
preparation for this battle."
Conaway has spoken extensively on the topic of human trafficking in
villages throughout Bangladesh and has expressed in several media
interviews that his fight is now outside of the cage and for the
attainment of basic human rights for the world's most vulnerable
The accomplished author also garners attention for the cause through
his writing. Conaway has written many features on the topic and was
even given rare access to the dangerous shipbreaking yards of
Chittagong for an essay titled "Of Ships and Men" which was published
in July by The Good Men Project.
Cameron Conaway – mixed martial artist, human rights activist and
acclaimed author, has come to be known as the "Warrior Poet." He
shares intimate details of his life's struggles both in and out of the
cage in his compelling autobiography 'Caged: Memoirs of a Cage
Fighting Poet' and has championed many causes through his writing.
'Caged: Memoirs of a Cage Fighting Poet' has received numerous awards
including the "2012 Reviewers Choice Award" and can be purchased at
Amazon.com. Famed MMA broadcaster Mauro Ranallo is the voice behind
the audio version of the book, which will be released in the coming
months. For more information on Cameron Conaway, his work and his
causes, please visit www.cameronconaway.com.
About Cameron Conaway:
Cameron Conaway has come to be known as the "Warrior Poet." His
autobiography 'Caged: Memoirs of a Cage Fighting' has won numerous
awards, including the "2012 Reviewers Choice Award. Conaway has taught
Shakespeare for Ottawa University, is an award-nominated teacher of
creative writing for Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. He has
received the Richard Russo Award for Creative Writing, is an
NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer and was the University of Arizona's
2007-2009 Poet-in-Residence. He is currently the Poet-in-Residence at
Mahidol University's Tropical Medicine Research Center where he is
working on a book about malaria, the killer of 2.7 million people each
year. Conaway's debut collection of poems "Until You Make the Shore",
which highlight's the need for penal reform based on his experience
teaching in an all-female juvenile detention center, will be released
in March of 2013.
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If you can make homemade corn syrup, you can make homemade marshmallows. If you can make homemade marshmallows, you can make homemade Lucky Charms marshmallows. If you can do that, you are become death, destroyer of worlds.
That said, making homemade Lucky Charms is not for everyone.
You can read that sentence as a warning or as a challenge to be one of the few who are up to the task. I will never make them again. That's not because they turned out poorly. No, quite the opposite - they were amazing! However, homemade Lucky Charms were so labor-intensive that both Jonathan and I are still recovering - we have blisters on our thumbs from continuous pressing on cookie cutters (Jonathan had to take over after my fingers hurt so much that I couldn't cut anymore).
Homemade Lucky Charms - Are You Up for the Challenge? ~ Cupcake Project (via Geekologie)


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birthday cake with a bang!
Next time you need a birthday cake get the following supplies ready. An empty cereal box, tape, balloon, tubs of cool whip, and cake sprinkles. Cut the cereal box so the long side us a base with just a little edge on sides. Blow up the balloon then tape it around the box. Icing the balloon all over with cool whip be sure to fully cover the balloon. It may be best to use a white balloon. Throw the sprinkles on top and have the birthday person cut into their own cake.
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by Silver Member on Jan. 5, 2013 at 1:00 AM
I seen it online being bored. Another thing to do. Scrap out the filling of oreo cookies and replace with toothpaste. Give as an april fools day treat.
by Silver Member on Jan. 5, 2013 at 1:10 AM
Basically icing a balloon with cool whip. When the person cuts into the "cake " the balloon pops
Quoting Anonymous:
So confused, maybe I'm just too tired.
by Silver Member on Jan. 9, 2013 at 3:58 AM
Sorry picture is so small. Couldn't get it any bigger.
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Rutgers will commission independent review in wake of Rice incident
TRENTON, N.J. — Rutgers officials are scrutinizing practice videos of all sports to see if any coach engaged in behavior like the type that cost men's basketball coach Mike Rice his job, the university president announced Monday.
The inquiry into Rice and how university officials responded is also going deeper as the school announced that it plans to hire a consultant to conduct an independent review.
University President Robert Barchi, speaking Monday during a town hall meeting on the school's Newark campus, said he wants any instances of bullying or homophobic language to be reported immediately.
He also reiterated that he wished he had viewed the video where Rice — whom Gov. Chris Christie on Monday called an "animal" — shoved players and called them gay slurs when it first surfaced in November, saying he would have fired Rice then.
Rice was fired last week only after the video became public. Athletic director Tim Pernetti, an assistant basketball coach and the university's top lawyer also resigned last week, while some Rutgers faculty members and others called for Barchi to step down, too.
On Monday, Christie defended Barchi's performance while blasting Rice's behavior. He also criticized the reaction of those who knew about it and did not fire the coach months ago when the video was given to university officials and viewed by — at least — Pernetti, university interim counsel John Wolf and Chairman Mark Hershhorn of the university board of governors' athletics committee.
"They were wrong not to come to the conclusion that coach Rice needed to be fired immediately," Christie said at a news conference.
In a statement released by his lawyer late Monday, Hershhorn said he did call for Rice's firing on the day in early December that he watched the video. He said he told Pernetti that if the video was authenticated, Rice needed to be terminated immediately. Contrary to his recommendation, Hershhorn said, the university chose to discipline Rice instead of let him go.
The Rutgers administration would not comment on Hershhorn's account of events.
While the governor had issued statements previously, it was the first time Christie took questions about the scandal at the state's flagship public university.
The Republican governor added that had he been aware of the issues earlier he would have used his "power of persuasion" to try to get Rice fired then.
He said he viewed the video not only as a governor but as the father of a college athlete. His son, Andrew, plays baseball at Princeton.
"You're talking about kids being miserably treated by the guy who determined whether they keep their scholarship or not," Christie said. "What parent would let this animal back into their living room to try to recruit their son after this video?"
Christie said it was a mistake for Barchi, who took office in September, not to watch the video last year when he first was told about it. But he said that leaders of large organizations must delegate some matters and that the mistake was not a firing offense.


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The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc., is a non-profit association that assists lawyers, bar organizations and others who work with older clients and their families. Established in 1987, the Academy provides a resource of information, education, networking and assistance to those who must deal with the many specialized issues involved with legal services to the elderly and disabled. "NAELA's vision is to be the recognized leader inspiring and empowering attorneys to enhance the quality of life for the elderly and those with special needs."
Did you know that in addition to providing unique educational services to its members, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys has various products and services available to help you in your practice? Here's what's available to you through NAELA.
Continuing Legal Education
As a leading provider of continuing legal education seminars on elder law, NAELA sponsors an annual symposium — usually held in the Spring — and an annual advanced institute — usually held in the Fall. Both programs offer practitioners the latest information on elder law topics from tax issues, estate planning, Medicaid and Medicare to practice management. In addition, the NAELA Un-Program provides members the opportunity to spend time with each other and brainstorm about issues affecting their practices in an unstructured setting, focusing on small group discussions.
NAELA ListServ
NAELA members can get the best out of their colleagues by communicating electronically through the NAELA ListServ. This service allows members to participate in discussions on substantive issues as well as practice management and development issues, and receive immediate feedback from hundreds of members throughout the country.
Member Benefit Program
NAELA's Member Benefit Program provides discounts to NAELA members on software programs, office supplies and equipment, estate planning systems, and more! Use the buying power of NAELA in a full suite of offerings. You can find a listing of these NAELA partner vendors online and in print to contact them for further information. NAELA will announce new partners are they are approved; meanwhile, we encourage you to take full advantage of these member services and reap the benefits of your NAELA membership.
Mentoring Program
Since its inception, one of NAELA's strengths has been the collegial spirit of its membership. For years, this has translated into an incredible, if informal, network of practitioners always willing to take another NAELA member's call to discuss an issue or help think through a dilemma. As NAELA has grown, the organization has refused to lower its standards of substantive knowledge, practice or conduct; witness the enhancement of programs now available from basic to advanced, in person or on the net, and the Aspirational Standards for the Practice of Elder Law.
The Mentoring Program is continuing evidence that this is a very exciting time to be a member of NAELA. This unique opportunity to expand the breadth and scope of contact among members can only enhance the services we provide to our clients and communities. One more benefit of NAELA membership!
National Elder Law Month
This unique event gives NAELA members the opportunity to participate in various activities in their local communities, promoting Elder Law. By educating the public about elder law attorneys – through seminars, media appearances and elder law clinics – NAELA members gain visibility and credibility in their locales. Information is sent to the membership prior to the event on an annual basis.
NAELA Publications
Your membership includes subscriptions to NAELA News and NAELA Journal.
NAELA News is a vibrant bi-monthly magazine that publishes articles relating to elder law and special needs law, articles representing state chapters and special interest groups, as well as covering NAELA events. It's your way of keeping up with NAELA and elder and special needs law.
NAELA Journal is published twice a year and publishes substantive articles covering elder law and special needs law topics including: preservation of assets, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, disability, health insurance, tax planning, conservatorships, guardianships, living trusts and wills, estate planning, probate and administration of estates, trusts, long-term care placement, housing and nursing home issues, elder abuse, fraud recovery, age discrimination, retirement, health law, and mental health law.
Both publications are available only to NAELA members and libraries. For more information please see NAELA Journal and NAELA News sample pages.
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NAELA has created more than 15 brochures that can be customized with member firm and contact information on a variety of subjects. These brochures can be used when speaking to a community or other group, handed out during client consultations, mailed to prospective clients or kept in your firm's waiting room. Categories of brochures include the following areas.
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Once you join NAELA, you have the opportunity to participate in nine Sections, providing information specific to your practice and areas of interest. NAELA currently has Sections in the following areas: Advocacy/Litigation, Government Assistance Programs, Guardianship/Conservatorship, Health Care, Practice Success, Special Needs Law, Tax, Trusts and Special Needs Trusts, and New/Transitioning Attorneys. For a minimal yearly fee, you will receive articles, cases, and newsletters related to the specific topic of your chosen Section. Special meetings to discuss substantive issues are held at NAELA educational meetings. Cost: $60.00 per Section per year.
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The Convexity of the Free Boundary for the American put option
This paper studies the parabolic free boundary problem arising from pricing American-style put options on an asset whose index follows a geometric Brownian motion process. The contribution is to propose a condition for that the early exercise boundary is a convex function.
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- Robert C. Merton, 2005.
"Theory of rational option pricing,"
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- Robert C. Merton, 1973. "Theory of Rational Option Pricing," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 4(1), pages 141-183, Spring.
- Geske, Robert & Johnson, Herb E, 1984. " The American Put Option Valued Analytically," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 39(5), pages 1511-1524, December.
- Rachel Kuske & Joseph Keller, 1998. "Optimal exercise boundary for an American put option," Applied Mathematical Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(2), pages 107-116.
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Day of the Dead Halloween Dance 2015
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The Hickory Crawdads tried to make up for lost time Tuesday night as they rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth. But Lexington survived the scare and hung on to win the game 4-3 at L.P. Fran
The Crawdads, who were held scoreless through the the first eight innings of the game, left the tying run at third. Winning pitcher Matt Tenuta was in complete control through the first seven innings of the game, scattering five hits.
The 'Dads finally broke through in the ninth against Kevin Perez in the ninth. Nomar Mazara walked to start the frame and Nick Vickerson singled to center to put two runners aboard. Lewis Brinson singled one-out later to load the bases. Eduard Pinto got Hickory on the board with a two-run single to left field making it, 4-2.
With the tying runs on base and only one out, Kellin Deglan brought the 'Dads to within a run with a sacrifice fly to left, but Isiah Kiner-Falefa popped out to short to end the game.
Cole Wiper of the Crawdads suffered the loss. He gave up two runs on five hits, one walk, with five strikeouts over five innings.
Vickerson paced the Crawdads going 3-4 with a run scored. Brinson also had a multi-hit night, finishing 2-4 with a run scored.
The loss snaps the Crawdads (9-9) 3-game winning streak, while the victory is just the third in the last eight games for the Legends (9-10). The two teams will match up Wednesday morning at 11:00 am for the rubber match of their 3-game set from L.P. Frans Stadium.
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ASCO Annual Meeting
May 15, 2013
In a large, 20-year study, researchers found that men with a high level of fitness at middle age have a lower risk of developing and dying from lung and colorectal cancers. They also found that better fitness lowers the risk of dying of prostate cancer.
As part of this study, researchers looked at the results of a fitness assessment included in a preventive health check-up for 17,049 men around age 50. For this fitness test, the men were asked to walk on a treadmill while both the speed and incline were increased, making it more difficult over time. How long each man could stay on the treadmill was recorded using a standard measurement for fitness, called metabolic equivalents or METs.
To find out whether these men developed or died of lung, colorectal, or prostate cancer later in their lives, researchers looked at information collected from Medicare. In the 20 to 25 years after the fitness assessment, 2,332 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer, 276 were diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and 277 were diagnosed with lung cancer. In addition, 347 of the men died of cancer and 159 of heart disease.
Researchers found that the men who were most fit were 68% less likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer and 38% less likely to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer compared with those who were the least fit. Researchers also found that the men who were more fit who did develop lung, colorectal, or prostate cancer were less likely to die of the disease than those who were less fit, with even a small improvement in fitness lowering the risk of dying of cancer by 14%. The study also showed that those who were less fit still had an increased risk of cancer and heart disease, even if they were not obese.
What this means for patients
"While poor fitness is already known to predict future heart disease, this is the first study to explore fitness as a marker of future cancer risk," said lead study author Susan Lakoski, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Vermont. "This finding makes it clear that patients should be advised that they need to achieve a certain fitness level, and not just be told that they need to exercise." It's important to remember that fitness level depends on age and gender. If you are looking to improve your fitness, talk with your doctor before starting any new exercise program.
Questions to Ask Your Doctor
- Do I have a high risk for any specific types of cancer?
- What steps can I take to help reduce my risk of cancer?
- Do I currently have a good level of fitness? How is this measured?
- Do I need to improve my fitness? If so, can you provide resources or a referral to help me with an exercise plan?
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No Apologizing
"But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect." 1 Peter 3:15
Dead Birds, Dead Fish…is there a meaning behind this?
2 Comments Posted by Dr. Robert Eshleman on January 5, 2011
So, if you haven't seen the news…over the new years about 5,000 birds and 100,000 fish died in Arkansas. The birds appeared to have died from internal injuries from a blunt force trauma, and there is no news on the fish. The official explanation is that fireworks stunned the birds, and caused them to fall. The unofficial explanation can span any number of theories. Many are wondering if there are any biblical prophecies that would predict this. Some want to tie it into the end of the world. I however, think that is the wrong way to look at it.
*UPDATE** Here is a map of the mass animal death's. There are now reports of hundreds of birds dead in Texas, thousands of fish dead in Florida, and 40,000 dead crabs in England.
Sure it is a little creepy that 5,000 birds fell from the sky. I was telling my aunt last night to imagine the shock of driving while that happened. I thought about what my reaction would be. I would probably just put the car into park, put the seat back and think….this is really happening. That being said, I don't believe that this has anything to do with the end of the world. I could be wrong, because nobody knows, but there's no biblical prophecy about it… I can tell you though that there is a lesson to be learned.
Probably what is the most shocking of this story is the suddenness that all of this has happened. Thousands of birds dead for no apparent reason… Hundreds of thousands of fish dead… How many times have we thought about something like this? One moment these birds are roosting…the next dead. One minute these fish are swimming, the next dead.
All life operates in this manner… including yours.
Take Luke 12:19-21. In this passage Christ is teaching on the parable of the Rich Fool. Here a Rich man had acquired all kinds of wealth. So much that he ran out of room to store it. He finally came to the conclusion that he needed to tear down a couple of buildings and build bigger ones where he could store more wealth. Look at God's response "'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' (Luke 12:20).
Also look at James 4:13-15: Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."
So what does all of this mean? You have no idea what will happen tomorrow. One moment you could be driving to work, the next dead. Nothing brings God's Word close to home better than reality.
The point of Luke 12 and James 4 is not to say "live for today" or "Just Do It". To the contrary, Luke 12:20-21 provides you the key to all of this: "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' 21 "This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God."
Get rich with God today…. Not with just your money, but with you whole life. Commit your life to Christ – Live for Him. It is the only way that you can be rich with God. Tomorrow may never come.
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CHICAGO – In its quest to become the slimiest and most destructive labor group in the nation, the Chicago Teachers Union is suing the Chicago school district for discrimination against black teachers whenever it "turns around" a failing school.
In a lawsuit filed the day after Christmas, three former Chicago teachers – who are being represented by attorneys from the CTU – allege that the district's school "turnaround" policies have resulted in "a steady decline in black teachers from about 40 percent in 2000 to fewer than 30 percent in 2010," reports CBSLocal.com.
The plaintiffs allege that "since most black teachers are employed in South and West Side schools, 'turning around' schools in those neighborhoods by firing all the staff and bringing in an entirely new team discriminates against African Americans," reports the news site.
"All three (plaintiffs) say they had satisfactory or better evaluations" at the time of their dismissal, CBSLocal.com reports.
In its class action lawsuit, the CTU is requesting that all African American teachers who lost their jobs in June of 2012 be reinstated as teachers. In addition, the union is seeking lost pay and damages for the plaintiffs, as well as a moratorium on school turnarounds until an independent monitor is appointed to oversee the process, the news site reports.
"We're now at a crossroads in Chicago where between school closings and the turnaround, the racial impact of the policies and practices of (the Chicago) board of education have devastated the African American teaching force in that community," said CTU attorney Robin Potter, according to the news site.
The CTU's use of the "race card" is reckless and disgraceful for a variety of reasons.
First of all, the three plaintiffs say they were rated as effective teachers, but so were the vast majority of their colleagues. CPS officials are notorious for handing out glowing job reviews like candy. A stunning 97 percent of CPS teachers were recently rated as effective in a district where students struggle to read and perform basic math.
And while the plaintiffs are correct in noting that CPS has more white teachers than African American teachers (49.7 percent to 29.7 percent, according to the district's website), where is the law that says a certain percentage of teachers must come from one ethnic group or another?
For the record, the district has 19 percent more black principals than white. And in terms of total staff, 40 percent of CPS employees are African American, compared to 36.1 percent who are white.
Even if CTU leaders choose to ignore those facts, how can they claim with a straight face that the district's effort to improve failing schools is racist when the vast majority of students who benefit from school "turnaround" efforts are minorities?
According to district data, 41.6 percent of all CPS students are African American, 44.1 percent are Latino and 8.8 percent are white.
We'd like to hear Potter explain to a judge how the CPS school board is being racist by trying to give black and Latino students a better education.
The union's lawsuit is total nonsense, nothing more than a ploy to save the jobs of CTU members who were shown the door during the necessary "turnaround" process.
But what makes this most appalling is the CTU's willingness to create racial strife where none exists, all in an effort to preserve the miserable status quo in one of the nation's worst-performing school districts.


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JEFFREY BROWN: It was a 5-4 decision to wipe away limits on corporate and labor union spending in campaigns for president and Congress.
Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas. They threw out key provisions of campaign finance laws dating back to 1907, plus two of the high court's own decisions from 1990 and 2003.
Specifically, the justices overturned a ban on letting companies and unions use their own funds to produce their own campaign ads. The decision also eliminated the so-called McCain-Feingold ban on issue-oriented ads within 30 days of a primary and 60 days of a general election. A strong dissent was written by Justice John Paul Stevens, joined by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor.
The case stemmed from a 90-minute film attacking Hillary Clinton during her 2008 run for president.
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JEFFREY BROWN: The conservative group Citizens United produced the film and wanted to run ads for it on television and distribute it through on-demand cable. Instead, federal courts ruled it was akin to a long campaign ad and should be regulated like one. Ultimately, the Supreme Court disagreed.
But today's decision did leave in place other restrictions, including a century-old ban on donations by companies directly to candidates for federal office. Direct contributions from political action committees created by corporations, unions and individuals will still be allowed. The decision is expected to leave candidates, parties and contributors scrambling to adjust to the new reality, with crucial congressional elections now 10 months away.
Marcia Coyle of "The National Law Journal" was, of course, at the court this morning, and is now here with us.
Welcome back.
MARCIA COYLE: Thanks, Jeff.
JEFFREY BROWN: I say "of course" because this was called a special sitting of the court. It was understood that something historic might be under way, right?
MARCIA COYLE: We knew something was afoot. This was an argument week at the court, and the court generally sits Mondays through Wednesdays.
We weren't expecting any decisions or orders from the court until next Monday. At the end of yesterday's oral arguments, the chief announced that there would be a special sitting. All speculation surrounded the Citizens United case, which has been outstanding.
JEFFREY BROWN: And much-anticipated.
MARCIA COYLE: Yes, since last September.
JEFFREY BROWN: All right. So, let's go to what happened today.
Justice Kennedy, writing for the majority, he — he went right to the First Amendment.
We have a quote from his ruling: "If the First Amendment has any force," he wrote, "it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for simply engaging in political speech."
MARCIA COYLE: Justice Kennedy feels that the ban on corporate spending, he said, interferes with what he called the open marketplace of ideas, which is protected by the First Amendment.
This particular ban, he said, was censorship, and its reach was vast. It suppressed speech by non-profit and for-profit corporations, big and small. He also said that federal campaign finance regulation today is so complex and so burdensome — burdensome that it actually chills speech before the laws are even applied.
JEFFREY BROWN: Now, I said that this stemmed from this political film with Hillary Clinton. And legal experts, as I understood, thought that it could have been — it could have been narrowly decide then. But then there was an unusual twist, right? The court asked for a second hearing.
MARCIA COYLE: That's right, Jeff. At the end of last term, in June, the court ordered the parties in the case, on its own initiative, to argue whether the court should overturn a 1990 campaign finance precedent that imposed and upheld the ban on corporate spending, and also whether it should overturn a 2003 decision involving a provision of what we call the McCain Finance — McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Act, which put restrictions on the use of general treasury funds by corporations and unions when they wanted to do election advertising.
JEFFREY BROWN: And they — and they took this on their own initiative, so they heard it…
MARCIA COYLE: Absolutely.
JEFFREY BROWN: … and decided to broaden it out. And that clearly went to the heart of what annoyed the dissent, clearly, right?
MARCIA COYLE: Yes.
JEFFREY BROWN: And we have a — we have a quote here from Justice Stevens: "The court operates with a sledgehammer, rather than a scalpel," he writes, and later: "The court has it exactly backwards. It is today's holding that is the radical departure from what had been settled First Amendment law."
MARCIA COYLE: Justice Stevens said, basically, that the court was elevating its own agenda over what the litigants in this case originally sought, also over the history of congressional regulation of corporations and elections.
He — he also said that he believed that corporations were not human beings, and that this was a distinction that was significant in the context of elections, that corporations, their interests may have fundamental conflicts with the interests of the electorate.
JEFFREY BROWN: The ruling impacts a number of state laws as well?
MARCIA COYLE: It does. I believe there — that roughly half the states have similar bans on corporate spending. And they're likely to be invalidated now, because this was a ruling under the First Amendment, and it will apply to the states.
JEFFREY BROWN: Now, given this is — that this is an undoing of a decision as recently as 2003, you said…
MARCIA COYLE: Yes.
JEFFREY BROWN: … the makeup of the court, right, the change of the makeup must have played some role, presumably.
MARCIA COYLE: Well, I think it definitely did.
With Justice O'Connor's departure from the court and the addition of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, the court's campaign finance rulings have swung from deference to congressional regulation to basically deregulation.
And Justice Alito, his substitution for Justice O'Connor on the bench, made the difference here. He was the decisive vote. She in the past had been deferent to congressional regulation of campaign finance.
JEFFREY BROWN: All right, Marcia Coyle, as always, thanks very much.
MARCIA COYLE: My pleasure, Jeff.


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LAFAYETTE — Elfrid Payton, Shawn Long and Bryant Mbamalu combined to score 65 points and the Louisiana-Lafayette men's basketball team posted its highest single-game scoring total since the 2003-04 season in a 105-74 rout of North Texas in the Cajundome.
The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Ragin' Cajuns (8-15) and allowed ULL to take sole possession of third place in the Sun Belt west division with a 4-8 record.
North Texas, the unanimous choice of the league's coaches to win the West Division this season, slipped to 8-15 and 3-9.
"We played hard tonight," Cajuns coach Bob Marlin said. "We executed our offense well, shut down their transition opportunities and took care of the basketball. When you do that, you usually succeed.
"This was a total team effort. We really passed the ball well early in the game, found the open made some shots to get an early lead but I wasn't happy with how we finished the first half. We had a good talk at halftime and made some changes that really helped us in the second half."
Jordan Williams led North Texas with 31 points, including 18 in the first half. Alzee Williams added 14 points and Roger Franklin had 10.
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 70, CENTRAL ARKANSAS 69: In Conway, Ark., Roosevelt Johnson posted a double-double with 28 points and 14 rebounds and the Lions held off the Bears.
SLU (8-11, 6-3 Southland) was accurate from the field — 28 of 55 — but not so much at the foul line — 9 of 17.
Brandon Fortenberry scored 14 points and handed out six assists for SLU. Jeffery Ricard scored 12 points.
Central Arkansas (8-11, 3-6) had a seven-point lead with 9:01 left in the game, but could not maintain its advantage.
Robert Crawford led Central Arkansas with 17 points and eight rebounds. LaQuentin Miles scored 15 points and Anthony Borden scored 13 points.
ORAL ROBERTS 90, NICHOLLS STATE 78: In Tulsa, Okla., the Golden Eagles shot 62 percent in the game and had enough firepower to hold off the Colonels.
Nicholls' Fred Hunter led all players with 33 points on 11-of-15 shooting in the game, making 11-of-14 free throws, as he was the only player from Nicholls to go to free-throw line. It's the second 30-plus point game of the senior's career, as well as it being the 25th game with 20 or more points.
Amin Torres set a career high with his 17 points off of the bench with three 3-pointers, while Dantrell Thomas scored 12 for the Colonels (6-13, 5-4 in Southland Conference).
ORU had four players finish the night in double figures, led by Shawn Glover with 25, followed by Warren Niles' 24 points on 4-of-8 from behind the 3-point line.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 76, ULM 71: In Boca Raton, Fla., Greg Gantt scored 19 points and Richard Morrow had a double-double, 11 points and 13 rebounds, to lead the Owls past the Warhawks.
Stefan Moody scored 16 points and Pablo Bertone added 13 for FAU (11-12, 6-6).
Trailing at halftime 45-36, FAU opened the second half on a 15-4 run to take a 51-49 lead on Gantt's jumper with 12:46 left to play.
The teams traded leads for most of the second half until Bertone's 3-pointer with 1:55 left made it 70-67.
Amos Olatayo answered with a layup to make it 70-69, but the Warhawks failed to score another field goal the rest of the way. FAU made four free throws in the final minute to seal the victory.
Louisiana-Monroe shot just 21.1 percent (8 of 38) in the second half.
Olatayo scored a season-high 25 points for the Warhawks (3-14, 2-9).
NORTHWESTERN STATE 85, LAMAR 63: In Beaumont, Texas, DeQuan Hicks scored 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Demons to their third straight victory.
Hicks was part of a Northwestern State bench which outscored the Cardinals' bench 63-7. The Demons led 38-27 at halftime and were up by as many as 29 in the second half.
Tied at 10, the Demons (13-6, 7-2 Southland) went on a 10-0 run capped by an O.J. Evans dunk with 9:30 to play in the first half and Northwestern State never looked back.
Stan Brown had a career-high 28 points for Lamar (2-19, 0-9) and grabbed 12 rebounds. Rhon Mitchell had 15 points and six rebounds.
Northwestern State shot 49.3 percent from the field and forced the Cardinals to turn the ball over 23 times. The Demons had 22 assists as a team.


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LinkedIn's New Gesture Features
LinkedIn introduced a new social news service back in March that aggregates the top headlines and stories related to one's industry, based on the connections shared. When LinkedIn Today was developed for the iPhone, programmers focused on keeping the interaction model simple through keeping familiar design patterns outlined in Apple's Human Inferface Guidelines for the iPhone. In its first update since the big push, users are now able to navigate through the iPhone app via new gestures that LinkedIn claims to be more fluid and natural.
Not feeling up to learning the new navigational gestures? No problem, you can still nav through the standard controls to cycle through news on the app. MacWorld presents step-by-step instructions on how to navigate using the new feature:
1. Start by selecting News from the LinkedIn home screen on your iPhone, then tap the first article you want to read. To advance to the next article without having to backtrack to the first screen, do the following:
2. Scroll to the bottom of the screen.
3. Once you're at the bottom, pull up the screen until you see a headline preview of the next article below.
4. Lift your finger from the screen, and the article that you previewed will load.
5. This gesture works in reverse, too. If you want to preview the article that appears before the one you're looking at, scroll to the top of the page and pull down until you see the article that precedes it.
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1. This new gesture is related to the one above, however it lets you preview multiple articles before selecting one. To do this:
2. Scroll to the bottom of the screen if you want to advance forward to an article.
3. At the bottom of the screen, pull up until you see a headline preview (like you did above), but this time, keep your finger on the screen.
4. To preview a headline beyond the next one, keep your finger on the screen then slide it down until the arrow flips. Without letting go, bring your finger back up. Do this until you find an article you want to read.
5. Once you see the headline you want, lift your finger, and the app will load it.
6. Just like with the first gesture, this one works in reverse, too. Follow the same instructions, except pull down from the top of the screen to choose an article that came before the one you're currently looking at.


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Jim Frederick remembered
Encomiums poured in over the weekend in honor of Jim Frederick, a prominent author and former high-ranking editor at Time who died suddenly last Thursday at the age of 42.
"Jim's storied career at TIME, and before that at Money, was a reflection of his great gifts, his energy and his lively curiosity," Time managing editor Nancy Gibbs wrote in a Friday memo to the magazine's staff.
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"All of us who got to work with Jim have wonderful memories of his collegial style, rigorous standards and profound commitment to the very best of TIME's values," the memo continued.
"He always put the reader first; he was tireless in his ambition to expand the reach of our journalism, across all borders, all boundaries, all platforms. He reminded the teams he was leading that they were part of something important, and pushed people to test their assumptions, build new skills, continually reinvent themselves; he loved identifying and promoting young talent. That spirit of adventure never flagged."
During his decade-long career at Time, Frederick served as Tokyo bureau chief, London-based senior editor, managing editor of time.com and editor of Time International, among other positions. Before joining Time in 2002 he worked at Money, a sister title within the Time Inc. stable. He was the author of Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death, a celebrated 2010 book that Gibbs described as a "classic of war reporting and non-fiction narrative."
"Even more than his prodigious abilities as a reporter, a writer and an editor, Jim had an enormous talent for friendship, which is why so many people, in so many places, are bereft today," Time's Bryan Walsh wrote Saturday on the magazine's website, calling Frederick "a born connector, the life of the party in all the best ways. If any friend or colleague passed through the city Jim was living in—London, Tokyo, New York—it was an occasion to be celebrated. He made sure it was big, and he made sure it was fun."
Frederick was living in San Francisco with his wife, Charlotte Greensit, a fellow Time veteran with whom he had just launched a digital strategy and media consulting firm called Hybrid Vigor Media.
New York Observer editor-in-chief Ken Kurson, a friend of Frederick's who'd worked with him at Money, reported Friday that the cause of death was a heart attack.
"This was a guy with more vitality than anyone, a lover of life, a total stud," Kurson wrote. "A heart attack in San Francisco. At 42. That's just…not fair. It's not right."
Other friends, former colleagues and journalists took to social media to express their shock and sadness.
On Twitter, Wired writer Brendan L. Koerner called Frederick a "fantastic writer and a magnanimous soul. How can this be?"
"Jim not only gave me my first job in New York but in turn allowed me to be part of one of the most talented magazine staffs of its time," Money alumnus Sridhar Pappu wrote on Facebook. "He was a superb editor, a great writer and reporter and just a really, really great guy."
Frederick's own Facebook wall was likewise filled with eulogies.
"So difficult to imagine that this handsome, strapping, intelligent, enthusiastic and witty young man is gone," wrote Syndi Becker, another member of the Time Inc. family, while a high school friend who said he hadn't seen Frederick in 25 years offered the following:
"He was probably the most intelligent, kindest person I have ever met. I am now working in his hometown so I have thought about him often over the last few years. I know I will continue to think about him for years to come."