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To satisfy Americans' keen interest in the routes of railroads, cartographers have shown rail lines on maps since the first tracks were laid in the United States. There are in the collections of the Library of Congress thousands of American railroad maps as well as numerous general maps showing railroad routes as part of the transportation network. The maps, which are in the custody of the Geography and Map Division, vary widely in area, content, and scale. Some cover major segments of our country and depict the interrelationship of various modes of transportation. Others resemble contemporary "strip" road maps and show only a ribbon of land immediately adjacent to a specific railroad right-of-way.
This annotated list reveals the scope of the railroad map collection and highlights the development of railroad mapping in 19th-century America. Described are 623 maps chosen from more than 3,000 railroad maps and about 2,000 regional, state, and county maps, and other maps which show "internal improvements" of the past century.
The maps selected represent a profile of the development of cartographic style and technique and are not intended to inventory all maps in the division which show railroads. The list does reflect, however, the important achievements of early railroaders in reaching their ultimate goal of providing a transportation network spanning the country and linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The Railroad maps represent an important historical record, illustrating the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of industry and agriculture inthe United States. They depict the development of cartographic style and technique, highlighting the achievement of early railroaders. Included in the collection are progress report surveys for individual lines, official government surveys, promotional maps, maps showing land grants and rights-of-way, and route guides published by commercial firms.


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by artistmuse , February 2, 2010—12:00 AM
The Calder Game __" Not Just for Kids
It__™s a mystery___How could a children__™s book could be so compelling? Perhaps it speaks to kid in all of us who, no matter how we dress ourselves up, still lives. Now and then a great mystery gets written and it is just plain enjoyable. No sex, no nudity, no romance, just simple code encrypting, mayhem and suspense. Author Blue Balliett is on to something. Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3 and The Calder Game give the ten to twelve-year-old set an inside track on the art world, while speaking the language of intrigue. The characters, three emerging sleuths, are empowered by the adults in their lives (most of the time) to help solve different art thefts.
Balliett is a third grade teacher in Chicago and is clearly informed by her work regarding kids and art education. Convincing dialogue, descriptive writing and delightful characters all make for an inspiring read. Balliett knows child-speak and reveals the inner thoughts of the characters that describe some universal frustrations of that age. The author creates a magical tale with no shortage of sophisticated vocabulary and even inserts a glossary in the back of the book which separates fact from fiction (one of my favorite aspects). This frees the author to use artistic license in creating the plot and crafting the details of the story and at the same time does not misrepresent factual information. For example, Balliett reveals that the stolen Minotaur sculpture in the story is a compilation of several large sculptures created by Alexander Calder in the 1950s. She also discerns between fictional characters and those based on real people whom she has met in her travels. According to Publishers Weekly the book is a ___smart playful story that never stops challenging and exhilarating the audience.___ I have to agree. At the end of the story Balliett reveals the last name of a mysterious character, a young girl that potentially sets up the next story. Her name is Georgia O__™Keefe.
I took The Calder Game to bed with me for several weeks and each night I looked forward to the next chapter. Would the missing character, Calder Pillay re-appear? Would the location of the large sculpture that was stolen from the town square in the remote English village be discovered? What secret would be revealed? The book illustrates the fact that artists do not need to be fully engaged in creating to enjoy art. A mystery can be inspiring way to end the day, a way to engage the child-like spirit that we can then bring to our easel. And the large print doesn__™t hurt either.
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It truly is a great book, as are the others in the series. When I get too "heady" about viewing art the books help me to look at art with a child-like sense of intrigue.
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This calder game sounds som exciting that I am going to look for it soon. I admire Calders works.
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i thoroughly agree with Ms. Courtney! the book series is a lot of fun for both adults and children. Something a parent can enjoy and share with a child, then go to a museum to see the actual items in the books! My daughter and i are exploring just those things in the near future!


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To be honest I wasn't really bothering myself about Necrocurse at the time, when they've been releasing their first couple of 7"EPs, I kind of just wasn't interested… Or I was, but I didn't have time and money to buy any of these EPs, as there were some other recordings of other bands, which I focused on instead. But later on I decided to buy "Shape of Death" CD, which is a short compilation of the songs from two EPs of Necrocurse, and well, along with really cool small shape disc I got a really killer thrashing death / black metal and became truly possessed by the music of this Swedish horde. I started to regret that I didn't buy those 7"EPs at the time when they were easily available, but well, I cannot change the past now and besides, at least I have "Shape of Death". Meanwhile 2013 brought us a debut full length album of Necrocurse titled "Grip of the Dead" and I can say that this truly is one of the most awesome CDs, which I have bought this year. First of all the graphics and whole look of the digipack is simply astonishing! The quality and colouring is just amazing, with the yellow / gold colour, which really shines and with many killer band photos in the booklet and some other stuff… definitely Pulverized Records did excellent job, when designing and releasing this album. I think I can say that for sure it is one of the best looking digipacks, which I have in my collection. I actually wanted to get the vinyl version of "Grip of the Dead" (100 copies came with saw-shaped slipmat – what a killer idea!!!), but I wasn't lucky to get it, but I don't regret now as that digipack is also really, really nice.
But as the saying says "don't judge the book by its cover" – not always a killer artwork equals killer music and vice versa, right? But in case of Necrocurse I was already sure that the music will bring something remarkable and now, after listening to "Grip of the Dead" about two dozens of times I can only repeat that – Necrocurse shreds! And I can assure you that if you felt frenzy and erection when listening to some of the recent (already classic!) releases such as "Sleepers In the Rift" (Morbus Chron), "In Putrescence" (Stench), "Horror" (Tribulation) or "Deceased to Exist" (Maim) and obviously if you're also a huge maniac of the Entombed / Dismember / Merciless / Nifelheim / Necrophobic cult, then "Grip of the Dead" is a must have for you. This Swedish troop of death joins the old school styles of death and thrash in excellent, fresh and powerful way and damn, it is just a precious thing to get something so energetic, rotten and lethal. Necrocurse I think sounds like a mixture of old German thrash metal with a huge dose of the classic Swedish death metal, what is especially audible in many harmonious parts, which are spread over the whole album. Sometimes those melodies really reminds me what Necrophobic has been doing on their recent LPs, another time it is just a classic Dismember riff, but played maybe in more archaic way… I don't know how to describe it, anyway if you've listened to Morbus Chron LPs, then I can assure you that the feeling of the music on "Grip of the Dead" is very similar, but maybe the whole album is better written and more straight forward, even more traditional and thrashing.
The best thing about "Grip of the Dead" is the fact that the riffs, which fill the album, are just so damn beautiful and possessing. They infect my mind every time I listen to them and it is almost impossible to resist them and just to sit on the chair and scratch your ass. You must do something – bang your head, throw your fist, scream the chorus parts… do whatever, but the energy of this music will certainly fill your body and demand some reaction. In example that awesome song called "The Devil Cobra" – it is really, really fantastic and memorable tune, with the archaic riffs, which sound so damn excellent that every time I hear it I just scream "the devil cobra!!!!!!!". And I don't care if my wife looks at me like I was insane… and trust me, I feel like insane, when listening to this album. "The Devil Cobra" is one song, but the whole tracklist is filled with more possible classics: "Necrocurse", "Ripping Darkness (the Destroyer)", "Grip of the Dead", "Morbid Maniacs" – all these songs will hook you up and rip the guts out without any mercy. For sure I can say that Necrocurse done an album, which I hoped Merciless will finally do. More so, the atmosphere of this music is just perfect – dark, thrilling, obscure and morbid, sometimes it just sounds like a sort of horror soundtrack… perfect. And the production is spotless; especially the guitar tone is just fantastic. I have nothing more to say and desire… I am dead. Recommended!!!!!
Oh, sorry, before I finish… I must add that when I was buying "Shape of Death" CD I didn't have a clue who plays in Necrocurse. Obviously now I know that the line up consists of individuals from such bands as Runemagick, Sacramentum, Masticator… and the vocals are handled by no one else, but Necrobutcher from the mighty Nifelheim. Can that be enough to get you into this album? Whoever plays in Necrocurse the most important is the fact that the music slays. Death metal rebels!
Standout tracks: "Necrocurse", "The Devil Cobra", "Ripping Darkness (the Destroyer)", "Grip of the Dead", "Morbid Maniacs"
Final rate: 90/100
If albums like Morbus Chron's Sleepers in the Rift, Necrovation's eponymous sophomore, and Tribulation's recent Formulas of Death are any indicator, 'tis the season of Swedish death metal ceasing its long spell of fucking around and paraphrasing its own 90s blueprints to the point of utter sterility and senility. While it doesn't go quite so far out on a skeletal limb as these other acts, and its membership hardly a rabble of newcomers to this scene, Necrocurse's full-length debut Grip of the Dead is yet another entry into the cemetery sweeps, a compact, crushing revision of its more overt influences into something digestible to the nostalgia hunter who seeks a little gruesome authenticity in his death and black metal. It interprets the fundamentals in its own way. I won't say it's thoroughly memorable or catchy, or as great as some of the works by several of its individual members, but I had some fun with it as a fiendish exhibition.
First off, if you don't enjoy Per 'Hellbutcher' Gustavsson, then fuck right the fuck off. If, on the other hand, you have found yourself drooling over his past works in Nifelheim, one of the more raw, wonderful and abusive acts in that whole European blackened thrash market, and wondered to yourself 'what if Per had gone on to front one of the formative Swedish death metal bands in the early 90s rather than walking the blacker path?' (which he sort of did for a brief time on stage with Treblinka). Grip of the Dead is the answer to that question, and it's an answer that stabs a pitchfork straight up your nethers while sipping blood from a goblet formed of a Christian's skull. Expect some of that old Sunlight guitar tone to be dripping in Hellbutcher's infernal inflection, and you've pretty much got the gist of what's happening with this one. The arrangement of the riffing is duly primitive, with a mixture of uptempo tremolo picked passages and slower, lodestone grooves, but I found that a lot of the actual note progressions were somehow more primitive and didn't just ape Entombed.
There were a few grooves which reminded me of Massive Killing Capacity era Dismember on their first three records, or Runemagick (a band that the Necrocurse rhythm section hails from), and the guitar tone is clearly meant to represent that period, but the inclusion of Per's vocals really transforms it into some even more nihilistic. Great examples include "Death Metal Rebels", "Speed to the Grave" or "Grip of the Dead" itself, which hammer along with a fiery if simplistic energy. The bass lines are fairly minimal, but provide a lot of low end depth that creates a hellish throne for the riffing and snarling. Beats are also held back from being too spiffy or indulgent in terms of their speed and fill work; instead, the kick drums are live and workmanlike, and there's a nice low din of crash to the cymbals and hi-hat which enforces the humble performance. A few doomed melodies will often erupt over a rhythm guitar, and the leads are efficaciously messy and molten, but not to the point where they feel as if their potential impact wasn't carefully planned.
It's not mind boggling. Nor is it science. Grip of the Dead is not an album about innovation or technicality whatsoever, it is simply clashing together the aesthetics of two parent genres to produce something repulsive and entertaining, with absolutely zero degree of pretentious intentions. It's also not perfect: there are times when I felt like the guitar progressions were a little too bare bones. Not necessarily too familiar, but just not constructed with enough compelling charisma that they can distract the ear away from Hellbutcher's snarls. A group whose roster hails from luminaries like Runemagick, Swordmaster, and Nifelheim could probably bring a lot more A-game to the table. But in of itself, the very idea of allowing Gustavsson to retch rancidly over some primitive, pummeling death metal is a brilliant one. There is a slice of the underground who will love this record just for its honesty and traditional values, but I think it could still be perfected with some stronger, eviller sounding chord progressions and dynamic writing.


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PFA Chief, Gordon Taylor, has admitted to his disappointment at being left disappointed by a player so synonymous with disappointing those who have taken him on his word, that the name on the back of his shirt is stuck on with Velcro.
The player, Manchester City outcast Carlos Tevez, reportedly flew to Argentina without the express permission of club management, much to the embarrassment of a previously supportive Taylor.
He told reporters, 'It's difficult to determine who is the real villain of the piece in this shambolic story, myself, Manchester City, or Carlos himself.'
'Some might say it was crass foolishness on the PFA's part which led them to stand by a player who is as proficient in deserting his responsibilities as he is.'
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My mothers mothers have property..as per Hindu succession act do I hve a right in my mothers mothers property as I m her grand daughter.
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Your mother have right on your grandmother's property. And you have right on yours mothers property (divided among all siblings)
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Hi I'm semi retired (from FE/HE), live near Bolton. Active in vol. work around education, and mental health. Sing; interested in am/dram. Did MA in Creative Writing in '96; only really started writing again in last 2 years. Prefer poetry to prose. About to have selection of work published via local writers' group; live readings to follow as part of commitment to grant awards towards pub. costs. Fav. poet: Robin Robertson Fav. poem: At Roane Head As from Sept. 2011 thoroughly enjoying performing poetry thoughout the NW
A EULOGY (I think) TO MARK DUGGAN Black guy shot, that's his lot; Judicial murder, sparks disorder; Mask a face, taunt the police Windows to smash, shops to trash, Who's for lootin'?, stick the boot in, Blaze a fire, start a war. Spread the message, rite of passage, Facebook, twitter, does it matter ? Blackberry incites, come join street fights, Do some robbin', even stabbin', Nick a flat screen, grab an i-phone. Swarm the street, release the hate. World-wide TV; let the world see. Mark Duggan, he's forgotten Fuel the fire, spread a war. Cameron's reaction - police aggression, Horseback charges, truncheon bashes, Watercannon ready, so to the army, Plastic bullets for gang culture misfits Prof. Starkey's ranted powellite hatred. STOP THOSE RIOTS! STOP THOSE RIOTS! Don't get caught, end up in Court, A chew of gum caused no harm, Kid is locked up, life all fucked up, For some gum, for some gum. Salford mother, just a receiver; took no part , yet she got caught; No one to listen; off to prison; Punish her bairn , that's how she'll learn. Quell the fire, crush the war. Mark who ? shot. Black guy so what. Courts on the loose, you're for the noose. Show your face now, in disgrace now. Shamed forever, for minor bother. No more rampage, repair the damage. Ignore the causes, harsh law enforces. Summary justice ? Gross injustice. Mark Duggan, buried forgotten. No more fire....yet. No more war....yet. Mind-whirring, soul-destroying, self-defeating, Hope traduced, despair seduced, I'm reduced To emptiness, unseen distress, brittleness. No-one come near, just beware that I'm at war With my demon, rigid solemn, in a spasm Of self -loathing,always losing, down cascading Into blackness, cocoon of coldness, snare of sadness, Isolation, corrugation, execration, Till I learn, can discern, that I'm a man Who has to hope, arise, escape, refuse to weep, Reach out with love, be utmost brave and always strive To win those wars, beat the fears, and he who dares Can only win. Go on! Go on!
All poems are copyright of the originating author. Permission must be obtained before using or performing others' poems.
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Wed 29th Feb 2012 22:20
Hey man, havent seen u at wigan for a while. how u been
Wed 19th Oct 2011 21:46
Thanks for your comment on my Chamydia poem Martin. Glad you got and liked the Tolkien references. I think it was Darren Thomas who I first heard liken Liverpool to Mordor. It made me laugh and the dim dark riders followed on... Us Wiganers love to take the mick out of scousers - I think we get it back in good measure though. If I hear another joke about Wigan kebabs (pies on a stick)...
Sun 2nd Oct 2011 22:05
Thanks for your comment on Concession Martin. Yes, I suppose it was a bit of a traditional poem. I like to vary my style a bit and to try different things. My page poetry tends to be more serious and old fashioned, if you like that expression. I see you are getting out and about on the performance scene. It can take you like that, once you get the bug. x
Mon 29th Aug 2011 16:57
Welcome to WOL, see you thurs at Guitar n Verse, cheers Jeff
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Hi MArtin, fully accepted now. Winston
Fri 12th Aug 2011 11:10
Nice meeting you at the Tudor last night Martin - hoped you enjoyed it. Your poems are grim but good. I particularly like the last line in both poems - they hang in the air - which is good for any poem, particularly a short one.
Thu 11th Aug 2011 23:09
Hi Martin, Just post up a pic and you will be a fully accepted member. Winston
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11 MAy 2013, HELMET VACCINE INITIATIVE TANZANIA FOUNDATION
HVIT-sponsored GRSW activities will take place at or near Turiani Secondary School in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Located in an area with numerous new roads under construction to connect Dar es Salaam withother countries, students encounter a pedestrian environment with many large vehicles and constant traffic jams.Participants – including students, teachers, and road safety supporters – will gather at the school, together walk a route near the school, and afterwards receive an address on pedestrian safety from the Police Traffic Commander and the Municipal Education Officer. This event will take place sometime during the week of May 6 – 12, 2013.And at the end of the week on 11th May, 2013 a special Dignatary a UN Resident Coordinator in Tanzania Dr. Alberic Kacou has been invited to officiate the commemotation of the 2 kilometers Long Short Walk. Banners, leaflets and signage will display my long short walk messages.Media will be among our priority during the preparation and covering the event.
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Human health threatened by antimicrobial resistance
A new study has shown that bacteria in humans, food, and animals continue to show resistance to the most common antimicrobials.
The news was reported in a review on the latest resistance in zoonotic bacteria, with research from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), in a report that covered the whole of Europe.
Research has highlighted that antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to human and animal health, which has been identified by the European Commission (EC) as a major priority in its political agenda on food safety.
"Every year in the EU, infections caused by antimicrobial resistance lead to about 25,000 deaths – but the threat is not confined to Europe," warned Vytenis Andriukaitis, EU commissioner for health and food safety. "This is a global problem that requires a global solution.
"The EU has long been at the forefront in the fight against antimicrobial resistance and is a leader in the field. Our agencies EFSA and ECDC, by combining their expertise in human and animal health, are putting together many of the pieces in the complex puzzle and providing policy-makers the world over with valuable scientific advice."
Evidence of resistance to the antimicrobial colistin in salmonella and E.coli in EU poultry was also discovered in the report.
"This is worrying because it means that this last-resort drug may soon no longer be effective for treating severe human infections," commented Mike Catchpole, chief scientist for ECDC.
According to the report, different areas of Europe display differing levels of resistance, with the highest levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) found in eastern and southern Europe.
"In northern Europe, there is lower resistance in bacteria from poultry, particularly in countries with low use of antimicrobials in animals," explained Marta Hugas, EFSA's head of biological hazards and contaminants unit.
Campylobacter-caused illness was found to be the most commonly reported foodborne disease within the EU.
Resistance to widely used antimicrobials, such as ciprofloxacin, were commonly detected in bacteria from humans and poultry. High to extremely high resistance to ciprofloxacin was observed in broilers (69.8%), as well as in bacteria from humans (60.2%). High to extremely high resistance to nalidixic acid and to tetracyclines was reported in broilers.
Second to campylobacter, sickness caused by salmonella was the most prominent foodborne disease in the continent.
Multi-drug resistance, at 26%, was found to be high in bacteria in humans, while it was especially high in broiler and turkey meat, at 24.8% and 30.5% respectively.
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It has been almost a year since the Supreme Court gutted the Defense of Marriage Act and declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Since then, my Facebook has been glitter-bombed with flash mob proposals, engagement announcements, and wedding day photos.
My boyfriend and I have always reveled in the idea of being invited to a gay wedding. We often wondered how gay couples would translate the many traditions and roles typically held by one man and one woman. We wondered silly things like what would the invitations look like, "Who proposes to who?" and "Who walks who down the aisle?"
A few months ago our fascination and curiosity were satisfied when a friend of mine announced his engagement, and soon after, asked me to officiate his wedding.
Multiple wishes granted.
Before I knew it, the wedding day had arrived, and I was taking my place at the altar and watching the wedding party march down the aisle toward me.
There were a few times when I could barely hold back my tears, especially as the couple exchanged their vows. It was probably the most beautiful moment I have ever experienced in my life.
As I looked out in to the sea of people, I could see the families of both the grooms sobbing in tears of joy and happiness. From the mothers and sisters to the fathers and friends, everyone was present in this moment to celebrate a love that brought two people together.
It was at that same time that I also realized that even though I had this preconceived idea that a gay wedding would be very different, in the end, it was just like any other wedding I had attended.
It didn't matter that the couple was gay, or that there wasn't a lace-draped bride in sight. All that mattered was that every single person in that room was there to acknowledge the love between these two individuals.
As a matchmaker, this shift in thinking stayed with me. I remembered those voices who, for years, had told our community that love between a same-sex couple was not the same as the love shared by a straight couple, including eHarmony founder Neil Clark Warren, who was quoted as saying how frustrated he was at being forced by the courts to allow gay men and women to have access to his online dating services. He said it "damaged his company" and that he needed $10 million to do research to understand homosexuality.
I remember thinking to myself that if this guys needs $10 million for research, he (a) clearly does not get out of the house very much, and (b) doesn't understand the fundamentals of love.
After attending and officiating my first wedding, I can tell him firsthand that there is no difference between gay love and straight love. We all meet, date, fall in love, and want to live happily ever after the same way.
The very idea that someone like Warren can assume that the essence of two people falling in love is different simply because they are gay is 100 percent ridiculous, especially because he was so adamant in 2012 about taking back control of his company from its investors because they were more focused on money than relationships.
"Building a relationship business is so different from trying to build something with machines or widgets," Warren told Bloomberg in 2012. "To put it in the hands of people that only want to look at it as a source of business success, revenue success doesn't make sense anymore."
Well, Mr. Warren you are right, nothing makes sense anymore.
You say you want to focus more on relationships? OK, then focus on the relationships of people in the general public, not just those whose relationships you deem appropriate or acceptable on your terms. You, sir, do not get that privilege.
Also, if you did care about making money for your company, you would know about the huge financial opportunity that same-sex marriage is giving many businesses in the wedding industry. In 2012, just a year after marriage equality was established in the state of New York, a reported $259 million was added to the economy in New York City alone.
Then there is your competition within the market. Niche sites are starting to gain huge parts of the market share within the online dating world. Websites like JDate for Jewish people, SeaCaptainDate.com for ocean lovers, and even FarmersOnly.com are slowly chipping away at your bottom line. And still, when you were "forced" to create a website for a huge consumer demographic with deep pockets, you huddled in a corner and threw a tantrum.
You are right. Nothing you do makes sense to me.
Maybe this is a call to action to all my brothers and sisters in the LGBT community. We have all the right resources. Why don't we start investing our time and money into developing and supporting sites that promote better relationships instead of wasting so much of our time on the Grindrs and Scruffs of the world?
We have already begun to make large strides toward redefining the public perception of what gay relationships are and how important marriage is to us. So now it's also time to change the perception of our dating culture by investing in dating sites and giving them the same time, attention, and money that we have given to the other apps.
Since no one else will do it for us, we might as well do it for ourselves.
Until then, I am happy to be a matchmaker who helps all men and women, gay or straight, find love. It makes me feel happy to know that I helped two people find each other and fall in love, and to know that they have the freedom to hold hands while walking, and that they may plan a family, and have kids who could one day contribute something great to this world.
That's what I think being in the business of love is all about. This is what makes sense.
DAVID CRUZ III is a gay matchmaker and a cast member on Bravo's Millionnaire Matchmaker. He is the founder of the romance advice blog Finding-Cupid.com.


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Rhue Point, is few miles heading north from Ullapool on a small single track road. Its posted on the road and is a dead end road with a small parking area.
Once you are at the parking area, its about a 5-10 min walk to the lighthouse area and probably best with hiking/walking boots if wet.
The area has some great sunsets over the Summer Isles during the summer months right into the start of winter but eventually the sun sets to the left over the hills.
If your quite seals bask on the rocks but can be easily disturbed and move off.
I would take a good wide lens with you for this one and enjoy the light, fishing from the rocks is not bad either Though a longer lens will let you play with shots of the isles or fishing boats in the bay coming into Ullapool.
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The film, which is part of the BBC's ongoing "Kill or Cure?" series, takes a look at the problems of treating and preventing cervical cancer in Africa. The half-hour documentary follows women's health advocate and member of the Ugandan parliament Sarah Nyombi as she travels across the country and gets a firsthand look at the landscape of cervical cancer in Uganda.
UICC took the opportunity to talk to the Hon. Sarah Nyombi and Dr. Emmanuel Mugisha, from PATH, about some of the issues raised in the documentary including the potential for vaccination support from the GAVI Alliance and improving the general awareness of cervical cancer prevention and treatment in Africa.
Interview with Hon. Sarah Nyombi, MP Uganda Parliament, and Dr. Emmanuel Mugisha, PATH Uganda.
In the documentary that aired on BBC, you discussed that women believe they are 'bewitched' because they do not know what they are suffering from. How do you attempt to dispel these myths?
Hon. Sarah Nyombi: There is a deliberate effort to sensitise people about cervical cancer, its causes, signs and symptoms. The government is also encouraging women aged 25 years and over to get screened for cervical cancer, whether they feel okay or not. There are also survivors of cervical cancer who come out and talk to people so that they can see that the disease is real and a medical issue, not a bewitching curse.
Also in the documentary, you say that unlike HIV/AIDS, condoms will not always prevent HPV. What are other ways to prevent cervical cancer if the vaccination is widely unavailable?
Dr. Emmanuel Mugisha: True, a condom is less effective in preventing HPV because HPV can be transmitted by any sexual touch, not just penetrative intercourse, and a condom does not cover the entire private area. There are then two main ways of preventing HPV infection: abstinence for life or vaccination prior to the beginning of a woman's sexual life. For women who have already been infected, we can prevent cervical cancer through screening for the signs of pre-cancer, which involves visualisation of the cervix to see if there are abnormal cells. If abnormal cells are present, they are then destroyed before they develop into cancer.
What are ways to raise awareness about cervical cancer since most women do not know that cervical cancer effects over half a million women each year?
Hon. Sarah Nyombi: We are using all possible methods including: community dialogues, radio talk shows, television presentations, messages in print media, personal testimonials, and posters and flyers with messages on screening and treatment. There have also been awareness walks, as you can see at the end of the film, all of which have been very successful in raising awareness and spreading the message that cervical cancer is real and affecting women of all walks of life.
Dr. Emmanuel Mugisha: It is true that each year cervical cancer affects half a million women across the world, yet this is one of the cancers that can easily be prevented. Women (and men too) need to know this, and the only way to prevent it is, as I mentioned, abstinence, vaccination, or screening and treatment. This message needs to be disseminated amongst the global community at all times and by everyone, young and old, educated or not, rich or poor.
A good example of how the message is spreading is that, for example, parents in our vaccination programmes first received information on cervical cancer from their children who had been given this information at school and discussed it with their parents. Most of the parents then made sure that their daughters were vaccinated.
It is said, in the documentary, that some people fear that giving young girls a vaccination for a sexually transmitted infection will encourage them to engage in sexual activities. How do you combat this potential stigmatism in Uganda and the rest of Africa?
Hon. Sarah Nyombi: I feel that all that is needed is continued and relentless sensitisation and awareness campaigns so that people can appreciate the facts. This goes a long way to dispelling myths and rumours.
Dr. Emmanuel Mugisha: You know, we really have not seen this problem, even though we thought we might. And it has been the same in India, Peru and Vietnam where we have other HPV vaccination programmes.
Uganda is at a different level to some other countries of how it looks at major health problems, which stems from the nation's HIV/AIDS experience. They now like to be open and discuss the issues with an open mind. For example, based on our background research where we asked whether parents would be concerned if their children receive information about HPV vaccinations as a vaccine against a sexually transmitted infection or not, to our surprise, they indicated that they are happy for their children to be exposed to the topic and issues as it relates to preventing a sexually transmitted infection. And when we sensitised the communities, we made everything clear that this vaccine is against HPV, which is a sexually transmitted infection, so people are quite positive in their reaction if they know it will help them. This again is based on the fact that there has been a lot of sensitisation about HIV/AIDS in schools and so this kind of information is not a shock to them. Remember that many of these parents have seen their children die from HIV/AIDS, and to them, anyone, innocent or not can catch such infections. So for them all they want is prevention.
You talked in the documentary about the GAVI Alliance, an organization who helps give funding for medicines used across the world. How will their aid help Uganda and Africa with the HPV vaccination?
Hon. Sarah Nyombi: If we can get GAVI to subsidize the costs of the vaccine for poor countries like Uganda, then nations like ours will be able to make it available to all eligible girls. Without GAVI, it may prove difficult, as the vaccine is very expensive.
Dr. Emmanuel Mugisha: Yes, this vaccine is very expensive and it is certain that at the current price, Uganda cannot afford to vaccinate its entire population. So organizations like GAVI can help negotiate better prices and procure the vaccine in large quantities to supply to low-income developing countries at subsidized prices. GAVI has in fact been very good about helping Uganda in the past. We in the developing countries are very unfortunate; we have a huge health problem but very limited resources to combat it.
In your experience as an MP, what are the political actions that can be taken in Africa to improve comprehensive cervical cancer prevention?
Hon. Sarah Nyombi: It would go a long way if all countries in Africa could have a systematic programme to combat cervical cancer through proposing sufficient budgets. There is the urgent need for a comprehensive approach to addressing cervical cancer from primary to secondary prevention as well as palliative care. The Members of Parliament themselves need to push hard, and ensure that all parliamentarians are informed on these important issues.


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Going along hand in hand with the best in film of the year are the biggest movie flops and worst acting nominations of the 31st Annual Razzie Awards.
Not all movies can hold up to the dramatic acting prowess of The Social Network or the suspenseful twists of the psychological thriller Black Swan, which are creating the most Oscar buzz this year, but the Razzies award those movies that seem to just come up short.
The Razzie Awards are unique in that they award the movies and performances we all wish we could unsee and get back the wasted hour and half of our life we just spent watching it. This year's nominees includes both Jennifer Aniston's latest box office flop The Bounty Hunter and the box office hit Twilight Saga: Eclipse (which is sure to be met with some fan outrage).
Check out the "worst in film" for 2010 and tell us if you agree on their picks!
Worst Picture
'The Bounty Hunter'
'The Last Airbender'
'Sex and the City 2'
'Twilight Saga: Eclipse'
'Vampires Suck'
Worst Actor
Jack Black, 'Gulliver's Travels'
Gerard Butler, 'The Bounty Hunter'
Ashton Kutcher, 'Killers' and 'Valentine's Day'
Taylor Lautner, 'Twilight Saga: Eclipse' and 'Valentine's Day'
Robert Pattinson, 'Remember Me' and 'Twilight Saga: Eclipse'
Worst Actress
Jennifer Aniston, 'The Bounty Hunter' and 'The Switch'
Miley Cyrus, 'The Last Song'
The Four Gal Pals, 'Sex and the City 2'
Megan Fox, 'Jonah Hex'
Kristen Stewart, 'Twilight Saga: Eclipse'
Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3-D
'Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore'
'Clash of the Titans'
'The Last Airbender'
'Nutcracker 3-D'
'Saw 3-D'
Worst Director
'The Expendables,' Sylvester Stallone
'The Last Airbender,' M. Night Shyamalan
'Sex and the City 2,' Michael Patrick King
'Twilight Saga: Eclipse,' David Slade
'Vampires Suck,' Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
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This week, the Guardian's China correspondent, Jonathan Watts, has been blogging from the annual International Art Festival in Beijing's Dashanzi district. You can read his account of the festival on our Culture Vulture blog.
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Source: Both Parties In NFL Concussion Suit Could Have Been Hurt By Proceeding To Trial
The $765M proposed concussion settlement between the NFL and 4,500 retired players "ended up in court-ordered mediation only after the judge told players' attorneys that the bulk of their case was in 'real danger of being dismissed,'" according to a source cited by Fainaru & Fainaru-Wada of ESPN.com. The source added that while NFL attorneys "confidently indicated that they would take the case to court," U.S. District Court Judge Anita Brody in the same discussion told league attorneys that "at least part of the case was likely to survive, a possibility that would expose the league to potentially embarrassing disclosures and a continuing public relations nightmare." The source said that once in mediation, the players "demanded slightly more" than $2B. The NFL indicated that it "was unwilling to offer more than a token settlement and said it was prepared to try the case." Brody had "signaled that she was going to side with at least part of the league's argument" that some players covered by the CBA should "not be able to sue the league." That would have "gutted the lawsuit in two ways." First, it would have removed many of the former players who appeared in the league from '94-'10, "the controversial period at the heart of the lawsuit." Second, those who "remained would have faced a major hurdle proving fraud," given that the NFL's concussion committee was not formed until '94. It "became clear that the NFL was potentially facing years of litigation, even if many of the plaintiffs were to be tossed out." If a "significant number of players were to exercise their right to opt out of the settlement agreement, Brody has the option of not accepting the settlement overall or issuing a ruling on the league's motion to dismiss the lawsuit" (ESPN.com, 9/1).
AVOIDING DIRTY DETAILS: THE MMQB's Peter King cited a source as saying that a "large majority of NFL owners approved the details of the settlement" in conversations with Commissioner Roger Goodell. For about $16M per team over the next three years and $12M over 17 years, "nuclear winter was averted." If players are "unhappy with the amount of compensation and want to file claims, they'll run into some of the best litigators in America, the NFL's, and it'll take years and millions of dollars to fight the fight." King: "So for now, most experts feel the crisis has been averted, and the game will go on." From the NFL's side, there was "no way it wanted the dirty laundry of stories of team doctors ignoring or minimizing concussions during games aired in depositions before the trial, or in testimony at trial." One "rogue doctor or ruthless trainer would have been enough to turn all public sentiment against the league." The attorneys for the players "felt they got as much as they could from the NFL before the two sides would have had to appear in front of Judge Brody ... at which point the players knew the case could have been weed-whacked if Brody removed all the players who had played" since '94 (MMQB.SI.com, 9/2). NFL VP/Communications Brian McCarthy said that all teams "will contribute equally to the overall fund." PRO FOOTBALL TALK's Mike Florio wrote teams contributing will include "those that have been in the league since the 1920s" as well as those that have "existed for less than 20 years." For a $32B business with "billions more already guaranteed to be generated over the next decade through TV contracts, it's a hiccup" (PROFOOTBALLTALK.com, 8/30).
THE COMMISH SPEAKS: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Under Armour Founder, Chair & CEO Kevin Plank today appeared on "CBS This Morning," with Goodell first discussing the concussion settlement. CBS' Charlie Rose said, "Some are saying that the NFL got off easy." Goodell said the "most important thing to us was to be able to resolve the differences and get relief to the players as soon as possible and their families. What we were able to do was all compromise on our positions. There was no admission of guilt. There was no recognition that anything was caused by football, but the reality is we want to help our players … and if we litigated this, it would have been years of litigation and the help wouldn't have been given to the players at an earlier date." But Goodell added that "one thing I've learned in this business is litigations are never over." Goodell said of recent rule changes, "It's made the game safer because as we see techniques, we change the rules to take those out of a game. Our focus in recent years has really been how do we protect the 'defenseless player.'" Plank also discussed the GE-UA-NFL partnership to develop ways to prevent head injuries. Plank said, "What we want to do is put the smartest minds around the world at the table" ("CBS This Morning," 9/4). Goodell also appeared on CNBC's "Squawk Box" and said the game of football has never "been safer" and the NFL is "better and more exciting." Goodell: "The changes that we're making at the NFL level with rules and equipment by pioneering research have worked its way all the way down through college football to high school football to youth football" ("Squawk Box," CNBC, 9/4).
MORE TO COME? The WALL STREET JOURNAL's Jason Gay wrote the settlement "does not rule out other lawsuits." It does "not close the door on the information" that former NFLPA President Kevin Mawae wants. More challenges "are sure to come" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 9/3). ESPN.com's Gregg Easterbrook wrote, "Preventing disclosure of team finances was a major goal on the NFL in this settlement." For plaintiffs' counsel the outcome is "marvelous." The NFL is "covering their legal fees," which means the "lawyers get their payday upfront, rather than waiting for years." If the NFL "offered the players' lawyers a pretty penny to settle, they may have had incentive to sell their own clients short -- an issue the supervising judge may explore" (ESPN.com, 9/3). In Toronto, Steve Simmons wrote the settlement "might help the desperate in need of treatment money, but more than anything, it buys the NFL some time to try and understand and grasp what has happened here but determine how to prevent the next generation from living equally painful lives" (TORONTO SUN, 9/1).
WINNERS & LOSERS: In Boston, Ben Volin wrote the settlement "appears to be a victory for both the NFL and the retired players -- but with a capital 'V' for the league and a lower-case 'v' for the retirees." The sum of $23M per team is a "drop in the bucket for the owners, especially when considering they have 20 years to pay out" (BOSTON GLOBE, 9/1). In St. Louis, Bryan Burwell wrote the settlement was the "perfect strategy to make the whole embarrassing mess just go away quietly." The NFL "needs this story to go away as quickly as possible because it doesn't want to end up looking as cold-hearted as big tobacco executives." So now it "gets to close the door on this one, and move on, make us believe they care." Burwell: "And maybe they do now, but we know this religion is an all new thing to them" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 9/3).
ON THE DEFENSIVE: In L.A., Ken Bensinger cited California workers' compensation data as showing that NFL DBs are "more likely to file injury claims than any other position." Since '90, DBs "have filed nearly 1,100 claims in California" against their former NFL teams for injuries suffered on the field. DBs also "led all position groups in claims for head and brain injuries with more than 820 filings." California, because of "several unique aspects of its law, has over the last six years become a venue of last resort for such filings by injured former athletes who cannot make such claims elsewhere." The claims "can be costly for all professional sports teams, which must pay them out of pocket or carry pricey workers' compensation insurance." But no league "faces more financial risk for the injuries than the NFL, which faces some 4,000 pending claims in California" (L.A. TIMES, 9/2).
NORTH OF THE BORDER: The CP's Donna Spencer noted CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon "wouldn't comment Monday on the NFL's settlement ... saying the CFL has been proactive in addressing concussions." Cohon: "What we're essentially doing is making sure we're focused on player safety. What we've been doing for years now is putting the right protocols in place. We actually had protocols in place on our sidelines well before the NFL had them" (CP, 9/2).
Mixed Reaction From Former Players Toward Terms Of NFL Concussion Settlement
Given the "way the American civil-justice system works," odds were that many of the former NFLers involved in the concussion lawsuit against the NFL "would be dead by the time the case was resolved," according to Chris Mondics of the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. Anapol Schwartz attorney Sol Weiss, who served as co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs, said that the settlement "was the better way." Weiss: "I felt that we were duty-bound to get people the money that they needed now rather than waiting five to 10 years" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 9/4). In N.Y., former NFLer Scott Fujita in a special wrote, "I expected a settlement to come at some point. What I didn't expect was to feel so oddly conflicted about it." Fujita: "I'm guessing there were not-so-subtle reminders that causation -- proving a plaintiff's current health problems were directly caused by a head injury sustained while playing in the NFL -- is a heavy burden to meet in a court of law." But the settlement is a "huge win for the former players." Fujita: "We must not lose sight of that. It's easy to tell someone to hold out for more when it's not your livelihood at risk." These deals are "complicated and multilayered, and they affect everybody differently." It is "easy to feel conflicted." It is "not always easy to declare a winner or a loser" (N.Y. TIMES, 9/2). Colts S and player rep Antoine Bethea said, "On one end, it's good for some of the retired players to get that money. On the other end, the league isn't going to be up on the stand. And that's what we wanted" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 9/4).
RETIREES REACT: In Syracuse, Chris Carlson reported plaintiff Floyd Little was "seething" about the terms of the settlement. Little: "Now all this can go away, right? That's s---. It's not good for me. It's not good for the players over 50." Little believes the deal "forces NFL veterans to sacrifice self-respect," and "doesn't think players should be forced to prove how bad their life has gotten to earn the best payout." Little said that he "doesn't plan to participate." Little: "You have to prove it? What the heck is that? I have to go humble myself? How can you prove that you've suffered? Guys aren't going to do it" (Syracuse POST-STANDARD, 8/30). Pro Football HOFer Harry Carson, though not a plaintiff, said, "When you look at the dollar figure, it appears to be a large dollar figure. But when you look at the fact that it's over a 20-year period, it doesn't seem quite as large. I had mixed emotions about it" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 9/1). Plaintiff Lomas Brown: "Why that amount? Why did we settle now? It seemed like we had a stronghold on this thing. ... It seemed like more and more every day things were coming out against the NFL. And in all my dealings with the NFL owners, the one thing I know is they don't bow down to anyone. They fight you tooth and nail." Brown added, "I know that's a big number, but it's not a significant amount of money. I'm not downgrading the players who need it, but it's not life-changing money" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 9/3). Plaintiff Forrest Gregg: "I'm glad to see it happen. It serves a lot of purpose, and the people who really need to be taken care of will be taken care of." Plaintiff Thomas Jones: "Everybody looks at the money -- not the actual issue. There are family members dealing with these players that have problems walking, that don't even remember their names" (N.Y. TIMES, 8/31). Mike Duerson, the brother of late NFLer Dave Duerson, said, "I don't think there's enough money ... going toward research." He added of the settlement, "You look at the fact that it's going to be divided up by 4,500 or so players and their families. I personally think that they should have held out for a court action" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 9/3).
FAMILY MATTERS: In N.Y., Rohan & Belson noted some plaintiffs, like Eleanor Perfetto, the widow of the former NFLer Ralph Wenzel, "were more torn" when reacting to the settlement. She said that she "felt relieved that the suit was ending ... but also disappointed that there would be no admission by the NFL regarding a link between the players' concussions and their illnesses" (N.Y. TIMES, 8/31). In a special to SI, Mary Ann Easterling, the widow of former NFLer Ray Easterling, wrote settling the lawsuit "was the best outcome." Easterling: "When we sued the NFL, our goal was to force the league to set up a medical monitoring program for former players." The "key part" of the agreement "provides clear access to medical care and testing independent of the NFL and its doctors." Easterling: "Sure, we could have held out for billions, but at what price?" Easterling writes the settlement "means one of the NFL wives I've befriended will be able to hire the help she needs on the two days per week she can't make it to the nursing home to make sure her husband is bathed and groomed." Easterling: "There is no price I could ever put on my pain, but we can assign dollar signs to the doctors' visits and brain scans" (SI, 9/9 issue).
CASH GRAB FOR PLAYERS? Former NFLer Eddie George on Friday said that he "thinks the lawsuit might have been more about a cash grab than about finding real solutions for former players who are genuinely suffering." George: "Was the motive from the players' side finding a real solution to concussions, or is it about receiving the money? Because if you have symptoms as a player, and you're going through issues, with the post-career, and you're having issues with concussions, what is the money going to solve? What is $100,000 going to solve for you? Is it going to provide the care, are you going to find solutions to your problems? That's what kind of bothered me about the whole situation" ("The Dan Patrick Show," 8/30).
NEW SUITS: The AP's Janet McConnaughey reported four former NFLers on Sunday -- Jimmy Williams, Rich Mauti, Jimmy Keyes and Nolan Franz -- "sued the league and its helmet maker" Riddell, claiming the two parties "hid information about the dangers of brain injury." They want "medical care for past, current and future NFL players." The players filed the federal lawsuit in New Orleans. Riddell "isn't part of the proposed settlement." Three wives -- Chandra Williams, Nancy Mauti and Billie Keyes -- "also are plaintiffs." They said that brain injuries "have deprived them and will deprive other NFL spouses of their husbands' 'services, society, and companionship'" (AP, 9/3). Meanwhile, Anapol Schwartz' Weiss, who served as co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the settled case, yesterday said that he "anticipates the complaint of Mauti, Williams, Franz and Keyes will be made part of the settlement" (Baton Rouge ADVOCATE, 9/4). YAHOO SPORTS' Jason Cole also tweeted this morning, "3 former college football players file lawsuit vs NCAA over concussions."
Involvement Of Phil Anschutz Seen As Positive Step Toward L.A. Getting NFL Sooner
Nearly one year after L.A. officials approved AEG's downtown Farmers Field plan, there has been "rekindled optimism in local political and corporate circles that one or two teams could be playing" in the market when the '14 NFL season begins, according to Scott Reid of the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. Those developments "include AEG's talks with NFL franchises about relocating; a more active role by [AEG Chair] Phil Anschutz in those discussions; favorable exit clauses in stadium leases of four franchises; and the support from key NFL owners" such as the Cowboys' Jerry Jones. AEG Vice Chair and Chief Legal & Development Officer Ted Fikre said of Farmers Field, "This project is ready to go, ready to be built, which differentiates from other sites, including Dodger Stadium." L.A. City Council President Herb Wesson said of having Anschutz involved in talks instead of former AEG CEO Tim Leiweke, "Having Phil involved is ... a game-changer. Now you have a billionaire in the room with other billionaires." However, Reid wrote NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has "long been fascinated by the thought of a stadium on the hill, an NFL venue overlooking downtown Los Angeles and beyond from Chavez Ravine next to Dodger Stadium." L.A. City Council member Tom LaBonge said, "Today the National Football League builds shopping centers around fields and dining halls around fields. I love L.A. Live but it's putting (Farmers Field) between the back cleat of the left guard and the left tackle. It is very tight down there. I look at Dodger Stadium and there's a lot of land around it" (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 9/1).
Roger Goodell, Robert Kraft Among NFL-Related Guests On CNBC's "Squawk Box"
CNBC's "Squawk Box" dedicated a large portion of its three-hour broadcast this morning to the return of the NFL, as guests included Commissioner Roger Goodell, Patriots Owner Robert Kraft and QB Tom Brady, Jets Owner Woody Johnson and Giants Treasurer Jonathan Tisch. Goodell noted he was just in Silicon Valley meeting with tech leaders, something the league does every year in order to "broaden our partnerships." Goodell: "We have great relationships with our current partners that have made NFL football more popular because of the way that they use technology to present our game. What we want to do is continue to look to the future. How can technology help the NFL reach more fans?" Goodell said there are many companies "in the Valley that are doing wonderful things with technology, and our content can play a huge role in that effort." Goodell: "We heard that loudly from all of the different partners that we met with." CNBC's Joe Kernen told Goodell to be "careful with that digital" because "everybody has traded analog dollars for digital nickels, and it'd be nice to expand your fan base, but you are made for network TV." Kernen: "It just scares me to think of that you could see any game you want to on some stupid little iPhone or something. Don't do it!" Goodell said the league is "proud of the fact that we continue to be on network television." But he added the NFL has tried to "take technology and complement that." Kraft added, "We don't want to dilute our content. We want to keep it special."
SUNDAY FUN DAY: There were reports last month the NFL talked with Google regarding the Sunday Ticket package. Goodell said, "We want to make sure that that continues to be available to a specific audience … and it will complement our broadcast audience. We're not trying to drive eyeballs away from the broadcast partners, we're trying to use that content in a very isolated fashion to create a premium experience that our fans love. That's why the Sunday Ticket package has been so successful. We have to figure out how to continue that as technology is changing ,and as mobile continues to develop there are new opportunities for us to be able to reach those fans and that's what fans demand."
LIFT AND PLAY: Johnson and Tisch appeared together live via satellite from Tiffany's in N.Y., where the Lombardi Trophy was on display, and Kernen told Johnson to turn around and grab the trophy. Johnson said, "You can't just grab it. You need gloves. You have to have white gloves now." Tisch told Kernen that "you can't see how many security people from Tiffany's are here guarding the Super Bowl trophy behind us." Kernen, referencing Kraft giving one of his Super Bowl rings to Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "gift," said, "Woody, we've seen Super Bowl rings disappear. I don't know why you just can't walk off with that trophy." In the background, Kraft could be heard saying, "Touché. That was good." Johnson added, "Ask Bob, he was good at that" ("Squawk Box," CNBC, 9/4).
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's Salary, Benefits Topped $8M For '11-12 Season
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's salary and benefits "climbed to more than" $8M for the '11-12 season, the most recent full season prior to the '12-13 lockout, according to tax documents cited by Christopher Botta of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. Bettman received more than $8.3M in "salary and benefits during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012." His "total compensation the previous year" was $7.98M. Bettman's "base salary" for the '11-12 season was $6,395,521. Payment "defined as other compensation" was $1,816,628. He also received $65,795 in "deferred compensation and $28,800 in benefits." Bettman's salary has "more than doubled over a period that has seen the league's total revenue increase" from $2.1B in '03-04 to $3.2B for '11-12. In the lockout-canceled season of '04-05, Bettman made $3.7M. The annual tax filings "cover the NHL's central business operations and do not include the team-level and other businesses that play a part in totaling projected league revenue each season." On the whole, the league "posted a loss for its business" of $3.6M for '11-12, versus a loss of $14.8M the previous season (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 9/2 issue).NHL EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION DURING '11-12 SEASON
EXEC TITLECOMPENSATION* Gary Bettman Commissioner$8,306,744 Bill Daly Deputy Commissioner$3,263,004 John Collins COO$2,917,751 Colin Campbell Senior Exec VP/Hockey Operations$1,684,698 Craig Harnett CFO$1,230,034 David Zimmerman Exec VP, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel$833,987 Joseph DeSousa Exec VP/Finance$733,490 David Proper Exec VP/Media Strategies & Distribution$714,302 Michael Murphy Senior VP/Hockey Operations$628,534
NOTES: Figures are for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2012 and come from Form 990, Department of the Treasury and IRS. * = Total includes base compensation, bonuses, other reportable compensation, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits.
KHL Continuing Push To Become Competitive Alternative For NHL Players
The KHL opens its sixth season today, and the league has "regained its confidence and momentum, moving markedly closer to its goal of creating a competitive, international alternative" to the NHL, according to Steven Lee Myers of the N.Y. TIMES. The KHL "may not yet be a true rival," but the league and its teams "enjoy the lavish patronage of Russia's industrial giants and the political support" of Russian President Vladimir Putin. With teams also in Croatia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the league has "grown beyond the borders of the former Soviet Union, challenging, at least in part, its reputation as simply a glorified rebranding of the defunct all-Russian Superliga." The KHL's "most spectacular coup of the summer was luring" Ilya Kovalchuk from the Devils to join SKA Saint Petersburg after playing for them during last season's NHL lockout. Kovalchuk's signing "hardly signaled an exodus of NHL players to the KHL, but it demonstrated the league's increasing attractiveness ... and the deep pockets of at least some of the teams' owners." KHL President Aleksander Medvedev said, "Our aim is not to make a barrier -- or iron curtain -- between the KHL and the NHL. We would like that players, depending on their circumstances and vision of the world, can play everywhere. It will make hockey better if more North Americans will come to play here, and vice versa" (N.Y. TIMES, 9/4).
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: In DC, Katie Carrera noted while "no other top-tier Russian players appear ready to walk away from their NHL careers, that doesn't stop the speculation and the KHL's attempt to lure players home." Dynamo Moscow General Dir Andrey Safranov last week said that he would "explore the possibility of trying to bring" Capitals LW Alex Ovechkin back to Russia. Safranov said, "Right now all Russian national team players want to come back to their homeland. KHL shows its force and credibility. And finances are important too. Taking taxes in account, playing in Russia has become way more attractive for players." Ovechkin has eight years and $79M remaining on his current contract with the Capitals and there is "no reason to believe he wants to end his NHL career in order to return to Russia and the KHL" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 9/2).
European Tour Encouraging Its Players To Compete In Native Tournaments
The European Tour in an effort to "appeal to sponsors" has approved an "'encouragement incentive' for players to commit to at least one native event," according to Alex Miceli of GOLF WEEK. If players do not compete in a native event, the "mandatory minimum number of tournaments for membership jumps from 13 to 15." The move comes "just one year after the tour, fighting an outflow of talent to the U.S., raised the tournament minimum from 12 to 13." European Tour COO Keith Waters called it a "commercial reality" to attract sponsors by retaining top players. Sweden's Henrik Stenson, who is on the 15-man tournament committee that "OK'd the incentive, likely will swap the Memorial Tournament next spring for the Scandinavian Masters." Sweden's Jonas Blixt: "I know they're trying to protect the tour. Hopefully, they'll play it anyway, but it's kind of unfair to the guys to have a tournament in their home country and the guys that don't have one because it doesn't affect them at all." British golfer Lee Westwood: "I didn't see the point in doing it, to be honest. It was making a rule just for the sake of it." Miceli noted for the "numerous South Africans" on both the European and PGA Tour, the "stakes will be doubled." Because South Africa "hosts seven tournaments, they will be asked to play at least two." South African golfer Charl Schwartzel: "I don't get why they want to force a guy to play somewhere. Guys are going to give up their memberships" (GOLFWEEK.com, 9/2).
CONVERSION RATE: In Scotland, Martin Dempster reported a "record number of Americans have entered this season's European Tour Qualifying School." The 86 U.S. players entered is "double last year's total." The decision by more Americans to "turn their attention to Europe in an attempt to get a foot on the ladder is also likely to have been influenced by changes to the PGA Tour Qualifying School." It no longer "offers instant promotion to the money-spinning main circuit, with the developmental Web.com Tour now being the primary path to get a PGA Tour card" (THE SCOTSMAN, 9/4).
Selig Discusses His Historical Legacy, Biogenesis Scandal In SI.com Q&A
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig discussed various MLB issues in a Q&A with Tom Verducci of SI.com. Selig talked about whether he "intends to follow through on retirement this time, about charges of being slow to respond to steroids in baseball and then overreaching when confronted with the Biogenesis scandal, and about how his commissionership should be judged." The following are excerpts from the interview:
Q: Your contract ends after the 2014 season. Can you say with certainty that it will in fact be your final season as commissioner?
Selig: Yes, I can. ... I am convinced -- I think it's Jan. 24, 2015 that is the actual date -- that I will be done. I believe that and I think everybody now understands that I will be done.
Q: Are you aware of any search committee or process that is underway to find a replacement?
Selig: There isn't, but there's time for that. Those things don't really take all that long, and I will set up the right procedures at the right time. There's really no need for that right now.
Q: Your last year-and-half to two years have been especially busy. You added the second wild card, decided on expanded replay and of course the Biogenesis investigation. ... Is there any validity in the charge that you were overreaching in the investigation?
Selig: Not in my opinion. Not in the opinion of anybody around me. No. In fact, I think that's so bizarre I'm not even sure I want to comment. ... I did what I thought was in the best interest of the sport. And for somebody to think that's overreaching, they don't know what the facts are, they don't know what the evidence is, so how would they know? How would they know?
Q: How would you describe your office's relationship with the union these days?
Selig: I think it's okay. Rob [Manfred, MLB Exec VP/Economics & League Affairs] assures me that it is okay and I believe that it is.
Q: Are you happy with competitive balance?
Selig: I'm proud of it. Very proud. ... I think all the economic changes, everything in life that we've done ... so you have Oakland today and Pittsburgh and Cincinnati and St. Louis and on and on ... Yeah, we're doing great.
Q: How would you like people to remember your tenure?
Selig: It's hard for somebody to say about themselves, "Well, this is what I hope people remember." But I would say this to you: if you look at where we were in 1992 in terms of attendance, revenue, popularity, game itself, competitive balance, labor peace, go on and on, I think the last 21, 22 years of baseball have been really remarkably good. But I've got to let others draw those conclusions (SI.com, 9/3).


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The archaeological remains of Capharnaum cover a period of at least three thousand years, from 2000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. in round numbers. Besides, Palaeolithic flints give a dating of several thousand years before the Christian era. Early third millennium sherds (bend-slip ware) show that the site was occasionally visited by man in the crucial period when urban life developed in the Holy Land (Early Bronze Age). Walls and pavements of second millennium B.C. (Middle and Late Bronze) were found Instead, no trace of occupation has been found so far covering the long Israelite period (1200 - 587 B.C.).
A milling stone in Capharnaum
The fifth century B.C. marks the beginning of a very long an continuous period of occupation, several remains of which have been found under the synagogue, under the octagonal church, in insula n. 2 and particularly on the area immediately to the west. This we believe is the nucleus of the Persian period settlement from which Capharnaum spread in all directions in the following centuries. Of course Capharnaum was not born as a full-fledged town, but developed gradually. In due time old houses were completely replaced by new ones, or in other cases old walls were reinforced while new stone pavements were added. Up to now we have no clear indication that during the Roman and Byzantine periods the village underwent a wholesale and drastic destruction due to wars of physical calamities. Even the traumatic transition to the Arab period in the seventh century A.D. was not marked by a sudden and global distruction: apparently several houses of the village were simply abandoned, while other units continued in use well into the Arab period. Under the Ommayad rulers of Damascus the site was fully reoccupied; but during this period the synagogue and the octagonal church were abandoned for good. During the Abassid dynasty of Bagdad Capharnaum prosperity declined sharply. Some structures were built in Capharnaum in the 12-13th cent. A.D., but the village as such was by that time a pile of ruins.
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The Ayurvedic diet requires a person who practices eat foods of all kinds, so that the body has all the essentials. The main recommendation of this diet is that during food intake includes supplementing the existing six flavors: sweet, sour, spicy, salty, astringent and acid; should be noted that not all foods can be combined. For the body temperature range is necessary for proper digestion ingested foods according to the season. In winter are warmer needed food and energy, while in summer, fresh foods. Also influences the shape of cooked ingredients. Through the Ayurvedic diet lose a significant amount of kilos, depending on the metabolism and the individual's body, while balancing the body and mind.
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Salt : contains water and fire, and salt is the main representative. Decreases and increases vata pitta type layer and is hot and heavy.
Acid : containing earth and fire, and include cheese, yogurt, tomato, lemon, grapes, raspberries or vinegar. Reduces vata pitta and improves the layer, and is warm and light type.
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Bitter: contains air and ether, and its food include lettuce, endive, cucumber and spinach. Decreases and increases pitta qmffc and vata layer, and is of type cold and light.
Astringent: contains air and land, and have food as lentils, cabbage, potatoes, butter, apple and pear. Reduces pitta and vata layer but increases, and is of type cold, dry and heavy.
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By car: From Madrid you access Puerto de Navacerrada by highway A6 to Villalba and then M-601 (around 60 Km)
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- Claude Faustus
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- 2013
- Construction Difficulty:
- Easy
- Costume worn at:
- Khaotic Kon 2013
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About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Used a George Washington costume pattern, and altered it to the 5th dimension, making an already weirdly formatted pattern, even more confusing. Ended up using material for another costume for his vest just to save myself another trip to the store and more money being spent right now.
- Personal Thoughts:
- Not something I ever really planned on cosplaying, but upon being asked by a friend to help with a panel, I couldn't say no to an opportunity to finally be a BUTTler
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- Wig Brand
- Comic Cosplay Wig
- Wig Name
- Straight
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