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Americans lack critical knowledge about their personal finances, according to survey results released on April 1 as National Financial Literacy Month got underway.
The National Foundation for Credit Counseling said its eighth-annual Financial Literacy Survey found that 61% of U.S. adults – the most in six years – say they do not have a personal budget. It also found that 34% carry monthly credit card debt and that 15% of U.S. adults, more than 35 million people, said they roll over more than $2,500 in such balances monthly.
The survey was conducted in March by Harris Poll among 2,016 Americans 18 and older.
The survey also found that consumers' top concerns were evenly divided between insufficient rainy day savings for an emergency (16%) and retiring without having enough money set aside (16%).
Most adults have not reviewed their credit score (60%) or their credit report (65%) within the past 12 months, said the NFCC report, which was sponsored by Experian.
Meanwhile, the proportion of adults who are spending less when compared to the previous year continues to decline, from a high in 2009 of 57% percent to a low in 2014 of 29%.
"This suggests that, although consumers are uncomfortable with their lack of savings, they may have nonetheless continually increased their year-over-year spending," the NFCC said.
The survey also found that 41% gave themselves a grade of C, D or F on their knowledge of personal finance. However, it did find that 73% of U.S. adults said they could benefit from advice and answers to everyday financial questions from a professional.

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Why did you post it if you weren't finished..? That'd spare you all the negative comments...
tha PINK isnt her ahir...IM NOT FINISHED WIT DA PIC.
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yeah thats what i was doing and its unfinished. but i dont even know if ill get the chance to fifnish anythiong
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not as good as the first one, but at least it isnt censored, i think i might have mispelled that.
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hentai creators can learn alot from this. enough with that bloody,transgender,emo, shit and put some good reallife/hentai like this.
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His father unknown, his mother dead, Nicholas Roman was raised by the vampire Breed with one wish: to live as a normal vampire. But once he's transformed against his will into a gifted immortal, Nicholas now has one goal: to stop the Eternal Order of vampires from controlling his life and from transforming more males from his bloodline for their vicious reign. Then comes a beautiful stranger with a startling secret....
Vampire Kate Everborne claims she's sheltering Nicholas's long-lost son. If this is true, then who is the mother? And how endangered are they if, indeed, Nicholas does possess the bloodline so coveted by the Order? These are questions that with every seductive whisper, every silken touch, draw Nicholas and Kate intimately closer and nearer still to the truth. But aroused too are Nicholas's fears that this tantalizing woman has even more secrets - both dangerous and provocative - she has yet to share.
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"Gentle emotions are not for the Roman brothers, as their destined mates are fated to learn. Complex and riveting!" (Romantic Times)
"Much better than the first book. Very suspenseful"
Yes. Good vampire romance and great narrator.
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"I am not much of a book reader!!! BUT I MUST SAY!!"
I never gotten big into books, but something about these books I have not been able to put them down! I see others that like and others that dont,,, But I love them and have already told a few of my book lovers about it!
I love how she reads the books! LOVE IT!
Getting ready to read the next one and book 4 is waiting on me after that!
"Good characters, weak execution"
There were some weak areas, wholes. There were too many sex scenes verses battles and support for relationships. The sex scenes were crude. They could have been just as hot without all the C words. Rule of thumb leave out any words beginning with C. In stead of the sex being a part of the story you just want to get through it, and on with the story.
The characters were interesting, but undeveloped. Some of it was corny. You want the emotional happy ending but...... She should read Jeanine Frost for how to handle the sex scenes. Main improvement would be that all the characters needed more self talk about situations and how they felt about the situations and relationships. More elaboration about each persons personality and why they are like they are.
Tavia was great!!! She is what made me finish the story. She did all the characters excellent!
I would have cut out some of the sex scenes, like the one in the bar. A virgin's first sex by someone who cares about her in a bar, I don't think so.
There is a great deal of room for humor. When talking about a child having to be a whore to support his mother, no one wants to here details of the execution.
"Where is the plot?"
This book isn't very good. The plot is lacking and sadly so are the sex scenes. I read others' reviews and many gushed about the book. I guess I just don't see it.
"Love this series"
This series keeps me on my toes! I enjoy the storyline as well as the characters. Narrator adds icing to the cake! Moving on to the next book in the series.
"I just could not get into it"
Characters I cared about and maybe a different narrator and a more compelling plot
She has been fine in other books.
"Sucker for a happy ending romance!!!"
You want happy ending...steamy romance...intrigue...action...you get all this and more! Can't wait to get started on the the next book in this series!!!
"Sexy but....."
No, I wouldn't. While it's not a bad read, they use the word cunt alot. I'm not a prude or anything, but that's such an ugly word. I wish the author would have chosen something different to call it rather than something so vulgar.
She sounded more like a YA narrator.
"Bad boys rock"
Oh yea this is a very good series. I can't give enough of this series. Kate is a strong female character and just the right person for Nicholas.His big secret is a surprise but you find yourself dragged into is torment and want him to survive. But it is not only his story that makes this interesting it's all the other characters. This books leaves you wanting more and more of the Roman brothers.
"Really like the book and the whole series!"
Maybe in a couple years. I listen to so many books that I would probably forget the entire story and wouldn't mind a refresher.
Well let me say this, if you liked these books, you will like the Demonica/Eternal Rider series!
In this series, Lucias!! LOVED HIM
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When you sit ringside, up close, for the best nights of championship boxing, the historical fights, there is no way to identify the winner without a knockout punch or in the end the ring announcer reads out the scorecard.
There was no need for a ring announcer Wednesday night at the United Center, with the kind of feeling common to those who have experienced the gut-wrenching drama when sport is at its best.
It was that way in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final.
Round 1 to Muhammad Ali.
Round 2 to Joe Frazier.
And so it went for 15 rounds, but there was no fight, just a Stanley Cup hockey game between sluggers and dancers, Game 1 between the fast and the faster. Five minutes it went the Boston Bruins' way, the next five to the Chicago Blackhawks. Back and forth. A lead, momentum, momenarily until the sudden ending.
A shot. A bounce off Dave Bolland. Another bounce off Andrew Shaw and the Blackhawks had a triple-overtime win. The 117th shot of this classic ended the contest.
There was no overtime for Ali-Frazier. Boxing doesn't do that anymore. But there was Wednesday night in Game 1. Had it gone to scorecards at any given time – shots on goal aside – there would have been no unanimous decision.
Until the double-deflection goal in the third overtime period, there was no winner.
Game 1 was tough and hard and pure. And memorable. There were 117 shots on goal and and more than half that amount were blocked.
Boston had Chicago on the ropes early in the second period, and early in the third. When the Blackhawks tied the game in Period 3, they seemed to have all the energy. The Bruins were wobbly, just hanging on like Ali late in his first fight with Frazier, pushing the game to overtime.
Chicago came back after being down 3-1 to score the game's final three goals. And it didn't start that way. For almost half the game, the Boston line of David Krejci, Milan Lucic and Nathan Horton, the best line in the NHL post-season, gave the Blackhawks fits. Put them at peril, really.
Chicago started the game using the defensive pairing of Niklas Hjalmarsson and Johnny Oduya against the potent Bruins line. The matchup seemed flawed early. Boston went up 2-0 on goals by Lucic. But then Hjalmarsson and Oduya seemed to adjust.
Oduya also got a little back when he sent the game to overtime with a slapshot going wide that went off Andrew Ference's skate.
But that's what happens in great fights. You win a round, lose a round, take a round off. You find a way to deal with your opponent. You adjust. You go with the crowd. You go with your controlled emotion. You try and find a way.
It was that way in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final, a classic of a Game 1. We tend to remember great series more than great games come playoff time. There will be no early knockout here. There will be no obvious victor.
Both of these teams offer something the other can't handle. In Chicago's case it's speed and transition. In Boston, it's forecheck and breakout and the amazing triangle offence of the Krejci-Lucic-Horton trio.
The fight could have ended in the first overtime period on a chance by Shawn Thornton, a chance by Horton, a chance by Lucic, a missed opportunity by Patrick Kane. Two teams swinging for the knockout, at times barely able to skate, at times brilliant and momentarily barely able to stand, finding a way. The way champions find a way. They did that Wednesday night. And then have to come back and do it again Saturday night.
Boxers get a break after the big fight. Theirs is a one-night event and then months of rest. It can be raw, the way it was raw with the Blackhawks and the Bruins in Game 1.
This was the longest Stanley Cup final opener in history. In the end, there were 117 shots in 112 minutes and change, 120 hits and 63 blocked shots.
So much to take in. So little time to digest it all.
You watch a game like this and it stays with you. You don't forget it. It's too memorable, too historical.
Game 1 was a night for heroes and unlikely bounces. There was no unanimous decision. This fight has just begun.


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I don't live in CA, but I wasn't aware of this provision. Is it true that an official can visit your home like this??
I'm not sure. If its registered with the ATF as an AW, I don't think they have the authority...
Anything with a bullet button is treated like a hunting rifle (no one cares)
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The resurrection of Jesus is important for several reasons. First, it witnesses to the immense power of God Himself.
To believe in the resurrection is to believe in God. If God exists, and if He created the universe and has power over it, He has power to raise the dead.
If He does not have such power, He is not a God worthy of our faith and worship. Only He who created life can resurrect it after death, only He can reverse the hideousness that is death itself, and only He can remove the sting that is death and the victory that is the grave's (1 Corinthians 15:54-55). In resurrecting Jesus from the grave, God reminds us of His absolute sovereignty over life and death.
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All other religions were founded by men and prophets whose end was the grave. As Christians, we take comfort in the fact that our God became man, died for our sins, and was resurrected the third day. The grave could not hold Him. He lives, and He sits today at the right hand of God the Father in heaven. That is our blessed hope!
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The Galindos, who asked that their real names not be revealed, take the penicillin for coughs, ear aches, and sore throats. They use the tetracycline like orange juice, swallowing a tablet or more a day to ward off colds and flu. Although they are legal California residents and eligible for Medi-Cal, the Galindos prefer to use medicines from Mexico rather than involve themselves with a health-care system they think could lead to their deportation.
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Eduardo, a supervising janitor at a local high school, leafs through a worn, bilingual Red Cross First Aid book he and Maria have been studying in the evenings. "I assume we'll have to do wound care one day," he says, referring to this part of the Mission District where there are many shootings. "That is the only option because we can't go to the hospital."
Since the passage of Proposition 187, the 1994 "Save Our State Initiative," families like the Galindos worry that the crackdown against illegal aliens will be directed against legal immigrants as well. The proposition, which is being challenged in the courts, would discourage illegal immigration by denying health and social services to an estimated 1.3 million undocumented individuals living in California. Provisions would deny medical care and would require state agencies to report persons suspected of being in the state illegally.
With the proposed Immigration in the National Interest Act pending in a joint congressional conference committee, the Galindos anticipate the worst. Should the federal act, which could be ready for President Clinton's review later this month, pass as written it would make legal immigrants deportable if they receive Medi-Cal or other state health insurance or health-care benefits for more than 12 months. A second provision of the legislation requires that in applying for benefits the legal immigrant must combine the income of his sponsor with his own for 10 years or until he becomes a U.S. citizen. Physicians claim this will put many immigrants over the eligibility level of $23,634 per family and warn that denying Medi-Cal will promote risky medical practices. They cite a UCLA study released last month, which estimated that as many as 830,00 noncitizen legal immigrants living in California could be denied Medi-Cal under the proposed legislation.
The bill would also increase the number of Border Patrol agents, create pilot programs for employers to verify work eligibility, and deny public education to undocumented immigrants. The president has said he would veto any legislation that prevents children from attending school, but physicians fear that that is his only objection.
"If you feel like safe access to medical services is being cut off, you'll rely on other medicines or practices," says Dr. Michael Rodriguez, a volunteer physician at the medical clinic of the Mission-based Central American Refugee Center. "If people feel they have health problems, they'll take medicines that are available even if they are for other illnesses. They are often unaware of what they are taking and what they are putting in their bodies."
Pharmaceutical drugs come into San Francisco's Mission District from Central America and Mexico by friends or family returning from a visit to their native countries. These antibiotics are used to address all types of aches and pains -- from bronchitis and ear infections to tuberculosis and urologic problems, says Claire Mortimer, a family nurse practitioner at San Francisco General Hospital. Unfortunately, the misuse of antibiotics can lead to drug-resistant infections that are difficult to treat. "One of the most common things that happens," says Mortimer, "is that people will take medication regularly whether they need it or not. The consequences are that the bacteria becomes stronger and passes on resistant strains within the community. This affects the health and safety of everybody. Disease doesn't check immigration status. We can't isolate the public health system."
Alan Kayes, press secretary for Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), sponsor of the House version of the immigration legislation, says the bill allows treatment for the critically ill.
"We are allowing for emergency medical care," Kayes says. "Americans have gotten loud about the need for reform. What you're hearing is the last gasp of the opposition. Liberals don't get it. There's no big federal surplus to finance immigration."
But health-care advocates say Kayes is ignoring the psychological impact of the legislation.
"A lot of my patients have been without medication for months because they are fearful of receiving services," Mortimer says.
In a recent statewide survey of 58 health officials by the California Conference of Local Health Officers, 10 percent said they had seen a "sizable decrease in Latino patient contacts" since the passage of Prop. 187. Thirty-seven percent said they knew of persons who had delayed seeking medical exams for AIDS, tuberculosis, and rape.
Mortimer says the pending federal legislation will have the same effect on legal immigrants nationally.
"If you're afraid the security guard is going to arrest you, you're not going to go to the hospital, even if you need high blood pressure medicines or an appendectomy."
The Galindos do not know the eventual outcome of the immigration debate, but they are not hopeful.
"Every day I listen to the news, and it is a constant attack on us," Maria says. "I have almost lost all hope.


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As always, I am looking for banana recipes. This cake is very simple and easy to make, and it is delicious, light and very fluffy. The first time I used a loaf pan, and the cake just disappeared…this time I made them into small servings, so we can better control the portions.
This cake is great to serve as a snack and it stays moist and fresh for a couple of days. You can always dress these cupcakes up by topping with your favorite frosting. I chose to keep it plain for the time being…
The cake/cupcakes will shrink a little once you remove them from the oven, but do not worry, it will not affect its texture. They will still be very light, moist and fluffy.
3 eggs
1/3 cup sugar
¾ cup mashed banana
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup canola oil
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup chopped walnut
Preheat oven at 325F.
In a bowl sift the flour with baking soda, baking powder. In another bowl mix the eggs, vanilla extract, sugar, mashed banana and mix until ribbon stage.
Add the flour mix to the egg and banana mix, mixing gently. Once the flour has been incorporated, add the walnut and the oil.
Pour into the prepared muffin cup (approximately 18 cups) and bake for approximately 25 minute at preheated oven or until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean.
Cool on the wire rack and serve.
I hope you enjoy this simple recipe for banana sponge cake.
You might want to check out other recipes using banana, such as banana muffins with walnut or banana bread with chocolate chips.
Did you know that banana leaves, because of their size (large), flexibility and waterproof quality are often used as disposable plates in South Asia and Southeast Asia?
Thank you for stopping by Simple Recipes and have a great week!
59 Responses to "Banana Sponge Cake"
I adore anything banana too and this looks like a winner, so light and fluffy looking. Good idea to regulate portions lol.
how lovely and sponge-y looking! what a great afternoon snack! Great for getting the fruits in. Have a fabulous week.
I love how light and fluffy this cake is…sounds perfect with the flavor of banana! Hope your weeks is off to a wonderful start!
I love the texture of banana cake. The crumb is always so tender. They look great!
I love the sound of these little cakes with their banana tast and sponge cake texture!
i can have few of these at one go!
agree with Lena! they look so fluffy! Definitely must pop a few at one go!
I love desserts with bananas and these mini cakes look amazing! I love that you used individual portions, looks so cute!
I love banana in cakes! And making individual cakes is a great idea!
I bet these are super light and have a great texture!
I enjoy sponge cake, but I've never heard of adding bananas to this recipe. And can I just say.. bananas definitely make it more decadent. Love this
I've never tried a banana sponge but it sounds like such a great flavour for a sponge that I can't think why! 😀
These look so light and yummy.
So fluffy!
I love banana bread and cake and this variation sounds delicious, Juliana!
They certainly look moist and soft! My recipe is almost like yours minus the walnut!
Looks delicious, Juliana, what a nice and light sponge. I've never had a banana sponge, I'd love to try it!
Looks so spongey and delicious!!! Can't wait to try this!! I love that soft texture your little cupcakes have!! Sometimes it's hard to achieve that! Very beautiful!
Juliana these little cakes look delicious! The mashed banana makes them so moist and fluffy! If I added a little chocolate in them then I could eat them all! Have a great day!
Looks like a great snack!
Love the texture of the cake, It looks so moist and fluffy. Would love to give it a try.
Your banana sponge cakes look perfectly gorgeous. They are so uniform. And they look moist and light. Great recipe.
These sponge cakes looks really light, I have not tried baking sponge cakes in cups before, I'll try that soon as I too have the silicon cupcakes molds just like yours:)
These little banana cakes looks so light fluffy in texture. Love the way how you presented the baking process of these cakes…you made baking look so easy!
This banana sponge cake looks yummy. I love anything with bananas!
my husband loves anything banana! he would love this!
So fluffy and yummy!
I bet these are great all on their own without any sugary frosting to mar that lovely banana flavor. Mmm,, tender little cakes like these would disappear in no time in my house. 😉
Your cakes looks spongy and fluffy! Lovely! I bet it would difficult to stop at just one!
Oh dear, I definitely need some of these to keep my mouth shut! haha….
Have a great day, Juliana.
Whenever I bake with bananas, I always go for a really dense, moist texture, so these fluffy cakes sound like a delightful change of pace! I'm just amazed at how light and airy the crumb looks. 🙂
They look so light and fluffy add a little caramel butter cream and I'm good to go.
This is so perfect for my hubby who loves anything with banana! Love how fluffy and delicious it looks!
It really look very fluffy and moist. Yum!
That looks so beautiful and light and fluffy, and I'm intrigued by the recipe as I would have thought that the banana would weigh the sponge down. I'll have to try it!
You really read my mind I am currently trying to master a good sponage cake recipe and there you are posting this gorgeous banana sponge cake. I am sure I'll try to make it once I can bake a proper vanilla sponge cake. Thanks for sharing and you too have a great week!
Banana sponge cake sounds and looks so soft and dreamy. What a wonderful creation Juliana.
Your adding of walnuts and using of canola oil are what I like too.
I like the flexibility of this recipe.
I too am always looking for banana based recipes…especially since I have so much ripened ones hanging around.
Thanks for sharing this recipe Juliana ;o)
Ciao for now,
hahaha yes, portion control is important especially around yummy breads! love the banana touch to the sponge cake! have a wonderful week, Juliana!
Oh, you made it in muffin form. I love that, Juliana! They look light a fluffy!
Looks really soft and fluffy! I have a steamed banana muffin in my blog also very good, if you are interested in more banana recipe.
They look so smooth and light in texture. Wouldn't feel guilty to eat a couple of more 😉
Oh, these look like perfect snack cakes…that last photo is wonderful! The texture is just ideal 🙂
I am also always looking for recipes that use bananas! I like the lightness of your banana sponge cupcakes, they look delicious and would be perfect for an afternoon snack with a cup of tea;-)
first time in ur space…wow….the sponge cake looks so delicious n yummy…thnx for sharing the recipe…bookmarked ! following ur space 🙂 I have a space Only on seafood recipes…do visit my space sometime:-)
love cute little simple cakes, make them like this a lot
Light, soft, fluffy – what I look for in a sponge cake. Too bad I don't bake.
they look super soft & airy, a great way to use up left over bananas
The mini cakes look delicious. It's good news they stay fresh because there is nothing worse than a cake, which loses its taste the following day.
Bananas are one of my favorites in cake! The texture looks so soft and light and lovely Juliana! Hope you have a great weekend!
Hi Juliana,
They look so moist and delicious that I bet they didn't have time or need to be decorated with any frosting.
It's always good to have an army of banana recipes for when they start to get too ripe on the counter! This is such a great option. Yum!
i always appreciate your 'did you know' section, and i always learn something! these little cupcakes look marvelous–three cheers for the banana!
interesting……..cakes looking just great..nice cliks……….
Banana in baked is my weakness. These look so light and moist. Perfect for snacking!
Hi juliana
love the sponge cakes and with banana flavior this is top !!Pierre
I love banana cakes but rarely have the opportunity to make some because bananas disappear before they are ripe. Must remember to hide some 🙂
Banana cakes are a favorite in our household. That looks delish!


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Buffalo cop pleads guilty to running marijuana-growing operation
Side jobs are common among Buffalo police officers, but Jorge I. Melendez had a unique one.
He grew marijuana.
Melendez, a four-year veteran of the department, admitted Tuesday to running a marijuana-growing operation while he was a police officer. He made the admission as part of a plea deal that is likely to send him to federal prison for at least five years.
"How does a police officer get involved in something like this?" U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio asked Melendez on Tuesday.
"It's just extremely poor judgment," he answered.
"Extremely poor," said Foschio.
Prosecutors claim Melendez oversaw an operation with more than 1,000 plants and at times made stops at his warehouse, sometimes while in uniform and on the job, to check on them.
They also claim that Jason Elardo, Melendez's alleged partner in the grow operation, handled the day-to-day operation and paid the former officer for the use of his warehouse. Elardo committed suicide last year.
"The defendant was paid $10,000 when the marijuana was harvested," Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric M. Opanga said of Melendez.
Opanga said harvests at the warehouse, located at 2157 South Park Ave., took place about four times a year.
As part of his plea deal, Melendez admitted taking part in a conspiracy to manufacture 100 marijuana plants. He also stopped well short of admitting he checked on the plants while in uniform.
"He think it's best for he and his family to resolve the case," said Buffalo defense lawyer Jeremy D. Schwartz.
Melendez's guilty plea – his deal still must be accepted by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny – follows a similar plea by the man accused of taking care of his marijuana crop.
Robert Osika, 47, admitted tending to about 400 marijuana plants between 2009 and 2012 as part of his own agreement with prosecutors. Osika pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture marijuana plants and now faces up to 18 months in prison.
At the time of his arrest in 2012, Melendez was accused of overseeing an operation that included two warehouses, two homes and more than 1,000 marijuana plants. He was fired by city officials after his arrest.
The yearlong investigation into Melendez started with the State Police and Drug Enforcement Administration, but also involved the FBI and Buffalo police.
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The world is going mobile and fast. As mobile technology continues to improve, investors are relying on their phones and tablets more than their computers, and because of that, app developers are working hard to meet the needs of these investors. Most brokerages now have apps for their customers to use, but what about those who are looking for more than what they're getting from their brokers? There are a lot of great apps on the market; here are five worth checking out.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A court has ordered the return of an alleged sex tape to the mother of former U.S. Sen. John Edwards' out-of-wedlock daughter, CBS News reports.
Former Edwards aide Andrew Young, who once claimed to be the father of Rielle Hunter's child, said in an interview this week with ABC News that he found the tape while cleaning out a house for sale.
Young refused to turn over any material Thursday, CBS News says.
Maj. Charles Blackwood, a sheriff's deputy in Orange County in North Carolina, said the order Hunter obtained seeks "video recordings and photographs that depict matters of a private and personal nature."
In the interview, Young said Edwards was recognizable. His wife said the woman was wearing pieces of jewelry identical to Hunter's but was otherwise not recognizable.
The tape was made not long before the Iowa caucuses in the 2008 presidential campaign, Young said. Hunter was a videographer with Edwards' presidential campaign.
Young's book, "The Politician," is to be released Saturday. Edwards recently acknowledged paternity of the child and is separated from his wife Elizabeth.


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1. Marriage is not a hierarchy. Traditionalists assume that a Christian marriage is defined as a dominant husband who makes all family decisions while the wife graciously obeys without input. Yet Scripture actually portrays marriage as a loving partnership and refers to the wife as a "fellow heir of the grace of life" (1 Peter 3:7, NASB). And the apostle Paul taught that in the realm of sexuality, husbands and wives share equal authority over each other's bodies (1 Cor. 7:4). In other words, submission in this most intimate part of a marriage covenant is ...
Sam Thess wrote:JohnThis must mean that you don't believe that God and grace have any special and unique effect upon the marriage of God's people. Since in your estimation the reprobate can achieve the same result in their marriage. Does God make any difference in the world?
For example, you might put it down to God and grace that you and your wife never divorced.
So, what do you put it down to when an unbelieving couple never divorce? Luck?
If you pray for journeying mercies and arrive safely, do you thank God?
So, when the unbeliever also arrives safely, who should he thank?
When it comes to making a difference between the believer and unbeliever, there is only one way that can happen, and it is by "abiding in Christ". It is not by attempting to "keep the rules", or following some sort of philosophy or ethical morality. It is the "life of Christ" within us, being worked out in the world.
Unfortunately, this aspect of Christianity is almost lost in the miriad of ideas and religious thinking, and is the reason for the great apostasy and falling away. I say "aspect", but actually it is the very heart and life of our faith.
John UK wrote:although it is a plain fact that many unbelievers have good marriages also, and stick together through thick and thin, even taking marriage vows seriously
Sam Thess wrote:I have been married to my wife now for forty three years and we have three children. I became a Christian later in life and watched as God converted and saved my wife. Still waiting for his grace on my children. It may seem curious but I believe that his grace was in our marriage and family before we were saved, something we observe retrospectively. And no I have never beaten her, the thought has never been there thanks be to God. His grace is good. God bless John.
God be with you, too.
John UK wrote:And I sure hope you don't beat your wife or husband!
Sam Thess wrote:Oh c'mon John everybody around here knows you are the uncrowned king of insults on the board.
And no, I am not tempted to change moniker to avoid situations like this, being a transparent man who calls a spade a shovel, and am not afraid of being abused by poor examples of "Christians" who do not seem to have sufficient grace to prevent their abusive outbursts.
And I sure hope you don't beat your wife or husband!
As for your point, yes, I can now see what you meant, but you have just proved to me that your seemingly good point is negated by your own supercilious attitude.
John UK wrote:Sam, if that was an attempt at an insult, BTW, when I say "Christian"And so I cannot see
BTW, when I say "Christian"
And so I cannot see
Christians and grace is precisely the point.
As for God and His grace, if they are present in the couple and the marriage then that will make the difference. As I said to Angela the problem in the discussion below is the doubts being expressed when the couple are true Christians. Some seem to be suggesting that God, grace and the abuse will be present in the marriage of true Christians. I believe the problem with that suggestion is a lack of faith.
The non Christian marriage will rather demonstrate a lack of grace in their relationship. Naturally we should expect that this is a marriage where either both or one of the individuals is not Christian.
BTW John If I may ask, are you married with children?
Sam Thess wrote:John uk. You do understand that "congregations" should know bible instructions on matters such as this...?
BTW, when I say "Christian", I mean a "Christian". When I say "nominal Christian", I mean a "nominal Christian". When I say "Christian marriage", I mean "Christians who are married".
And so I cannot see why you cause concern that either God, or his grace, could be absent from a Christian marriage. How do you work that out? Do you earn your grace?
Angela Wittman wrote:if a Christian man abuses his wife, I have to question if he really is in Christ or perhaps is just a good church attendee.
John uk. You do understand that "congregations" should know bible instructions on matters such as this and their brothers and sisters work with them to obey Christ's teachings? Who is failing in the above article husbands or churches?
Dolores L wrote:I've been married 49yrs. My husband let me know that he did not ever want me to work because his mother worked and he hated coming home to a cold house(no mom to be there). I agreed especially to stay home and raise my children..4..I felt this was my calling from God to raise my children in the admonition of the Lord..to love him as I did. We all had to sacrifice in order to do this but it was so worth it and my kids let me know how thankful they are that they had a stay at home mom. Their memories of home has always been positive. Sometimes I would think what ifs but God always provided our needs..always!! My husband worked hard to provide and even though he is not a Christian I have never had aproblem with him being head of our house. He loved me and only wants what's best for me. Maybe God gave me grace to be able to be a submissive wife,that's part of it I'm sure..being a Christian since age 12 had a lot to do with because I always understood this to be true..we are still happily married.
[1] Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; [2] While they behold your chaste conversation [coupled] with fear. (1Pe 3:1-2)
Mike wrote:Simple is good, is it not so, John? These 2 verses alone, if followed by all couples who name the Name, would solve a multitude of marital problems. The following verse gives example to us who initiates the relationship in its rightness:1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.We, i.e. the church, the bride, love him, Jesus, the groom, because he the groom, first loved us. Therefore it is to the man to first love his wife in the manner of Eph. 5:25. Only then is she to be subject to him, in the manner of 5:24.
Thank you bro, your point is well worth a meditation, and I am quite certain that you are personally putting it into practise yourself. What a good example!
John UK wrote:You're quite right sister.And if God's instructions were obeyed by both parties, a Christian marriage would stand out like a beacon of beauty and light in a dark and confused world.Ephesians 5:24-25 KJV24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it...
1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
We, i.e. the church, the bride, love him, Jesus, the groom, because he the groom, first loved us. Therefore it is to the man to first love his wife in the manner of Eph. 5:25. Only then is she to be subject to him, in the manner of 5:24.
Sam Thess wrote:Does God and grace participate in these marriages you describe and if so does that make them better witnesses? Or even with God and grace do these husbands abuse their positions with their wives and demonstrate that God and grace makes no difference?
Are you an unbeliever, Sam?
Unprofitable Servant wrote:Ephesians 5:21 submitting TO ONE ANOTHER in the fear of God.If the husband by the grace of God loves the wife as the Lord loves the church, then wife's submission by the grace of God, is not a burdensome task.


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Friday, October 30, 2009
SWC Faculty and Staff Respond to Alioto's "Update"
RE: Call for an explanation
From: Mark Van Stone
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:57 PM
To: Nicholas Alioto
Cc: All Staff; email@example.com; Jorge Dominguez; Jean Roesch; Yolanda Salcido; Terri Valladolid
Dear Vice President Alioto, et al.,
You claim that "No disciplinary action has been taken."
Sure looks "disciplinary" to the rest of us.
Your hair-splitting pettifogging spin on this series of events is spitting into the wind. Nobody is convinced that you did this for the protection of anyone, except yourselves. And for you administrators to hide behind the fine SWC police department, who were surely just following your orders, is sheer cowardice.
Why not admit you haven't a case and immediately reinstate the "not-suspended-just-prohibited-from-doing-their-job" professors? And then open some REAL action towards solving our problems together?
By the way, are you paying for the substitute instructors and the lawyers in this situation out of the Reserve fund, or are you just going to cut more classes to pay for this divisive waste of resources?
Just trying to help,
Mark Van Stone
RE: Update from Acting S/P Alioto
From: Larry Lambert
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 12:46 PM
To: Nicholas Alioto
Cc: All Staff
Tom Holst is a very brave classified professional because he took the time and opportunities to weigh in on these important issues in spite of the vulnerability classified professionals have at this time. I am supporting his effort and adding my voice to his. I sincerely believe that if most Classified Professionals were not so burdened with the culture of fear, retaliation and intimidation that engulfs this college they would be overwhelmingly supportive of our faculty brethren more openly.
The latest rounds of tactics are unforgivable and should be challenged at every step. Trying to make us believe the semantic phlegm that an administrative leave, paid or otherwise, is not punishment is like telling us that it is not dark at night, we're just out of light. We are simply not that stupid and it is consummately insulting that anyone thinks we will actually believe that.
These retaliations by the district only serve to galvanize all of the employees of this college towards one common foe, and now we have four symbols of that unity and solidarity.
The time has come to sit down and speak openly and without hidden agendas. We continue to slip down the dark side of the moon with less and less hope of finding the light if egos and megalomaniacal control issues do not take a back seat long enough to find common ground. At some point we will have a watershed moment and realize that the paralyzing fear we currently feel about losing our career at SWC comes in second place to standing up and openly supporting what is right an honorable. Then we will all stand up and make all our voices heard. When that happens the Governing Board will pay attention, there will not be any other choice.
Larry B. Lambert
Online Instructional Support Specialist
RE: Update from Acting S/P Alioto
From: Eliana Santana
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 10:54 AM
To: Nicholas Alioto
Cc: All Staff
Mr. Alioto,
I'd be interested in seeing the evidence you have collected that these three faculty members were engaged in a violent act with the police. Where is the evidence? Besides, if they were involved in violence with the police, there would be an arrest and charges filed. Where are the charges and where is the police report?
The community would like transparency in this matter.
Eliana Santana-Williamson, Ed.D
Professor of ESL and ESL Coordinator at San Ysidro
RE: Update from Acting S/P Alioto
From: Tom Holst
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:05 AM
To: Nicholas Alioto
Cc: All Staff
To all who would give a hoot, I took my lunch break and went down in my CSEA t-shirt to show support for our students. I arrived as the last speakers finished. There were a couple of students who urged the group to "take it to the streets." I followed the procession down to the 100 area where they were redirected around the 100 building where the procession stopped at the breezeway between 102 and 100 building. The police blocked all breezeways. At the 102 breezeway I watched the group question the police as to why they could not enter area. The Sergeant and 1 other cop explained they could not allow disruption of campus business. I saw absolutely no angry confrontation in any shape or form. A couple of male students were a bit loud but the crowd quickly lost interest and dispersed. A petition was passed around for a minute or two. I went back to work. I was within 10 feet of the whole thing. This whole thing is just ridiculous. My belated break is over now. Back to work. PS: I support what is good and right for SWC based on truth, honesty and facts. Tom
Re: Update from Acting S/P Alioto
From: Dan Moody
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 10:39 AM
To: Nicholas Alioto
Cc: All Staff
Dear Mr. Alioto,
Congratulations on your promotion to acting Superintendent-President.
I was interested to read your statement that the College Police are saying that this situation "compromised the safety" of others, and very surprised that these three teachers are being accused of "physical confrontation with police officers." As someone who knows these three teachers as I do, I find this allegation absolutely impossible to believe.
--Dan Moody
Alioto's original message.
We will post more responses from SWC faculty and staff as permission is received.
9 comments:
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2009 at 3:34 PM
I admire your bravery.ReplyDelete
-Coffee Girl
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2009 at 6:24 PM
The fact that Chopra is on "vacation" in some unknown place and incommunicado at a time of controversy, need and lack of leadership proves that he is neither qualified nor interested in leading an institution of higher learning.ReplyDelete
It's time that SWC gets completely new leadership including the totally inept and self-serving Governing Board of idiots.
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Members of SWC wake up! UNITE!ReplyDelete
Has there ever been a more oppressive campus atmosphere at SWC? Classified brothera and sisters, ask yourself, have been fearing for your job, not because of any ineptitude but because the Governing Board does not pull the reigns of the charging beast? Academic brothers and sisters, if you felt untouchable, you see? It can also happen to you! SWC, wake-up, UNITE!
When accused of violating the segregation laws in the American South of the 1960's, Dr. Martin Luther King Junior said that any law that downgraded human personality was unjust and an "unjust law is no law at all." The three suspended Southwestern College teachers did not violate any laws or statutes of the state of California or of the federal government. If Chopra and his current stand-in Alioto want to claim that leaving the hidden corner of the college campus laughably and ironically designated as a "free speech area," and walking across the campus requesting and being refused to be allowed to speak to the college president is a violation of college policy then that policy downgrades human personality and is no policy at all. If we have freedom of speech in the United States, then we have freedom of speech in the hidden corner of the college campus, on its paths and walkways, on the street in front of the college and even standing in front of the president's office in front of a line of policemen.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2009 at 9:31 AM
I've been asked if the SWC three requested a private hearing as Alioto's letter maliciously states. THE ANSWER IS NO! Alioto and his shameless minions are being manipulative and are adding salt to the wounds. When our lawyer initially demanded a hearing in response to their "barred from campus until further notice," she used the word "private" as a matter of course. When she got Alioto's latest statement, she brought it to us and we immediately and unanimously said NO! OPEN, OPEN, OPEN!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2009 at 12:25 PM
This is the comment that I posted on the La Presa article:ReplyDelete
As a parent of a daughter that attends Southwestern College, I have been watching the workings of Raj Chopra very closely. In my opinion he has done a number of unforgivable actions. I am very happy to see that your paper is finally starting to see the real Raj in his true autocratic management style! I don't know if you follow the UT articles about Raj, but it was very clear to me that Raj has or had friends in high places in the UT, which published their anonymous articles! Last week I was very pleased to see that a brave UT writer penned a factual article about Raj and put her name on it! He was caught lifting a message from an airline magazine and in my opinion has no experience or talent in running a college. Please continue to expose the true Raj to the people that really matter, the students, their families, and the voting public. I for one would like to see the college run by a professional with impeccable ethics and true leadership skills .
Thank you for allowing me to state the truth!
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2009 at 12:32 PM
It would help significantly if the President spoke English clearly!ReplyDelete
Parents of College students and Students need to speak out and make a difference! If you're not angry then you aren't paying attention! If you are angry then do something to let the idiots in charge know that they are idiots!
- AnonymousNovember 1, 2009 at 3:20 PM
i was there with the teachers and under no circumstances where there ANY ACTS OF VIOLENCE that the teachers were accused of, in fact is the other way around. And believe me when i say this, WE ALL STOOD OUR GROUND AND THERE WERE NO PUNCHES THROWN, NO KICKS, NO WEAPONS NOTHING OF THAT MATTER. Maybe a few words here and there but that is beside the point. Excessive force was use by the SWC CAMPUS POLICE and something should be done about this.ReplyDelete
I was also there, and I don't believe the campus police showed an excessive use of force in any way. Interactions were civil and peaceful. Don't blame the police. The problem is much higher up.ReplyDelete


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GRC is not about Risk or Compliance
In my earlier post, "Security is Not the Point," I explained why to most people security is an annoying layer of cost and inconvenience. I said that no one wants security, they want the benefits of security. But if security is not the point, what is?
The last time you had to do some tedious paperwork, you were no doubt muttering under your breath that you'd rather be doing the actual project and not filling out forms and writing a report. We are all like that. Documenting tasks and processes is not fun.
Compliance is like that, too. It is considered the necessary evil, the tedious paperwork required by "the powers-that-be" to meet some basic level of due care. Compliance requirements define the "minimums" for demonstrating that the business is being run responsibly.
However, compliance has a more attractive cousin. Read more HERE.
Now he's hacked US Passports using a $250 RFID reader!
Is he evil? Ask some manufacturers and they'll say yes, emphatically. Ask privacy advocates, and they'll praise him for exposing the seeds of Big Brother. Chris Pajet didn't stop at cloning your HID prox card while standing next to you in line at the 7-Eleven.* Now he has begun war-driving through San Francisco, gleaning RFID tags from US Passports. This is another assault on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Read about it here.
White hats like Chris find the holes in our tech infrastructure that the bad guys also find. I'd rather know about it than keep my head in the sand. Besides, these problems are ususally fixable, so let's fix the problems and not ignore them.
*not sure if he ever did that, but the cloning device he showed me sure could have been used that way.
Corestreet in the money again
CoreStreet is one of the really cool young technology companies in the security industry, and now In-Q-Tel knows it, too. The beltway-based investment vehicle for the US intelligence community made a strategic investment in CoreStreet. This is the most recent in a long string of victories for the young identity management and access control vendor.
You've read about CoreStreet on this blog – about how they dominated a bid in the State of Colorado. Well, other states will follow suit this year, and federal government FIPS 201 initiatives are all over the Corestreet products.
This company, and those like it, are the reason I got into this business. Very cool
Hacker at the door (I hope HID does slap me with a restraining order for reprinting this)
Joel Rakow has a fun newsletter. He authorized me to reprint this story. If you want to get on his mailing list, drop him a note at firstname.lastname@example.com
Many security professionals are concerned about IP access control readers being a source of vulnerability. Think about it: A network device on the unsecured side of every door. Remove the cover and you have direct access to the enterprise network. The assumption is that card readers based on the Weigand protocol…you know those HID readers..are secure. If you are one-of those consider the following hack:
Use a proximity card in combination with a small PIC micro-controller chip (a Programmable Intelligent Computer chip). Embed a program in the chip this requests a display of the code on the card of the last card holder that gained access. The PIC chip is spliced between one of three wire lines on the backside of a Wiegand reader. The entire manufacturing cost of the PIC device and wires is less than $3. This hack can also be used to lock all of the doors so that nobody can gain access. , wires to outsmart the Wiegand-based readers communications standard, allowing him to gain access to restricted areas protected by the readers. Franken says he spent 12 hours working on his method, which included
Embed a program onto and programming was about $3. The program is written to replay the code on the card of the card-holder who most recently gained access.
This hack is outlined here to help both security professionals and manufacturers maintain security. Manufacturers need to prevent such simple hacks and professionals need to deploy readers knowing how they might be vulnerable.
Follow this link for the complete story.
Primer on the four basic categories of security
Here is a refresher on the four fundamental
categories of security – authentication, authorization, administration and
audit. Each poses a basic question. And each must be addressed before the next becomes fully effective.
Are you who you say you are? Authentication
is the set of tools and processes for identifying people and machines. ID
badges, key cards, passwords, biometrics all deliver information about whether
a person is who they claim to be.
I know who you are, but what may you do?
Authorization technologies limit and control behavior, but also aim to allow
appropriate activities. Locks, entry devices, card readers, antivirus software,
encryption, even fences and guards require or respond to information about
one's privileges, then ensure that one can perform all the duties of his or her
Lots of you are doing lots of things. How do
I manage it? Administration is both a set of processes and a technological act,
often requiring software and computers or data repositories called directories.
Access control administrator software, provisioning software, the forms you
pass around to managers to get approvals, all allow organizations to add,
delete or modify information about people and their privileges.
What's happening? Is the authentication and
authorization working correctly? The last of the four categories, audit, is
arguably the most important. Cameras, video recorders, monitoring stations,
alarms, IT-SIM and PSIM products, risk assessments and computer audit logs collect
and display the current state to whomever is concerned. The better systems, of
course, correlate and prioritize events to help people respond to the
interesting incidents.
Security employs technologies and processes
to ask those questions and respond to the information in the most efficient and
effectives ways.
First Look: n-Tegrity Pro secure USB thumb drive appliance
What it is:
USB stick with fingerprint
authentication, AES or Blowfish file encryption, secure partition and platform
for hosting and launching applications. Plug this little baby in and launch apps, store files, send emails, and
sign documents all without leaving a trace on the host computer. Capacity
ranges from 256K to 4 Gigs.
n-Tegrity Pro
n-Trance Security Ltd
How it does it:
n-Tegrity Pro combines a
proprietary biometric authentication application (all properly documented and
publicly discussed in academic papers, of course), file encryption (using your
choice of AES, Blowfish or other popular encryption options), and a logical
partition for secure file storage.
The product is shipping is
currently sold through a few channels in Europe and on Amazon.
Starts at $45, up to $200.
I tested the Pro version with 1 Gig of memory selling for about $90.
Early Review:
I opened the box and
installed it in seconds. Within five or
six minutes I was a power user (after I figured out that I have to swipe my
finger three times to enroll instead of just one). The software running on my device is n-Pass
Pro 126.96.36.1996. I inserted it in a USB
port of my old IBM ThinkPad T42 running Windows XP (updated) and was pleased at
how quickly the n-Tegrity Pro was detected. After registering two fingers using
the biometric reader, a navigation window offered me options to launch the
embedded applications like Skype or Miranda instant messaging. I selected Internet Explorer and surfed away,
hardly detecting any latency given the fact that the app and its caches were
being completely housed on the stick. At
one point, mid operation, I ripped the stick out to see what would crash. Nothing did. The n-Tegrity Pro icon in the system tray simply disappeared. When I
reinserted the device in the USB port I counted to ten and was presented with
the fingerprint authentication request, slid my left thumb across the reader
and was instantly back in action. Encrypting was just as easy. I dragged a file into the reader and right
clicked. I found the functions of this
powerful device and its elegant software to be intuitive and supremely
useful. The device has an integrated
cover and comes with a lanyard – an important protection for me because I lose
Other capabilities listed
on the website are
- n-Pass Pro – biometrically
enabled VPN and RDC connection
- n-Crypt –shell-integrated
biometrically-enabled cryptographic application for files and folders
- Encrypted Virtual Disks
- FIPS 140-2 Level 1
compliant RNG
- Selectable cryptographic
algorithms from the list of 7 most powerful (such as RSA-2048 key pair, AES-256, etc)
I mentioned IE, Miranda and
Skype, but there are many apps you could launch from the flash disk. A list of
compliant applications is available HERE.
The competition:
USB sticks combining secure
file storage are a dime a dozen these days. Well, maybe $500 a dozen, but you get the idea. The n-Trance solution combines applications,
secure files, password storage, and so many other uses neatly contained in a
form factor with its own secure biometric authentication and encryption engine.
Not much to gripe about at
this point. It does what it claims. The Quick Start Guide is not written as
clearly as it could be. And I look
forward to support of Linux and Mac.
How to Buy:
Europeans can go to their
local UniEuro Market in Italy, Netherlands, Hungary and Russia where you'll likely find the
products displayed next to new computers.
Everyone else can go to
Score 4.5 out of 5. Very cool device that is
inexpensive enough to replace if you lose it and powerful enough to use every
Honeywell Plugs Into A Converged Identity Management Solution
Imprivata bridges the IT side of authentication and
credential management with physical security. The company's flagship product, OneSign version 3.6, now integrates with Honeywell
ProWatch Access Control Systems and can support National ID cards built on the Dutch UZI card
platform. It also just extended support for 64-bit Citrix and
Terminal Server as well as Windows Vista platforms (32 bit). This week the company announced ProveID™ for OneSign that
cleverly allows developers to insert Imprivata strong authentication into
I've always been a fan of this scrappy company. Founder
David Ting is an articulate champion of collaborative authentication
management, and the company has been very smart, I'd say, by betting on the
convergence story as a way of differentiating it from the soupy identity
management market.
The company boasts over 150 Imprivata resellers in 32
countries, and over 600,000 seats sold, but that's a far cry from Passlogix's 6
million seats. However, Imprivata sells
its a solution with pricing and deployment options suitable for even small and
mid-sized large organizations.


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Venus Williams Loses in Australian Open 1st Round
By John Pye
MELBOURNE, Australia — Venus Williams was moving freely in her first-round match at the Australian Open, breezing through the first set and getting a look at another break in the second against a player who upset her sister here two years ago.
That's when things started to go wrong for her the first day of the season-opening major. The seven-time Grand Slam champion missed the break-point chance in the sixth game and then, after getting to 40-30 on serve in the ninth, inexplicably firing three consecutive double-faults to surrender a break and just about the set to No. 22-seeded Ekaterina Makarova.
After a quick break and a change of her self-designed zebra print dress, she took a 3-0 lead in the third before her unforced error toll climbed to 56 and Makarova won six of the next seven games for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win.
The 33-year-old Williams, the second-oldest player in the tournament, has struggled with injuries and illness in recent seasons but reached the final of the WTA event at Auckland to start 2014 and came to Melbourne saying she was feeling better than she had in years.
"The last 12 months I have had issues," she said. "But this year I definitely am looking forward to having a good run and feeling well."
That didn't happen.
"My level was a little bit too up and down. Obviously my error count was a little high," said Williams, the 2003 finalist who was playing in her 14th Australian Open. "I have to give her a lot of credit, though, she was very determined … played hard."
Makarova said because it was the first match of the tournament, it was probably more difficult to beat Venus than it was to upset Serena Williams in the fourth round here in 2012.


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Fully lined and steel-boned corset. Staff lights up everywhere! Also bought a claddagh ring and painted it gold to match hers. Then found out the ring isn't a Codex thing, but a personal gift from her boyfriend, and felt really creepy. She loved it though! (phew XD)
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Can you picture the X-Men movies without the talented (and very handsome) Hugh Jackman? It's hard to imagine, but in reality, it almost happened.
Dougray Scott was originally selected to play the role of Wolverine in 2000. Unfortunately for him, filming of his movie Mission Impossible 2 was delayed, making it impossible for him to take on another job.
In a last-minute decision, director Bryan Singer was forced to recast the role. Lucky for us, Jackman was ready to bulk up and accept the challenge. He's been entertaining us and coming back for more ever since!
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X-Men certainly isn't the only major project on the big and small screen that required a change in actors.
Benjamin Bratt stepped in for Al Pacino in this summer's Despicable Me 2. Pacino reportedly cited "creative differences" as the reason for his exit.
After being diagnosed with breast cancer, Maura Tierney had to leave NBC's family drama Parenthood. Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham was selected as her replacement.
Finally, Jessica Chastain said yes to the starring role in Zero Dark Thirty after Rooney Mara's schedule conflicted with filming. Lucky for Chastain, her acting skills in the film earned her a Golden Globe Award. Not a bad payoff, in our opinion.


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Who knew an in-grown hair would cause this much trouble?
Edmonton Eskimo receiver Pat Woodcock missed last night's regular-season opener because of a problem that started after he pulled a pesky in-grown hair in his right foot.
"I had an in-grown hair - somehow some bacteria got in there and it got infected," said Woodcock.
"After it (the hair) got pulled - like overnight - the foot swelled up and it started to turn red and all that stuff."
That was the day of the Eskimos' first pre-season game - June 15 - in Calgary.
Woodcock has barely done anything since. He missed both pre-season games on top of it.
"I don't even have words for it," continued Woodcock on the bizarre situation.
"I really have no explanation for how it happened."
But on the bright side, he has now received clearance through blood tests from doctors to resume practicing next week - providing nothing else goes wrong in the meantime.