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Julianne Hough was robbed of her jewelry from Ryan Seacrest… Guess how much it was worth! More details on the rocky Miley Cyrus/Liam Hemsworth relationship! Plus, Charlie Sheen calls for revenge! …and let's have a moment of silence for Justin Bieber's pet hamster… It's all in today's Dirty Laundry!
Julianne Hough's car got broken into or did she forget to lock the door? When she went to her car the door was wide open and $100,000 worth of jewelry was missing!!! Her boyfriend Ryan Seacrest gave it to her….pocket change for him.
Justin Bieber's pet hamster has died. He had given it to a fan last December and told her to take care of him. Poor thing
Looks like Justin thinks he's better than Lindsay Lohan…he posted a bunch of stuff on Instagram after being tired of people saying he needs rehab. Justin said: "It must be scary to some people to think that this is just the beginning [for me]. I know my talent level …" and "… to those comparing me to Lindsay Lohan look at her 2012 tax statements ;)" He has since removed the Lindsay insult.
Speaking of Lindsay Lohan…her trial will start on Monday. She wouldn't accept any plea deal and now could face months in jail for violating her probation in her jewelry heist case — part of the probation was to obey all laws. (She lied to cops about driving the Porsche involved in an accident)
"Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Kandi Burruss is suing her former friend and castmate Kim Zolciak-Biermann over the song they collaborated on, "Tardy For The Party." Kandi claims "Kim infringed upon her copyright by unlawfully licensing, distributing and selling the song, which she wrote and Kim "sang" on". Kim says, "This is nothing short of a publicity stunt, I find this lawsuit funny yet sad. Coming after me now and this song is 4 years old? I have in fact overpaid Kandi and have documents to prove it and my legal team will handle this accordingly. And guess who's representing Kandi? Phaedra Parks!! Oh boy, didn't we see her mess up bad with Sharee in court?
Not great news for Smash fans! The show's ratings have been down quite a bit and now they're being moved to Saturday night at 9 p.m. on NBC starting on April 6th.
The National Enquirer is claiming that Kristen Stewart is cheating again on Robert Pattinson while he's been away filming The Rover in Australia. They're claiming she's Katy Perry's assistant, Tamra Natisin!
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence has all the men pursuing her and now she has a royal after her. Prince Harry!!! He has invited her to get together in New York when he returns from his four month stint in Afghanistan this May.
We already knew that Singer Michael Bublé and his wife, Luisana, were expecting their first child and now they've announced that they are expecting a baby boy.
The late Dick Clark has donated $1 million to his college frat. The Clark Estate trustees gave a donation to the Delta Kappa Epsilon Foundation in New York, which handles finances for the fraternity's chapters across the nation.
Miley Cyrus parties too much and Liam Hemsworth had a roving eye? That's just some of the issues we're hearing as to why they've split. He's in Australia with his family but sources say that they "are not giving up. They both want it to work."
Chuy Bravo from "Chelsea Lately" has dropped out of the celebrity diving show "Splash". He broke his heel when he jumped on a table and the table broke. Brandi Chastain has replaced him.
Lil Wayne was hospitalized this week in L.A. following what appeared to be multiple seizures after shooting a music video. This isn't the first time…he had a few seizures while flying.
And here goes Charlie Sheen on another rant!!!! His daughter Sam is being bullied at school…so much that Denise Richards met with the school 3 times and they haven't done anything. So what is Charlie asking his fans to do??? "If you have a rotted egg a roll of toilet paper or some dog s–t; I urge u to deliver it with 'extreme prejudice' to their KamPuss run by trolls and charlatans Make me proud." "We will not tolerate this level of abhorrent disrespect towards the child of your favorite Warlock," Sheen continued. "And if your feeling the 'show and tell' of it all, smear the s–t to spell one name on the front door; VICTORIA. Eat that loser. C hashtag LYLMN?"


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[JURIST] Ali Hassan al-Majid [JURIST news archive, BBC profile], the cousin of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] also known to the Western media as "Chemical Ali," insisted before the Iraqi High Tribunal [official website] Monday that he should not be forced to stand trial because he has the same kind of immunity from Iraqi legal process afforded to US troops. Al-Majid's lawyers challenged the Tribunal's jurisdiction by pointing to Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 17 [PDF], which grants immunity to US troops fighting in Iraq from the Iraqi legal process. Prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon countered that while US troops may have immunity within Iraq, they may be tried by the US military. Al-Majid faces war crimes charges in the ongoing genocide trial [JURIST news archive; BBC trial timeline] based on Saddam's regime's involvement in the slaughter of tens of thousands of Kurds. On Sunday, al-Majid unapologetically admitted in court [JURIST report] that he gave orders for the destruction of dozens of Kurdish villages and the relocation of thousands of Kurds in the 1980s.
Al-Majid is now the leading defendant [JURIST report] in the trial following the December 30 execution [JURIST report] of Saddam Hussein. The six remaining defendants are all former Hussein regime officials and were originally charged with the late dictator in connection with the deaths of some 180,000 Kurds during the so-called "Anfal" campaigns [HRW backgrounder] of the 1980s. On Monday, al-Faroon introduced to the court 45 documents allegedly proving the defendants' guilt. AP has more. VOI has local coverage.

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Financial Ratio Adjustment: Industry-Wide Effects or Strategic Management
This paper proposes al alternative model for analyzing financial ratio behavior. The model postulates that (1) firms' financial ratios reflect unexpected changes in industry conditions; and (2) managers attempt to move their financial ratio toward the long-run desirable target. This model is employed to assess the relay weights of financial ratio movement that are associated with these two forces. The results show that changes in financial ratios can be due to both external shocks and strategic adjustment by management. The amount of financial ratio smoothing due to strategic adjustment appears to be substantial. Furthermore, the speed of convergence toward the optimal targets varies across industries and firms of different size. Copyright 1997 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Traditionally, they've lit up the Edmonton Oilers like the house decorations on Candy Cane Lane.
But tonight the Oilers will only have to deal with one of the Sedin twins as Daniel is out of the Vancouver Canucks lineup with a broken foot.
"They are great together, there is no question about that," said Oilers head coach Pat Quinn, who coached the twins when he was with the Canucks.
"But they are also individually strong. That's why you could split them up, although they like playing together.
"Henrik sure looked good (Saturday) night, he's a terrific player."
Despite the absence of his brother, Henrik Sedin is still leading the Canucks in scoring this season. He heads into tonight's game with three goals and eight assists through the first seven games.
He picked up an assist on Mikael Samuelsson's winner in a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild Saturday.
"Daniel has been such a mainstay there for so long, it's going to be different playing them without him," said Oilers centre Shawn Horcoff.
"He's a huge part of their power play, he gets a lot of points there. But even five-on-five, when both of them play together, they are tough to handle.
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LucasArts is ready to revisit the swashbuckling adventures of Guybrush Threepwood with a completely retooled version of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. Following last year's release of the Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Monkey Island 2 updates everything from the graphics to the score, adding a hint system and full voiceover work along the way. The sequel goes one step further, allowing players to take direct control of young Mr. Threepwood, if they don't feel like pointing and/or clicking.
If you never played the original game, LeChuck's Revenge follows Threepwood as he sets sail to find the legendary Big Whoop treasure. As the title suggests, LeChuck isn't going down without a fight, even though he's technically dead and all. The game is coming out on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and iPhone. PC and PlayStation 3 players will soon be able to check out the first special edition, too, in the meantime.
Be sure to check out the GDC 2010 hub page for quick access to more news and hands-on impressions from the event.
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Abstract and Applied Analysis
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 475956, 24 pages
Periodic Solutions of Second-Order Differential Inclusions Systems with -Laplacian
1School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shangdong 250022, China
2School of Business, Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology, Inner Mongolia, Baotou 014010, China
Received 19 June 2012; Accepted 26 September 2012
Academic Editor: Toka Diagana
Copyright © 2012 Liang Zhang and Peng Zhang. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The existence of periodic solutions for nonautonomous second-order differential inclusion systems with -Laplacian is considered. We get some existence results of periodic solutions for system, a.e. , , by using nonsmooth critical point theory. Our results generalize and improve some theorems in the literature.
1. Introduction
Consider the second-order system with -Laplacian where , denotes the Clarke subdifferential, and satisfies the following assumption:
(A) and , where which satisfies .
Moreover, we suppose that satisfies the following assumption:
(A') is measurable in for every and locally Lipschitz in for a.e. , and there exist positive constants , , and such that
for a.e. and all .
If and , system (1.1) reduces to the ordinary -Laplacian system:
Especially, when , then system (1.3) reduces to
The corresponding functional on given by is continuously differentiable and weakly lower semicontinuous on (see [1]), where is a Hilbert space with a norm defined by for .
Since Mawhin and Willem studied the periodic solutions of Hamilton system and obtained a series of results (see [2]). Considerable attention has been paid to the existence of periodic and subharmonic solutions for system (1.3) and (1.4) by the use of critical point theory in variational methods. Many solvability conditions are given, such as Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz conditions, coercivity condition, the convexity condition, the boundedness condition, the subadditive condition, the sublinear condition, and the periodicity condition, see [3–7] and the references therein.
The classical critical point theory was developed in the sixties and seventies for functionals. The needs of specific applications (such as nonsmooth mechanics and nonsmooth gradient systems) and the impressive progress in nonsmooth analysis and multivalued analysis led to extensions of the critical point theory to nondifferentiable functions, in particular locally Lipschitz functions. The nonsmooth critical point theory for locally Lipschitz functions started with the work of Chang (see [8]). He was able to construct a substitute for the pseudogradient vector field of the smooth theory and use it to obtain nonsmooth versions of the Mountain Pass Theorem of Ambrosetti and Rabinowitz (see [9]) and of the Saddle Point Theorem of Rabinowitz (see [10]). Chang used his theory to study semilinear elliptic boundary value problems with a discontinuous nonlinearity. Later, in 2000, Kourogenis and Papageorgiou (see [11]) obtained some nonsmooth critical point theories and applied these to nonlinear elliptic equations at resonance, involving the -Laplacian with discontinuous nonlinearities. Subsequently, many authors also studied the nonsmooth critical point theory (see [2, 11–17]), then the nonsmooth critical point theory is also widely used to deal with the nonlinear boundary value problems (see [11, 14, 15, 17–26]). A good survey for nonsmooth critical point theory and nonlinear boundary value problems is the book of Gasinski and Papageorgiou [22].
The operator is said to be -Laplacian and becomes -Laplacian when (a constant). The -Laplacian possesses more complicated nonlinearity than -Laplacian, for example, it is inhomogeneous. The study of various mathematical problems with variable exponent growth conditions has received considerable attention in recent years. These problems are interesting in applications and raise many mathematical problems. One of the most studied models leading to problem of this type is the model of motion of electrorheological fluids, which are characterized by their ability to drastically change the mechanical properties under the influence of an exterior electromagnetic field. Another field of application of equations with variable exponent growth conditions is image processing (see [12, 27]). The variable nonlinearity is used to outline the borders of the true image and to eliminate possible noise. We refer the reader to [12, 28–33] for an overview on this subject.
In 2003, X. L. Fan and X. Fan (see [34]) studied the ordinary -Laplacian system and introduced a generalized Orlicz-Sobolev space , which is different from the usual space , then Wang and Yuan (see [35]) obtained the existence and mulplicity of periodic solutions for ordinary -Laplacian system (1.1) with a smooth potential under the generalized Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz conditions. In recent years, there are some papers discussing existence and multiplicity of periodic solutions and subharmonic solutions for problem (1.3) and (1.4) when the potential is just locally Lipschitz in the second variable not continuously differentiable. Some results were obtained based on various hypotheses on the potential . Here we only mention [7, 20, 21, 25, 26], and it should be noted that the abstract result of Clarke (see [1, Theorem 2.7.5]) plays an important role in the establishment of corresponding variational structure. However, to the best of our knowledge, few papers investigated the existence of solutions for problem (1.1), because the main difficulty is the abstract result of Clarke cannot be applied to system (1.1) directly. So we have to find a new approach to solve this problem, and our main idea of the new approach comes from the inspiration of the Theorem 2.7.3 and Theorem 2.7.5 in [1].
The main purpose of this paper is to establish the corresponding variational structure for system (1.1), and we get some existence results of periodic solutions for system (1.1) by using nonsmooth critical point theory. Our results are extensions of the results presented in [4, 26], and our results are new even in the case for system (1.1). The paper is divided into four sections. Basic definitions and preliminary results are collected in Section 2. We give the main results and proofs in Section 3. In Section 4, three examples are presented to illustrate our results.
In this paper, we denote by throughout this paper, and we use and to denote the usual inner product and norm in , respectively.
2. Basic Definitions and Preliminary Results
In this section, we recall some known results in nonsmooth critical point theory, and the properties of space are listed for the convenience of readers.
Definition 2.1 (see [35]). Let satisfy the condition (A), define
with the norm
For , let denote the weak derivative of , if and satisfies
Define with the norm .
Remark 2.2. If , where is a constant, by the definition of , it is easy to get , which is the same with the usual norm in space .
The space is a generalized Lebesgue space, and the space is a generalized Sobolev space. Because most of the following Lemmas have appeared in [1, 7, 24, 34], we omitted their proofs.
Lemma 2.3 (see [34]). and are both Banach spaces with the norms defined above, when , they are reflexive.
Lemma 2.4 (see [34]). The space is a separable, uniform convex Banach space, its conjugate space is , for any and , we have where .
Lemma 2.5 (see [35]). If we denote , , then(i)(=1;>1)(=1;>1)(ii), (iii); (iv)For and , .
Definition 2.6 (see [2]). with the norm :=.
For a constant , using another conception of weak derivative which is called -weak derivative, Mawhin and Willem gave the definition of the space by the following way.
Definition 2.7 (see [2]). Let and , if then is called a -weak derivative of and is denoted by .
Definition 2.8 (see [2]). Define with the norm .
Definition 2.9 (see [34]). Define and let be the closure of in .
Remark 2.10. From Definition 2.8, if , it is easy to conclude that .
Lemma 2.11 (see [34]). (i) is dense in ,(ii),(iii)If , then the derivative is also the -weak derivative , that is, .
Remark 2.12. In the following paper, we use instead of for convenience without clear indications.
Lemma 2.13 (see [24]). Assume that , then(i),(ii) has its continuous representation, which is still denoted by , ,(iii) is the classical derivative of , if .Since every closed linear subspace of a reflexive Banach space is also reflexive, we have
Lemma 2.14 (see [34]). is a reflexive Banach space if .
Obviously, there are continuous embeddings , , and . By the classical Sobolev embedding theorem we obtain.
Lemma 2.15 (see [34]). There is a continuous embedding when , the embedding is compact.
In order to establish the variational structure for system (1.1), it is necessary to construct some appropriate function spaces. The Cartesian product space is defined by and is also a reflexive and separable Banach space with respect to the norm where .
Lemma 2.16. Define the operator : as follows: then is also a reflexive and separable Banach space with respect to the norm defined in (2.12).
Proof. Let be a Cauchy sequence in , then there exists in such that converge to in . We have by Definition 2.7, then by Lemma 2.4, we conclude as in (2.14). In view of (2.15), is the -weak derivative of , that is, is also in , so is a complete subspace of , which implies is also a reflexive and separable Banach space.
Remark 2.17. We use to denote the norm in defined by (2.12).
Definition 2.18. Let denote the space of essentially bounded measurable functions from into under the norm it is obvious that is a Banach space under the norm defined above.
Remark 2.19. We use and to denote and , respectively.
Lemma 2.20. is a closed subspace of .
Proof. Let be a Cauchy sequence in with respect to the norm defined in (2.16). Then there exists in such that converge to in . By Definition 2.7, we have we conclude that by Lemma 2.4 as in (2.17). In view of (2.18), is the -weak derivative of , that is, is also in , so is a complete subspace of , which implies is a closed subspace of .
Lemma 2.21. Suppose is a bounded linear functional on , if restricted to the space , denoted by , that is, then is a bounded linear functional on .
Proof. It is obvious that is a linear functional on , so we only to show the is continuous on .
Let and , that is, where and , then by Definition 2.1 and (2.16), where . Then we conclude by (2.21) and Definition 2.1.
Furthermore, the norm of in is therefore, combining (2.22) and (2.23), we get the bound and this completes the proof.
Lemma 2.22. The space , where there exists , if , such that
Proof. Let , from Remark 2.10, , from the inequality in classical Sobolev space, there exists a positive constant , such that and this completes the proof.
Lemma 2.23 (see [34]). Each of the following two norms is equivalent to the norm in :(i), ,(ii), where .
Proposition 2.24. In space , .
Proof. From Lemma 2.23, there exists a positive constant , such that if , it is easy to get When , we conclude that by Lemma 2.5, it follows (2.29) and (2.30) that which implies that The proof is completed.
Lemma 2.25 (see [34]). If , then the following statements are equivalent to each other(i), (ii), (iii) in measure in and .
Definition 2.26 (see [1]). Let be Lipschitz near a given point in a Banach space , and let be any other vector in . The generalized directional derivative of at in the direction , denoted by , is defined as follows: where is also a vector in and is a positive scalar, and we denote by the generalized gradient of at (the Clarke subdifferential).
Lemma 2.27 (see [1]). Let and be points in a Banach space , and suppose that is Lipschitz on open set containing the line segment . Then there exists a point in such that
Definition 2.28 (see [8]). A point is said to be a critical point of a locally Lipschitz if , namely, for all every . A real number is called a critical value of if there is a critical point such that .
Definition 2.29 (see [8]). If is a locally Lipschitz function, we say that satisfies the Palais-Smale condition if each sequence in such that is bounded and has a convergent subsequence. We define , where the minimum exists from the fact that is a-weakly compact convex subset.
Lemma 2.30 (see [8]). Let be a real Banach space, and let be a locally Lipschitz function defined on satisfying the (PS) condition. Suppose with a finite dimensional subspace , and there exist constants and a bounded neighborhood of in such that Then has a critical point.
Lemma 2.31. The functional given by is weakly lower semicontinuous on .
Proof. We divide into two parts, , where it is obvious that is convex and continuous by Lemma 2.25, then is weakly lower semicontinuous by Theorem 1.2 in [2], and is weakly continuous, that is, is the sum of two weakly lower semicontinuous functionals, which implies that is weakly lower semicontinuous.
Lemma 2.32 (see [35]). The functional defined in Lemma 2.31 is continuously differentiable on and is given by and is a mapping of , that is, if weakly in and then has a convergent subsequence on .
Clarke considered the following abstract framework in [1]:(i)let be a -finite positive measure space, and let be a separable Banach space,(ii)let be a closed subspace of , where denotes the space of measure essentially bounded functions mapping to , equipped with the usual supremum norm,(iii)define a functional on via where is a given family of functions,(iv)suppose that the mapping is measurable for each in , and that is a point at which is defined (finitely),(v)suppose that there exist and a function in such that for all and all and in .
Under this conditions described above, is Lipschitz in a neighborhood of and one has Further, if each is regular at for each , then is regular at and equality holds.
We give an example to illustrate Clarke's abstract framework with the following cast of characters:(i) with Lebesgue measure, and let , which is a separable Banach space,(ii)let , which is a closed subspace of ,(iii)define a functional on via (iv) satisfies the condition (A').
Under the hypothesis above, we only need to justify the condition (2.42), in fact, by Lebourg's mean value theorem, where and for a.e. and all and in , where and is a positive constant.
In view of (A'), we get for a.e. and all , in .
We can apply Clarke's abstract framework to our example, that is, for any such that for all , where is a measurable selection of .
Now we can prove the following result which is fundamental in our paper.
Lemma 2.33. Suppose is given by where and satisfies the condition (A'). The corresponding functionals and on are given by Then is Lipschitz on and one has
Proof. Take an arbitrary element in , and it suffices to prove is Lipschitz on and (2.51) holds for .
is continuously differentiable on , that is, for any in , so is Lipschitz on .
When , we conclude by Lemma 2.15, where is a positive constant. Arguing as in (2.46), for a.e. , where .
By Lemma 2.15 and (2.54), we have so is also Lipschitz on , which implies that as the sum of two Lipschitz functionals is also Lipschitz on .
For any in , one has for any in by Fatou Lemma and it is obvious that for a.e. and all in , then we conclude by (2.56) for any in and (2.58) remains true if we restrict to , which is a closed subspace of by Lemma 2.20.
By Lemma 2.21, we conclude the bounded linear functional on restricted to is also a bounded linear functional, and we use to denote the functional restricted on .
We interpret (2.58) as saying that belongs to the subgradient at (0, 0) of the convex functional which is defined in , where for all in .
In view of condition (A') and (2.57), we have for a.e. and all , in .
Now we can apply Clarke's abstract framework to with the following cast of characters:(i) with Lebesgue measure, and let , which is a separable Banach space with the norm ,(ii)let , which is a closed subspace of , and denotes the space of measure essentially bounded functions mapping to , equipped with the usual supremum norm by Definition 2.18,(iii)define a functional on by (2.59),(iv)the mapping is measurable for each in by (2.57), see details in [1], and that is a point at which is defined (finitely),(v)the condition (2.42) in Clarke's abstract framework is satisfied by (2.60).
By (2.57), We get thus, every can be written as for any in , where for a.e. .
When , it is obvious that and is dense in by Lemma 2.11. So for each , we can choose such that
Combining (2.62) and (2.63), we have for all .
We conclude and this completes the proof.
3. Main Results and Proofs of Theorems
Theorem 3.1. Let satisfy the condition (A') with , and we suppose the following condition holds where is the same in condition (A).
Then system (1.1) has at least one solution which minimizes in .
If we replace the (A1) in Theorem 3.1 by the following condition: we obtain the following theorem.
Theorem 3.2. Let satisfy the condition (A') with and (A2). Then system (1.1) has at least one solution in .
Remark 3.3. Theorems 3.1 and 3.2 generalize Theorems 1 and 2, respectively in [3].
Proof of Theorem 3.1. For , let and . From Lemma 2.27, it follows that there exist in such that
for a.e. , where .
It follows from (A'), Young inequality and Lemma 2.22 that for all , and some positive constants , , , and .
Hence we have for all , which implies that because of and the Proposition 2.24.
By Lemma 2.31, the functional is weakly lower semicontinuous on , and it follows that has a minimum on by Theorem 1.1 in [2]. Proposition 2.3.2 in [1] implies that , that is, is a critical point for . So, problem (1.1) has at least one solution .
Proof of Theorem 3.2. We will show that defined in Lemma 2.31 satisfies the (PS) condition. Let be a sequence in such that is bounded and as . Using the definition of , it results that for each there exists with
In view of Lemma 2.33, if , it results that there exist such that
It follows Lemma 2.22 and Young inequality that for all and some positive constants , , , and , where is the same as in Lemma 2.22.
Hence, we have for all .
It follows from (2.31) that by (3.8) and (3.9), we have for some positive constants , , and all


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Being a writer does not mean there is actually time to write, reports Louise Doughty
Another week gone, January slipping through my fingers like water - and words written of the new novel? None. Zilch. Nada.
Did my column last year ever sound smug?
Did I give the impression that all you had to do was just knuckle down and, come on you lot, what's the problem?
I am on my knees, pleading for forgiveness.
It is a common misapprehension that when you become a professional writer you have time to actually write. Take last week, for instance.
One of the enjoyable side effects of being a novelist is that sometimes people pay for your opinion on things - you can become a professional spouter. My favourite spouting venue is Radio 4 and in particular the excellent Saturday Review, presented by the scarily erudite Tom Sutcliffe.
Guests on Saturday Review are sent out into the world of the arts as critics at large, a bit like lions - or should I make that hyenas?
Each programme dissects a book, a play, a film, an exhibition and one other item chosen by a guest. In other words, you are paid to do all the things you would love to do if only you had the time.
As a result, I spent last Monday at a screening of Paul Verhoeven's Black Book (Schindler's List meets Basic Instinct - glossily done and in shudderingly bad taste); then rushed down to Tate Britain to see the Mark Wallinger installation, having realised I could fit it in before the school run.
The novel was The Amalgamation Polka by Stephen Wright and the play Frank McGuinness's There Came a Gypsy Riding at the Almeida. The guest choice was Bach's Cello Suites chosen by - me.
Bit of homework necessary for that one as I didn't want to sound like a prune.
Other time-consuming activities loom large at present. There is the small matter of my annual accounts, which I refuse to do on principle until the taxman is at my door jangling handcuffs.
There are the many and various emails to and from my publisher necessitated by my forthcoming paperback.
We have had hundreds of entries for the Novel in a Year competition, which I must start reading soon. I'm also a judge of the Somerset Maugham prize, so any day now several boxes containing novels, poetry collections and works of non-fiction will be flattening the doormat.
All this would be less anxiety-provoking if I didn't have to stop work at 3pm each day to pick up the kids from school.
There are the various clubs and activities to take them to and, once tea and homework and the bedtime routine are done, it's usually around 9pm before I can get back to work, by which time I'm lucky if I have an hour or two before my brain turns into a blancmange.
Most novelists I know have a similar routine. Why do we do it?
Well, many of us start off doing the media stuff because we need the money, although where Radio 4 is concerned that is hardly a factor. (When you divide the fee for Saturday Review by the time involved, the hourly rate works out the same as your average London-based cleaner.)
Most of us do it because we love the arts and journalism or broadcasting, and enjoy the temporary illusion that we have workmates, like-minded souls who might, perhaps, remark upon our nasty cold.
The irony is that we then run the risk of having no time to do the thing that gives us our ticket to these pleasant if poorly remunerated activities.
Not for the first time this month, I find myself thinking back to what I was advising new novelists to do in last year's column.
I think it was: read widely, write without worrying about where it is going and above all - oh dear - corral time to write.
It doesn't matter how experienced you are as a writer, that one never goes away.
I could sell the children, I suppose. Or I could start turning down a few of the enjoyable but time-consuming extras that come my way.
But like many writers I suffer from the freelancer's congenital inability to say no to any job, based on a lasting conviction that if I do they will hate me and never ask again.
Looking back at my last two books, I realise that large chunks of them were written when I was out of the country and away from those sorts of opportunities.
A plot is afoot, although it may take a few weeks to set up - but don't worry, I am planning on taking you with me.


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As an author, publisher, boutique owner, and now budding filmmaker, (with your first project being Brooklyn Bred,) what is a typical day like for you?
Oh my God! Busy, as you can imagine. Well, I wake up around 9 a.m. (Mind you, I go to bed at 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. the day before). The first thing I do is check e-mails from people I'm doing business with, payments from PayPal, or invitations. Next, I check my social networks (Twitter and Facebook) to see if there is anything new I need to know or anyone I need to network with. I also advertise all of my ventures or give updates. We have eight pages we control, so we have to make sure everything is updated. Sometimes, I proofread my authors' work, or I go to Loveys (my boutique) and make sure the place is running correctly. I am very hands on in my businesses. I'm also engaged, so I make sure my fiancé is taken care of.
You're very active online, even posting casting calls for your new movie via Twitter. How influential is social media to your brand?
Social media has made my brand. Vh1 called me for the show because they used to read my column online. My supporters were able to keep up with me after the show ended almost a year and a half ago because of social media. I personally love it because you can reach a broader audience. I am very into being a national brand, and social media helps me do that. I sell a lot of books online and I love it. It is the fastest way to spread a message to your audience and it helps your brand because you are able to hit your target market with a click of a button.
Where does the motivation to do what you do (specifically encourage & empower women) come from?
My motivation is from being born and raised in the 'hood (East New York area of Brooklyn). Every day, you had examples of what not to be. Every day you saw people bite the dust. Seeing that made me realize that I didn't want to be a statistic. I always wanted more for myself. I also have parents who are still happily married who taught us the game, so I guess I am passing along what I learned. I love to encourage and empower women because I am a woman, and one day I will have a daughter, and it will be my job as her mother to teach her what she should and shouldn't accept from a man or in life. I take that role as a love coach very serious. I'd like to say I am the queen of self-esteem because if you have self-esteem, everything else will work out for you personally and professionally. You have to believe in yourself first.
So you've ventured into television, more books and even films. What's next for Tionna Smalls?
I am coming back to TV! Yes! This time it is my own show and my own brand, and I am so excited.
We will film my debut feature film, Brooklyn Bred, this summer. I wrote and directed the movie, and I must tell you it is something else.
I also have two authors who are coming out with great books this summer. One is called Good Men Do Cheat by Carl A. Roberts, and the other is called Pretty Boy with the House in Virginia by B. Styliz Ortiz, his memoir of being a 22-year-old, gorgeous young man living with HIV.
We are also expanding my boutique's brand by adding a shoe bar in Brooklyn and opening a store in Philadelphia. I'm also working on expanding the brand of my plus-size boutique, Majesty's Closet. So let's just say, I am very busy these days but it is all-good and I am ready for the challenge.
My biggest goal for 2012 is to shoot my movie and get this money so that I can relax a little more in 2013. (Laughs). I am a go-getter, so for the next six months of the year, I just want to keep doing what I am doing and make things happen with leadership from our Father, God.


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Vital state websites go dark
Important state government-run websites have become a casualty of the Minnesota shutdown.
The website for the Minnesota State Patrol — a service deemed essential that is to continue functioning despite the budget impasse — is down, as is the website for the Department of Public Safety.
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All of the websites hosted by the Department of Natural Resources were zapped, and visitors were redirected to a page of frequently asked questions, which explained the critical services the department would continue to engage in.
Similarly, the website for the Minnesota Department of Human Rights was scrapped and replaced with a short notice about the shutdown. Driver and Vehicle Services shut down its website earlier this week.
The Department of Transportation, which halted all ongoing construction projects as of midnight, still has a functioning website, albeit with a notice that most state government services will be closed to the public. As such, rush-hour traffic reports from the Minnesota Department of Transportation are not available. The Minnesota Department of Labor's website remains online as well.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton's office remains open with a skeleton staff, and his website continues to function.
Be Ready Minnesota, a website set up to provide information about the government shutdown, remains online.


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Color Spotlight: Yellow!
When asked what color we think of as the happiest or most optimistic, many of us would quickly reply "yellow!". Yellow is the color of sunshine and energy, and with it comes creativity and feelings of positivity too. Some consider yellow too bright on its own, but when used correctly it can be the perfect punctuation. Whether it's a painted wall or accents you choose, yellow is that one hue that's sure to bring an uplifting feeling of joy to your home.
Mornings begin with breakfast in the kitchen, and with the perfect yellow paint on the walls and ceiling, you're sure to start your day in a sunny mood.
Other home accents in the form of furniture will inject a pop of yellow, like these cheerful barstools pulled up around the island.
Yellow offers an instant ray of sunshine, so the next time you're looking at the spectrum of colors for a furniture makeover, a fresh coat of yellow paint will surely brighten a corner of any room.
Bedrooms are another great space for a few yellow accents, and when paired with chocolate brown or pale blue, this hue adds a dose of playfulness.
Sophisticated gray is a no fail pairing with yellow, the cool gray tones combined with a sunny shade of yellow are always a classic combination.
Are you a lover of yellow? Here are a few investment pieces to consider for the home.
From top left: 1. Bali Armchair, Switch Modern; 2. Harlow Yellow Chair, Overstock, $280; 3. Chaigright Coffee Table, Worlds Away; 4. Hitch Marigold Stool, CB2, $169; 5. Roxo Chair, IKEA, $25; 6. Hourglass Table, Bungalow 5, to the trade; 7. Yellow Chesterfield, Anthropologie, 8. Lilly Pulitzer Boulevard Barstool, Neiman Marcus, $619; 9. 5' x 8' Surya Fallon rug, Rug Studio, $385; 10. 6' x 9' rug Sunflower Ticking Rug, Dash & Albert, $208;
Or perhaps a few smaller accents? These accessories might be just what you're looking for!
From top left: Lemon Gumdrop Pendant, Serena & Lily, $78; Grapefruit Pop Candle, Jonathan Adler at Nordstrom, $38; Set of Yellow Vases, Horchow, $245; Anything Scissors, Horne, $39; Ottavio Vase, Z Gallerie, $70; Liquid Round Bowl, CB2; $40; Diamond Geometric Pillow Case, Classic by Nature on Etsy, $54; Yellow Ice Bucket, Chic Shop LA, $125; Yellow Ceramic Lamp, Shades of Light; $198; Totem planter, West Elm, $31; Kartell La Boheme Stool, Living Space, $238; Labyrinth Citrine Pillow, Dwell Studio, $88; Yellow Ceramic Stool, Amazon, $103
From accents large to small, yellow is sure to add a dose of playfulness and optimism to your home! Happy decorating with the color that is the symbol of happiness and fun!
11 Responses to " Color Spotlight: Yellow! "
May 2, 2012 at 3:15 pm , by Laura
Do you know the name of the gray paint color in the photo with the yellow stools?
May 2, 2012 at 5:38 pm , by Kate
Hi Laura, I wish I did! Unfortunately, I have no source guide for the objects or colors in the room, but it is a lovely shade. Take a look at "Requisite Gray" by Sherwin Williams and "Stonington Gray" by Benjamin Moore, both lovely mid to light gray paints for the wall.
May 2, 2012 at 10:40 pm , by Olivia
Any idea where the yellow bar stools with the black legs around the island are from?
May 3, 2012 at 8:56 am , by Debbie
I also would like the source of the yellow barstools with black metal legs? Maybe they might be available in lime green?
May 3, 2012 at 12:45 pm , by Amy
Why don't you guys include where the items are in the top photos.. particularly the yellow bar stools.
May 5, 2012 at 11:53 pm , by Kate
Hi Amy, I wish I knew where they were from! I use images from BH&G and unfortunately there's not a source guide for the spaces, my apologies!
May 5, 2012 at 11:54 pm , by Kate
Hi Olivia and Debbie, I have no idea where they are from, I've tried to find them. If I do, I'll be sure to add the source to this post.
May 9, 2012 at 7:19 pm , by Kristen
Hi Kate, could you suggest a paint color similar to the 3 shelf rolling cart? I have a small accent table that I have been dying to paint a vibrant yellow. Thanks!
May 10, 2012 at 12:12 pm , by Kate
Hi Kristen, take a peek at 'Light Rail' by Valspar and 'Bright Yellow' by Benjamin Moore, they're fabulous bright clear yellows!


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What a deal! Run to the mall to get some supplies and come back with a hottie to clean my pool AND polish my knob. I see this total hottie cruisin by and i just had to try my chances. You know you never got anything to lose so right? She was super down with the whole sitcho to. I mean she even was bending over to give me some ass shots. I swear some girls were just made from heaven.


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" Brand: Ralph Lauren / Type: Aftershave "
* Prices may differ from that shown
If you want to smell like a 1970's City Stock-Broker, the Polo cologne is one of the best options you have. My dad, who consequentially was a stock broker in the late 70s & 80s wears this cologne. And has passed down this tradition to me as I got it for my 20th Birthday. I really enjoy the smell, as it is some what different to other, typical colognes.
The packaging is typical Ralph Lauren, simple but forward. The bottle is a lovely green bottle but nothing fancy. I must add that the spray toggle is rather large and therefore you end up spraying more than you want it. Also, it sprays a wide radius so be careful of your eyes. I think you need to be careful here because more often than not you spray more cologne than initially intended. This can be therefore expensive & also too overpowering.
I would definitely wear this cologne to work. It is long lasting, a pleasant smell that looms around the room. It stays in the clothes and doesn't wear off like other colognes that I have bought. Just spray a couple on before the day begins and you're sorted. It is a very distinguishable smell, as a lot of people have used it. It is very popular, especially in the City.
However, it is quite expensive in comparison to other forms of cologne. Obviously you can get it at Ralph Lauren, but I would go into Boots & see what offers they have on cologne. More often than not you can get this bottle for quite cheap. Avoid places like House of Fraser who charge extortionate prices.
To summarise, I believe that Polo is a perfect alternative to other colognes and suitable to wear during the day. The smell lingers for ages and is always seeping into your clothes, which is a lot better than other colognes. Its strong scent stays with you and therefore you don't have to 'top-up' your cologne as often as other colognes. It is famous and people will know what cologne you are wearing. I would recommend wearing this when you're working as it covers-up to possibile BO smell that you arm-pits may secrete.
I've got so many bottles of after-shaves and colognes sitting around gathering dust, that I sometimes think I could nip down to Downing Street and mask the bad smell that emanates from there on a daily basis...nah, now that I think about it, no-one's got that much!
Still, it's hardly surprising that I'm gifted the stuff on an all too regular basis, I've always been clean-shaven...ish. My son (the dang hippy), on the other hand, cultivates the Robinson Crusoe look. So why people would shower him in after-shave (not literally) is anyone's guess. Perhaps it's an easy gift that requires little thought?
Anyhoo, I 'borrowed' a small dash of RALPH LAUREN POLO BLUE from him the other day
You can't miss Polo Blue. It comes in a squat, squarish bottle of the deepest, bluest, royal blue you could imagine. And if that's not enough, there's a logo on the front depicting some guy on a horse brandishing a polo mallet. Polo Blue - simple.
"The freedom of the big, blue sky, the energy of the open waters, an invigorating blast of fresh air. Polo Ralph Lauren Blue is a new definition of casual elegance. Cool, fresh, warm spice."
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. It follows then, that the proof of the fragrance is in the sniffing...so let's slowly exhale, take a gentle sniff, and set those olfactory sensors to work.
The first thing I notice is that it's pretty strong. Not nasty, or overpowering, but far from subtle. It seems quite fruity - I'm not really sure, but I would suggest green fruit - assuming there is such a smell. Strange as it may seem, I think it does
have the smell of flowing water - y'know that smell you get from rushing water at the side of a river or stream? Not a dirty, smelly old river, I hasten to add, but a mountain stream. Or perhaps the smell of the forest after a summer shower.
Just a thought, but maybe it should be called 'Water polo'?!
The fragrance seems to fade quite quickly, although not completely. I would say that from an almost overwhelming wet and green fragrance, it turned a little more gentle. A touch of citrus and a herbal, spicy feeling was what I was left with.
Although it faded a little as the day wore on, it actually lasted quite well and Mrs P could still notice it later that evening.
"A crystal blue sensation, in a lighter concentration of fragrance. Contains allantoin to help soothe and protect just-shaved skin. Can be used as an allover body splash."
So, it smells not too bad. But what about the claim that the allantoin protects and soothes?
Well, I wondered what allantoin was exactly, and here's what I found out: "a crystalline oxidation product C4H6N4O3 of uric acid used to promote healing of local wounds and infections."
Hmm...so it's not just some made-up word to baffle us with science - it's a real word to baffle us with science. Incidentally, one of the main constituents of Guano is uric acid...makes you think.
But does it work? Does it sooth that raw, inflamed skin?
It's hard to tell. It nips, that's for sure. To be honest, I couldn't really say if it was any better or any worse that a zillion other after-shaves, I've yet to find one that soothed skin any better than ice-cold water.
As for using it as an allover body splash - I c
an only say, WHY? Although it's not exactly pungent, I would imagine that if you splashed this over your whole body, people would be running away from you with their eyes streaming, and you'd pickle everything within a 10m radius.
Surely they don't suggest doing that just so you'll use a lot more?
Nope. A quick splash on the shaven bits, and maybe a dab just below the belly-button (hey, you never know) is all that's required.
Price and availability?
You can find this everywhere but prices will vary enormously depending on whether you buy it duty-free, online, or on the high Street. RRP is around £30 for a 125ml bottle. Obviously, if you shop around, you can find it cheaper. On the other hand, you can just 'borrow' it from some sucke...um, generous person, and save yourself a whole pocketful of cash.
Thanks for reading
Oh yes, Gingaro does indeed stink. He smells of the sweet smell of Polo by Ralph Lauren and today, I'll be giving my worldly-wise opinion on it. Having already reviewed the Polo Sport I thought today would be an appropriate time to review the earlier aftershave as Christmas is coming and I'm sure a few members out there still need a few idea's of what to buy that special someone in their lives. Personally, I picked up my bottle of Polo from Bodycare for £19.99. Bargin! Polo can be purchased from Ralph Lauren stores (very expensive) Boots and from the House of Fraser. The packaging to Polo is styled in a very minimalist way and is a very pale green with a darker green stripe across the front. POLO is written in white letters across the front. Although very basic, it looks damn good sat on the counter and even better in the bathroom. On opening the packaging you are greeted with the usual notes and the actual bottle, emerald in colour with a gold metallic screw top. The bottle is wide but very thin and has a large Ralph Lauren logo on the front in gold. The actual notes to Polo state that this aftershave has been created to celebrate the tradition of the sporting lifestyle, blended with notes of wood, leather and tobacco to create a lasting, subtle smell that will have an enduring appeal. Well, the bit you've been waiting for! What's it like? After shaving I took the glass bottle in hand and then proceeded to struggle with the lid, as my hands were still wet. I dried my hands and had another go. On removing the lid I was presented with a mixed aroma that was heavy, woody and very overpowering. There was a distinct leather smell, which didn't do much for me at the time! As the smell was noticeable when just removing the lid I only applied a tiny amount of the aftershave. As soon as it had hit my skin the smell changed quite dramatically. The overpowering heavy
smell disappeared and softer woody tones could be smelt. The revolting smell of leather became more and more subdued the longer I wore the aftershave. Unlike the Polo Sport, Polo does not have a sweet citrus smell and that's the only reason I do not wear this fragrance when I go out in the evenings. It is similar in nature and in some ways smell to Fahrenheit. It will get you noticed in the street, but in a club or bar, this isn't the aftershave that will have the ladies flocking to sniff your neck! Don't get me wrong, this aftershave has a distinctive, lovely smell, but it is more for daytime wear and meals with the "in-laws" in my opinion. Not a "pulling" fragrance and for this the aftershave is going to lose a star! Would I buy it again? Yes and I would recommend this aftershave to all who require it. It isn't too expensive, it has a large bottle, it's long lasting and the smell is still evident after 10 hours. My only gripe about Polo is the actual design of the bottle. It does look amazing, but it is a bitch to keep hold of if your hands are wet and I frequently find myself dropping it! RECOMMENDED Further information on Ralph Lauren products can be found at www.polo.com and the actual product can be purchased online from www.dutyfreeperfume.co.uk. Thanks for taking the time to read and rate. Steve
I received a 50ml bottle of CK Be on my birthday from my girlfriend. I opened the little black box to reveal the smooth textured bottle from which I poured a few drops onto my hand. My nose was greeted by an aroma of fruity flowers with a pleasant woody smell, which would appeal to both a man or woman. The smell is not so strong it will leave you gasping for fresh air, nor will it leave you smelling nothing but fresh air - The strength is just above average and will pleasure your nostrils for a good 5 hours or so. I am very conscientious when it comes to expensive aftershave. I hate to see any expensive fragrance being wasted, and I knew one day I would foolishly tilt the bottle to an extreme obtuse angle and waste half of it, so I chose to fit the spray adaptor which was contained within the box. It was only after fitting this little device I realised that the bottle would no longer fit in it?s box. Being a proud owner of such an aftershave I intended to show it off amongst my collection of other fragrances which were nested comfortably in their boxes on my cabinet. My now Ck Be stands proudly amongst my collection but with a half - open lid which frequently emits the sweet smelling aroma into my room. I can only describe the price of Ck Be as "reasonable". We all know that designer aftershave is very expensive, but you need to take this into consideration - A bottle of fragrance can last for months, on the basis that it is used moderately. Expect to pay around £22.00 for a 50ml bottle. Prices can vary greatly and there are good offers to be had in some stores, so shop around first. Ck Be would be a great addition to your fragrance collection. I personally use around 8 sprays per week before I go out in the evening and I expect my bottle to last at least another couple of months. The fragrance is suitable for all occasions and will enhance your sex appeal if you are a man, or a woman!
I had mentioned in one of my recent opinions, on Drakkar Noir, that I had received a gift box containing six minature perfumes. The set is sold by Prestige et Collections, Paris, France and they call it "Collection Homme", which basically translates into "The Men's Collection". The collection consists of: Armani Eau pour Homme by Giorgio Armani Acqua De Gio Eau de toilette by Giorgio Armani Polo Eau de toilette by Ralph Lauren Lanvin L'Homme Eau de toilette by Lanvin Drakkar Noir Eau de toilette by Guy Laroche Minotaure Eau de toilette by Paloma Picasso I have already written about Drakkar Noir and as mentioned, it used to be one of my favourites. As I also mentioned that I had almost finished half of the bottle at the time of writing that opinion. Well the bottle promptly finished one week later and I decided to try out another one from the collection. This was the "Polo" Eau de toilette by Ralph Lauren and thus the inspiration for this opinion. Lets have a look at the product first. Appearance ------------ The appearance is quite appealing. The bottle is a "bottle green" colour and rectangular in shape. The edges are subtly rounded to provided a very elegant looking bottle. The round, knob like, gold top add's to elegancy. The front of the bottle has a gold embossed picture of a horse mounted polo player, galloping with polo stick in hand. The Smell ---------- Well this is certainly an anti-climax to the Drakkar Noir that I so love and adore. The smell has a somewhat medicincal aroma to it, although once put on this is soon replaced with a more adaptable fragrance. The makers and fragrance pundits claims it to have a woody, green fragrance with citrus notes. Personally I'm not to sure about woody but citrus yes. I think a bit too much citrus, which may explain that medic
inal aroma. What this smells like, to me, is a very old fashioned scent. It smells very much like those relatively in-expensive fragrances that you get from the U.S.A. and other countries not noted for their excellence in fragrances, as compared to France. It totally lacks appeal and has a more deodorant type of essence to it. Some people probably may find this type of fragrance to their liking but I can confidentally say that this is not for the new generation. It is something out of history that somewhat doesn't fit in this day and age. The name Polo certainly is in reference to the sport of Polo and the fact that Polo is one of those sports with a very long history and one that reaches only a few in society, probably has something to do with the reason why it as been graced with this name. The Price ---------- For those of you who have read my previous opinions on fragrances you may be aware that I never purchase anything here in the U.K. This is primarily due to the cost factor. Since I travel frequently I have the advantage of picking up fragrances, spirits and cigarrettes at the Duty Free either at the airport of departure or in transit at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam. I therefore have no personal experience of the price that this is being sold over here and since I have never had any intention of purchasing it, I cannot provide even the Duty Free price. However for the purpose of being objective I have visited a few sites to try and provide you with some price information for those would be buyers. The Eau de toilette comes in two sizes of 2 oz. (59ml) and 4 oz. (118ml). The 2 oz. bottles retails for between £20.00 to £25.00. This is another negative factor against this fragrance. It costs even more than many other leading and better smelling French brands. My Conclusion ---------------- I personally doubt that a majority of people would have any inclination of
using this fragrance. Not only is the smell one that lacks ingenuity but also the bottle has a little too much elegance and looks too old fashioned. Sure it looks quite classy but eludes a rather "I'm Too Good For You Look" or "I'm Not For You Look". The makers have produced a fragrance and presentation that looks out of reach for a bulk of would be buyers. Looks like this one will remain almost untouched, in my little gift box, as today would probably have been the last time I ever use it. Finally I wish to mention that Ralph Lauren are a very reputable company and have indeed quite a good range of fragrances, for both men and women. This unfortunately is not one of them. Look out for my next one on Acqua Di Gio by Geogio Armani.


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The U.S. Supreme Court today ordered a federal appeals court to review Liberty University's claim that Congress violated the Christian school's religious freedoms by forcing it to provide federally mandated insurance and requiring payment for abortion-related services.
"I am very pleased with the high court's ruling," said Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel, which is fighting the case on behalf ofLiberty University.
"Today's ruling breaths new life into our challenge to Obamacare. Our fight against Obamacare is far from over," he said.
Staver contended Congress exceeded its power by forcing every employer to provide federally mandated insurance.
"But even more shocking is the abortion mandate, which collides with religious freedom and the rights of conscience," he said.
The case on behalf of the university and Michele Waddell and JoAnne Merrill asked the Supreme Court to reverse an order from the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, which denied a petition for review.
"Specifically, petitioners request that this court enter an order granting, vacating and remanding the petition because the Fourth Circuit's determination that the Anti-Injunction Act deprived it of subject matter jurisdiction was overruled by this court in National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius."
The NFIB decision earlier this year, which hinged on the vote of Chief Justice John Roberts, declared Obamacare a tax, making it the largest tax increase ever for American citizens.
Liberty Counsel had filed the petition for rehearing because it said the Richmond, Va., appeals court should hear the arguments on the constitutional issues at hand. Liberty Counsel said the action could pave the way for the case to return to the Supreme Court in 2013.
Specifically at issue are the demands that employers pay for government-listed health carecoverages, including abortifacients and other services that Christians and others cannot accept because of their religious beliefs.
The constitutional issue is the First Amendment's Free Exercise of Religion Clause and the question of whether the government can order citizens to violate their faith. Also at issue is the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
In 2010, Liberty Counsel filed the first private lawsuit against Obamacare on the day it was signed into law. In 2011, an appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled that the Anti-injunction Act barred the court from addressing the merits in the Liberty University case, which challenged the individual mandate (Section 1501) and the employer insurance mandate (Section 1513) of Obamacare.
When the case previously was argued at the Supreme Court, the first day of oral argument was dedicated to the Anti-injunction Act, the issue that Liberty University's case placed before the courts.
In the June decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the AIA does not apply to Obamacare. Therefore, Liberty Counsel asked the court to grant its petition — because it prevailed on the AIA claim — vacate the ruling of the court of appeals and send the case back to the court of appeals to consider the Free Exercise claim and the employer mandate, neither of which were decided by the Supreme Court.
Several weeks ago WND reported even the attorneys for Obama agreed that the case should be heard.
The law that ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said had to be passed before Americans could "find out what is in it" seemed to raise concerns even for them.
"Respondents do not oppose petitioners' request that the (Supreme) court reconsider its order denying review in this case, grant the petition for a writ of certiorari, vacate the court of appeals' decision, and remand for further consideration," said a submission to the high court signed by U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. and others.
"Petitioners, Liberty University and two individuals who do not have health insurance coverage, brought this suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia," the government brief to the high court explains. "As relevant here, they contended that the minimum coverage and employer responsibility provisions were beyond Congress's Article I powers to enact and also that those provisions violate the First Amendment's religion clauses and the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause."
While the 4th Circuit ruled that the challenges were barred because of the Anti-Injunction Act, which says a "tax" must be paid before it can be challenged, the Supreme Court's decision on Obamacare ruled that the penalties were in some cases a tax and other cases not.
Government attorneys in the brief said the Supreme Court's ruling in National Federation of Independent Businesses, which called Obamacare constitutional, "held that the Anti-Injunction Act does not bar a pre-enforcement challenge to the minimum coverage provision."
"The court of appeals incorrectly held that the Anti-Injunction Act bars petitioners' challenges to the minimum coverage provision," the government wrote. "Because of that jurisdictional holding, the court of appeals did not address any of petitioners' challenges to that provision on the merits.
"In seeking rehearing … petitioners observe that the court of appeals' jurisdictional holding also prevented that court from considering on the merits their claims based on the First and Fifth Amendments. … Under the circumstances of this case, respondents do not oppose further proceedings in the court of appeals to resolve them, including under the Anti-Injunction Act with respect to petitioners' challenge to the employer responsibility provision."
The 4th Circuit had ruled 2-1 that the Obamacare "tax" had to be paid before a court could entertain a challenge. But then the Supreme Court determined in another case, NFIB, that the Anti-Injunction Act does not apply to the individual mandate.
It failed, however, to make a decision in that dispute, leading Liberty University to seek a rehearing.
Liberty University contends both the individual and employer mandates are unconstitutional on the grounds that they infringe upon the freedom of religious expression.
While the Obama administration insists there is no taxpayer funding of abortion in the laws, Staver pinpoints why he believes that position is patently false.
"It funds it in two ways," said Staver. "First all, for the individual, for the first time in history, it requires each individual to pay a particular fee and that goes directly into an abortion fund and that fund funds abortion. This fee doesn't go into a general fund, some of which funds other surgeries or medical treatment, some of which might fund abortion. No, this goes into a specific fund that funds abortion. (It's the) very first time in history you can trace the dollar to the actual abortion."
Staver said the provision forces individuals and business leaders to subsidize something they vehemently oppose.
"It requires religious employers, and other employers but certainly religious employers to also fund abortion as well," he said. "And for Liberty University, a Christian university, and for others that's simply a line we can't cross. That is a direct collision with the free exercise of religion."
Staver said an ultimate victory in the case could devastate Obamacare, especially if the individual mandate goes down.
"It could ultimately make a big hole in the bottom of the Obamacare boat or completely torpedo it and sink it altogether."
Several other individual lawsuits are pending on behalf of Christian company owners who say the orders require them to violate their religious faith.
Already, three different federal judges have decided to issue injunctions preventing enforcement of the mandate against the companies in those cases until a resolution is reached.
"The decision in NFIB abrogated the Fourth Circuit's ruling that the AIA deprived it of subject matter jurisdiction. Consequently, petitioners' remaining claims should be subject to adjudication by the lower courts," the Liberty Council petition said.
God Help Us I hope they blow this one out of the water!!!! Good for Liberty Counsel!!! I love that organization because they ARE GOOD!!!!
Yes they are good! God, I hope they blow it out of the water too! Telling a religious person that they have no right to their conscience, is plain gestapo. It's like having a finger pointed at you and saying that you will cheat on your husband or wife in order to be able to stay married to them, or you will suffer dire consequences. Well, you know what I mean. It's pure masters orders to the slaves. Do it or else!
I still can't believe how many brain dead people walking around who thought nothing of it when Pelosi said you had to pass it to know what was in it!!! Just absolutely astounding.
At this point Sherry I don't believe anything good will happen ever again...I just feel that way with all of the lies and deceit and the criminal actions of the Democrats anymore. They are nothing but pur evil and dirty and will pull anything in order to win at ANY cost!!! We have heard so many times that there was a good possibility of something happeneing that we wanted to happen so badly and Obama screwed us over with his crooked clan...I will wait until it happens before I believe anything good that happens!! It's just too much to get our hopes up and have them smashed by ignorant, lying cheats again!!


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Alice Helena is simply gorgeous. I don't think it matters if neighbour kids share your kids name. Who knows how long they'll even live near you.
I wouldn't worry a wink about a neighbor's kids having similar names! They could move, you could move, etc. If it isn't family or even a best friend, I wouldn't worry....
I like Alice. I do really love Saoirse even more but the problem I have with it is that unless your a name junkie or Irish you would have NO clue how to pronounce it by just looking at it. It looks like "say-ores". I do love the way it sounds once pronounced though, I just have to point out the reality of mispronunciations.
Ah no, that's such bad luck! Alice Helen is a charmingly vintage combination, that works with Henry Oliver and George Parker. It's such a shame that you've had a Alice and Helen in the same family move into the neighbourhood. They're defiantly going to think you've nicked their daughter's names when your daughter is born. I think Alice Helena is lovely (I prefer Helena too Helen, I actually dislike Helen but she works well with Alice, whereas I love Helena) but too similar again. Saoirse is lovely Irish classic with a beautiful meaning 'freedom', Saoirse is a fresh choice. Yet she doesn't work with Henry Oliver and George Parker which are both such traditional British sounding classics. You need a name like that to go with Henry and George.
Suggestions surrounding Helena and Alice:
Helena Alys -
Helena Alys, Henry Oliver & George Parker
Elise Helena -
Elise Helena, Henry Oliver & George Parker
Alicia Helen (a-liss-ee-ah) -
Alicia Helen, Henry Oliver & George Parker
Alison Helena -
Alison Helena, Henry Oliver & George Parker
Other suggestions:
Eloise Claire -
Eloise Claire, Henry Oliver & George Parker
Rebekah Jane -
Rebekah Jane, Henry Oliver & George Parker
Dorothy Rose -
Dorothy Rose, Henry Oliver & George Parker
Alexandra Elspeth -
Alexandra Elspeth, Henry Oliver & George Parker
Blythe Scarlett -
Blythe Scarlett, Henry Oliver & George Parker
Rachel Cecilia -
Rachel Cecilia, Henry Oliver & George Parker
Hope this helped x
Keep your original idea! They will not be your neighbors forever, and your favorite original name will be yours forever.
Also, how often are you planning on calling her both Alice and Helena? Rarely, if ever?
Worst comes to worse there will be 2 little Alices playing in the yard who happen to share the same first name.
Best case scenario: Big Alice will take greatly to Little Alice (because of their special connection) and they will become a great duo!


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MESA, Ariz. - Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson pleaded guilty Monday to charges of drug possession and driving under the influence stemming from a traffic stop last year as he was leaving a nightclub.
Tyson quietly acknowledged to a judge that he had cocaine and was impaired when he was stopped for driving erratically in Scottsdale on Dec. 29.
He pleaded guilty to a single felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor DUI count and faces up to four years and three months in prison when he is sentenced Nov. 19.
A felony charge of possession of drug paraphernalia and a second misdemeanor DUI charge were dropped, according to the terms of a plea agreement.
Defense lawyer David Chesnoff said Tyson has been clean and sober for eight months.
"It's obvious this was a crime he was committing against himself," Chesnoff said.
Police stopped Tyson after the boxer had spent the evening at Scottsdale's Pussycat Lounge. An officer said he saw Tyson wiping a white substance off the dashboard of his black BMW, and that his speech was slurred. Authorities said they found bags of cocaine in Tyson's pocket and in his car.
Tyson told officers later that he used cocaine "whenever I can get my hands on it," and that he preferred to smoke it in Marlboro cigarettes with the tobacco pulled out, according to court documents.
Since his arrest, Tyson checked himself into an in-patient treatment program for what his lawyer called "various addictions." Defense lawyer David Chesnoff had said previously that he had try to keep the boxer out of prison.
Tyson, 41, recently had been trying to revive his career with a series of boxing exhibitions.


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texasplaythin Posts: 9Dealer residualized my maintenance. Only $16 per month for 24 months. $400 bucks better than $1200 for the two services.
He is partially correct. You can not use a special rate in conjunction with MSDs. I actually had the dealer call MBFS and also saw a printout with a note confirming this. If a dealer does it, great, but that would be the exception. Now, having said that, once the dealer process your credit application MBFS will spit out a report with the tier they put you based on your credit history and the appropriate rate (money factor). I qualified on the A1 tier and my money factor was 0.00195 (slightly more than the promotional rate of 0.00192). The dealer called MBFS again and they confirmed that you can apply MSDs to your specific rate. Using 10 MSDs and automatic pay I was able to get my rate down to 0.00115. Long story short, I got my E350 Bluematic with P1, sports package and heated seats for $335 a month. Let me know if you have any questions.
Good luck!
They let me include my 2 year maintenance on my lease and residualized it.
Correct. No 0.00192 but make sure they start the calculations using whatever money factor MBFS gives you based on your credit application. If they say no, politely ask them to call MBFS while you are there to double check. My sales guy was amazed by the amount of information I had. He even joked about giving me a job there.....lol
Car Man or Kyfdx, can you give the October 15k residuals for a 2012 E350W4 for 24 and 36 months, and are any variations such as 33 or 39 months available? As well as the actual buy rate money factor? And are the 12k and 10k residuals still 2 and 3% different?
That's a good point about the credit tiers.... The dealer with the diesel didn't run my credit, before quoting.... They were using the .00225 money factor..... So, they were either assuming 2nd tier, or marking up the rate.. Something I'll keep in mind for my next negotiation...
They didn't residualize the two year maintenance on my 24 month quote... I was just going by the brochure that said you couldn't... that makes a huge difference on a 24 month lease ($30-$35/month savings if residualized)..
It sounds like MBCC just about takes any contract they send in... and, doesn't worry about it... I once had a contract kicked back on a Honda lease... because they used .00239 as the MF, and the actual MF was .00236.. :surprise:
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rayoo1 Posts: 1CAR MAN could you post the money factor and residual for E SEDAN 350 24 AND 36 months and 10k and 12k/year
I am moving from NYC to Colorado in early November and need a new car. The local Denver Mercedes dealer has a single 2011 E350 BlueTEC in stock at a MSRP of $58705. I have no problem putting down the multiple MSD. I have excellent credit and should qualify as A1 tier. I want to lease for 24 months at 10k miles per year. Sales tax in CO is 7.5% (I believe).
Here are my questions...
Q1. I currently own a 1996 Volvo 850, does that qualify me for Conquest? I also am insured on my bosses personal 2006 Volvo V70 so I should be able to get an insurance card for that if necessary.
Q2. What is a is a fair selling price after Conquest?
Q3. I see that the dealer I am looking at usually tries to charge acquisition fees of $1095, can I get this down to $795?
Q4. Can you give me a rough breakdown of what my lease payment should be?
Q5. Once armed with the knowledge from everyone here should I contact the dealer and tell what I am willing to pay or do I have to "negotiate"?
Q6. In your opinion, is it more effective to email or call?
Q7. Is it possible to do all this from NY and have it done before the end of October (want the Conquest) without going to to Colorado until November 5th?
Thanks to everyone in advance for answering all my questions...
cfopv Posts: 6I am in a '09 Mercedes E350 lease that terminates in March of 2013. Yesterday, I checked the payoff of the lease and noticed it was less than the trade-in value as shown here on Edmunds. Would a dealer be interested in paying off the lease to obtain my vehicle as a used vehicle in order to sign me to a new lease?
1) you just have to own a volvo
2) somewhere between $7500 and $10K off MSRP
3) depends on your negotiating skills as does "administration fee"
5) Personally, I would get a quote from the dealer first...and then negotiate. Be clear that you want to put no money down on the car, but you want to take the maximum 10 MSDs...and that you want 24 mos of mercedes basic maintenance included in the lease
6) phone with email backup to document what you said on the phone.
7) should be no problem....overnight air works well.
Too many unknowns to give you a monthly cost.
Thank you for the insight. I've started the conversation via email and will hopefully be able to reach a good deal for both MB and especially for me.
One more question. The car has 2800 miles on it, that seems higher than normal. Can I make this work to my favor in some way. I was told it never went into service so it is technically a new car.
Carman, can you post the 33 month lease rates for the e350. Thank you very much in advance.
Hi want2lease,
If the car has 2800 miles on it, I recommend that you push for a figure closer to $10K (or more) off of MSRP. You have additional justification insofar as that I suspect RWD cars are not as prized as AWD cars in CO. But make sure that you are able to secure the discount while getting a reasonable MF as you don't want them to use a higher rate, such as 0.00240, for MSD calculation.
It looks like I have a lot of work to do, just got this email which is thin on details. I guess it is a starting point...
This is how the lease calculates:
With no down payment
24 months
10,000 miles per year
1st payment up front and 23 additional of $541.78 plus sales tax
When we add the prepaid maintenance the payment is $578.78 plus tax
Please let me know what questions you may have. We have an online
credit application that you can complete / be sure to put my name on it
so it will come to me
I received the following on an offer for a lease of a 2010 Coupe.
MSRP - $57,485 - includes SO1 Package (single disc CD), Wheel Locks ($140); rear spoiler ($300), Wood Trim Package ($780), Appearance Package 18" AMG Twin 5-S ($1,990),
Preferred Discount - $3,525 (Includes $2,000 for current lease payments - Conquest?)
Destination - $875
Tax - $3,525
Tag/Registration - $348
Dealer Service Fee - $699
Total Due - $58,326
24 month Lease - 10K miles - $886 (MF .00200) with $2,000 cash at signing
36 month lease - 10K miles - $803 (MF.00200) with $2,000 cash at signing
With the 10 MSDs, the MF reduces to .00195. Payments still $855 and $795 respectively;
I know I am missing something here but on first offer doesn't sound like much of a deal. ANy thoughts would be appreciated.
.. from one of the dealers that had a Bluetec, left...
$488/mo., including tax.... not including maintenance..
24mo/20K lease..
Salesman suggested leaving off the maintenance... Said to just do the 10K service, as long as you don't hit 20K... (not sure about that advice)..
Nice price, but the wife already decided on another car...
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chalkie1 Posts: 17Does anybody know if the $4000.00 conquest money (or any amount) is available for 2012 E or C class cars?
Hi Chalkie1,
My dealer told me that one would get $2000 of Conquest cash towards any 2012 MB model.
Hi Gator5000e,
There are two items that seem incorrect to me.
1. You should receive $4000 of Conquest cash on any 2010 or 2011 E class in addition to the $ you negotiate.
2. If you use 10 MSDs, you should receive a 0.0007 reduction. Therefore, the MF=0.00200-0.0007=0.00130. Based on your numbers above, the dealer is suggesting a 'highly marked up' MF (0.00195+0.0007=0.00265) for MSD.
Do any of you guys know what the residual and money factor is this month for 24 or 33 months with 10k miles a month on a 2011 E350?
Thanks in advance.
Sorry, I screwed up one important factor. It was a 2012 E 350 coupe not a 2010. Pretty important difference, huh. Anyway any thoughts now?
That's a great deal.....for them. send them back a note...ask why with 10 MSD's the mf only drops to .00195...ask what the residual is that they are using.....and ask what they are charging for the loan origination fee.
Are you eligible for conquest or are you currently leasing a mercedes?
If you get all that, we'll be able to help....but there is no reason to even think about the deal proposed.
benz_eblack Posts: 1Hello guys
Just leased 2011 E 350 sports 4 matic in the Chicago area, what do you think about the deal
totsl MRSP 52,500, 15K miles, 33 months lease, no down payment, maintenance and taxes included in the monthly payment. 599/month.
Here are the answers to the questions you posed:
1. Q - Why with 10 MSD's does the mf only drop to .00195?
A - Since we started with .00200, each MSD lowers the buy rate for the money factor by only .00007 to reach .00195;
2. Q - could you clarify what the residual is you are using for the 0ffers - A - 70% for the 24 month lease and 60% for the 36 month lease
3. Q - what are the loan origination fees? A - Our lease acquisition fee through Mercedes Benz Financial is $1095 and their disposition fee should you elect to not lease or finance another vehicle at the end of your lease is $595
4. Q - Does the total selling price of $53,960 include the Conquest promotion and if so, how much is that? Yes it does and it is $2,000 since you are in a Cadillac presently.
Any additional thoughts, ghstudio or anyone else are appreciated. Since I suck at negotiating car deals, any ideas for the next step would also be appreciated.
1) If the starting mf is .0020, then 10 MSD's would reduce it to .00193 (not .00195). However, I don't think .0020 is the mercedes tier 1 credit rate..I think it's a little lower so the dealer may be marking it up.
2) sounds right
3) mercedes actually charges $795 and dealers mark it up (pure profit) to $1095. This is negotiable.
4) So they aren't giving you much of a discount on the car, are they. They don't pay the conquest...they get that back from mercedes.....so negotiate the selling price and then add the $2000 additional discount. Don't let them try to tell you that the total is a great discount.
a) why $2000 up front...you should pay the first months lease payment plus the title/registration fee only (plus leave a check for the MSD's). what's the rest of the money for???
b) My calculator says that the monthly payment on the 24 mo lease with the MSD's should be about $840 including tax (that assumes that you don't pay that $2000 up front...you pay the first payment plus license fees). Not sure why their number is higher.
You should be able to negotiate a better cash price for the car....and you should be able to get the $1095 reduced to $795 (although that will be harder). Finally we need to find out the tier 1 mf this month for your car...and hopefully someone here will tell us.
If you start at .00200, then 10 X .00007 = .0007 reduction, which would take you to .0013
Somebody is having trouble with how to multiply numbers less than 1.. or, they are taking a big markup before applying the MSDs..
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My head is hung in shame.....I should never post before I wake up.
You are, of course, correct (and my leasing program calculated it correctly).
I didn't really mean that for you... .more for the OP..
It's possible they are starting at .00265......
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Do you know the residual and money factor on 24 and 33 months for the 2011 E350 with 10k miles.
Does anyone know the current 24, 33, and 36 month residuals, incentives, and money factors for the 2012 E350W4? Car_man, kyfdx, anyone?
This is the latest i received on the 2012 coupe deal from the salesman concerning the MF adn the reduction for the MSDs as well as the Conquest:
Thank you for your email. The promotional money factor that we have from MB Financial is .00200. However, if you elect to purchase MSD's they do not allow us to use the promotional rate. They require that we start at their standard money factor (which my finance department told me was .00265) and then subtract the MSD discounted basis points. In this particular case since the .00070 reduction resulted in you saving only .00005 (.00195) from the promotional rate it was not appealing. The multiple security deposit leases are generally more appealing when we do not already have a special rate available, which in this case we do.
Regarding the conquest incentive...we do have $2000 back from MB but we were discounting the car $3,525 before the cost of shipping the car in for you (usually $450) so we are at just about $4,000 off of MSRP or $2,000 from us and $2,000 from MB.
I checked with my Finance Director and she will go ahead and write the loan using the $795 acquisition fee rather than the $1,095.
I wanted to answer as many of your questions as possible prior to working up the figures again.
I will go ahead and recalculate the numbers and get them over to you.
Here are the numbers he ran:
Vehicle: 2012 MERCEDES BENZ E CLASS E350C 2dr Cpe E350
Stock #:
Miles: 0
Vehicle Price: $54,275.00
Preferred Customer Discount: - $3,525.00
Total Selling Price: $50,750.00
Sales Tax (estimate): + $3,118.31
Tag/Registration Fees (estimate): + $348.75
Tire/Battery/MVWEA: + $8.50
Dealer Service Fee: + $699.95
Balance Due (estimate): $54,925.51
No Trade-In
With $2,000 Cash down 24 months = $804; 30 month = $784; 36 months = $736;
Sounds fishy to me but any thoughts appreciated. Thanks.
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The Vale Resort's Matthew Dearden has gone one step closer to fulfilling a dream of rubbing shoulders with the stars at BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth next summer.
The Vale Resort's Matthew Dearden has gone one step closer to fulfilling a dream of rubbing shoulders with Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and co in the star-studded BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth next summer.
The 33-year-old, who has spent the last couple of years trying to earn a golfing crust on the little-known EPD Tour in Germany, could get the chance to mix it with the millionaires of the world game at the European Tour's blue riband event courtesy of winning the West Region PGA order of merit.
For Dearden, channelling all his focus on the West Region this summer rather than trying to carve out a living on satellite tours in Europe, is set to be rewarded with an invite to next year's ISPS Handa Wales Open.
Though it was not quite the finish he wanted, Dearden was finally crowned order of merit champion for the first time and has now set his sights on making his European Tour debut next season.
Dearden, from the Vale Resort, failed to make much of an impact in the final event, the Race to Woodbury Park tournament at the region's Devon headquarters, but he had already done enough to clinch the top spot
This enables him to lead the trio to represent the West in the Titleist PGA Play-Offs over the PGA Sultan course at Antalya in Turkey from December 10-13.
The leading players can expect to get starts in the PGA at Wentworth and feature in other European Tour and Challenge Tour events next season. Dearden, who will interrupt a family holiday to play in Turkey, finished in a share of 12th suffering from two double bogeys in a second-round 73 after opening with 70.
He said: "There was a lot of pressure on me and in the end I had to forget about winning and make sure I consolidated my order of merit position.
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Fudge said members of the caucus had fielded phone calls "questioning why none of the new appointees will be able to speak to the unique needs of African Americans."
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Fudge applauded the Watt nomination as "an outstanding choice" in a statement.
In August 2011, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) made headlines when she she said that while the CBC was "supportive of the president," the lawmakers were "getting tired" fighting for economic opportunities.
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But in a meeting with black journalists earlier this year, senior adviser Valerie Jarrett defended the White House from charges that the president hasn't focused enough on African American issues.
"If you look at the president's record in the first four years, if you look at his major domestic policy accomplishments, they disproportionately do benefit the African-American community," Jarrett said, according to the Florida Courier.
"If you look at the Affordable Care Act, roughly 9 million African-Americans uninsured will have health insurance today. If you look at the president's Recovery Act and subsequent budgets…If you went through the menu of tax incentives and unemployment that disproportionately benefit the African-American community, time and time again – I think unemployment insurance has been extended like nine times – every single time we had to fight the Republicans to get that done."
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Keesha says that she doesn't like April... she says that she can't play fake to her face
Keesha says that she doesn't like April... she says that she can't play fake to her face
This why having so many teams in the area stinks. Jets game is on, so I need you guys tonight.
Keesh-Fest shirt???? really???? Are you a wannabe Jen now????
K and L are going to try to get Dan on her side to vote out Jessie.
K says that Michelle is in love with Jessie. Does this mean another McNasty Showmance?
I really hope America voted to evict Nashville....to see the look on Peggy Bundy's and Danisha's face would be great!
Both sides are counting on Dan's vote... little do they know...
ETA: at Jerry and April talking... "You will find that Ollie, Dan and me are your boys".....
My part of America wants Jessie gone and Michelle gone next week.
I can't watch either. Chiefs/Bears game
I'm going to make a shirt that says "Kocky-Fest!"Originally Posted by HappyH0ur;3158626;
They got Dan on board to vote out Jessie.
April wants to get Memphis out and is discussing it with Jerry.
I guess they're going to make Dan as the swing vote.
Little do they know.....so are we!!!Originally Posted by Just Sayin;3158631;
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DUNDEE, Ore. -- An Oregon mother whose disappearance has sparked a massive search was captured on surveillance video filling up her car at a gas station July 24, the evening of her disappearance, police said Monday.
Jennifer Huston, 38, of Dundee, Ore., left her home around 5:45 p.m. that day, Newberg-Dundee Police Captain Jeff Kosmicki said at a press conference. She was first seen on video at a bank around 6 p.m. withdrawing money, Kosmicki said.
Kosmicki said they have "good video" of Huston at the bank, though they haven't yet released it.
At around 6:10 p.m., Huston was captured on surveillance video filling up the family's 1999 Lexus SUV at a gas station. Minutes later, between 6:20 and 6:25 p.m., her cell phone was turned off, Kosmicki said.
No one has seen her since.
In the days since she vanished, police have worked to develop a timeline and follow up on the tips that are coming in, Kosmicki said. Meanwhile, friends and family are posting missing signs in the area. They've also set up a "Find Jennifer Huston" Facebook page, which has garnered more than 28,000 "likes."
At the press conference Monday, her husband Kallen said the disappearance was "totally unlike" his wife, a mother of two young boys.
"She's a devoted mother," Kallen Houston said in an emotional statement. "She's just a very good person. For her to do something like this is completely out of the norm."
Kallen Huston asked those in the area to look in backyards and along the side of the road for his wife's car.
"Her car is very large and it would wipe out any shrubs, or potentially small trees," Kallen Huston said. "I have a feeling she's in a ditch somewhere."
Police are treating the case as a missing person investigation, reports CBS affiliate KOIN.
"As of this time there is no known criminal nexus to this case nor is there any known threat to the public," police said in a press release, reports the station.
The Hustons have experienced financial hardships in recent years, reports KOIN, citing court documents. Neighbors the station spoke with characterized the Hustons as a loving family, and police said Kallen Huston has been interviewed and is cooperating with police.
At the press conference, Kallen Huston said his wife had been experiencing headaches for three days before her disappearance.
Jennifer Huston is about 5-feet-7, of average build, with shoulder-length blond hair and blue eyes. Her Oregon license plate is WXH011.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Dundee Police Department at 503.538.8321.