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President Obama will end the 15-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy that has prevented homosexual and bisexual men and women from serving openly within the U.S. military, a spokesman for the president-elect said.
Obama said during the campaign that he opposed the policy, but since his election in November he has made statements that have been interpreted as backpedaling. On Friday, however, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs, responding on the transition team's Web site to a Michigan resident who asked if the new administration planned to get rid of the policy, said:
"You don't hear politicians give a one-word answer much. But it's 'Yes.' "
The little-noticed response, made in a video posted on change.gov, made barely a ripple outside blogs focused on the gay community, but that's not surprising, said those who have been pushing to overturn the ban. Not only was Obama's position expected, they said, but support for reviewing or repealing the policy has grown markedly in recent years, including some from unexpected quarters.
The end of "don't ask, don't tell" might not happen immediately, several critics of the policy said. Although they appreciate clarity from Obama on the issue, they anticipate that the demands of the economy and two wars are likely to trump a speedy policy reversal.
"The question isn't if we do it, and the question isn't when we do it, it's how we do it," said Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Walnut Creek, whose 2006 bill to repeal the ban earned broad support among Democrats in Congress but did not move forward in the face of a near-certain veto by President Bush.
"I'm going to reintroduce the bill in the next few weeks," Tauscher said. "We've got the American people behind us."
Changing attitudes
An ABC poll in July found that three-quarters of Americans supported allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military compared to 44 percent of Americans who expressed the same support in 1993, when President Bill Clinton approved "don't ask, don't tell" as what he called an "honorable compromise" that nevertheless bitterly disappointed his supporters in the gay community.
Colin Powell, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., both of whom backed the 1993 policy, recently called for it to be re-evaluated. John Shalikashvili, who followed Powell as chairman, has called for its repeal, as has former Georgia Republican Rep. Bob Barr, an opponent of gay rights and legal protections for gays. In an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, Barr disparaged the policy as wasting money and talent.
The current leaders of the military, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have neither supported nor opposed ending the policy in recent comments, saying pointedly that Congress and the president make the laws; the military follows them.
Recently, the main active support for "don't ask, don't tell" has come from the nonprofit Center for Military Readiness, whose founder, Elaine Donnelly, and other officers did not respond to requests for comment.
Donnelly has argued that ending the ban on gays serving openly in the military would devastate unit cohesion and morale by ordering heterosexual troops into "forced cohabitation" with openly gay and lesbian troops. But critics of the policy say society has changed since "don't ask, don't tell" was implemented to address similar concerns.
"We had a decade in the 1990s where people came out, and people came to know that their sisters and their mothers and their colleagues and their children and their friends were gay," said Nathaniel Frank, a senior research fellow with the Palm Center at UC Santa Barbara, which conducts research on sexual minorities in the military.
"Familiarity breeds tolerance and even acceptance."
More recent years have seen high-profile discharges of gay Arabic linguists and other troops whose military jobs were deemed essential in Iraq, Afghanistan and the "war on terror" - dismissals that struck many people as inexplicable, said sociologist Melissa Embser-Herbert, author of "The U.S. Military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy: A Reference Handbook."
"We know of gay, lesbian, bisexual veterans who have served in combat theater, and I think that's also a big piece of it," she said. "It's a much harder sell to the general public that that person who died or lost a leg didn't deserve to be serving their country."
The military also has experienced a shift in attitudes, according to a number of studies. A 2006 Zogby International poll found military members who had served in Iraq or Afghanistan to be split on the issue, with about a quarter saying gays should be able to serve openly and a bit more than a third saying they should not.
But about a quarter of respondents said they knew a gay person already serving in the military, and a large majority of those - about two-thirds - said the presence of a gay person in their unit made no impact on their personal or their unit's morale. Three-quarters said they would have joined the military even if gays were permitted to serve openly.
A more recent, if unscientific, readership survey by the Military Times group of newspapers reported that about 58 percent of active-duty respondents opposed repealing the ban, a number that was cited in some media accounts as reflecting broad military opposition to a change.
But the newspapers that conducted the poll warned that their readers were not a perfect mirror of the military - they were more likely to be older, male, careerists, officers and politically conservative. In that context, sociologist Embser-Herbert said, it is remarkable that the level of opposition was not higher, because it is the younger, enlisted troops who are more likely to favor allowing gays to serve openly.
'Will and Grace' generation
"It's the 'Will and Grace' generation," she said. "They've grown up seeing gay people on TV and having friends in 10th-grade come out."
In the 1980s, when John Caldera was a Navy hospital corpsman, "don't ask, don't tell" was not yet policy, but was practice. Caldera, a gay man now a member of the San Francisco Veterans Commission, recalled how any sailor whose medical problem was diagnosed as HIV would be sequestered in a ward to await the inevitable investigation of presumed homosexuality and likely discharge.
"The policy ... should have never been created," he said. "With this new administration, I look for the light at the end of the tunnel."
Today, Caldera is one of several gay veterans in American Legion District 8 in San Francisco whose commander, Michael Gerold, a veteran injured in a firefight in Afghanistan, appointed an openly gay veteran as district finance officer without hesitation.
"He's an Iraq-Afghanistan veteran. It's just not an issue. Core competencies and leadership, that's what I need," he said. "I don't give a darn about the rest."
Another legion officer, Matt Shea, chief of staff of American Legion Post 911, recalled deploying to Iraq with a friend and fellow squad leader who later came out to him.
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It's stressful enough when you are getting calls from collectors. But what do you do when they are calling your relatives about your debt? A reader asks:
I have been receiving weird calls from 1-888??? numbers and recently they stopped and have been appearing as "unknown" on my iPhone. They left me a message saying something about court and I should call them as soon as possible. I deleted the message so I don't remember exactly what it said. So last night my mom came back from work and told me that that my aunt told her that they called her at her house asking about me. They scared my aunt and now we are all scared. My mom is going to call them tomorrow. I'm kind of afraid because my mom is a very gullible woman. She won't let me call them because I'm 19. I have had a loan for school but it was through financial aid and it was the kind that I don't have to pay until I graduate from school. I don't understand how they got my aunt's phone number? How did they get my number in the first place? I am so confused.
It's hard to tell what's going on but the first thing you need to do is talk with this collector. It could be a legitimate account you aren't aware you owe, your name could be mixed up with that of someone else, or it could be a debt collection scam. Based on several things you are saying here, I suspect the latter, but I can't say for certain without more information.
When you talk with the debt collector, your goal should be to find out what debt they are calling about, and to get them to send you something in writing. Under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are entitled to written verification of the debt. If the collector says they don't have to send you anything in writing then that's one clue that this is likely a scam. I don't recommend you agree to pay anything until you verify the debt is legitimate and that the collection agency is legitimate. That's why you want to get written verification of the debt.
It also concerns me that the collector is leaving messages about taking you to court. It could be a sign that this is either a very aggressive collection agency or that you are dealing with a scammer. Under federal law, collectors may not threaten to take action they cannot take or don't intend to take. So threatening to take you to court before they have even verified that they are calling the right person is a sign that something isn't right.
If the collector tells you (or your family members) that you will be arrested if you don't pay right away, then you are very likely the target of a fake debt collection scam. And if they tell you that they have taken you to court, my colleague Steve Rhode at Getoutofdebt.org has a good suggestion for how to respond. Ask them for the name of the court and the case number. Then call the court to verify it. Again, chances are they won't have that information, and they are just making it up to try to scare you into paying.
As far as calling your family members go, collectors are only allowed to call others to locate you. Once they have located you they are no longer allowed to call your relatives unless they cosigned for you. And even if they are just trying to locate you, they shouldn't discuss any details of your debt with others. By the way, it's not that hard for collectors to find your relatives. You may have listed their names and contact information on loan applications, or they can use "skip tracing" services to gather that information.
Again, it's hard to say for sure what's happening here but don't be scared or intimidated. Talk with them, find out what they have to say, and don't make payments until they send you something in writing. If the collection agency does verify the debt and it turns out to be legitimate, then you can explore your options for resolving it.
But it may not even come to that.
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When dealing with the news organs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, one can never go too wrong by taking their claims with a liberal pinch of salt. The regime has a long and storied history of making outlandish (if not patently false) claims about its military prowess and capabilities—to engender, one presumes, a feeling of patriotism and camaraderie amongst the hometown crowd. Sometimes they even manage to sell these knee-slapping fabrications to the more credulous members of the world media; other times even the journalists are laughing into their sleeves.
It's hard not to smile at the jaw-dropping audacity of the Iranian state media, so earnestly peddling the official fictions of the defence ministry. The most egregious embellishments—regarding the doctored photo of a missile test, the Saegheh's supposed stealth capabilities, and the "radar evading", very lightly armed wing-in-ground-effect Bavar 2 craft—are also so unnecessary. Few people outside of Iran would actually believe the defence ministry's overly optimistic statements.
So when one hears the news that Iran has miraculously acquired an American RQ-170 reconnaissance drone—in reasonably good condition—the immediate response must certainly be scepticism. The doubts are doubled when one learns that the Iranians have changed their story—at first claiming the drone was shot down, then claiming that they had taken command of it and forced it to land, mostly intact.
Still, the thing shown on Iranian TV looks an awful lot like an RQ-170, and some unnamed source who had no qualms about spilling the beans to CBS News claimed it was the genuine article, so… maybe it is?
Hard to say one way or other, based solely on the video. The Aviationist has a half-dozen higher-quality still images, over which one can puzzle and hunt for additional clues. The first thing your correspondent did was grab a nearly head-on shot and crank up the brightness, in order to see whether anything lurked behind the grill covering the engine inlet.
If it's a model or a mock-up, it was at least built by someone who had the foresight to include detail behind the grill; something that seems like it ought to lead to a turbine and compressor blades.
There's plenty else, though, that doesn't add up—hence my ambivalence. Instead of the medium blue-grey paint common to USAF aircraft, this drone sports a yellow-beige colour familiar to anyone who's built an epoxy model kit. Then there's the duct-tape-like adhesive covering breaks in the wings just outboard of the topside fairings. If the aircraft had been shot down, then showing it in a damaged state ought not to have been an issue. If it had been landed by Iranians after a successful cyberattack, one could also forgive a multitude of bumps and scrapes; the Iranian pilot, after all, wouldn't know the particular handling qualities of that aircraft type. Nor would he have been presented with many prior opportunities to refine his descent profile and landing technique. Even if the thing had to be cut into thirds for transport, what would be the point in making such a sloppy repair job visible to the television audience?
The claim to have taken control of the drone is entirely spurious. In years past there have been media accounts of insurgents bootlegging Predator video feeds, but it's important to note that what the insurgents saw was just the ISR output. The command and control signals are encrypted to prevent the sort of cyberattacks that Iran is trying to claim it can execute. I have no doubt that Iran could purchase jammers of adequate range and power, but this would merely cause the drone to fall back upon its loss-of-signal protocol.
The Pentagon confirms they lost contact with a drone last week, and that its last known position and heading would have brought it down just inside Iran. But this too presents problems. All military drones of a certain size have a Flight Termination System (or FTS)—which, in the dry parlance of the DoD, is designed to put an uncontrolled / hazard aircraft in a zero lift, zero thrust condition via some kind of destructive mechanism. The more expensive sorts of drones (and especially the high-altitude kind who must rely on SATCOM for their C2 signals) have less catastrophic safeguards, too. Their loss of signal protocol is to climb to best comm altitude and return to base (or designated orbit point) while trying to re-establish the C2 link and positive control. This has been relatively standard practice for the larger UAVs, and was successfully implemented in 2002's X-45 program; it's hard to believe later designs don't also incorporate these safeguards.
Last week when this RQ-170 lost contact with its ground-based pilots, it ought to have turned around to come back to the barn. That it apparently did not (and now has a starring role on Iranian television) presents more questions than your correspondent could presume to answer. But perhaps the biggest is how—absent any positive control from the ground—would it manage to come down in such an intact state? The RQ-170 is believed to have an operating ceiling of 50,000 feet, and perhaps more usually inhabits the slightly less rarified altitudes common to long-haul airliners and fast business jets. Descending safely from such a height is not beyond the realm of possibility—the drone may have entered either a flat spin or a "falling leaf" stall, robbing it of much forward and vertical velocity, but arriving unscathed on the ground after such an occurrence would be exceedingly rare and unlikely.
I don't know what to think, to be honest, but it will be fascinating to learn the truth one day.


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The Blizzcon ticket sales were finally announced yesterday and, for those of you who live in boxes shut off from the world, I'll let you know know that sales days are May 21 at 10am PST and May 25 at 7pm PST. They're also 175$. Some find that scandalous. To me, though, after the price of plane tickets out of Canada, 175$ seems like nothing.
Figuring Out What To Do
I'm going to be in Anaheim for Blizzcon for sure. I'll try for tickets, but I honestly don't care whether I get any or not. Last year, I had so much fun exploring Orange County that I totally wouldn't mind spending my days roaming again. But, my mind was effectively blown by the cinematics panel too, and I would enjoy having my mind blown again this year.
So regardless of the outcome of tickets day, I know I'll be happy.
As for accommodations, I'm squirmy. Last year, a lot of the fun came from staying in an awesome (and awesomely located) hotel with guildies. This year, I have no idea what my guild situation will be like come October, so I'm on my own. While staying with Conquest again this year might have it perks, I'm not sure if I'll be comfortable around everyone who might be there (I don't even know who might be there), and I'm not even sure if I'd be welcome to stay with them.
But, as I remind myself, I'm a not-too-hideous-looking girl at a geek convention. Finding a bed can't be that hard. (I'm joking of course.)
An Excuse for a Trip
I'm going to try to take 2 weeks of my vacation for Blizzcon. 3 would be better, but I only get 3 weeks of vacation and I'd like to save one week for something else, like visiting my family.
Anyway, I've always wanted to go on a long train trip and explore the southern (as in geographically southern) US. I love, love, love Arizona and deserts and cacti and rocky sand. And, to my greatest surprise, the Amtrak is dirt cheap.
A 15 day (or 8 segment) pass is only a fraction of what Canada's VIA Rail would cost. Since this wonderful discovery, the wheels in my head have been turning. There are a few cities I'd really like to see, just to say I've been there: Las Vegas, Phoenix (I've been before, but wanted to go back as an adult), Santa Fe, Texas (not a city, but still), Memphis, New Orleans, Atlanta.
Now, 2 weeks is a very short period of time if you want to cross the US and actually see a few cities. I'm also very restricted by how the different train routes are laid. Going through Chicago to get to New Orleans from LA? A bit much!
In the end, here's the plan I'm toying with:
1- Fly into Las Vegas
2- Go to Blizzcon in Anaheim, then
3- Go to Flagstaff/Phoenix, then
4- To San Antonio
5- To New Orleans
6- To Atlanta, fly out of Atlanta.
That would be exactly 8 segments and fit snugly into 2 hectic weeks. I'd get to see the US Southern border, taste a sample of the cities and decide which ones I'd like to spend more time in for the future.
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But now, he has become someone who's inhumanly handsome after taking off his glasses + growing out his hair and fringesㅠㅠㅠㅠ He has been going through a lot with that weird hair + glasses, from his debut until Lonely era to be exact. Just look at him from April 2011 to 2013..
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His hair overshadowed his beautiful face. He even got a nickname because of this hair, it was 'The uprising of a peasant'.. Fans were trying really hard to be positive during that era by thinking saying 'Since he originally has a really handsome face, his hair doesn't really affect his looks!'
He looks really handsome in the first picture, but you'll get to realize how inhumanly-handsome he actually is by seeing the second picture.. Why did his company tell him to grow out his hair!
Block B's Zico
It's really that Zico you guys usually see on TV..
Anyway, what's wrong with his eyebrows..
I personally think he looks really cool in this picture.. The whole 'Freeze' era was... umm.. umm..
The next era, Tell Them, was really cute and fresh, I'm actually fine with it because Zico finally got to let go of that pinneaple hair..
BTS' Rap Monster
Is this that 'Michael' hairstyle..?
I actually find him really handsome with his hair down like this..
Please leave comments below if I have missed some male idols who proved the importance of hairstyles..
For female idols, I would say Oh My Girl's JinE is the good example of this.. She became a Goddess after cutting his hair and removing her bangs>ㅅ<
1. [+166][-3] I remember I was watching MyDol one day and I thought to myself 'What's wrong with Hongbin's hair'.. But then he came up while covering his hair with his hoodie and he looked so freaking handsome..
2. [+143][-5] Hongbin turned from a peasant into a king nowㅋㅋㅋ
3. [+137][-5] I actually liked this hairstyle as well..
4. [+95][-2] It really shocked me to know that they actually went to salon to get their hair done like this..
5. [+87][-1] He's so freaking handsome..
6. [+81][-1] I'm going crazy..
7. [+75][-1] Hongbin's visual is driving me crazy..
8. [+73][-0] I knew Hongbin would be in this list.. He actually looked like Japanese Flower Boy in the 2000s if his company just let him take care of his hair, but they decided to make him look funny by messing with his bangs... Kong-ah.. We still love you, no matter what, anyway..
9. [+62][-0] When I first saw VIXX's debut stage, I thought they had an ahjumma (middle aged woman) as one of their members.. Hongbin-ah, don't ever do your hair like that again.. Just rebel against your company if they told you to have some weird hairstyles..
10. [+60][-0] Ugh.. Lee Hongbin.. You're driving me crazy..


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The Perry Como Winter Show was a Christmas special hosted by Perry Como, which aired on NBC on December 4th, 1972. The special featured the Muppets as guests, along with Joey Heatherton and Art Carney.
The opening sequence, with Perry going over sketches for the show with a designer, segues from the drawings to reveal each guest. The Muppets are represented by a furball with eyes, who prompts an audience response of "awws." This is the puppet's sole appearance in the special.
The special's loose plot involves Perry's wish to recreate his childhood Christmas experiences in Vermont by constructing a fictional Vermont town. Perry wanders through the set, cracking the occasional joke and singing various songs, while encountering Art Carney (as various townspeople, including a policeman and a sidewalk Santa Claus) and Joey Heatherton.
Approximately halfway through the special, Perry Como meets a group of young people (back-up singers) preparing to visit the ski lodge at Avalanche Mountain, and Perry and Joey tag along (with Carney as the ski-lift attendant). Upon arriving at the lodge, the Muppets make their auspicious entrance, as the Country Trio entertains the group with "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" (though Frank gets carried away with his bass-slapping and has to be slapped himself).
Perry tries to check in with manager King Goshposh, who immediately berates Perry for banging the service bell, for fear that it will set off an avalanche (a "Caution Avalanche Area" sign hangs over the front desk). They then argue about the distinction betwen the words "ring" and "bang." Goshposh finally turns Perry over to the room clerk, Featherstone in bellhop uniform. Featherstone prepares to register his guest and has him spell out his last name, but insists that "Como" doesn't have enough letters. He does, however, present him with a piece of tinsel, "compliments of the house," and sets Perry off on a musical medley (beginning with "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" and extending to "You've Got a Friend," interrupted briefly by Joey Heatherton's rendition of "Someone to Watch Over Me").
Art Carney (appearing as himself for the first time in the special) decides to see if the rooms are ready. He encounters the same resistance from Goshposh, who repeatedly shushes him. Perry and Joey offer the same warnings to an increasingly irate Art, as the entire lodge rumbles ominously and the avalanche warning sign quivers. To reiterate the need for caution, Goshposh urges the entire group to be quiet in the original song "Keep It Down." Perry, Joey, and even Art gradually join in, as does the backing chorus, growing wilder and more raucous as the song progresses, with encouragement from Goshposh and Featherstone. At the climax, the group finally shushes, but the Muppets utter a loud "Ooohh yeah!" which finally sets off the dreaded avalanche, destroying the set (punctuated by a stock Hanna-Barbera sound effect).
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It should be simple. You walk up to the counter, the nice person gives you a fresh new car and you drive carefree for a few days on your vacation. But it's never that easy.
The worst I've ever suffered was sitting on the side of a blistering highway en route to Atlantic City while my family's hire car overheated. We'd gotten it from "Rent-A-Wreck," which certainly lived up to its name.
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When my students first started blogging, they weren't using each other as potential resources, and I found that they weren't even reading their classmates' thoughts. Part of me thinks that's because they're programmed to work individually for so much of their school lives.
It's not enough to blog.
It's got to be a matter of commenting. It's got to be a matter of sharing posts on Twitter and making other immediate connections. I completely agree with the reader in that sense.
There's a group of young teachers I've been working with, many of whom remain confused about how to grow their PLN into something both useful and helpful. I think part of the difficulty has to do with understanding the relationship between real-time sharing and blogging.
Because a PLN is only as strong as the individual contributions of its attendant members. In other words, you can have 2000 follows on Twitter yet never engage in meaningful interaction there if the follows are folks who aren't actively engaging the network itself.
The same goes for blogs. You can produce a brilliant post, but if there's no one there to share in it, well...
Blogs live and die by their readership. Not in the old financial sense that's killing many newspapers. But rather in the sense of building community. That's the lifeblood of any blog. It's about connecting and getting that readership to play an active role in continuing the life and value of the blog.
Note to new bloggers: your blog is what your readers make it. (And this is a humbling thing, a counter-intuitive thing, and ultimately a good thing).
And so, both students and teachers new to blogging need to understand that the life of a post doesn't depend on it's being published, but rather on its being transmitted throughout the network. The value of the post depends on the network and the reaction of the network. (For those of you savvy in Structuralism, this is the definition of 'meaning' being defined by 'difference').
Blogging is one part writing, one part community building. In that way, it's sort of like theatre. After all, you can have the actors on the lit stage reciting lines, but it's not really theatre until an audience is filling those seats. Because the art of theatre is an art of give-and-take between performer and audience; and it's no different with a blog.
So teach your kids to comment; and not out of a sense of duty, but out of a commitment towards building community and fulfilling the role of active audience member. Teach your kids to Tweet links to blogposts they love -- as well as blogposts they hate. Teach them to use the network structure as a means of exploring their own ideas and challenging their own opinions.
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Mark Retera was born in Eindhoven and studied at the Catholic University of Nijmegen. He started his career in 1985 in the small-press magazine Lekker Prakken with the series 'Aksieburo Ket', which ran until 1989. He started his most famous comic, 'DirkJan', in student magazines like Iris, before it was published in the comics magazine Sjosji and eventually several newspapers and Veronica Magazine. His character, the nerdy DirkJan, lives in a world that is filled with strange creatures. His short gags guaranteed wacky, unexpected punchlines. His clear, simple graphic style aids the humorous effect.
Because of an increasing workload, Retera formed the Mark Retera Ensemble to work on the strip between 2003 and 2006, which included Remco Polman, Wilfred Ottenheijm and Mark Schilders.
Retera names Gary Larson as one of his big influences. Apart from his 'DirkJan' series, he has drawn many caricatures for magazine Panorama, and also cooperates on the VARA television series 'Cafe de Wereld', which is features in shows like VARA Laat and De Wereld Draait Door. Mark is a member of Studio Iris in Nijmegen and the related band, Studio Iris Huisband (a.k.a. The Sexfuckers). In 2001, Mark Retera won the prestigious Dirk Wiarda Prize for his series 'DirkJan'.
On November 22, 2001, an exposition of the work of Mark Retera opened in Galerie Lambiek. Mark Retera was awarded the Stripschapprijs in 2004.
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Sprint Cup Chase is nearing the finish line with stop in Texas
Only three races remain in NASCAR's Chase for the Cup championship drive: Texas this week, then Phoenix and the finale at Homestead. And Carl Edwards is in prime position.
The points standings:
1. Carl Edwards, 2,273
2. Tony Stewart, 2,265
3. Kevin Harvick, 2,252
4. Brad Keselowski, 2,246
5. Matt Kenseth, 2,237
6. Jimmie Johnson, 2,230
7. Kyle Busch, 2,216
8. Kurt Busch, 2,215
9. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,200
10. Jeff Gordon, 2,197
11. Denny Hamlin, 2,193
12. Ryan Newman, 2,184.
It would be hard to root against Carl Edwards. He's a nice guy, probably not as nice as he appears on TV, but if not, he's a good actor. But compared to the others involved, he's by far the most likeable.
I expect a lot of people were cheering for Jimmie Johnson to win his sixth straight title. I would like that too, although maybe not as much now after hearing him and his crew chief Chad Knaus discuss cheating so openly at Talladega. But, I guess you'd have to be a fool not to think every driver/crew chief combo cheats a little.
The good news about this year: The Busch brothers are out of it.
The bad news: Junior stinks again; Regan Smith didn't make the Chase, although overall he's had a pretty good season.
More good news: The races have been exciting; no major issues to deal with in the off season; lots of on and off the track confrontations to keep things interesting and excellent TV coverage (good announcers, good interviews, no major complaints about Fox or ESPN).
All in all, a good season, helping NASCAR get back what it lost. They may have seen some fans disappear over the last few years (there are still a lot of empty seats), but the true stock car racing fans stuck with them and continue to support the sport.


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Kate Nicolazzo necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 111 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
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Nicolazzo Consulting helps private, government and community organisations bridge the gap between the creation of a great idea and putting it into practice.
Established by Kate Nicolazzo, Nicolazzo Consulting understands that implementing effective and efficient ideas for change requires strong strategic alignment, buy-in across the organisation (and externally), great staff, a workable game plan and appropriate resources.
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Whether your idea is big or small, ready to hit the ground running or requires more planning, Nicolazzo Consulting can help you get the job done.
Government departments and agencies.
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I'm looking for a professional logo that implies "we get the job done" but I also want it to imbue a sense of fun into the process.
The idea of flexibility and agility is also important to the way we work.
I don't want something boring or too traditional, the name is a bit boring already, but also don't want something that looks immature or implies that we don't take our work seriously.
The design needs to work for business cards, letterhead, quotes, reports, powerpoint and ultimately a website (this may be further work).
I really like simple, clean logos like the Carbon Down logo on this website http://www.carbondown.com.au/ or Tom Spencer's logo on his site http://www.tomspencer.com.au/
I don't like logos that look like they are trying to be too green or community focused, like this http://www.thirdecology.com.au/ - it needs to resonate with businesses as well.
But not in a boring way like this logo http://www.accsr.com.au/.
The typeface for the name should be strong and bold and not fancy (script like).
You need to consider how it will print (i.e. will need to be environmentally friendly printing) so not too many colours or processes (possibly 2 colour).
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brush (something) under the mat
To ignore, deny, or conceal from public view or knowledge something that is embarrassing, unappealing, or damaging to one's reputation. The senator has been accused of trying to brush his former drug use under the mat. You need to stop brushing your problems under the mat. Nothing will get resolved like that!


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The Basics
New England Revolution (7-14-4, 25 points, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Columbus Crew (13-7-5, 44 points, first in the Eastern Conference), at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
Columbus hold a 26-16-9 edge in the series, including a 12-10-3 advantage in Foxborough.
TV Info
7:30 p.m. ET; CSN-New England, ONN (local); Direct Kick, MatchDay Live
Game Intro
New England return home after a three-match road trip to host the suddenly stumbling Columbus.
Jeff Cunningham's stoppage-time goal snatched victory away from the Revs in Wednesday night's 2-2 draw at FC Dallas, but Steve Nicol's side will hope to avoid any lingering effects to secure its first win in four attempts.
Columbus will try to halt their recent defensive struggles (seven goals conceded in two MLS matches) and secure the positive result required to maintain their place atop the Eastern Conference. With the right series of outcomes in other matches, the Crew could even clinch a playoff berth with a victory despite the recent downturn in form.
New England Revolution
The Revs certainly came away disappointed after giving up two late goals to let Dallas battle back for the draw. According to defender Kevin Alston, the team will just have to have short memory and forget about the result.
What New England won't want to forget about, however, is how they played during the 80 minutes prior to giving up the first goal. After watching his side produce one of their best road performances of the season in Frisco on Wednesday, Revolution boss Steve Nicol may opt to name an unchanged side for the Crew's visit.
Chris Tierney could continue at left back after providing the assist on Shalrie Joseph's opener, while Kenny Mansally may have earned a second consecutive start on the left wing after his active performance against FC Dallas.
Columbus Crew
Crew coach Robert Warzycha must sort through several injury complaints after a 1-0 victory over Santos Laguna in CONCACAF Champions League group play on Tuesday.
Chad Marshall looms as perhaps the most significant loss after he suffered a kick to the jaw against the Mexican side. Marshall has a history with concussion concerns and did not train with the Crew on Thursday. Other potential absentees include Danny O'Rourke (back), Gino Padula (ankle), Emilio Renteria (groin) and Robbie Rogers (knee).
The Crew, however, will be bolstered by Guillermo Barros Schelotto. Warzycha said his star player, who usually doesn't play on artificial turf, will take the field at Gillette Stadium. With Renteria ruled out, the coach may team up Schelotto with newest arrival Andres Mendoza up top.
"The Condor" has scored twice in all competitions since being signed by the Crew on Sept. 3, including the capper in a win over the LA Galaxy.
Heroes & Villains
Shalrie Joseph and Pat Phelan vs. Brian Carroll and either Kevin Burns or Adam Moffat: The Crew's central midfield duo has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks for indifferent performances in the engine room. After an improved showing by Burns and Carroll against Santos Laguna on Wednesday, the Crew will hope their central duo can hold their own against Joseph and Phelan, particularly after Joseph's rampaging performance against FC Dallas midweek.
Stat that makes you go "Hmmm"
Mendoza has scored twice in his past four appearances for Columbus – including the vital matchwinner against Santos on Tuesday – as he works his way to match fitness after signing a deal with the Crew on Sept. 3.
Keys to the Game
New England
- Encourage Kenny Mansally and Sainey Nyassi to challenge the Columbus fullbacks.
- Show the same type of determination and effort employed in Wednesday's draw at FC Dallas.
- Engineer a solid start to build on the momentum gained in CCL win vs. Santos and discourage the hosts.
- Rise to the challenge in the center of the park.
New England
OUT: FW Zak Boggs (concussion); GK Preston Burpo (R leg fracture/surgery); MF Nico Colaluca (L knee MCL sprain); FW Taylor Twellman (concussion); QUESTIONABLE: FW Edgaras Jankauskas (L adductor strain); PROBABLE: MF Khano Smith (R shoulder dislocation)
OUT: MF Robbie Rogers (L knee surgery); MF Danny O'Rourke (back spasms); DOUBTFUL: DF Gino Padula (L ankle sprain)


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Super Bowl XLVII: Ravens vs. 49ers
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Super Bowl XLVII: Ravens vs. 49ers
And what better way to start the discussion off than with my official pick on the game!
Last week: 1-1. Postseason totals: 5-4-1, Pct. .550. Best Bets: 1-2, Pct. .333.
Point spread (opening line) in parentheses after underdog team; selection with point spread in
One thing - well two, actually - will definitely happen at Super Bowl XLVII.
A head coach named Harbaugh will be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy when it is all said and done - as if you didn't know.
But the other one you probably didn't know about
: The winning quarterback will be of Italian heritage. That's because Colin Kaepernick is adopted, and the surname of his birth mother is Russo.
So barring a catastrophic injury in practice to either Kaepernick or Joe Flacco between now and Sunday, one of them will join Joe Montana as the second Italian-American quarterback to win a Super Bowl. The other will become the fourth to lose one, after Daryle Lamonica, Vince Ferragamo and Dan Marino.
But enough on how the same thing is going to happen either way. Now for the differences.
Let's start with the fact the 49ers played a regular-season game at the Super Bowl-hosting site this year, while the Ravens didn't. Not counting the two years in which both teams did so, six of the eight teams since 1989 that have had this angle in their favor have won the Super Bowl.
(Two of the winners, however, neglected to cover the spread: The Cowboys in Super Bowl XXX, and the Rams four years later).
Another historical trend pointing in San Francisco's direction centers around the fact that the NFC won the interconference season series by 14 games, 39 victories to 25 (the NFC's second largest victory margin of all time - having won it 27-12-1 in 1970, the first post-merger year). Six times since 1979 has one conference won the interconference series by more than 10 games, and the team from the superior conference has gone 5-1, both ways.
(In 1999 the AFC won 38 interconference games to the NFC's 22, and while the Titans lost Super Bowl XXXIV to the Rams, they did cover. Five years later the situation was the reverse: The AFC won it 44-20, and while the Patriots defeated the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX, New England didn't cover).
Ah, but the Ravens have the "surface advantage," in that they play their home games on artificial turf while the 49ers play theirs on natural grass, and Sunday's game is on artificial turf.
The only problem is that this "advantage" does not exist. Far from it in fact: Dating back to 1979, the 11 teams that have had the "surface advantage" in the Super Bowl are 3-8 straight up and 1-10 against the spread!
Next on the list is the "When You're Hot, You're Hot" Theory - which can apply just as easily to a city (or media market) as to an individual, or team.
Not only have the San Francisco Giants already won the World Series, but the NBA's Golden State Warriors are almost certainly headed for only their second playoff appearance in the last 19 years (!). And as of this writing, the San Jose Sharks are one of just two remaining unbeaten teams in the NHL.
(True, Baltimore has only two chances to be hot, as the city lacks an NBA or an NHL franchise - but theories of this sort don't have to be fair).
Finally, haven't the 49ers "retired" one future Hall Of Fame player with a loss in this postseason (Tony Gonzalez), and now have the opportunity to inflict the same fate on another one (Ray Lewis)?
There is the chance, one would suppose, that the 49ers could win the game but not cover the spread. Another possibility is that who covered depends on when one actually got in on the game. That has already happened twice in this postseason (don't remind me).
But the latter would require either a four-point San Francisco win, meaning Baltimore covers, or a five-point 49er victory, which would make it a push against the consensus opening line (which has since moved to 3 1/2 just about everywhere).
However, that will not occur because the final score for Super Bowl XLVII will be:
San Francisco
28, Baltimore 21 (+5)
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Should we celebrate OBL's death?
Tuesday, 3. May 2011 12:59
That question has been raised in the wake of the spontaneous celebration that occured in response to OBL's demise. I certainly understand those of faith who hesitate to cheer the end of any life, and I understand those who are uneasy with the 'party' atmosphere that emereged on Sunday.
But I celebrate.
I celebrate the end to his reign of destruction.
I celebrate the justice obtained for his innocent victims.
I celebrate the unparalleled courage of our military forces.
I celebrate the awesome skill Seal Team 6 displayed in taking OBL down.
I celebrate the fact they gave him an opportunity to surrender.
I celebrate the fact they minimized civilian casulties and collateral damage.
I celebrate Presidents Bush and Obama for their dogged pursuit of this monster.
I celebrate the intelligence personel who worked for years, unheraled, to bring him down.
I celebrate the countless innocents, Muslim and Christian, who will now not be victims of his murderous terrorism.
I celebrate the untold number of young pople who won't be poisoned by his evil ideology.
I celebrate the fact OBL had to face his Maker and account for his actions in this life on Sunday.
I celebrate. D.GOOCH
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Jim Hetherington necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 222 diseños de 39 diseñadores freelance.
Inspection Insight
We want to rebrand our company and stand out to all consumers & sellers. We have been doing business in the United States for over 22 years under a different name mostly for insurance companies and attorneys. We want consumers & sellers to remember our new name, "Inspection Insight" and think of having us inspect or have inspected the next major purchase before they commit. We help consumers "Buy Smart & Be Informed" We have a proprietary inspection system and trained experts in their particular field who go onsite to provide a client with a detailed inspection report and photographs on a particular item that they may wish to purchase, sell or currently own and want a second opinion on needed repairs. We inspect homes, autos, boats, access lift equipment, aircraft, recreational vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles and all terrain vehicles. We provide our unique insight and show consumers the big picture. We identify items they might have overlooked, or have no particular knowledge of, allowing them to make more informed decisions. We provide essential information which if used, can protect our client from buying something with potential problems or paying for unnecessary repairs. We also help sellers showcase their product and increase consumer confidence.
We want to be the next underwriters laboratories (UL) of the inspection business!
Our market is any consumer or seller of a significant financial item that is generally motorized or a home. They are typically 25 years of age and older, they are of any race or gender. Our market could be a seller, who wants their product to stand out from the competition by having a pre-sale inspection report and photos to clearly identify its present condition or a consumer buying such a product. Many consumers are shopping on-line via the internet, finding exactly what they want at the lowest possible price, however, the item could be located far away from where they live. Many items can be shipped anywhere in the world and still be a good value even when incurring the cost of shipping. Our research shows consumers who are making this type of purchase prefer something that has been inspected over a similar item that has not been inspected. Many times they don't know who they can trust or call to perform this service or what it will cost. Once they can review an independent 3rd party inspection report and view photos which clearly identify the products condition they can have peace of mind and make a more informed decision.
We want something simple, that stands out and consumers will remember.
Our main color of choice is a royal blue, however, feel free to experiment.
We want colors that are warm and comforting yet instill confidence.
What I don't want is a magnifying glass, eyeball, or something cheep looking.
This could be as simple as a crest like the Nike logo, or something that is more detailed that incorporates the name.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Attached below is what we have now and what we are name is. Our web site is http://www.isa1.net
Feel free to call me to discuss any ideas. 800-392-3570 Jim
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In Chicago, if you park your car where city workers have a job to do, it might get moved somewhere other than where you parked it. The only problem is that you might not know which parking spots are off limits or where your car has been moved.
The city's moved-car database can take a while to update after a relocation, and there's no way for the police to know what happened to it. So for all you know, the car was stolen. That's been the real life story for more than a few Chicago street parkers.
It's like a real life version of Brazil's Central Services "taking care of things" for you. An ineptly executed logistical nightmare that only really affects the individuals who are unfortunate enough to find their cars missing.
The Chicago Tribune reported that the city relocated more than 17,000 vehicles last year for various reasons. Many of them were moved with little or no notice. Even though city code requires that signage advising motorists and pedestrians of upcoming works projects be posted 24 hours in advance, emergency projects don't require any notice. Anything in the way, vehicle or otherwise, can be moved without all that letting-people-know-what's-going-on red tape.
This must cause considerable problems for the already bureaucracy riddled urban residents of the Windy City. Think about it. If your car is relocated and it takes a week or two to find out where, you could have been towed for violating some parking or street sweeping ordinance during that time. That's two levels of bureaucracy to deal with instead of just one, three if you count parking tickets and the police department.
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Puerto Rican featherweight champion Orlando Cruz talks to HBO's Real Sports about his decision to come out as boxing's first openly gay active fighter. "I would cry every day before and after the gym and think, 'Oh my God, help me'," Cruz tells Jon Frankel on the pressures of being closeted.
Why at this point in his career? "Because I want respect in the ring and outside on the street. ... I'm glad I did this. I'm very, very happy," said Cruz.
Cruz won his first boxing match since publicly coming out on Friday. The boxer beat Jorge Pazos in a unanimous decision at a televised bout in Florida. Cruz discussed his decision to come out in a brief interview with ESPN senior writer and CNN contributor LZ Granderson after that match.
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