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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
"Getting hitched" sounds dirty if you say it right
35 comments :
- TheLabRat said...
I'm not a fan of weddings (though I've officiated one). I still have no idea what her dress looked like (trying to keep it that way for the lulz at this point) and didn't realize when their wedding was until several hours after it happened. Apparently, I'm not a real girl (long standing joke amongst my friends and myself).
- May 4, 2011 at 2:37 AM
Well, it sounds like there were a number of us. I had forgotten -- it was at the end of two weeks vacation and I was cleaning the kitchen (here in Germany they broadcast coverage from 9 a.m. to 3p.m.). My husband was fiddling around on his laptop and said, oh, BTW, they're streaming wedding stuff live now. Huh?? Wedding??? Oh, yeah! So I turned on the TV just to annoy him. By then it was over and they were re-running clips. Sigh. I did, however, call a good friend of mine in Brussels, with whom I watched Charles and Di's wedding 30 yrs ago.
HOWEVER, one person in our family did watch the whole thing -- our 17-yr-old son. Of course, he's obsessed with royalty, status, money, etc. I think he thinks he was actually born to nobility but got mixed up at the hospital. And ended up with the most embarassing "parents" possible. If only we had titles (PhDs don't count)....
- May 4, 2011 at 2:47 AM
- Anne Gallagher said...
I just happened to get up for the news and it was on. So I watched it. I thought it was very sweet. They seem to be very much in love and I do hope they make it past the decade mark. I really did enjoy the kiss on the balconey.
- May 4, 2011 at 3:48 AM
- Sheila Siler said...
I got up at 5:30 in time to watch The Wedding - Katie's mom had just arrived. My husband watched with me and so did my 11 year old daughter (she wasn't thrilled to do it - but glad she did when all of her classmates had watched). I loved it, the dress, the pomp, the elegance, the hope.
I watched Charles and Di 30 years ago, and then I lived out west so I had to get up even earlier to watch.
- May 4, 2011 at 4:09 AM
- Linda G. said...
Dirty joke? Moi? Why ever would you think...oh, all right. I WAS about to suggest that TWO knees provides better balance. Still, that's not NECESSARILY dirty, is it? ;)
Didn't watch the wedding in real time, but I did catch the reruns. Pretty dress.
- May 4, 2011 at 4:15 AM
- Liz Reinhardt said...
I woke up at 6 when my sister dropped my nephew off for the day. He watched *Toy Story*, and I watched the end of the wedding. It was beautiful, her dress was gorgeous, and I wished it had started at 6 so I could have caught it all live!
I did have to mute the commentary. I give them credit; it has to be hard to come up with interesting things to say for hours, but when Barbara Walters kept giving Queen Elizabeth less and less time ("Oh, she has a good twenty years left! Well, let's give her ten!"), it freaked me out!
I like all weddings though, royal or not.
- May 4, 2011 at 4:34 AM
- Sarah W said...
"Is that the couple that got drunk at your Memorial Day party and tried to light farts over the barbecue?"
No, that would be Harry and Chelsy.
(and the very fact that I know enough to throw that out there disturbs me)
I should have stuck with the dirty knee joke . . . wait, that didn't come out right . . . wait . . .
- May 4, 2011 at 4:47 AM
- Noelle Pierce said...
I admit to getting teary at most weddings (and the happy-sweet parts of rom-coms, too), but for the Royal Wedding, it was different. My daughter complained about watching the carriage ride to Buckingham instead of cartoons, until I told her the brunette in the carriage was a real-life Cinderella (though without the slave-like chores and the evil step-mom and the...well, she's 5. She didn't question me.). I think that's what captivated me most before the wedding and had me eager to watch. Once I turned on the TV, though, it was Harry that kept me watching. When did he get all growed up? *fanning self*
- May 4, 2011 at 5:36 AM
- Luanna Stewart said...
I got at 5 to watch on BBC Armerica, in time to see the UK Prime Minister and his wife arrive at the Abbey.
I grinned like a fool through the whole thing - I'm such a Monarchist. The dress was gorgeous, William is a cutie and I thought the whole thing was classy. William and Catherine were so happy it made me giddy, hehe.
I also watched Charles and Diana's wedding *mumble* years ago.
- May 4, 2011 at 5:43 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
You need someone down on both knees for a good dirty joke Tawna.
Okay, now I'll finish reading.
- May 4, 2011 at 6:14 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
I did NOT watch the royal wedding. I only care about princes and princesses if they're wielding magic swords, or lightsabers.
But, I did hear on the radio that Kate's hand showed a lot of knuckle fat when William "slid the ring on." I'm not joking, they actually said that. Of course it was sports talk radio, so that may have had something to do with it.
Anyway, the bottom line is that she's a lovely woman, and Prince William seems to be an honorable, respectable man. I wish them both the very best.
- May 4, 2011 at 6:18 AM
- abby mumford said...
i did watch the wedding and, in fact, got swept up in a lot of the pre-wedding stuff too. it's great background noise when packing up one's apartment!
weddings, to me, are optimistic and hopeful and will and kate looked so in love, so it was a perfect way to start the day.
- May 4, 2011 at 6:25 AM
- Danica Avet said...
I didn't watch the wedding because as pretty and ceremonial as it all is, I just can't get excited about weddings of people I don't know. I mean, really, if I was friends with either one I'd have been thrilled, but I'm not...much to my dismay because then I could've drunkenly groped Harry. *cough*
I've noticed in my books there may not be marriage, but there seems to be a pregnancy or a baby somewhere. Biological clock ticking much? I think so. But I'm trying to break the cycle. It isn't like I plan on it happening, it just happens and it works with the story.
- May 4, 2011 at 6:27 AM
- Christie Koester said...
I love weddings. I watched the Royal Wedding start to finish, twice. Yes, I'm obsessed. I watch my own 4-min recap of our wedding at least a handful of times during the week. I'm a sucker for love.
My first book (querying right now) is about a 35-year-old woman winning the most fabulous of weddings, but without a groom:) I think it's easy to get swept away in all the wedding hype...and lose sight of what happens after the wedding. But yes, I love happy ever after.
- May 4, 2011 at 6:49 AM
- Neurotic Workaholic said...
They show old episodes of Law and Order in the middle of the night; even though I love that show, I'm not getting up to watch it at 4 A.M. I also didn't watch the royal wedding. Nothing personal against all the people who did, but I don't really see what all the fuss was about. I think I'll be more impressed by Kate and William once they actually accomplish something.
- May 4, 2011 at 6:55 AM
- Unknown said...
I wager you haven't seen the photo of Kate on her knees before William? There's a screen in the way but with some imagination...
Not that I have a naughty imagination. Not me. No, no.
And I have this unpleasant feeling that you missed the swedish royal wedding the other year!! Our crown princess married a gym-owner. Epic. She'll be a queen, but apparently he can never be king, just a prince. And he no longer has a last name. Uhm.. that's the random information I had about that. And no, haven't watched the british one.
- May 4, 2011 at 7:24 AM
- Steph Schmidt said...
Watched the Royal Wedding and have had the weirdest sleep cycle ever since. That's what comes of making it an all nighter I suppose.
I always thought it was weird if the heroine was purposed to at the end of a romance novel. Because she can't know the hero all that well! Unless the novel spans years.
- May 4, 2011 at 7:31 AM
I didn't watch it. LOL. But I caught some pictures on the news and online a bit. I hear it was beautiful. But that's about as close to it as I need to be. :)
I want a tiara!
- May 4, 2011 at 7:36 AM
- Génette Wood said...
I love weddings, but only in person. I could not imagine having my wedding broadcast worldwide. I'm the type to elope to some quiet beach in [insert seaside state here] and tell my parents about it later.
- May 4, 2011 at 7:52 AM
- Patty Blount said...
I admit I did watch the royal wedding but I was up at 6 anyway and it was on every damn channel.
I was immediately sucked right in. The dress, the pageantry, the romance.
That's what it's all about, right? The romance and the promise implied by the term.
I read romance because I love happy endings. I don't need a proposal or a wedding but I insist on that promise. In fact, one THE BEST endings ever was in Cynthia Reese's For the Sake of the Children. It was perfect!
Extending the discussion - what's your take on epilogues that pick up after the hero/heroine marry, have a couple of kids? Yay or nay?
- May 4, 2011 at 8:05 AM
Apropos weddings...we got married in a cowbyre. Well, *former* cowbyre. No cow-doo-doo anymore, haha.
We were looking for a nice place for a small wedding, and here in Germany the official wedding is always civil (you can have a church wedding either before or after the civil ceremony, but from the State's point of view, only the civil ceremony is legal). Anyway, we didn't want it at the registry office and there were only a limited number of other places they would come to. One possible place was an grand old house (formerly "landed gentry") which had been turned into a restaurant, and had a number of nice rooms, but none of them really sparked. Then they said, well, if the wedding party's small, we do have this neat little converted cowbyre at the back of the property -- and it was very sweet, rustic and just perfect. Ancient half-timbered building, low ceilings, crooked walls, and flowered curtains at the tiny leaded windows. Just perfect for us, 12 guests and the official marrying us.
(They even did the setup and all the flowers, etc., and didn't charge us for it, can you believe it??)
- May 4, 2011 at 8:05 AM
- Unknown said...
Thinking about it, the novella romance I wrote for fun ends with a cancelled marriage, no proposal and a little too much booze. But it seems kind of necessary for some kind of wedding event to take place in a romance, doesn't it?
- May 4, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- Mary Kate Leahy said...
Because I write fantasy with princes and what not (that is the official term form royalty) it all usually ends in a marriage because that is often part of what resolves the external crisis...making an alliance. So in that case you need the wedding/proposal. But for a contemporary romance where marriage is not a necessity for being together or not something people necessarily want at all you can skip it. As long as they fall in love and somehow seal the deal (at least emotionally) then it works.
- May 4, 2011 at 9:33 AM
- Danielle Spears said...
Yes, please! Loved the royal wedding and you bet I was up to watch it! It's my guilty pleasure, though I have no guilt whatsoever. In fact, I look forward to telling my children's children that I watched the wedding LIVE, not on Tivo or re-runs, but LIVE!
I might be nuts, but who cares? I am sure the 2 billion people who tuned in don't. :)
- May 4, 2011 at 9:33 AM
- Jason said...
I did not watch the wedding - sleep is a valuable commodity for me and it was a workday. Plus, my DVR is full of things I'd rather watch instead, I have a stack of unread books, and a manuscript nearing first draft completion.
I will admit, though, I HAVE watched a royal wedding before. We hosted a Japanese exchange student when I was in high school and for some reason I'm not sure of she brought a tape of the last wedding of Japan's emperor. It was something like 10 hours long. And I sat and watched the entire thing (though not straight), even though I didn't understand a single word (well maybe a few here and there).
Maybe that's my problem - I used up all my royal wedding tolerance then. :)
- May 4, 2011 at 9:34 AM
- Candyland said...
I protested. And then I sort of watched. I'm bad.
- May 4, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- Skye said...
I watched most? half of it? It was lovely, her dress was gorgeous, and the obvious connection and affection between them was tangible. THAT is what made watching it worth the time. It was so different from Diana & Charles's wedding all those years ago. She looked terrified. He looked cold. And there was no connection between them. This one looks like it will take.
As for books, I don't like ones that end with babies on the way. As for marriage, not necessary. Just the emotional committment is enough.
however, I'd love to see you try that " high-five the hero at the end and say, "it's been great knowing you, but I think I'd prefer something powered by AA batteries."" It would be hilarious.
- May 4, 2011 at 10:30 AM
- BarbN said...
We just got a DVR about two months ago and this was the first time that I was thrilled to have it. I slept, and then about 10:30 or so, watched the whole six hour thing in about an hour. Loved it, wouldn't have missed it. Although I agree with whoever said the commentary was completely lame.
- May 4, 2011 at 11:09 AM
At least with royal weddings you get tacky souvenirs done the British way! I'm pretty sure I saw at least one product powered by AA batteries that purported to be in the shape one of His Highness's most cherished body parts.
...I'm talking about the little battery-powered waving hand, of course. What did you think?
- May 4, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- inkgrrl said...
I stayed up all night and watched the entire thing, grinning like a fool (okay, recovering from surgery while buzzing with the remains of interesting drugs in my system might have contributed to the all night grin).
Despite all his advantages, William has a lot of huge strikes against him, and I hope - in the fine, foolish tradition of choosing hope over experience - that he and Kate have a long, happy life together. Plus I've been on a weird bridal gown kick lately, so had to stake that out ;-)
- May 4, 2011 at 11:41 AM
- Susan Flett Swiderski said...
I had no intention of watching the wedding, but CNN was still nattering about it when I sat down for my usual news-with-Cheerios morning ritual. What I saw was beautiful, but I'm still miffed at not receiving my royal invitation in a timely manner.
- May 4, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- Brooklyn Ann said...
LOL on the Memorial party drunks! I didn't watch the wedding nor cared about it too much. Partially because I was so involved in my current novel, and partially because my 1st wedding anniversary is coming up and I'm still basking in happy memories of that awesome occasion. My groom was hotter, my dress was better, I wore a tiara too...and I bet the royal wedding cake didn't have huckleberry filling and cream cheese frosting..so mine was better. Neener neener. :)
- May 4, 2011 at 12:42 PM
- Karin said...
Do you know that one of the commentators said that the bride's dress is "classy" and that it matches the Westminster Abbey perfecly. Hope Kate didn't hear that, kind of depressing, don't you think.
And did you know that the day after the wedding she wore a H&M dress for about 60$.
Not that I'm into all that monarchy crap, just happened to stumble over that surplus royal info.
- May 4, 2011 at 1:06 PM
- Allie Sanders said...
Honestly, I don't get weddings. When I got engaged I spent a month trying to convince my husband to drive to TN and going through a drive-thru chapel. He wouldn't but that's beside the point. I just don't get the point of spending all the money on the dress, the cake, the decorations. I just don't get it. And white? Who wants to wear white on a day when you're going to be around wine, cake, kids with soda? It's a dangerous concept. My aunt is getting married in two weeks and I"m most excited about finally having a chance to wear my new dress.
I don't think proposals are necessary for a good romance. It's about them being happy and not everyone needs to be married to be happy.I'm not opposed to a proposal but not having one won't leave me feeling disappointed. I guess I'm just weird like that.
- May 4, 2011 at 8:05 PM
- Raquel Byrnes said...
Oh my gosh. I'm still giggling. So glad I found you on #MyWANA.
Edge of Your Seat Romance
- May 5, 2011 at 12:09 PM


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By CAROLYN LOCHHEAD
No Republican has claimed the mantle of the late president, former California governor and GOP icon Ronald Reagan with more unabashed relish than former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
"We created 16 million jobs," Gingrich claimed in South Carolina this month. "I helped Governor Reagan become President Reagan," he told Floridians last week. Gingrich said his wife, Callista, considers herself "a cross between Nancy Reagan and Laura Bush with just a slight bit of Jackie Kennedy tossed in."
The claims have been so frequent, and so bold, that they have become an issue in the pivotal GOP presidential primary in Florida on Tuesday. They have also provoked a ferocious battle among conservatives over Gingrich's claims to a central role in the "Reagan Revolution" that gave birth to modern conservatism.
Alarmed by the possibility of a Gingrich victory over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, several conservative leaders and former Reagan officials have denounced Gingrich's claims as fantasy. Defending himself in Thursday's GOP debate in Jacksonville, Gingrich cited a 1995 speech by Nancy Reagan saying her husband had passed the conservative torch to him.
Lou Cannon, Reagan's definitive independent biographer, said Gingrich's role in the Reagan presidency was "practically nonexistent."
"Here's a guy who doesn't rate a line in Reagan's memoir and whose only line in the Reagan diaries is a reference in which Reagan is saying that his proposal is not a good idea, which it wasn't," Cannon said in a telephone interview from his home near Santa Barbara, referring to a Gingrich proposal for a budget freeze.
Cannon said Gingrich has real political accomplishments, leading Republicans to a House majority in 1994 for the first time in 40 years. But connections to Reagan, Cannon said, are "fanciful."
"We were foot soldiers in the Reagan army," said former Rep. Vin Weber, a Minnesota Republican who worked closely with Gingrich in the minority during the first two years of Reagan's presidency in 1981 and 1982, when the core of Reagan's economic program was enacted.
"We were not sergeants, we were not majors, and we were not generals," Weber said. "You need foot soldiers to win a war. But I know I wasn't giving the orders. I know I wasn't mapping the strategy. I was just there to help out and that's true of Newt, too. … The notion that he played any part in forging the Reagan Revolution is just reinventing history."
The most blistering critique has come from Elliott Abrams, Reagan's assistant secretary of state, who wrote in the conservative magazine National Review last week that Gingrich "spewed insulting rhetoric at Reagan, his top aides, and his policies to defeat Communism."
Abrams said Gingrich was contemptuous of Reagan during one of the toughest battles of his presidency, the attempt to arm the Nicaraguan Contra rebels as part of his strategy to block Soviet expansionism.
On the House floor in 1986, Gingrich said that Reagan was "failing," at one point faulted Reagan for his lack of "discipline" in his language, and called the Soviet Union superior to the West "at the vision and strategy levels."
Gingrich's allies said his role in the Reagan years may have been small — after all, he was a junior member of the House minority — but Reagan knew who he was.
"Newt has good reason to recall the Reagan years; he was part of it," said Annelise Anderson, a former Reagan deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget who is now at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. "Newt Gingrich was a creative and thoughtful young backbencherÖ in the Reagan years. Reagan was aware of him. … We were all much aware of Newt Gingrich."
Gingrich does not appear in Reagan's autobiography, "An American Life."
Reagan mentioned him once in his diaries, on Jan. 3, 1982. Reagan described a tough budget meeting at which Gingrich proposed a spending freeze. Reagan rejected it, concluding that it would kill his defense buildup that he considered critical to confronting the Soviets.
"Met with a group of young Repub. Congressmen," Reagan wrote. "Newt Gingrich has a proposal for freezing the budget at the 1983 level. It's a tempting idea except that it would cripple our defense program. And if we make an exception on that, every special interest group will be asking for the same."
Kiron Skinner, a Gingrich foreign policy adviser and author of "Reagan in His Own Hand," a collection of Reagan's handwritten radio addresses before he became president, said Gingrich's role in the Reagan era is less important than the fact that both men spent their years out of public office reading, writing and thinking.
"The deeper question is if there is a parallel between these two men," said Skinner, director of the Center for International Relations and Politics at Carnegie Mellon University and a Hoover Institution fellow. "There is no one else in the Republican field who can claim that kind of political interregnum where they study, reflect, write and there's a paper trail of their own work."
On policy, Reagan was not a pure conservative by today's standards. Facing a Democratic Congress, he raised taxes three times and signed into law an expansion of Medicare that was later repealed, said Daniel Mitchell, an expert on supply-side tax policy for the libertarian Cato Institute.
Gingrich championed welfare reform and a balanced budget in the 1990s during the Clinton administration, but later supported efforts to combat climate change, an individual health care mandate and other conservative apostasies.
"People who think of themselves as indispensable historical figures are prone to do big things, and big things are usually bad things in Washington," Mitchell said. "There's a Good Newt with an angel on one shoulder, and a Bad Newt, with a devil on the other shoulder. That's why I genuinely do not think anyone can say with accuracy what it would mean for Newt to be in the White House, and I've known him since 1978."
Lee Edwards, a scholar at the conservative Heritage Foundation who has written a Reagan biography and a book on the conservative movement, places Gingrich in a pantheon of four conservatives, with Reagan, Robert Taft and Barry Goldwater.
Edwards said Gingrich earned that spot for leading House Republicans to victory in 1994, but faulted his performance once in office. He said Gingrich lacks two of Reagan's core attributes, "prudence" and "wisdom."
On style, he finds little similarity between the two men. Reagan was "much more engaging, much more charismatic, much better at connecting with people than Mr. Gingrich is," Edwards said. "Reagan was always very, very self-deprecating and very modest about his achievements," while Gingrich's posture tends to be, "I'm very, very smart, look at me."

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2 cups boiling water
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1 cup Crisco, or other vegtable shortening (coconut would work)
3 cups sugar
4 large eggs
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5 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
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Cream shortening, sugar and egg
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On top of all the bad luck that's befallen Rashad Evans in the past 12 months, he has a lot to lose going into his next fight – far more than his opponent.
When Evans (15-1-1 MMA, 10-1-1 UFC) meets Tito Ortiz (16-8-1 MMA, 15-8-1 UFC) a second time in the main event of UFC 133, he will put his title aspirations on the line against a man who just this past month was one foot outside the promotion.
Ortiz, on the other hand, has little to lose. After stepping in for an injured Phil Davis on late notice, he's gone from perpetual whipping boy to savior of the octagon, the star of the TV promo – a fan favorite.
Not wonderful circumstances on the surface of things, but Evans, who fought Ortiz to a draw at UFC 73, thinks the stakes of the rematch have less to do with career than they do with pride.
"I think we both have the same to lose," he said at the pre-fight press conference for the event, which takes place Saturday at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. "The truth of the matter, what it comes down to, no matter what happens after this fight, the bare essentials is this right here: Neither of us wants to lose to the other person.
"Nobody wants to lose a fight. Whatever happens after that happens after that, but for the most part, he doesn't want to get whooped by me and I don't want to get whooped by him. We've both got the same thing to lose."
Ortiz, who saved his UFC job with a quick submission win over Ryan Bader at UFC 132, isn't entertaining that kind of thought. After nearly half-decade of heartache, he's a new man. Losses to Chuck Liddell, Lyoto Machida, Forrest Griffin and Matt Hamill have almost been wiped clean from his slate.
"I don't think about losing," Ortiz said. "You say (I've lost) over those last five years? Go look at those matches. Tell me which one of those I truly, truly lost except Machida and Hamill. I lost some close matches, and coming back after the injuries I did – athletes don't come back and compete the way I compete. I have some great things to achieve in this world, and I'm not done yet.
"I want to show everybody in this U.S. and the world in general that you're able to compete no matter what surgeries you have done."
But even with Ortiz's reversal of fortune, UFC president Dana White isn't ready to crown him the next contender if he's victorious on Saturday. Barring a highlight-reel knockout, such an opportunity would be absurd when weighted against the string of poor performances from "The Hungtington Beach Bad Boy."
"We'll see what happens in the fight," White said. "There's no doubt [Evans is] the No. 1 contender. He's been sitting out for a long time. We were very fortunate that Tito stepped up and took this fight.
"Tito went in and beat who many believe was the No. 7 ranked guy, this young and up-and-coming light heavyweight, and it put Tito back on the map."
Evans and Ortiz fought to a unanimous draw four years ago at UFC 73. In a fight that was far from decisive, Ortiz was deducted a point in the second round for grabbing the fence, which cost him the fight on judges scorecards.
Evans pined for a rematch for a long time before moving on with his career, and it turned out to be the best possible outcome. He went on to outpoint Michael Bisping, knock out Chuck Liddell, and pound out Forrest Griffin to win the light heavyweight title. He lost it one fight later to Machida, but he learned some valuable lessons about his limitations.
At the time of his first fight with Ortiz, Evans had never fought a big name and admits he was overwhelmed by the experience.
"Fighting somebody like Tito Ortiz, a legend of the sport at the time – and still is – it was very hard for me to realize what was happening," he said. "And then the fight's over and I'm like, 'I could have really fought this guy and did a lot better.'
"But those days are over. I'm one of the bigger guys in the organization now, and I know what I can do."
Ortiz, meanwhile, feels like a man reborn.
"I'm a different person – mentally, physically, emotionally. Everything I've wanted to be for the UFC," he said. "I see some mistakes in his game – he sees some mistakes in my game, but on Saturday night, we're going to see who's the best man with my hand raised."
It's been 15 months since Evans stepped inside the cage and he's migrated from Greg Jackson's team to a new squad, Imperial Athletics. Ortiz fought almost exactly one month ago after a grueling training camp for Bader, and seemingly couldn't buy a win since he railroaded Ken Shamrock in 2006.
Who do you believe?
Akiyama's not-so-sexy position in Belfort matchup
Yoshihiro "Sexyama" Akiyama (13-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has fought his heart out in three UFC appearances. Unfortunately, that hasn't been enough to put him ahead.
Will Vitor Belfort (19-9 MMA, 8-4 UFC) provide a return to glory?
The Japanese fighter is 1-2 inside the octagon, and arguably 0-3 if you count a controversial call in his octagon debut against Alan Belcher at UFC 100. He was out-toughed by Chris Leben at UFC 116 in a fight he seemed destined to lose when original opponent Wanderlei Silva bowed out. He then drew Michael Bisping at UFC 120 only to be outpointed over three rounds en route to a decision loss.
His talent is evident. Prior to his setbacks, Akiyama had only lost once in his professional career (though two highly controversial bouts against Kazuo Misaki and Kazushi Sakuraba were changed to no contests). But now going into a co-main event fight with Vitor Belfort, he's in a must-win situation.
Belfort, meanwhile, returns after suffering the first knockout loss of his career in a title bid against Anderson Silva at UFC 126. Like Ortiz's win over Bader, Belfort didn't show much before Silva blasted him into orbit. And prior to his loss, he had dispatched five consecutive opponents with three stoppage victories since his drop to middleweight. Consequently, there are questions about his potential to pick up steam at 185 pounds. His job, though, is not in danger.
If recent history is any indication, Akiyama seems to have the advantage. He's just as solid a striker as Belfort, and more importantly maintains pressure on his opponents in later rounds. Belfort has long been considered a first-round fighter in that those who push him past five minutes see their fortunes improve dramatically.
Akiyama could push this fight to the mat, where his grappling would undoubtedly serve him against Belfort's uneven takedown defense. It's a safer bet, though, to expect "Sexyama" will trade and keep trading until the former UFC champ expires.
In other main card action, highly experienced welterweights Dennis Hallman (42-13-2 MMA, 3-4 UFC) and Brian Ebersole (45-15 MMA, 1-0 UFC) clash. Hallman returns after a knee injury forced him from a bout with T.J. Waldburger at UFC Fight Night 24, which put a temporary halt to a two-fight streak he put together in the cage. Ebersole enters with a triumphant win over Chris Lytle in his debut at UFC 127, which built his streak to eight fights.
Also, middleweight Costantinos Philippou (7-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) steps in for an injured Alessio Sakara to meet Jorge Rivera (19-8 MMA, 7-6 UFC). Philippou looks to rebound from a loss to standout wrestler Nick Catone in his octagon debut at UFC 128, and he'll likely be headhunting with Rivera, who's strongly hinted at retirement following the bout.
Additionally, welterweight Rory MacDonald (11-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) attempts to admit more fans to his hype train after a dominating performance against Nick Diaz at UFC 124. He meets seasoned veteran Mike Pyle (21-7-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC), who's again forced to play gatekeeper against another young, rising prospect. He's been successful, however, in that role having stopped Brit John Hathaway on the ramp up.
UFC 133's full card includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
- Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz
- Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Vitor Belfort
- Brian Ebersole vs. Dennis Hallman
- Constantinos Philippou vs. Jorge Rivera
- Rory MacDonald vs. Mike Pyle
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
- Alexander Gustafsson vs. Matt Hamill
- Chad Mendes vs. Rani Yahya
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)
- Ivan Menjivar vs. Nick Pace
- Johny Hendricks vs. Mike Pierce
- Mike Brown vs. Nam Phan
- Paul Bradley vs. Rafael "Sapo" Natal
For the latest on UFC 133, stay to tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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Strictly Come Dancing winner Louis Smith, comic Ronnie Corbett and supermodel Elle Macpherson are among the guests who will take part in Graham Norton's bid to set a new TV chat show record.
The presenter is to take over BBC3 for an entire evening for a marathon programme with guests arriving back to back in the run-up to Red Nose Day.
Comic Relief's Big Chat with Graham Norton is being broadcast on March 7 and is due to last for at least six hours.
The aim is to establish a new Guinness World Record for the most questions asked on a TV chat show.
Other guests lined up include Sarah Millican, Martin Freeman, Jimmy Carr, James Nesbitt, Heston Blumenthal and Kirstie Allsopp. Musical performers will include Example, Paloma Faith and Laura Mvula.
Norton said: "David Walliams swam the Thames, John Bishop endured a week of hell and Eddie Izzard ran marathon after marathon after marathon.
"I am hoping to join this elite group of celebrity fundraisers by doing what I do best - sitting on my backside and talking."
Other guest hosts during the evening will include Sir Terry Wogan and Frank Skinner, as well as Radio 1 breakfast show host Nick Grimshaw.
and this interview is a few months old - but I thought it quite good
So, Graham Norton. Is he V Graham Norton – camp chat-show ringmaster, Radio 2 DJ and Eurovision wit – or is he also still a bit Graham Walker, the failed actor from small-town Ireland who had to change his name under Equity rules?
It would take his older friends to confirm this, but I suspect there isn't much distance between the two – with the important exception of success – for Norton has made a glittering career out of simply being himself. Certainly the tanned and relaxed-looking man I meet in a London hotel, dressed in casually expensive Karl Lagerfeld cardigan and Comme des Garçons T-shirt, is reassuringly Graham Norton (perhaps Reassuringly Graham Norton can be the title of his next chat show), especially when he laughs his "hyuck, hyuck, hyuck".
And as we sit side by side in matching leather armchairs, it's also easy to see how his guests might relax in his company. He's easy to talk to, he actively listens and he is warm – a handy trait when your business is other human beings. Not that he's above lying to journalists, as he admits in his entertainingly honest and well-written (all his own work) 2004 autobiography So Me. "That is true," he says now. "It's a lovely thing to realise that actually you're not under oath. But then I meet a nicer class of journalists now – I meet features journalists."
Bless him for that, but, first, with my rarely-worn news journalist hat on, it's down to business. Norton recently sold his production company, So TV, to ITV for £17 million – does that mean he will follow Jonathan Ross to ITV? "I really don't think that's true," he says. "As far as I know they've bought a business. Obviously I'm part of that business in that my show is our main product, but in business terms they're much better leaving me where I am than starting afresh. But you never know."
You never know, indeed, and moving to ITV would at least put a stop to the constant carping about BBC top-talent salaries – Norton being one of the six stars identified as earning more than £1 million a year from the licence fee. "I would like to know what everyone gets paid too, but it's just gossip," summarises his position on the matter. "Something crazy like 8 per cent of the licence fee is spent on [on-screen talent]. Eight per cent… surely it's more in the public interest to find out what the fuck the other 92 per cent is spent on."
That Norton is not primarily motivated by money can be evinced by the fact that, long before he finally joined the BBC from Channel 4, he turned down a £5 million-over-two-years offer from the Corporation. Once he did sign for the Beeb in 2005, he hosted a succession of Saturday-night talent shows – glorified casting sessions for West End musicals in which Norton discovered his perfect comic foil, Andrew Lloyd Webber – before finally seeing his late-night BBC2 chat show promoted to Jonathan Ross's old Friday slot following the latter's controversial departure in 2009. Which stars remain on his wish list?
"I always had Madonna as the answer to this question, but now we've had her," he says. How about the Queen? "Harry would be good now. We haven't had Brad or Angelina and we haven't had George Clooney." Have any A-listers been scared off his show, given that, in the past, he has had a woman shooting ping-pong balls out of her vagina, Dustin Hoffman telling dirty jokes about Brigitte Bardot's "muff" and the late Mo Mowlam marrying two dogs.
"In the past people would have been scared off," he says. "But the interesting thing about that was it always looked scarier for the guest than it really was." The only star famously not to see the funny side of Norton's antics was Raquel Welch, Norton pulling the plug on their satellite link with the words "grumpy old bitch". Has he spoken to her since? "No, I have not. But it's interesting that no one has ever said to me, 'Oh, you got her really wrong'…"
And anyway, the BBC1 show is a tamer affair than his often riotous Channel 4 series. "We were never told to tone it down," he says. "After the Channel 4 show… we were just tired of doing it that way." He freely admits that his style of chat is a branch of comedy ("I doubt you will come away having learnt very much"), but he also believes that the old-style Michael Parkinson approach wouldn't work with the modern calibre of 'celebrity'. "If you've got Orson Welles sitting there next to you," he says, "that's a very different ball-game to having someone on from Emmerdale."
Norton will be 50 next April. He lives in Wapping, east London, with his two dogs, f Bailey and Madge, and his boyfriend for the past year and a half ("That's good for me"), Trevor, even if he's not quite sure what Trevor does for a living. "This is where he'll get upset… I know he's changing jobs… he was in a sort of software sales thing."
Norton has expressed a desire for a lover of the same age, instead of the younger ones he'd meet who made him feel like "a gay Michael Winner". Is Trevor the same age? "No. No, he isn't. So there you go. I was asking him last night, 'What do you want me to say about you?', because it annoys boyfriends if you talk about them, but it equally annoys them if you don't talk about them." What about the idea of having children – like Elton John and David Furnish? "It's weird because you can do it now… so now you have to decide not to. And I guess I have decided not to. If it was possible for me to adopt, I probably would, but no one's going to let me adopt."
As well as his house in Wapping, whither he moved from Bow to avoid the attentions of local children shouting through his letter box, Norton owns homes in Manhattan, on the Sussex coast and in County Cork, where he was born in 1963, in a Protestant household. The section of his autobiography dealing with his childhood in Ireland is remarkably brief, a spot of cross-dressing, a lot of watching TV and an attempted seduction by a male French exchange student. "I have nothing to say about my childhood," he says. "It was a perfectly pleasant upbringing – it's not like it was unhappy or anything."
After grammar school in Bandon, Co Cork, where he was a popular pupil, he dropped out of university and went travelling – to San Francisco, sharing a house with a group of hippies, and nearly becoming a rent boy, which in early 1980s California, with Aids devastating the gay community, could well have been a death sentence. "It's one of the reasons I'm glad I'm not a parent," he says. "We all did such stupid things." He did, however, continue to experiment with his sexuality, taking one of the hippies as a boyfriend and having a long-ish term girlfriend, a woman called Elizabeth ("I'd love to track her down – her name was Elizabeth Smith, so, I could be going through Facebook for some considerable time"), before returning to live in London, waiting tables and applying to drama schools. When did he finally decide that he was gay?
"I never really decided. It just kind of became a thing. I was working in this restaurant and everyone who started work there assumed I was gay and in the end there was nobody to come out to. So, it was very easy." Easier, in fact, than admitting to being camp? "I do think that's true. You see documentaries about young gay guys – they're fine about being gay but they hate the idea that people will think they're camp." Norton himself recalls watching Larry Grayson on television at home in Ireland with a sense of self-loathing. "I'd recognise myself in him, but didn't like it. And I'm sure there are kids watching me now on TV thinking, 'Oh, shit… here we go'."
And Norton would feel uncomfortable when producers used to push him to camp it up. "I think that reached its zenith when we doing five nights a week (on C4 with V Graham Norton) and I just had to show up and do what's written. So the writers were steering this gay creature far away from who I was and who I was comfortable with being."
Having learnt in drama school in the late 1980s that he couldn't play a straight role, a brush with death – he was stabbed in the chest by muggers – helped him take life and art even less seriously. "It just made you care less, made you realise," he says, clicking his fingers, "it can be over like that." And then, in desperation ("There was no plan B"), he decided that he needed to write his own material – popping a tea towel on his head and performing Mother Teresa of Calcutta's Grand Farewell Tour in a room above a pub. That led to other one-man shows (The Karen Carpenter Bar and Grill; Charlie's Angels Go to Hell) which in turn led to Edinburgh and a regular guest slot on Radio 4's Loose Ends.
His big break came with the advent of Channel 5, as guest host on The Jack Docherty Show – winning a comedy award against a field that included Docherty himself (mortifyingly, they were sharing a table at the ceremony), after which Channel 5 gave him his own panel show, Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment, while Norton simultaneously played Father Noel Furlong in Father Ted. Channel 4 soon came knocking.
Norton likens his chat-show work to the labours of the oxpecker: "that bird that sits on top of a hippopotamus and lives off the grubs that live in the cracks of their skin". He doesn't hang out with other celebrities (he wrote in his autobiography "Famous friends, those two words make about as much sense to me as Fun Run or Japanese Banquet"), he rarely tweets ("I've got nothing to say") and claims he is perfectly happy out of the limelight. So Me, written in 2003, ends with Norton experiencing a mid-life crisis on his 40th birthday.
"I think 50 will be less shocking than 40," he says. "I feel much more settled. Forty just crept up on me – I didn't see it coming. Although I had success, my life was all up in the air. Now the show is at a good place, I like where I live, I like how I live, and if it all stops tomorrow I'm OK with that as well. I think I still had some ambition left when I was 40. That seems to have gone."
Although, unlike some TV personalities, he would be happy to retire ("and I speak for the nation"), there is one job that Norton would be loath to give up, and that is Eurovision. "Losing that gig will be the one time I can think of in my career where I'll be upset," he says. "If I lost the chat show that wouldn't upset me, but I do love doing Eurovision." And he in turn gets to upset whole countries – such as Albania – with his remarks. "Albania gets upset because the Daily Mail rings Albania and says, 'If you heard someone say this, would you be upset?' and they go 'Yes'. My comments are geared to viewers in the United Kingdom."
So is Norton, as one commentator described him, "the 21st-century Terry Wogan"? "That's a compliment as far as I'm concerned, but Terry is quite busy being the 21st-century Terry Wogan. There is no game plan for what I did. What I say about the money I earn now is that I placed a bet on something very remote. My life could have been so grim… really, really grim."


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So, Im asking people out! I have to learn that I must get started! I should say; Im getting phone numbers! Im working with source energy on this!
I have a tendency; when I get close to asking someone out, or getting to know them; I cling to negative past and get nowhere! Now, Im trying to change this!
Ive called a few women with no answer back! So, you just keep asking and go for it!
So, Im starting somewhere!
Sometimes, you have to take action and build from their or your getting nowhere!
Ill start by sig people to coffee or doing art, or at the park with my telescope and RC 4x4 rack crawler! We will see!
I have a tendency to think and fantasies about what it might be like to be with someone and I turn it negative; that is why I must take a different plan! Im choosing to take chances with someone and see what happens; Im not looking for perfection!
I talked with a friend today on the phone! This is a big deal because I talked with him; he is my friend; this means I have his phone number and he is an actual friend and Im learning to thinking about him first when Im talking to him! You have to get over lazy when dealing with friends and put ones self out for them to get their interest; talk about them and let them respond!


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I scoured Craigslist for a filing cabinet. After a few failed attempts, I finally landed this 4 drawer metal filing cabinet for only $15 bucks! Sold, the hubs and I went and picked it up!
I ran to Michael's and made sure I had all of my supplies..
- 2 cans of candy apple red spray paint
- modge podge
- black and white damask wrapping paper
That is literally all it took to get the job done, here are some before pictures:
I popped off all the hardware and threw on my domestic goddess blinged out gloves for some spray painting! I had to share with you!
I spray painted the top and sides and the front red. Once the paint was dry, I measured the front of the drawers, and cut my wrapping paper into the appropriate size, making it about 1/4" inch bigger so that there would be room to wrap around the drawer.
I put modge podge on the front of the drawer and placed my cut wrapping paper on top, and then modge podged over top of that. I did that for all four sides. I also wrapped the extra around the corners of the drawers.
Once all the modge podge had dried I carefully put my hardware, just the pulls, back onto the drawers. And in a matter of a few hours, and only $40 out of my pocket, I have a glammed out beautiful filing cabinet. I can't wait to have it all organized! Yes, organization makes me happy! Here's the outcome!
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For the past thirty-two years in Normal Heights, the DiMille family has been serving their guests the highest quality Italian food, for reasonable prices. The key to their greatness, everything is made fresh. Daily. Mamma DiMille wouldn't have it any other way.
During our visit we ordered the Angel Hair Pasta w/ Vegetables and Three Cheese Lasagna. Cooked to perfection, these entrees made us feel like our own grandmothers were cooking in the kitchen! The vegetables were perfectly seasoned, still maintaining a crispiness to them, and the lasagna, well let's just say the plate didn't need to be washed when I was done with it!
For dessert and per our server's suggestion, we ordered the Tiramisu and Dulce de Leche Ice Cream. You know, there are some places out there, which I will leave nameless, that serve a horrible Tiramisu. Fortunately Mamma DiMille makes up for it with an amazing version, and being that we had some Dulce de Leche Ice Cream on hand, you know we had to try both, at the same time! I'll save you from the endless description and simply tell you that dessert was my favorite part of the meal. Although, this appears to be the case wherever I dine!
Happy Hour Specials are from 3pm to 6pm, Monday through Friday and include $3 drafts, $4 house wines and half off appetizers. Make sure you order the garlic Cheese Bread!
Daily Specials include All-U-Can-Eat Night on Mondays with choice of gourmet mini pizzas or pasta with endless garlic bread for only $8.95. On Tuesdays kids eat for free with a paying adult and on Wednesdays all bottles of wine are half off.
As Mamma DiMille would say, " Mangia, Mangia".
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Spring is in the air, and whether you're eight years old or eighty, it's the perfect time to get outside and enjoy the outdoors. If you are a family caregiver for an older loved one, there are plenty of outdoor activities for seniors that you and your loved one will be able to enjoy together.
"Outdoor activities for seniors have a range of benefits," says Larry Meigs, President and CEO of Visiting Angels. "By getting seniors out of the home, you encourage light exercise, which is an important part of healthy living in the elderly. It also gives seniors the chance to soak up fresh air and sunshine, which can improve physical and emotional health."
Here are Visiting Angels' top activities for seniors and caregivers to enjoy this spring…
There's no more quintessential outdoor activity than a picnic. Whether you're enjoying a meal for two in the backyard or meeting with friends for a feast in the park, a picnic is the perfect way to get an elderly loved one outside into the fresh air. What's more, it offers the chance to pack healthy snacks like fruits and omega 3-rich foods.
If you live in an area with lots of local agriculture, you might be able to take advantage of pick-your-own fruit farms. Picking your own fruit — whether those fruits are apples, strawberries, raspberries, or another variety — offers the benefits of exercise, the outdoor, and stocking up on healthy foods.
One of the most popular outdoor activities for older adults is gardening for seniors. It's also one of the best ways for seniors to stay active. While some people don't really think of gardening as exercise, it is an excellent way for seniors to maintain strength and make light aerobic activity a part of daily life.
Whether you're taking a five-minute stroll or a daylong hike, going out for a walk can be a great way to take in the world, get some fresh air, and step away from stress and distractions. It's also one of the most recommended forms of light exercise by health professionals.
Even if you live in a small town, there's a good chance that local organizations put on outdoor plays and events that you and your loved one will be able to enjoy. Whether you're going out to see outdoor community theater or taking in an open air music festival, this can be a great way to soak up culture and sunshine all at once. One popular (and often free) option: Shakespeare in the park.
While birdwatching isn't for everyone, many seniors find it to be a singularly rewarding activity. Birdwatching is one of the best outdoor activities for seniors who want to connect with nature. Many birdwatchers find that it's a soothing, therapeutic experience.
Looking to get an elderly loved one outdoors this spring? Caregivers from your local Visiting Angels will be happy to accompany your loved one on a number of outdoor activities for seniors. Contact your local office today to get started with care.
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Disney bringing back Mickey Mouse in 2-D shorts
LOS ANGELES Mickey Mouse cartoons are coming back to TV as Disney attempts to revive one of the world's most popular characters.
The 19 episodes, hand-drawn and in 2-D, will debut June 28 on the Disney Channel, Disney.com and the Watch Disney Channel app.
In a preview on Disney.com, Mickey and Minnie are working at a Paris cafe when they face a shortage of croissants. In the 3-minute, 30-second cartoon, Mickey goes on an adventurous trip through the city to fulfill their orders.
Walt Disney Co.'s CEO Bob Iger told CNBC on Tuesday that the shorts harken back to the days of founder Walt Disney, highlighting Mickey's "impish" and "innocent" qualities.


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New Ke$ha Music Video, Featuring James Van Der Beek, Leaks [VIDEO]
Ke$ha's camp leaked the video for her new single "Blow" Friday afternoon on Twitter. The surreal narrative features James "Dawson" Van Der Beek and Ke$ha mingling with a crowd of extras sipping champagne in unicorn masks. Don't fear, animal rights activists: a helpful disclaimer that tells us "No mythological creatures were harmed in the making of this video." Check it out after the jump:
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British Champion windsurfer Guy Cribb (North Sails) and Antoine Albeau of France, are about to attempt to windsurf across the English Channel from Cherbourg to Poole- over 70 nautical miles (more than 130 kms) of rough seas, some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world and howling winds to raise money for the Ellen MacArthur Trust and their French counterpart A Chacun Son Cap.
The Ellen MacArthur Trust aims to support, empower and enliven children suffering from cancer, leukaemia or other serious illnesses by introducing them to the joys of sailing.
By donating to the Ellen MacArthur Trust through supporting Guy and Antoine to windsurf where no other windsurfers have tried before, you will give confidence and happiness back to children who?ve been stuck in hospitals for months or years, by enabling them to mix with other children who?ve recovered or are trying to recover from cancer, and feel the camaraderie and bravery of each other whilst sailing or possibly windsurfing.
Guy and Antoine will windsurf the channel in a storm this September- keep checking www.guycribb.com for updates in the next few weeks, and wish them luck by making a financial pledge to the Ellen MacArthur Trust children on behalf of windsurfing here-www.justgiving.com/windsurf


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The increase in R&D performed by global agricultural input industries (see "Private Industry Investing Heavily, and Globally, in Research To Improve Agricultural Productivity" in the June 2012 issue of Amber Waves) has coincided with significant changes to the structure of these industries. The largest firms have increased their market shares and account for most of the investment in (and ownership of) new innovations in these industries. Implications of market concentration in the U.S. seed industry were addressed earlier in Amber Waves and in other ERS research (see suggested readings). New ERS data allow a closer look into global market concentration across a number of agricultural input industries.
Market concentration increasing
Since the 1990s, global market concentration (the share of global industry sales earned by the largest firms) has increased in the crop seed/biotechnology, agricultural chemical, animal health, animal breeding, and farm machinery industries - all of which invest heavily in agricultural research. By 2009, the largest four firms in each of these industries accounted for at least 50 percent of global market sales. Market concentration was particularly high in animal genetics and breeding, where the four-firm concentration ratio reached 56 percent in 2006/07 (the latest year for which data are available). Growth in global market concentration over 1994-2009 was most rapid in the crop seed industry, where the market share of the four largest firms more than doubled from 21 to 54 percent. The top eight firms in all five input sectors had between a 61- and 75-percent share of global market sales by 2009.
Market concentration factos vary
Firms increase their market share either by expanding their sales faster than the industry average or by acquiring or merging with other firms in the industry. Firms can expand their sales faster than others in the industry by offering better products or services (often an outgrowth of larger R&D investments), improving their marketing ability, or offering lower prices (often through economies of scale). The leading input firms in 2010 had faster sales growth than the industry average, but a significant amount of that growth came from acquisitions of other firms.
Drivers of change
Reasons for mergers and acquisitions vary by industry and firm circumstances but include market forces and the emergence of new technologies. Government policies can also affect the ability of firms to compete in markets and their incentives to merge with or acquire other firms.
• In the crop seed and animal breeding sectors, the emergence of biotechnology was a major driver of consolidation. Companies sought to acquire relevant technological capacities and serve larger markets to share the large fixed costs associated with meeting regulatory approval for new biotechnology innovations.
• In the animal breeding sector, vertical integration in the poultry and livestock industries enabled some large firms to acquire capacity in animal breeding as part of their integrated structure.
• In the farm machinery industry, many of the major mergers and acquisitions can be traced to large financial losses sustained by some leading firms during periods when the farm sector was in prolonged recession, which substantially reduced demand for farm machinery as farmers delayed major capital purchases. Firms experiencing large financial losses are often vulnerable to acquisition.
• The agricultural chemical sector has been heavily affected by changes in government regulations governing the health, safety, and environmental impacts of new and existing pesticide formulations: larger firms appear better able to address these stricter regulatory requirements.
• Consolidation in the animal health sector appears to be largely a byproduct of mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry, as most of the leading animal health companies are subsidiaries of large pharmaceutical companies.
Crop seed-biotech industry transformation
In 2009, seven large seed companies each had annual seed sales of over $600 million. Five of these top seed companies--Syngenta, Bayer, Dow, Dupont, and Monsanto--are also market leaders in agricultural chemicals. A sixth firm, BASF, is making significant investments in crop biotechnology research but so far reports few crop seed or trait sales, although it is a market leader in agricultural chemicals. These companies currently constitute the "Big 6" involved in crop seed, biotechnology, and chemical research.
The seed-biotechnology industry has been reliant on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as sources of new innovation. New SME startups (often spinoffs from university research) tend to specialize in commercial development of a new research tool, genetic trait, or both. Significant entry by SMEs into the seed-biotechnology sector began in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with a second wave of new entrants in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In recent years, exits have outnumbered entrants, and by 2008 just over 30 SMEs specializing in crop biotechnology were still active. The majority of the exits from the industry were the result of acquisition by larger firms. Of 27 crop biotechnology SMEs that were acquired between 1985 and 2009, 20 were acquired either directly by one of the Big 6 or by a company that itself was eventually acquired by a Big 6 company.
Concentration in a research-intensive industry can be measured not only in terms of share of product sales but in share of new innovations. Firms that are most successful in creating new innovations are often better positioned to dominate the market (although not all new product introductions will be commercially successful). In research for genetically engineered crop varieties, for example, companies typically obtain a patent first, then initiate field trials, and finally obtain regulatory approval to sell crop seeds. Although there is considerable overlap in terms of companies participating, the markets for crop seeds can be distinguished from markets for genetically modified traits. The shares of these research outputs held by the Big 6 companies in each case are between 55 and 95 percent.
Consequences of concentration
Consequences of concentration for ag innovation
The rising concentration in global agricultural input markets means fewer firms are supplying those inputs to farmers. It also means that fewer firms are responsible for many of the new innovations that drive growth in agricultural productivity. The share of private R&D performed by the largest firms is even larger than their share of sales. In crop seed and biotechnology, eight seed-biotechnology companies accounted for 76 percent of all R&D spending by this industry in 2010. In agricultural chemicals, five companies (each with over $2 billion sales in 2010) were responsible for over 74 percent of the R&D in this sector. In farm machinery, four companies (each with over $5 billion in farm machinery sales) accounted for over 57 percent of farm machinery R&D, and in animal health, just eight companies accounted for over 66 percent of R&D. Moreover, all of these leading firms are multinational companies with R&D facilities positioned around the world. These global research networks allow large firms to develop and adapt new technologies to local conditions, meet national regulatory requirements for new product introductions, and achieve cost economies in some of their R&D activities.
Greater market power resulting from the structural changes in agricultural input industries means that farmers may pay higher prices for purchased inputs. With stronger legal protection over their intellectual property and fewer firms offering competition, firms can charge higher prices for their new innovations. Such price premiums are necessary to provide firms the means (and incentive) to invest in R&D in the first place, and farmers are willing to pay higher prices so long as the gains from higher productivity outweigh their higher costs. In fact, for the past two decades, the prices of farm inputs have been rising faster than the prices U.S. farmers receive for their crops and livestock.
The largest increase over 1990-2010 was in crop seed prices, which more than doubled relative to the price received for agricultural commodities. This increase was due, at least in part, to the value of the new seed traits resulting from research investments made by seed/biotechnology companies. However, higher input prices may also stem from increases in the prices of labor, capital, energy, and other materials used in their manufacture. The sharp rise in the price of fertilizer in 2008-09 was driven by a significant increase in the cost of energy and materials used to make fertilizers, higher transportation costs, and the falling value of the U.S. dollar. Multiple factors contribute to changing prices for farm inputs, and it is difficult to isolate the effects of market power, product quality, and other factors affecting these prices.
Emerging issues
The growing concentration in agricultural input industries raises a number of issues. One is the inherent tension between public policies regulating intellectual property rights (IPR) and market competition. While antitrust laws restrict firms from exercising monopoly power, some exceptions are made for intellectual property rights over new innovations. However, antitrust rules may still apply to how firms license their intellectual property to other firms.
Another issue is whether under the current market and policy environment there are significant economies of scale in crop and animal biotechnology, implying that only very large firms can hope to compete effectively in these sectors. This might mean there is a significant barrier to entry for new firms and a potential loss of new innovations, particularly from SMEs. On the other hand, the global reach of the large, multinational agricultural input firms could speed up the rate of international technology transfer and help to close the productivity gaps between regions and countries. The rate of transfer will be influenced by international trade agreements and how countries regulate and protect IPR in new agricultural innovations, especially those involving genetically modified organisms.
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Just got this mail from a lovly gril who works for Volunteer Development Scotland, shomebody intrested ? I can give the contact information
Good morning The Forest
Firstly to introduce myself my name is Hannah and I am a Research Assistant at Volunteer Development Scotland (VDS). I met with Bridget at the end of July about a covering The Forest for a case study on implementing information to improve practice, for example gathering volunteer suggestions and implementing them to improve practice.
I have completed the text version of the case study and it is currently being circulated internally at Volunteer Development Scotland and will shortly be heading your way.
When I met with Bridget I was discussing the possibility of covering a short video version of The Forest's case study unfortunately the timing was not great due to the Festival starting. However, I have just had my contract extended for another 6 months and I am writing to you to ask whether you would be interested in being involved in the video version?
What this would entail would be if Bridget (or someone who can represent the organisation) can discuss how information is used to improve practice (for example information if you receive a suggestion from a volunteer on the online forum (twitter) about adding a new dish to the menu) to highlight the benefits of implementing the changes to improve practice on film.
If you think this is something that The Forest would like to be involved in I can put together a short outline of the questions and filming schedule.
I realise that at the moment The Forest is possibly relocating and I understand it might be difficult to see how filming could take place but I am hoping we would be able to overcome this by arranging filming in a certain place in Edinburgh or here at VDS. Due to The Forest's unique story, being volunteer-led organisation and including all people ethos, I think this would bring a new perspective to more structured volunteer-led organisations and help VDS create resources to help organisation like The Forest, as well as a great opportunity for The Forest to be promoted as a best practice organisation.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me on the details below.
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Christopher Vaughn was convicted of fatally shooting his family in their SUV so he could start a new life living in the Canadian wilderness. His September trial overlapped with the high-profile trial of Peterson, the former suburban Chicago police officer convicted of murdering his third wife.
Vaughn's attorney, George Lenard, said press conferences held by Peterson's lawyers outside the Will County courthouse were so detrimental to the reputation of court that they damaged his own credibility with the jury.
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Lenard also argued that jurors' own comments after convicting Vaughn of first-degree murder made it clear they considered factors they should not have, including Vaughn's apparent lack of emotion during the 5 1/2 week trial.
Lenard said that because Vaughn did not testify, it was improper to consider his demeanor during the trial.
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The defense attorney also noted that jurors deliberated less than an hour, despite hearing the testimony of more than 80 witnesses and considering more than 700 exhibits. And some jurors said after the trial that they didn't even consider Lenard's argument that perhaps his wife shot her three children, and shot at her husband before turning the gun on herself.
Fitzgerald said that after watching all the witnesses and seeing powerful blood evidence, jurors agreed that the case against Vaughn was "overwhelming." The prosecutor also noted that a jury in the same courthouse deliberated for just seven minutes before convicting a defendant.
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The city government will bring an amendment to the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act for facilitating direct purchase of produce from farmers by multi-national retailers.
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