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Imagine that Stan, a congregant of no particular church, thinks the Jews killed Christ, and would prefer not to sell nails to Jews at his local hardware store, because he wants to adhere to his belief that Christ-killing is wrong and that the Jews to this day are morally responsible for it.
Or imagine that Wayne, who owns a local Denny's franchise, believes based on his self-directed study of the Bible and 19th-century interpretations thereof and the encouragement of his peers that African-Americans are the heirs of the imagined Curse of Ham, and shouldn't be seated in his restaurant with the heirs of Shem and Japheth, and should be seated instead in a separate and inferior section of the restaurant, if he must seat them at all.
Or imagine that the Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church runs a shaved-ice stand at the local county fair, and would prefer not to sell shaved ice to multi-racial couples or families visiting the fair, because its membership disagrees with race-mixing.
Federal anti-discrimination laws prevent Stan and Wayne and the GFWBC from implementing their beliefs when they sell goods and services to the public at large. So do many state and local statutes.
This generates relatively little outrage. Politicians do not campaign against anti-discrimination laws on the premise that the dilemma of Stan and Wayne and the GFWBC presages increasing loss of freedoms. People like Stan and Wayne and the GFWBC sue quite infrequently in an attempt to win a right to discriminate in providing public services, and don't get much support when they do. In "mainstream" publications, few angry columns are written about their plight. A few people will assert that anti-discrimination laws like those that restrain Stan and Wayne and the GFWBC are unconstitutional and unworkable, but will not articulate that belief with much heat or light.
Compare that to the response to the assertions of Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado.
Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop refused to make a cake for David Mullins and Charlie Craig, who sought a Colorado celebration of their Massachusetts marriage. The Colorado Attorney General has filed a complaint against Philips and Masterpiece Cakeshop before the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. That decision has spurred outrage and warnings of the loss of personal freedom of conscience. Philips' lawyer has skillfully manipulated the outrage, pronouncing that Phillips faces a year in jail for following his conscience — by which he means that a court could order Phillips not to discriminate, and in Colorado defiance of such an order could potentially lead to a prosecution that could potentially yield a prison sentence.
My question is this: is there a principled reason that some people are outraged when anti-discrimination laws are applied to forbid discrimination against gays, but not to discrimination against Jews, or African-Americans, or any other group?
Is there a principled reason that people will assert that a baker should have a right to refuse service to a same-sex couple, but not take the next step and say that the baker should be able to refuse service to anyone — including based on race or religion — according to his or her conscience?
Is the answer merely that anti-gay religious sentiment is relatively mainstream, but racist or racial separatist religious sentiment is steadily more and more marginalized and unusual in American society? In other words, is the defense of Jack Philips a plea for preferred treatment of a favored religious belief? Or would Jack Phillips' defenders be equally willing to defend Stan, and Wayne, and the GFWBC? Is the relatively narrow defense of the Jack Phillips of America a matter of a principle subject to articulation, or is it a matter of political calculation — a belief that Americans might agree with a right for a merchant to discriminate against gays, but not a right to discriminate against Jews or African-Americans? Is there an ideal at hand more principled than "society should allow the types of discrimination in which I, personally, might want to indulge"?
Statutory and Constitutional rights frequently conflict. There is an inherent tension between anti-discrimination laws, on the one hand, and the rights of free association and free exercise of religion, on the other hand. Recognizing that tension is simply being honest about the structure of rights acknowledged by our society; it doesn't dictate one outcome or the other. Even vigorous libertarians reach different conclusions on the subject.
But if someone makes a rights-based objection to application of an anti-discrimination law — whether based on free exercise of religion, or freedom of association — I think it's reasonable to ask whether the objection is consistent, or a case of special pleading. An honest dialogue about the proposed right to discriminate against same-sex couples would examine that right's necessary implications.
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Ward welcomes Trap deal
Republic of Ireland defender Stephen Ward has welcomed the news that Giovanni Trapattoni has agreed a new deal.
By Pete O'Rourke - Follow me: @skysportspeteo
Last Updated: 29/11/11 1:40pm
Republic of Ireland defender Stephen Ward has welcomed the news that Giovanni Trapattoni has agreed a new deal to stay on as manager until 2014.
Trapattoni has been rewarded for guiding the Republic to next summer's Euro 2012 finals with a new deal until the 2014 World Cup.
Ward, who played in both legs of the play-off win over Estonia to reach Poland and Ukraine, believes Trapattoni is the right man to guide the Irish for the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.
Massive lift
"It's good news for us as a squad of players," Ward told Sky Sports News. "I think he has done a fantastic job since he's taken over the national side.
"Qualifying for the European Championship has been great for him and great for us and I suppose there's no better man to take us on, hopefully, to the World Cup in 2014.
"I think the job he's done has really given the country a massive lift.
"He's experienced as anyone, he knows the game inside out and the way he's taken over and helped us qualify for a major tournament there is definitely no better man to do it again in the World Cup qualifying campaign."


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About me: I'm 42 and added another gherkin to our pickle party of a family. My husband Chuck, our 9-year-old Junior, our 6-year-old Everett, our toddler and I live in a town in Connecticut I affectionately call Mulletville Lite (aka my childhood hometown). My friends call me Nutjob, and they're right. In my husband's spare time he dresses up as a Viking and chases ghosts (and I'm the nutjob?). When I'm not busy working as a graphic designer, I lie in a ball in the corner.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Not only do I suck at undressing, my crotch needs more veggies
There you have it. Women were meant to suffer.
I really must thank my dad for bringing over those old Life magazines. They make me giddy.
If you can't read the type above, the ad says there are three ordeals of womanhood. One is passing from girlhood to womanhood (I'll give them that—being told you have grown "mosquito bites" and having Aunt Flo arrive was not exactly the best part of middle school, kissing boys was).
The second ordeal is preparing for motherhood. Preparing, huh? I guess motherhood itself is pure shits and giggles.
The third ordeal is approaching middle age, i.e. menopause (I'm going to say that, at 33, I've got a bit of time before that brick drops).
The ad lists these ordeals as "functional disorders."
Exfuckingcuse me? Menstruation and pregnancy and menopause are functional disorders? The last time I checked they were biological functions.
Anyway, an enterprising woman named Lydia Pinkham (I think she looks more like a Harriet Horlick or Gladys Girth personally) came up with a neat vegetable compound that cured women's ailments (the ad describes the ailments as "nervousness, irritability, and being almost impossible to live with").
The ad goes on to say that women "owe it to their husband and children" and themselves to try the compound.
Now that just outright pisses me off. I am so fricken tired of hearing about how women are a) emotionally instable and b) how that alleged instability is a drain on everyone around them. So what if we have moments of weepiness or irrationality or anger. So the frick what.
Can't we all just get over it?
It's good to feel. It's called being alive.
And do you see the last line? The one that says, "One woman tells another how to go 'smiling through' " with the damn compound.
Hi, if something is enjoyable we don't smile through it. We actually smile. And laugh. And want to do it again.
Women's quality of life was the issue not their three damn ordeals.
According to Wikipedia, descendants of this veggie goop are still available today. Seeing how I've successfully weathered two of my womanly ordeals already, I'm going to pass on ordering some.
(But shoot, now I'm curious as hell. It has Unicorn Root for Pete's sake! Maybe I'll grow a horn and disappear to a magical land of rainbows and leprechauns!)
Posted by Frogs in my formula at 3:46 PM
Labels: Aunt Flo, down with the man, veggie potion
4 comments:
- Frogs in my formula said...
This post is brilliant! Well done!
- August 21, 2008 at 9:11 PM
- Elizabeth Channel said...
oh Yes! I have some of those! I have one that talks about halitosis--it's a Lysterine ad.
- August 24, 2008 at 12:18 AM
- Dto3 said...
How did I skip this post? Quite the hoot! Man, I sure missed my time. The 50s were a wonderful period, full of men being catered to by women, and all of the BS we husbands have to put up with today being waved off with a simple vegetable concoction. Those were the days. . .
- August 26, 2008 at 12:14 AM
- Mary Anna said...
Take me with you, please, when you're swept away to that magical place!
- August 27, 2008 at 3:58 PM
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At least 2,500 ND health plans canceled because of new rules
FARGO — Thousands of North Dakotans who buy health insurance on their own will see their current policies canceled or shuffled beginning Jan. 1 as new federal health care regulations kick in.
Health insurance companies have already sent out cancellation notices in North Dakota and the rest of the nation, routing consumers to new plans that comply with the suite of federal rules in the Affordable Care Act that make some once-optional coverage areas mandatory and set limits on out-of-pocket expenses. Plans that meet those new regulations will be "grandfathered," but those that don't will be canceled or upgraded.
In North Dakota, the health care changes will wipe out virtually all of the 2,500 individual insurance plans carried by Medica and Sanford Health.
About 42,500 North Dakotans — roughly 6 percent of the state — were covered by individual plans at the end of 2012, according to state insurance records.
A true tally of how many will be affected may be impossible. Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota — the state's largest insurer, which covered more than 32,000 through individual plans last year — would not disclose how many of its customers' current plans will be discontinued. Chief Marketing Officer Judd Wagner said the changes would affect "a very small percentage" of all its customers, including those enrolled through employer groups.
Assurant Health, which covered more than 4,000 North Dakotans last year, also would not share how many of its plans will be phased out.
In Minnesota, state law technically prevents health insurers from canceling policies. But at least 146,000 Minnesotans covered under individual health insurance plans have received notice that their policies are changing, Minnesota Public Radio reported last week.
Of those shuttled to new coverage, some may find more affordable plans. The federal government is offering subsidies to shoppers on the new health insurance marketplace who fall between 138 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level.
But with maternity and mental health coverage now required and new limits on out-of-pocket expenses — plus dozens of other new regulations that bolster coverage — rates are rising sharply to pay for the reforms mandated by the 2010 law commonly known as Obamacare.
About 2,000 Medica policyholders were sent letters starting in September and most of them, spokesman Greg Bury said, will see higher premiums if they choose to upgrade their plan.
Lidgerwood farmer Lucas Siemieniewski was one of them.
Siemieniewski received a letter in September informing him that his monthly premium would jump from about $481 to $1,012 if he kept his family of four covered through Medica. His deductibles would increase, as would co-pays, he said.
"I wasn't very happy," he said. "It's gonna be tough."
Siemieniewski said his family should qualify for subsidies if they opt to buy coverage through the federal marketplace, but the website's well-publicized woes have made it difficult to find out for sure.
Even then, Siemieniewski said he's not sure which route they will go.
"I've never taken any type of assistance in my life, so I don't feel real comfortable doing that," he said.
Sanford Health sent similar cancellation letters to about 450 policyholders.
Several other companies had long been in the process of leaving North Dakota's individual insurance market, including American Family Mutual.
American Family sent cancellation notices to 668 policyholders in North Dakota, spokesman Steve Wittmer said, routing them to Assurant Health. As it shifted away from health insurance, the company stopped enrolling new customers in 2009 and has been canceling plans across the country.
Wittmer said the cancellation notices, sent in September, were "totally unrelated" to the Affordable Care Act.
Geoff Bartsh, Medica's vice president of public policy and governmental relations, said the premium hikes for Medica coverage aren't for nothing.
"You're not just paying more, you're getting more," Bartsh said of the changes to health insurance. "The frustration for some people is they may or may not have wanted more."


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The 501 is back
The iconic Levi's 501 denim is back with a global communication campaign dubbed "Unbuttoned" that on the Web takes two shapes: one for the US and one for Europe.
In North America the site launched already a few weeks ago and it features a series of celebrities "unbuttoning" themselves in front of the camera by telling something about their lives or simply acting spontaneously (or silly, if you want).
In Europe the campaign of course explores the same concept but it involves locally relevant people taken from several different countries. Once again I have a strong feeling of dejavu when I see artists, musicians or celebrities in general confessing themselves or simply telling a story in front of a camera. The concept of "unbuttoned" could offers to many entry points, I feel that, at least for now, they've chosen just the safest way.
What I think is more interesting (but again not that original) is the fact that Levi's decided to premiere its upcoming TV campaign on the Web.
The spots, directed by Fredrik Bond (the agency, as usual, is Bartle Bogle Hegarty), will launch over the next few weeks (at least in Europe, I think it the US they have been already broadcasted) but they can be already watched in HD quality on the dedicated 501 website.


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|Rediff India Abroad Home | All the sections
The Rediff Special/ Kamila Shamsie
'The greatest gift a novelist can give us'
December 07, 2007
Being named a fellow of the Sahitya Akademi is a rare honour. When Anita Desai joined this elite group on November 30, Random House India celebrated the event by re-releasing three of her novels, with new covers, and new introductions by eminent writers.
Kamila Shamsie, the Pakistani novelist who was named in Orange's prestigious list of '21 writers for the 21st century, has written the new introduction to Clear Light Of Day. In it, she laments the fact that the novel has not quite been given its due, 'That Clear Light Of Day has not quite been accorded its deserved place as one of the leading 'Partition novels' may have something to do with its sidelong view: glancing allusions and attention to tiny details which echo and reverberate, rather than directness.'
Pigeons, Anita Desai tells us in Clear Light Of Day, have an 'individual genius for combining complaint and contentment in one tone.' It is one of the few instances when she gets things wrong. Not about the tone of the pigeons, of course -- as happens so often with Desai's writing her faculty of observation is so acute, it is impossible to fault it or really even to believe that we have gone so many years without seeing things precisely as she reveals them to be. That is the power of her writing, after all. Description feels like revelation: so it is revealed to us that watered earth and refreshed plants have a 'green scent,' that 'spiky' bougainvillaea should no longer be seen merely as brushing but as 'scraping' the walls, that a snail climbing clods of earth only to fall off is an 'eternal, miniature Sisyphyus.' Where she does get it wrong, though, is in attributing a singularity of genius to the pigeons for their ability to hold two notes in one tone.
In Clear Light Of Day, the House (which requires the capitalised letters of a proper noun because it is so vivid a character in the book) holds at least two tones in it at one time. Is it prison or refuge? A mothballed past or an oasis of continuity amidst clamouring change? Who are the fortunate siblings -- the ones who escaped it (Raja and Tara), or the ones who stayed (Bim and Baba)? From the very first sentences we are in a world of two-ness:
The koels began to call before daylight. Their voices rang out from the dark trees like an arrangement of bells, calling and echoing each others' calls, mocking and enticing each other into ever high and shriller calls.
From the orchestra of bells, heralding the start of day, we slip into a competition of shrillness -- harmony and cacophony separated by a mere comma. Those who talk of Anita Desai's surfaces of calm, or deceptive stillness, miss entirely her ability to make her readers feel uneasy from the start, all the more so for remaining uncertain about the nature of that unease. From where does it spring? At whom is it directed? If this is a genre, it may be best termed south Asian Gothic.
As is the case with the best writers of southern Gothic, Desai does not merely juxtapose beauty with ugliness, but makes it sometimes impossible to unpick the two. The relationships between Bim and her three siblings are at once awful and tender; the wildlife teeming around the house -- the parrots, gulmohars, guavas, koels, pigeons -- are symbols of both life and of neglect; Mira Masi is grotesque and heartbreaking. And the Gothic duality of the novel continues in other ways: all the events in the story's present are mundane (a sister comes to visit, there is tea with the neighbours, a brother walks out of the front gate and then returns home, an invitation to a wedding is proffered and refused) yet startling (violence, tension, unpredictability). And yes, in traditional Gothic style, there are ghosts alluded to -- the ghost of Mira Masi, of Bim and Tara's parents, of the cow whose carcass still rots in the garden well. But the real ghost, the one which inhabits every corner of the house and walks alongside Bim and Tara, a felt but unseen third in each conversation, is the past.
Among everything else that this is, it is a novel of Partition. 1947 is the backdrop -- and in part II, the foreground -- of the story. That Clear Light Of Day has not quite been accorded its deserved place as one of the leading 'Partition novels' may have something to do with its sidelong view: glancing allusions and attention to tiny details which echo and reverberate, rather than directness. Take, for instance, the matter of Raja's chosen field of study at university in the months leading up to Partition. With his love of Urdu he decides to enrol at Jamia Millia to study Islamic Studies, but his father refuses, pointing out that he will come under danger of attack from both Muslim and Hindu fanatics if he proceeds in that course. What, then, is the politically neutral field of study that Raja enters, in the very last days of the Raj? English Literature. It is a tiny moment, mentioned only once, in passing, but the historical irony is enormous.
It is through Raja -- his love for Urdu, and his obsession with the Hyder Ali family -- that the Partition story is most clearly played out. But it echoes through other stories -- Mira Masi's spiralling descent into alcoholism in '47 can be seen as a reaction to the madness of the world outside, and there is a rejection of post-Partition India in Bim's own insistence on staying within Old Delhi where 'whatever happened, happened long ago -- in the time of the Tughlaqs, the Khiljis, the Sultanate, the Moghuls -- that lot.' This is not a novel of people who are forced to leave their homes by Partition, or face violence because of it; it is an altogether subtler tale of how Partition changed the world of Old Delhi.
Here is the novel's only consideration of refugee camps:
Here there was no light except for the dull glow of small cooking fires, blotted out by smoke and dust and twilight. They swarmed and crawled with a kind of crippled, subterranean life that made Bim feel that the city would never recover from this horror, that it would be changed irremediably, that it was already changed, no longer the city she had been born in.
No more is said about the refugee camp. For the purposes of the novel, no more is needed. To look upon the camps and see the lives within them was to understand -- and to feel -- that the world had changed, brutally. Horror spirals outward, leaving no one untouched. Having said that, it would be wrong to think of Clear Light Of Day as a novel with any time for nostalgia. It is lament for what was lost, not a rose-tinted looking back. But it does not stop merely at lament, which echoes and circles around itself endlessly; the real significance of the past here is the vexing question it poses of how to live in the present that has been constructed from it. The four-part structure of the novel mirrors this question: present, past, further past, present again. Move backwards to understand where you are now; enter the past but then return to the present. And it is a present which --- having looked back and seen its own reflection -- finally, beautifully, incorporates the world of Mulk the guru with T S Eliot and also Iqbal -- nothing forced or false about it. Time the destroyer is indeed time the preserver.
Of course, none of this would work -- not the lament, not the Gothic elements, not the historical ironies, not the coalescing of traditions which were never separate to begin with -- if, both firstly and finally, the characters didn't work. Here is a novel teeming with people: the four siblings in the House and the four Misra siblings next door, the parents who are ghostly presences even before they die, Mira Masi, the merely-glimpsed-but-rarely-forgotten Hyder Alis, Dr Biswas and his mother, Bakul the diplomat. It is an intricate feat to keep all these characters within the pool of the novel, different storylines emerging, submerging, making their presences felt even when they aren't seen. But at the centre of it all, sometimes interlocked, sometimes drifting, sometimes whirling away from each other, are the two sisters: Bim and Tara. The diplomat's wife who lives far away, the unmarried schoolteacher who never left home. They are opposites in the way that only siblings can be opposites: their opposition manifest in differing responses to the same events. As we move with them through the sharp, precise details of their days -- shaking the petals off a rose, licking bright pink ice-cream, imagining the taste of unripe guava, listening to a record stuck in a groove, examining each other's lives -- we pass through the boundaries between what is real and what is imagined. It is the greatest gift a novelist can give us.
Excerpted from Clear Light Of Day by Anita Desai, with permission from the publishers, Random House India, Rs 295.
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ALHAMBRA – A parolee denied robbing a 7-Eleven store of cash then fleeing on a bicycle.
Authorities said David Lawrence Garcia, 34, of Alhambra pleaded not guilty to second degree robbery during his Thursday arraignment at Alhambra Superior Court.
He will return to court July 1 to set a date for his preliminary hearing.
The charge stems from a June 6 robbery at the store, 2150 S. Fremont Ave., where an undetermined amount was taken.
Alhambra Police Sgt. Jerry Johnson said a man covering part of his face with a piece of cloth entered the business shortly around 4 a.m. and demanded money. He said the store clerk could see the handle of a pistol in the robber's pocket.
The clerk handed over cash to the culprit. The robber was last seen pedaling away on a bicycle.
On Tuesday, officers spotted a bicyclist matching the description of the suspect and the getaway bicycle just before 3 a.m. in the 800 block of South Marguerita Avenue, according to Johnson.
They stopped the rider.
Johnson said officers found a BB gun on the bicyclist who also turned out to be on parole for burglary. The man, identified as Garcia, was arrested and allegedly confessed to robbing the 7-Eleven last week, the sergeant said.
Garcia is being held at Men's Central Jail on $100,000 bail.


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Episode Title: "Bolo Punch"
Writer: Carter Harris
Director: Norberto Barba
Previously on "Lights Out":
Patrick "Lights" Leary (Holt McCallany) had a brief respite from his money woes by mentoring Omar Assarian (Pedro Pascal), the prized boxer of his father, Robert "Pops" Leary (Stacy Keach) in advance of a potential title match. But Omar wouldn't take his advice and was more flash over substance. Meanwhile, Lights' brother, Johnny (Pablo Schreiber) had to make a shady deal with boxing promoter Barry K. Word (Reg E. Cathey) in order to ensure that Omar got the title fight.
Eventually Lights got through to Omar and stepped up his training to the next level. On the day of the big fight, Lights stayed behind to celebrate his fortieth birthday with his wife Theresa Leary (Catherine McCormack) and their three daughters. But when he checked on the bout later that night on TV, he saw Omar go down to the champion after becoming too cocky in the ring.
Shortly after the fight, Pops is despondent about the loss and blames himself. Lights assures him that it was just a lucky punch that took out Omar. But when Omar returns to the gym with his entourage and demands his money for the bout, tempers flare and he pulls a gun. Lights literally stares him down, but before he leaves, Omar vows to burn down the gym if he doesn't get his payment. The next day, Pops never shows up to open the gym, leaving the family worried that Omar and his entourage have hurt him. But Lights eventually finds Pops fishing at his favorite spot, convinced that he's finally washed up in boxing.
Elsewhere, a bookie named Chen harasses Johnny and tries to take his car to collect a debt. Johnny shows that he can actually fight and slugs the man, but his bodyguard, Dokaj takes him down before both men wail on him. At Lights' home, Theresa is approached by the family minister, Father Moran, who is soliciting aid for a clinic in Haiti. Thinking that their family is still financially secure, Theresa pledges $50,000 to help them rebuild. Later, Lights finds his brother and learns that Johnny bet on Omar's fight, but lost big to Chen.
Barry K. Word is also putting the screws to the Learys' by trumping up expenses to withdraw from the fight purse. Johnny calls him out on his BS and is at least able to get some of it back, but not nearly as quickly as they need it. Lights puts out the word that he wants to meet with Chen, but instead it is high end bookie, Hal Brennan (Bill Irwin) who comes to see him. Brennan tells Lights that this isn't the first time that Johnny's lost big and Chen wants him dead as an example. Without recourse, Lights asks for his help and sets up a meeting with Chen.
At the meeting, Chen threatens to kill Lights as well before Brennan steps in. Upon learning that Dokaj is a former MMA fighter, Lights challenges him to a fight, "double or nothing," with Brennan covering Lights' side of the bet. When Lights gets home, Theresa tells him that she thinks Johnny is stealing money from him or using drugs again. But Lights is forced to finally tell her the truth and confess that his fortune is largely gone. At first Theresa is hysterical, and she remains upset after talking to Lights throughout the night.
However, Theresa soon reaffirms her love for Lights and offers to give up the family's affluent life style to help ends meet. But Lights refuses to move his family or take her away from her job. Later, Lights goes to a warehouse for an underground fight with Dokaj, with Johnny literally held as collateral. And the fight is far from a cakewalk for Lights. Dokaj attacks him with kicks and choke-holds that he is completely unprepared for. After a particularly nasty sleeper hold, Lights seems on the verge of going down, but he fakes out Dokaj and strikes him directly in his throat, ending the fight in his favor.
With his winnings from the fight, Lights is able to pay Omar some of what he is owed, with a promise of the rest when he gets it. He offers to help Omar rebuild himself after his loss and get back into ring shape, but Omar admits that the lose told him something about himself: he's not a boxer. As he leaves the gym, Lights watches him walk away for the last time.
This wasn't quite as good as last week's episode of "Lights Out," but it was still really solid. It's also giving me faith that the writers really know where they are going with this storyline.
There have been a couple of hints in the show that Johnny used to be a boxer himself and he confirmed that this week when he knocked the hell out of Chen. That is actually, really effective storytelling. When Pops mentioned it offhandedly a few episodes back, I just assumed it was some sort of slip of the tongue. But somewhere in the history of "Lights Out," Johnny must have had some kind of shot at glory in the ring and I'd love to see that explored some time. He's clearly a f***up and we learn in this week's episode that he's already dumped the cute secretary in Barry Word's office now that he doesn't need her.
I also wouldn't be shocked if Johnny really did steal money from Lights. There was a great look of horror on Lights' face when Pops told him that Johnny had control over his personal assets when Lights asked him for a loan. And Lights' expression said everything: that money is gone. We also don't know yet what kind of deal Johnny made with Barry to secure the fight for Omar, but it almost certainly has to do with Lights and it will probably involve his potential rematch with Death Row Reynolds.
Theresa actually made a very strong impression this week, now that she knows the truth about her family's situation. I also misjudged her. From her earlier appearances in the show, I assumed that she was very selfish towards Lights and married him for his money. Last week's story about how she met him dispelled part of that, but what was really interesting about her was how she took the news in this episode. Of course, her first reaction was angry disbelief. But it also spoke volumes about her that she was willing to leave it all behind. She even admitted to Lights that she lost her way through the lifestyle they enjoyed and wanted to find herself again.
She also seems to have more of an intriguing backstory than I suspected. From Lights' dialog with her, it was suggested that her family was rich at one point before losing all of their money somehow, similar to their current situation.
Lights himself was also very compelling as he came to the defense of his brother. And I liked that he spent most of the fight getting his ass kicked because he just couldn't defend himself against that kind of MMA fighting style. The fight could have stood to be a bit longer, but the ending was satisfying and it helped reestablish that Lights still has what it takes to get in the ring. His rematch with Death Row now seems more immanent than ever.
The question now is what will Brennen and Word hold over him when he gets his last shot at the title?
Crave Online Rating: 8 out of 10.


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Melrose Place actress Heather Locklear was rushed to the hospital by ambulance Wednesday afternoon, Us Weekly can confirm.
"At 2:05pm we responded to a call on North Ranch," a spokesperson for the Ventura Country Sheriff's Department tells Us. "One patient was transported to Los Robles Hospital for a medical emergency."
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the 50-year-old actress had taken a combination of prescription drugs and alcohol. Locklear's sister called the paramedics, who decided the TV star needed to be hospitalized.
Locklear, who recently called off her engagement with Jack Wagner, was last seen cheering on the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center Tuesday.


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I think flick was referring to this:
"I guess I just feel a little angry at all these young mothers that don't have a stable income or emotional support necessary to support a baby, and I don't want to feel like I'm the oldest mother when I go to my future childrens school events and things."
That was... a little bit nasty. LOL!
Look, I'm 33 and I just started TTC. That's late. To you, it is "old." Haha!
This "let's wait til we have advanced degrees and a six-figure income" attitude toward child-bearing, you must understand, is quite recent in the evolution of our culture. My mom had me when she was 18. She didn't get pregnant until well after she was married. She was barely 17 when she married. My mother came from a middle class family - not at all rich, but they owned a home and had cars and my grandfather worked and everyone was educated and had all their teeth.
My mom had four kids by the time she was 28. My best friend, one of those unweed teen moms you're upset about, is 29 and has four. She's a fantastic mother and her kids are amazing. There are lots of wonderful moms who do not have awesome careers outside the home. I've got no beef with working mothers, but my good friend with four kids - they lead a pretty simple lifestyle and aren't able to spend a lot, but they survive on Dad's income. Mom stays home.
You cannot judge a mother based on age. You just can't. That's where you touched a nerve with your post. My mom by all accounts was a good mother at age 18 - and I think I turned out ok - and I have seen really crappy moms in their 30s. No doubt older mothers are more mature, but this doesn't always translate into being an awesome mother.
Now as for your question: your body has this biological imperative. Your "biological clock." You want to reproduce because you were designed to. You're phrasing it like an intellectual question, and in a way it is, but you must understand that if you CHOOSE to wait until you're in your 30s, you gain things, but you also give things up.
I didn't wait 'til I was 33 because I wanted to have three degrees and a fancy job and a big house. My husband and I are those un-degreed college-dropout people you hear about on the news bathing in buckets in the front yard. (Kidding.) I waited b/c I wanted to be married to the right person. And in my 20s I was sort of partying, so there's that.
I know I'll be the oldest mom at the pre-school, especially if I continue to living in the South (and I hope I do). I don't care. I don't think you really care, either. I think you just want a baby really badly and you're rethinking your decision to wait another decade or so before you have one. That's a perfectly normal human feeling to have.
It seems like a lot of us feel a sense of shame about our desire to have kids nowadays. I know I did. I felt like I was supposed to want a career way more. And if you do, that's fine. But I never did, and I felt like I was kind of primitive and gross for it, and I got that attidue from other young "hip" professional women, who seemed to think feminism means shaming women who don't think success and money are more important than motherhood.
You're still in college and not married so you have some time to make the decision about what you want to do first. And whatever decision you make, you'll expect people to be cool about it, so you should be the same way about other moms.
Best of luck to you.
Thank you, you obviously said this WAY better than I was able to. I feel like I am one of the youngest mothers here on nameberry, so I admit to getting overly touchy when the subject comes up. >_<


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To be blunt, aside from day timeframe index traders chasing the flickering ticks every minute of every day, there simply isn't all that much worth doing at the moment. So sometimes, the best course of action is no action at all. Aside from the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM), which remains in a short-term downtrend, the major market ETFs are trading sideways, albeit with a slight upside bias.
For the higher timeframe participant, identifying the longer-term trend in the major indices isn't rocket science. One need not study a volume profile, a host of complicated indicators or even listen to the folks on Bloomberg television. A trendline or a 50-day and 200-day simple moving average will suffice. As long as price is holding above a longer-term trendline (which it is), and as long as those two moving averages are trending higher (which they are), don't waste time inventing reasons to be aggressively bearish.
I'm not suggesting active traders shouldn't be prepared to trade a two-way market. By all means, if the price volatility is there, take advantage of the fluctuations. My point is this: if you're focused on the bigger picture (weeks or months), recognize that price -- which really is the most important piece of the puzzle -- continues to tell us to avoid the short side of this market.
As far as short-term triggers for a potential trend change are concerned, we still need to see upside excess in the Es and SPY. Barring such excess (which translates to higher prices failing to gain acceptance), I see no reason to be bearish, as long as we're trading above 1936 on the Es, and $194 on SPY. I know bears hate to hear this, but as prices continue to be accepted above the mid-1960s, your best shot at a decent decline is seeing prices spike higher first.
A recent addition to my long watchlist is Wal-Mart (WMT). I know WMT isn't quite as exciting as Twitter (TWTR), Netflix (NFLX) or Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), but sometimes slow and steady can pay off.
Assuming WMT doesn't fade and crack back beneath its 50-day and 21-day simple moving averages, I like the stock long as it close above its $77.57 July 10 swing high. Should I get long, I'd likely use the 21-day SMA as a trailing stop.
Additional Notes:
- With gold futures hanging on to $1300 by the skin of their teeth, anyone long the metal or miners will need to watch their risk should the GC contract trade down through the 50-day ($1294) and 200 day-simple-moving average ($1287.50), and close beneath $1280. As a reminder, the $1280 level was strong support throughout the month of April and May.
Any trading or volume profile related questions can be posted in the comments section below, emailed to me at email@example.com or posted to my twitter feed @ByrneRWS


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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq:VVUS) today announced the appointment of Robert N. Wilson, chairman of Mevion Medical Systems and former vice chairman of the Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson, to its Board of Directors effective April 26, 2013. Mr. Wilson served in several roles at Johnson & Johnson, including the Executive Committee from 1983 through 2003 and vice chairman of the Board of Directors from 1988 through 2003. Mr. Wilson played a key role in the rapid growth of the pharmaceutical, device and diagnostic businesses within Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Wilson was also chairman of Caxton Health Holdings from 2004 through 2007, focusing on pharmaceutical and health technology investments. "We are pleased to welcome a new, independent director of Bob's caliber to the VIVUS Board of Directors," said Mark B. Logan, chairman of the Board of Directors of VIVUS. "Bob is a highly qualified and experienced professional with proven leadership in the healthcare industry and invaluable expertise in pharmaceutical development, brand building and operations. We look forward to adding his unique perspective as we continue to successfully execute our commercialization strategy for Qsymia for the benefit of all VIVUS stockholders." Mr. Wilson is also a director of Hess Corporation, an explorer and producer of oil and gas, the Charles Schwab Corporation, a financial services company, and Synta Pharmaceuticals, a research-based pharmaceutical company with a focus in cancer therapies. "I am excited to join the Board of VIVUS, a company with significant opportunities to fully commercialize its wholly-owned, next-generation therapies that address unmet needs of physicians and their patients," said Mr. Wilson. "I look forward to sharing my experience and working closely with my fellow VIVUS directors, each of whom is a proven and respected business leader, to help enhance the value of the company."
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Top 10 Country Stars Who Have Acted in Movies
In 1963, Buck Owens topped the country charts with 'Act Naturally,' which opened with the prophetic line, "They're gonna put me in the movies." But decades before that tune (later covered by the Beatles) was a hit, country stars were already trading the concert stage for the sound stage.
Experiencing varying degrees of box office success and critical acclaim (or disdain), country artists have been making the transition to the big (and small) screen since the movie business began. Just shortly after talking pictures took the country by storm, the Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers, appeared in a short film called 'The Singing Brakeman.'
Since that time, numerous singers have acted in everything from TV series and music videos to blockbuster films. The Boot focuses our lens on 10 country artists who've acted — naturally or otherwise — in the movies.
Though she has since starred in her own successful sitcom and also conquered Broadway, in 1990, McEntire was first bitten by the acting bug (well, more like an icky, overgrown worm) in the sci-fi comedy horror hit 'Tremors.' If not for scheduling conflicts, a gazillion people could have seen her by decade's end, playing the unsinkable Molly Brown in a little film called 'Titanic.' And though she's not seen, you can hear that unmistakable voice of hers in the animated films 'Charlotte's Web' and 'The Fox & the Hound 2.'
His distinctive voice and a return to country music tradition made Travis one of the most influential entertainers of the '80s and '90s. He soon turned his attention to TV roles and feature films, which have included 'Fire Down Below,' 'Black Dog' and 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets.' Most recently, the country icon was a by-the-book deputy director of the CIA in 'Jerusalem Countdown.'
Although he's bound to be best remembered as Robbie Ray Stewart, dad of Disney's 'Hannah Montana' (played by real-life daughter Miley), Cyrus earned some serious indie cred in 2001 for the role of Gene, the pool cleaner in David Lynch's enigmatic thriller 'Mulholland Drive.' In 2010, he was in 'The Spy Next Door' with Jackie Chan. And let's not forget the 2001 action flick 'Radical Jack.' On second thought …
After making his inauspicious big-screen debut in 1987 as a member of the Bayou Band in the Rob Lowe-Winona Rider film 'Square Dance,' Adkins wasn't seen again on film for 21 years. 'Trailer Park of Terror' didn't make him a screen legend, but 2010's 'Lincoln Lawyer' did have him sharing scenes with Matthew McConaughey. With 'The Virginian,' 'Mom's Night Out' and other roles still to come, Adkins has carved out a pretty solid second career in films.
It's all too easy to forget that Presley made a few great films when he made so many truly terrible ones. 'Harum Scarum'? The title alone is cringe-inducing. Still, early on in his film career, the charisma and charm of the young man who would be King shone through in such films as 'Love Me Tender,' 'King Creole' and the electrifying 'Jailhouse Rock.' Another standout was 1964's 'Viva Las Vegas,' but it was all pretty much downhill from there.
Making his silver-screen debut alongside Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in 1979's 'Electric Horseman,' Nelson followed with film roles as eclectic and unexpected as his musical output, appearing in everything from 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'Barbarosa' to 'Wag the Dog' and 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.' He lent a bit (just a bit) of cred to the 'Dukes of Hazzard' remake, taking the role of Uncle Jessie. Being Nelson, he pretty much steals any scene he's in.
Rarely playing anyone but a version of herself, Parton made her debut in '9 to 5,' one of the most successful comedy films of all time. She spouted a plethora of quotable lines and more than held her own against screen vets Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Sure, 'Rhinestone,' which paired her with Sylvester Stallone, was hardly a glittering addition to her film resume, and subsequent efforts have paled in comparison to '9 to 5,' but Parton returned to the big screen for 'A Joyful Noise,' which she starred in with Queen Latifah. Dolly being Dolly is always an enjoyable, larger-than-life experience.
Were he to completely walk away from his music career (and we're not suggesting he do that!), Yoakam would most certainly have the chops to be a full-time actor. He was, in fact, an actor even before becoming a musician. Since he began, he's created some of the most vile, unforgettable on-screen villains in such films as 'Sling Blade,' 'Bloodworth' and 'Panic Room,' but there's definitely more to him than those nasty characters suggests. We can't wait to see what he does next.
McGraw may be the most surprising singer-turned-actor that Music City has given Tinseltown. Although most of his roles thus far haven't been substantial, leading-man material, he certainly has the range (and the star power) to pull off a name-above-the-title performance. He scared us in 'Friday Night Lights,' inspired us in 'The Blind Side' and had us conflicted in 'Country Strong.' (We don't know what the hell he was doing in 'Four Christmases'!) After his latest "dad" role in 'Dirty Girl,' he's ready for something a little meatier — and so are we!
The former Army captain and Rhodes scholar's film career spans 40 years and more than 100 movie roles, with a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in 1976's 'A Star Is Born.' Bringing the same "lived-in" feeling to his films as he has to the songs he's written, Kristofferson has tackled nearly every genre imaginable, from sci-fi (the 'Blade' series) to comedy ('He's Just Not That Into You') to family fare ('Dreamer' and the current box-office hit 'Dolphin Tale'). On the heels of his starring role in the indie drama 'Bloodworth,' the singer/actor was honored by the Nashville Film Festival for his contributions to the silver screen.


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Research Topics
Jennifer J Merrilees
Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Characterization of apathy in persons with frontotemporal dementia and the impact on family caregiversJennifer Merrilees
Memory and Aging Center, University of California, 350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 905, San Francisco, CA 94143 1207, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 27:62-7. 2013..Apathy and diminished daytime activity appeared to have an impact on the caregiver. Objective measures of behavioral output may help in formulation of a more precise definition of apathy...
- Long-term care of patients with frontotemporal dementiaJennifer J Merrilees
Department of Neurology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 4:S162-4. 2003
- Rest-activity and behavioral disruption in a patient with frontotemporal dementiaJ Merrilees
University of California, San Francisco, Memory and Aging Center, 350 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94019 1207, USA
Neurocase 15:515-26. 2009..The findings suggest that with disease progression there is worsening in multiple areas of rest-activity measures for the patient and a negative impact on sleep quality for the family caregiver...
- Cognitive and behavioral challenges in caring for patients with frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosisJennifer Merrilees
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Amyotroph Lateral Scler 11:298-302. 2010..This paper provides a guide for healthcare providers caring for patients with FTD-ALS exhibiting behavioral, cognitive, and emotional symptoms. Strategies are suggested to help minimize the impact of negative symptoms...
- Advanced practice nursing: meeting the caregiving challenges for families of persons with frontotemporal dementiaJennifer Merrilees
Memory and Aging Center, University of California San Francisco, 350 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143 1207, USA
Clin Nurse Spec 24:245-51. 2010..Examples of interventions directed by advanced practice nurses are described. We suggest that management of FTD requires expertise as scientific advances and discoveries about FTD continually change the landscape of care...


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Mark Brown Managing Partner
Mark is the founding partner and visionary at Cloud 9. Originally from Richmond, VA he got into the music business after graduating from University of Maryland and opening his first venue. Always inspired to dream big, he imagined creating music themed vacations with higher end amenities and made that dream a reality by forming Cloud 9 Adventures in 2003. The 3 albums he would have with him on a deserted island are: My Morning Jacket - Okonokos, Wilco - What's Your 20?, Neil Young - Live Rust
Josh Moore Partner/Talent Buyer
Josh is a partner and talent buyer who also works with a diverse list of highly respected artists, agents and managers at his day job with The Bowery Presents. An industry veteran who is loved by all, his deep connections and respect in the industry position him to book some of the best artists in the world. The 3 albums he would have with him on a deserted island are: Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down, Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling, Lionel Richie - Self Titled
Roger Naber Partner
A blues music industry professional for more than 30 years, Roger is a music cruise pioneer. He started producing The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise in 1992 and now does cruises 2 each year. Organizing the overwhelming logistics of a music event on a cruise ship has become almost second nature to this industry veteran.
Kelly Viau Business Development
Hailing from Motown and having lived in all regions of the U.S., Kelly developed a love for Rock n Roll and Detroit Techno as a child. This evolved into a passion for music as a catalyst for change that breaks down barriers and brings people together. A forward thinker with a keen business sense, Kelly has been instrumental in the growth of the company since 2006. The 3 albums she would have on a deserted island are: Low End Theory, It Still Moves, and Barton Hall 5/8/77.
Kristen Schneeloch VP of Sales & Travel
After years of trading stocks on Wall Street, Schnee traded in her power suit to pursue her passions. Driven by her love of putting on a great show and feeling the energy in the crowd that comes with it. She looks forward to someday planning trips to the moon and beyond. The 3 albums she would have on a deserted island are: Dubtribe Soundsystem - Bryant Street, Velvet Underground - Live at Max's Kansas City, Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
Mary Chamberlain Director of Finance
Mary is a jack of all trades who brings her fun-loving spirit to all that she does. Both an actress and voice-over specialist, she can be heard across the country on National TV & local radio. Her creative talents & organizational skills enhance her ability to work with artists, staff and management on important business matters. Also a Positive Legacy Board member, Mary has been a key player at Cloud 9 since 2004.
Annabel Lukins Director of Programming & Artist Experiences
Cloud 9's 5-foot wonder, Annabel's infectious enthusiasm charms artists and fans alike. She has been with Cloud 9 since the beginning and can be found welcoming guests during a toast on stage, dancing through the crowd, and running around behind the scenes making things happen. Her favorite trip was to Japan and her goal is to visit Africa. The 3 albums she would have with her on a deserted island are: Paul Simon - Graceland, Phish - A Picture of Nectar, Percy Hill - Color in Bloom
Nate Sadler Marketing Director
Nate comes to Cloud 9 from Charlottesville, VA where he spent years in the beer industry. A Jam Cruise Lifer, Nate has helped develop Brews at Sea, Chefs at Sea, and Masters Camp at Sea programs. His passion for music, marketing and promotions has made his transition into the music industry natural. His happy place is watching live music with good friends and good beer. The 3 albums he would have on a deserted island are: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Waylon & Willie - Self Titled, Phish - Junta
Samantha Curbelo Marketing Coordinator
Miami native and graduate of Florida International University, "Tres" started at Cloud 9 as an intern fresh off of a 5 month stay in New York City where she was involved in working on a variety of music projects. A lover and connoisseur of deep dark beats, Sam's travel aspiration is to explore Berlin's infamous network of underground house and techno clubs. The 3 albums she would have on a deserted island are: Alabama Shakes - Sound and Color, Khruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You, Justin Martin - Hello Clouds
Jonny Scoblionko Social Media & Marketing Coordinator
Originally from Ohio, Jonny, aka "Yanni", has been in Florida for 10 years and is a graduate of Rollins College. While at Rollins, he founded a music column, created a radio DJ show, cultivated an annual music & arts festival, as well as did branding & marketing for a festival production company. Coming from a family who ran a summer camp, he subsequently spent 22 summers at camp. He was also a circus acrobatics instructor for the world's largest children's circus. The 3 albums he would have on a deserted island are: Phish Destroys America, Enya – Shepherd Moons, Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
Carrie Kaufman Marketing & Guest Communications
Originally from Ohio, Carrie developed a love of music and travel at an early age. She attended the University of Vermont and spent time studying abroad in Italy & Bali. Carrie's first Cloud 9 adventure was Jam Cruise 12 and after that, she was hooked! One thing on her bucket list is to see the 7 wonders of the world and the next place she wants to visit is Croatia. The 3 albums she would have with her on a deserted island are: Dr. Dre - The Chronic 2001, Lotus - Nomad, The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
Jon Sweetwood Designer/Web Developer
Jon learned the music business from the inside out. Having spent his 20's touring the US in a rock band, he learned the importance of creating a compelling atmosphere around concert events to keep fans engaged. Trading in a guitar for a laptop, he continues to apply these principles in branding strategies, web development, & creative content for Cloud 9. The 3 albums he would have on a deserted island are: Paul Simon - Negotiations & Love Songs, Radiohead - The Bends, Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Jordan Kocen Project Manager
Originally from Richmond, Virgina, Jordan graduated from Radford University in 2014. During college he spent his summer & winter breaks interning at Cloud 9. Some of his hobbies include seeing live music, watching the Philadelphia Eagles, and traveling. His best travel experience has been visiting Santorini, Greece, and his next travel destination goal is to visit Thailand. The 3 albums he would have on deserted island are: Dave Matthews - Crash, Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III, Michael Franti - Yell Fire
Liz Reznichek Project Manager
Liz adventured to Cloud 9 after graduating from the University of Wisconsin and spending 2 years working with the Milwaukee Bucks. She can be found drinking copious amounts of coffee, deciding on her next travel destination, and seeing live music. Her favorite vacation is an annual family road trip to a Minnesota cabin, but she can't wait to visit her college roommate in Singapore. The 3 albums Liz would bring to a deserted island are: Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill, Eminem - The Eminem Show, Ari Herstand - Live at the Pause
Kevin McKeon Project Manager
Kevin came to Cloud 9 after sailing the seas working in the entertainment side of the Cruise Industry. His love of travel & cultures stems from experiences like playing soccer with Portuguese orphans & walking in the Swedish Pride Parade in Stockholm. 17 countries later, he's still dying to make it to Australia and Brazil. If he's not at the beach, spending time with family or at Crossfit then you could find him daydreaming about being stuck on an island listening to: The Script - Science & Faith, Andy Grammar - Magazines or Novels, Chainsmokers - Memories...Do Not Open
Alissa Fuller Administrative Assistant
Originally from Georgia, Alissa spent her college years at the University of Georgia in the music town of Athens. She has worked in many realms of publicity & the music industry. She enjoys traveling, live music, comedy, living by the ocean, & reading many leather bound books. Some of the best travel experiences she has had is spending time in India, Australia, Ireland, and living in Costa Rica. Her next travel destination goal is to visit Thailand. The 3 albums she would have on a deserted island are: Phish - The Story of the Ghost, Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin, Tool - Lateralus
Brittany Anderson Transportation & Guest Relations
Originally from Jacksonville, FL, Brittany started at Cloud 9 as an intern, officially joining the team following college graduation from Florida State University in 2014. Her favorite genre of music is Indie electronic music. Her greatest achievement was hiking the Appalachian Trail for two weeks. One of her travel goals in life is to backpack through Europe and Asia. The 3 albums she would have on a deserted island are: ODESZA - In Return, Glass Animals - How to be a Human Being, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium.
Michele Russo Guest Relations and Loyalty Programs
Michele landed at Cloud 9 after several years of work and play in the Colorado mountains & music scene. Years of music festival experience helped her become the seasoned veteran that she is today. Her connection with the fans and her dedication to the live music experience makes her a key part of the Cloud 9 Travel team. The 3 albums she would have with her on a deserted island are: Michael Jackson - Thriller, Phish - Rift, Led Zeppelin - Houses of Holy
Samantha Rosenbaum Artist Travel & Guest Relations
A Florida native, Samantha has always loved the beach. This took her from her hometown of Miami to live in Maui, Hawaii where she worked in the hotel industry and enjoyed island life. She moved back to Florida to be near her family, and from there met a fellow Phish lover; now her husband. They are parents to a baby boy. As a lover of both music and traveling, her next destination goal is to visit Thailand. The 3 albums she would have on a deserted island are: Grateful Dead - American Beauty, The Beatles - Abbey Road, Greensky Bluegrass - Five Interstates
Levi Rutledge Travel & Guest Relations
A native Indiana Hoosier, Levi found a passion for live music after attending his first Disco Biscuits shows in 2007. After graduating from Indiana University, he moved to southern Germany where he was able to visit over a dozen countries before moving back to Indianapolis to work in a premier hotel. His favorite travel experience was a road trip through the Balkans, & next travel goal is to visit South America. The 3 albums he would have on a deserted island are: Phish - Cuyahoga Falls 6/4/11, Grateful Dead - Rich Stadium 7/4/89, Ween – Chocolate and Cheese
Samantha Richey Travel & Guest Relations
Sam was bit by the showbiz bug by growing up in a family active in the film industry. After briefly studying at Middle Tennessee State University, she moved to South Florida and began working in the underground Miami music scene. Her favorite yearly road trip is visiting her grandma in Louisville for Thanksgiving. Sam's travel aspiration is to visit Basque country with her son. The 3 albums she would have on a deserted island are: Parliament - Mothership Connection, David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and Spiders from Mars, Outkast - ATLiens
Carly Dauscher Travel & Guest Relations
Born and raised in Tampa, FL, Carly got her foot in the door at Cloud 9 as an intern during her final semester at FAU. After graduation, she followed her passion for travel and adventure on a backpacking trip through New Zealand. A girl consumed of wanderlust, her next travel goals are Iceland and Southeast Asia. The 3 albums she would have on a deserted island are: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E. Eternal 1999, Glass Animals - Zaba, The Lumineers - The Lumineers.
Marni Jones Travel & Guest Relations
Coming from a small town in Midcoast Maine, Marni ventured down south to follow her passion for live music and entertainment. Having immersed herself in the music festival scene during school, she joined the Cloud 9 team shortly after graduation. Every year Marni travels back home to spend time at her family cottage on a remote island off the coast of Maine. The first big adventure in her future is New Zealand. The 3 albums she would have on a deserted island are: Umphrey's McGee - Hall of Fame: Class of 2014, Grateful Dead - American Beauty, Phish - Coral Sky
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"Happiness is not the cause of gratitude…. It is the result"
What does it mean to find happiness in what we have?
Being the mother of a lot of kids can be challenging, especially when teenagers and toddlers are mixed together.
We definitely have some rough times as well as many beautiful moments. It can be far too easy to focus on the hard days; especially when they seem to get stacked together.
You can feel as if you'll never come up for air. There are times and moments where I wonder if it is possible for the youth nowadays to find happiness in what we have!
When I picked up one of my teenagers from school today she shared a short paragraph she had to write for English. They were to write a paragraph based off of the question "How would you change things so that you could have the perfect life?".
My daughter's response was: "I don't really think about trying to have the perfect life. I have good parents, a nice home to live in and A LOT of siblings. I don't think of having more because I have so much." She continued in written paragraph by saying: "If I could change some pieces, I would have more sisters and less brothers. I don't think that's obtainable to just get rid of some brothers and have more sisters. Other than that I have everything I need. I don't have to think about the perfect life because I'm happy with what I have."
At such a young age and with all she has been through; you can read more about our family struggles and tragedies on my about page and here at Scars on my Heart. I can say this sweet girl has found Happiness in what we have. She truly has the meaning and love of gratitude in her sweet heart.
This teenager that struggles with depression and self-esteem issues is developing an inner confidence and resilience. She doesn't want for anything other than to be who she is, to have the family she has and to be happy. She may want to exchange some of the boys in our house for girls but in the end she loves her family just the way we are. Flaws and craziness and all….
In this day and age with kids having every new toy and the next "it" electronics; to have my sweet sassy teenager, be satisfied makes my soul soar. For her to pick out the positives, gives me hope and strengthens my faith.
I've seen families obsess over spending an obscene amount of money on Christmas and birthday gifts. Everywhere I go all I see is Christmas propaganda to get people to spend money. Nowhere have I seen anything mentioned about the reason for the season.
My focus this time of year is working on getting through Thanksgiving and making sure as a family we remember why we always need to stop and be grateful. We have had many losses but we truly have so many blessings. I plan to spend time being in a state of thankfulness for what I have and who I am.
I never shop on "black Friday", maybe because I'm too full and sleepy from the day before and don't want to even think of fighting the traffic and packed stores. Or maybe….. because it's hard for me to spend a month in gratitude to then switch into wanting more mode the very next day?
I am so very grateful and blessed for a daughter that is content and happy with what she has. Sometimes less really is more.
What things make you happy? Are you able to find happiness even when things have not gone so well?
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TALLAHASSEE — Academics around the country hailed the move last week by President Barack Obama's administration to loosen travel restrictions to Cuba. But there was no celebrating by scholars at Florida's public universities.
A 2006 state law prohibits them from using state money or tapping into their budgets for travel to countries considered "terrorist states" by the federal government, Cuba being one. (The others are Iran, Sudan and Syria.)
The rule applies both to state funding and non-state funds administered by public universities.
Margaret Miller, director of the University of South Florida Institute for Research in Art, calls the law an embarrassment.
"Florida academics or state employees, with the current restrictions, you can't use money coming from the state or money you have raised privately or use your university time to travel to Cuba," Miller said. "What Obama was hoping is that there would be academic exchange, but we're prohibited from doing that. This puts Florida in a really compromised position relative to the rest of the country."
Bill Messina, an agricultural economist at the University of Florida, said the law means the university has lost graduate students who want to study Cuba and grant funding for studies that require travel to the island.
"Forty-nine states in the union have academic programs that just benefited from the loosening of travel restrictions, and Florida, which has the most at stake in respect to what goes in Cuba, is locked out," Messina said.
State lawmakers don't appear inclined to change the law.
Rep. Rick Kriseman, D-St. Petersburg, suggested revisiting it because the policy has changed on a national level.
"I can understand trade restrictions because having an economic impact is a useful tool," he said. "But I would want educators to share information. I wouldn't put that in the same category as economic-related embargoes. Would I have problems with USF professors traveling to Cuba and meeting with colleagues, there? I wouldn't."
But Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, who sponsored the bill in 2006 and is a 2012 U.S. Senate candidate, stands by it.
"There should be three conditions before we change anything," he said. "That is the liberation of all political prisoners, No. 2 the legalization of all political parties and an independent press, and third, of course, the scheduling of free, internationally supervised elections."
Hard-line positions against Cuba make for good politics in Miami-Dade County where 72 percent of registered Republican voters are Hispanic, mostly Cuban.
Florida Rep. Esteban Bovo, a Republican from Hialeah, wants the law to stay in place. The United States needs to be as tough on Cuba as it was on South Africa in the 1980s when pressing to end apartheid, he said.
"For a long time, there has been an emphasis in the U.S. doing something that would promote some sort of open dialogue or freedom in Cuba. The reality is that nothing that Cuba does seems to open that dialogue. That has always been a point of frustration for me personally," he said. "This fantasy that by promoting travel to Cuba, somehow Cuba is going to change over night, is just that. A fantasy."
Florida's law is facing a legal challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union and faculty at the University of South Florida, the University of Florida and Florida International University.
An appeals court upheld the statute in August, forcing cancelation of an art exhibit organized by USF at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana that would have featured works by such internationally recognized artists as Robert Mapplethorpe, James Rosenquist and Chuck Close.
The program was to be paid for using privately raised foundation money.
The ACLU plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case.
"The con that the Legislature fell prey to was the notion that an outside foundation grant was suddenly transformed into, quote, state funds, because it ends up in an account by a department of political science or the Cuban Research Institute of Florida International University," said Howard Simon, executive director of the ACLU of Florida. "Our whole lawsuit really is about the ability of academics to use outside foundation grants to engage in research in Cuba and other countries."
Messina, the UF agricultural economist, offered no opinion on Cuban trade restrictions, saying that's up to government leaders. But he does believe it's important for Florida's farmers to understand Cuban agriculture.
"Our research has shown that an opening of trade relations with Cuba will have a more significant impact on agriculture than any other single event in our state's history," he said, noting it will increase competition and create economic opportunities.
"Florida growers want to know what's going on there, and we're trying to provide information."
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Gatesville desperately needed to win.
The Lady Hornets were only a game below .500 entering Friday's District 8-3A opener at Lampasas, but their confidence was lacking.
Turnovers plagued the team at times throughout its nondistrict schedule as senior point guard Sarah Latham sat idly, recovering from a serious knee injury. Gatesville's offense was inconsistent without a proven outside shooting threat, and the Lady Hornets' defense was far from intimidating.
The final months of 2013 were a struggle.
A new year, however, may have delivered new hope to Gatesville.
In the first game of 2014, Latham made her long-awaited return to action, and the Lady Hornets demonstrated the ability to build a lead and withstand a comeback attempt, earning a narrow 34-33 victory against Lampasas.
Latham finished with a team-high 10 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, while the remainder of Gatesville's roster produced a balanced scoring attack as four other Lady Hornets tallied at least four points in the win.
After holding the Lady Badgers to three points in the first quarter, Gatesville used a 15-point outburst in the second quarter to take a 23-13 lead into halftime.
Not everything went the Lady Hornets' way, though.
Gatesville's offense evaporated in the third quarter with Latham's second 3-pointer accounting for the team's lone field goal in the period, while the Lady Badgers began burrowing their way out of a double-digit hole.
With sophomore Nola Bishop scoring six of her game-high 15 points in the quarter, Lampasas cut its deficit in half and trailed 27-22 entering the final quarter.
Despite producing a seven-point fourth quarter after making just 4 of 8 free-throw attempts, Gatesville emerged victorious, evening its overall record at 9-9, but more importantly, earning a critical district win as it looks to return to the playoffs after missing out last season.
The Lady Hornets' self-belief should be through the roof right now, but emotions can only carry this team so far. Gatesville must develop consistency to go along with its newfound confidence, and the only way to do that is continue its upward trend.
With road games against Burnet and Class 3A No. 22 Brownwood and home contests against Liberty Hill and Llano looming over the next two weeks, the Lady Hornets will be tested.
While it is unsure exactly how Gatesville will respond, the Lady Hornets are in a much better position than anybody expected them to be in at this point.


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Video emerges claiming to show Russia ballot box 'stuffing'
Russia's leading elections watchdog says ballot box fraud appears to be down compared to previous elections.
But footage has emerged claiming to show a man repeatedly feeding ballot papers into an automatic voting machine.
Liliya Shibanova, executive director of Golos, an election watchdog, said the campaign was "usual for the last decade of Russian elections".
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[Fed] Primaries...this is how we do it
So, I found out that not all parties do primaries the same way. I suspect I already knew this, but disregarded it because who cares? Not my party lol
It's starting to seem relevant. In so many of the conversations recently about polls and primaries and Unity elections, it's almost like we're playing totally different games.
Here's some insight into how the Feds view things, for those who may be interested.
The Fed Primary Process:
1. Brave individuals from eAmerica decide they want to try to become President. They release an article or two saying what madness possessed them to do such a thing and what they hope to accomplish should they be elected. They may even name drop who they would put in their Cabinet to try and win some extra support. Feds prepare questions for the candidates, and ask them (to whatever candidates are willing to take the time to answer).
2. The second to last day of the month, The Federalists open a forum poll listing all of the candidates that have announced they would like to run, linking to their profiles and articles and relevant discussions.
3. We mass message the party to drive them to the forum so they can participate in this poll, as well as the discussions that takes place about the candidates and various issues.
4. The poll stays open for 48 hours. The candidate with the most votes has secured the Federalist endorsement. TA-DA!
Why doesn't the Federalist Party run their own candidate every month?
We're not going to make someone run for President if they don't really want to. Also, why would we exclude perfectly good candidates simply because they aren't in our party? Silliness. Although, certainly, if a boss-level Fed wanted to run for POTUS, they would be tough to beat in our primary. It would be impossible, really.
Even if we don't feel the need to run Presidential candidates every month, the party works hard to put forward the names of our top people and support them in various government positions. There are many important government jobs where our party members can make a difference and serve this country. They don't come with shiny medals, but they are just as valuable.
Regardless of who the party endorses, the President of the United States is viewed as a partner of the Federalist Party. We work together. We may disagree about things and ask a lot of questions or even get pissed off, but our fates are linked. If we fail to elect the best possible candidate or we fail to drive the country forward in support positions or even through our party efforts, we have no one to blame but ourselves. We have to do better.
Why do you seem opposed to a popular poll through articles or one massive primary on the eusa forum?
Representative democracy. We believe in it.
If you take your PP selection seriously (we do) and every legitimate member of your party has a voice (they do), then debating and discussing within your little community and coming to a consensus isn't a problem. The more active that community is, the more fun the process becomes.
The flip side is that it can also become a bit heated, but that can be fun too. Really though, once the election is over and the die has been cast, we get back to work. Fed love is for real and it doesn't diminish just because you supported so-and-so for President, but I liked what's-his-nuts better. We have a job to do, as a party, and that's to educate noobs and get them involved and active while also doing all we can to fist integrity into our government and military units and all that we do. P/H. We don't operate from election to election. Elections are like rocks in our river of awesomeness. They don't stop shit.
It's not that we are opposed to popular polls, since we know full well the importance of including people that don't sit in top parties (we clawed our way up into the Top 5 and had to fight desperately for a voice...we feel for the 6ths). It's just that if we rely too heavily on doing things that way, then there really is no point in having more than 1 party in eAmerica. Popular vote being used as a tie breaker makes sense, especially with only 4 of the Top 5 parties being loyal eAmerican parties. But really only if the technology can prevent fraud and manipulation and the poll is widely used enough to accurately reflect the will of the people. If it can't be used that way, then it's not really a popular vote.
Feds, visit the forum to cast your vote!
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btw, namedropping should be part of every potential PotUS' canditacy article. It is common knowledge, that throughout a term, most of the work really falls to the government officials without shiny medals, not to the actual president with the medal (which is fine and should be so, simply due to workload and hours needed to run a successful term). I'd rather have a mediocre CP with a cabinet full of awesome, than the other way around.
Yeah good point, Ethan. It's good to know who will probably be doing the bulk of the grunt work!
I wouldn't say I'm terribly bothered, however, if a Candidate chooses not to CAMPAIGN on their Cabinet. I like it when they make it about issues and direction and their perspective of things. The Cabinet list is more like good information to have, rather than the entire reason for electing them.
Just my opinion, though.
Interesting article, although I did not like the attitudes towards emigrants people themselves were once immigrants were you or your parents or grandparents were so good think about exactly how much is actually the so-called American population. After all, if a man gets in reality it becomes a full-fledged citizenship of the country's population. Maybe it was just such konservativaus attitude and grow AFA Party
V+S Hope eUSA will consider assessing and emigrants.p.s congrats good articel
Much the same as the old UIP did it. (Yes, they once were a top 5 party.) The major difference being that each member was still free to vote as they would choose. (We were United Independents after all.) The primary served as a platform of discussion. More often than not members would take to heart what was said and vote the party line because we respected each others opinions. Odd how when trust is involved that a differing opinion begins to make sense.
voted. Fingerbanged - how could you finger bang anyone lol.... i mean thats just a finger or three but still
In short, popular vote is Democracy. Democracy is mob rule. The real US govt. is based on a Constitutional Republic. Democratic voting but representational rule. Big difference is that the majority is not always correct in their assumptions. Therefore we elect 'smart' people to office so they can understand the situations and make wise decisions in our stead. If they don't we kick the bums out. At least that's how it's supposed to work. 😃:D
Read this!
Boated hard. I agree with everything about our way of doing it, and and Ramilas' smexy graphics swell my proud heart (and horny loins) even more. (erm...)
Also, Fingerguns, you are quite possibly one of the most amusing writers in this entire game -- and yet the joking never obscures your point.
WOOOOT Feds! 😃
(If you couldn't tell, yes, I'm in a very Fed-love mood today 😛 )
I have to say, I probably respect the Fed party the (second) most out of all eUS parties.
Federalists are pretty great.
I miss the days when the party system could afford to play cutthroat dominance games in support of their CP candidate. It's much neater and safer to agree - especially under current circumstances - but not as much fun or interesting as a two or three-way grudge match.
'But really only if the technology can prevent fraud and manipulation and the poll is widely used enough to accurately reflect the will of the people.''
We have only one party now. It has been shown that we have the technology to conduct a popular poll, but the Flufferist ' can't control the vote so it ain't happening. An open popular vote will be trusted by the majority of Americans. A closed poll on the 'Flufferist' controlled eUS Forums will put the AFA in the White House.
I think candidates would do better on this political platform http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/a-political-platform-worth-considering-2148653/1/20
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The 62-acre property has 200 feet of water frontage and an oversized boathouse. A deck on top of the boathouse is "a favourite spot for a pre-dinner martini," she says. "The RMS Segwun and Wanda III sail by the shore."
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How to Decide When to Give Up On Your Blog, Business, or Project
This is the third podcast in a miniseries about what you need to do to find success as a blogger on online entrepreneur. The first episode was about the importance of establishing the habit of starting new things, instead of just coming up with great ideas and thinking about them. The second episode was about the importance of persisting.
Today's episode is about how to decide whether now is the time to quit your blog, business or project. There is definitely a time to quit a project; it's a part of life. But timing your quitting can be important! I share my own personal experience, as well as questions you can ask yourself to work out what is right for you.
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You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today's episode:
- Inspirational quotes about the benefits of persistence
- Why you should ask yourself if it's time to quit
- 4 questions to ask yourself to help you decide if it's time to stop
- How to decide if you should be quitting, or just slightly changing direction – and real life examples of people who have done this successfully
Further Reading and Resources for How to Decide When to Give Up On Your Blog, Business, or Project
Other episodes in this miniseries on the important things bloggers/online entrepreneurs should do to find success:
- Part 1 – The Most Important Thing You Will Ever Do as an Entrepreneur – Podcast Episode 88
- Part 2 – The Second Most Important Thing You'll Ever Do as an Entrepreneur – Podcast Episode 89
Real life examples of people who have successfully 'pivoted' or changed direction:
- Ignite Your Blog Growth to Take off with These Actions, by Donna Moritz at Socially Sorted
- 5 Most Important Writing Lessons Learned After Pivoting Our Blog Twice, by Buffer Social
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Have you had a time when you wanted to quit? What did you decide to do? If you chose to 'pivot', or change direction, what did you choose, and did it work for you? Do you have other tips or tools that helped you make your decision? I'd love to hear from you in the comments below.
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The Elbow Room
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2004/07/15 22:49:24
We just returned from a two week Roadfood vacation in the Pacific northwest. We started in Seattle and drove north to Vancouver. Our favorite breakfast and cheeseburger was at the Elbow Room in Vancover. It's "A small world in a big city." Ask for Patrick as your waiter and check out the pictures on their site.
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RE: The Elbow Room
2004/07/15 22:52:33
Oh wow.. you gave me a start...there is an Elbow Room here in Fresno.. thought I might have missed a meet and greet opportunity there..hehe.
After visiting the restaurant's website, however, I can see it's definitely NOT child friendly ... what a shame.
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