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John Piper On "Why We Love The Doctrines Of Grace"
October 23, 2009 3 Comments
In this short post Piper gives us a great deal to contemplate. If you hold to the Doctrines of Grace (Reformed Theology or Calvinism, if you prefer) then this post really helps put what we believe in perspective and does it in a succinct manner. If you do not hold to the Doctrines of Grace, this post should give you some things to ponder or contemplate. As you consider this, turn to the Word of God and see what it says. I encourage you to do so. It will be time well spent.


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Description of Course:
This course surveys the history of Texas from the pre-Columbian period to the present. Topics to be covered include: Native Americans, Spanish Texas, Mexican Texas, the Texas Revolution, the Republic of Texas, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the cattle industry, the oil industry, the Progressive Era, the Great Depression and World War II, and modern Texas.
Required Texts:
2nd edition of "Beyond Myths and Legends: A Narrative History of Texas" by Howell, Volanto, et al. (Abigail Press)
1st edition of "Voices of Texas" by Volanto -- a textbook supplement with primary source documents (Abigail Press)
3rd edition of "Sam Houston and the American Southwest" by Campbell
"Texas, Cotton, and the New Deal" by Volanto
Course Requirements/Evaluation Criteria:
No prerequisites; 3 exams; about 5 or 6 pop quizzes over textbook readings for that week; homework assignments from the textbook supplement.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Ivy League has announced the names of 80 student-athletes – including 10 from Harvard—who have been named to the winter 2009-10 Academic All-Ivy League team.
The honorees are starters or key reserves on officially recognized varsity teams who have cumulative grade-point averages of at least 3.0. Each of the eight Ivy League schools nominates five men and five women from its eligible student-athletes.
Five different sports were represented on the men's list while ice hockey players garnered two of the five female selections.
Senior women's ice hockey player Christina Kessler is among the highlighted players. Despite seeing her season end abruptly with an injury, Kessler will graduate Harvard as the NCAA record holder for career save percentage (.9414). Harvard's all-time winningest goaltender with 64 victories, Kessler was a nominee for Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.
Teammate Kate Buesser was also a Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award nominee. An All-ECAC Hockey and All-Ivy League first team selection, the junior led Harvard with 16 goals, 24 assists and 40 points.
Alexandra Clarke makes her second appearance on the list after earning All-America status in the 1,650-yard freestyle, where she set a new school record at the 2010 NCAA Championships. She was the 2010 Ivy Champion in the 1,000 free and earned All-Ivy second-team status in 500 and 1,650 free and 800 free relay.
Noam Mills also earned All-America honors in fencing after placing second in epee at NCAA Championships, winning a tournament-high 22 bouts.
Tess Wood represents the Harvard alpine skiing program. A team captain, Wood earned status as a USSA Academic All-America and finished as one of Harvard's top two racers in most slalom and giant slalom events this season.
On the men's side, another skier made his way onto the list as a dual concentrator in physics and Earth & planetary sciences. Trevor Petach finished a solid four-year career with the Nordic ski team with a 36th place finish at the Eastern Championships. Petach was also recognized as a USSA Academic All-American.
Jordan Diekema is one of two underclassmen on the men's list after earning first-team All-Ivy honors in the 100 backstroke. He was a member of the school-record holding 200 and 400 medley relay teams and he won the 100 backstroke at the HYP meet and placed fourth in the 200 back.
The other underclassman is just a sophomore in fencer Valentin Staller. Staller finished sixth at the NCAA Championships, winning 15 bouts to earn All-America second team honors.
Senior wrestler J.P. O'Connor won the NCAA Championship at 157 pounds and became Harvard's first undefeated wrestler in a season at 35-0. The All-American was also the EIWA Wrestler of the Year as well as the Co-Ivy League Player of the Year.
Rounding out the list is basketball player Jeremy Lin, who was a unanimous decision All-Ivy League choice as well as all-district by the USBWA and NABC. He was also named one of 11 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award which goes to the nation's top point guard and one of 20 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award which goes to the national player of the year
The Ivy League will publish one more editions of the Academic All-Ivy League team during the academic year, at the conclusion of the spring season.
Winter 2010 Academic All-Ivy League Team
Harvard Selections
Jordan Diekema, Swimming (Jr., Economics, Holland, Mich.)
Jeremy Lin, Basketball (Sr., Economics, Palo Alto, Calif.)
J.P. O'Connor, Wrestling (Sr., Human Evolutionary Biology, Oxford, N.Y.)
Trevor Petach, Nordic Skiing (Sr., Physics and Earth & Planetary Sciences (dual), Boulder, Colo.)
Valentin Staller, Fencing (So., English, Old Field, N.Y.)
Kate Buesser, Ice Hockey (Jr., Organismic & Evolutionary
Biology, Wolfeboro, N.H.)
Alexandra Clarke, Swimming (Sr., History & Literature, Phoenix, Ariz.)
Christina Kessler, Ice Hockey (Sr., Human Evolutionary Biology, Oakville, Ont.)
Noam Mills, Fencing (So., History of Art & Literature, Kfar Saba, Israel)
Tess Wood, Alpine Skiing (Sr., Visual & Environmental Studies, Portland, Ore.)


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Browns and Bengals square off in AFC North battle
Earlier last week it looked as though the Cleveland Browns were already looking toward next season.
Guess the Cincinnati Bengals won't make the mistake of looking past their AFC North rivals.
The Browns will turn to Brian Hoyer again under center this Sunday at FirstEnergy Center when they look to deny the Bengals a third victory in a row.
It was a curious week for the Browns to say the least as they prepared for this past Sunday's meeting with the Minnesota Vikings. First, rookie head coach Rob Chudzinski bypassed his then No. 2 quarterback Jason Campbell on the depth chart in favor of Hoyer when starter Brandon Weeden was ruled out with a thumb injury.
Things then took an even crazier turn when Cleveland traded running back Trent Richardson -- the third overall pick of the 2012 draft -- to the Indianapolis Colts on Wednesday for a first-round selection in 2014.
But the white flag turned into a victory emblem when the Browns pulled out all the tricks to beat the Vikings 31-27. Hoyer threw for 321 yards and three touchdowns as Cleveland overcame three interceptions by the signal-caller in his second career start.
Cleveland had been held to just 16 points over its first two games of the season -- losses to Miami and Baltimore -- but secured Chudzinski's first win when Hoyer found tight end Jordan Cameron in the back of the end zone from seven yards out with 51 seconds to play.
"We have a really resilient group, and I think we showed that through the week. Everything went right today, and in the end we came out on top. A win is a win, and that is the important thing," said Hoyer.
Cameron caught three touchdown passes -- one from holder/punter Spencer Lanning on a fake field goal -- and wide receiver Josh Gordon returned from his two-game suspension to set career highs with 10 receptions and 146 yards with a TD catch.
"We're never going to quit. The guys in this room aren't that way; I'm not that way," Chudzinski said. "We'll continue to work, we have a game next week against Cincinnati, a divisional game that's an important game."
The Browns begin a three-game homestand against the Bengals, who are coming off their own outrageous 34-30 victory over the Green Bay Packers.
Facing one of the top offenses in football, the Bengals jumped out to a 14-0 lead, scoring a pair of rushing touchdowns in a span of 12 seconds thanks in part to a Green Bay muffed kickoff return.
However, Cincinnati turned the ball over four straight times and saw Green Bay explode for 30 straight points to grab control.
The Bengals then showed their own resiliency by rattling off the game's last 20 points, including 13 in the final quarter.
"It was a great win, and (we persevered) through as many negative plays I've seen in my life. At one point, I told (defensive coordinator Mike) Zimmer, 'When it rains, it pours.' We have to learn and take care of the football," said Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis.
"That's one thing about this group -- they're going to work and stay after it. We learned some valuable lessons and survived one today that you don't survive very often."
The Bengals survived thanks to Terence Newman's 58-yard fumble recovery for the go-ahead touchdown with 3:47 to go, but even that play had some odd elements to it.
Green Bay was clinging to a three-point lead with less than five minutes to play and appeared to pick up a first down on 3rd-and-12 at the Cincinnati 29. A successful Bengals challenge pushed the ball back just shy of the marker and the Packers elected to go for the first down.
Rookie running back Johnathan Franklin, however, was stripped of the ball just as he reached the line of scrimmage. Cincinnati safety Reggie Nelson initially picked it up, but had it knocked away by Green Bay receiver Randall Cobb. Newman, though, was right there to scoop it up and he raced untouched to the end zone and then into the first row of fans.
"I'm definitely not a young man anymore, but I was so excited. I know they (Packers) are a big Lambeau Leap team, and I saw a bunch of fans up there so I just wanted to get up there and have some fun," said Newman.
Andy Dalton threw for 235 yards on 20-of-28 passing with two touchdowns and an interception for Cincinnati, which has won two straight at home after a season-opening loss at Chicago.
The Bengals, who opened last year 3-1 before suffering four straight losses, also had four sacks and intercepted Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers twice.
"We're a good football team. If we want to be a good team, we have to beat good teams. That's how you end up being a great team," Lewis added.
The Bengals lead the "Battle of Ohio" by a 42-37 margin, but are 16-23 in Cleveland. The clubs split their two meetings last year.
Lewis is 14-6 overall against Cleveland, while Chudzinski will try to snap a five-game losing streak by Browns rookie head coaches in their first game against the Bengals. Chris Palmer (1999), Butch Davis (2001), Romeo Crennel ('05), Eric Mangini ('09) and Pat Shurmur ('11) have all fallen in defeat versus Cincinnati, with Bill Belichick in 1991 the last to win his first meeting with the Bengals.
The Browns showed last week that they can't be taken lightly, a mistake that Lewis will have to make sure his squad doesn't make this Sunday.
"I thought Cleveland had a very good football team a year ago, a better football team than their record," said Lewis. "They made some changes and are moving in a different direction. They've got another good football team. They've got a lot of good players. We know it's going to be a tough struggle up there, and we've got to have a good week, and a hard week of preparation in order to go up there and play."
Hoyer gets the start again this weekend looking to build off his first career win. He is aiming to become the first Browns player to record consecutive 300- yard passing games since Brian Sipe in 1980 and the first to win his first two starts with the franchise since Mark Rypien in 1994.
"Brian obviously was critical in that game (versus the Vikings). As I said before, I have confidence in all of those guys," said Chudzinski. "I expect that Brian will be ready for this game, as well, and I'm looking forward to it.
Chudzinski added on Wednesday in announcing Hoyer will start that Weeden is making progress and should begin throwing this week.
Like Weeden, Hoyer has found a comfort zone with Cameron, who leads the Browns with 20 catches, 269 receiving yards and four touchdowns. He needs four catches in this game to pass Ozzie Newsome for the most by a Cleveland tight end in the first four games of the season.
Hoyer will face a Bengals defense that is limping at the corner position, but was still able to have some success against Rodgers. Defensive backs Dre Kirkpatrick (hamstring) and Brandon Ghee (concussion) did not play versus the Packers and Leon Hall, who has five career interceptions versus the Browns, hurt his hamstring while blocking on Newman's fumble return.
Lewis said Hall's status for this game is "partly cloudy" and that Ghee is close to returning.
In response, the Bengals brought back a familiar face in veteran safety Chris Crocker, a former starter with the club from 2008-12. There is a chance that Crocker could play in this game given his knowledge of the Bengals' system.
"Here we go again," said Crocker.
"Not a whole lot has changed. If something ain't broke, don't fix it. That's kind of Zim's motto. His system has been in place for a while, so it's easier for a guy like me to come in and not have to learn a lot of things."
The Browns secondary should have their hands full with wide receiver A.J. Green, who has four career touchdowns in four games versus the Browns. That includes his first career two-TD game in the most recent encounter on Oct. 14 of last year.
Green is averaging 19.1 yards per catch versus the Browns and Dalton is 3-1 against them with 1.050 passing yards, eight touchdowns and four interceptions.
"They have a solid offensive line, two very good runners that complement each other and they're loaded at the skill positions," Chudzinski said of the Bengals. "Everybody knows about A.J. Green and what kind of player he is, outstanding player. They have a good wide receiver group, and they play a lot with two tight ends, two very good tight ends in (TE Jermaine) Gresham and (TE Tyler) Eifert. So it will be a real challenge for our defense this week."
Cleveland did record six sacks versus Minnesota and are third in the NFL with 12. Defensive lineman Desmond Bryant has a sack in seven straight games dating back to last season with Oakland and had two in his Browns debut on Sept. 8.
Cleveland kicker Billy Cundiff was not available at the end of the Minnesota game due to a quadriceps injury and did not work out on Wednesday.
The Browns shocked the NFL nation last weekend by sticking together to win their first game of the season, but the emotion of being counted out before the game even began may not carry over as much this weekend.
The Bengals should arrive in Cleveland a very confident bunch and a veteran coach in Lewis should be able to keep his squad from looking past the Browns and to a home meeting with New England the following weekend.
The Browns have had historic success over the Bengals at home, but their early offensive struggles from the first two weeks could resurface this Sunday.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Bengals 24, Browns 10


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Harry McLaughlin has kindly shared this image of his Grandmother's Court Presentation portrait from his Victorian and Edwardian Family Photograph Album. His "Dressed for the Palace" contains more information about presentation at court, including the wording of the Lord Chamberlain's invitation and the required form of the response [GPL].


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Rangers squeeze out victory over Felix
Key defensive play in eighth helps spoil Hernandez's home debut
SEATTLE -- The Rangers worked on defending the squeeze play on Field No. 7 at their Spring Training complex in Surprise. Ariz. In a crucial situation on Thursday night, pitching coach Mike Maddux and catcher A.J. Pierzynski both told reliever Robbie Ross to be ready for the possibility.
But this was not some back field in the desert. This was in the eighth inning of a one-run game at Safeco Field on a cold, brisk night when the Rangers had a chance to beat Felix Hernandez. It was up to Ross to make the play, and he did just that.
Ross and Pierzynski were able to defend the suicide squeeze and the Rangers were able to hold off the Mariners for a 4-3 victory.
"It's all about execution," manager Ron Washington said. "It came down to execution to win a ballgame and we did just that."
In doing so, the Rangers won on a night when they had to summon Justin Grimm from Triple-A and throw him against one of the best pitchers in baseball. Grimm responded by lasting just four innings, throwing 92 pitches and allowing 40 percent of the batters he faced to reach base. But he also left the game with his team holding a two-run lead and the Rangers ended up winning the clash of Emergency Starter vs. Cy Young Award Winner.
"When you look at it that way, it was good," Grimm said. "It was a battle. It was a matter of not trusting my stuff, but when I had to trust it, I did. It could have been a lot worse. At least I battled and gave my team a chance."
Grimm allowed five hits and three walks among the 20 batters that he faced. But he allowed just two runs because the Mariners were 0-for-6 against him with runners in scoring position. The Mariners were also 0-for-9 on the night in those situations, counting some big ones -- including the suicide squeeze -- against Ross in the seventh and eighth innings.
The big winner in all of this was rookie left-hander Joe Ortiz, who retired six straight hitters in the fifth and sixth innings for his first Major League victory. Joe Nathan also sent down the side in order in the ninth to earn his third save. Those were the only three innings in which the Mariners went down in order. The other six innings saw Rangers pitchers fighting to keep the things under control.
"Joe Ortiz did a great job and so did the rest of the bullpen," Pierzynski said. "To get out of all the messes and jams we did tonight was a testament to those guys as competitors.
Hernandez wasn't as adept at getting out of jams. Besides a home run by Pierzynski, Elvis Andrus had a two-out RBI single off Hernandez in the second and then the Rangers were able to break a 2-2 tie in the fifth on a two-out RBI single by David Murphy, followed Nelson Cruz's RBI double.
"Felix is a good pitcher," Murphy said. "Anytime we beat him, especially in his own park, means that we battled and did what we needed to do to win. I have seen him have more devastating stuff, but he still has as good stuff as any pitcher. We just did what we needed to do to win."
With the Rangers leading 4-2, Tanner Scheppers took over for Ortiz in the seventh and retired the first two hitters before the Mariners loaded the bases with two outs on a single, walk and hit batter. Ross was then summoned from the bullpen and he struck out Raul Ibanez to end the inning.
Then came the eighth. Justin Smoak led off with a single and went to third on a double by Jesus Montero. After Endy Chavez pinch-ran for Montero, Robert Andino grounded out to first to bring home Smoak and make it 4-3. Chavez moved to third on the play and the Mariners tried to squeeze him home with Brendan Ryan.
But Ryan bunted it firmly straight at Ross, who was able to get off the mound, field the ball cleanly and flip it to Pierzynski for the out.
"As I started my delivery, in my peripheral vision I saw him breaking," Ross said. "As I let the ball go, I saw Ryan twist to bunt. My momentum was going to the plate so I got there as quick as I could."
"Lucky he bunted it hard enough and Robbie was able to get it to me in time," Pierzynski said. "I was begging for him to get me the ball as quick as he could. That's an uncomfortable position for a catcher. You got a guy bearing down on you and the ball is coming at you. You want the ball so you can protect yourself."
The Mariners tried to argue Chavez slid under the tag, but home plate umpire Paul Emmel said Pierzynski blocked him off the plate.
"It was a close play," Mariners manager Erid Wedge said. "Ryno got the bunt down good, but right back to the pitcher is really the only shot they had to make the play and that's what they did. It just looked like he caught his foot on the catcher's foot or shinguard there and that's how they got him."
Spring Training drills do really pay off sometimes.


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The Sirius Documentary Film is a feature length documentary that follows Dr. Steven Greer – an Emergency room doctor turned UFO researcher – as he struggles to disclose top secret information about classified energy & propulsion techniques. Along the way, Dr. Greer investigates new technology and sheds light on criminal and murderous suppression. He accumulates over 100 Government, Military, and Intelligence Community witnesses who testify on record about their first-hand experience with the cover-up.
Though he feels the pressure of an imminent assassination attempt, he comes upon an amazing find: a possible ancient E.T. skeleton, 6 inches long, is discovered in the Atacama desert. Dr. Greer, along with his team, backed by crowd funding supporters, travel to Europe to get a sample of bone fragment in order to have an IVY league university run genetic tests on the skeleton. What they find will completely change the reality of human existence.
While on this odyssey, the audience gains a whole new perspective on technology, human evolution, and clandestine organizations who have manipulated and controlled the public for centuries.


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Going in circles: Roundabouts come round again
Remember the big plans a couple of years ago for a roundabout at the intersection of Preston Avenue and Ridge Street? That project may have faded into the woodwork, but the roundabout is still the darling of progressive traffic planners.
Delegate Mitch Van Yahres became a roundabout fan while working on photo red legislation at dangerous intersections. "Mitch just loves roundabouts," confirms City Councilor Meredith Richards. He's submitted a resolution to the General Assembly for VDOT to look at using roundabouts whenever possible.
"They reduce accidents tremendously, and they keep traffic moving," he enthuses. "I think that roundabouts should be part of the discussion at every intersection."
Roundabouts are not to be confused with the traffic circles and rotaries that drivers plunge into at their own risk.
The modern roundabout is a kinder, gentler intersection, where entering vehicles must yield to those already in the circle, unlike traffic circles, where cars already in– traveling at higher speeds– are supposed to yield to or weave out of the way of those entering.
Van Yahres calls Harrison Rue, executive director of the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission, the roundabout expert. Rue says the traffic plans reduce fatal and incapacitating accidents almost 90 percent over stop signs and traffic lights. And injury accidents drop 76 percent, according to a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. "The fact that people are moving slower and are more alert reduces accidents," explains Rue.
In hands-on transportation forums, Rue says, local residents identified "50 or 100 potential locations for roundabouts."
VDOT currently is designing a roundabout for the Charlottesville Albemarle Regional Airport. "That's a good one because everyone is annoyed by that intersection," says Rue.
The Jefferson Area Board of Aging has initiated a study exploring putting three roundabouts on Hillsdale Drive because of the high elderly population and high volume of traffic, according to Rue.
"It's a good connector road, but not a great neighborhood road to be able to cross," he says. "Pedestrians have been hit and injured."
Another potential roundabout site mentioned by Van Yahres is the Ivy Road and Emmet Street intersection. "He's dying to get one there," says Richards.
"They've got a terrific problem at that intersection," says Van Yahres– 60,000 cars a day pass through it. And that's before the new UVA parking garage behind the Cavalier Inn gets finished.
"It's a major entrance to the university," he adds. "It could be landscaped in the center and provide more pedestrian safety."
Not everyone shares Van Yahres' enthusiasm for a roundabout at that particular intersection. Activist Kevin Cox disagrees that a roundabout is safer for pedestrians, and he opposes one there for the same reason that advocates want one.
"They don't stop traffic, and the continuous flow makes it very difficult for pedestrians, particularly disabled ones," says Cox, whose wife is blind.
The American Council for the Blind shares the same concern. Because crosswalks are located on the street entering the roundabout and not at a corner, they're harder for the blind to find. And because roundabouts are designed to keep traffic moving, that continuous noise makes it harder for blind pedestrians to listen for a gap in traffic to alert them when to cross.
The safety of disabled pedestrians "would always be a problem," says Van Yahres, "but no more so than at any intersection now."
Neighborhood development director Jim Tolbert has other concerns with a roundabout at Ivy and Emmet. "Given the amount of traffic and the tight physical constraints there, I don't see how you can put one in," he says. "But engineers might prove me wrong."
Cox says he's not against roundabouts per se, but "they're contraindicated in areas with high pedestrian traffic." And at the Ivy Road and Emmet Street location, "I think they want one there just to have a place to put a statue."
Councilor Richards thinks a roundabout could work there, but notes, "The issue will be pedestrians and the blind and disabled."
She also mentions that city staff is looking at the suitability of roundabouts at Hydraulic and Emmet, where shopping center Albemarle Place is planned, and at Emmet and the 250 Bypass.
So whatever happened to the Preston-McIntire roundabout plan? Rue says discussions on that project took place before he got here in late 2001, but he heard that it became too expensive and too complicated.
"You usually don't go for the most complicated place first," he advises. "Instead, you try it out someplace like the airport."
Both Van Yahres and Rue stress the importance of educating the public when a new concept like a roundabout is introduced. "You have to go through a public process before deciding to use a new tool," says Rue.
"Modern roundabouts work pretty well," Richards observes. "They're not Dupont Circle."


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We would like to thank the Town of Dolores and all of the egg hunters and parents for the great Easter Egg hunt Saturday. It was by far the best municipal egg hunt we have ever attended. Joseph, 10, said, "They had a lot of eggs that were very full of delicious candy. There were lots of eggs for all of the kids to find."
"It was fun running to get all of the eggs," reported Courtney, age 5.
"The candy was the best," Grace, 5, added.
Caroline, 4, commented, "I liked picking the eggs up off the grass and eating lots of candy."
Alex, 8, would like to just say, "Thank you to the nice people who did the hunt and taped the eggs so the candy didn't fall out."
Thank you Town of Dolores! Thank you for organizing, preparing and providing a great activity for the entire family to enjoy at our beautiful park.
The Mecham Family,
Liisa, Matt, Joseph, Alex, Grace, Courtney and Caroline


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In our countdown to World Water Day, we speak to Ganesh Pangare, Head of the IUCN Asia Water Programme.
"Alternatives, dialogue and innovation can provide most of the answers to today's water management problems." So says Ganesh Pangare on the eve of World Water Day 2013.
Ganesh's mission is to help improve river governance and restore degraded basins while securing communities' livelihoods in the Asia region. His main focus over the past two decades has been to involve local people in decisions and actions concerning their water resources. He and his IUCN colleagues bring together different interest groups to find common ground and introduce more sustainable watershed management. He works in a rich variety of geographical and cultural settings, across the Mekong region, South Asia's Ganga-Brahmaputra and Meghna River basins, to the Himalayas, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In the face of growing demand for water and dwindling supply, it is critical that countries work together to save shared resources like water. Ganesh's team works with government agencies and civil society in countries that share rivers to improve the way water resources are governed. We posed him the following questions:
Q. Why is dialogue so important for water cooperation?
"International rivers provide 60% of the world's freshwater flows and 276 international river basins are home to 40% of the global population. Nations need to protect and share these resources wisely, not only for the present but for the future as well. Transboundary water management in my view is all about the 'Politics of Water', says Ganesh.
He believes these dialogue meetings, which bring all the different interest groups together around the same table, are effective as they help build trust and collaboration between countries.The dialogues are science-based, apolitical and help civil society find a balanced approach to tackling river basin issues, he explains. They also help the exchange of knowledge and experience between countries.
Q. What or who should be the priority in the water governance process?
"I have always believed that the interests of local communities need to come first," says Ganesh. "Decisions taken at micro and macro levels ultimately affect the lives and livelihoods of the local people. Governance decisions need to take this into account and be sensitive to the impacts they are likely to have on local populations. That's why these dialogues are so important."
Q. Can you give us an example?
"For example, restoring flows to rivers is not aimed merely at improving nature for its own sake. The dialogue and negotiation process of determining water needs for the environment contribute towards allocating water for all users, including the local community. Recognizing the services of river ecosystems for life and livelihoods, and in all its uses, incorporating them into management plans, and investing in them accordingly are critical to alleviating poverty and protecting the environment. For too long the world has concentrated on glacial melting in the Himalayas. Although this is important, for millions living in the Himalayas, it is the change in precipitation patterns which is the main cause of worry. The Ganges is not a snow-fed river but a rain-fed river. It is crucial to better understand the relationships between precipitation patterns, climate change and livelihoods in this region."
Ganesh Pangare is a Fellow of the London-based Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) International Programme. He is also a Fellow of the Ashoka Innovators for the Public Programme based in Washington, and a Fellow of the East-West Centre, Hawaii. He is also an Advisor to the Water Portfolio of the Acumen Fund, USA. Ganesh has written more than 10 books on water-related issues and has published several papers in reputed journals and magazines.
Ganesh can be contacted via email: Ganesh.pangare[at]iucn.org


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The Stupid Heart Rhythms project documents and spreads and awareness of the bad and wrong cardiac rhythms ubiquitous in modern day advertising. If you are using an EKG to shamelessly pimp your health related cause, you should at least take the time to do it right.
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The one who should be embarrassed about Christian Bale's recent scuffle with Chinese government guards is Bale, not China, a government spokesman said Wednesday.
China had been widely suspected in the West to be embarrassed by the run-in earlier this week, but according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin, the blame rested solely on Bale, who recently shot the big-budget, government-backed historical epic "The Flowers of War" in China.
"He was not invited to fabricate news," said Liu. "If you want to make up news in China, you will not be welcome here."
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Bale had been trying to visit an activist who is effectively under house arrest. Blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng documented forced abortions and sterilizations in reproach of the government's population policies, and Bale said he was hoping to "meet the man, shake his hand and say what an inspiration he is."
But the security guards who patrol Chen's house around the clock had other ideas. CNN's footage showed the "Batman" star being ordered to leave and then jostled by the guards.
"The Flowers of War," a project of China's state-controlled movie industry that's directed by feted filmmaker Zhang Yimou, is the most expensive movie ever made in China. It tells the story — a biased, historically inaccurate and propagandistic one, say critics — of the 1937 rape of Nanjing. It opens next week in the U.S.


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Do you believe in conspiracies? Perhaps you don't think there is a massive UFO cover-up or that Big Foot is secretly being held in an underground bunker however, you do wonder about "the rest of the story", as Paul Harvey might say. The rising cost of a college education has always been one of those topics where there seems to be more to the story.
Consider this quote from a college financial aid insider. "You go into massive amounts of debt just to get an education that you need as a prerequisite to get a job. Then you spend the rest of your life paying off that educational debt. There has got to be a better way."
When I heard this statement it made me stop, think and question everything that I had experienced personally as a high school student approaching college admissions, as a student in college and now as a parent preparing to send my daughter to college.
Once Upon A Time...
It reads almost like a fairytale. We are taught form a very early age that if we desire to have a better quality of life than our parents, we must obtain a college degree. Try using Google to search the phrase "value of a college degree". You would not be surprised to learn that most of the results are filled with charts and graphs that describe the earning "potential" of a college graduate compared with that of someone with only a high school diploma. It makes sense doesn't it? In fact companies announce that to even qualify to work for them you must have at least an Associate's Degree and most likely a Bachelor's Degree.
Reality Sets In...
For those of us that are old enough to have experienced life 5 - 15 years after college we understand that the fairytale was only partly true. We were not told that while in most cases we do enjoy a better than income than our undereducated counterparts, we were not fully informed about the true cost of all of the student loan debt it took to fund that college education. We were also not told that while we did get our dream job, it was only after changing careers or industries multiple times. In fact, I wonder if as you read this now, you are currently employed in the field for which you received your college degree.
It Gets Worse...
What's worse is if you attended a well-known expensive university only to find your self today, working at the same company, in the same position, with other people who attended less expensive schools. This would be bad enough if the story ends here but unfortunately it doesn't. After all of this you would think that we would have learned from our mistakes but we have not. Without knowing it we now are preparing our children to make this high school to college transition no better prepared than we were.
Bottom Line - You can create a college funding plan that covers your child's college education without the necessity of student loans if you master a few simple ideas.
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No matter how many hours of sleep you get at night, if you wake up with baggy or puffy eyes, you look like you had a late night – you look tired and you definitely don't look your best. Puffy eyes are a common complaint for men and women alike. Here are three lifestyle changes you can make to minimize your risk of puffy eyes and three tips to reduce the ones you wake up with.
Daily Lifestyle Changes for Baggy Eyes:
Drink More Water: Puffy eyes can be a result of dehydration. Many people don't get the recommended 8 glasses of water a day and if you have baggy eyes and aren't drinking near that amount, this could be an easy place to start. Alcohol consumption can also quickly dehydrate you, so keep drinking at a minimum. Carry a water bottle with you throughout your day. Don't like water? Try drinking Barley Tea like they do in Korea and Japan.
Get More Sleep and Switch Your Sleep Position: If you're a belly sleeper, you're more likely to have baggy eyes. (And eye wrinkles!) Blame gravity, as it causes fluid to collect and stay under your eyes. Try sleeping on your back and sleep with two pillows instead of one. It might be hard to sleep on your back if you're used to sleeping on your belly, but soon it will be normal and body pillows can help keep you in the right position. Aim for 8 hours a night! Shut off the TV, turn off the computer, put down the book and go to sleep. You'll feel so much better in the morning.
Reduce Your Sodium Intake: A diet heavy in sodium causes fluid retention in the body. Baggy eyes are a really great visual of this. When you reduce your sodium level, your body releases the fluids and you may see a reduction in your under-eye puffiness. Make sure to reduce your consumption of processed foods, which often contain far too much sodium – sometimes half a day's worth in one meal.
Quick Fixes for Baggy Eyes
Cool Compresses: Elevating your head on a pillow or two and placing a cold compress on your eyes is a great easy way to deflate those baggy eyes. There are many options here: cucumber slices (my favorite) potato slices, frozen spoons, ice wrapped in a towel – pick your favorite, lie back and let the cool compresses get to work. These are also great to use after a good cry that caused swollen eyes.
Cool Tea Bags: Another thing you can put on your eyes to reduce puffiness is cool tea bags. You'll get the benefits of the cool compress as above to reduce swelling with the extra benefit of antioxidants, which will soothe your skin. Put your used teabags in a container in the refrigerator so you always have some when you need them.
Under Eye Massage: They make products like Garnier's eye roller specifically for this task. Massaging your eye cream with a roller helps reduce the puffiness and feels simply amazing. If you don't want to spend money on a product, you can gently massage your under eye with your moisturizer or eye cream. Be careful not to tug the skin under your eyes. For double benefits, keep your eye cream in the refrigerator for the cool-factor and the massage-factor.


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One of my basic rules of personal finance is never loan money to friends or family. It creates a lender-borrower situation that you just don't want to mix with friendships and family relationships.
Think about it this way: do you like your mortgage holder? Do you feel warm, friendly feelings about them? That's the result of a lender-borrower relationship and when you lend money to friends or family, that's what you add to the equation.
Yet, time after time, I get messages from readers who seem completely convinced that lending money to their friends and family is the right way to go. They're going to do it, no matter what I suggest, because there is some social reason why they believe it's the right thing to do.
I absolutely believe loaning money to someone is a horrible idea, but if you're going to do it, here's how I would go about that process.
First, assume you're not going to be paid back. From your eyes, think of the money you're lending as a gift. A very high portion of personal loans are never repaid and if you expect to be repaid, you're going to be disappointed and you're going to start injecting negativity into that relationship. Be aware of that right off the bat and don't expect to be repaid.
Hand in hand with that assumption is the realization that you should never loan money that you're going to need in the future. If you're going to need that money to survive, don't lend it, period. Only lend money that you could live without – money that would ordinarily go to non-essential items.
When you loan the money, make it clear to the person that you're not worried about when you'll be paid back. Make it clear that they can repay you on their own terms, because when you start setting terms, you're creating a relationship-damaging lender-borrower situation. Let them pay you back when they can.
At the same time, make it clear that you won't loan to them again until this is paid back. You do not want to become a well of support. A loan is just that – a single shot of money intended to help them right their ship again. You are not a means for them to get by. You are not a method by which they don't have to start taking responsibility for their actions.
Once you've loaned the money, don't bring it up. In fact, the best thing you can possibly do is just to completely forget that you've loaned any money at all. Since you've not set any terms on having them pay you back, simply allow them to figure out their situation and come up with a repayment plan. If they don't, well, you didn't expect to get the money back anyway.
If they ask for another loan, say "no" unless you're really willing to give up more money. If you do say "no," simply point out that you previously told them that you would not loan them more money until the earlier loan was paid back. This is an easy and very clear response, as it puts the onus of trust onto them, not onto you.
As I said at the start of this article, this advice only matters if you've decided to loan money anyway, even though I generally consider it to be a really bad idea. If you're considering loaning money to a friend or family member, please think it over carefully before doing so.
I have made the mistake of lending money to family and friends in the past. Eventually, I had to accept that this money was simply gone. If I had accepted that idea from the start, I wouldn't have damaged any relationships in the process. Instead, I could have continued to be a part of their process of fixing their life.
Don't let money get in the way of your friendships or family. Avoid lending money if you can, and if you must, make it as unintrusive as possible.


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Case 1 Male 68. noted during skin check. PH of several melanomas with the surgical scars on his back not my work. If you think this is a melanoma how thick would it be? Looking at the histology in the video below why is the dermatoscopic image so blue? Is it due to the dermal melanin in melanophages? This was reported as an in situ melanoma with a benign dermal neval component. I am a dermatologist , not a dermatopathologist.
This was one of 3 cases I presented recently in the Skin Cancer College Dermatoscopy Blog. You can view the others in the video.
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Of course, I'm playing on Herbert Hoover's "a chicken in every pot" remark.
I just saw this clip and thought it was entertaining considering so many, no matter their leanings, are active in the "public sphere." Marx would be so happy! LOL!
Regretfully, I couldn't embed this clip, but I can point you in the right direction.
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Hot Coffee is a normally inaccessible minigame in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, developed by Rockstar North. Public awareness of the existence of the minigame arrived with the release of the Hot Coffee mod, created for the Microsoft Windows port of GTA: San Andreas in 2005. This mod enables access to the minigame.
The minigame portrays animated sexual intercourse between the main character, Carl "CJ" Johnson, and his chosen in-game girlfriend. The name of the mod is derived from the girlfriend's offer for the main character to come into her home for "coffee," a euphemism for sex.[1]
Although the "Hot Coffee" minigame was completely disabled and its existence was only highlighted after the mod's release for the PC version on June 9, 2005,[2] the assets for the minigame were also discovered in both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of the game, and people found ways to enable the minigame via console video game hacking tools. By the middle of July 2005, the minigame's discovery attracted considerable controversy from lawmakers and some members of the public, prompting the game to be re-assessed with an "Adults Only (AO)" rating by the U.S. Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), and refused classification in Australia, resulting in its removal from sale.
An updated version of San Andreas was later released with the minigame removed completely, allowing the game to regain its original rating. A patch for the original version of the game, Cold Coffee, was designed to counter edit the script and disable the minigame and crash the game if one attempts to access it.[3]
Minigame overview and Hot Coffee mod[edit]
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Throughout the game, Carl "CJ" Johnson, the game's protagonist, may date up to six girlfriends, carrying out various "date missions" in order to improve his relationship with a particular woman. Once CJ has become particularly close to a girlfriend, or if he has collected all oysters in the game, his girlfriend may end a successful date by inviting him into her house for "coffee," from which CJ may choose to accept or decline. Improving relationships with girlfriends through successful dates and other related activities will eventually reward CJ with new items, such as vehicles and special wardrobes, along with pre-existing gameplay benefits (e.g. dating a nurse grants CJ with free visits to the hospital without losing his weapons after dying).
In the unmodified version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, players see an exterior view of the girlfriend's house while hearing the muffled voices of CJ and his girlfriend engaging in sexual intercourse. However, the Hot Coffee mod replaces this with a minigame which allows the player to actually enter the girlfriend's bedroom and control Carl's actions during sex, with the same controls as dancing.
Rockstar Games, the publisher of the Grand Theft Auto series, initially denied allegations that the minigame was "hidden" in the video game, stating that the Hot Coffee modification (which they claim violated the game's End User License Agreement) is the result of "hackers" making "significant technical modifications to and reverse engineering" the game's code.[4] However, this claim was undermined when a user known as "gothi" from the website PS2 Save Tools released the "GTA:SA Censor Remover" tool for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions in June 2005, which allowed the minigame to be accessed on consoles. These new methods of accessing the mod demonstrated that the controversial content was, indeed, built into the console versions as well.
The PC mod itself is only an edited copy of the main game script file ("main.scm") with a single bit changed. The mod was also made possible on the console versions by changing the bit inside a user's saved game file or by using a third-party modding device. Take-Two has stated that the mod constitutes a violation of the End User License Agreement,[5] even though modification of the main.scm file is common within the mod community.
However, the oral sex animations are clearly visible in the background during one scene of the mission "Cleaning the Hood," even in the re-released game.[6] This explains why the minigame was not simply removed when the decision was made to cut it from the game; its assets were already in use elsewhere.[7][8]
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The revelation of the minigame sparked a fair amount of controversy around Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, with some politicians firing harsh words at both the game's developer and the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the organization which establishes content ratings for video games in North America. It also rekindled the debate over the influence of video games in general with new protests against several other games such as Killer7, The Sims 2, and Bully.
Jack Thompson was one of the first to criticize the game for its hidden content, believing violent media to be among the main causes of violent crime in America. Thompson lashed out against Rockstar Games on several occasions for previous games they have developed.
U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton suggested that new regulations be put on video games sales.[9] The ESRB conducted an investigation that ultimately changed the game's rating from Mature to Adults Only 18+.[10] Also, Congress passed a resolution to have the Federal Trade Commission investigate whether Rockstar intentionally undermined the ESRB by having the content in the game.[11]
In New York, a class action lawsuit was filed by Florence Cohen, an 85-year-old grandmother who purchased the game for her 14-year-old grandson (according to the old rating of "M," the game is typically considered inappropriate for this age). Cohen's lawsuit claimed that Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of the game, are guilty of deception, false advertising, fraud and abuse. The accusation of deception is based on the change from M-rated to AO, meaning according to the lawsuit that the original rating was a deceptive practice.[12]
A protest group known as the Peaceoholics, led by activist Ronald Moten,[13] organized a protest on August 4, 2005 at Rockstar's headquarters. The group demonstrated against San Andreas as well as the game Bully, the latter due to fears that the content could inspire children to become bullies themselves.[14][15] Ironically, Moten and Peaceoholics would later be accused of misusing grant funds several years later.[16]
Product re-rating[edit]
On July 8, 2005, the ESRB announced that it was aware of and opening an investigation into the circumstances surrounding 'Hot Coffee.' The investigation examined "whether the mod unlocks preexisting code...or is actually a purely third-party creation."[17]
On July 20, 2005, the ESRB announced that it was changing the rating of GTA:SA from Mature (M) to Adults Only (AO), making this the first and only Grand Theft Auto game to receive an AO Rating.[18] Rockstar stated that it would discontinue manufacturing the current version of the game, and produce a new version that would not include the content that is unlocked by the Hot Coffee mod. In the fourth quarter of 2005, Rockstar released this "clean" version with the "Hot Coffee" scenes removed (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 1.01), allowing the rating of the game to be reverted to its original Mature rating.[19]
On July 29, 2005, as a result of the newly discovered scenes, the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) revoked the game's "MA15+" classification (the highest rating then available for computer games in Australia) and changed the game's rating to Refused Classification (RC), which officially banned the original version from being sold in the country. The patched version was given an "MA15+" classification on September 12, 2005.[20]
On August 10, 2005, Rockstar Games officially released a patch for San Andreas.[21] The patch fixed many performance issues and bugs. However, the patch also disabled the controversial "Hot Coffee" scenes, even if the "Hot Coffee" mod was re-installed.
There was little reaction in Europe. The game was already rated "18+" by PEGI prior to the release of the mod. Furthermore, PEGI ratings are enforced by law in many European nations, making it a criminal offense to sell 18+ games to minors. In the United Kingdom, the BBFC similarly gave the game an "18" rating (as of 2012, the BBFC no longer classifies video games, and PEGI was adopted instead).
Product withdrawal and recall[edit]
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The day after the rating change, several North American chain stores, and IEMA retailers, which accounted for every major retailer in the United States and approximately 85% of the game's market in the country, removed the PC and console versions of the game from their store shelves, re-stickered the box with the new rating, or returned it to Take-Two Interactive. These included major chains such as GameStop, Sears, Hudson's Bay Company, Zellers, Hollywood Video, Blockbuster, Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, and Electronics Boutique.[22] Rockstar gave some retailers ESRB "Adults Only" rating stickers to put on their copies of GTA:SA, should they decide to keep selling the original product.
eBay removed copies of GTA:SA that had been reported by the eBay community. eBay claimed that GTA:SA violated the terms of the eBay seller policy and could not be sold unless it was located in the Everything Else > Mature Audiences section. This section requires a credit card to validate the age of the eBay user.[citation needed]
On August 24, 2005, Rockstar announced a mandatory recall for all games still owned by the general public.[citation needed] Consumers who had already purchased the game were allowed to keep it in certain areas, but with the patch installed, although players cannot be forced to return (or destroy) existing copies.
Version 2.0 of GTA:SA, which omitted the sexual minigame content, was designed by Rockstar to crash if the game data files were modified. This made it necessary for players to use a previous version if they wished to install multiplayer game modifications such as San Andreas Multiplayer or Multi Theft Auto and other game modifications that include new scripts or vehicles. Certain pirated or illegally distributed versions of the original game may also be made available on the Internet or from illegal retail outlets. Downgraders are also available to unpatch and revert the game version and support the Hot Coffee minigame again.
This limitation later was overcome[23] by two members of the unofficial Grand Theft Auto modding community, who discovered a method of creating modifications which would work with version 2.0. Users of version 2.0 might still need to use previous versions or use a downgrade in order to install a mod not created with the new method.
Federal and legal action[edit]
In December 2005, Senators Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh introduced the Family Entertainment Protection Act, which called for a federal mandate enforcement of the ESRB ratings system in order to protect children from inappropriate content.[24]
On January 27, 2006, the city of Los Angeles filed a lawsuit against Take-Two Interactive, the game's publisher, accusing the company of failing to disclose the game's sexual content.[25]
On June 8, 2006, Rockstar, Take-Two and the FTC settled. They are required to "clearly and prominently disclose on product packaging and in any promotion or advertisement for electronic games, content relevant to the rating, unless that content had been disclosed sufficiently in prior submissions to the rating authority." Should the companies violate the settlement they are liable for $11,000 in civil penalties.[26]
Civil class actions[edit]
In 2006 attorneys brought several class actions alleging Take-Two committed consumer fraud. In December 2007, a settlement of the litigation was reached.[27] In 2008, Ted Frank filed an objection to the settlement on the grounds that the settlement sought $1 million for attorneys' fees, but the total payout to class members was less than $27,000.[28][29] A court hearing was already scheduled on June 25, 2008. Frank previously told GamePolitics that the lawsuits were meritless and extortionate.[30]
As part of the settlement, Take-Two will pay a $873,000 cy-près award to the National Parent-Teacher Association and the ESRB.[28][29]
As of June 25, 2008, fewer than 2,700 claimants responded to the settlement, for which the plaintiff's attorneys expressed disappointment.[31] Frank expressed that this was further proof that the case had no merit.
As of September 1, 2009, Take Two agreed to settle a securities class action suit related to the controversy over the game and over backdating allegations for just over $20 million.[32]
The Hot Coffee mod controversy occurred around the same time that Take-Two's leadership was undergoing investigation by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on charges of inside trading. The company had lost US$163.3 million in 2006 as a combined result of these issues. A group of Take-Two shareholders worked together to arrange a buyout of a majority holding of the company, ousting the former leadership and naming Strauss Zelnick as the new CEO, who remains CEO of the company as of 2020.[33]
A user had recreated a similar Hot Coffee modification for Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 in February 2020; unlike the San Andreas version, the mod is based on reusing models and animation assets but does not reflect content wholly available in the game as distributed. The mod involves the game's protagonist, Arthur Morgan, engaging in sex with a prostitute though no nudity is shown. Take-Two had sent a cease and desist letter to the modder, claiming the mod violated the game's terms of use, but the modder argued that the mod "doesn't enable anything that was previously hidden by the devs, and only uses animations/audio that are still used in the game".[34]
See also[edit]
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- ^ "No More Hot Coffee". Rockstar Games. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "'Grand Theft' maker blames hackers for sex scenes". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2005-03-05. Retrieved 13 July 2005.
- ^ Take-Two Games - Investor Relations General Information
- ^ "Nye sex-avsløringer i drapsspill" [New sex revelations in murder game]. Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 5 August 2005. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016.
- ^ "My Take On "Hot Coffee"". Rom's Rants. Retrieved 14 June 2006.
- ^ "Getting into Hot Water over Hot Coffee". OpenLearn. Retrieved 12 Dec 2018.
- ^ "Clinton calls for federal game regulation". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 21 July 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2005.
- ^ Bowles, Scott (2005-07-21). "'Grand Theft Auto' gets pulled over - USA Today July 20, 2005". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^ "Take-Two sued, confirms FTC investigation". GameSpot. Retrieved 27 July 2005.
- ^ "Grandma Sues Rockstar Over San Andreas". TeamXbox. Archived from the original on 30 July 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2005.
- ^ https://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/58015.html
- ^ "March against Bully". Joystiq. Retrieved 4 August 2005.
- ^ "Group Releases Rockstar Demands". Joystiq. Archived from the original on 25 November 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2005.
- ^ https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Peaceoholics-Accused-of-Misusing-Grant-Funds-212579411.html
- ^ "ESRB to investigate San Andreas sex content". CNET. CNET Networks. 2005-07-08. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ^ "San Andreas rated AO, Take-Two suspends production". GameSpot. CNET Networks. Retrieved July 1, 2006.
- ^ "FTC Hot Coffee ruling scalds, but doesn't burn Take-Two". GameSpot. CNET Networks. Archived from the original on July 8, 2006. Retrieved July 1, 2006.
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- ^ "No More Hot Coffee". Rockstar Games patch website. Retrieved 14 June 2006.
- ^ Chris Morris (20 July 2005). "Wal-Mart and Target Pull Grand Theft Auto". CNN Money. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "GTA modding". Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ Jennie Lees (16 December 2005). "Family Entertainment Protection Act Now Filed". Engadget. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ Eric Bangeman (27 January 2006). "Take-Two Interactive Sued over Hot Coffee Mod". Ars Technica. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ Adams, David (2006-06-08). "Rockstar, FTC Settle Over Hot Coffee". IGN. Retrieved 2006-06-16.
- ^ "GTA Settlement". Archived from the original on December 24, 2007.
- ^ a b "Did Lawyers Inflate Fees in Hot Coffee Class Action Suit?". Gamepolitics.com. 2008-05-27. Archived from the original on 2008-09-06.
- ^ a b "Grand Theft Auto: Class Action Settlement - $26,505 for the unrepresented class, $1 million fee request". Overlawyered. 2008-05-26.
- ^ "Overlawyered Disses Hot Coffee Class Action Settlement". Gamepolitics.com. 2008-04-29.
- ^ Matt Martin (2008-06-25). "Lawyers shocked at lack of Hot Coffee claimants". gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Announces Settlement of Securities Class Action". Thomson Reuters. 2009-09-01. Archived from the original on 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ Peters, Jeremy (March 30, 2007). "Stockholders Oust Chief at Take-Two". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
- ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (February 22, 2020). "Red Dead Redemption 2 Hot Coffee mod creator defiant despite legal threat". Eurogamer. Retrieved February 22, 2020.


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Another Bad Experience with EDD and BofA (Commentary)
This email is written in response to Gar Smith's story, dated August 31, 2011, concerning the State of California outsourcing and processing of unemployment benefits through Bank of America.
I have an interesting story and more information to add to this story. I personallly believe this process is just another way of bilking the middle class and poor people of this nation. Below is my recent experience concerning this matter. -more-


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Friday morning at 11 a.m. the Bisons will open the Caravelle Resort Classic hosted by Coastal Carolina against Illinois. The Bisons are 4-8 and Illinois is 1-5.
Illinois plans to start right-hander Will Strack, 1-0 and a 3.27 earned run average. The Bisons are expected to start senior right-hander Josh Smith, 1-1, 3.00 ERA.
This will be the first time Illinois and Lipscomb have played each other in baseball.
The Bisons will play Michigan, 4-7 heading into the tournament, Saturday at 11 a.m. This will also be the first time the Bisons have played Michigan in baseball.
Michigan has two possible starters, right-hander Tyler Burgoon (2-1, 7.71 ERA) or lefty Bobby Brosnahan (0-1, 6.23). The Bisons have scheduled left-hander Alex Ross (1-0, 3.38) to start his second game of the season.
Saturday at 4 p.m. the Bisons will close out the tournament against Ball State. This will be the second game all-time between Bisons and Ball State. Ball State holds a 1-0 edge, having beaten the Bisons 1-0 Feb. 23, 2007.
Sophomore right-hander Davey Hackett, 1-1, 5.29 ERA, is slated to start for the Bisons.
Lipscomb coach Jeff Forehand knows his Bisons are going to be facing major challenges.
"That's why we signed up for it," Forehand said. "It never gets any easier whether it is Youngstown State, Vanderbilt or Illinois. "I haven't had a chance to dive into the stats of what those teams have done. They are big schools from big conferences.
"I remember Michigan coming to Nashville and taking Vanderbilt's regional away from them. We are trying to get ourselves prepared for the conference."
The Bisons offense has started to wake up with double figures in hits in their last three games and in four of their last six. In the other two games they had nine.
"We have a lot to learn," Forehand said. "We preach and preach our scheme. It is not about stepping in and trying to hit the ball as hard as you can. That's not what we are trying to get them to do.
"We want to be able to play the short game a little bit. We want to allow our base stealers to steal and run bases."
JUCO transfer Zach Messer has emerged as one of the biggest run producers, batting third in the lineup. He leads the team in RBI with nine and is tied for the lead in doubles with four. He also has one triple.
Forehand expected Messer to be a run producer, but he wants the junior to be more patient at the plate in order to get hits that will allow lead-off hitter Tyler Wilson and No. 2 batter M.L. Williams to use their base running skills.
"Zach has to learn how to be a little more patient," Forehand said. "If he is going to hit third right behind those runners he is going to have to be patient and allow them to steal a base.
"He might have to hit down in the count sometimes. He can produce a lot of runs with runners in scoring position."
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CORTEZ As patient as a mule?
No, thats not the adage, but this mule didnt have a choice. Two Bit Loretta Lou was stuck in a mud hole.
Getting stuck in the mud may not sound like an emergency, but when it comes to horses and mules, it can be a battle for life or death.
Wednesday afternoon, however, Two Bit Loretta Lou emerged from the muddy abyss just fine. But it wasnt an easy rescue.
I was so relieved, I had tears in my eyes, Shirley Ogle, 83, said about her beloved mule.
Shirley and Loretta Lou have been pals for 25 years, so its understandable that seeing that old mule pulled out of the mud was a huge relief.
The 30-year-old mule wandered into a mud hole near her corral and, like quicksand, her right-side legs were sucked deep into the muck.
The Cortez Fire Protection District responded with six people along with veterinarian Shane Cote of the Montezuma Veterinarian Clinic.
We treated this like any other emergency, said Fire Chief Jeff Vandevoorde. It really went pretty smooth. Im glad we got her out safely.
With the veterinarian providing the expertise about how to extricate the mule from the mud, the fire crew went to work.
A cover was placed over the mules head to try and keep her calm. Then, after digging under the animal, two straps were looped around the mule. A tractor was used to lift her out of the mud and set her down on dry land.
Cote has dealt with this type of emergency before, and he knew the mules trapped legs would be weak and fatigued, so he wanted to roll her onto her other side.
With eight men members of the fire crew, Shirleys son, Kelly Ogle, and some neighbors pulling on straps and Shirley anxiously watching nearby, they gently rolled Loretta Lou onto her other side. Then they waited.
When Loretta Lou was rested and ready for this stubborn ordeal to be done with, she pushed herself up.
A robust cheer went up from the crowd of rescuers and onlookers.
There was lots of clapping and cheering, Shirley Ogle said with a relieved chuckle. When we saw her get up and all four legs were working, we were really glad.
The mule was stuck for at least 1½ hours, Ogle said. When a horse or mule is down and on its side for that long, there are major health risks, plus the possibility of hypothermia setting in.
The reason why the tractor with the front-end bucket was on the property was to help fix a water leak, which was what caused the mud hole.
Ogle said this was the first time something like this has happened to one of her animals.
Having horses all my life, we knew it happens. You just hope its not yours, she said. Sometimes animals get themselves into situations, and they need help.
Ogle checked on her mule before she went to bed, and got up early and visited with Loretta Lou in the morning.
Relief and joy were still in her voice Thursday afternoon.
She has taken care of me, and I have taken care of her for 25 years, she said. Every horse or equestrian person says they want that perfect animal once in their lives. And she is it for me.
Ogles mule was a successful show saddle mule, and the pair competed around California for years.
Vandevoorde, who owns two horses of his own, knew the urgency of the situation when they arrived.
These animals are a part of the family to many people, he said.
He also knows that horses, mules and livestock are essential to the livelihood of many who work the farms and ranches in Montezuma County.
When Ogle saw her mule stuck, she immediately called for help, but she knew there was nothing she could do until help arrived.
You dont panic, you just have to figure things out and stay calm, she said.
Loretta Lou also did her part and didnt panic.
Mules are so smart, they wont fight and injure themselves. She was so patient, Ogle said.
The old mule fought to try and get loose, but didnt thrash too much, Ogle said. Then she would rest and regain her strength before another attempt.
Once crews arrived, Ogle said, her mule seemed to understand that they were there to help her get out.
But Vandevoorde said they proceeded with caution when working with the large animal, which weighed more than 500 pounds.
The main thing was to help keep our guys safe and also to not injure (the mule), he said.
Ogle has lived in McElmo Canyon for four years after moving from California.
I came through here 35 years ago and fell in love with the place. It took me another 35 years to move here, she said with a laugh.
She and her late husband had another mule that passed away just last fall.
Petey was only 27, Ogle said with a laugh.
After moving to Cortez four years ago from the Chicago area, Vandevoorde admitted that he hasnt gotten a lot of animal calls in his career. A couple dogs falling through the ice in the winter and one time a bull made a daring escape from the sale barn on Highway 491.
This is the first horse call Ive been on, he said.
The bull incident didnt turn out well for the bull. With the brazen bovine on the loose, causing havoc on U.S. Highway 491, the sale barn posse was forced to shoot the animal before it caused a major traffic accident, Vandevoorde said.
But pulling a mule out of the muck was a very satisfying day.
For Ogle, it was a great day that started out bad but ended perfectly.
After spending a good part of the day making sure that Loretta Lou was fully recovered, Ogle could relax. And both she and her mule could get back to enjoying retirement.
Shes earned her retirement, Ogle said.
Nothing wrong or stubborn about that.


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