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For a couple of months, I have been casually dating a girl who moved into my apartment complex. Recently she disappeared, was vague and nearly unresponsive for a couple of weeks.
For a couple of months, I have been casually dating a girl who moved into my apartment complex. Recently she disappeared, was vague and nearly unresponsive for a couple of weeks. Then out of nowhere, she texts pictures of herself from the Warrior Dash in very short running shorts and a tight tank. The next week she brought a new dude to the pool while also texting me randomly. I was always apprehensive about seeing someone that lives that close, but at this point I am confused. Does she like me or not? -Mitch
Deciphering whether or not she likes you is not the problem. I'm trying to understand why you would waste your time any further. The fact that she is your neighbor only escalates the level of frustration and awkwardness!
Actions speak louder than words. If she is interested, she will show you. This advice goes both ways. Your reactions will also dictate where this relationship goes, or for that matter what behaviors you accept in your future relationships. The dating process is just as much about learning about yourself as it is learning about another person.
If you want my opinion about this girl, she is probably using you and only interested in getting attention. Stop feeding her insecurities and cut things off now. Move on and realize that you deserve something more.
I am a recent college graduate with a master's degree. I worked very hard to achieve my degrees and have been interviewing to start my career in other cities. This summer I am totally falling for a guy that never finished college and works a blue-collar job. I always envisioned that I would marry a guy that has a good job and who is ambitious like me. I am smitten with this guy, and now I hesitate when getting interviews that would require me to leave. I am really questioning my next move - should I go with my head or my heart? -Nina, 24
I can guess what your parents would tell you to do after spending thousands of dollars and many years to educate yourself! But we can't help who we fall in love with, can we?
Start with a reality check. You sought an education for some reason, right? I'm guessing that all of your goals for the preceding six-plus years prepared you for this next step in your life. Don't just abandon your passions the second you get butterflies on a date.
Now that you have graduated, revise your personal goals and look back at the ones that you have accomplished. Just as importantly, I want you to believe that the true love destined to be in your life will find its way to you no matter which you decide to follow, your head or heart.
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Papaw Barry bought the girls some super cute matching Valentine's Pj's! Micah Claire was sooooo excited that she and Kinley finally had clothes that matched!My two sweet Valentines! IDK why this picture posted side ways.... but their momma thinks they're cute at any angle!
Last Friday night Micah Claire got a call asking her to move up to the Kindergarten Gymnastics class; she was BEYOND excited about the offer! (and so were mommy & daddy!)
Sweet Kinley Bugs turned 17 weeks old yesterday! I can't believe in 3 days she will be 4 months old; that just doesn't seem right :(This smile makes me the happiest momma in the world!Friday while I was getting ready for class she rolled from her back to her tummy. I couldn't believe it; I thought for sure I must have imagined it so I flipped her back on her back. And within seconds she rolled right over to her tummy then from her tummy to her back again. I squealed so loud it made her cry! She's officially a rollie pollie bug now!


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One of the so-called Minor Prophets. He is called, in the title of his book, "Nahum the Elkoshite." Where Elkosh was is not definitely known. The supposition that Nahum was a native of Judah agrees well with his keen sense of Judah's affliction under Assyrian domination and with his intense hatred of her oppressor.


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There's a war brewing, but taste is still the loser on America's coffee front
Posted by TheShot on 26 Dec 2006 | Tagged as: Café Society, Consumer Trends, Quality Issues, Starbucks
Leave it to the Australians to best capture the state of Big Coffee in America, as reported today on Melbourne's The Age: There's a war brewing, but taste is still the loser on America's coffee front. The article points out America's escalating obsession with quality coffee, but (IMO, correctly) notes how poor the baseline coffee quality level is in this country. (With no exaggeration, Australia has much higher standards for coffee and espresso in their country.) In effect, what we have in the U.S. is an all-out retail war for who can dominate the mass market for underwhelming, underachieving coffee — to win the hearts, minds, and dollars of those who believe good coffee is meant for lattes and paper cups.
In particular, the article takes a third-person perspective on the Starbucks vs. Dunkin' Donuts celebrity death match. In one corner are the aspirational Starbucks drinkers, who are driven by a need to, ironically, express their individuality and non-conformity … and see Dunkin' Donuts as too stripped down and lacking style. In the other corner are the Dunkin' Donuts loyalists, who take pride in not being duped by fancy names (call it "Fretalian") … and fancier prices for the privilege of stumbling over them.
And yet there's a third party in all this, the spectators, who just want better coffee — regardless of the lifestyle image supposedly projected by their choice of where to drink it. For us, watching Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts duke it out is a bit like watching two inebriated women in an eye-gouging, mud-wrestling cat fight trying to settle the Miss Congeniality crown. The absurdity of the situation keeps us laughing. That is, until we want to take a break for a decent coffee and discover that our favorite café sold the business to one of these louts. And then we start crying.
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[…] We've also witnessed examples where legislation has followed inequalities based on the perception of class lines — such as California's banning of foie gras as "inhumane" (a dish with origins that date back to 2,500 B.C.) but not the modern factory farming of chicken. Could a latte tax be another proxy for consumer class warfare between the McDonald's/Dunkin' Donuts set and the Starbucks set? […]


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The HTC One SV proves stunningly attractive smartphones that can find a home on prepaid carriers. Available on Cricket Wireless for $349.99, the slim, colorfully seductive One SV certainly adds spice to the provider's no-contract lineup. With its fiery red highlights and compact yet premium feel, it's one of the best-designed HTC handsets to come along in quite some time. But while this Android ICS phone is easy on the eyes and powered by a fast processor, its camera doesn't provide pleasing image quality.
HTC certainly has a knack for crafting striking smartphones and this skill shows in the One SV. With its gentle curves and rounded edges, not to mention vibrant red highlights, the One SV isn't your typical black-slab handset. Instead, the crimson metallic trim that runs around the phone is reminiscent of HTC's other premium gadgets such as the Droid DNA and Evo 4G LTE.
Measuring a wafer-thin 0.36 of an inch deep and 5 inches tall by 2.6 inches wide, the device is practically petite by today's gargantuan smartphone standards. The phone manages to tip the scales at a featherweight 4.3 ounces, too, making it a breeze to carry or slip into pockets.
Of course the tradeoff is the One SV's smaller 4.3-inch (800x400-pixel) LCD display. It has a lower pixel count than the HD-resolution screens you'll find on many high-end handsets. As a result text and images appear less sharp than I prefer and viewing angles are shallow. Even so, the display does get pretty bright.
Above the screen is a long earpiece grille with five red dashes embedded within it that push the One SV's futuristic look even further. Here too is a 1.6 megapixel front-facing camera, while below the display are three capacitive and backlit keys, yes, red as well, for main Android operations.
HTC kept ports and buttons at a minimum with just a Micro-USB connection on the handset's bottom lip, a thin volume bar on the right, and a 3.5mm headphone jack and power key up top. Around back live the One SV's 5-megapixel main camera, LED flash, and neon-red battery cover. The cover is thin but sports a soft-touch surface that's easy to grip and repels fingerprints. Underneath you'll find an 1,800mAh removable battery, plus slots for SIM and microSD cards.
Software and UI
Running the Android 4.04 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, the HTC One SV offers a modern software experience. Sure, it's not the latest and most advanced operating system that has rolled off Google's assembly line, that being Android version 4.1/4.2 Jelly Bean. HTC has layered its own Sense 4.1 user interface on top of the OS, though. It boasts plenty of useful enhancements such as a lock screen with customizable quick-launch icons, special gesture controls, and browser tools.
To unlock the device and jump to the home screen simply flick a virtual ring from the bottom of the screen upward. You can also choose from four icons (phone, e-mail, messages, and camera by default) to drag into the ring's center, launching its associated function straight away.
There are seven home screens at your disposal, too, which you can fill and tweak with widgets and shortcuts to applications. Dragging items on top of each other automatically creates folders to keep your screen layout tidy.
HTC's gesture controls adds another twist. For example, instead of clumsily dragging application icons to the edge of the screen to place them on the next available home screen, just hold your finger down on a shortcut while swiping left or right. Doing so will cycle through screens until you locate an ideal spot to drop your favorite app or widget onto.
Sense also natively supports multiple social-media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The upside of this integration is that the phone will scan your contacts list and suggest possible links among these services. You can view photos your friends have shared as well and see any recent updates they've made within the People app.
The HTC One SV is a true Android smartphone and with this pedigree comes support for all of Google's popular services such as Gmail, Google+, the Chrome browser, and the Google Play storefront. There you'll find a wide selection of books, movies, music, and over 700,000 apps for download. The device supports corporate and personal e-mail accounts too, and the previously mentioned social networks.
Useful third-party applications preloaded include the Dropbox file-sharing app and TuneIn's Internet radio player. Like all conscientious wireless carriers, Cricket has thrown in its own grab bag of software, most of it of little value, such as a mobile Web app, Cricket Browser, and MyBackup, a contact-saving tool.
Muve Music, however, is another story. The free Muve service essentially lets you search for and stream or download audio tracks right to your Cricket handset. In fact, the One SV comes with a special 4GB Muve microSD Card, 3GB of which is reserved for storing Muve tunes. Don't get any ideas, though; Muve music you download is encrypted and only playable on the phone.
The HTC One SV's 5-megapixel camera has a lot going for it. First, it uses HTC's ImageSense electronics, which the company says will speed up time between shots and help the phone capture images quickly. My experience with the One SV confirmed that its camera indeed fires off pictures in no time, almost instantly in fact. I was also able to cycle between shots just as fast since the autofocus locks onto subjects in a fraction of a second.


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June 2013 Sake Tastings
It's the rainy season in Japan and it seems as though the weather gods are treating us likewise. So join us for our tastings this month and do as the Japanese do this time of year…drink sake!
Saturday, June 1, 2013, 5-7pm
Naraman Origarami Junmai Nama Tasting (Fukushima)
Saturday, June 8, 2013, 5-7pm
Kokuryu "Gohyaku Mangoku" Junmai Ginjo Tasting (Fukui)
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 5-7pm
Hakkaisan Brewery Tasting (Niigata)
Hakkaisan Junmai Ginjo & Hakkaisan Ginjo
Saturday, June 22, 2013, 5-7pm
Kenbishi "Kuromatsu" Honjozo Tasting (Hyogo)
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My favourite thing about the internet is having the ability to surround myself with people who are smarter than me.
My Twitter timeline is constantly full of amazing, inspiring women; women with stories to tell and brilliant, brave voices to tell them in. Women who are grabbing life with two hands and making it work for them. Women who have overcome unbelievable, devastating things. Women who really, really give a shit.
I've written before about Laura Jane Williams, one of the best and most beautiful writers I've encountered. I've followed her blog for a while now and had the pleasure of hearing her speak at a Debrief event a couple of months ago. So when she and fellow fabulous person Emma Gannon decided to throw a real life get together for these great Twitter women, I basically fell over myself in my hurry to get a ticket.
Fittingly, the theme of the evening was friendship, so I took a deep breath, put on my big girl pants and decided to go along on my ownsome and make as many friends as I could. I had chatted with a lot of the folks who were going on Twitter, but I suffer from that eternal writers' conviction that I am infinitely funnier and more charming on the page than I could ever hope to be in person, so I was pretty nervous.
I headed into the room, made a beeline for the prosecco and spun around to introduce myself to the nearest person before my confidence had the chance to desert me. Reader, the Universe sent me an angel. Halfway through our introductions, I realised I had met the woman I was speaking to before but hadn't recognised her, due to my vision being impaired upon our first meeting by a knight's helmet. We were taking part in a non-sexy pants photoshoot. No, really, we actually were:
She was the excellent Daisy Buchanan, whose writing you will probably have read if you have picked up literally any newspaper or magazine this year. Spurred on by this realisation, I introduced myself to another bunch of ladies standing nearby and spent the next half hour pouring prosecco for people and enthusing about how great Daisy's writing is.
The panel of speakers took to the stage and I quickly scurried to an empty seat. I smiled shyly at the girls beside me, only to have one of them ask "Sorry, are you Fiona?"
Turns out that curly red hair and a big Scottish accent are good identifiers. My favourite thing about events like this is that everyone introduces themselves with their Twitter handle.
"Oh hey! Aren't you @EscapologistGl? I'm @flo_robson!"
"SHUT UP, it's so nice to meet you!"
The panel was made up of Nadin Hadi, Lucy Sheridan, Jade Coles and Emma and Laura themselves. The five women were strikingly different but equally excellent as they picked their way through the thorny topic of friendship.
Wisdom was doled out in bucketloads:
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
A good friendship is one where you don't both fall out of love at the same time.
You can have unrequited love, but not unrequited friendship.
But the wisdom was cut through with fast-paced, biting hilarity: Lucy recalling how her husband falls in friend-love at first sight, Nadin outing herself as Helen from Bridesmaids, Laura exclaiming Oh god, I'm Kristen Wiig and I HATE YOU.
I frantically tapped half nonsensical, typo ridden notes into my phone and nodded furiously at every word spoken. The truth is, these women could have been talking about anything in the world and I would have listened. There is something so uniquely wonderful about a group of women who are absolutely owning it. I wanted to stand up and high five everyone in the room when Nadin followed up her Bridesmaids comment by saying "People are intimidated by me and that's fine. I am intimidating."
In no time at all, the panel was over and people started to mill around the room. Self-consciousness soothed by prosecco and shared experience, we poured out our stories of love and loss, of friendship breakups, finding your tribe and whether or not you always want to sleep with your friends just a little bit. Scrolling the hashtag on Twitter, I found that a couple of my favourite bloggers were in the room and went around squinting at people's faces until I found them. Once I met them, I tried to be cool, but ended up snuggling them instead. Such is life.
There's always something a bit magical about meeting people you admire and this night was absolutely no exception. If you didn't get a ticket for this one, make sure you come along to the next. But be warned, I'll probably snuggle you.


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The dollar held on to a firmer tone following yesterday's mostly firm U.S. data releases, which kept alive the prospect of Fed tapering as early as September and also raised the risk of a better than expected NFP reading. Activity in Asia was relatively low due to the pending data risk. EUR moved across 1.3200, but saw no follow through. USD-JPY was buoyed by the pick up in U.S. yields and the global stock rally, which carried it to 99.70. In Australia, softer than expected PPI data was the catalyst for more AUD selling and it breached 0.8900 barriers. The government economic statement was also broadly negative. The growth forecast was downgraded from May's 2.75% reading to 2.5% for 2013/14 and the budget deficit was now seen at A$30.1 bln from A$18 bln previously.
EUR-USD moved either side of 1.3200 following yesterday's dovish stance from the ECB and U.S. data strength. Movement under 1.3200 saw no follow through, which was also the case on Thursday amid short covering from range players and reports of corporate activity. EUR-USD's pullback from the 1.3300 area has dampened upward momentum and a strong NFP release could see another round of liquidation and raise the risk of a deeper correction. Large offers at 1.3300 were re-established in Asia yesterday after the post-Fed spike to 1.3345.
USD-JPY started the session on a firm footing around 99.50 following yesterday's dollar gains. A decent rally via the Nikkei boosted USD-JPY to 99.70 during the Asian morning before light profit taking went through. Sentiment has turned more favourable for USD-JPY after Thursday's strong rebound out of the 97.60 area, leaving near-term risk skewed to a 100.00 test.
GBP is back on the defensive. Cable is eyeing a potential push through 1.5100 amid general dollar strength and in anticipation of more details on the BoE's formal policy guidance at next Wednesday's quarterly Inflation Report. The BoE left policy unchanged yesterday, which was widely expected, but it did not release a statement. Cable posted a kneejerk rally to 1.5240, where very good selling was noted from a variety of fund names and short term accounts playing the range in anticipation of further losses.
USD-CHF extended its rally towards 0.9385 as EUR-USD heaviness guided action. The ECB maintained a dovish policy stance over yesterday's ECB press conference and U.S. data strength revived the dollar bid. The USD-CHF close over 0.9360 suggests that it has now broken the recent bear trend after maintaining levels close to 0.9250 for more than a week with the exception of the post-Fed spike low of 0.9230, which has the hallmarks of a false break.
USD-CAD pressed higher on broad dollar gains and broke the top of the recent range at 1.0350. Over the last week USD-CAD has formed a base around the 1.0250 region and yesterday's higher low encouraged long positioning building. The near-term risk is skewed to a move back over 1.0400, although this will depend on today's NFP release. There is no data out of Canada to digest until next Tuesday and domestic markets are closed on Monday for a public holiday.


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MLB WORLD SERIES: RANGERS v GIANTS
October 29, 2010
Bruce Bochy
ARLINGTON, TEXAS: Workout Day
Q. Have you decided on who's going to be DHing for you?
BRUCE BOCHY: I'll announce that right after the workout.
Q. Do you see that role staying the same for this game or could it fluctuate?
BRUCE BOCHY: It could change, yeah. We could change it every day. But I'll have that as soon as we're done with our workout.
Q. Just speaking in general about the DH, is the National League club at a disadvantage because you don't carry a DH type? You carry more like all-purpose guys on the bench.
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I think it can be, but I think in our situation it's not really any disadvantage. We have a couple good options there and we have a couple guys who have experience DHing. So I don't see that being the case in this series.
Q. Having obviously seen the video of Game 6, have you determined whether Jonathan's problems were just being overamped or was there something tactical or technical about what he was doing that caused him to have so much trouble?
BRUCE BOCHY: I think a little bit of both. Sometimes they go hand in hand when a guy is overamped and he gets out of his delivery a little bit, and I think that certainly was the case with Johnny. But we all have our hiccups, and he's pitched some great games. Like I said earlier, he's got to put that behind him and go out there and be himself.
Q. I think we all noticed after last night's game your guys were very calm, nobody was talking about the Series even close to being in control. Were you telling them that? Is that something you expressed to them or are you glad that's the way it came out?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, that's the way it should come out. There's baseball left. What they've been through the first two series, they understand there's a lot of baseball. Two wins doesn't get you anything. That's the only way to approach it.
Tomorrow their focus will be on that game tomorrow night. It has to stay that way, and that's not going to change with these guys. I think they understand we're playing a very good team and we have baseball left and we've got to keep our focus.
Q. When you hear the word "genius" tossed around about a manager, do you just laugh at it knowing that you're probably no different a manager than you were two or three years ago when this ballclub was struggling?
BRUCE BOCHY: Sure. I mean, it's -- things sometimes work out, but no, I do laugh a little bit to be honest. It's always up to the players to go out there and execute, especially when you put them in a position. And they're doing that. And I'm grateful for it, but like I said, I'm happy for them when they go out there and get the job done.
But as far as me changing, I haven't changed anything.
Q. Can you talk a little bit about Javier Lopez. What were your thoughts when you acquired him? And did you ever imagine him playing this kind of role in the bullpen in the playoffs?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, my thoughts when we first acquired him were that he was very much needed. We lost Affeldt and Runzler. We needed a left-hander to help bridge the gap to Wilson, and I thought that was a great move by Brian Sabean to get us some help in the bullpen from the left side, and what a great job he's done.
He's pitched in some tough parks, Colorado, Boston. He's got great experience and a great poise about him. That was a need for us, and we worked him pretty hard and he really saved us after those two injuries we had to our left-handers. And he's done an unbelievable job, not just during the season but in the playoffs. So I'm grateful we have him.
Q. How do you go ahead and explain all of the big hits in the big moments that Juan has found himself in over the last two or three weeks?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I think you have to look at the last two years he's done that for us. He had a good year last year, and he found a way to get a big hit or a big home run. He did it this year. There's another guy that has been through this, has experience playing with the White Sox. You look at a couple defensive plays he made, too, especially the one to end the game in a one-run game. But he's a guy we like up there with the game on the line because we know he's not going to feel any pressure. He wants to be the guy up there.
Q. Hensley kind of joked after the game last night that he could see those two back-to-back big outputs offensively coming because you guys were due after so many games this year. Could you see that coming? And also, what has he meant with his tireless work with these hitters to you this year?
BRUCE BOCHY: Bam-Bam has done a great job. He's got a great way about them, keeping their confidence and staying behind them, along with having them prepared. He gets there early and always has a game plan for them, has meetings with them. I'm sure he was enjoying us scoring some runs because we're not a team that puts a lot of runs on the board, we know it. But really the second game we benefitted from some walks, we know it. I mean, that was a tight ballgame going into the eighth inning. Just things went our way there.
But for us it's important that we pitch and catch the ball and find a way to score enough runs. It's been nice to have the outburst we did, but we know who we are, and we're a team that has to do little things to score runs, and hopefully run into a ball or two.
Q. Managerially, who have you patterned yourself after? And what, in your opinion, makes a good manager?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, I think every manager you play for in some way will influence you. I think that's been the case with me. Even my first manager in rookie ball I thought the world of, Billy Smith. I loved how he handled all of us our first year in professional ball.
And then Bill Virdon was my first manager, and he was fair but firm and had a great way about him. I don't want to leave anybody out. Of course playing for Dick Williams, you learn how important fundamentals are and to be demanding on them. But all of them in some way do influence you, whether it's game strategy or just how they deal with players.
What makes a good manager? Good players. There's no getting around that. That's the adage, and I believe it, too. But hopefully you're doing something to help them, being prepared or being in the right frame of mind to got out there and have some success.
Q. If I remember correctly, Jonathan said after Game 6 that he knew something might be wrong when his velocity of his fastball was really 89, 90. He wasn't really getting it to 93, 94. What do you see when he see Jonathan? What are you looking at? Is it location? What are you looking for from him when he can tell whether he's got it or not?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, it starts with command, and not just his fastball but his secondary pitches, also his delivery. Sometimes he gets out of sync a little bit. But early in the game it's -- Johnny hitting his spots or being close to it, and that means that he's got a good rhythm out there, a good tempo, and when he does that, he usually has a nice game because he's getting all his pitches where he wants them.
Q. This was touched on a little bit earlier, but Sanchez struggled in the first game in Philly, sort of righted himself and then he couldn't do the same thing in that final game. Did that give you pause at all to pitching him on the road? Did you think about tweaking the rotation to let him pitch in the friendlier environment?
BRUCE BOCHY: No, not really. Johnny pitched a great game in Atlanta. I mean, he's got experience pitching on the road. Like you said, I thought that was impressive that first game in Philly when he struggled there early but he did find it. It shows some poise out there, which you want from your pitcher, a young pitcher, and he found a way to pitch a nice ballgame there.
But sometimes you get out of sync, and you see good pitchers sometimes they don't find it out there. It's not their day. Just like a hitter may go 0-for-4. He's not seeing the ball as well. That happens. What's important is how you deal with it, handle it, and you have to wash it off and put it behind you.
Q. There was a report that C.J. Wilson used super glue or something like that to close a wound on a finger on his pitching hand. I know you're a stickler for the rules. Do you have any comment on that?
BRUCE BOCHY: No, I really don't have any comment on that. I know pitchers have done it before, but I don't have any comment on it.
Q. What has Schierholtz meant coming off the bench for you? And if you put Pat as the DH, is he the leading candidate to start in the outfield?
BRUCE BOCHY: Well, if we went that way, he would be. To be honest, I'm not going to go that way tomorrow. Nate has done a great job. It's not easy for a young player to have a limited role. They're not getting their consistent at-bats. But he, and I'll mention Ishikawa, both have done a nice job in the roles that they have had. Sometimes that's a role for a more experienced player, but those two have really, I think, come around and handled a tough role, and that's going in late in the game, pinch-hitting, double-switch, things like that, and go out there and play well.
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NBA Finals Game 6: Seven seconds in heaven
For a few moments, on a few nights each year, a fact that often seems fuzzy becomes absolutely clear: Watching sports is totally, unquestionably worth our time. Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals was tense, baffling, infuriating and cathartic. The Heat eventually beat the Spurs in overtime, 103-100, ensuring there will be a winner-take-all Game 7. But no matter what happens next, I'll think back to the end of regulation on Tuesday night, and the seven seconds that revealed why we watch all these games and what we gain by watching.
With 12 seconds left on the clock and the Heat down to their last possession, LeBron James misses a tying 3-pointer. Chris Bosh grabs the errant shot, just barely outleaping the Spurs' Manu Ginobili, whose maximal effort leaves him sprawled out underneath the basket. As Bosh snares the ball, Ray Allen quickly backpedals out of the lane and into the corner. Allen's toes scurry centimeters behind the arc, ensuring he'll get credit for a three rather than a two; his feet lift off the ground the same way they elevate in the first quarter of a game in February; and his wrist snaps metronomically even as his right arm flails wildly off to the side. The ball goes in. The game is tied.
But that's not nearly everything that happens in these seven seconds. There's Tony Parker, running out at Allen, desperately challenging his shot -- the reason the NBA's most prolific three-point shooter flails his arm as he releases the ball. Parker's effort wouldn't be all that remarkable except for the fact that, a few seconds before, he'd been the one challenging James' shot, all the way on the opposite side of the court. As Allen's shot arcs toward the net, Ginobili lurches up off the ground, getting ready to challenge for the next rebound. And at the top of the key, LeBron thrusts both of his arms above his headband-free noggin, desperate to take another shot to tie what could be the last game of the Heat's season.
This stuff is at once mundane and life-affirming. These men are the best at what they do, and their desperation creates a remarkably graceful panic. To quote the great philosopher Rasheed Wallace, both teams played hard, and that absolute effort matched with absolute parity is what makes those seven seconds so fantastic to watch.
Competitive sports wouldn't be competitive if there weren't winners and losers. But after six games of this series, we can now be reasonably certain that neither the Spurs nor the Heat are superior to the other. That's why Thursday night's Game 7 will be so thrilling. And that's why, though it will decide the outcome of the 2013 NBA Finals, that game can't possibly be decisive.
Even so, in a couple of days, history will be written by the team that scores the most points. There are rings to be sized and legacies to be assessed, after all.
After a great game, we too often conflate what's debatable with what's worth debating. We can argue about Spurs' coach Gregg Popovich's substitutions and the refs and how to tote all this up on LeBron's career ledger. But we shouldn't let it drown out everything that went right, for both the winners and the losers, in those seven seconds: the way Ray Allen's feet illuminated decades of preparation, Tony Parker somehow managing to guard every Heat shooter simultaneously, and Manu Ginobili getting off his butt only to see the ball splash through the net. It's moments like these that make sports worth our time. Legacies can wait. I can't wait for Game 7.


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Canadian Skier Nick Zoricic Killed at World Cup Event
Canadian skicross racer Nick Zoricic died today after crashing at a World Cup event in Switzerland. Zoricic, who was 29, suffered "severe neurotrama" and was unresponsive at the scene. The International Ski Federation released a statement in response.
Nick Zoricic fell heavily just before the finish in the round of eight, crashing directly into the safety netting and thereafter lying motionless. The medical care from team doctors and Air Glacier followed immediately. The organizing committee, FIS and Swiss Ski express their deepest condolences to the family and friends of Nick Zoricic and the Canadian Ski Team.
Zoricic is the second Canadian skier to die this season. Freestyle skier Sarah Burke (also 29) died during a January training event in Utah.
For those feeling particularly morbid, there is video footage of Zoricic's fatal crash online.
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AP PHOTOS: Iguazu Falls hit by heavy rains
FOZ DO IGUAZU, Brazil (AP) — The majestic Iguazu Falls that straddle the border of Brazil and Argentina have been hit hard by rains that are keeping visitors from seeing them up close and leading officials to take measures to prevent flooding.
The amount of water flowing at one of South America's biggest tourist destinations is now about 13 million liters (roughly 3,434,000 gallons) per second. That's up from the roughly 1.5 million liters (roughly 396,000 gallons) per second two weeks ago, according to park administrators on the Brazilian side.
The rains have forced park officials to temporarily close the Garganta Do Diabo, or Devil's Throat. The walkway on the Brazilian side of the falls allows visitors to be surrounded by water with a deep abyss below.
But the rains have not put a damper on hundreds of visitors who can still view the falls from a distance.
Officials say they will re-open the walkway the day after the Iguazu River returns to its normal water levels for this time of the year. Forecasters expect the waters to recede in three days.
The Iguazu Falls are four times the width of the Niagara Falls in the U.S. and Canada.


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Quinidine Gluconate
COMMON BRAND(S): Quinidex
GENERIC NAME(S): Quinidine Gluconate
OTHER NAME(S): Quinidine Gluconate Tablet, Extended Release
Before taking this drug for treatment of an irregular heartbeat, you should discuss your risks and benefits of treatment with your doctor or pharmacist. This drug should be used only in carefully selected patients. Many heart drugs like quinidine (antiarrhythmics) are very effective, but they can rarely cause new serious (possibly fatal) irregular heartbeats.
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This medication is used to treat or prevent many types of irregular heartbeats (heart arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation). Quinidine can greatly improve your ability to perform normal activities by decreasing the number of irregular heartbeats you have. However, it may not stop all your irregular heartbeats completely. It works by blocking abnormal heartbeat signals.
Before and while you are using quinidine, your doctor may prescribe other medications (e.g., "blood thinners"/anticoagulants such as warfarin, beta blockers such as metoprolol) to shrink any blood clots in the heart and to slow your pulse.
How to use Quinidine Gluconate
Before starting this drug, the manufacturer recommends that you take a test dose (usually a smaller amount than your regular dose) to determine whether you are allergic to it. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for details.
Take this medication by mouth with or without food with a full glass of liquid (8 ounces/240 milliliters) as directed by your doctor. This medication is best taken on an empty stomach, but taking it with food may help decrease stomach upset. Do not lie down for at least 10 minutes after taking this medication.
Do not crush or chew extended-release tablets. Doing so can release all of the drug at once, increasing the risk of side effects. Also, do not split the tablets unless they have a score line and your doctor or pharmacist tells you to do so. Swallow the whole or split tablet without crushing or chewing.
There are different brands and forms of this medication available. Not all have identical effects. Do not change quinidine products without talking to your doctor or pharmacist.
Dosage is based on your medical condition and response to treatment. If you are taking regular-release quinidine for an irregular heartbeat, the manufacturer recommends that you take no more than 4 grams daily.
Avoid eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice while being treated with this medication unless your doctor instructs you otherwise. Grapefruit juice can change the amount of certain medications in your bloodstream. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details.
Avoid large changes in your dietary salt intake while being treated with this medication unless your doctor instructs you otherwise. The amount of salt in your diet may affect the amount of quinidine absorbed by your system. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details.
Use this medication regularly to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, take it at the same time(s) each day.
Tell your doctor if your condition does not improve or if it worsens.
Side Effects
Diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, stomach pain/cramps, or a burning feeling in throat or chest (e.g., heartburn) may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.
Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: vision changes, eye pain, muscle pain, unusual sweating or shakiness (signs of low blood sugar), unexplained fever/signs of infection (e.g., persistent sore throat), easy bruising/bleeding, extreme tiredness, dark urine, persistent nausea/vomiting, yellowing eyes/skin, lupus-like symptoms (joint/muscle pain, chest pain).
Get medical help right away if you have any very serious side effects, including: severe dizziness, fainting, sudden change in heartbeat (faster/slower/more irregular).
A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, get medical help right away if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.
One type of reaction (cinchonism) can occur after even a single dose of this drug. Contact your doctor of pharmacist promptly if you notice symptoms such as ringing in the ears, sudden hearing problems, headache, blurred vision, confusion. Your dosage may need to be adjusted.
Certain long-acting brands of quinidine may appear as a whole tablet in the stool. This is the empty shell left after the medicine has been absorbed by the body. It is harmless.
This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
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Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or at www.fda.gov/medwatch.
In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
Before taking quinidine, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to quinine; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: certain types of heart disease (e.g., incomplete or complete heart block without an artificial pacemaker, torsades-type irregular heartbeats, digitalis toxicity), very low blood pressure, history of easy bruising/bleeding (thrombocytopenic purpura) with use of quinine or quinidine, severe muscle weakness (myasthenia gravis), kidney disease, liver disease, a certain blood disorder (G6PD deficiency), asthma, current infection with fever.
Quinidine may cause a condition that affects the heart rhythm (QT prolongation). QT prolongation can rarely cause serious (rarely fatal) fast/irregular heartbeat and other symptoms (such as severe dizziness, fainting) that require immediate medical attention right away.
The risk of QT prolongation may be increased if you have certain medical conditions or are taking other drugs that may cause QT prolongation. Before using quinidine, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the drugs you take and if you have any of the following conditions: certain heart problems (heart failure, slow heartbeat, QT prolongation in the EKG), family history of certain heart problems (QT prolongation in the EKG, sudden cardiac death).
Low levels of potassium or magnesium in the blood may also increase your risk of QT prolongation. This risk may increase if you use certain drugs (such as diuretics/"water pills") or if you have conditions such as severe sweating, diarrhea, or vomiting. Talk to your doctor about using quinidine safely.
This drug may make you dizzy. Alcohol or marijuana (cannabis) can make you more dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs alertness until you can do it safely. Limit alcoholic beverages. Talk to your doctor if you are using marijuana (cannabis).
Before having surgery, tell your doctor that you are using this medication.
Older adults may be more sensitive to the side effects of this drug, especially dizziness and QT prolongation (see above).
During pregnancy, this medication should be used only when clearly needed. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.
This medication passes into breast milk. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
See also the How to Use section.
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
Some products that may interact with this drug include: large amounts of antacids (e.g., sodium bicarbonate), arbutamine, aripiprazole, atomoxetine, cisapride, etravirine, fingolimod, fosamprenavir, loperamide, certain macrolide antibiotics (e.g., erythromycin, clarithromycin), phenytoin, propafenone, quinupristin/dalfopristin, rifamycins (e.g., rifampin, rifabutin).
Other medications can affect the removal of quinidine from your body, which may affect how quinidine works. Examples include cobicistat, mifepristone, certain azole antifungals (including fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, posaconazole, voriconazole), certain protease inhibitors (such as nelfinavir, ritonavir, tipranavir), among others.
This medication can slow down the removal of other medications from your body, which may affect how they work. Examples of affected drugs include aliskiren, codeine, digoxin, mefloquine, tricyclic antidepressants (such as desipramine, imipramine), among others.
Many drugs besides quinidine may affect the heart rhythm (QT prolongation), including artemether/lumefantrine, ranolazine, toremifene, antiarrhythmic drugs (such as amiodarone, disopyramide, dofetilide, dronedarone, ibutilide, procainamide, sotalol), antipsychotics (such as pimozide, thioridazine, ziprasidone), certain quinolone antibiotics (grepafloxacin, sparfloxacin), among others.
Quinidine is very similar to quinine. Do not use medications containing quinine while using quinidine.
If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call 911. Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center. Symptoms of overdose may include: severe dizziness/fainting, hallucinations, seizures.
Do not share this medication with others.
Laboratory and/or medical tests (e.g., complete blood count, liver/kidney function tests, quinidine blood levels, EKG) should be performed periodically to monitor your progress or check for side effects. Consult your doctor for more details.
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If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose. Take your next dose at the regular time. Do not double the dose to catch up.
Store at room temperature away from light and moisture. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medications away from children and pets.
Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company.Information last revised September 2019. Copyright(c) 2019 First Databank, Inc.
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Missed chances sink Giants in 16 innings
Crawford commits error to allow winner to score; 18 runners stranded
SAN FRANCISCO -- The longer Monday night's game lasted, the more aggravation the Giants endured in a 4-3, 16-inning loss to the New York Mets.
Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford mishandled pinch-hitter Anthony Recker's ground ball for an error that enabled the Mets to break a 3-3 tie in the 16th with an unearned run. But that was far from the only transgression the Giants committed as they absorbed their sixth loss in seven games and 12th in their last 14.
They went 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position and stranded 18 baserunners. The Giants' lack of execution was especially noticeable in extra innings, when they left seven men in scoring position.
"This is as frustrating a game as we've had," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.
Buster Posey recorded a career-high five hits, including a two-run, first-inning homer off Mets ace Matt Harvey. Unfortunately for the Giants, Posey also caught all 16 innings and is unlikely to play Tuesday.
"He's going to need a break," Bochy said.
Posey's productivity, which included a pair of doubles, was offset by Brandon Belt's 0-for-8 performance in his debut as San Francisco's No. 3 hitter. The last Giant to go hitless in eight at-bats was Jose Uribe on June 11, 1985, at Atlanta. Belt drove the ball nicely in his first two plate appearances but ultimately struck out five times. Bochy indicated that he'll give Belt at least one more opportunity to bat third Tuesday.
"You don't want to keep mixing it up too much," Bochy said.
Of all the extra-inning chances the Giants manufactured for themselves, the most promising one occurred against ex-Giants right-hander David Aardsma in the 11th, when Posey doubled and Pablo Sandoval drew an intentional walk with one out. Up came Hunter Pence, who ended a career-worst 0-for-24 skid with a triple off the right-field wall in the seventh inning. This time, Pence punched a line drive to right field, but Marlon Byrd tracked it perfectly and made the catch.
Otherwise, Pence went 0-for-4 before being removed as part of a double-switch in the 12th inning. Analyzing his and the team's offensive struggles, Pence said, "Part of it might be trying to be too aggressive, trying to do too much."
The Giants' offensive shortcomings enabled the Mets to capitalize on their go-ahead opportunity in the 16th.
With the score deadlocked, Giants right-hander George Kontos (2-2) yielded Eric Young Jr.'s one-out single. Young stole second base and advanced to third on Daniel Murphy's groundout. Javier Lopez relieved Kontos and, after intentionally walking David Wright, coaxed a grounder to Crawford, whose 11th-inning diving stop robbed Byrd of a two-run single. This time, Crawford mishandled the ball as Young came home.
"He's so good over there," Bochy said, steadfastly refusing to criticize Crawford. "He just didn't come up with it."
That, for all intents and purposes, ended the Giants' longest game by innings since they played 18 against Arizona at AT&T Park on May 29, 2001.
The Giants also struggled defensively in the sixth inning, when New York scored twice to erase its 2-1 deficit. The victim of the Giants' poor defense was starter Tim Lincecum, who recaptured some of his bygone glory as he struck out a season-high 11 in seven innings.
"He looked like he had a really good tempo going," Kontos said of Lincecum, who issued just one walk. "He was locating everything, throwing that nice, slow breaking ball, throwing the fastball to both sides of the plate -- that definitely was one of the big positives of the game, him looking like his old self."
Lincecum no-hit the Mets for four innings before he endured his recurring sixth-inning jinx. The right-hander has yielded at least one sixth-inning run in five consecutive starts. He squandered leads in three of those instances.
But this time, shabby defense partly accounted for his sixth-inning woes, which began with Young's leadoff triple that left fielder Andres Torres appeared to pursue hesitantly. Torres then missed a sliding attempt to catch Murphy's line drive, which caromed off his thigh for an RBI single.
Wright smacked a grounder that third baseman Sandoval smothered, but he threw too late to second base to force out Murphy. Marco Scutaro exacerbated the situation with a wild toss past first base that enabled Murphy to reach third. He scored on Ike Davis' double-play grounder.
San Francisco pulled even in the seventh on Pence's leadoff triple -- which was close enough to being a home run to prompt an umpires' replay review -- and Crawford's single.
This outing was billed as an audition of sorts for Mets All-Star Matt Harvey, the hometown choice to start the July 16 Midsummer Classic at New York's Citi Field. It was widely believed that a strong outing by Harvey might impress Bochy, who will manage the National League All-Star squad, and induce him to give the right-hander the starting assignment. Harvey recorded a quality start, allowing three runs and six hits in seven innings, though he was nagged by a blister on his right index finger.
"I'm obviously not happy and there's work to be done," Harvey said. "The positive was going seven. I think after three innings and 70-something pitches, being able to bounce back was good."
The Giants were left to wonder whether they can bounce back, too.


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Let all your worries slip away, as Morena Baccarin's Anna gives a naked inspirational speech about living fluidly, in a fairly dead-on parody of motivational tapes. What do you think: Should the makers of last night's V be without regret?
Watching "It's Just The Beginning" a second time, I definitely had a sense that this was a show with reams of potential, that just needs to find its footing. Some nice groundwork has been done, but the storytelling has been a bit choppy so far — maybe as a result of scrunching six episodes down into four, or maybe just because the producers were in a hurry to get past the obvious plot points like the aliens being up to no good.
The bottom line, for me, is that this is a show with tons of potential, if it can get past the sometimes overly obvious dialogue. (And now I'm dead curious to know what one of the Vs has been doing living undercover as a Buddhist monk — what's his mission? And has the Dalai Lama endorsed the Vs, just like the Vatican did?)
The good news is, V's ratings slide stopped last night — the show got 9.2 million viewers and a 3.1 rating, the same as last week.
Obviously, ABC thinks this show is iconic enough that they can afford to poke fun of it after only a few episodes, as seen in this Scrubs ad which ran during last night's episode:
But anyway, what did you think?


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Québec's people
Exuberant and imaginative, Québecers have a culture that's unique in North America. An exciting history, a vast and diverse land, nature as far as the eye can see: discover Québec in all of its originality!
Our land
Located at the northeastern tip of North America, Québec covers 1,667,926 km2—more than a quarter of the total surface area of Canada's ten provinces. Its territory stretches eastwards from Ontario all the way to New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador, and nearly 2,000 km north from the U.S. border to the Arctic Ocean. Map of Québec.
Land of contrasts
With its southern latitudes bisected by the St. Lawrence (one of the largest rivers on earth), Québec is graced with an incredible variety of landscapes: a fertile fluvial plain between the Laurentian Mountains to the north and the Appalachian Mountains to the south; and wide swaths of forest, taiga and tundra, dotted with over a million lakes and thousands of rivers.
In Québec, it's hot in summer and cold in winter—although the air is generally dry and not quite as glacial as you may think! Québec has four distinct seasons marked by significant temperature variations as well as three kinds of climate:
- Humid continental south of the 50th parallel (forest)
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Québec's coastline extends for some 6000 km and includes the Gulf of St. Lawrence as well as three immense bays—Ungava, Hudson and James—that are veritable inland seas.
Our history
Sent on an expedition by Francis I, King of France, Jacques Cartier arrived at Gaspé in 1534, taking possession of lands that had been inhabited for hundreds of years by Amerindians and the Inuit. In 1608, Samuel de Champlain made landfall on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at a spot the Aboriginals called Kébec. In 1642, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve founded a Catholic mission that he named Ville-Marie—a settlement that, by the end of the 18th century, would be known as Montréal.
Old crown, new crown
During the Seven Years' War, the army led by General Wolfe laid siege to Québec. The Battle of the Plains of Abraham marked the defeat of the French General Montcalm on September 13, 1759 and with it, the fall of New France. The taking of power by the British opened the door to immigration from England, Ireland and Scotland. In 1791, the Constitutional Act established two provinces in British North America: Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Québec), which had a French-speaking majority. In 1867, the British North America Act created the federation of provinces that were to become known as Canada.
The road to modern times
Until the early 20th century, Québec's economy was based heavily on forestry and agriculture. The 1960s were marked by the Quiet Revolution, which paved the way for a decade of debates on the predominant role of the French language. In 1976, the Parti Québécois, led by René Lévesque, was swept to power. However, during the referendums held in 1980 and again in 1995, Québec's electorate voted against sovereignty-association with the rest of Canada.
Louis Jolliet, La Vérendrye and Pierre Lemoyne D'Iberville and his brothers, 17th- and 18th-century explorers whose names are known along the entire length of the Mississippi, were all born in New France. They were among the very first to penetrate the continent's vast interior from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico by way of the Great Lakes. A remarkable itinerary!
Our culture
Deeply rooted in North America and fiercely proud of its French heritage, Québec is a delightful blend of the Old and New Worlds, famous for its unique sophistication and joie de vivre!
A proud heritage
The vast majority of Québec's approximately eight million people live close to the St. Lawrence. More than 85,000 Amerindians belonging to 10 different nations and 11,500 Inuit live in some 50 communities across the province. French is the dominant language here, although English is widely spoken or understood, particularly in the cities. Québec has a rich repertoire of expressions that reflect its history and combine regionalisms, archaisms and Québecisms. Protestant heritage is in ample evidence, especially in its religious architecture and art.
The creative impulse
Through its history and culture, Québec has forged a distinctive identity that's as unaffected as it is unique. Its people enjoy fine dining and are always ready for a good time. A melting pot of European and North American influences, Québec also boasts incredible cultural vitality—as witnessed by the effervescence of its theatre, circus and visual arts scenes.
National symbols
The flag
Known as the Fleurdelisé, Québec's flag was flown for the first time over Québec City's Parliament Building in 1948. The fleurs-de-lis or lilies are a legacy of French royalty and date back over 1,000 years. The royal blue background is a reminder of the coat of arms of the ruling sovereigns at the time of colonial New France.
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This should tell the world what Rwanda, the U.S.A.'s closest ally in Africa, and its President Paul Kagame are:
The Rwandan Democratic Greens tried, for the fourth time, to hold their founding convention in Kigali, but this time the police came instead.
I just spoke to Frank Habineza, interim Rwandan Green Party leader, who is in a Kigali hospital trying to arrange an X-ray for a Rwandan Green, a woman with a broken leg.
Another would be Rwandan Green woman has a broken back.
More are injured, and I believe he said some are in jail. He was on a cell in a hospital and I always have to work to understand his sweet French/Kinyarwanda English accent as well.
He wasn't able to give me any more details now. He had to hurry off to help his friend with the broken leg.
No news on the Web yet. Frank said to watch the BBC and the Rwandan News Agency websites. I told him the state run Rwandan News Agency website won't let me on their damn website. He himself had to pay them $250 to get on to pick up the articles he sends me, which are almost always yanked off the site as soon as they're posted.
I didn't have a chance to urge Frank to Twitter, but I'm going to try calling again to urge him to do so on my way to San Francisco Superior Court in an hour. Frank Habineza's twitter account.
I have to run and I'll be gone all morning, but we obviously we need to get on the phones to the White House, the Rwandan Embassies, and the press.
Greens of course, and I addressed this mostly to Greens, but this isn't just about Greens, obviously. No one should wind up in a hospital with broken bones, or in jail, for attempting to convene a legal, nonviolent political party.
This is the Rwanda that Bill and Hillary Clinton and Reverend Rick Warren point to as Africa's future, "a shining beacon of hope for Africa." Bill Clinton hung a Global Citizenship Award around Rwandan President Paul Kagame's neck a week before Reverend Rick Warren presented him with the same International Medal of Peace he presented George Bush with last year.
This is the Rwanda that the U.S.A. uses to control the vast geostrategic mineral wealth of its neighbor D.R. Congo.
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President Ronald Reagan's would-be assassin will live full-time outside a mental hospital for the first time in over 35 years, NBC News reports.
A federal judge on Wednesday granted John Hinckley Jr. permission to live with his elderly mother in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Hinckley, now 61, must live with his mother for at least the first full year, Judge Paul Friedman ruled. After that, he can live in a separate home alone or with roommates, provided that members of his treatment team approve.
Friedman said he is confident Hinckley's family can continue to pay for Hinckley's treatment and care. Hinckley will be able to apply for government benefits once he becomes a resident of Virginia.
Hinckley's freedom has been incrementally expanded since 2003, when he began leaving St. Elizabeth's hospital for daylong visits with his family.
Hinckley now spends 17 days a month at his mother's home.
While outside the hospital, Hinckley has had to comply with a series of restrictions, and a number of those will continue now that he will be living full time in the community. He will have to attend individual and group therapy sessions and is barred from talking to the media. He can drive, but there are restrictions on how far he can travel. The Secret Service also periodically follows him.
Prosecutors had consistently opposed Hinckley's efforts to gain more freedom, citing what they called a history of deceptive behavior. In July 2011, prosecutors said, Hinckley was supposed to go see a movie and instead went to a Barnes & Noble store, where Secret Service agents saw him looking at shelves that contained books about Reagan and the assassination attempt.
But on Wednesday, Reagan's son Michael Reagan defended Hinckley's release, saying his father forgave Hinckley for the attack and others should do the same.
However, the foundation honoring Reagan's legacy says it "strongly opposes" Hinckley's release.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute issued a statement Wednesday that read, in part, "Contrary to the judge's decision, we believe John Hinckley is still a threat to others and we strongly oppose his release."
Reagan's daughter Patti Davis agrees. In a statement published on her website Wednesday, Davis wrote that while she has forgiven her father's would-be assasin, she believes he should remain locked up.
"I too believe in forgiveness. But forgiving someone in your heart doesn't mean that you let them loose in Virginia to pursue whatever dark agendas they may still hold dear," Davis said.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump also called it a "mistake" to release Hinckley, whom he misidentified as "David Hinckley."
A former Secret Service agent who took Hinckley into custody after Hinckley shot Reagan called his release disappointing.
Danny Spriggs, who now works for The Associated Press, called the shooting the most "horrific incident" of his career. Spriggs said he believes Hinckley should remain under close scrutiny in a mental institution.
Doctors have said for many years that Hinckley, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the shooting, is no longer impaired by mental illness.
Hinckley, then 25, shot Reagan on March 30, 1981 outside the Washington Hilton, northeast of Dupont Circle. He was trying to impress actress Jodie Foster, then 18, whom he stalked during her freshman year at Yale University.
Reagan was hit in the chest and hospitalized for 12 days. Press Secretary James Brady and two others also were wounded in the shooting.
Brady, who was shot in the head, died 33 years later of complications from the assassination attempt, but federal prosecutors decided not to press charges.
While living with his mother, Hinckley will be required to return to Washington once a month for doctors to check on his mental state and his compliance with the conditions of his leave, Friedman ruled.
He also will be barred from speaking to the media or from trying to contact Foster, all relatives of Reagan and Brady or the other two victims, police officer Thomas Delahanty and Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, and their families.
Hinckley's mother, Joann, is 90 years old. His father died in 2008.
Hinckley's attorney, Barry William Levine, released a statement Wednesday saying in part, "Mr. Hinckley recognizes that what he did was horrific. But it's crucial to understand that what he did was not an act of evil. It was an act caused by mental illness, an illness from which he no longer suffers. He is profoundly sorry for what he did 35 years ago and he wishes he could take back that day, but he can't. And he has lived for decades recognizing the pain he caused his victims, their families, and the nation."
Levine said the court "decisively" found that Hinckley is not dangerous under the terms of convalescent leave.
"This should give great comfort to a concerned citizenry that the mental health system and the judicial system worked and worked well," he said in the statement.
William Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, said the office is reviewing the ruling and has no comment.


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Now that we know it will be Mitt Romney challenging Barack Obama for the presidency this November, get ready for endless analysis of voters' thoughts in the remaining six months before the election. And of course religion will be among the many angles pollsters explore in trying to guess who will win on Election Day.
Case in point: A new poll released today by Gallup contains some interesting findings about the preferences of religious voters. Most notable is the fact that Catholic voters polled by Gallup still favor Obama over Romney by a 51-45 margin.
The poll also finds that voters who consider themselves "very religious," meaning that religion figures prominently into their daily lives, are more likely to support Romney. Among Catholics, the "very religious" voters prefer Romney by a slim 50-46 margin. Obama still leads among "moderately religious Catholics," 55-42, and "nonreligious Catholics" (which I assume are those who are Catholic in name only and do not practice the faith), 55-40.
It seems interesting that with all the claims that President Obama has waged war on the Catholic Church and is attacking religious freedom, even devout, practicing Catholics are still fairly evenly split on how they'll vote. The 51 percent support for Obama among all Catholics is only a slight drop from 2008, when he carried 54 percent of the Catholic vote, and is still higher than the percentage of Catholics who voted for John Kerry in 2004 (47 percent) or Al Gore in 2000 (50 percent).
Surely there will be some Catholics in both parties who claim that anyone who votes for the opposing party's candidate can't call themselves Catholic. And indeed, both candidates have earned their fair share of criticism from Catholics on a variety of issues of importance to the faithful. And as November draws closer, we'll hear plenty of arguments from both parties–and from voices within the Catholic Church–trying to swing voters to the other side before they cast their ballots.


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Dear Carolyn:
After 15 years in a psychologically and physically abusive marriage, I managed to get out and took my three children with me. Two of my children carry on a relationship with their father, and I have stayed completely out of that since they became adults. I've done pretty well with dealing with him at family occasions, and have even had him in my home for a couple of celebrations, though it has been difficult for me.
One daughter is getting married and asked me to walk her down the aisle with her father. I really don't think I can handle that or a "parents' dance." The thought of him touching me in any way makes me feel ill. I'm fine with him walking her down the aisle, or I would be proud to do it by myself.
How can I handle this without upsetting my daughter, or spending the entire reception shaking and crying in the ladies' room? Am I being terribly selfish for wanting to say no?
— Mother of the Bride
A: "How can I handle this without upsetting my daughter" — so much in this one phrase. Your job on this earth is not to get through your days without upsetting people, as abuse often conditions people to believe.
Your job is to figure out who you are, and what being that person requires of you. Then your job is to stay true to that as kindly as possible without compromising any of your core; how your efforts are received is beyond your control. Good people consider and care about others' feelings, yes — but please don't confuse that with being beholden to them.
Tell your daughter you love her and support her and can't wait to celebrate with her, but you will not dance or share the aisle with your ex. Do mention that you're OK with his escorting her alone.
If you haven't had counseling to help you with the aftermath of 15 years of abuse, I hope you'll consider it. It's a natural forum for questions like this.
Re: Mother:
I get that she doesn't want to dance with her ex, but surely the two of them can escort the bride down the aisle, one on either side? This does not involve "touching" the ex, but acknowledging joint parenthood.
My ex and I entered the church together at our son's wedding; as Son pointed out, "I'm half his, too."
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"Surely"? No such thing here.
Your son is right, but that doesn't trump the needs of a victim of long-standing abuse.
If she wants no part of the aisle scene, then she gets to draw that line, and I hope the witnesses to her abuse have the decency to back her. If not, that's no reason for her to cave; it just means she needs to look elsewhere for support.
Re: Mother:
I too did not want to walk our daughter jointly down the aisle, nor did I feel my ex deserved that right on his own (for good reasons). I was honest with my daughter and she opted to walk alone -- which, for a 31-year-old woman who had been on her own for 10 years, certainly seemed appropriate.
— Anonymous 2
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Highest single-season winning percentage owned by '59 Pirates closer
NEW YORK -- When Eric Young Jr. struck out to end the Mets' fifth inning Saturday, Tigers starter Max Scherzer moved within striking distance of another victory. The Tigers were leading, and Scherzer had met the other minimum requirement for a starting pitcher to emerge as a winning pitcher. Given the Mets' run production -- one run -- through the first 14 innings of their series against the American League's best team, the Tigers' starter was likely to win and add more polish to his already remarkable record.
Hundreds of miles to the West, ElRoy Face -- 85 and particular about the upper case R in his name -- was more concerned with his putting than with a record he had established as a member of the 1959 Pirates. In an otherwise inglorious Pirates season, Face produced an 18-1 record. By winning nearly 95 percent of his decisions -- all in relief, by the way -- he produced the highest single-season winning percentage in the history of the game, .947. His record still stands, albeit on legs made shaky by the 2013 achievements of Scherzer.
The Tigers' 3-0 victory at Citi Field on Saturday moved Scherzer's record to 19-1, his percentage to .950 and Face's record percentage moved in the general direction of the Has Bin.
Not that Face is even borderline distraught by the prospect of being eliminated from the record book. Aware of the possibility -- or was it a likelihood? -- of Scherzer's gaining his 19th victory against the Mets, the former Pirates closer opted for an afternoon on the links near his home outside Pittsburgh rather than a few hours of personally monitoring the Tigers-Mets goings-on.
Face's first reaction to news of the Tigers' lead after five innings Saturday was the standard, "Records are made to be broken," with this addendum: "Even mine."
His second: "All my wins came in relief, so I'll still have the record for relievers." Then came the caveat that will stick out its foot each time Scherzer starts in the final weeks of the season.
"He better not lose," Face said. "If he loses, he'll have to win 36 [to equal Face's .947]. He's not doing that."
And not only because merely 33 games remain on the Tigers' schedule.
Face is fully aware of Scherzer's season and impressed by it, but he's not fretting about possibly disappearing from the game's statistical history.
"Starter or reliever," he said Saturday, "that's a [heck] of a record.
"I've had it a long time. And like I said, all mine came in relief. And he's a starter ... so."
Face won his first 17 decisions in 1959, extending his streak of victories without a loss to 22 over two seasons. If not for a final pitch, broken-bat base hit by Charlie Neal of the Dodgers in the ninth inning of a game on Sept. 11, the streak might have continued.
"How you get to 18 wins in relief ... I don't know," Rich Gossage said in 2010, 33 years after he served as the Pirates' closer. "And if you do pitch enough to win 18, how in the [heck] do you lose only once? That's the amazing part of it."
Face's record was challenged by Roger Clemens in 2001. Then with the Yankees, Clemens went where not even Scherzer has gone. He won 20 of his first 21 decisions, but he lost his final two and ended his sixth Cy Young Award-winning season with an .870 percentage.
Rube Marquard of the 1912 New York Giants also won 19 of his first 20 decisions, but he finished his season with 11 losses.
Face hardly was a ninth-inning guy as the majority of closer are today. He made 57 appearances in 1959, 24 of two innings or more. He had one appearance of five innings, one of four and seven of three. He had 13 at-bats that year. Mariano Rivera has three in his career.
"I don't think I helped myself with any of my hits that year," said Face, who never drove in or scored a run, and none of his three hits played a part in a Pirates rally. "My teammates did all the work.
"That's how good I was," Face said, laughing. "I'd come in with a lead, give it up and then pitch well enough after my team scored more so we could to win. It happened so often, it was amazing. "
Not so remarkable for Scherzer. The Tigers are the second most productive team in the American League, and the support they afford Scherzer is mind-boggling -- 7.39 runs per game, the highest figure in the league. That Matt Harvey and his successors allowed merely three runs Saturday constitutes an accomplishment.
"We didn't score like that in my year," Face said.
Scherzer smiles when he speaks of the Tigers' support system.
"They make great plays behind me every time out," he said. "They get big hits for me."
Scherzer did his own hitting Saturday, driving in the Tigers' first run, in the second inning, with his first hit since 2009, when he pitched for the D-backs.
He considers his record a "team achievement" and "great fun," and said, "I can't get caught up in [the record], because I know it's the result of a lot players contributing."
Indeed, Scherzer is only vaguely aware of Face's winning percentage. And he acknowledged Saturday he has no recall of the distinctive name ElRoy Face.
But he did appreciate Face's good-natured dig about 36 wins when it was relayed to him after the game.
"I know," Scherzer said. "If I lose, he's pretty safe."


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