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Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.
|Docket No.
|Op. Below
|9th Cir.
Apr 16, 2012
|Jun 18, 2012
Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys work for and/or contribute to this blog in various capacities, represents the petitioners in this case.
Holding: The petitioners – pharmaceutical sales representatives whose primary duty is to obtain nonbinding commitments from physicians to prescribe their employer's prescription drugs in appropriate cases – qualify as outside salesmen under the most reasonable interpretation of the Department of Labor's regulations.
Plain English Summary: In this case, two sales representatives of a large pharmaceutical company sued their employer, alleging that they were owed overtime wages. The pharmaceutical company argued the sales representatives were not entitled to overtime wages because they were classified as "outside salesmen," who are exempt from the federal law that requires payment of overtime wages. The Court held that the sales representatives were outside salesmen and as such are not entitled to overtime wages.
Judgment: Affirmed, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Alito on June 18, 2012. Justice Breyer filed a dissenting opinion in which Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan joined.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Opinion analysis: No overtime for pharmaceutical "detailers" under the FLSA (Sam Wieczorek)
- Argument recap: Has the Department of Labor's seventy-year silence doomed its position? (Sam Wieczorek)
- Argument preview: The "outside salesman" exception to the FLSA's overtime-pay requirement (Sam Wieczorek)
- Academic round-up (Amanda Frost)
- Petition of the day (Joshua Matz)
Briefs and Documents
Merits briefs for the Petitioners
- Brief for Michael Shane Christopher and Frank Buchanan
- Reply brief for Michael Shane Christopher and Frank Buchanan
Amicus Briefs Supporting the Petitioners
- Brief for the United States
- Brief for the National Employment Lawyers Association
- Brief for Medical Professionals
- Brief for Certified Class of Pharmaceutical Representatives from Johnson & Johnson
- Brief for Pharmaceutical Representatives
Merits Briefs for the Respondent
Amicus Briefs in Support of the Respondent
- Brief for the Chamber of Commerce
- Brief for the National Federation of Independent Business
- Brief for the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
- Brief for the Washington Legal Foundation
- Brief of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America


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- "It is well-known that there are seven great Horadric tombs hidden beneath the sands in the farthest reaches of the desert. One of them surely must be Tal Rasha's prison." - Jerhyn.
The Seven Tombs is the sixth and final quest of Act II. It is initiated by talking to Jerhyn after either completing Radament's Lair, The Horadric Staff or Tainted Sun quests or after the player character reaches level 20. The goal of the quest is to find the true tomb, gain entrance to Tal Rasha's Chamber, and destroy Baal before Diablo manages to free him. The quest is completed after the defeat of the demon Duriel and then having the player character speak to the Archangel Tyrael.
Background[edit | edit source]
Jerhyn and Drognan concluded that the Dark Wanderer who had passed through Lut Gholein shortly before the arrival of the player character was Diablo himself. Diablo was set on freeing his brother Baal, who was imprisoned within Tal Rasha's Tomb centuries ago. Tal Rasha's Tomb lay hidden deep in the desert amongst six other tombs.
Walkthrough[edit | edit source]
This quest is more or less embedded within the other quests. First, a Horadric Staff had to be created in order to gain entrance to Tal Rasha's Chamber in The Horadric Staff quest. Then, Tal Rasha's Tomb itself had to be found by searching the Arcane Sanctuary for clues in the Arcane Sanctuary quest. Once Horazon's Journal has been read, the glyph of the True Tomb is recorded in the quest log, and a portal opens to the Canyon of the Magi.
In the Canyon of the Magi, the tomb that bears that same glyph is the true tomb of Tal Rasha. The true tomb is considerably larger than the false tombs. It might be worthwhile to explore the false tombs though, since there are plenty of monsters and golden chests waiting inside.
In the depths of the true tomb, there is a circular formation on the ground with an Orifice in the center. Click on the Orifice and place the Horadric Staff into the slot of the special window that pops up. A passage opens up in the wall, which leads to Tal Rasha's Chamber. This is where Duriel stands guard to fight intruders. After defeating Duriel, explore the Chamber and find Tyrael. After listening to Tyrael, a portal to Lut Gholein opens. Take the portal and speak to Jerhyn. He will inform the player that Meshif will take him/her east to Kurast, the location of Act III.
Strategy[edit | edit source]
Use a Town Portal scroll before entering the Chamber, in order to stock up on Healing Potions and Thawing Potions in preparation for the tough battle. The Chamber has no exit, so opening another Town Portal upon entry is recommended for a quick ecape route. Duriel is a tough melee boss that is oriented around cold-based attacks. He also has a cold aura identical to the Paladin's Holy Freeze.
|Diablo II and Lord of Destruction quests
|Diablo II quests
Act I — Den of Evil • Sisters' Burial Grounds •
Search for Cain • The Forgotten Tower • Tools of the Trade • Sisters to the Slaughter
|Diablo II: Lord of Destruction quests
|Act V — Siege on Harrogath • Rescue on Mount Arreat • Prison of Ice • Betrayal of Harrogath • Rite of Passage • Eve of Destruction

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Yes, Justin Bieber is technically 18 years old, but it's hard to let go of him as that baby-faced angel-sprite that used to croon "I thought that you'd always be mi-ine, miiii-ine" to his tween ex-girlfriend at the local Toronto bowling alley, while Ludacris and Drake looked on in approval (you know, normal kid stuff).
Bieber, however, has moved forward and would very much like us to accept that he is now a man with real man feelings and real man needs. First there was his paternity lawsuit, then there was the time he tried a beer once and now this. During a recent interview with Q Magazine, the "Boyfriend" singer made it very clear that he is a (shudder) sexual being to the point where he even has preferred sexy lady parts:
"I think I'm a butt guy. I just like butts. I'm attracted to them. Do I have any favourites? Nicki Minaj has got a nice one."
Well, there you have it. Also: barf.


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Lionel Burlington LEGACY Scale SD80MAC Diesel #9654 6-38725
Product DescriptionSD80MAC
Originally delivered to Conrail in the mid-90s, all thirty 5000-horsepower SD80MACs were later divided between the Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads. In addition to these prototypical railroads, in 2012 Lionel also offers the rare SD80MAC "cadillacs" in three never-before-seen paint schemes.
For each roadname, two LEGACY powered units and one non-powered unit are available.
Features Legacy Control System equipped – able to run in LEGACY Control mode, in TrainMaster Command Control mode, or in Conventional mode with a standard transformer Odyssey II Speed Control with On/Off switch LEGACY RailSounds sound system featuring: -CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements, each with different scenarios depending on whether the locomotive is in motion or stopped -Six official railroad speeds with CrewTalk dialog -Eight diesel RPM levels -LEGACY "Real-Time Quilling Horn" control with instant response for realistic signature "quilling" and correctly timed warning signals -Single hit or continuous mechanical bell sounds -Sequence Control plays the sound effects of an entire trip, including warning sounds and announcements, based on the movement and speed of the locomotive -Current speed and fuel dialog, refueling sound effects Front and rear ElectroCouplers Dual powerful maintenance-free motors with momentum flywheels Refined Conventional Transformer Control Mode with lower starting speeds Traction tires Fan-driven smoke unit Adjustable smoke output Directional lighting including LED headlights Operating marker lights Illuminated number boards Illuminated cab interior Oscillating ditch lights Die-cast metal trucks, pilots, and fuel tank Metal frame High level of separately applied metal details Engineer and conductor figures Road Number: 9654
Gauge: Standard O Scale
Dimensions: Length: 19 ˝"
RailLine: Burlington
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By David Barron, Houston Chronicle
(Video from YouTube)
Focus on the Family, the evangelical organization based in Denver that featured Tim Tebow and his mother in a Super Bowl ad in 2010, purchased a spot during the second quarter of Saturday night's game between the New England Patriots and Tebow's Denver Broncos on CBS featuring children reading the Bible verse John 3:16.
The Denver Post has comments from the group on the spot on its website.
A couple of minutes after the spot aired, I received a call from a friend who said the Focus ad "was one of the most offensive things I've ever seen." When I asked why, he said, "Time and place. I don't want to see a Cialis ad on the 700 Club, either."
So, what do you think? Offensive? Commendable? Predictable, given the effort by just about everyone to get on the Tebow bandwagon? Or just issue advertising?


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How did you come to read Twilight and which book is your favorite?
I got home that same day and started to read the book and have been a fan ever since....
Who do you like best: Edward, Bella, or Jacob?
But i also like Edward because he is just a true gentlemen.... and I think that is what every girl wants to meet the guy who knows how to treat a girl the way that she should be treated.
Who is your favorite minor character?
What are your hobbies?
Where are you from?
How old are you?
I am a Undergraduate Sophomore Student in college as well!!!!! i am a Psychology major....


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Grilling goes sustainable -- and delicious
While many Americans aren't afraid of firing up the barbecue year-round, most view Memorial Day weekend as the true start of grilling season. Whether we're lighting the hibachi or revving up the gas grill, what lies ahead is an endless, sunlit series of backyard feasts with friends and family.
It's also the raison d'être for a dozen new cookbooks, from Michael Chiarello's new "Live Fire" to Bon Appetit's hefty "The Grilling Book." But the most striking -- and delicious -- take in this year's batch belongs to Washington, D.C., chef Barton Seaver and his new book, "Where There's Smoke: Simple, Sustainable, Delicious Grilling" (Sterling Epicure, $30, 304 pages).
And if that sounds contradictory -- grilling typically involves brontosaurus-sized slabs of meat, after all -- read on. Grilling and the sustainable food movement go together as naturally as burgers and ketchup, says the National Geographic fellow, Harvard lecturer and sustainable seafood advocate.
"Grilling is inherently celebratory, seasonal and communal -- much of the values we are looking for in sustainable foods," Seaver says. "But aside from the sustainable factor, it's just fun. You get outside, change up your rhythms, invite friends and family over. The heat itself becomes an ingredient -- that slow, smoky, sexy, sultry background."
The new book brims with recipes for grilled appetizers, side dishes and main dish deliciousness, but the entire first half is devoted to ingredients that do not graze, swim or fly.
That's as it should be, Seaver says. When friends gather around a grill, the table groans with salads, whether it's potato, tomato, corn or coleslaw. There are grilled vegetables -- kale, asparagus and snap peas -- and platters with fresh ribbons of crunchy carrot tossed with zucchini, shaved paper-thin. There are watermelon wedges and parsley-flecked garlic bread and ...
"I haven't even started talking about the hamburgers yet," Seaver says. "That's what I love about grilling. I've got a fire. What else can I throw on there? Vegetables are what makes eating fun."
Those flavorful sides also mean you don't need six enormous T-bones to feed half a dozen diners. A roasted free-range chicken, a whole fish, a single large cut of meat, cooked low and slow over the fire, is enough.
"One large portion cooked for many people slowly, that mahogany, rustic hue served up on the table -- wow. That steak tells me you love me," he says. "Our satiety box has already been checked by the visual -- and that frees you to eat more of those vegetables."
When it comes to produce, fire and smoke bring out "undiscovered personalities" in familiar ingredients. Grill asparagus and serve them with a sprinkling of chopped pistachios and orange zest. Throw snap peas on the fire, then pair them with a smoky aioli for dipping. Take a pass on the ubiquitous kale salad and head instead for the grill.
"Throw kale directly over the smoldering embers until it takes on a crispy, charred crunch -- ooh!" Seaver says, his enthusiasm palpable even over the phone. "One bunch is not enough! One person ate it before you even took it off the grill!"
Seaver's best grilling tip lies in the starter, and not for any reason you'd expect.
"I love starting people off with a cold soup: peach and ginger, gazpacho, buttermilk dill cucumber," he says. "It's cold, it's punchy, it's a beautiful color. Put it in a little mug or glass. It's a great way to transition from the swelter of the summer sun, just setting, into the cooler hours of evening."
Picture the scene, he says: "You've just handed them something they're going to hold for a while, and they're going to have a beer or wine. They're not going to have a hand free to screw with the food on the grill. There's always some primordially driven person with a primitive need to poke the fire."


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History tells us that Ulysses S. Grant was commander of the Union armies during the American Civil War. And Director Steven Spielberg most recently told us during a visit to Belfast, he was quite the confidante of Abraham Lincoln.
He was also the first President of the United States to visit Ireland. Decades before the John F Kennedy motorcade was greeted with streamers, screamers and mild hysteria, President Ulysses S Grant spent five days in Ireland.
Grant's great-grandfather was a man named John Simpson. He was born in a farmhouse in Ballygawley (near Dungannon), County Tyrone in 1738. That same farmhouse stayed in the Simpson family for centuries. Imagine, this is a house that was owned by Simpsons from as far as the 1600s right up until the 1970s.
John Simpson, however, left this island and emigrated to Ohio at the age of 22.
In Point Pleasant, Ohio, in 1833, a son was born to John Simpson. His name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. The eldest of six children, when Hiram entered West Point Military Academy as a recruit, he was erroneously called Ulysses Simpson Grant, and the name stuck.
Grant went on to be one of the biggest players in the American Civil War – as General, he accepted the surrender from Confederate General Lee. In 1869, he became America's 18th President. At the age of 46, he was the youngest man ever to hold the office.
After two terms as president, Grant decided a world trip was in order. By then, Grant would been among the most famous Americans in the world, so the two-year journey would have been a huge deal. After a leg of the trip that included Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, Paris and London, Grant reached Ireland.
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Grant landed in Dublin on January 3 1879 and began his five-day visit to the island. He stayed at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, back then it was the hotel of choice for visiting VIPs (hence the Grace Kelly, John F. Kennedy, and Peter O' Toole rooms) and still is to this day. When he visited The Bank of Ireland on College Green (which still stands today), apparently Grant asked numerous questions about banking and monetary policy. Imagine what he'd ask today?
Later that evening, Grant was made an honorary citizen of Dublin – a title that would be offered to Presidents Kennedy and Clinton many years later. Grant was given a "tumultuous reception" in County Londonderry where he received another honorary citizenship. In Belfast he visited the Harland and Wolff shipyard, before returning to Dublin and making for the Far East. If he'd been around today, he could have seen how that amazing shipyard created the Titanic, and how the ship's tragic end is captured from ocean liner inception to demise and legacy in the Titanic Belfast, which are situated on those very docks.
Strangely enough, Grant did not visit his ancestral home in Ballygawley – maybe he didn't have the time? You can, though, as the homestead has been restored to its 19-century condition with mud walls and mud floors. In the farmyard stands a horse-plough and a flat-bed trailer, clues to the pastoral roots of one of America's most vaunted leaders.
Make some time, too, for the exhibition and video about Grant that brings to life the story of emigration in which John Simpson was just one actor in millions.
Ireland's presidential connections don't end here. There are two more ancestral homesteads that represent the roots of family trees from which US presidents have sprouted in Northern Ireland. The families of both President Andrew Jackson and Chester A Arthur hail from County Antrim, and their family homes have also been restored to their original condition. The 'Milhouses' of Richard Milhous Nixon (who visited in 1970) were also originally from the area.
Many more American presidents have Northern Ireland ancestry: James Knox Polk could trace his family to County Derry-Londonderry; James Buchanan and Woodrow Wilson's families hailed from County Tyrone. Benjamin Harrison had Ulster-Scots roots. One of George W. Bush's five times great-grandfathers, William Holliday, was born in Rathfriland, County Down. While Andrew Johnson, William McKinley, Jimmy Carter, Theodore Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland all had descendants from County Antrim.
On Ireland's southeast coast, Kennedy's County Wexford ancestral homestead was visited by the young president just months before his death in 1963. George H. W. Bush's ancestor was Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke of Wexford.
Some former American presidents have less specific roots but were Irish nonetheless: William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding, Harry S. Truman and Bill Clinton claims Irish ancestry despite there being no documentation of any of his ancestors coming from Ireland.
As far as presidential stories go, these guys might even impress Mr Spielberg.
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Are You Fit for Life?
- Jack Graham Author
- 2008 18 Mar
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from Jack Graham's Are You Fit for Life? (Crossway Books).
Chapter One: What Matters Most
You may remember a time when our nation's obsession with fitness was considered a craze, just a fad. The media even used the term fitness craze to describe what was then a new trend in terms of people's awareness about the importance of being fit and their determinations to eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly.
Well, I think you'll agree with me that America's obsession with fitness is more than a passing fad. In fact, it has gone from a passing fad to passing legislation, as New York City did with its new law to ban the serving of trans fats in its restaurants. We also have evidence of the seriousness of this commitment to fitness. As I write this, the cancer center at one of Dallas's largest hospitals is setting up a workout center in what used to be just a reading room full of literature on cancer and the various treatments available.
A cancer patient who noticed all of the expensive new workout equipment—which included treadmills, step climbers, stationary bikes, and a scale—asked her physician what was happening. The physician explained that the doctors had donated their own money to purchase the equipment and were going to offer free exercise and diet classes to help their patients get into shape. That's a great thing, because for cancer patients being fit is not only a good option to being out of shape or overweight—it can help them fight and survive their disease.
The truth is that being fit for life is a serious matter for all of us. And the good news is that the Bible has a life-changing message for us on this issue, because no one is more concerned about our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual fitness than the God who made us and redeemed us. He even gave us a "fitness manual" in His Word—the apostle Paul's letter to his beloved friends at the church he founded in Philippi. My purpose in this book is to help you understand and apply the truths of the book of Philippians in a way that will truly help you be fit for life.
Most of us aren't accustomed to thinking of Paul as a fitness guru. But he was, at least according to the definition of fitness I gave you above. For instance, it was Paul who taught us that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19) and therefore not to be defiled. And Paul took his own advice as a man who disciplined his physical appetites so he wouldn't fall into sin and be disqualified from receiving God's prize (1 Corinthians 9:24–27).
Paul also understood the importance of good emotional fitness, thanking the "God of all comfort" (2 Corinthians 1:3) for the way He comforted and sustained him in all of his trials. Paul is often characterized as a hard-driving, Type A personality who didn't let anything bother him. But as we'll see, he was a very tenderhearted man who loved his fellow Christians like a father. In fact, the book of Philippians is something of a spiritual valentine, if you will, in which Paul expressed his deep love and affection for believers serving Christ in a very important region of the world.
Paul was also intellectually fit. He was a scholar of the first rank, and his exhortation to Timothy has become the goal of every sincere servant of God: "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15, KJV). To the great apostle, the Christian faith was a body of teaching to be studied, diligently absorbed into the mind, and taught with faithfulness and accuracy. Paul's entire ministry of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ serves as evidence for his concern for spiritual fitness.
The physical circumstances under which Paul wrote to the Philippians are worth mentioning because he was in a place that was nothing but harmful to his health. He wrote this letter from a Roman prison—a filthy dungeon with zero physical comforts. He was in a damp, dark, cold cell and was probably chained to the wall as well. But even though Paul was, many Bible scholars believe, a rather small, slightly built, middle-aged man with physical problems, he was far more fit for life than the physically fit Roman soldiers who guarded him. So he has much to say about being fit for life.
If we are going to be at our best, we need to get into the best physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual shape possible. The place to begin is with our relationships—with Jesus Christ first of all and then with family and friends and the fellowship of God's church. Paul knew what matters most. So he began his letter to the Philippians by identifying both himself and his readers in terms of their relationship with Christ: "Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi" (1:1–2).
Your Relationship with Jesus Christ
Paul identifies himself as a "servant," or slave, of Christ. The apostle was so totally sold out to Jesus that he could say, "for to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain" (Philippians 1:21). This is a critical point for all believers. Everything in life begins here. Jesus is our very life, and we are to serve Him because He has captured our hearts.
To become a child of God, you do have to become a saint. Most people have been conditioned to think that a saint is someone who has achieved a lofty spiritual status or has been canonized for doing good works or even performing miracles. But that's not how the Bible uses this word. A saint is simply a true believer, a person who has been born into the family of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
Therefore saints aren't made, they're born from above in the new birth. That's why we can say when it comes to your relationship with Christ, you're either a saint or you ain't. The word saint means "a set apart one," a person who has been chosen by God and called for His purposes. This applies to every believer. So instead of being something mystical or super-spiritual, saint is a very basic description of our life in Christ. God has set us aside for an eternal purpose, which means we can live with passion.
What matters most of all, then, is whether you have trusted Christ and His finished work on the cross for your salvation or whether you are trying to please God by being a good person. If it's the latter, I urge you to put this book down right now and trust Christ alone to forgive your sins and come into your life and give you eternal life—and He will! Trying to be fit for life without knowing Jesus as your Savior is like trying to work out while wearing shoes and gym clothes that are about three sizes too small. Life will never work out without Jesus.
Your Relationship with Others
The recipients of Paul's letter in Philippi were true saints of God, Paul's own spiritual children whom he had led to Christ. So he writes to them with genuine affection:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:2–8)
These Christians were on Paul's mind and in his heart. He understood the importance of the love relationship we are to have with one another in the church, the body of Christ. When you belong to Christ, you also belong to everyone else who belongs to Christ.
The sooner we realize that we can't go it alone, the better off we're going to be because the Christian life was never meant to be a solo act. Millions have watched the television program American Idol. Early on in the competition there is a tryout phase. The vast majority of the thousands of people they bring onto the stage can't sing at all. After hearing them, the question that comes to the mind of the viewer is, "Where did these people get the idea that they could sing?"
The contestants on American Idol are trying to go it alone, and a few make it. But while performing solo may be okay for a musical career, it's no way to live. The work of Jesus Christ advances on a network of relationships among believers who are partners in life. It is because of our fellowship in Christ that we are able to advance the gospel to the world. Without a doubt, the people who make the greatest difference for Christ are the people who know how to love Him and other people with all their hearts.
Paul basically told his friends at Philippi, "I thank God every time I think about you" (1:3). I wonder what our fellow believers say when they think about us. Do they thank God for us because of our love and commitment?
Do you seek healthy relationships by loving and serving others more than yourself? That's a pretty convicting question, and someone might respond, "You don't know the kind of people I have to put up with in my life. They aren't all nice, lovable people like the saints at Philippi probably were." I know people can be difficult, and even our friends at church can be exasperating at times.
The church of Jesus Christ is a real blend of people from all strata and seasons of life. But it's always been that way. Consider the people at Philippi. Acts 16:11–40 is the story of Paul's first visit to this Roman province in Macedonia and the founding of the church there.
The first conversion in Philippi was that of Lydia, a wealthy businesswoman who became a follower of Jesus along with her household (vv. 13–15). Another new believer was a demonized slave girl who was being used by her masters to bring in a profit by fortune-telling (vv. 16–19). Then a hardened Roman jailer was miraculously transformed by God's grace, and he and his entire family believed and were baptized (vv. 31–34).
This sampling of the church represents a broad cross section of people who have one thing in common—their relationship with Jesus Christ.
These very different men, women, and children were now in the spiritual family of Jesus Christ. This is the church, God's family together in Christ. Note the emphasis on the local church in this passage. The New Testament teaches the universal brotherhood of believers, the worldwide family of God. But sometimes it's easier to love your brothers and sisters on the other side of the world, whom you've never met, than it is to love those on the other side of the church aisle whom you meet every week. While we are part of the church global, we are to experience the church local.
My point is that the Bible doesn't let us hide behind the idea of, "Oh yes, I love the body of Christ around the world" while we're not relating properly to the people in our own community of faith. At least 90 percent of the time the New Testament uses the term church in reference to a specific local body of believers. Paul didn't just write to the church at large, but to the churches in Philippi, Ephesus, Corinth, Galatia, and so on.
The two things emphasized in Philippians 1:2–8 were the love and affection of God's people for one another and their witness of the gospel. When it comes right down to it, love is what matters most because Jesus said that "the great and first commandment" is to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." Then He gave the second most important commandment: "love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37–39). Jesus concluded this teaching by saying in verse 40, "On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." This is what matters most.
Jesus was summarizing the heart of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1–17) and all of the Old Testament Law. The first four of the Ten Commandments have to do with our love for God, and the next six have to do with our love for and relationships with others. Loving God and one another in Christ is the essence of faith.
That same love extends to the world as we care about people who need Jesus in their lives. We need to understand that true ministry flows from sacrificial love. The love of Christ had changed Paul's life so dramatically that he gladly called himself a servant, or slave, of Christ (Philippians 1:1). It was out of the overflow of Paul's love for Christ that he poured out his life in service to Christ and to others, and he did it with intense devotion. Paul also learned how to receive the love and ministry of others in the family of faith, and he rejoiced in it.
I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. (Philippians 4:10)
Unlike your biological family, you can choose your church family—but it will have the same strengths and flaws as your own family. So if you're unhappy with your church because it's full of imperfect people and you think you can get a better deal down the road, you may find yourself very disappointed.
A man was so sick and tired of the people in his town that he packed up and left. He drove down the road a little bit and entered a town that seemed like a nice place to live. An old man was sitting on the steps of the city hall. So the traveler rolled down the window of his car and called out, "Hey, I'm thinking about moving here. What are the people like in this town?"
The old gentleman said, "Well, I don't know. What were the people like in the town you came from?"
"Oh," the man replied, "they were terrible, awful, the worst people I've ever been around."
The old man looked at him and smiled. "You know what? The people in this town are just like that too, so you better go on farther down the road."
I don't know what your church is like, but I do know that God has placed you there for a reason. And unless and until He moves you on, that's where God wants you to serve in the fellowship of Christ's body. If you want to get fit, every part of the body has to cooperate.
I spent some extra time discussing our spiritual relationships because they are so important to the fitness for life that this book examines.
There is no question that your family relationships also play a vital role in getting fit for life. How you express your love is very important. Bobby Bowden, the famous coach of the Florida State University Seminoles, was asked by his wife, "Honey, do you love me more than football?"
Bowden thought for a minute and said, "College or pro?"
That's not the way to do it! Men are notorious for not showing and sharing their love and for having an "I want to be served" attitude. But even Jesus did not come to be served but to serve (Mark 10:45), and that's the attitude we are to express in our families.
One problem in family relationships that also occurs in our church relationships is unrealistic expectations. Have you heard about Husband-Mart? In this fictional store a woman can choose her ideal husband from many options. The store has six floors, and the men increase in positive attributes as the shopper ascends each flight. But there is a catch, because once a shopper decides to leave a floor and go up to the next one, she can't go back down except to exit the building.
So one woman comes to the Husband-Mart to find a husband. On the first floor, the sign on the door reads, "These men have jobs!" The woman says, "Well, that's better than my last boyfriend, but I wonder what's available further up?"
So up the elevator she goes to the second floor, where the sign reads, "These men have jobs and love kids." The woman likes this because she wants to have a family. But she also figures that if it's this good already, it can only get better. Sure enough, the third-floor sign says, "These men have jobs, love kids, and are extremely good-looking." Now the woman is really getting excited, but she figures it will only keep getting better.
So she heads on up to the fourth floor, where the sign says, "These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking, and help with the housework."
"Incredible!" the woman exclaims. "This is very tempting, but there must be something even better on the fifth floor," and she keeps moving up. To her delight, the fifth floor is better: "These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak."
Well, by now this woman is so ecstatic that she thinks to herself, Just imagine what must be waiting for me on the last floor! So up to the sixth floor she goes and steps out of the elevator with great excitement, only to be greeted with this sign: "You are visitor number 3,456,789,012. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at Husband-Mart."
The Husband-Mart, or the Wife- or Child-Mart for that matter, would be a good joke if it weren't so true. Developing healthy relationships in your family is much like developing a healthy body through exercise. You have to start where you are, set realistic goals for progress, and then work faithfully with what you've got to get from where you are to where you want to be. Start expecting the best from the people you love, and watch your relationships develop.
I use the term marketplace to describe our relationships in business and public life because it has a wider connotation than business alone. You don't have to have a job or own a business to relate to people in the marketplace. The apostle Paul was also conscious of the importance of these relationships as he instructed believers how to be fit for life. He wrote to the Philippians, "Let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ" (1:27).
Many people tend to think of good relationships in this arena as secondary to success in business or some other area of public life. But not so. Zig Ziglar included an interesting quote in his book Top Performance. The former CEO of Coca-Cola, who was responsible for taking the company from a regional business to an international powerhouse, is quoted as saying:
Success or failure on the job is essentially a matter of relationships, and the deadly sin in our relationship with people is that we take them for granted. We do not make an active or continuous effort to do and say things that will make them like us and believe us, and that will create in them the desire to work with us in the attainment of our desires and purposes.
In business, good relationships make all the difference. Whether you work in a company, operate a business of your own, or simply relate to people each day in carrying out your personal or family business, it matters to God how you conduct yourself and the witness you leave. We call these people skills because relating well to others is a skill we should learn if we really want to get fit for life.
How to Grow in Your Relationships
When we get to the end of our lives, it's not our diplomas, trophies, or stock portfolio that will comfort us. We will want our family and friends—people to be with us—because what matters most in life and death are the people we love and who love us. Here are several ways you can cultivate and nurture your relationships so that your life will be full and fulfilling.
Grow in Christ
The place to begin nurturing your relationships is with Jesus. You can live with confidence, knowing that your relationship with Christ is secure forever.
"He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6). That's an eternal promise you can trust every day. When Christ comes for you, be prepared for that moment and for your life with Him in heaven.
How is this possible? Not because of what we have done, but because of what Christ is doing in us. God always finishes what He starts, and because God has started the good work of salvation in you, He will bring it to completion. This should give you real hope as you seek to grow in your relationship to Christ through His Word, prayer, worship, service, witnessing, and the other disciplines of the Christian life. Do we fail and feel like giving up sometimes? Of course we do. But the promise of God's Word is that He will never give up on us.
Now understand that it takes patience to grow in Christ. I love the commercial of an overweight man who goes to the gym to get in shape. He gets on the scales to check his weight, gets off and runs around the room for a few seconds, then steps back on the scales and sighs when he sees that he hasn't lost any weight.
That's often the way we are in our relationship with Christ. We jog through a few Bible verses a couple of times a week, shoot up a quick prayer or two, and then wonder why we're not in better spiritual shape. But God's plan for us, like a good exercise and diet plan for our bodies, involves daily discipline. Stay with it, and soon people will be saying to you, "You're different; you've changed. God must be doing something in your life."
Grow in Your Love
If you get nothing else from this book, I pray you will make the discovery that the Christian life is not a self-improvement or do-it-yourself project, but a matter of allowing Christ to take control of your life. The real joy is growing in Christ and communing with Him in a growing relationship of love and intimacy. That's what God desires for you. Paul prayed that the love of the Philippians would "abound more and more" (1:9).
Love that abounds is love that overflows to others. The difference between the love taught in the Bible and the kind the world talks about is that the love of Christ is a choice of the will, not simply a warm, fuzzy feeling we can't control. You don't fall in love accidentally. You grow in love toward God and toward others as a decision of your will.
Guard Your Mind
Another way to grow in your relationships is to guard your mind. For instance, even as we show love freely to others, it is not to be foolishly or blindly given. After Paul prayed that the Philippians might have abounding love, he added, "with knowledge and all discernment" (1:9). Our love for Christ includes loving the truth. Love that is out of control does not become a flowing river of blessing but a stagnant swamp. The two banks between which the river of our love must flow are knowledge and discernment.
The world sings songs that ask, "How can it be wrong when it feels so right?" But the answer of God's Word is that love or anything else can be wrong if it goes outside the boundaries of God's will and God's Word. As we relate to God and to others in love, we need to make sure that our love is according to the truth. When you give your heart, that doesn't mean you lose your head. Nor do we ever compromise God's Word in the name of love.
Give Your Best
Paul ended the first section of Philippians 1 with these words: "So that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God" (vv. 10–11).
These verses speak of the importance of excellence in what we do for Christ, both in our personal lives and as we relate to others. The way we "approve what is excellent" is to encourage one another to engage in love and good deeds, as the Bible says in Hebrews 10:24. When we are giving our best for Christ and are urging and helping each other to do the same, we will produce "the fruit of righteousness."
There's a lot of conversation today about improving people's relationships. We get all kinds of advice. We certainly should seek godly counsel when it is needed, but to be truly fit for life, we must begin by putting first things first, living for what matters most. The purpose of the Christian life is to become more and more like Jesus Christ. When we are relating properly to Him and growing in His love, then our other relationships in life will become strong and healthy.
Jack Graham is pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, one of America's largest congregations, in Plano, Texas. He also serves on the executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, where he has served two consecutive terms as President. His other books include Life According to Jesus and Diamonds in the Dark.
Are You Fit for Life? Copyright © 2008 by Jack Graham. Published by Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 1300 Crescent Street Wheaton, Illinois 60187. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided for by USA copyright law.


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I've recently watched all of Terrace House: Boys and Girls in the City on Netflix.
So the premise of Terrace House is much the same as Jersey Shore - let's take three guys and three girls, stick them in a house together, and see what happens. This show, however, is Japanese, so in terms of what actually happens it's basically the opposite of Jersey Shore. Instead of lots of yelling, fights, and sex everywhere, everyone is relatively quiet, polite, and nice to each other. I actually like watching Jersey Shore with my wife, because the people there are so far away from anything I could ever be, that it's actually really interesting. This show is also interesting because it includes a look at a different culture and how they act and deal with each other; the people also seem much more my speed because of the lack of fistfights and clubs and all that. Despite that this would normally be classified as a "reality show" (with all the fakeness that tends to go into such things), I'm actually mostly convinced that they were not given scripts or "suggested" things they should do - particularly by one event that I don't want to spoil right near the end of the series.
So from what I gathered, the show has run in Japan before, and this is a"sequel" of sorts that was put on by Netflix - Netflix has recently added quite a number of Asian series and TV shows, so I imagine this is continuing the trend. Anyway, the show has 6 hosts as well, who butt in at the start and in the middle of each episode to give their thoughts and talk about it. Jersey Shore has no such equivalent, and I actually rather like it, as they all give different perspectives on it and you get some new thoughts besides your own. One other thing is that people come and go rather frequently in the house, and so you have something of a rotating cast of characters; but it doesn't bother me at all.
So for the most part, most of them are there (from what they say) because they think it would be an interesting and exciting experience. Most also have no significant other, so if they happen to stumble onto some kind of relationship along the way, that's just a nice plus, although a few were obviously hoping for something to happen for them. There's enough tension and conflict going on to keep you interested even if the cultural aspect doesn't do it for you, and obviously you end up rooting for some and scorning others (much like the hosts, though in a more neutral way).
Anyway, it's a show I've liked quite a bit, and I'm now watching the Netflix sequel to this one; which is subtitled "Aloha State" - with a primarily Japanese cast still, but just in Hawaii instead of Japan.


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March 6, 2013 Casinos - It's Time
Bill Fine, WCVB-TV President and General Manager
Does casino chatter in Massachusetts seem endless and stuck in neutral to you? You're not alone.
After years of debate, next September marks two years since the state legislature passed a landmark gaming bill.
Now the state's Gaming Commission needs to choose the sites, and provide potential host communities the opportunity to vote and ultimately allow or deny a particular plan to move forward.
To our north, New Hampshire has moved swiftly on casinos. To the south, New Jersey is taking action as well.
In Massachusetts, while we appreciate the complexities involved, the pace has nonetheless been glacial and the future deliberations and inevitable battles will also extend the process.
Recently, the state's Gaming Commission floated a helpful and encouraging proposal: to hold local referendum votes—at least as they pertain to slots—at the same time the state's special senate election is held in June.
We would add something more: Why not expand the referenda to casinos as well? After all, the final bidders for the three casino locations are locked in; there's no reason not to have those communities vote at the same time.
Our position is not to hamper due diligence or steamroll the final results.
Whether you supported or abhor casinos and slots in Massachusetts, they are now a reality. Let's make the referendum date well publicized and clear, allowing affected cities and towns to effectively prepare their support or opposition.
The initial premise for expanded gambling was to create more revenue for Massachusetts. Why delay the ensuing financial benefits from coming as soon as feasibly possible.


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There's nothing traditional about the West Carleton house. Backing directly on to the Ottawa River, it features a sandy beach with views of fabulous sunsets and storms that dash the water in shades of red, orange, yellow, purple and black.
This house is all about the outdoors. Sightlines from every part of it lead the eye to the exterior, to the water and the lapping waves. As you approach the front door, you can see straight through to the back of the house, the stone and cedar terrace and the river beyond. Nothing obstructs the view.
The 2,700-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bathroom house, which has an open plan, a second-floor gym and small office, is full of angular ceilings and rooflines that create a loft-like, airy living area. It's exactly as homeowners Allan and Sharon Nodelman, both in their 60s, had dreamed it would be.
"We wanted to build a bungalow," says Allan, a dentist and avid amateur photographer, "but the lot wasn't big enough. The most important thing for us was a modern space with lots of light."
The Nodelmans had moved from a modern house in the Glebe to an apartment at Queen Street and Bronson Avenue, but found that they didn't like condo living and missed the sense of community. In fact, they wanted to be more hands-on with their own property and only a house would let them do this.
When Allan drove up the Ottawa River to visit a dog breeder, who is now one of their neighbours, "it was like a movie that went from black and white to colour when I stepped into their house.
"I knew this was the area where I wanted to live," he says.
So he and his wife set about trying to buy a house, without much luck.
They searched throughout the summer of 2006 then nine months later, they spotted a vacant piece of land with a burntout cottage.
When they first called the phone number on the sign, they were told it was sold, but four months later when the sign was still there, they called back and did the deal with the owner on a cellphone while driving by the property.
Then they interviewed builders.
The hands-down winner was Maple Leaf Homes (mapleleafdesign.ca), a nearly 10-year-old small company based out of Dunrobin and owned by Brian Saumure and Fred Carmosino. Saumure and Carmosino met at Carleton University where the former was studying architecture, the latter commerce. They founded Maple Leaf Homes directly out of university and now build about 15 custom home projects a year.
"The whole thing was such a great experience, I'd do it all again," says Sharon, now retired but who designs jewelry in her spare time. "The nicest thing about these people is the service. They stand behind their work 100 per cent and respond to e-mail and calls. They did it all - even choosing some of the light fixtures."
First, the Nodelmans produced pictures of the style of house they were after. Then they took Saumure, the architect, to their condo.
"We basically wanted our condo built here," says Allan. They incorporated some of the features they particularly liked such as a butler's pantry with secondary fridge.
The project started in 2008 with 55 loads of fill. Due to the building code, the house sits several feet higher than its older neighbours. It has an industrial, commercial look with cedar, stucco and ridged steel siding panels from the U.S. on the exterior and around the interior fireplace. The siding is designed to colour, but they've had several people joke about getting a good rust treatment.
Throughout the interior, dark grey tiled floors with radiant heating warm the house in the winter and the couple has only turned on the backup furnace twice in two years. It sits on a slab, which means no basement and no storage, but also no conventional furnace. Hot water and heat are provided on demand by a system commonly found in Europe. When you turn on a tap, water passes over a heat source as it flows, rather than keeping a tank of water heated at all times.
Saumure advised the couple not to scrimp on insulation and windows. There's five-and-a-half kilometres of open Ottawa River water to their west and storms blow in at a thunderous rate. So they opted for a premium insulation package, filling all the walls with foam insulation. It's been great, and made for "an extremely efficient house," says Saumure, but it did make the planning process more difficult as they had to know exactly where every outlet, light switch, drain, appliance and light fitting would go before the foam was sprayed.
In the summer, the house stays remarkably cool, thanks to a terrace with overhanging roof that shields most of the interior from direct sunlight, walls of windows with high transoms to allow cross breezes and the insulation. "It's our first summer without air conditioning," says Sharon while sitting in the breezy screened-in porch.
Logistically, the kitchen was difficult to build because the couple wanted to face the water while working. Traditionally, stoves are set along a wall, which makes for easier installation and venting. In this case, it would mean turning their backs to the view.
The Nodelmans searched far and wide for a professional-quality gas stove with a flat top and no backsplash to set in the central island. They found it in Montreal. Kitchen surfaces are free from appliances and clutter. It's an über-modern look enhanced by black antiqued granite countertops, clean-lined grey cupboards and a vibrant red tile wall.
In the dining room a Modern Bubble Lamp Suspension light fixture hovers like an U.F.O. above a contemporary dining table and leather chairs, while a low-profile grey ultra-suede sofa sectional from Phillip van Leeuwen offers comfortable seating for reading, but doesn't impede the views to the exterior.
"We know, in reality, that we'll end up back in the city," says Sharon, "but despite the need to drive more (when) living out here, it's exactly where we want to be right now."


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Until five minutes ago, I thought the most shocking part of my week was going to be watching the Breaking Bad series finale, but that might not be the case. Because, as I've already revealed in the headline to this review, Burger King finally debuted a new menu item that (drumroll, please) does not suck.
The item in question is the "Satisfries"($2.49 reg.), new crinkle-cut fries that are being promoted as having 40 percent less fat and 30 percent less calories. It's a pretty dramatic claim, but if you read the fine print, you'll see the new fries are being compared to McDonald's fries.
In a head-to-head comparison between BK's new fries and their standard fries, the numbers aren't as persuasive. At 190 calories and 8 grams of fat in a value-size serving, the better-for-you spuds have roughly 20 percent less fat and 26 percent less calories than BK's standard fries.
What makes the new fries different is their coating. According to the New York Times, Burger King spent the last two years working with McCain Foods developing a less porous coating that absorbs less oil during frying, resulting in fries with less fat and calories.
Surprisingly, the flavor is actually quite good. The crinkle-cut spuds have a blonde, just barely fried exterior and a warm interior bursting with potato, making them taste like oven-baked fries, but with a crisp, flaky exterior that can only be achieved with hot, bubbling oil. They reminded me of the fries I'd get in chain restaurants as a kid: fat, lightly salted potato sticks full of potato fluff that invite copious application of ketchup (at least, for those who swing that way).
If you're looking for a slightly healthier alternative, Burger King's new fries are worth trying, but only if fries are all you're after. As we've already established, the burgers are beyond redemption.
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Sonos Unveils Playbar
Sonos Tuesday announced the upcoming launch of the new Playbar, a soundbar geared towards music lovers. The product will be available March 5, retailing for $699.
The Playbar sports nine individually amplified speakers, six mid-woofers and three tweeters.
"Sonos has transformed the way people listen to music throughout the home and now we're bringing our wireless HiFi approach to home theater," John MacFarlane, CEO of Sonos, said as part of the announcement. "Playbar will change everything about the sound experience in your living room, bringing together amazing HiFi sound for your TV and wireless access to the world's music in a radically simple way."
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It's definitely possible the Honda Odyssey will become some sort of fixture in future college theatre projects, as a symbol of suburban life in the 2000s. And it's always useful in reinterpreting the Odyssey. The one by Homer. Not that Homer.
I stumbled upon this piece by Johanna Kozma featured on KCET of a rendition of episode five that takes place in a moving Odyssey (the Honda).
In my version, however, she does not relent, but stands her fierce ground, eventually using her witchery to get both the god and her man back to her cave. The play takes place in a Honda Odyssey minivan while it journeys around the Los Angeles freeway, for two people at a time.
It's a lot of stuff going on in this five-minute video, but I see the case for theatre in cars. Might I suggest a Chrysler minivan with Stow 'n Go next time? It's probably more flexible.


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NEA teachers gone wild
Educators boogie to 'When it's over you ain't gon need ya vibrator'
(WARNING: This story includes a video and rap song lyrics of a sexually explicit nature and may offend some readers.)
At its 2013 national convention in Atlanta last week, the National Education Association encouraged teachers to dance to a sexually explicit rap song that featured the "N"-word and declared, "When it's over you ain't gon need ya vibrator."
The NEA, a nationwide labor union that represents public school teachers, played the song titled, "Wobble," by V.I.C. at its "Raise Your Hand" conference – which was publicized as an event focused on "empowering educators to lead."
In a video of the incident posted by EAG News, dozens of union delegates – mostly women – can be seen enthusiastically boogying and shaking their backsides to the lewd rap lyrics.
At the same conference, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel asked a massive crowd, "Do you believe that our 3 million members know how to improve student success? Do you?! Do you?!
"Do you believe this is our time to create union-led change for our classrooms? Do you?!
"Then I ask you to raise your hand for the success of all students. Raise your hand for great public schools and social justice.
"Raise your hand for America's educators! For America's future! NEA, raise your hand!"
NEA delegates also honored California Gov. Jerry Brown as "America's Greatest Education Governor."
The rap song lyrics include:
I got em' shakin their boobies like congos,
Man I'm shaking the city like quakes.
The haters blue the face like gonzo,
Cause I'm rakin' a cake so let's bake.
I'm taking the game, the games mine.
Ya'll witness a change it's my time.
Yea I'm new to the game but ya'll might wanna save ya whack raps daylight saving time
I could dance homie, I don't two-step,
Ya'll looking at something like a true player.
A girl told me that a man that could dance might could possibly get down with the tool in his pants.
Now all my ladies let me see you vibrate.
And when it's over you ain't gon' need ya vibrator.
Cause I'm a pro, make ya bend ya back low den just pound it real fast just like purkulator
Girl wobble it, and I'm a gobble it.
I see you movin your head, your head bobblin'
We can cradle the bed I'm straight rockin' it
The girls say my head like the head of a rocket ship
God d-mn, I'm so explicit, but I can't help it my flow ridiculous
Boy got a gift like it gotta be Christmas
Swag don't miss like he gotta be gifted
The girls brought cameras and they want pictures
And they gon frame em to see dat nigga
Little to the bed while I'm sayin' my scriptures
Cause I leave ya holy like ya pray in the temple
Want beat? I move with the lead of a pencil
And mine won't miss you, goodnight kiss you
Take a band back, cause you got pistols
And I don't think bounty picker up these issues
Concerned individuals may contact the National Education Agency by email, by phone at (202) 833-4000 or by fax at (202) 822-7974.


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Wrongful death trial in I-395 crash begins
Connecticut College junior Elizabeth Durante packed her suitcase with hospital scrubs, latex gloves and a stethoscope during the late evening hours of March 6, 2009, and arranged for an airport van to take her and a group of friends to Logan Airport in Boston.
The 20-year-old aspiring doctor had recruited a group of friends for a humanitarian mission — her third such trip — to help sick kids in Uganda during spring break.
Around midnight, Durante said goodbye over the phone to her parents, Keith and Kathleen Durante, a Long Island surgeon and attorney, respectively, from Islip, N.Y.
Around the same time, Navy sailor Daniel Musser, celebrating his 24th birthday at Mohegan Sun with a couple of buddies, was ordering a Long Island Iced Tea — a potent mixed drink containing several kinds of alcohol — from the Sky Bar inside the Ultra 88 nightclub. He had been drinking since about 9:30 p.m.
On the first day of a wrongful death trial brought by Durante's parents against the shareholders and permittee of the Ultra 88 nightclub, attorney Robert I. Reardon asserted in his opening statement that nightclub staff pushed alcoholic drinks on Musser, then threw him out of the club after he became obnoxiously drunk. In addition to the mixed drinks, Musser had beer and shots of tequila and vodka at the nightclub, Reardon said.
Musser slept in his car in a casino parking garage for about an hour, then mistakenly drove out the garage's entrance ramp and got onto Interstate 395 in the wrong direction. His car collided head-on with the van Durante and her friends were on to catch their early-morning flight. Durante died at the scene, and several others were injured.
Durante's parents, three other Connecticut College students and the van driver sued the nightclub's owners and backers. All of the plaintiffs except the Durantes settled their cases for undisclosed sums during jury selection. The amount sought by the Durantes has not been disclosed, though Reardon told the jury he would call an expert who would testify that Durante would have earned $4 million to $5 million in her lifetime.
He is expected to ask the jury to award the Durantes economic damages, such as the lost income, and non-economic damages, such as compensation for their pain and suffering with the loss of their daughter's life.
Reardon introduced Durante's parents and said he and attorney Kelly E. Reardon would be calling witnesses and displaying video surveillance photographs obtained via court orders to show the nightclub was recklessly negligent. Reardon said as Musser became "drunker and drunker," the staff at Ultra 88 failed to "cut him off," and called security to throw him out of the club without trying to sober him up, offer him a ride home or get him a room in the Mohegan Sun Hotel.
Scott Behman, attorney for the Boston-based Plan B LLC, the Lyons group and nightclub permittee Patrick Lyons, said there will not be "one shred of evidence" showing that the nightclub acted negligently or recklessly. Holding up a photograph of a smiling Musser that he said was taken moments before he left Ultra 88, Behman said Musser appeared "stone sober."
Reardon's first witness was Patrick Lyons, the managing shareholder of the casino nightclubs known as Mohegan After Dark and the person whose name appears on the state liquor permit. As Reardon recited the nightclub's alcohol and security policies, Lyons, whose office is in Boston, admitted he did not write the policies and that he relies on his management staff, including General Manager Todd Main, for day-to-day operations of the clubs.
Reardon, citing Connecticut's liquor control regulations, asked Lyons if he understood that as the permittee, he is "strictly accountable" for what goes on at the club.
"Ultimately, yes," Lyons responded. "I'm an investor in this project, not a micromanager. We as a group set out to hire the best and brightest management team."
Bartender Sarah Webster, who has worked at Ultra 88 since 2004, was testifying when the trial broke for the day. Reardon is expected to call on other nightclub staff when testimony resumes today. Musser, who is serving a 75-month prison sentence for second-degree manslaughter, is expected to testify later this week.
Judge William H. Bright Jr. is presiding over the case, which was removed from New London Superior Court to the complex litigation docket in Hartford Superior Court.
Norwich police issue Silver Alert for teen missing since Friday
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Singapore: GI Dynamics has reached a settlement with WL Gore & Associates in litigation brought by the latter in the US District Court for the District of Arizona.
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Cardiac deaths like James Gandolfini's are too common
- Gandolfini suffered a cardiac arrest
- A cardiac arrest and heart attack are not the same thing%2C heart association says
- But a heart attack may cause cardiac arrest and sudden death
The news that James Gandolfini, 51, star of The Sopranos, died of heart troubles stunned his fans, but for medical experts, it was a reminder of the thousands who remain at risk of a similar fate all the time.
Claudio Modini, head of the emergency room at the Policlinic Umberto I hospital in Rome, said Gandolfini suffered a cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at 11 p.m. Wednesday after resuscitation efforts in the ambulance and hospital failed. CNN, quoting an "Italian official," reported Friday that an autopsy confirmed that Gandolfini died of a heart attack.
A heart attack may cause cardiac arrest and sudden death. Heart attacks are caused by a blockage that stops blood flow to the heart. Cardiac arrest is an abrupt loss of heart function caused when the heart's electrical system malfunctions. About 360,000 cardiac arrests are assessed by emergency medical services in the USA annually.
About 715,000 people in the USA will have a new or recurrent heart attack this year, according to the American Heart Association. The average age of the first heart attack is 64.7 years for men and 72.2 years for women.
USA TODAY talked to Donna Arnett, the president of the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, about the risk of having a heart attack and ways to avoid it. Arnett is chairman of the department of epidemiology in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The answers below are from both Arnett and the American Heart Association website:
Q: What is a cardiac arrest? Is it the same as a heart attack?
A: No. The term heart attack is often mistakenly used to describe cardiac arrest. Though a heart attack may cause cardiac arrest and sudden death, the terms don't mean the same thing. Heart attacks are caused by a blockage that stops blood flow to the heart. A heart attack refers to death of heart muscle tissue due to the loss of blood supply, not necessarily resulting in the death of the heart attack victim.
Cardiac arrest is caused when the heart's electrical system malfunctions. In cardiac arrest, death results when the heart suddenly stops working properly. This may be caused by abnormal, or irregular, heart rhythms called arrhythmias. A common arrhythmia in cardiac arrest is ventricular fibrillation. This is when the heart's lower chambers suddenly start beating chaotically and don't pump blood. Death occurs within minutes after the heart stops.
Cardiac arrest may be reversed if CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) is performed and a defibrillator is used to shock the heart and restore a normal heart rhythm within a few minutes.
Q: How common is it for someone in their 50s to have a heart attack?
A: Though risk for heart attacks increases with age, it is not uncommon for a heart attack to occur in the early 50s. Data from one study show that for every 1,000 men, ages 45-54, three will have heart attacks every year. This is why it is important for men and women to visit their health professional to be screened for conditions that increase heart disease risk, such as high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and type 2 diabetes.
Q: Could Gandolfini's weight have contributed to heart troubles?
A: Obesity is a contributor to the risk of heart attack. We know that excess body weight raises blood cholesterol and blood pressure and can induce type 2 diabetes.
Q: What is a heart attack?
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When plaque in a heart artery breaks, a blood clot forms around the plaque. This blood clot can block the blood flow through the heart muscle. When the heart muscle is starved for oxygen and nutrients, it is called ischemia. When damage or death of part of the heart muscle occurs as a result of ischemia, it is called a heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI). About every 34 seconds, someone in the USA has a myocardial infarction or heart attack.
Q: What are the major risk factors for a heart attack?
A: There are several major risk factors for heart disease that people have no control over, including your genetics. People whose parents had heart disease are more likely to develop it. Among the other risk factors you can't change: getting older, being male (men are at a greater risk than women), heredity, including race. Heart disease risk is higher among Mexican Americans, American Indians, native Hawaiians and some Asian Americans. This is partly because of higher rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
There are factors you can change that lower your risk including — getting up and moving more, not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight and controlling your blood pressure and cholesterol.
Q: Why is high blood pressure a risk factor for heart disease?
A: High blood pressure means the blood running through your arteries flows with too much force and puts pressure on your arteries, stretching them past their healthy limit and causing microscopic tears. Unfortunately, the scar tissue that forms to repair those tears traps plaque and white blood cells, which can lead to blockages, blood clots and hardened, weakened arteries.
One in three adults have high blood pressure, but many people don't even know they have it. The risk can be reduced by following a healthful diet, including cutting back on salt; exercising; keeping a healthy weight; managing stress; limiting alcohol; and avoiding smoking. Some people who do those things may still need medication.
Q: Why do men often develop and die from heart disease at a younger age than women?
A: Men tend to have higher blood pressure and higher cholesterol, and they are more likely to be smokers than women. Men are less likely to be treated for high blood pressure than women. One big problem for men is a lot of them don't manage their blood pressure as well as women do.
Contributing: The Associated Press
How to spot a heart attack
The American Heart Association says some heart attacks are sudden and intense — the "movie heart attack," where no one doubts what's happening.
But most heart attacks start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Often people affected aren't sure what's wrong and wait too long before getting help. Here are signs that can mean a heart attack is happening:
•Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes or that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.
•Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.
•Shortness of breath with or without chest discomfort.
Other signs may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness. As with men, women's most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort. Women are somewhat more likely than men to experience some of the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting and back or jaw pain.


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BRENT LATHAM - Sunday, June 28, 2009
United States vs Brazil
Conferations Cup - Sunday June 28, 2009
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The United States came out blazing Sunday night in the Confederations Cup final in Johannesburg, but could not hold a big halftime lead as Brazil rallied to ruin the Americans' dreams of glory in South Africa.
The teams felt each other out for the first few minutes, as Brazil came forward but the US punched back on the counter with equal determination.
On just such a break, on ten minutes, Jonathan Spector carried the ball forward down his right wing and chipped a ball into the area for Clint Dempsey, who swept a running volley across the box and past goalkeeper Julio Cesar to give the Yanks a quick 1-0 lead.
Brazil looked anxious to get the goal back, and came forward through Robinho, who slammed an angled shot that forced Tim Howard to knock the ball out for a corner.
The US threatened again at the quarter hour when a corner kick produced a melee in front of goal that led to a Dempsey attempt, but the Fulham man found himself in an awkward position and could only kick the ball over the crossbar.
Brazil tried from distance on 22 minutes, when Felipe Melo, the scorer of Brazil's first goal in the first game against the US, struck a shot from about 22 yards right at Howard, who knocked the ball back from where it had come.
Two minutes later Kaka and Maicon teamed up to put the American goal in danger again. Maicon played a wall fro Kaka which the future Real Madrid backheeled into the right back's path. Maicon slammed an angled shot off Howard, but the US goal remained safe.
Twenty seven minutes in the US, which had been looking dangerous on the break through Landon Donovan and Charlie Davies, doubled their lead on an exquisite counterattack conceived by the pair. Donovan fed Davies on the wing, and the Hammarby man laid an exquisite return pass back into the path of the former Bayern Munich attacker. Donovan then chipped the ball over Felipe Melo and struck it past Julio Cesar.
Brazil would not be held back and Andre Santos soon forced Howard into yet another save at the near post with an overlapping run.
The Selecao continued to look dangerous when Robinho shot from range and Howard made his fifth save of the evening. With time running out in the half Maicon sent a dangerous ball across the box but no one could get on the end of it and the Americans would take their 2-0 lead to the locker room.
The second half would be a completely different tale, as the Americans were unable to continue to absorb the Brazilian pressure.
Just 39 seconds into the half, Luis Fabiano took a cross at the top of the box and turned with Jay DeMerit on his back. The Brazilian struck a hopeful shot which slotted past DeMerit and beat Howard to cut into the lead and give Brazil all the momentum they needed.
Fifty eight minutes in Lucio would force Howard into another save with a sharp header. Two minutes late a Kaka header went into the goal, but both the linesman and the referee refused to concede the goal as Howard quickly pushed the ball back out, and the Americans were momentarily safe.
The Americans then came forward to help relieve pressure and Donovan and Dempsey both went close with long range shots.
The game turned for good in the 66th minute when Brazil coach Dunga brought on two substitutes, Elano and Daniel Alves. While the Americans warmed up some subs for ten minutes, the fresh Brazilians came in wave after wave at the American goal.
Ten minutes later, just after Tim Howard had stoned an onrushing Luis Fabiano, and with Jonathan Bornstein and Sacha Kljestan finally preparing to come on, Brazil tied the game as Luis Fabiano emphatically headed a loose ball into the US net past a helpless Howard.
In the 84th minute Lucio gave the Brazilian yet another title as he outjumped DeMerit and Dempsey on a corner and headed the ball in off the far post to break the Americans' hearts.
The US will now have to wait until at least next year for their first victory in an international tournament. Their second best finish is however, the best showing ever for the United States at a FIFA event.
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Tuesday June 30, 2009 9:53 am
Much Adu about nothing on this board. Freddy is 1) not match fit, 2) proven to wimp out against big, strong, fast athletic players (e.g., the entire Brazilian team), 3) useless as a defender.
Alex Delgado
Monday June 29, 2009 9:36 pm
Well were do i start, we played a good frist half, i remember yelling my lungs out. ok lets se the errors.
1) We unnecesarilly lost our morale in the first goal they scored against us
2)through this tournament we didnt use our other young talent, (Adu and Torres), no offense but i would have put Adu over Casey in all the matches we played.
3) we needed to always keep our cool.
But now US is not the team everybody beats, we changed alot, and who knows, in a few more years we could become a superpower in soccer or better FOOTBAll The real one that is.
goof chewy
Monday June 29, 2009 8:51 pm
I disagree with all the "Well, they should still be proud of themselves" hand-holding talk.
Yes, Team USA should be proud to have battled their way all the way through the tournament -- proud up through the 1st half of the final, that is. But we and the team SHOULD be pi$$ed off with how they went through the motions in the 2nd half against Brazil. No excuse for relinquishing the fighting spirit at that point. Watch the replays, and notice the determination and concentration on the faces of the Brazil players in half Two. Only Tim Howard, and maybe some of the backfield, seemed equal to Brazil in that regard.
Ominous problem that needs to be addressed right away: Neither Davies nor Altidore, despite all they bring up front, seem capable of holding onto the ball under pressure.
Monday June 29, 2009 5:12 pm
The first half Brazil had 59% possession, so to say USA played GOOD the first half and BAD the second half is crazy. USA had two shots and scored. USA depended on a miraculous entry into the semifinal to even get here.
My point being everyone needs to look at what you think is a good 1st half, two goals shows some class, but they did not do anything else on the first half. The second half was the same Brazil doing the same thing they did the first half, but with more objectivity.
Americans need to decide if they want a team who makes it to the next round on luck or a team that is a real contender. The USA has players to actually do a good job. But, with this coach they don't. This Cup was disastrous for the USA. Because the rest of the world will not play easy on the USA anymore. So now they can't depend on an Egypt or Spain underestimating the USA anymore. The World Cup will be tougher, and with the same US coach and players it will be disappointing to watch!
Bob B.
Monday June 29, 2009 4:55 pm
You are all clueless. Bob B. played the final two games perfectly from a tactics standpoint. He's the only USA coach to have found a winning formula against the big teams: Ultra-intense pressure on the ball with fierce counter-attacks that are supported by multiple players... for as long as the physical stamina holds up, which is generally about half the game. It worked beautifully in both the Spain and Brazil games. In the first halfs, you could see it... every time a Spain or Brazil player touched the ball, you had one, two, three U.S. guys flying at him. And, of course, the counterattacking worked beautifully - one goal against Spain in the first half - 2 against Brazil.
The only downside is that no team can do that for 90 minutes. So, you could see that in the second halfs of both games, the US players legs just weren't there to provide the same level of pressure. You just hope that your efforts in the first half produce a goal or two and in the second half, you bunker down to try to absorb the onslaught. Against Spain, it worked. Against Brazil, it came up just short (but darn near worked).
It's a great strategy when you're playing teams where every individual is better than our best individual. (No offense to our players). Coach Bradley deserves some recognition. And, I can't wait to see us in the World Cup next year. All you sour grapes will be disappointed in our success!
David R.
Monday June 29, 2009 3:25 pm
It has become all too clear after watching the Confederations Cup that the USMNT cannot play two cherrypickers at the same time. Also, if the clueless coach is going to have a strategy of playing not to lose, then the USMNT CANNOT HAVE EVEN ONE CHERRYPICKER ON THE FIELD. The concept of self glory never fits into TEAM DEFENSE! Adu will most likely not soar like an eagle (if he even gets into the games) since BB has chosen to surround him with turkeys. Too bad the U.S. doen't put in an experimatal coach.
Charlie G.
Monday June 29, 2009 11:37 am
It's cruel....to watch that second half, the choices Coach Bradley made in subs...does he have an explanation? (someone please post). Am tired of the references to "lessons learned" and needing to grow "step by step" - the players on the field know better than this, that as a team they can compete...they knew this long before Egypt and Spain...that stars don't necessarily result in victories. My only hope is that Coach Bradley is just a slow learner, and that the same predictable choices/mistakes won't be made again. Its clear that US soccer will stay with Bob through WC2010 after this latest "advancement" for the US game?! Sitting on the same barstool as I did at 5:00 am in 2002 for US v. Germany, it doesn't really seem as though much progress has been made....while the player pool has been upgraded in places, the coaching talent has declined. Sorry, may be a bit harsh, but after watching the game for 40 years in the US, its hard to see it play out this way.
Ed C.
Monday June 29, 2009 7:18 am
A good game for the USA, with an excellent first half, although it all seemed to fall apart right after the intermission. That early goal killed us. Still, the boys did well under the circumstances.
As said below, BB needs to go. He has proven that he is clueless when it comes to tactics and selecting substitutes. I really don't know why he was hired in the first place! We need a world class coach who can take us to the World Cup and let us compete. The Word Cup isn't the Conf. Cup and it will be a LOT harder!
Its not too late to bring in a new coach!
Monday June 29, 2009 5:41 am
I AGREE WITH MOST OF THE FANS COMMENTS WELL DONE, ive been watching our team, for 19 yrs all over the world, bb got the subs wrong.....we needed to soak the midfield up,we were tired, casey....he's not internatinal standard....too much playing time, kjestan...again not up to the job, bb too quiet, we need a task master, a BOSS TO GET OUR PLAYERS TOGETHER, bb as ass manager yes, surley now...gooch, davis, demerit, bradley, will get OFFERS FROM DECENT CLUBS, OUR PLAYERS NEED TO BE IN SPAIN OR THE UK, IF WE ARE GOING TO GO FWD, ALL YOUR COMMENTS HAVE BEEN GT, KEEP THE PASSION,
mario jordan
Monday June 29, 2009 3:39 am
the coach is not reading the game, the midfield needed twiking in the second half .as players get tired. if you are going to send someone who doesnt oxygenated the midfield the team is going to drown . ADU can hold the ball in midfield given breathing air to the back .and because he is small he can get fouls and maybe even penalties . because he has talent.like ROMARIO used to say "when you got talent ,you dont need training".Bradley failes to see this and that's the reason he needs to go.otherwise we are going to have the same problems next year ,if we make it to the world cup.'cause in football anything can happen.
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