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For the 5th consecutive week, a Cajuns football player has been selected as Sun Belt Player of the Week. This week it is Lance Kelley, who repeats at POW from two weeks ago.
The UL players who preceded Kelley in this year's polling are Chris Masson, October 10th; Kelley himself, October 3; Blaine Gautier, September 26; and Melvin White, September 19th.
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week
Lance Kelley (Louisiana, So., LB)
Lance Kelley played a big key in the Cajuns 30-10 victory over North Texas…The senior linebacker notched a game-high eight tackles, a tackle-for-loss, a fumble recovery, a pass-break-up and an interception…With the Mean Green trailing just 13-10 in the second quarter and driving to the Cajuns 28-yard line, Kelley recovered a Lance Dunbar fumble to end the scoring threat…Kelley's fourth quarter interception at the North Texas 42-yard line was returned to the 31-yard line and set-up a Cajuns touchdown that pushed a 10-point lead to 17 points with 8:55 remaining in the game…Kelley and the Cajuns defense shutout the Mean Green in the second half, allowing just 108 yards of total offense over the final two quarters (60 of which occurred on NT's final drive of the game in the final 44 seconds)…Dunbar, the SBC's third leading rusher was held to 53 yards on 19 carries (2.8ypc).
Offensive Player of the Week
Kolton Browning (Louisiana-Monroe, So., QB)
Kolton Browning led an unstoppable ULM offense that put up 35-unanswered points against five-time defending Sun Belt Conference champion to close out the game. Browning finished the contest 23-of-31 for 275 yards and three touchdowns through the air; he also added 33 yards on nine carries on the ground to top the 300-yard mark in total offense. The Warhawks outgained the Trojans 325-6 in the second half as they handed them their worst home loss in Larry Blakeney's career. Browning led the Warhawks to five touchdowns on their final six drives of the game to hand Troy just its 13th home loss in Blakeney's 21-year career at the helm of the Trojans.
Special Teams Player of the Week
Mitchell Bailey (Louisiana-Monroe, Jr., RB)
Mitchell Bailey might well have been the straw that broke the Trojans back as the Warhawks dominated the five-time defending Sun Belt Conference champions. After ULM took a 15-10 lead late in the third quarter, Bailey forced a fumble on the ensuing kickoff that the Warhawks recovered on the 17-yard line. Two plays later Kolton Browning threw a touchdown pass to Colby Harper to stretch the ULM lead out to 12 points and the Warhawks never looked back. On ULM's next drive, Bailey also caught a touchdown pass from Browning. He also added a tackle on special teams.
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CHICAGO - Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Brian Campbell has an advantage going into this year's Winter Classic against Detroit at Wrigley Field.
Campbell suited up for the Buffalo Sabres in last year's instalment of the outdoor NHL game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and he has an idea what to expect from this year's edition - especially if it snows again.
"(The snow) can be a huge dilemma for your team," Campbell said in a conference call on Thursday. "Last year, the snow that was on the ice, you could not honestly take a slap shot from one end to the other on the ice and get it all the way down there. At times, there's just so much snow.
"But both teams played with it, so that was the fun part about it."
Campbell says he's started trying early to gather tickets for family and friends for the Jan. 1 game. He says the game should be a big draw.
"You can't paint a better picture, and hopefully this year, it's been promoted a lot more and fans know about it," he said. "You know, it's something that they can do on New Year's Day.
"The fans, they can watch it on TV and enjoy it, and live that kind of life of having our game outdoors."


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Amid the elation, celebration and fluffy, feel-good civic pride of Orlando being on the verge of building a stadium and landing a Major League Soccer franchise, let's take a timeout and address the massively apathetic elephant in the room.
He represents a vast number of fans who have pretty much turned their back on professional sports franchises in Florida. And make no mistake about it, his enormous indifference is a huge obstacle if a professional soccer franchise is ever going to be a success in Central Florida.


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Bruce Springsteen unveils love letter to Giants Stadium
There's been plenty of Bruce Springsteen envy on Pop & Hiss of late.
The artist, who recently turned 60, has been hopping on the latest trend in live music by exploring a number of his classic albums from start to finish. Chicago was recently treated to "Born to Run," and Springsteen's home state of New Jersey is getting the reverential treatment from now through Oct. 9.
Last night, the artist launched a five-night stand at Giants Stadium, a rock 'n' roll farewell to the East Rutherford, N.J. stadium, which will be torn down in 2010. The song, dubbed "Wrecking Ball," plays out as part tribute to the football, and part statement of rebellious survival.
There's working-class tailgating images of dirt and beer, and a sturdy lead-in to a reliant chorus. There's references to Boeing-sized mosquitoes and shout-outs to the Giants. Beginning with a feisty acoustic build, the song stands on protective ground, and is ready for a fight. Growls the Boss, "So if you got the guts, mister / If you've got the balls / If you think it's your time, then step to the line and bring on your wrecking ball."
New Jersey's Star Ledger has a clip of the concert's opening moments leading up to the initial verses of the song. Full versions can be found on YouTube, and are embedded below. Springsteen said the song was "something I wrote for tonight." A spokesman had no further information on the cut.
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Just two years ago, Louie Olivos, Jr. rubbed elbows with Cate Blanchett, Robin Williams, Mark Ruffalo, and Quentin Tarantino when he was nominated for Best Debut Performance in Robbing Peter at the 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards. "It took me 35 years to get a leading part in a feature, but I stuck in there and I got it," the actor admits.
Now, after decades of acting, directing, and writing, 67-year-old Olivos still gets really excited about getting the part through Back Stage West. And in Afterglow, a film noir short that screened to a full house at last year's New York Film Festival, Olivos still felt the challenge of acting, playing a gay Mafioso. In fact, he didn't even tell his wife of 46 years about the character's shocking, simulated blow job scene until they were at the festival.
"She said, 'Louie, you son of a gun,'" Olivos says, laughing. "Us Latinos, we don't like talking about those types of men. We are supposed to be macho, you know? So I surprised her but luckily and thankfully, she has an open mind and she knows it's just a part. You've got to do what you got to do. I'm an actor and I do what the director tells me. I have faith in them and I keep my fingers crossed. Audiences don't expect it. They think that I'm like Tony Soprano. I'm macho but I have this weakness, I like young [but legal] boys."
When Afterglow Director Melissa Yu read Olivos for the crime boss, she thought he had the most natural and believable audition. "Some of the other auditions seemed forced, even though some actors had their lines better memorized than Louie," recalls Yu. "He didn't recite all the lines verbatim, but he brought it to life. To me it was like, why get caught up in semantics? This is working the way he's delivering it. And he added certain creepy elements to the character, like he would improv a chuckle where other actors didn't. His facial structure worked for the role, and he had a gap in his two front teeth that I liked. It all fit. He brought all of that to the set. I added some extreme close ups too. It was really effective."
Olivos -- who trained with Stella Adler among others, and was an original member of Nosotros -- founded Teatro Actores de Santa Ana in 1971, which is still the oldest Latino acting group in Orange County. "The world needs to see every actor from the color of the rainbow and I'm proud that I'm representing Latinos," says Olivos, who's repped by Sid Levin. "We are so happy with the success of Ugly Betty, Babel, Pan's Labyrinth, and Children of Men. That will open the doors for more work." For more on Afterglow, visit www.afterglowmovie.com.
Afterglow will screen on Saturday, March 3rd, 10 p.m. at Laemmle Sunset, 8000 Sunset Blvd., W. Hollywood.


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Promising last week that this would be the end of us featuring games with zombies in them, the first title up for examination this time out features zombies. Promises are meant to be broken, after all.
But be fair, they're called Zomgies this time, and a G can make all the difference. Although it doesn't really. They're still zombies, unless the G is there to indicate that these ones don't stumble and shamble, but sprint and chase.
Anyway, this second installation features 14 levels and three difficulty settings, and lots of bloody explosions. That is, explosions of blood, not a cursed number of them. You'll be constantly moving from left to right, with zomgies chasing you and appearing in front. Shoot them with your pistol or whatever weapons you find, or toss explosives at them.
You can even get into vehicles and run them down, which is a good laugh. Health drops and antidote capsules can be collected, though what the latter do other than being there to collect and counting towards your end of level score is beyond us.
It's all very simple and just goes on and on like this until the end. Bigger, newer zomgies appear every so often and each level is, as you'd expect tougher than the last. And it is quite tough to stay alive, especially when the numbers start to increase towards the end of a level.
Next up is a simple little puzzler involving a grid o' numbers, and it's called Kompression. The idea is to kompress the numbers using the cross-shaped cursor until only one remains. Then to do it all again on the next, harder level.
We say harder, but at no real point does it ever get really tough. The undo key will be your friend to an extent, but never to an excessive degree. It's also incredibly short, much shorter than we were expecting.
Still, it's cheerful enough and will provide a couple of moments of head-scratching puzzlement for a lunchtime. And you'll probably be disappointed when it ends, which makes a change from the relief we usually feel at the end of an overly long grind.
Intruded is one we're going into blind, with no expectations. All we've seen before the following paragraphs had been written was one blurry screenshot, which was intriguing enough to get us clicking on the link. It could be rubbish, it could be amazing. Chances are it's the former, but you never know.
Viewed from various security cameras (hence the grainy nature of the visuals) you control a character looking to, well, get from A to B, we assume. Escape, even. Whatever, it's similar to the old school survival horrors like Alone in the Dark (the first three) and Resident Evil.
Your character looks a bit like 7 of 9, although she has a very curious and strangely eerie appearance when viewing her front, as it were, all shrouded in shadow with curious glowing eyes. Deliberate, we'd assume, but even if it isn't, it works well.
Ah, you actually find out she's wearing wraparound shades, or a blindfold maybe. Curiouser and curiouser. It's a bit like Knightmare then, expect with Raybans instead of a massive helmet. You play the person/child screaming from the studio, telling her which way to go and making her bump into walls and tumble off precipices to her grisly death.
It gets really quite tricky once you get to, say, Cam 14-9, with whirling spike balls to avoid from an annoying angle, but overall this should be filed under the words "Big Success" as it's a really quirky yet completely playable oddball entry that everyone should at least have a look at.
It makes you think about when survival horrors were about more than gunning down countless enemies and used the trickiness of the camera angles to provide a sense of fear to the proceedings. Or something. Anyway, definitely give it a go. Especially to see the suggestive ending and to unlock the ludicrous ghost mode.
That's your lot for this week, enjoy yourself and watch out for zomgies on your way home.


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With the rise of smartphones and tablets, it can seem like apps are taking over our online sessions. But are apps the best way to offer content to readers and viewers? This is the third part in our series looking at the battle between HTML5 and apps. In part one, Comcast voted for both. In part two, Finnish TV said HTML5.
Agreeing with that second viewpoint is Jason Pontin, editor-in-chief and publisher of Technology Review, which is published by MIT. Speaking at a retreat hosted by Beet.TV, Pontin said that the closed experience offered by apps wasn't working for content providers.
"These closed walled garden apps that we started to create at vast expense within the iOS APIs or the Android APIs haven't really succeeded, and it's fairly clear, at least to the developers I talked to, if tablets do succeed it's going to be based on an open set of standards," said Pontin.
Not only are apps not succeeding for content creators, but tablets aren't, either. Many in the publishing world hoped that tablets would reinvigorate subscriptions, but that didn't happen.
"Tablets, which many people in the media industry have had a feckless infatuation with — the belief that it would somehow resurrect the business models of the last 300 years of media — have proven to be a disappointment if you thought you could simply go and pull the old print model out onto these new devices," noted Pontin.
While apps and tablets aren't paying off for content creators, community has proven to be key.
"We have learned that community is vitally important, that it is much more of a conversation, and that the group we used to call the audience are not passive consumers of our editorial," said Pontin.
Advertising holds strong promise for online content creators, such as targeting abilities beyond what TV or print can offer, but Pontin said there's much to learn, and that publishers need to know more about viewer demographics and how viewers respond to ads.
"We don't know what the future advertising formats are going to look like. No matter how clever banner advertising gets or pre-roll advertising gets in video, at some level we're still trying to replicate in media the advertising formats that sustained us for so long in print. I think we need an entirely new form of advertising, suggested Pontin. That new form would need to be more useful to the viewer.
To watch the entire interview (used courtesy of Beet.TV), scroll down.


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The flame on a birthday cake candle is just as bright when you blow it out as when you first light it, the flame does not diminish. I believe we, too, were intended to burn bright from the beginning to the end of our life, I believe we should die young…as late as possible!
Our first birthday gifts, on the day we are born, are the innate qualities that make us extraordinary and exceptional: among them are curiosity, wonder, play, optimism, resilience, humor and love. Famed anthropologist Ashley Montagu called these youthful characteristics neoteny and claimed that by maintaining these traits late into life, we can be young all the days of our lives.
You may have 25 candles on your next birthday cake, but if you have lost your wonder, if you have to drag yourself to your job, if you are pessimistic about the future and complain about your past, if you stop asking questions and have given up your dreams, then you are old. I am well into my 3rd box of birthday candles and I am growing young by jumping for joy, daring to try, choosing to see my life as half –way started instead of half-way over and working daily to build a resilient and age-less self, and so can you.
Get a photo of yourself when you were a kid and put it up on your wall to remind you of your dreams, your talents, your hopes and to reacquaint you with the original you that is at the root of you-th. Look at that picture everyday and strive to uncover the pure and irrepressible spirit that still lives within you. He or she is there, trust me, waiting to come out to play.
Middle age, mid-life, boomer, senior, nip or tuck, pills or procedures, none offer you a sustainable model for aging. No matter how much money you spend, no matter how many surgeries you have, no matter how many years you deny when asked your age, you will still grow chronologically older, if you are lucky. Wrinkles may line your face, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles your soul.
And who, really, would you rather be, or who would you rather spend time with, someone mummified or someone who is creating and maintaining a self that is alive and evolving?
Picasso said, "It takes one a long time to grow young". I believe the golden seeds of our youth haven't died, they just haven't been tended. We can refresh the very traits that were ours at the beginning of our lives to insure that every day and every year of our lives are filled with a bright and burning intensity…I believe we can choose to grow young, no matter how many candles are on our next birthday cake.
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I really hate to brag, but, pardon me, I must.
Feb. 17-20 was a mind-blowing weekend, as the Hoover Public Library held its annual Southern Voices Conference, which I have had the honor to chair for the past four years. It's quite simply an unforgettable weekend, and it always leaves me thinking: Is this really my job? I should have to pay to do this.
The most incredible thing about the conference is, of course, the talent. We opened the weekend with an artist reception honoring Debra Riffe, whose stunning black and white linoleum block relief prints will remain on display until the end of March. Riffe, a native of Tupelo, Miss., was charming and gracious, and I felt honored to meet such a talented artist.
Then there were the authors. Wow. Friday night featured a keynote address byauthor, songwriter and musician Rosanne Cash. Attendees who were lucky enough to see Cash speak about her memoir, "Composed," were touched by her honesty and candor. No doubt, Rosanne Cash is a mega-superstar, but she is humble, kind, completely genuine and an obvious brilliant scholar.
On Saturday, Elizabeth Strout, a Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction for her novel "Olive Kitteridge," spoke of the "condition" she has that forces her to write. She attributes much of that condition to her mother, who always made her life in rural New England interesting and sparked her imagination.
Neil White spoke eloquently about his yearlong stay in Carville, America's last leprosarium. He maintained that imprisonment, bankruptcy and public humiliation did nothing to transform him, but getting to know the lepers, particularly Ella Bounds, who had such a grace and dignity about their lives despite their affliction, did.
Helen Simonson, who refers to herself as a proper English woman, was absolutely hysterical. She kept the audience laughing as she shared the process of writing a"clean" novel, "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand." Susan Rebecca White grew up in Atlanta but never considered herself a Southerner. She lived on both the East and West Coast and planned to write in those settings. It was when she discovered her Southern voice that she achieved writing success.
Batt Humphreys showed an obvious passion for getting justice for Nealy Duncan, whose true story serves as the inspiration for his fictional book "Dead Weight." Humphreys says he'll continue to advocate for Duncan's posthumous pardon. Adam Ross, whose novel "Mr. Peanut" centers around a man who is suspected of killing his wife, gave much insight into the complexity of the marital relationship. And Emily Giffin, who gave the closing address on Saturday, demonstrated her wit and humanity when she discussed the ideas that sparked her best-selling novels.
On Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, our audience was dazzled by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Using everything from fiddle, jugs and banjo to Gaelic a cappella and beatboxing, the Chocolate Drops, who recently won the 2011 Grammy for best traditional folk album, represented the very best in American music. Audience members who attended couldn't help but tap their feet, clap their hands and sing along with the amazing foursome.
Thanks to all of the staff of the library who helped in making the conference happen and to all of the patrons who attended. I know you are bragging, too!


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April 19, 2018 at 7:00 pmHost: Ralph Hardesty Felicia Michaels Julio Torres Liza Treyger Matteo Lane Sam Jay Yamaneika Saunders
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An "Army and Welfare Brat" who was used to moving about, Michaels built her early career by refusing to allow her gender tame her material.
Her comedy appeared on such networks as MTV, A&E, COMEDY CENTRAL, VH1, SHOWTIME, NBC, ABC and FOX. She soon found herself becoming a COMEDY GRAND CHAMPION on STAR SEARCH. Her first comedy CD, "Lewd Awakenings," landed Felicia on XM Satellite's list of top 100 jokes. She was nominated twice as Funniest Female by the American Comedy Awards before clinching it.
Breaks from comedy were supplemented with film and photography courses at NYU and The New School, which led to her writing and directorial debut with the Cine Eagle Award-winning short film "In the Weeds." Work soon followed on Mitch Hedberg's Sundance Film Festival selection "Los Enchiladas," as an actor and assistant director. Guest appearances followed on sitcoms, and her ongoing photo documentary project "A Comic's Eye: Stand up – Stripped down" won first place at the PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE COMPETITION in Paris. She is now one of the staff photographers for largest comedy festival in the world – The "Just For Laughs Comedy Festival" in Montreal, Canada.
She quit comedy after her second child was born, only to return from that hiatus stronger and more determined then before. Touring followed quickly, along with a two- year run with the hit underground podcast "Beauty and Da Beast" with fellow comic Joey "Coco" Diaz. Their "raw- some" comedy chemistry, earned them a Best Comedy Podcast nomination from the Podcast Awards keeping company with the likes of fellow nominees WTF and the Nerdist.
Since then Michaels has kept herself busy as a returning regular on two seasons of Nick's "Parental Discretion," touring, doing stand up on TV, the debut of her newest comedy cd "Milf and Cookies" with Uproar Records, and putting the finishing touches on her new directorial project "Pervs" – which just won Best Documentary at the La Femme International Film Festival – all this while raising two boys as a single mother.
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XPO Logistics to Hire More Than 6,000 U.S. Seasonal Workers as E-commerce Booms
GREENWICH, Conn. - October 20, 2017 - XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: XPO), a leading global provider of transportation and logistics solutions, today announced that it expects to hire more than 6,000 seasonal workers for its U.S. contract logistics operations. The company's 2017 recruitment target exceeds last year's level by approximately 1,000 workers, due primarily to the growth in e-commerce.
XPO currently manages the contract logistics for over $85 billion of goods globally across a broad range of industries every year. The company is a major player in North American e-commerce through its leading positions in contract logistics and last mile logistics for heavy goods, and is the largest outsourced e-fulfillment provider in Europe.
Troy Cooper, chief operating officer of XPO Logistics, said, "The dynamic growth in e-commerce and omnichannel is creating huge opportunities for our retail customers. We're looking for individuals with a strong work ethic who want to further their skills with a company that prioritizes training, technology and safety."
XPO was recently named the top performing U.S. company on the Forbes 2017 Global 2000 and was recognized this year by Forbes magazine as one of America's Best Employers.
To learn more, visit www.xpo.com.
About XPO Logistics, Inc.
XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: XPO) is a top ten global logistics provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. The company operates as a highly integrated network of people, technology and physical assets in 31 countries, with over 90,000 employees and 1,435 locations. XPO uses its network to help more than 50,000 customers manage their goods more efficiently throughout their supply chains. The company has two reporting segments: transportation and logistics, and within these segments, its business is well diversified by geographies, verticals and types of service. XPO's corporate headquarters is in Greenwich, Conn., USA, and its European headquarters is in Lyon, France. www.xpo.com
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This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of United States federal securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements set forth in this press release are qualified by factors that might cause or contribute to a material difference in actual results, as discussed in XPO's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and linked to the investor relations section of the company's website www.xpo.com, including: economic conditions generally; competition; XPO's ability to attract and retain key employees; the ability to develop and implement a suitable information technology system; and the ability to maintain positive relationships with third-party providers. Forward-looking statements set forth in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and XPO undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, changes in expectations or the occurrence of unanticipated events except to the extent required by law.
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I've been doing some thinking about the question, "What is the mission of the church?" This is a complicated issue, to be sure, but whenever I'm pastoring, I want to be able to lead my people to faithfully fulfill the purpose for which God has redeemed us.
As I've started thinking through this a little, I thought I'd post a few thoughts and get some feedback. This particular post has less to do with the church as a whole and more to do with individuals. I think that any way you look at it, asking what the mission of the universal Church is inevitably leads us back to the individual. God has a purpose for the universal Church, to be sure, and he will accomplish those purposes, but identifying her purpose is not the same thing as identifying her mission.
However, since the universal church is nothing more than the sum total of all individual Christians, can we, by looking at what Scripture tells us is the mission of the individual, infer what the mission of the Church (universal) is? (The next step is then to ask how these relate to the mission of the local church, but that'll be for another day)
What is the mission of the Christian?
So, the question at hand is "What is the mission of the Christian?" And the answer I would give to that is something like this:
- [a] to grow into a mature disciple of Christ (holiness, doctrine, affections),
- [b] to live as a mature disciple of Christ (proclaiming the kingdom in both word and deed), and
- [c] to make disciples of Christ
Yes, I know. They're all connected. You can't grow into a mature disciple that doesn't "do," and you can't just "do" without having the right heart and doctrine behind you're "doing." Likewise, you can't consider yourself to be mature if you are not reproducing yourself in other disciples, nor can you reproduce yourself if you are not yourself mature in both the [a] & [b] senses.
So, what do you think? What's good? What needs to be added or taken away? I appreciate your feedback.
[Note: By "mission" here, I do not necessarily mean "chief end," as in 'to glorify God and enjoy him forever,' or that type of thing. I'm more talking about what Christians are to be doing. If it would make you feel better though, you are welcome to add "To glorify God by growing…living…making…" I'm down with that.]


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Some 100 patent lawsuits reach the courtroom every year and around 40 percent of them result in patents being invalidated. Not only do these cases drain hundreds of millions of dollars from the economy, but they cost the litigants quite a bit, too–more than a million dollars a pop, on average.
Needless to say, most innovators–save for, maybe, patent trolls–would like to avoid becoming a data point for those statistics. One way to do that is by making your patent application as strong as possible.
At one time, innovators could be confident they had a strong patent if the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved it. While USPTO approval is still a strong endorsement of a patent, with patent approval times averaging more than 32 months and an application backlog of 750,000, the quality of patent review at the office has slipped in recent years.
"With the USPTO approving tons of bad patents, and the courts all too often siding with the patent holder and expanding what's patentable, combined with people who have done nothing getting hundreds of millions just for holding a piece of paper, is it really any surprise that the incentive structure would push people to file for as many bogus patents as possible, in hopes of getting them through the obviously questionable process?" ragged one blogger.
According to federal law, to qualify for a patent an invention should be novel, non-obvious and have utility. In addition, the patent application should disclose enough detail to allow a person skilled in the applicant's field to build the invention.
Determining if an invention is novel and non-obvious is done through what's called "prior art." Prior art is documentation that the claims in a patent application were disclosed prior to its filing.
Although a survey of prior art is essential for creating a strong patent. Not only does it ensure that the claims in a patent are indeed novel and non-obvious, but it can help inventors remove ambiguity from their claims. Vaguely worded claims that are too abstract and broad in scope are lightening rods for litigators.
"Obvious patents, another type of low-quality patent, are a problem because large numbers of obvious patents make clearance difficult and costly, leading indirectly to litigation," wrote James Bessen and Michael James Meur in Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk. Patent, published in 2008 by Princeton University Press.
"Patents that are of low quality because they are vaguely worded, overly abstract, of uncertain scope, or that contain strategically hidden claims can also directly induce litigation," the authors added.
By and large, constructing claims narrowly creates stronger patents. They can help insulate a patent from litigation and prevent it from stepping on existing patents or what's already in the public domain.
Litigation can be a daunting prospect for an inventor. As academics Bronwyn H. Hall, Stuart J. H. Graham, Dietmar Harhoff, and David C. Mowery observed in their journal article entitled Prospects for Improving U.S. Patent Quality via Post-grant Opposition:
"Uncertainty about the validity of a patent has several potential costs: such uncertainty may cause the patent holder to under invest in the technology, it could reduce investment by potential competitors in competing technical advances, and it may lead to costly litigation after both the holder and potential competitors have sunk sizable investments."
Nevertheless, with diligence and attention to detail, the uncertainty cast on the patent process by litigation, although never eliminated, can be ameliorated.
John P. Mello Jr. is a practicing attorney for patent protection. For more information on Patent Litigation you can visit General Patent at http://www.generalpatent.com
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ORONO, Maine (AP) Marcus Wasilewski threw four touchdown passes Saturday to lead Maine to a 51-7 victory over Georgia State in the final game for retiring Panthers coach Bill Curry.
The Black Bears (4-6, 3-4 Colonial Athletic Association) led 10-0 after two possessions. Wasilewski opened the game with a 46-yard run to the Georgia State 44, then hit Maurice McDonald on a 17-yard scoring pass.
Two of Wasilewski's touchdown passes were much longer: a 69-yarder to Damarr Aultman that came shortly after Nigel Jones went 79 yards with a screen pass to score. Maine scored 21 points in the second quarter and 17 in the third to lead 48-3.
Ricky Stevens rushed for 179 yards and a touchdown for the Black Bears.
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Labour takes Carlisle City Council
Labour have gained control of Carlisle City Council.
The party took two seats from the Conservatives and two from Lib Dems, giving it a total of 27.
The Tories now have 20 councillors, the Lib Dems two, there are two Independents, and one vacant post.
In South Lakeland, Labour and the Lib Dems gained two seats each, with the Conservatives losing four of their seats. The council is therefore still held by the Lib Dems.
The Lib Dems now hold 34 seats, the Conservatives 14 and Labour three.
Carlisle was heavily targeted by both Labour and the Conservatives, with Ed Miliband showing up on the local election launch tour and David Cameron also paying a high-profile visit.
Joe Hendry, the council's Labour leader, described the result as a new beginning for Carlisle.
"This is the first time in 13 years that any political party has had a clear majority," he said.
"We intend to do good things with it.
"The first thing to do is clean up the city, but also make sure there are jobs, to get investment and a consensus of what kind of place this is going to be in 10 years time, and work towards that."
'Disastrous night'
Carlisle's Conservative MP, John Stevenson, said: "We're very disappointed.
"We've lost two good councillors as well.
"In our own vote there may be a little bit of apathy, but in some cases I think there was a good turnout by Conservatives, and that's something we have to look to in the future."
Lib Dem Trevor Allison said: "Obviously it was a disastrous night for us.
"It wasn't unexpected, it turned out exactly as we thought it would, not just for ourselves but the Conservatives as well."
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(PRWEB) December 26, 2013
The Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) continues its partnership with the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl for the third year in a row! The Armed Services YMCA is one of the 2013 postseason bowl game's official charity partners.
"We are very thankful Armed Services YMCA has chosen to continue its charitable partnership with us," said Brant Ringler, executive director of the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. "Through their innovative programs, the Armed Services YMCA makes military life easier for young enlisted military and their families."
The Armed Services YMCA has been providing services to Junior enlisted military personnel and their families for more than 150 years. Impacting over 500,000 families annually, the ASYMCA offers low and no-cost programs to 31 branches and affiliates across the country—with the help of over 13,800 hours provided by community volunteers. The Armed Services YMCA was rated in the top 2% of charities nationwide by Charity Navigator in 2011. The ASYMCA does not receive government funding, and does not charge dues or membership fees for their programs. Your tax deductible donation (Tax ID #36-3274346) or CFC contribution (CFC # 11085) to the ASYMCA, a top-rated non-profit, will make a significant difference in the lives of young military service members and their families.
"The Armed Services YMCA is proud and extremely grateful for the opportunity to partner with Bell Helicopter and the Armed Forces Bowl for the third straight year. With their considerable help, we will be able to provide more than 500 troops and families representing all Services from multiple bases around the country the opportunity to attend the 11th Armed Forces Bowl," said President and CEO of the Armed Services YMCA, Mike Landers. "A consistently strong partner of the ASYMCA, Bell's continued support of American service members and their families definitely helps make military life easier for these young heroes."
Owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television (ERT), the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl has featured the "armed forces" theme since 2006. Patriotic overtones recognizing all five branches of the service are prevalent throughout the game. Past Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowls have included fan-fest areas showcasing armed forces hardware; flyovers; demonstrations by several of the military's top skydiving teams; the awarding of custom homes to wounded warriors; on-field induction ceremonies; armed forces bands and honor guards the awarding of the annual Great American Patriot Award presented by Armed Forces Insurance; and the Armed Forces Merit Award presented by the Football Writers Association of America. For additional information about the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, please visit ArmedForcesBowl.com, Facebook.com/ArmedForcesBowl or Twitter.com/ArmedForcesBowl.
This year's 11th annual Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl will feature a school from the Mountain West versus the U.S. Naval Academy. The game will be played on Dec. 30, 2013 in Fort Worth. ESPN and ESPN Radio will air the game with a 10:45 a.m. (CT) kickoff from Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of TCU. Tickets are available through http://www.armedforcesbowl.com.
With Navy qualifying for this year's game, the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl became the first bowl game to host all three services academies. The postseason contest has previously hosted MW member U.S. Air Force Academy (2007-2009, 2012) and the U.S. Military Academy (2010). Navy is also set to return to Fort Worth in 2016.
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Electronic Arts jumped on the Facebook bandwagon on November 6 when they announced the release of Spore Islands, a Flash application based on the full-blown PC game Spore.
So does the social gaming-friendly version have what it takes to be a true member of the Spore family? Here's our assessment, one week in.
Choose Your Island: You may choose one of many islands to call your own. They come in every possible terrain imaginable -- snowy, rainy, desert, marsh, rocky, and more. We went with a snowy one ('tis the season).
Create Your Character: Customize the head, body, legs, and eyes of your Spore creature. There are many options to choose from, though what you pick will change as your creature evolves.
Tutorial/Observe: Spore Islands starts off with a tutorial, where you learn how to evolve your character and then watch a sample observation to see how your character fares in the wild. Most of the "play" is simply customizing your creatures, so the chance to actually see your Spore in action is pretty nifty. During an observation, your creature has 150 turns to rack up as many points as possible, and while you don't control anything, you get to learn more about how your creature interacts with its environment.
Evolving: After observing your creature, you can see what you need to change to make it the best of the best. For example, there are four different eating options to choose from, and while you can select all four, it will severely lower the number of points you get from consuming each type of food. You can pick from meat (eating other creatures), green plants, purple plants, and orange plants. Green plants are the most common, and therefore offer the least nutrition; purple plants and orange plants, which are rarer, give more points when eaten. There are also four different "attribute" categories (Metabolism, Senses, Strength and Life), with 12 subcategoriewith three subcategories apiece. You are given 12 points to place inside each of those three subcategories (EX: three in reaction, four in speed and 5 in stamina). The trick to the game is finding the perfect balance within each of the categories in order to dominate your island; but evolving and observing take special DNA and Observation Tokens.
DNA and Observation Tokens: You start off with 12 DNA tokens, which you need to evolve your character. Tokens regenerate automatically over time (or you can pay cash if you don't want to wait), although you can never have more than 12 at a time. You also have six Observation tokens -- each of which is good for one Observation -- when you begin; these also accumulate automatically over time, with a maximum of six.
"Evolve, Survive, Party" is Spore Islands' slogan, and that pretty much sums up the game-play. Waiting for time to pass so you can gain new tokens means Spore Island is a game you can easily leave for hours at a time, but once your friends start getting in to it, you'll want to be on more often to make sure your creature is primed and ready to dominate your friends' islands.


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A Play by Play with Jesus
Society at large can't make up its mind about men. Having spent the last thirty years redefining masculinity into something more sensitive, safe, manageable and, well, feminine, it now berates men for not being men. … 'Where are all the real men?' is regular fare for talk shows and new books. You asked them to be women, I want to say. The result is a gender confusion never experienced at such a wide level in the history of the world. How can a man know he is one when his highest aim is minding his manners." Wild at Heart, by John Eldredge
This isn't a football story, but it feels like a touchdown to me! Anytime someone overcomes an identity crisis I can't help but cheer!
I was working late one summer afternoon. After finishing straightening the store I pulled out a book that seriously became my playbook on prayer. This book, Let Prayer Change Your Life by Becky Tirabassi, challenged my doubts in the power of prayer.
Remembering days in a dysfunctional family, I had been convinced that everyone had power but me.
Abused, neglected, and spiritually tortured from the age of 9 until my perceived release after high school graduation in 1989, I had developed a very different concept of God; in fact, my opinion of Him was that He was powerless. My dad tried to rescue me, report the alcoholic infused abuse by my mother and step-father, but to no avail. None of them prayed or talked about God and at the time, it seemed to me that they were the ones with all the power.
So, this book about praying everyday to God and actually talking to Him felt a little awkward to me. How do you talk to God? Why is it important to him?
I was consuming this book because everything the author said made sense and I was learning that God didn't want anyone between me and him but Jesus. He wanted to talk to me himself. As if to prove His point, I had just read this line from the book,
…the Holy Spirit was a prompter to pray and that the results of prayer in a believer's life would be obedience and powerful preaching.
No sooner had I underlined that sentence and in walked a man. The store was empty. It was the afternoon in Old Town Fort Collins where I worked in a fine ladies' lingerie store.
I approached the man and asked him the normal questions. "Are you shopping for a gift?" I began.
He abruptly answered, "no."
"…something special for your wife then?"
"No. I'm looking for something for me."
His response caught me off guard. He was a very large man and for a moment I actually considered whether or not anything in our store would fit him. I retreated to the cash wrap not knowing how to help him. I began pacing and praying, thinking "This man is being lied to. This man is being lied to. Lord, this man is being lied to! Someone's got to tell him. Someone's got to tell him. I've got to tell him.
I've got to tell him!?
A powerful anointing fell on me at that moment. It was like God's energy and His love for this man exploded into my spirit and there was nothing I could do but obey Him. So I walked over to the very large man, twice my size easily, and started talking to him. And I am only pointing out his size because in most circumstances this would make a 5'5" woman feel a little intimidated.
"You're being lied to man, I said." I never use the slang man, but that's what came out! He had his coat draped over his arm and I noticed his name embroidered on it. I called him by name, "T___ you're being lied to man. Then in walked one of the store owners.
God hit the pause button and everything stopped. I held my breath. She looked at me. I looked at her and gave the unspoken everything's okay signal. She looked at him, and then she went to the back of the store to the office and closed the door.God hit the play button and the conversation continued.
"What do you mean, I'm being lied to?" He asked. He didn't run away. He didn't argue or deny anything. He simply asked, What do you mean I'm being lied to?
"Satan, is lying to you man. He has convinced you that you need to wear women's clothing to feel good, complete and that this is somehow part of your identity. It isn't! Satan is lying to you man! He is robbing you!"
Just then the store owner opened the office door to leave. Pause. She looked at me and I gave her the head nod that everything was okay again. She left as abruptly as she had arrived. The man had wandered to the front of the store, patiently waiting for our conversation to pick up again. I was surprised to see that he wasn't leaving.
I joined him at the front of the store and he began admitting that "this urge comes over me and I can't control it." He explained in detail his struggles with an addiction of secretly wearing women's clothing. The pile of guilt that came off of that man was impressive!
"I know someone who can help," I said.
Lord, are we doing this now, in a lingerie shop?
"Who? Who can help me with this?" he asked in desperation.
"Jesus can help you. All you have to do is say a simple prayer and He will walk you through the rest." I reached out my hands to this big guy. As he grabbed on, my hands disappeared in his. "Repeat after me," I began.
Jesus, I need you in my life. I have sinned and tried to take care of it by myself. I can't do it alone any longer. I agree with you, that you died for me and rose again so that I could truly live. I want You in my life. I invite you into my heart. You have forgiven me and scrubbed me clean. I accept your gift of love. Amen.
After he prayed, he admitted to having a wife. He thought she suspected something. I encouraged him to tell her because Satan keeps us in bondage with the secret. He agreed to tell her. An hour or so later, he called me, nervous to tell his wife about his fetish with women's lingerie. I cheered him on. He confessed.
Years later he would share his testimony with many men. That was eighteen years ago. He is still married today, he and his wife love Jesus and they have a son! Today he is on an adventure with a Warrior named Jesus working together setting other men free!
I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge–that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:14-19).
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A Monticello man was arrested Sunday night for robbing Stewarts convenience store, police said.
A Monticello man was arrested Sunday night for robbing Stewarts convenience store, police said.
Eric Shawn McGee walked into the High Street store off Route 42 at 9:32 p.m. and set a bottle of vinegar on the counter. He then handed the female clerk a one dollar bill. According to police, when the clerk opened the cash register McGee reached over the counter and forcibly took $476 from the register.
McGee, 41, fled on foot and headed towards Starr Avenue. He was found shortly after by police waiting for a taxi.
When McGee was arrested he had two hypodermic syringes, said police, who recovered $366 of the stolen money.
McGee�s was charged with third-degree robbery and third-degree burglary, both felonies. His misdemeanor charges are fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and criminal possession on a hypodermic instrument.
He is currently in village lockup awaiting arraignment.
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Well the EU has more PPP, with OVER 14 trillion, USA comes under that.
Again, the USA is not the richest country in the world.
A lot of people would argue that USA is not the most powerful country in the world, just look around on ATS.
I won't, as I know it's currently the most powerful country in the world, so I don't know what their arguments are against it.
Did I say China? No.
Originally posted by Pilot
If it makes a profit, it's good. Period, or do you have any sort of limit to what you would support in the name of the almighty $$$?
Originally posted by Mikey84
Luxembourg GDP (PPP) per capita - $81,511
United States GDP (PPP) per capita - $43,444
Remember, we are working on "Per Capita" otherwise it's fruitless and that's when the "Somalia" example comes into play.
If you want to work on total instead of per capita, then fine, USA comes in first (second if you count the EU), but then if you want to work on totals, lets look at poverty.
USA total people in poverty (2006): 36.5 million
Somalia total people in poverty (2006): 8.5 Million
So, if you wanted to go on "total" which country is poorer? See it doesn't work, that's why again, the financial status of a country goes on Per Capita.
So, want to explain to me how you think $43,444 is higher than $81,511?
As for China, its success on the global scale will be short lived.
Originally posted by Pilot
reply to post by ANOK
I wanted to find out if the particular individual who calls himself bloodthirstycapitalist had personal limitations, but he has not been around. For example, would he accept payment to troll a message board defending a certain POV for his master??
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Corporations exist for one purpose and one purpose only, to make a profit. Everything that may happen for good or ill as a result of the pusuit is of no consequence to the corporation, it has no conscience, no concern for fellows, etc. It is a machine made up of a hierarchy of workers who perform a function, but have no say in the policy of the organization as a whole.
But let's consider the concentration of media ownership that has occurred in recent years. If it has been detrimental to our society as a whole, which it has in my opinion, yet very successful in terms of profit...where would our Capitalist draw the line? If it makes a profit, it's good. Period, or do you have any sort of limit to what you would support in the name of the almighty $$$?
Originally posted by Pilot
reply to post by BloodthirstyCapitalist
Maybe clear channel isn't the best example for your argument...
If big business operated in a True free market, then your pov would have some validity, but this is obviously not the case. When the gummint and big business get chummy to the point that they have; e.g. rollback of antitrust law, deregulation, cronyism, etc. etc. then what you have is not free market capitalism-that is an ideal that never quite came into being...like true democracy.
You have corporatism, which some call fascism.
When the likes of BP do their earth friendly schtick, it's just another marketing ploy, they want to stay at the top of the curve, it was smart, but hardly inspired by concern for the planet. IMO.
Originally posted by Pilot
If you approve of the current economic policy and favor competition over cooperation, or even fair play, then how can you say you are a free-market capitalist? The market is rigged, hon. You know that.
As we discuss the consolidation of Media...you state that the danger of monopolies are few and far between???? That is a biggie. I never said I was afraid Wal-Mart was taking over-they have damaged local economies, but even they do not have access to unlimited growth-no one does.
My own company went through the same grow or die scenario and guess who paid the price?? Oh, the shareholders...and the employees. But they are still-a growin'.
All that bothersome government oversight you mention led directly to the fall of ENRON, so, yeah I guess it's bad huh? We should always trust the CEO's and CFO"s to do the right thing, afterall, they are smart guys! And always honest and fair.
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The City of Boston's healthcare costs have nearly doubled in six years and now require the property tax bills of five families to pay the premium of one city employee's family healthcare plan, according to a report by the Boston Municipal Research Bureau.
In 2007, employer health insurance premiums increased by 6.1 percent - two times the rate of inflation. The annual premium for an employer health plan covering a family of four averaged nearly $12,100. The annual premium for single coverage averaged over $4,400.2
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The Estonian folk band Curly Strings goes home with most important awards at the annual Estonian music industry awards ceremony.
Curly Strings, consisting of Eeva Talsi (fiddle, vocal), Villu Talsi (mandolin, vocal), Jalmar Vabarna (guitar, vocal), Taavet Niller (double bass, vocal), debuted just last year. Playing a folk-infused, energetic, violin-heavy, catchy tunes, the band won over the Estonian music market last year, their debut "Üle Ilma" becoming a best-seller.
Curly Strings won an Estonian Music Award in four categories: Best Album, Best Band, Best Debut Album, and Best Song.
An alternative dance artist Maria Minerva who has resided in London and New York for many years and has a cult following over there, was a somewhat surprise winner, notching up two awards: Best Female Artist and Best Electronica Album.
Dance-folk band Trad.Attack! also won in two categories: Best Etno/Folk Album and Best Video.
The ambitious award ceremony, presented by Eda-Ines Etti and Ott Lepland, saw performances by Tanja, Ewert & The Two Dragons, Curly Strings, Karl-Erik Taukar, Elephants From Neptune, Genka & Paul Oja and Getter Jaani and Risto Vürst.
Estonian Music Awards Winners 2015
Best Album - Curly Strings "Üle ilma"
Best Band - Curly Strings "Üle ilma"
Best Debut Album - Curly Strings "Üle ilma"
Best Male Artist - Karl-Erik Taukar "Vääramatu jõud"
Best Female Artist - Maria Minerva "Histrionic"
Best Classical Album - Galina Grigorjeva. In paradisum. Estonian National Male Choir, conductor Mikk Üleoja
Best Jazz Album - Estonian Voices "Ole hea"
Best Etno/Folk Album – Trad.Attack! "Trad.Attack!"
Best Electronica Album - Maria Minerva "Histrionic"
Best Alternative/Indie Album - Vaiko Eplik 7 "Nõgesed"
Best Metal Album – Metsatöll "Karjajuht"
Best Rock Album - Elephants From Neptune "Pressure & Pleasure"
Best Pop Album - Karl-Erik Taukar "Vääramatu jõud"
Best Video - Trad.Attack! "Kuukene" (director Martti Helde)
Best Song - Curly Strings "Kauges külas" (Authors: Eeva Talsi/Kristiina Ehin)
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The ARISS team is pleased to announce that the next school contact with the International Space Station astronauts will take place Thursday, 29 July between the ISS crew and students at the Council on sound development for school children in Habikino, Japan. The contact is scheduled to begin about 1155 UTC. Please note, the packet station will be turned off prior to the beginning of the contact. It will be returned to service as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience. ?This learning project is defined as an extracurricular activity in which children are aimed to experience practical learning and contact with the ISS. This program is organized by Council on sound development of schoolchildren in Habikino, supported by the Habikigaoka Elementary School, Japan Amateur Radio League and cosponsored by the Habikino Board of Education and Kyoiku Network for district of the Mineduka Senior High School. With the assistance of these groups and schools, the program is organized and performed.? The contact will be in either English, Japanese, or possibly both. The ISS crew will use the NA1SS call sign and by Council on sound development of schoolchildren will use the 8N3ARISS call. The downlink will be on 145.80 MHz and the ARISS team welcomes everyone in the area to listen in on the contact. Further information including student questions will be included as they become available. ARISS is an international educational outreach program with US participation from NASA, AMSAT (The Amateur Satellite Radio Corp.), and the American Radio Relay League. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities experience, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters? interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS programme is available on the website http://www.rac.ca/ariss Thank you & 73, Scott H. Stevens / N3ASA ARISS Team Member ---- Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe sarex" to firstname.lastname@example.com
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Whoa. Bill O'Reilly was a guest on The View this morning, and he got REAL Bill O'Reilly up in there. Naturally, because it's October, 2010, conversation turned to the Ground Zero Mosque. WAIT, WHAT? Is that really still a thing? Anyway, Bill O'Reilly does some classic Mr. Cool Moves, like, sticking his fingers in people's faces and telling them to shut up and learn. Nice. What's the deal with this guy? Does he know that he looks like a cigar? You know when you stay up way too late drinking too much and then get up way too early and you're still kind of drunk and you have that taste in your mouth that's like a little sweet in a gross way and very puckered and no matter how much water you drink or even brushing your tongue with toothpaste the sickly death taste won't go away? You know that feeling. Does Bill O'Reilly know that he looks like that mouth taste? Also: let's be real: the women of The View are retarded, and it's mind-boggling that anyone, much less millions of anyones, give a shit about their opinions about anything ever, AND YET, it's still THEIR TV SHOW, you condescending misogynist FUCK. You don't point your fat beef finger in their face and tell them to shut up and learn. WHAT KIND OF GENTLEMAN ARE YOU?!
And then, eventually, in the great part, Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg get so fed up with this bag of ashes that they straight get up off the couch and walk off the show. Watch it, it's great:
You know, it's kind of belaboring the obvious, but I find it really gross how an ostensibly intelligent human being (even if he uses that intelligence for money-hungry evil) could make, with a straight-face, the argument that because a majority of Americans want a thing, that means the thing is morally correct. Like, it just doesn't matter that 70% of Americans don't want a mosque to be built in a FUCKING BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY, three blocks from the site of THE TRAGIC EVENTS. It doesn't matter! It's still morally correct for them to build it there. The end. There's not even any gray area here. Man. Fuck. I just hate liars so much, you guys. Especially the ones who wear nice suits and put words together pretty well and then go ahead and say things (repeatedly) that you just know even THEY don't BELIEVE. Yuck.
All of that being said, I wouldn't mind terribly if Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar kept walking until they got to the ocean and then walked into the ocean and then The View was canceled. Bill O'Reilly being an impossible asshole and The View being total garbage are not mutually exclusive! (Via NYT.)


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Something special happens when students are given leadership opportunities. I've been a big believer in this for many years, seeking out ways to equip and empower students.
Like many things in life and ministry, good thoughts are not enough to make it happen. It takes an intentionality to make it work. Here are some thoughts on working with student leaders.


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State Roundup: Ore. Health Co-Ops To Compete With Big Insurers
A selection of health policy stories from Oregon, Texas, Massachusetts, New York, Colorado and California.
Oregonian: Oregon's Upstart Health Co-Ops To Challenge Mainstream Insurers
Armed with hefty federal loans, two startup health insurers are jumping into a crowded and confusing Oregon market just as the biggest changes to U.S. health care in generations roll out this fall. Oregon's Health CO-OP and Health Republic aim to offer something different: a consumer-run experience. The two companies filed new policy details and proposed rates with the state, on oregonhealthrates.org. In October, they will go head-to-head with about a dozen established insurers to appeal to small businesses as well as more than 200,000 expected to buy their own insurance next year (Budnick, 5/13).
Dallas Morning News: Texas Lawmakers Find Funds For Mental Health, Women's Care In Budget Talks
Lawmakers dickering over a two-year state budget met late into the night Monday making decisions that affect millions of vulnerable Texans. While the Legislature has rebuffed President Barack Obama's proposed addition of more than 1 million poor adults to the state's Medicaid rolls, House and Senate budget negotiators approved more money for mental health, protection of abused children and women's health care (Garrett, 5/14).
Bradenton Herald: Florida Lawmakers Pay Peanuts For Health Insurance
Florida House Republicans last month loudly and proudly rejected billions of dollars in federal money that would have provided health insurance to 1 million poor Floridians. Quietly, they kept their own health insurance premiums staggeringly low. House members will pay just $8.34 a month for state-subsidized health care next year, or $30 a month to cover their entire family (Mitchell, 5/14).
Boston Globe: Citing Backlog, State Health Agency Pleads For Funds
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, reeling from years of budget cuts, has fallen significantly behind in investigating consumer complaints about medical facilities and lacks sufficient staff to conduct safety inspections of everything from summer camps to food manufacturers to housing for migrant farm workers. There's a wait of more than five months for investigating problems reported in Massachusetts hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis centers, and clinics. Meanwhile, medical and biological waste from roughly 600 biotechnology firms is not being routinely monitored to ensure proper disposal (Lazar, 5/14).
The Wall Street Journal: Autism Center Is Set To Target Need
Children and adults with autism will begin arriving this month at a new autism center tucked into a 214-acre mental-health campus in Westchester County, [New York], which promises to help provide an answer to the piecemeal care currently available to many. The center, run by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and the medical schools at Cornell and Columbia universities, attempts to address what experts say is a significant challenge: autism rates are rising around the country but access to treatment lags well behind (Kusisto, 5/13).
Lund Report: Repeal Of Insurers' Unlawful Trade Practices Act Exemption Moves Into Senate
The bill to repeal the insurance industry's one-of-a-kind exception to Oregon's chief fraud law has moved to the Senate Consumer Protection Committee, where it faces a less certain outcome than in the House. Sen. Chip Shields, D-Portland, bolstered his case for removing insurers' exemption from the Unlawful Trade Practices Act at the Wednesday hearing, inviting an economic analyst from the Washington State Insurance Commissioner's Office to testify on the impact of a 2007 Washington law that enhanced the private right of action (Gray, 5/13).
The Denver Post: Facility Fees Inflate Hospital Prices For Common Services
The first time Jeff Shellan got a cardiac stress test for his troubled heart, the retail price was $2,166. His insurance company agreed to a discounted price of $885, of which Shellan paid $364. When his doctor suggested a retest a year later, the charge was $8,078, the discounted rate was $3,755, and Shellan's share was $968. Same test. The only difference? Boulder Community Hospital bought the practice of Shellan's cardiologist and added a hefty "facility fee" (Booth, 5/14).
California Healthline: Health Information Sharing Deal Announced
The health information world in California is getting more connected. Many large and small HIE networks have signed an agreement to share information, state officials announced last week at the annual HIE Summit in Sacramento. … For instance, if a VA patient goes on vacation and has an accident and ends up in the emergency department out of the VA network, providers would be able to access critical health information to treat that patient properly (Gorn, 5/13).
California Healthline: $2-Per-Pack Tobacco Tax Clears First Of Legislative Hurdles
California lawmakers chose not to make smokers pay more for health insurance, but they may be more willing to make smokers pay more for cigarettes. A new bill proposing to raise the tax on tobacco by $2 per pack of cigarettes cleared its first two committee votes last week in predictably partisan votes. SB 768, by Sen. Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), would raise the price of cigarettes to more than $8 a pack and generate about $1.4 billion a year. De León proposes the money be used to offset costs of medical care for tobacco-related diseases, anti-tobacco education and smoking-cessation programs (Lauer, 5/13).


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Nicholas Parsons
The hilarious popular host of Radio 4's hit show "Just A Minute" takes to the road with his one-man performance, which has been described as superb Stand-Up Comedy, extravagant, vibrant... More >>
Weds 24th Oct 7.30pm
Tickets: £18.50
The Devil's Bride
Rumpus Theatre Company presents fiendish new play, The Devil's Bride, based on the chilling story by classic Victorian Gothic horror author Sheridan Le Fanu.Aspiring 17th Century pai... More >>
Thurs 1st Nov 7.30pm
Tickets: £15
Kate Humble
Join Kate for a fascinating talk about her new book - Thinking on my Feet - as well as her life working with wildlife, the far flung places that this has taken her to and the inspiring people she h... More >>
Thurs 8th Nov 7.30pm
Tickets: £20
John Challis
Only Fools And Boycie – An intimate evening with Only Fools And Horses actor John Challis. Enjoy an intimate evening with John Challis, one of the nation's greatest comedy actors, best known... More >>
Thurs 15th Nov 7.30pm
Tickets: £19
Simon Yates
On the remote Siula Grande in Peru in June 1985, mountaineer Simon Yates found himself in a desperately unenviable position. He was slowly being pulled off the mountain face by his injured partner,... More >>
Fri 16th Nov 7.30pm
Tickets: £17
The Nutcracker
Be swept away on a magical adventure in one of the most famous classical ballets of all time – The Nutcracker. With its combination of enchanting choreography and unforgettable music, this fabulous... More >>
Sat 17th November 2.30pm
Tickets: £22, £20 (conc.), £14 (ballet school groups)
Rabbi Santa
A fantastic evening of Jewish Comedy featuring… Top South African Comedian: Nik Rabinowitz Star of Radio 4's "Josh Howie's Losing It": Josh Howie Manchester Fringe Best Comedy Award Winner: Rachel... More >>
Age 16+
Sun 2nd Dec 7.30pm
Tickets: £18
Michael Portillo
It took Michael Portillo little more than 10 years to get a seat in the Commons and then rise in power and esteem to a point where he was a favoured leader of his party and possible future PM. Alth... More >>
Sunday 13th Jan 7.30pm
Tickets: £18
One Night Only
After two sell-out concerts in 2016 and 2017, as well as their recent productions of "The Producers" and "Cats", Radlett Musical Theatre Company are back to present "One Night Only", an all-singing... More >>
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Sat 19th Jan 7.45pm
Tickets: £19.50, £17.50 (conc.)
Stephen K Amos
Highly acclaimed stand-up comedian Stephen K Amos hits the road with his brand new tour, Bouquets and Brickbats. As Brexit looms on, Trump reigns rampant and everyone seems pushed to extremes, Ste... More >>
Age 16+
Thurs 24th January 7.30pm
Tickets: £18.50
Strictly Ann Widdecombe
Sailing dangerously close to National Treasure status, one of the most outspoken politicians of our time embarks on her first ever national tour. Entertaining, enlightening and as controversial as... More >>
Friday 22nd Feb 7.30pm
Tickets: £23
Derek Acorah
Derek is something of a phenomenon. A truly modern medium whose appeal crosses the generations to young and old alike, he remains the forerunner in the field of paranormal and spiritual matters. An... More >>
Thurs 28th Feb 7.30pm
Tickets: £21
Jim Davidson
The people's favourite, and one of Britain's greatest ever comedians, Jim Davidson OBE tells it 'like it is'. Are you fed up with this PC world we now find ourselves in? Well, come and see Jim's... More >>
Fri 1st & Sat 2nd March 7.30pm
Tickets: £26
Leo Houlding
1000 miles, 200+ kgs, 60 days, 1 incredible mountain.The story of Leo Houlding's daring dream to reach the summit of the most remote mountain on Earth; The Spectre, Antarctica. A tale of ambition,... More >>
Weds 13th March 7.30pm
Tickets: £17
Dan Snow
'An Evening with Dan Snow' will feature the well-known historian and TV presenter recounting anecdotes of memorable experiences from his very successful career as an historian and broadcaster. Othe... More >>
Fri 29th March 7.30pm
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Your financial aid budget includes expected University expenses, but also includes additional expenses a student is likely to incur while attending school, such as books, laundry, transportation, etc.
Your financial aid budget is determined by your tuition plan at WIU - If you have maintained continuous enrollment, select the plan associated with the first semester you enrolled at WIU to view your cost of attendance (financial aid budget).
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The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project is a university-chartered research center associated with the Department of History of The George Washington University
On the Internet:
The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, George Washington University: www.gwu.edu/~erpapers
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: www.unhchr.ch
The International Labor Organization, Principles and Rights at Work: www.ilo.org
The AFL-CIO, Voice@Work: www.aflcio.org/voice@work
About Eleanor Roosevelt:
A World Made New, Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Mary Ann Glendon, Random House, New York, 2001.
Leadership The Eleanor Roosevelt Way, Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage, Robin Gerber, Prentice Hall Press, New York, 2002.
Eleanor Roosevelt, Vols. I and II, Blanche W. Cook, Viking, New York, 1992, 1999.
What I Hope to Leave Behind, The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt, Allida M. Black, Carlson Publishing, New York, 1995.
About the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Women
Workers' Rights As Human Rights, James A. Gross (Ed), ILR Press, Ithaca, NY, 2003.
"Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States Under Human Rights Standards," Human Rights Watch, New York, 2000 (www.hrw.org/reports).
Human Rights for All: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Leila Rassekh Milani, Working Group on Ratification of CEDAW, General Federation of Women's Clubs, Washington, DC, 2001.
"Local Action/ Global Change: Learning About the Human Rights of Women and Girls," Julie Mertus, with Nancy Flowers and Mallika Dutt, United Nations Development Fund for Women, New York (www.unifem.undp.org), and The Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers University, New Jersey (www.cwgl.rutgers.edu), 1999
Materials prepared by The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers with partial funding from the 21st Century ILGWU Heritage Fund, www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/workers.


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Mrs Carol Borthwick, aged 62, has been describing her feelings, upon being one of several older women turned away from the Courtyard Bar in Leeds for being too ancient, having passed the age of 35, to drink in this surpassingly fashionable environment. 'Like the other ladies of our group, I have never been so humiliated in my own home town,' she said. The insistence of a Courtyard spokesman that the incident will be investigated has offered, so far, only scant reassurance to those of us who, having left Leeds as teenagers, now fear we are doomed, through decrepitude, never to return.
It may, however, offer some consolation to Mrs Borthwick that this sort of thing goes on everywhere. Only last month, for instance, a party of older visitors, representing a quarter of that group of distinguished statesmen and women styled the Elders, was denied admission to Zimbabwe. On that occasion, the disrespect to age was justified with the excuse that the three would-be humanitarian fact-finders - ex-UN chief Kofi Annan (70), former US President Jimmy Carter (84), and human rights activist Graça Machel (63) - were in fact conspiring, along with the other Elders, to overthrow Mugabe's government.
'The so-called "Elders" are a creature of pro-Labour British corporate interests,' said Zimbabwe's George Charamba. 'There is nothing elderly about them,' he disclosed, of 12 people whose combined age is thought to be 874. Had it been true, this revelation was presumably designed to strip the Elders of the very quality that guarantees their objectivity and, ideally, a respectful hearing. Though it might, of course, have been an ornate compliment to Mugabe, aged 84.
Despite the initial interest generated by their exclusion, the Elders do not, sadly, seem to have been significantly more effective, on account of their seniority, than younger humanitarians in exposing, or alleviating, the crisis in Zimbabwe. True, President Carter has attracted some media coverage with his observations on the catastrophe, but this cannot have been on the scale or with the impact that Richard Branson anticipated when, with Peter Gabriel, he first convened the Elders. 'I will never forget some of the magical moments,' he recalls in his autobiography, 'like Peter playing "Biko" on the grand piano in the living room of the Great House with Tutu and his beautiful wife, Leah, dancing.'
Branson's hope was for a group of influential global Elders who would resolve conflicts and other intractable problems with, as he put it: 'The kind of wisdom that has always been historically passed down by tribal or village elders. Ancient, intuitive wisdom is what our frantic, hi-tech, global village needs.' Up to a point. From another of Branson's books, Screw It, Let's Do It, you learn that ancient, intuitive wisdom can be as inconvenient to Branson the businessman, as it clearly is to Mr Mugabe the tyrant.
In a concluding chapter, 'Think Young', he avers that 'a fresh and youthful approach in everything, from business to lifestyle, will renew and re-energise'.
Of course, Branson, 58, is not alone in his ambivalence about old people, once they have served in a straightforward, image-enhancing capacity. Were his Elders to come on a mercy mission to Britain, they would, once they were accustomed to being designated The Loves, discover a country where, so far from their being cherished in the ancient tribal style and invited to dance to Peter Gabriel, the very multiplication of pensioners fills fellow citizens with undisguised alarm and disgust.
Impossible as it might be to imagine them being refused entry, it is equally difficult to imagine Britain taking an intervention by the Elders remotely seriously. After all, we've already got more than enough of the lovely loves. Awareness of age discrimination, though it may have earned Selina Scott £250,000 and a certain amount of sympathy, has done little to disguise a panicky tone in news reports about the ever-growing number of elders present in this country. Is there no way of stopping them, the blessed dears?
Just last week the Office for National Statistics inspired fresh media consternation, with the news that people over 65 now outnumber those under 16. 'Will we become a nation of dodderers?' asked one writer, reminding us how degenerate, spiritually and physically, is a country dominated by the old. And inevitably, it was pointed out, in this little festival of intergenerational conflict, they'd all want feeding. How will we pay for all these legions of greedy pensioners, who will 'force' all of 'us' to work until we're practically dead, and for whom the customary abbreviation is 'burden'? Is it fair, asked one unfairness expert, to expect future workers to fund the 'gilded pensions' of the older generation?
It's such an ancient, yet intractable problem that, if they weren't so old and smug, swanking around the planet on their whacking great stipends, you'd definitely want to consult the global Elders. Even if it were desirable, would it be possible to compare the perks of one cohort with another's, over a lifetime?
On the one hand, many of our prospective pensioners are the jammiest parasites you could imagine. On the other, some of them had to live through the Seventies, or decades reputed to be even worse, enduring crumbling schools, no internet, no mobiles or pizzas, and hardly any holidays. Of the survivors, some now find that all their saving was pointless, and others will have to subsist on one of the meanest state pensions in the EU. Which makes them less burdensome, in many respects, than the children and younger people whose interests the current Prime Minister proudly puts first; nowhere more than in his own cabinet.
Although Tony Blair is better known for preferring new young countries to nasty geriatric ones, it was Gordon Brown who in 2007 set the fashion for politicians to resemble, where possible, giant toddlers, when he created, with its average age of 49, the youngest cabinet in living memory. This exaltation of youth and deliberate exclusion of age would be striking at any time. In the context of consistently increasing longevity, it looks perverse, as well as contemptuous. Zimbabwe is not, it turns out, the only place that excludes interfering elders.
Is Brown's horror of old people a kind of projected self hatred? A protective reflex? Or should we blame a bad experience with his one tolerated elder, Alan Greenspan? The Prime Minister must appreciate that, for all their general, samey impression of not being all that young, old people are not heterogeneous. Not all of them are wrong, like Greenspan, nor right, like the Elders. Hardly any of them, one imagines, will remotely resemble Dame Joan Bakewell, the unelected spokesperson for the over-65s. But maybe that tells us what Brown and his government would like the great, ageing burden to look like? Healthy, preternaturally well-preserved, still working, still paying taxes.
Given his traditional, New Labour gerontophobia, it came as quite a relief, last week, to hear Brown express his concern for unloved, unwanted old people, who might come to feel that an early departure is 'the expected thing to do'. Considering his abysmal record on pensioners, and obvious reluctance to have any of these elders as a close colleague, not even the keenest supporter of assisted suicide would want to be over 65 with only Brown and a cup of hemlock for company. Especially in Leeds.


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Fun and addicting match 3 classic, Jewel Quest Lite!Classic addicting jewel matching adventures in a Mayan setting with the gems from the ancient Mayans at stakeHow to play:1. Match 3 or more gems in a row2. Each match sets the spot on the board to gold. Fill the whole game board with gold.3. Finish each level before the clock runs out to move onto even more difficult challenges with specialty gems, double unlock gems, grid block obstacles and MORE!Tips: Faster gem matching makes a better score!Jewel Quest lite is a puzzle game designed with Mayan pictures in which you need to clear the board by matching jewels. Whenever you make a correct match, the space will turn gold so try to get all spaces gold in order to win. For playing, just tap on a jewel and then on an adjacent one so as to swap them.
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