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5 Same-sex couples file new federal marriage lawsuit in Alaska
May 13, 2014
Editor's note: On October 10, there will be oral arguments heard in this case. The judge is expected to rule soon after the hearing.
On May 12, 2014, private lawyers filed a federal lawsuit in Alaska, Hamby v. Parnell, on behalf of five same-sex couples either seeking the freedom to marry in the state and respect for marriages legally performed in other states.
The lawsuit argues that a constitutional amendment in Alaska banning same-sex couples from marriage (passed in 1998) violates the United States Constitution.
Heather Gardner, one of three Alaska lawyers serving as counsel in the case, explained via press release:
Under current Alaska law, a couple who marries in Seattle and returns home to Alaska are married in the eyes of the law when their plane lifts off from SeaTac, but are legal strangers when the flight touches down in Alaska. No Alaskan is a second class citizen.
The five plaintiff couples are all Alaska residents, with 4 of them holding marriage licenses from other states and seeking respect for those licenses in Alaska and one couple seeking the freedom to marry in their home state.
Matthew Hamby, one of the plaintiffs in the case, who married his partner Christopher Shelden last year in Utah, said: "We are taking a stand because marriage should be available to all loving couples. It's important to us that our family is recognized by the State of Alaska and that we have the same rights and privileges as others."
The lawsuit joins 72 other lawsuits in a new total of 32 states/territories where same-sex couples are making the case for why marriage matters to all families. It is the first lawsuit to be filed in Alaska. In every state but three - South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana - litigation is pending seeking the freedom to marry or respect for marriages performed in other states. Read all about marriage litigation HERE. Thanks to Kathleen Perrin at Equality Case Files for the consistent filings on marriage cases.


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Wednesday, August 30, 2006
The Future Is Bright
One of the best things about my job is finding ways to create "light bulb" moments for people. I think that far too many folks suffer from the bombardment of incomprehensible information floating around out there. I've never been a fan of boring and complicated ways of learning something. When I was in school I responded to teachers and professors who loved teaching. The good ones were special because they had a style and delivery that kept students interested. If I learned anything in school it was how to deliver a message. Humor has always been one of my dearest allies. A few years back I read this amazing book by Don Migel Ruiz. The book was called "The Four Agreements." I was so inspired by his writings that when I heard he was speaking in LA I had to be there. This sweet and gentle man was one of the worst public speaker I had ever seen. The material was still invaluable but the messenger put me asleep.
Traci Morrow and I are committed to making these camps as fun, inspiring and powerful as possible. This year was our first go around and the ride has been pure joy for both of us. My hope is that when people are heading home on Sunday and Monday after a camp, their hearts and minds are filled with hope and optimism for the future. The future for the camps looks bright, and I'm looking forward to next season. Now that we have a working formula I'd love to have two or three more camps next year. A ski camp and certainly a trip over the border. Maybe even a ski camp over the border. The buzz is on because Traci and I are heading down to Orlando in October to work with a Tony Robbins Master Mind group to spread the word. More and more people (through these camps) are discovering that health and fitness are priority one when it comes to finding joy and happiness. They're learning that six pack abs and shapelier calves got nothing on feeling good and improving the quality of your life through health and fitness.
11 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I want to go to a ski camp! I'm getting a little burnt out on seminars and unfortunately life in general at the moment. You know you've been to one too many motivational events when you just could care less anymore. Thank god tomorrow is a new day.
- Michelle (mspina) said...
I'm STILL just blown away by how much thought and attention you and Traci put into your camps, and by how incredibly thoughtful and caring you both are. I can assure you that you are doing your jobs EXTREMELY well! I'm still jazzed up from NY Camp, and love keeping in touch with my camp buddies (we have a Boston-based girls night out planned for next week, in fact!) and thinking about the topics you spoke about throughout the weekend. They are still resonating with me, well over a month later, and I know will continue to do so for a long, long time.
Thank you for what you do, and for doing it SO very well!
And speaking of additional camp ideas, I haven't forgotten about your mention of an X-Camp that you tossed out there at NY Camp - I'm waiting patiently for details my friend! You KNOW I'll be there!
- Anonymous said...
Tony! (((HUGS))) It is so weird to me that even though we have not met face to face, you are such a HUGE part of my life. I am so thankful to God for giving me the many blessings through you. I never would have thought that just by that simple "pushing play" I'd be where I am today! I thought I was improving my shape and appearance, but I ended up gaining so much more. I have purpose, I have good health and I have a love for myself that has nothing to do with the "outside package" and I well up with tears just thinking of all you have helped me with over these past 3 years. Thank you just doesn't cut it! The time has come and it's only two weeks away! We will meet officially and I can't wait! I'm also excited to meet my California girlfriend, Traci!!! It's going to be a trip to remember for a lifetime!!! See you soon!!!
Lori J
Ontario, Canada
- traci morrow said...
One amazing thing (and there are many) about these camps is that we have the opportunity to meet, & speak into the lives of people we would not have otherwise met if it weren't for Beachbody and Power90, and P90X, and Power Half Hour, and Master Series, and Great Body. :)
I feel very fortunate to get my name lumped in with Tony, but it really is his gig; and I am BLESSED to be a part of it, to meet you all, and *SEE* the light go on, regarding fitness, in camper after camper's eyes! :)
We're taking Chicago and Orlando by storm..... :)
TOGETHER...we're BETTER!!
- Pam (pms1224) said...
Tony and Traci are coming to Chicago!!!
I must say after having already attended two Santa Monica camps and one in Chicago that Tony, you are one of the most amazing teachers I know! I am truly in awe when I am around you...your energy and zest for life are off the CHARTS!!! Your enthusiasm helps inspire people!! You are a great teacher and I am glad you are still willing to teach each and every one of us!
I often worry that when you see me or others like me that haven't stayed true to your teachings, that your heart aches. I want to assure you that your heart should soar because if it weren't for you and Traci and all of Beachbody, people like me would have NEVER ATTENDED ONE CAMP let alone be coming back for the 4th time! If you and Beachbody hadn't come into my life I know I would be in a horrible place right now. But I am not, I may still be overweight but I am not miserable and I am still TRYING. I am healthier and more active. I have NEVER TRULY GIVEN UP and I THANK YOU FOR THAT!!!
TEACH MR. HORTON...your passion helps many and your humor let's us embrace you...and TRACI only makes YOU better!!! So much better!!! (No offense T but she so gets me!!)
Looking foward to seeing you both in Chicago!!!
- Nick said...
Hey Tony,
Today I disseminated some big time IMI on a dear coworker, and I feel great about that! This guy hadn't seen me in a while and couldn't believe the general change in the shape of my body. "What the hell have you been doing?" he asked. Well, I then took a second to mentally review everything you taught me at NY camp about fitness and just unloaded it on this poor sap. To make a long story short, after 5 minutes of in depth conversation about the benefits of leading a healthy, happy lifestyle with the help of P90, he was entirely convinced that he had to try the program; no ifs, ands or buts. I could tell he couldn't wait to start, and his mood reminded me of the delightful and contented feelings I had while driving down the scenic Taconic Parkway on the way home from camp.
Tony, you and Traci are both doing God's good work, and I hope you both continue as long as possible.
- Anonymous said...
If you guys are coming to my state again maybe I can drive up and see you or something???
- nick said...
I'm just hanging out here in Pennsylvania with my folks for the long weekend and decided to check out "The Four Agreements" by Don Miqel Ruiz online.
Very inspiring and informative I must say, especially the part that states: The agreements (what we are, what we believe, and how we behave) that come from fear require us to expend a lot of energy, but agreements that come from love help us conserve energy and give us strength to do even more. Man, that really lights up a bulb, doesn't it?
Hope to see ya in Chicago. Hasta la vista, amigo!
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The Survival Center makes every effort to convince a man that family and friends are desperate to keep them alive. That medical science is working hard to keep them alive. That every man has an innate desire to stay alive. That every man owes it to himself to stay alive as long as he can.
The simple exercise of walking remains the most beneficial and cost effective means of extending the vitality of the human body. Reducing the amount of salt and fat and increasing fiber in one's diet will extend a man's physical life.
Men on average live six to nine years less than woman. The Survival Center is committed to helping one million men extend their physical lives by 10 years longer than the present normal life expectancy of males in the United States.
The coming health-care crisis demands that prevention become the number one commitment of sane and rational people. The Survival Center has taken up this challenge and we are working to excite men about the possibilities of extending the quality and quantity of human years on this earth. We need a brand that catches this vision.
Men between the ages of 35 and 65 are the primary target audience. Men who because of work are often not able or willing to put an hour a day into physically caring for their own bodies. Men who because of the busyness of life, young children, and career building, have let themselves go, i.e. they no longer care about their physical looks. They have gained weight, they no longer can run or walk for long periods of time.
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Effective subliminals bypass the conscious mind and directly address the subconscious mind. These tapes were developed and patented to offset negative information by inputting positive messages directly into the subconscious. The original patent consists of 105 claims. 105 unique and remarkable methods to facilitate change. This technology has been studied in a variety of scientific applications and have been repeatedly demonstrated to be effective.
Use anywhere, anytime. Every program includes technical information as well as a list of all affirmations. Play these programs as you go about your normal activities. Or, for extra effect, listen through headphones. Use while working on your computer. "...if there is intense study of how MIND is indeed the builder, it will see that what is held in the act of mental vision becomes a reality in the material experience." Edgar Cayce


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[nilesfunnies] The Poetry of Sarah Palin
The Poetry of Sarah Palin
Recent works by the Republican vice presidential candidate.
By Hart Seely
Posted Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, at 1:25 PM ET
It's been barely six weeks since the arctic-fresh voice of Alaskan poet
Sarah Heath Palin burst upon the lower 48. In campaign interviews, the
governor, mother, and maverick GOP vice presidential candidate has chosen
to bypass the media filter and speak directly to fans through her
intensely personal verses, spoken poems that drill into the vagaries of
modern life as if they were oil deposits beneath a government-protected
Thursday's nationally televised debate with Democrat Joe Biden could give
Palin the chance to cement her reputation as one of the country's most
innovative practitioners of what she calls "verbiage."
The poems collected here were compiled verbatim from only three brief
interviews. So just imagine the work Sarah Palin could produce over the
next four (or eight) years.
"On Good and Evil"
It is obvious to me
Who the good guys are in this one
And who the bad guys are.
The bad guys are the ones
Who say Israel is a stinking corpse,
And should be wiped off
The face of the earth.
That's not a good guy.
(To K. Couric, CBS News, Sept. 25, 2008)
"You Can't Blink"
You can't blink.
You have to be wired
In a way of being
So committed to the mission,
The mission that we're on,
Reform of this country,
And victory in the war,
You can't blink.
So I didn't blink.
(To C. Gibson, ABC News, Sept. 11, 2008)
These corporations.
Today it was AIG,
Important call, there.
(To S. Hannity, Fox News, Sept. 18, 2008)
"Befoulers of the Verbiage"
It was an unfair attack on the verbiage
That Senator McCain chose to use,
Because the fundamentals,
As he was having to explain afterwards,
He means our workforce.
He means the ingenuity of the American.
And of course that is strong,
And that is the foundation of our economy.
So that was an unfair attack there,
Again based on verbiage.
(To S. Hannity, Fox News, Sept. 18, 2008)
"Secret Conversation"
I asked President Karzai:
"Is that what you are seeking, also?
"That strategy that has worked in Iraq?
"That John McCain had pushed for?
"More troops?
"A counterinsurgency strategy?"
And he said, "Yes."
(To K. Couric, CBS News, Sept. 25, 2008)
I am a Washington outsider.
I mean,
Look at where you are.
I'm a Washington outsider.
I do not have those allegiances
To the power brokers,
To the lobbyists.
We need someone like that.
(To C. Gibson, ABC News, Sept. 11, 2008)
"On the Bailout"
What the bailout does
Is help those who are concerned
About the health care reform
That is needed
To help shore up our economy,
Helping the—
It's got to be all about job creation, too.
Shoring up our economy
And putting it back on the right track.
So health care reform
And reducing taxes
And reining in spending
Has got to accompany tax reductions
And tax relief for Americans.
And trade.
We've got to see trade
As opportunity
Not as a competitive, scary thing.
But one in five jobs
Being created in the trade sector today,
We've got to look at that
As more opportunity.
All those things.
(To K. Couric, CBS News, Sept. 25, 2008)
"Challenge to a Cynic"
You are a cynic.
Because show me where
I have ever said
That there's absolute proof
That nothing that man
Has ever conducted
Or engaged in,
Has had any effect,
Or no effect,
On climate change.
(To C. Gibson, ABC News, Sept. 11, 2008)
"On Reporters"
It's funny that
A comment like that
Was kinda made to,
I don't know,
You know ...
(To K. Couric, CBS News, Sept. 25, 2008)
"Small Mayors"
You know,
Small mayors,
Mayors of small towns—
Quote, unquote—
They're on the front lines.
(To S. Hannity, Fox News, Sept. 19, 2008)


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Drew University - 5, Farmingdale State - 2
Middlebury, Vt. - The Farmingdale State men's tennis team fell 5-2 in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament to Drew University on Friday, May 10th at Middlebury College. The Rams finished the 2013 with a 12-2 overall record, while Drew advanced to the second round against Middlebury College on Saturday, May 11th at 2:00 p.m.
In doubles action, Farmingdale state went up 1-0 with a win at third doubles from junior Bradley Smith (Mineola, N.Y.) and junior Judd Bahoui (Long Beach, N.Y.). Bradley and Bahoui came from down 6-1 to take an 8-6 victory.
Drew tied it up 1-1 with an 8-4 win at first doubles over the Rams' tandem of sophomore Justin Vijungco (Forest Hills, N.Y.) and senior Ryan Musalo (Massapequa Park, N.Y.).
Farmingdale took the lead, 2-1, with a 9-7 win from senior Alex Bessarabov (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) and junior Steven Ferrantello (Dix Hills, N.Y.).
In singles play, Drew won at #2, 3, 5 and 1 to earn the five points needed to take the NCAA victory while the other two singles matches went unfinished.
Bessarabov finishes his career at Farmingdale with school records of 43 singles wins (43-11, a .796 winning percentage) and 36 doubles wins (36-19, .655 win percentage).
Musalo finished with a winning percentage of .692, 18-8 overall in singles play and the 5th most wins at doubles (20).
Drew University 5, Farmingdale State 2
May 10, 2013 at Middlebury College (Proctor Courts)
|Singles competition
|1. Raul Smego (DREWMT13) def. Vijungco, Justin (FSCM) 6-3, 6-3
|2. Hunter Lathrop (DREWMT13) def. Musalo, Ryan (FSCM) 6-2, 6-2
|3. Djedjy Hill (DREWMT13) def. Bessarabov, Alex (FSCM) 6-2, 6-2
|4. Matt Imbo (DREWMT13) vs. Ferrantello, Steven (FSCM) 2-6, 7-6 (7-3), unfinished
|5. Adam Clark (DREWMT13) def. Bahoui, Judd (FSCM) 6-2, 6-4
|6. Tommy Butschi (DREWMT13) vs. Smith, Bradley (FSCM) 6-2, 5-6, unfinished
|Doubles competition
|1. Raul Smego/Djedjy Hill (DREWMT13) def. Vijungco, Justin/Musalo, Ryan (FSCM) 8-4
|2. Bessarabov, Alex/Ferrantello, Steven (FSCM) def. Hunter Lathrop/Matt Imbo (DREWMT13) 9-7
|3. Bahoui, Judd/Smith, Bradley (FSCM) def. Tommy Butschi/Vin Mahon (DREWMT13) 8-6
|Match Notes
|Farmingdale State 12-2
|Drew University 12-6
|Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,3,5,1)


text: On 4/19/07, Tim Cutts <tjrc at sanger.ac.uk> wrote: > On 19 Apr 2007, at 12:42 pm, Toon Knapen wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I am looking for articles and/or books on `scheduling policy design`. > > I don't know of any books; but my experience is that generally the > simpler the configuration the better, especially as far as throughput > is concerned. Agreed. Also, as mentioned, you need to be very careful to define what it is you want to optimize. It's fairly easy to have a very high system utilization ( > 95% ) if you have a good job mix, but it's much harder to have a very low queue time. > Optimising for other things, such as turnaround time or some form of > "fairness" in allocation of machine time, is much harder, and > virtually impossible if your users refuse to make estimates of how > much memory or runtime they actually require. This last statement is very true. In my previous job I actually had a grad student working on a system that would assess a "penalty factor" in terms of how many SUs we would charge for a job if the user was wildly off in their estimation of how much wall-time or memory they would consume. This was to be an effort at educating our users. As with all projects, getting the infrastructure right took most of the time so we never did complete the work before I moved to my new job here at MSI. I plan to revive this project here. I'm open to comments from the list on this, too. -- Brian D. Ropers-Huilman, Director Systems Administration and Technical Operations Supercomputing Institute <bropers at msi.umn.edu> 599 Walter Library +1 612-626-5948 (V) 117 Pleasant Street S.E. +1 612-624-8861 (F) University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus Minneapolis, MN 55455-0255 http://www.msi.umn.edu/


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Build your own NAS recovery
If there is no NAS-recovery package available for your Linkstation, you may build your own.
This has been tested with
- LS-WVL/R1 with Firmware 1.40 and 1.41
Basic steps are:
- Download and unpack the current firmware including LSupdater.
- This step should be easy and does not require explanation.
- Unpack the kernel and initrd from the firmware package
- See below for how to to this.
- Start an TFTP-server
- Below find some hints about where to get a TFTP server and how to start it.
- Make the Linkstation load the files and reboot, as described elsewhere (e.g. in Revive your arm9 box from scratch)
Unpack the kernel and initrd from the firmware package
LSUpdater send archive to the Linkstation, but NAS-recovery requires unpacked files to be served via TFTP.
The firmware-package contains (among others):
- initrd.img - a ZIP-file containing initrds (initial ramdisks)
- uImage.img - a ZIP-file containing the kernels
Getting the Product-ID
To know which files to extract from initrd.img and uImage.img, you'll need the product-id of your Linkstation.
Method 1: Log into your LS
If you opened your NAS (or another one with the same hardware) for telnet or ssh and can still log in, you may get the produc-id by executing the following command on the LS:
cat /proc/buffalo/firmware
The output will be something like
SERIES=LinkStation PRODUCTNAME=LS-WVL(KOUGYOKU) VERSION=0.16 SUBVERSION=FLASH 0.00 PRODUCTID=0x00003008 BUILDDATE=2011/04/05 09:26:24 BOOTVER=0.25
Needless to say: the line PRODUCTID holds the product-id :-)
Method 2: Use ACP Commander
If your can still access your NAS with ACP Commander, you can use (put the correct IP-address and password into the next line, of course):
java -jar acp_commander.jar -t 192.168.x.x -ip 192.168.x.x -pw password -c "cat /proc/buffalo/firmware"
Within the output clutter spy the section which looks like in Method 1.
Method 3: Lookup in LSUpdater
Otherwise: Look into the file linkstation_version.ini of the extracted firmware. There are sections like this one:
[TARGET_INFO1] PID=0x00000011 KERNEL=2011/04/05 09:26:24 FILE_BOOT_APPLY=u-boot_lsxh.bin BOOT=0.21
Find the section where FILE_BOOT_APPLY contains your model name. The example above is for LS-XH.
The line PID of this section is the product-id of your device, 0x00000011 in this example.
Unpacking the file
For Linux/Unix simply use the script below.
- initrd.img and uImage.img are password protected zip file. You need to open it with an Unzip-Programm (Winzip, 7-zip, you name it). Passwords can be found on page Examine_ARM9_Firmware_without_Updating.
- From initrd.img extract the file initrd.buffalo
- From uImage.img extract uImage.map
- uImage.map contains the filenames for each product id.
- From uImage.img extract the file matching your product id.
- Rename this file into uImage.buffalo (or set a soft-link)
Helper script for Linux/Unix
You may copy & paste the following lines into a shell:
PRODID=0x00003008 # see text for how to the this value # from # http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Examine_ARM9_Firmware_without_Updating # for 1.40: passwd1="aAhvlM1Yp7_2VSm6BhgkmTOrCN1JyE0C5Q6cB3oBB" passwd2="aAhvlM1Yp7_2VSm6BhgkmTOrCN1JyE0C5Q6cB3oBB" # for 1.41: passwd1="IeY8omJwGlGkIbJm2FH_MV4fLsXE8ieu0gNYwE6Ty" passwd2="YvSInIQopeipx66t_DCdfEvfP47qeVPhNhAuSYmA4" # unzip the required files unzip -P "$passwd1" initrd.img initrd.buffalo unzip -P "$passwd2" uImage.img uImage.map # which file will become uImage.buffalo FILE_BOOT_APPLY=$(grep $PRODID uImage.map | cut -f 2) unzip -P "$passwd2" uImage.img "$FILE_BOOT_APPLY" ln -s "$FILE_BOOT_APPLY" uImage.buffalo
Getting a TFTP-Server
Fetch one from you favorite software side.
Several tftp servers should be available with your Linux distribution. The package names may vary. Simply choose one :-)
Please have in mind, that TFTP uses Port 69, thus the server has to be started as root.
- tftp-server
- is not working, since it requires file-requests to contain absolute pathes, but the Linkstation requests without path.
- meant to be started via inetd, but can be run stand-alone
- To start in stand-alone use
in.tftpd --foreground --verbose /path/to/firmware
- python-tftpy -- pure Python implemention
- Can be run without installation:
wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/t/tftpy/tftpy-0.5.1.tar.gz tar xzf tftpy-0.5.1.tar.gz cd tftpy-0.5.1 export PYTHONPATH=$PWD:$PYTHONPATH python bin/tftpy_server.py --root /path/to/firmware
- If you are an experience Python user, you may use easy_install or pip as usual.


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C.J. Mosley Wins Butkus Award
Alabama senior linebacker C.J. Mosley is the recipient of the 2013 Butkus Award, presented annually to the nation's top collegiate linebacker.
Mosley was presented the award Sunday evening by the award's namesake, Dick Butkus, during the Alabama Football Team Banquet at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center. Mosley is third Crimson Tide player to win the award, joining Derrick Thomas (1988) and Rolando McClain (2009).
Mosley, from Mobile, Ala., leads an Alabama defense that ranks in the top 15 nationally in scoring defense (2nd), red zone defense (4th), total defense (5th), pass defense (5th), rush defense (11th) and pass efficiency defense (15th).
Mosley finished with 70 points, followed by Buffalo's Khalil Mack (52), UCLA's Anthony Barr (44), and Ohio State's Ryan Shazier (22). Also receiving votes were Wisconsin's Chris Borland, Stanford's Trent Murphy and Shayne Skov, Florida State's Telvin Smith, and Michigan State's Max Bullough.
Mosley leads the 2013 team with 102 tackles and nine tackles for loss (-20 yards). He has five pass breakups, eight quarterback hurries and a forced fumble. He was the Alabama Defensive Player of the week 11 times in 12 games and ranks fourth in school history with 313 tackles. Mosley has made at least seven tackles in 10 games this season and recorded double digits five times.
Mosley has 86 more tackles than any other Alabama player over the past two seasons. He has been especially good over the past four games, making 43 tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss, four quarterback hurries, a force fumble and two pass breakups. He was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week on two occasions (LSU and Mississippi State) and was the Lott IMPACT Trophy National Player of the Week following the LSU game.
The 51-person selection committee stated, "This year's college linebacker class was among the best history. Mosley's combination of instincts, range, playmaking ability, on-field leadership and work ethic distinguished his performance. His selfless contributions on special teams and in the community speak to his strength of character and support the Butkus Award mission."
The Butkus Award inscription reads: "When a player receives the Butkus Award he will know two things. First, he is recognized as the best of the best linebackers in America. Second, and in the long run most important, he will understand that this recognition brings a responsibility to serve others by giving back. – Dick Butkus.
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So every so often (twice a week) I go freaky at work and decide I need a recreational make up shopping lunch break (if you are reading this Mr Candy, look away NOW).
2 weeks ago I went to Estee Lauder in Boots as they had a Gift With Purchase. Now – I generally don't ever buy foundation without some research beforehand because if I don't like it, I am stuck with it….
Anyway, Estee Lauder. The girl that served me was young – so young – and she had poofy hair, Dynasty style. Good SA though, and noticed right away that my skin was parched to the point of mild eczema (more on this in another post).
Somehow I talked her into trying a creme foundation on me:
Estee Lauder Resilience Life Extreme. Didn't know anything about this foundation beforehand. I do know that my skin always looks healthier with a creme finish foundation than with a powdery one. SPF15? £27? Ok, I can live with it..
Comes in a sleek EL compact with a sponge on the bottom and a mirror. Good – I have this slightly bizarre thing for foundations that have sponges that sit above or below the foundation not next to it. Obsessive compulsive? Me? Never!
Check out my before and after after the jump!
I can't remember what colour the SA used on me first but I remember thinking ever so slightly too pink-beige. I nearly went for it then remembered the 20 foundations that are in my drawer because the shade is ever so slightly off.
Did she have something more yellow? Yep, she said, Cashew. There are 16 shades to pick from which is a pretty good range of colours.
I love Cashew nuts, but they are quite fattening, did ya know?
Cashew is the perfect medium toned yellow shade for my NC35.
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Its true. I am just always in a rush, hence I need a quick base. What can be quicker than a creme foundation that sets itself?
My before and after, using one quick application of the base (I took it around my eye too):
I didn't think about the 'lifting' quality of the product but actually – yes it is lifting. I notice this around the lips in particular – I am not sure why it makes me skin look a little less tired in the mornings but I feel that it does. Light reflecting properties perhaps? Can't complain about a base that works as some kind of treatment too.
I really like this foundation….never planned to buy yet another base but as I mentioned, creme foundation are great on my dry skin (I hate floury looking faces) and its good for on the go (which I always am).
In terms of hydration, my skin looks much better – at the moment its fighting a dry phase which means I end up with red flaky patches (sorted this out with a particular cream…will talk it this later this week) but this has left my skin glowy.
The coverage to me is medium. Yes it can be sheered out (esp if you wet the sponge) or you can build it up. But when you apply it quickly I would say the coverage is medium and more than adequate for me. It covers redness, pores, shadows etc.
Now – would this work on oily skins? I would say that oily skins would need a light dose of powder to keep it set otherwise it will slide. It does set to an extent but not to a powder finish – its more dewy. But highly recommended for drier skins or people who want a foundation thats easy to use with good coverage.
You can buy this online or from any Estee Lauder counter. My other purchase was the Charity Pink Lip Collection, reviews on that later this week!


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50,000 Laps - Alexandria
Nation's Capital Swim Club (NCAP) invites the OI Community to watch their senior group practice the morning of May 7th at Lee District Rec Center. NCAP is participating in the 50,000 Laps - One Unbreakable Spirit® program and will be collecting donations and counting laps. Afterwards, you will be able to participate in a short clinic with the senior swimmers and get autographs!
This clinic will expand swimming skills for both people with OI and people without OI, as well as give the general public an opportunity to watch what elite level swimmers go through on a daily basis.
Practice is open to the public for viewing and will be held at 6am-8:30am. The clinic will being after practice at 8:30am-6:30am.
If cannot make the event but still wish to donate please visit www.oif.org/goto/NCAP
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Getting to know Gotye
666 Afternoons presenter Alex Sloan sat down with the music sensation to talk inspiration, art and sound.
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"I love my parents....My mum and dad are very inspiring people to me, people I admire a lot and I'm very close with them."
These aren't the sort of comments you expect to hear from a pop megastar but Wally De Backer - aka Goyte - isn't your average kind of Grammy Award winner.
He's a young man who thinks deeply about his art and the impact it has, as well as the criticism that his type of music receives for "stealing" from others.
"People who seeing sampling as theft on some left level, maybe are ignoring the fact that culture has always been a certain level of theft. You know, borrowing, remixing has always happened on some level," he said.
He makes the point that before copyright became so enshrined in Western peoples' idea of culture, artists and everyday people took a less corporate approach to ownership and saw "borrowing", or drawing inspiration from others, as more of a compliment.
"It was tipping the hat to other pieces of music; rearranging folk songs, and readapting melodies and extending them. That was the whole nature of being a composer, was taking culture and kind of responding to it and moving with it."
It was this approach to sharing which encouraged him to devote considerable time (around sixty hours!) to a mash-up of covers for video sharing websites of his hit song 'Somebody That I Used To Know'.
While he recognises that his style of music can be difficult to define - not easily falling into the pop or rock mould - he's not someone who cares for titles or categories.
"I don't mind whether somebody calls me an artist or not...people ask me the question 'what music do you make' and expect me to say it's rock or it's pop. Or they'll ask me 'is your music pop or not' and I'll be like 'I don't know', pop on some level suggests whether it's popular or not, so you tell me. Some of it's popular, some of my music's not popular at all."
When asked about whether the popularity of his mega-hit will change or influence the direction that Wally De Backer takes with his music, he's circumspect.
"I don't know yet, to tell the truth. I don't know until I start writing stuff whether I will feel the weight of it in any way."
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In A Budget Gesture, Obama To Return 5 Percent Of His Salary
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in solidarity with federal workers who are going to be furloughed as part of the automatic budget cuts known as the sequester, an administration official said Wednesday.
The voluntary move would be retroactive to March 1, the official said, and will apply through this fiscal year, which ends in September.
The White House came up with the 5 percent figure to approximate the level of spending cuts to nondefense federal agencies that took effect that day.
"The president has decided that, to share in the sacrifice being made by public servants across the federal government that are affected by the sequester, he will contribute a portion of his salary back to the Treasury," the official said.
Word of the president's decision came a day after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter disclosed that they would return a share of their salaries commensurate with the pay lost by the department's civilian employees who are expected to be furloughed for 14 days before the end of the fiscal year.
The president makes $400,000 a year, so a pay cut of 5 percent for the whole year amounts to $20,000.
An administration official said Obama would pay back that amount, compressing the total over the remaining months of the fiscal year.
The president's salary is set by law and cannot be changed during his term, so he will write a check to the government starting this month, the official said.
Obama and his wife, Michelle, reported adjusted gross income of $789,674 in 2011, the last year such figures were publicly available.
Much of the additional money came from royalties from his books.
The Obamas donated $172,130, or nearly 22 percent of their adjusted gross income, to charity.
Obama gives after-tax proceeds from his children's book to a scholarship fund for children of slain and disabled soldiers.
Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, announced Wednesday that he also would voluntarily give back part of his salary.


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The internet was abuzz today with rumours about a possible Epic Mickey 2 for Nintendo 3DS following a tweet from France's Nintendo Magazine yesterday afternoon.
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The presentation of Epic Mickey 2 will take place next week. 3DS version, Power of Illusion, more "classic" 2D is also planned.
Though the sourcing here is flimsy (and this magazine has been wrong before), it's almost a certainty that we'll see something about the Disney-helmed platformer on Thursday night, when reporter Geoff Keighley and Epic Mickey designer Warren Spector chat on Game Trailer TV. They're promising more information about Spector's "latest project".
Rumours have circulated about the next Epic Mickey for quite some time now. One report suggested that the project would be officially confirmed this month.
By next week we should know for sure whether the next Epic Mickey will be on 3DS, Wii, Wii U or some combination of the three.
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Filed under: Capitalism, Democrat Corruption, Economy, Health Care, Politics, Taxes | Tags: Hating Republicans, President Barack Obama, The Fiscal Cliff
Everywhere the talk is about The Fiscal Cliff, and the negotiations. Everyone wants to know what Obama wants. He wants to tax the rich, and Jay Carney has assured us that he will veto any bill that does not tax the rich. Obama is apparently going to go out campaigning to rouse the nation to lobby for the bill he wants passed, his way.
I've pointed out that Alan Reynolds said that "Obama doesn't understand economics and apparently won't listen to anyone who does." He also doesn't understand negotiations. His idea of negotiations is to force you to agree with him. He hates disagreement.
An odd trend has taken place in the United States. The two political parties have grown more distinctly separate, more dramatically opposed to each other. I don't know why I'm surprised any more, but after the election, there was an outpouring of really angry Democrats, calling conservative talk shows, tweeting, attacking Romney signs or bumper stickers. They won, and we weren't humble enough, defeated enough, subservient enough. I'll admit I was really disappointed in the election, but they won, and what was that all about? Why were they so angry about winning? We are not supposed to disagree.
It's not just that. There are Republican ideas and there are Democrat ideas, and never the twain shall meet. Republican ideas are wrong, lies, false, stupid, and, of course — racist. Republicans like Fox News because it is indeed more fair and balanced. Obama would prefer not to have any representative of Fox in the press corps, or on the plane. Democrats hate Fox: wrong, lies, false, stupid, and, of course— racist.
Democrats believe in Keynesian economics, that a downturn results from a lack of demand, and to fix it you have to create demand, so they keep trying to pump money into the economy in one way or another, in hopes that people will spend the money and thus jump-start something or other. Doesn't work, has never worked, but hope springs eternal.
Indeed, Obama's $800 billion neo-Keynesian stimulus package actually impeded economic recovery. According to John B. Taylor, a Stanford University economist who carried out an in-depth study of the stimulus, the government's spending did not result in growth and jobs.
"Individuals and families largely saved the transfers and tax rates," Taylor wrote."The federal government increased purchases but by only an immaterial amount. State and local governments used the stimulus grants to reduce their net borrowing…rather than to increase expenditures, and they shifted expenditures away from purchases toward transfers. Some argue that the economy would have been worse off without these stimulus packages, but the results do not support that view.*"
"Obama's own views about what he has, and has not, learned during his four years in the White House say a lot about why he has been a failure as president.*"
The area in my presidency where I think my management and understanding of the presidency evolved most," Obama has said,"and where I think we made the most mistakes, was less on the policy front and more on the communications front.
You mean he didn't make enough speeches? The greatest communicator since Ronald Reagan had — a failure to communicate? Well, that's why he's going out to rouse the compliant.
Obama's proposal to raise taxes on the rich would reduce the deficit from $1.1 trillion to $1.02 trillion, maybe. The rich have lots of options, and can rearrange their affairs to pay less in taxes. The rich are moving out of high tax states and taking their businesses with them. They can move their money around too.
The owners of 990,000 small businesses, defined as those with 50 or more employees, report their income on their 1040 tax returns. In response to the new costs of ObamaCare, many are reducing their employees to 49 or less.
President Obama does not believe that small businesses number among "the rich" as Republicans claim. Small businesses are the neighborhood barber, the shoe shop, and the little bookstore. He even made a point of visiting a small bookstore in the capitol, to celebrate small business, this weekend.
So what does President Obama want? He wants to make speeches, because that's where he's comfortable. He wants to tax the rich because he believes in redistribution of wealth and believes he has a mandate to do so. He wants more revenue to spend. He wants people to stop disagreeing with him. And he doesn't think there are any consequences from raising taxes, so as soon as he's inaugurated for his next term, he'll slap on a carbon tax, because that's what his green supporters want. Redistribution of wealth usually turns out to be redistributed to the ruling class, and the poor are just poorer than ever.
Time for Walter Wriston again:
Capital will go where it is wanted and stay where it is well treated. It will flee from manipulation or onerous regulation of its value or use and no government power can restrain it for long.
*Edward Klein: The Amateur
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The thing about this "Great Communicator" is that his communication skills AREN'T that good. Every time he goes out to promote something like this, he loses support. Sure, he got elected (by fewer people this time than last time, but still enough), but it wasn't because he promoted a better vision of the future or the success of his policies; it was because he lied about and demagogued and demonized his opponent… something that runs in common with every other campaign he's ever won. He's never run FOR anything… he always runs AGAINST something. which is why when he tries to persuade people to do something he wants, that's the area he's not good at. He can't persuade because he doesn't know how to. He doesn't know how to present the positive of an issue, which is why he pushes the negatives of the alternative.
One thing has struck me about Obama since he has arrived on the national scene; everyone whom Obama calls a "friend" is someone with a vested interest in his career. Jarrett, Axelrod, Ayers and Dohrn, Wright and Pfleger, and countless others… all either help Obama because it is in their professional political interest, or they are asked to lay low for much the same reasons. You never hear about Obama entertaining some old college buddy (one that has no political brief) or a friend from an old job. You hear about how he plays basketball and golf, but it's always with staff members or people with a professional of political reason for being there. I think, with no pressure to campaign (not that he'll stop… it's the only thing he knows how to do and has had any success with), some of the facades will fall, and the country is going to see first hand why it is Obama seems so… alone, for lack of a better term.
[The following, spied on the web, shows how close Heaven – or Hell – is to America.]
Obama Enslaves & Destroys Inner Cities
( I experienced all this while trapped in a large American city.)
The suburbs are booming, but not fast enough. Yessir, you ghetto folks
in inner cities have started a good thing, but there are still lots of acres
outside the cities without any houses on them. So you've gotta move into
"untouched" city blocks and do the following:
Throw trash everywhere. You'll insure that your friends who pick up trash
and distribute free rat poison packets will keep their jobs. And folks can
predict the weather by the direction the trash is blowing!
Walk down the street. Better yet, rhythm down it. And when I say street
I don't mean sidewalk. Save sidewalks for your friends on cycles. Besides,
it's hard to fit many cursing, screaming, drinking, pot-smoking kids on a
sidewalk, and it's also hard to spot keys and other things left in cars when
you're walking on a sidewalk!
When walking down a street, turn your head when you hear a car coming
and stare at the driver. For all you know, it might be one of your enemies
out to get you. On the other hand, it might be only your neighbor and all
that hateful staring might make him want to move out.
Be sure to beget lots of unloved, unsupervised, unwashed two-legged
"Obama welfare meal tickets" – either through wedlock or (preferably) out of
wedlock. And let them often ring doorbells, begging for money.
Turn quiet streets into noisy jungles. Have a blast – a
long blast with your car horn under your neighbor's window at
3:00 a.m. Let folks know who the real honkies are! Blow your horn when (1)
you see the police coming (2) you want to buy some dope (3) you want to sell
some dope (4) for any other reason. Play your stereo so loudly that folks can't
hear sirens going to the latest holdup or arson. Be noisy, man, noisy!
Be cruel to animals, especially "man's best friend." Tie your dog on a
short chain under a blazing sun with no water or food or love or license or
dog shots. Make him as mean as you are. Better yet, let your dog run loose.
Neighbors love to find freshly killed cats (after hearing their screams) and
other goodies on their lawns. Pit one dog against another in bloody "canine
cockfights" while friends lounge on car hoods and cheer and make bets! And
what madness is it where folks move out and abandon pets in the house,
leaving them nothing to eat but their own droppings? This happens often in the
ghetto, and almost no one will help the animals.
Keep a good supply of Saturday Night Specials – also Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday Night Specials. Your criminal
presence will improve your neighbor's light bill; when he isn't watching you
at night (with his lights off), he will be able to read books at night by
the light of the police helicopter searchlights!
Here's more insanity: Uncle Sam spends millions of our tax money to
move you into our neighborhoods where we lose much when we sell our homes.
So you have your nerve when you glare and swear at us when we don't move
out quickly; but you're the reason we can't find good buyers! I really wonder
what you and Uncle Sam will do when lots of folks move to the wilderness and
live off the land and consequently don't have to pay taxes to support such
Finally, spread the rumor that all of your troubles are associated with
skin, even though you and I know that your problem isn't skin. It's sin!!!
What makes a ghetto? It's not the paint on a house (or lack of it) but all
of you two-legged pains in the neck!
For more information on Blockbuster Obama, Google "The Background Obama
Can't Cover Up."
(anyone is free to copy and air this paper)


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Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJDATS): Detention to Community (DTC), 2006-2008 [United States] (ICPSR 29062)
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The Detention to Community (DTC) study addresses several priority areas of the CJDATS collaborative. First, the study will adapt existing science-based interventions in order to develop specialized services that will address drug abuse, delinquency, and sexual risk-taking among juveniles detained in detention facilities. Second, the study proposes to test an innovative, phasic, multiple-systems intervention in which the in-detention work provides a platform for the adolescent's return to the community. This bridge is created by linking the in-detention and outpatient treatment components in ways that reflect the consensus in the literature regarding the need for integrative, comprehensive interventions for criminal justice involved, substance abusing individuals (Cook, 1992; Altschuler and Armstrong, 1999). The interventions meld public health and public safety concerns, and target members in multiple systems influential to a teen's developmental outcomes, including the adolescent's family and school, the judiciary, and treatment providers. Thus, they go beyond the fragmented, sometimes competitive treatment models too often seen in standard criminal justice and drug treatment settings (Belenko, 2000). Third, consistent with recommendations from the literature, NIDA has designated HIV/AIDS prevention in juvenile justice facilities as an urgent public health priority (NIDA, 2002). This study would test a family-based HIV/AIDS prevention intervention in comparison to standard HIV prevention. Finally, the systems-change possibilities and public policy implications of the proposed study are high, because the study would examine processes and outcomes of implementing the intervention in the real world settings in which the findings are meant to apply -- juvenile detention centers and outpatient community-based drug treatment agencies that work with young offenders (Armstrong and Altschuler, 1998).
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The fundamental objective of the proposed study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness and evaluate the relative and net benefit-cost of a cross-context multiple-systems family-based drug and HIV/STD focused intervention (MDFT-CS) with substance abusing juvenile offenders in detention and as they transition into the community upon release.
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The study randomized consenting subjects into two treatment groups. One group was to receive MDFT-CS (Multidimensional Family Therapy - Cross Systems) and the other was to receive enhanced services as usual (ESAU). Treatment began in the first week of detention and ended four months after release. Assessment of subjects took place at five different points: Entry into detention, release from detention, three months after release, six months after release, and nine months after release. Assessment was conducted in the form of interview by trained assessors.
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Juveniles aged 13-17 were recruited from the Miami Juvenile Detention Center in Miami and the Pinellas County Detention Facility in Tampa. Criteria for participation in the study included informed consent, prior substance abuse, and the presence of at least one parent figure willing to participate in the study. Each site recruited 85 participants for a total sample size of 170.
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Batkid was the recipient of a massive outpouring of love and support when the city of San Francisco turned into Gotham City last week and gave a 5-year-old boy battling leukemia a day to remember for the rest of his life.
Now, Batkid's parents, Nick and Natlaie Scott of Tulelake in Siskyou County, have started the "Batkid Fund" through the San Francisco 49ers Foundation to help other families with sick children. Proceeds will be donated to three organizations that helped the family during their son's three-year battle with cancer.
MORE: SF Morphs into Gotham City for Batkid Battling Leukemia
Their son, Miles, warmed hearts across the globe as his wish to become Batman for a day came true thanks to the efforts of the Make-A-Wish Foundation on Nov. 15, and the volunteer efforts of about 12,000 people who rallied to support the boy. Miles has been in remission since the summer.
In a statement, Miles' parents' explained their intentions in a statement saying it "seems only fitting that following a day when the world demonstrated caring and compassion for Batkid ... Batkid can now help others"
PHOTOS: Batkid Saves the City
"We are eternally grateful and humbled by the outpouring of love and compassion we've received since Miles had his wish to be Batkid," the statement reads. "We were honored to receive many offers of gifts or assistance, but now that Miles' leukemia is in remission, we want to use this moment to draw attention to other parents who are coping with serious illness."
MORE: "Batkid" Cost San Francisco $105,000
Donations will be shared among these three groups:
- Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.
- Ronald McDonald House Charities creates, finds and supports programs that directly improve the health and wellbeing of children.
- Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center focuses on ensuring that the people of northern California and southern Oregon receive high-quality healthcare services provided with compassion, dignity, honesty, and skill.


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Anti-Rape Video Goes Viral
An anti-rape video posted online by a University of Oregon sophomore in reaction to the Steubenville, Ohio, rape trial has gone viral and has been viewed over 1.6 million times so far. The 26-second video filmed by 19-year-old Samantha Stendal shows a woman passed out on a couch and a man who looks into the camera and says, "Hey bros, check who passed out on the couch. Guess what I'm gonna do to her?" He then puts a pillow under her head, covers her with a blanket, places a mug beside her and says, "Real men treat women with respect." Stendal is surprised by the response, but told Yahoo! News, "I am happy to see the conversation moving away from victim blaming and changing to how people in vulnerable situations should be treated."


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Luck_o_theIrish needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 149 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
90 days from launch, new hedge fund with proprietary strategy needs a logo/brand to go with its rollout. Fund prides itself on consistency, providing high returns while taking low risk, and taking advantages of inefficient products in an efficient market.
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Hedge fund (currently private) limits volatility in equity markets and is producing attractive, consistent returns. Each part of the strategy is make up of 3 subset trade (hence the name "Tri" and "Trade"). We are looking for not just a logo, but a brand, that can become recognizable in the financial industry, and can be used in marketing, magazines, the web, and any type of media outlet available.
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- Emphasis if using name of company should be on "TriTrade" with "Capital" being secondary
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Protects desktop from scratches with this superb 3mm thick rubber mousepad.
Size: 7.9" x 9.5" (20 cm x 24 cm)
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Freeman, Delabar men of the people
We probably needed Nate Silver, poll-analyst supreme, and master of metrics, to call this election.
There were so many people saying that Yasiel Puig, Los Angeles Dodgers rookie outfielder and phenomenon, was a mortal lock to win the National League 2013 All-Star Game Final Vote sponsored by freecreditscore.com.
We probably needed Nate Silver, poll-analyst supreme, and master of metrics, to call this election.
There were so many people saying that Yasiel Puig, Los Angeles Dodgers rookie outfielder and phenomenon, was a mortal lock to win the National League 2013 All-Star Game Final Vote sponsored by freecreditscore.com.
Puig was of the moment. The immediacy of his impact on the Dodgers, along with his five splendid tools and his all-out approach would make him the candidate of youth and thus the candidate of the Internet and thus the winner of the Final Vote.
That all made sense. Except that it didn't actually happen.
It is not clear when Freddie Freeman, at age 23, became the candidate of the established order, the candidate of tried-and-true baseball tradition.
But that is the candidate that he became in a way. The fact that he had a fine first half of the 2013 season for a first-place team, was, we all hope, still the most helpful aspect for his worthy candidacy.
Whichever way you wish to slice it, Freddie Freeman also became the winner of the National League's 2013 All-Star Game Final Vote. The first baseman of the Atlanta Braves will bring a solid resume with him to the All-Star Game. There should not be a serious argument about Freeman deserving All-Star status.
That wasn't, of course, the primary argument. The level of Puig's play was indisputable, inescapable, riveting. But he has been on board with the Dodgers for, as we speak, 35 games, roughly 40 per cent of the season to date.
The other candidates in the NL Final Vote race were worthy, as well. Outfielder Hunter Pence of the Giants, shortstop Ian Desmond of the Nationals, and first baseman Adrian Gonzalez of the Dodgers all had plenty of merit on their sides of the debate. And it is distinctly possible that the presence of Gonzalez on the ballot drained votes of some Dodgers supporters away from Puig.
Steve Delabar, Toronto Blue Jays reliever, won the AL Final Vote in a five-way contest among bullpen stalwarts. We will only appear to be giving Delabar and his AL colleagues secondary billing in this piece. Delabar was deeply deserving of an All-Star nod, as well. He and his American League counterparts simply were not in the half of the election that contained Yasiel Puig.
One thing was certain. Voter apathy was no factor.
A record 79.2 million votes were cast in this election. Freeman set an individual record with 19.6 million votes, although Puig also received more votes than the previous record-holder, Shane Victorino, who had 15.6 million votes in 2009.
In analyzing the results, for the first time we can go to the MLB.com equivalent of the electoral map. I can say this because I obviously had nothing to do with this map, but this could be one of the greatest innovations this site has ever produced. And the record will show that this site has done some serious innovating.
Every county in the country is included, with a separate breakdown for Canada. Puig drew the most Canadian support of any NL candidate, but Delabar was, to the surprise of no one who had been paying attention, the landslide Canadian winner on the other side of the ballot.
I can look on this map and see that my home county, neutral ground in this argument, was split virtually even between Freeman and Puig, with Freeman having a very slight plurality. I take this to mean that much of Milwaukee's bitterness over the Braves' departure to Atlanta has, in fact, dissipated. Then again, it was almost 50 years ago.
The southeastern United States was virtually solid for Freeman. The Braves being a truly regional team paid off in this instance.
California, for instance, was split, north and south, between Pence and Puig, largely as you would expect. Florida was split, too, northern Florida primarily for Freeman, southern Florida for Puig.
This map really represents a breakthrough and I sincerely appreciate it. This is to voting at least what the spray chart is to hitting.
In the matter of Puig vs. Freeman, a plurality of voters determined that their guy was someone who had been a contributor since the beginning of this season. Some people will think that is arbitrary. Some people will think it is more like understandable.
There will be other All-Star Games for Yasiel Puig. But the beauty of this vote was that there was no wrong or right. There were a series of very positive choices. Freddie Freeman and Steve Delabar can now bask in the status of being the peoples' Final Vote choices.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com.


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Hamilton's Ventura was the first electric watch in the world, introduced in 1957 and reinvented today as faithful limited edition reissues and creative mechanical reinterpretations.
Vintage modern designs are now the highlight, with very limited collections of the Hamilton X-01 and X-02, first inspired by the Stanley Kubrick-commissioned timepiece for the astronauts of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the world's first digital watch, made by Hamilton, they have reissued the Pulsomatic, a recreation of that timepiece now powered by a mechanical movement!
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ClubKing Ltd is the largest online and mail order supplier of leisure and fundraising products that will entertain your customers, as well as bringing extra revenue to your establishment. We offer a lottery that is fast gaining popularity in pubs. This comprises of a secure coin operated machine dispensing pull tab tickets. The tickets are like scratch cards. The player reveals the symbols on the back of the ticket. If 3 symbols in a row are the same, then the player can win a range of prizes up to Ł1000. Each ticket sells for Ł1. You are guaranteed to earn 15p on each ticket sold. 20% of ticket sales must go to charity. There is a 50% prize payout. Further revenue can be raised from advertising using the LCD screen on the dispenser. There is no Gaming Licence and no VAT on profits.
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The ClubKing Pub Pull Tab Lottery will supplement your income alongside your current gaming machines. Our experience has found that the smoking ban has had no effect on the sale of pull tab tickets. ClubKing Ltd will loan you the dispenser free of charge. We also provide other pub products: • Bingo – Machines, cages, tickets & dabbers • Raffle – Cloakroom tickets, drums & machines • Darts - Boards, cabinets, scorers & accessories • Snooker & Pool Accessories – Spare balls, racks, cues, etc • Classic Fundraisers – Football & rugby cards • Traditional Pub Games – Dominoes, cribbage, card games, poker, etc • Wall Mounted Cigarette Bins • Wristbands for door entry • Roll Tickets for your different events and needs • Restaurant Order Pads • …and much, much more!
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More than 200 Fall River fourth-graders toured the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus Friday and met with Chancellor Divina Grossman and Mayor Will Flanagan as part of a new college-awareness program.
More than 200 Fall River fourth-graders toured the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus Friday and met with Chancellor Divina Grossman and Mayor Will Flanagan as part of a new college-awareness program.
The program, College Positive, is being piloted at the William S. Greene and the John J. Doran elementary schools. It's part of a partnership between the Fall River School Department and UMass Dartmouth.
"It's to give young people a positive idea that college is for them at an early age," said Deirdre Healy, assistant director of the university's Center for Civic Engagement.
Joel Jocelyn, principal at the William S. Greene Elementary School, who accompanied his 135 fourth-grade students, said the goal of the program that started this year is to foster in the children a mind-set of going to college.
"The kids are starting to think like that now," Jocelyn said.
As part of the program, all the classrooms at Greene are named after institutions of higher education, like UMass Dartmouth or Harvard University, and decorated with the particular school's banners.
The curriculum requires students to research their assigned college or university as well as different career paths and what institutions offer that area of study.
In June the students will return to UMass Dartmouth with their parents, Jocelyn said. Going forward, all elementary grade levels will participate. By the time they leave sixth grade, each student will have visited five colleges and universities.
UMass Dartmouth sophomore Dominique Clerverseau led a group of 20 Fall River students into Maple Ridge Hall to give them a chance to see what a dormitory room looks like.
"What makes it really cool is you can live here with your best friend," Clerverseau said.
The group headed over to the Campus Center to meet Nancy Wiseman, the director of dining services. Wiseman explained all the food choices they will have when they go to college.
"This is great," said Wiseman about the student tour. "This will plant the seed when they're young."
Greene Elementary student Tina Seng said she wants to go to college to study art and said she was impressed with what she'd seen at UMass Dartmouth.
"I think this exposes us to what college looks like," Seng said.
Even though he's in fourth-grade, Chiron Cabral is sure he wants to go to college to study engineering and follow in his mother's footsteps.
At enrollment services, one of the children told the staff of a plan to get a full scholarship once it was time for college.
"A full scholarship? Well you're going to have to get all A's," said administrative assistant Janice Johnson.
After the tour, the students assembled in the Main Auditorium and met Grossman, Flanagan and UMass Dartmouth senior and B.M.C. Durfee High School graduate Andrew Raposa, who plans to be a teacher in the Fall River school system.
Grossman told of her passion for books and a love of learning she'd gotten from her mother, who was a teacher in Grossman's native Philippines. Even though her family came from simple means, Grossman said she knew from a very young age she wanted to be a nurse and would have to go to university to get a degree.
"I studied a lot to become a nurse, and I went to school 100 percent of the time because I knew that was the key to achieving my dream," said Grossman, who was officially inducted on Thursday as the eighth UMass Dartmouth chancellor.
A UMass Dartmouth alumnus, Flanagan said as young student he enjoyed learning and wanted to be a police officer like his father. He studied criminal justice at the university and changed his mind about his career path and went to law school, later becoming a prosecutor and now a two-term mayor.
"No matter what you want to be, you have to go to college," Flanagan said.
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