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On August 4, 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a statement on the flooding in Pakistan. The Secretary said, "[T]he people of Pakistan are dealing with a major challenge. Last week's flash floods, the worst in more than 80 years, have affected some three million Pakistanis nationwide. An estimated 1,500 people have lost their lives, but many more are missing. Thousands are trapped and hundreds of thousands require emergency assistance."
She continued, "The United States is responding to this crisis in a number of ways. We immediately committed $10 million in aid. U.S. humanitarian relief experts have been deployed to the field. U.S. helicopters have already airlifted hundreds of people out of danger and delivered critical supplies including hundreds of thousands of halal meals. We've sent boats to help with the search and rescue. Water purification. We've sent boats to help with the search and rescue and water purification units to provide clean water for thousands of people as well as temporary bridges to replace the bridges damaged by the floods. All of this has been done in close coordination with the Government of Pakistan and their disaster management specialists. This represents just the start of our efforts. We will continue to help Pakistan in the days and weeks ahead."
The Secretary concluded, "I also want to mention a way that American citizens can contribute to this relief effort. Using your cell phones, you can text the word 'SWAT' 's-w-a-t' to the number 50555. And you will make a $10 contribution that will help the UN High Commissioner for Refugees provide tents, clothing, food, clean drinking water, and medicine to people displaced by floods. When prompted, reply with 'yes' 'y-e-s' to confirm your gift. I just texted a contribution myself, because we know from our own experience, particularly in Haiti, small donations can add up to make a big difference. And Americans have always shown great generosity to people facing crises worldwide. So I urge Americans to join this effort and send some much needed help to the people of Pakistan."
Read the Secretary's complete remarks here.
Tayyab B. in Pakistan writes:
whole pakistan is suffering in terrible situation. flood and fire,
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Dear to,
For those who have died will be sorely missed. And a quick recovery for those damages Worthy hope to wear. However, this opportunity is not a simple repair industry, car industry, the turning point of constitution making two attempts to hope. So, naturally, women in society a little more thought to be free.
I'm sorry to tell Pakistan that in developed countries, but little by little dotoedoen industry - the ratio of labor costs in producing this important industry, providing a high possibility even if you think that is acceptable. And, if to solve drinking water and industrial water systems of food self-sufficiency are likely to have to think big. The establishment of a minimum size of the economy and I think after you start to do something. I understand some were short, but is ready think.
Thank You.
"U.S. Tax Payer" in the U.S.A. writes:
Can you provide us with the guarantee that ever dollar spent on this will go towards helping people and not in the pockets of some politician? Besides we already provide good deal of aid to Pak which, they misuse and use it to support militancy. What makes you think this money will be used towards right purpose?
Mavish in Bangladesh writes:
this a sad story of ashiya all the time in
Mavish writes:
i pray god safe them and make them comfortable
Tom V. in Georgia (U.S.A.) writes:
I know the President and the Secretary of State and the whole administration are doing a phenomenal job, working extremely hard for me and for all of America as well as for the entire world. People all over the world are watching with satisfaction. You have my wholehearted support. Thank you, Tom
Agha G. in Pakistan writes:
Peace & Prosperity
WE can change the World
Tears and Hope, Help Flood Victims of Pakistan
As I am sure all of you know Pakistan has experienced it is worst natural disaster in history over 20-million people are in need of water, food, shelter, medicine ,houses, schools, hospitals and roads , bridges etc.
Please do whatever you can to help, donate a dollar. Tell a friend, nothing is too little.
God bless you and keep Pakistan in your prayers.
Please do what you can to help. If you can donate please go to this UNESCO Internet link.
Pakistan flood relief
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Discover North Carolina's rich maritime history, coastal heritage and marine environments in the three North Carolina Maritime Museums.
The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras, the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort and the North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport each offer unique exhibits and programs designed for all ages. See relics pulled from the deep, build a boat, follow Civil War battles fought along the coast, cast a line and learn about the state's seafood industry, sail or paddle along waterways, and retrace Blackbeard's voyages and ultimate demise.
The three North Carolina Maritime Museums preserve and interpret North Carolina's coastal life and history. They paint a picture of the maritime and coastal culture including fishermen, boat builders, decoy carvers and more. They present exhibits of painters and pirates, shipwrecks and sailboats, and about marine life and protection.
One historic coast...Three unique museums!

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INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD - The Indoor track and field season is underway at Sheridan high school with the first practices of the new season for the Broncs and Lady broncs.
The first meet will be at Black Hills state university in Spearfish a week from Friday.
WRESTLING - The Bronc wrestlers will open up 2012 at the "Shane Shatto" invitational in Douglas Friday.
SWIMMING - The Bronc swimmers will open the new year at home hosting duals with Gillette and Laramie tomorrow and Friday.
THE PBR HAS A LOCAL FLAVOR - Former Sheridan resident Tab Barker who now resides in Austin, Texas made a visit to Sheridan Media Monday.
Known more for his ongoing "Project School House" program in the last several months some may have seen him on the national television broadcasts of the Professional Bull Riders tour not as a contestant but as a translator for several Brazilian riders.
The problem the PBR had was interviews with the Non-English speaking riders and Barker fit the bill knowing their native language Portuguese.
SHS INDOOR TRACK / FIELD - The 2012 Indoor track and field season begins tomorrow at Sheridan high school.
Head coach Art Bauers says as usual they are expecting a great turn out tomorrow.
And with so many kids and not much in the way of a good indoor track facility they make do with what they have and works pretty well.
The first meet in two weeks away and they'll get started tight off tomorrow with the hard work to get the athletes ready to go.
Johnson County's high school sports teams will begin resuming their seasons with all teams competing this week.
After the long Holiday break, the first team in action will be the Bison Wrestlers who will be in Gillette Tuesday for matches there.
The Bison boys' and girls' basketball teams will start 2012 on Friday, January 6th as the boys host the Wheatland Bulldogs and the girls play at Wheatland.
The Bison boys' swim team will also open 2012 on Friday, January 6th at the Douglas Invite.
ENERGY CLASSIC SCORES - There is some high school basketball going on in Northeast Wyoming as Gillette high school is hosting their annual "Energy classic" tournament.
On Friday both the Gillette boys and Natrona county boys lost, NC lost 63-49 against Bismarck, North Dakota and Gillette dropped an 81-74 game against Brighton, Utah.
In the girls bracket the Gillette Lady Camels beat Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 76-45.
The tournament concludes Saturday night.
BRONC WRESTLING - The Sheridan Bronc wrestlers will open up 2012 at the "Shane Shatto" invitational in Douglas a week from today.
The Broncs are off to solid start to their season and are coming off a dual win against Billings West high school and a top three finish at dual tournament in Worland.
First year head coach Scott Cleland says the hard work continues as they mold the Broncs into a pretty good 4-A team.
BRONC / LADY BRONC BASKETBALL - Wednesday we took a look at the Sheridan Bronc basketball team as they prepare to restart the season a week from today, yesterday we made a stop at Sheridan high school to check in on the Lady Broncs.
The Lady Broncs have won six out of their first seven games and Head coach Sean Yeager they took a look back at those games and have gone back to the basics this week.
And with the work they've gotten done this week the break did come at a good time.
BRONC / LADY BRONC BASKETBALL - The Sheridan high school basketball teams are back in practice this week as they prepare to restart their seasons next week in Riverton.
Broncs Head coach Mike Ibach has the Broncs at 7-0 for the first time in his eight seasons as he talks about what they needed to address heading into the break.
They are unbeaten and Ibach says they Broncs have done many good things to earn their number one
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I was playing around on imdb.com and came across a TV movie I have not thought about in years. It was called "The Linda McCartney Story" Did anyone catch this? Curious what everyone thought. I rember thinking it was ok at the time but don't remember much about it. One thing I did find interesting was the woman that played Linda. I always thought she resembled Heather more than Linda.
Anyway, between that and recently watching Bacbeat for the first time in years, it got me to thinking about all the other crappy and not-so-crappy movies made about The Beatles over the years.
One of my personal faves has always been Birth of the Beatles. Always thought this was told more from Pete Best's side of the story though.
One of the worst. I don't even remember the name, but it was a made for VH1 movie (I think) about John. All I remember is John throwing a brick at Paul's house and cursing.


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These are forum threads....not quite the same as in person communication, is it?
You've just strayed off topic yourself, hence reinforcing the natural human process of communication whilst making a fool out of yourself. Perhaps you should take your own advice.
Alas..another COTI...coward of the internet. I would love to kick your arse...but...since I can't see you, this will have to do.
I'm here so come and kick my ass, master of Churchillian retorts. Your title of King Paul Avenger is at stake here.
LEARN A FEW MANNERS WHILE YOU STILL CAN. Respect others. If you can't......Eat ***censored*** and die. Your choice.
The only person I see not respecting others is the Paul Avengers here.
So far you have told me to eat ***censored*** and die, said that I stink just on this thread. On the other thread you were equally rude.
So what have I done?
I support John and Yoko, especially Yoko when you call her Yukko and more offensive language is used against her by others.
If I were to call Paul such names what would happen?
This is a case of mob mentality rules.
Once again, may I ask why have a John section on here if you don't want John and Yoko fans coming here? Do you expect John and Yoko fans to sit quietly while you spew your offensive and cruel comments about them ?


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1. The event:
We budgeted for 1200, hoped for 1500 and were amazed that 1935 athletes and more than 500 coaches turned up to compete. We were justifiably concerned about the faltering economy and were unsure what kind of turnout we would get. Whether it was the lure of Las Vegas, the curiosity about the LaJust system or the institution of the new WTF ranking system, the sheer volume of athletes and coaches who registered astounded us. Clearly a major factor was Las Vegas, its attractions and the amount of time we spent marketing the event to foreign associations and competitors.
We were boldly testing a new tournament management system and our first use of the LaJust EBP scoring system. When the final numbers for the events started materializing in the last week we knew we had to step in and increase the number of rings. We reconfigured the arena and squeezed 2 more rings in to make a grand total of nine rings. We then had to recalculate the times needed to complete the day's matches. The first day lagged because of match numbering communication issues with holding, problems reading the brackets and LaJust recycling equipment issues. These issues were fixed and then we made the decision to reduce the round times to 1:30 instead of 2 minutes. A match with the LaJust system will take an extra 2-3 minutes to run because of the test of the system and the hogus prior to every match. We normally can turn over a match in 10-12 minutes but the EBP system averages about 13-15 minutes per match.
All of the equipment needs to be cleaned and dried after each match. What we found were athletes returning very slowly back to holding, stopping to rest and talk to friends at the barriers. We then decided to implement a plan where volunteers helped remove the equipment from the athletes and run it back to holding so it could be recycled at a faster pace. This worked well and reduced the lag time between matches.
The LaJust system was well received overall by the coaches. The majority of them that I spoke to said it was more accurate than referee scoring and there was no one to blame for match results. Most also thought that there could be some improvements to the system like adding more sensors around the backside. Backside scoring appears to have disappeared under the new system. The comment most heard on this issue was that technology should not dictate the sport but rather that the sport dictate the technology. The other comments were that with no body shots to score the referees were a little too liberal with head shots and body punches. The feeling was that they had "itchy trigger fingers" that were not used to sitting idle on kicks to the body.
Many countries sent strong national teams. Canada, Mexico and Spain did extremely well. The Dominican Republic, Netherlands and Australia also had strong entries. Our U.S. fighters held their own, especially at the junior level. Olie Burton won gold and the award for the Best Male Junior Fighter with the same skills that impressed people in Turkey at the World Junior Championships in 2008. Kiana Lo continues to come on strong and solid performances were also turned in by junior athletes Giuliana Gil, Shaina Krause, Jaysen Ishida, David Hubbard, Christopher Smith and Tyler Phippen.
On the senior side Lauren Cahoon was impressive and was unlucky to lose in the finals in overtime on a head kick that appeared to graze the shoulder more than connect to the head. Jason Neville did not get scored upon the entire day in winning gold and put on a truly remarkable performance stamping him as one to watch in the upcoming year. Yvette Yong, from Canada, absolutely put on a dazzling show in a Tasmanian devil, whirling dervish way. There was little doubt she was the one of the most dynamic performers in the tournament.
Gus Villa, Steven Lin, Johhny Nguyen, Trevor Neville, Charlotte Craig and Brassie Anderson also put in impressive performances in the Senior division.
2. Special testing:
This historic event attracted over 200 applicants to test in person in Las Vegas. In retrospect, the one negative was that we needed a bigger space and we will adjust this if there are future opportunities. The level of instruction from the Kukkiwon seminar leaders was considered to be outstanding. The responses to the materials and instruction presented were overwhelmingly positive.
Some criticism was received prior to the event that Kukkiwon was just selling belts. If you ask anyone who attended you will hear quite a different story. The reality was that the course was rigorous and the testing anything but easy. It was USAT's and Kukkiwon's hope that everyone would come in experienced and prepared for the test, polishing up their forms during the two-day seminar. Unfortunately, the reality was quite different. There were a number of Masters that were clearly in over their heads and knew they could not test at the high level required for the Kukkiwon ranks. Some testers discovered this right away and dropped out or did not test. Others worked long hours into the night practicing their skills while working together with their fellow applicants to improve. The results will be learned in a few weeks. Not everyone will pass but all will have had a great education as to what is expected from a Kukkiwon examination process.
3. PATU Exco Meeting:
Eleven member of the Pan American Taekwondo Union's Executive Council gathered from across the Americas to meet in Las Vegas prior to the U.S. Open to discuss issues of importance to the PATU region. PATU Vice-President for North America David Askinas hosted the meeting and a breakfast for the attendees. One of the major items of business was finding a new home and date for the PATU Junior Championships originally scheduled to be held in the Netherlands Antilles in the port town of Curacao. The current world economic crisis caused Curacao to pull its bid leaving PATU searching for a new host. El Salvador, Guatemala, Uruguay and Canada have stepped up to bid, with the USA and Mexico ready to put in bids if the others do not materialize. As we have just hosted in 2007 in Daytona Beach we were only considering a host bid for Colorado Springs in the fall if no other bid came in.


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Leading contract makers of semiconductors are slowing down their purchases of 300mm production equipment, a media report citing producers of appropriate tools claims. The deceleration may reflect slowing demand towards complex high-end semiconductors.
DigiTimes web-site reports that even though Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has maintained that the fourth and fifth stages of expansion to its 300mm fabs are going on as planned, the No. 1 contract maker of chips remains conservative in terms of placing equipment orders for the project.
Moreover, UMC has not installed any production equipment into its fab 12B, which building was recently completed. In addition, Chartered Semiconductor has also made decision to decelerate capacity expansion at its 300mm fab 7, according to makers of high-tech equipment.
Reduction of the pace of manufacturing capacity expansion is rather alarming as it means that contract makers do not expect high-demand towards highly-integrated chips in the coming quarters. However, over-investment is an issue discussed by ex-chairman of UMC earlier this year.
"The semi industry is an industry with some of the most brilliant people in the world, and they do the most stupid things," said Robert Tsao, chairman emeritus of United Microelectronics, referring to over-investment. They also "cut each other's throats," he added in an interview with Forbes.
Considering the fact that leading contract makers of chips do not expect surge of demand towards their products, it is unclear how Advanced Micro Devices plans to spin-off its fabs later this year.
Tags: AMD, Chartered, TSMC, UMC, Semiconductor


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Movie Mondays - Saving Mr. Banks
Category: Movies
Location: Plaut Room
Join us for a screening of Saving Mr. Banks on
Monday, May 5 at 4:00 pm in the Plaut Room.
Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
- Biography - Drama - Comedy
Rated PG-13
Seating is limited to 25 and available on a first come, first served basis.


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10 Best American Brewpubs Every Beer Fan Should Visit
The beer industry ballooned to nearly 2,000 breweries by the end of last year, according to the Brewers Association craft beer industry group. That growing community also includes 1,063 brewpubs nationwide, which is up from 1,020 in 2009 and includes nearly 60 brewpubs added last year alone.
That's not too shabby for a tool brewers began using only 30 years ago. Prohibition knocked out American brewpubs and brewing taverns that dated back to the Colonial era, but early craft brewers saw them as a means of getting their beer directly to the drinker without going through middlemen such as distributors, bars and liquor stores. In 1992, Scottish import Bert Grant opened Grant's Brewery Pub in a train depot in Yakima, Wash., to brew and promote his pale ale, IPA and Scottish Ale. Though it closed in 2005, Grant's brewpub left a business model and legacy that's become as synonymous with craft beer as high alcohol volume and mounds of hops.
With brewers in every corner of America wooing beer lovers into their brewpubs and American cities pointing tourists directly to those pubs to show off their local flavor, finding the best brewpub for your buck can be a tough task. The editors and readers at beer rating site RateBeer have weighed in on all America's brewpubs and have ranked them by beer selection, food, service, value and ambience. We looked at their list, eliminated redundancies from certain states and came up with the Top 10 brewpubs America has to offer. RateBeer was as thorough as possible, but feel free to hit the comments field if your favorite is missing:
10. Draught House Pub and Brewery
Austin, Texas
The weird little town seemingly built on Shiner Bock empties knows its beer. The Draught House soaks the city's broad beer palate with 75 taps, including a handful of house brews such as the sessionable 3.9% ABV Guy Smiley mild ale and citrusy Sunburst pale ale. The other dozen or so handles are a who's who of Texas, Midwest and West Coast brews with a smattering of Northeast and Euro beers thrown in for good measure. The five-item menu of pizza, calzones, nachos, quesadillas and chips and salsa aren't exactly overwhelming, but they're more than adequate when paired with weekly specials such as $2.75 themed pints and free bratwurst.
9. American Flatbread Burlington Hearth
Burlington, Vt.
RateBeer ranked Vermont brewer The Alchemist's brewpub ahead of this Burlington favorite, but Hurricane Irene destroyed that spot last year by flooding Alchemist's unfortunately named home of Waterbury, Vt., with tap-high water. American Flatbread is a worthy, if far-flung, substitute that offers 22 taps including two casks and more than a dozen homebrews. Combine those with a two-page menu of namesake flatbread pizzas loaded with locally produced and organically grown toppings and you have the brewpub embodiment of Burlington's laid-back, hyperlocal culture.


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Skip to comments.Breaking: Gingrich replaces campaign manager, lays off 1/3 of staff to focus on the convention
Posted on 03/27/2012 8:15:26 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Clearly it's his campaign manager and the staff who are the problem.
Alternate headline: "Gingrich finally approaching the fifth stage of grief."
Its largely a strategy of necessity: The former House Speaker is a distant third in delegates, behind Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. His campaign-finance report for February, released last week, showed more debt ($1.55 million) than cash on hand ($1.54 million).
DeSantis said the former Speaker will continue to visit states with primaries, but will have a less intense campaign schedule. DeSantis promised that the campaign will be more positive and ideas-focused, eschewing attacks on Republican rivals. The aide said the campaign will be more digital, focusing on low-cost communications tools, including informational videos, social media and the web…
DeSantis elaborated on the announcement in an email: Newt 2012 is transitioning into an organization appropriate for winning a big choice convention. This big choice convention phase will be focused on two goals. 1. Affecting the national dialogue to show that Gingrich is the most capable of defeating Obama, by leading on issues that put the president on defense like Newts $2.50 Gas Plan; and 2. A parallel communications strategy directly to the delegates…
Furthermore, the fact is the more than a million more people have voted against Mitt Romney than for him. We believe that if Governor Romney is unable to secure 1144 by the last primaries, he will be unable to do so at the convention where the vast majority of the delegates are conservative. That creates and environment at the convention where Gingrich can emerge as the one candidate who can unite social, economic and national security conservatives (a fact which is borne out by polling).
Like I said in the earlier Gingrich post, that last paragraph is pure fantasy. If you've reached the point in a convention floor fight where, for whatever reason, both Romney and Santorum are deemed unacceptable, why wouldn't you roll the dice on a dark horse outsider? You're much better off with someone like Christie or Paul Ryan who's young, appealing, superb on the seminal issue of fiscal reform, and yet to have their national image defined than you are with High-Negatives Newt. Passing over the guy with the most delegates and the guy with the second-most delegates means you're thinking way out of the box on the nomination, which means there's no reason to limit your choice to the people who are running. Although I guess choosing someone who hasn't held elective office since the 90s and who can't seem to win anywhere except his home state and the state next door would qualify as "way out of the box." Way, way out.
I don't know, guys. I'm starting to think maybe he really believes in this ludicrous convention idea. What other explanation is there? Exit question: Why on earth would he cite Romney's vote total as relevant to the delegates' calculus when Newt himself is much closer to Ron Paul's total than to Romney's?
Great. Just what we need. One more bleeding heart social conservative holding the reins of power. Come to Bamer and get you some more of that "Compassionate Conservatism".
Perry got beat up bad on that stuff.
Newt didnt, Cain didnt and Santorumn certainly didnt.
Now we are stuck with the weakest of the bunch.
Remember when Perry made gaffes? It was HUGE!!
Now they all make gaffs and NOBODY CARES!
Not even just gaffes, they spell it out and nobody cares!
You should've quit after the first weak reply.
BTW, Mitt and Santo are actively avoiding debates.
They have been for months.
Who cares. 22 official debates and a handful of one on ones not enough for you? If you don't know where your candidate stands on issues by now, you aren't paying attention.
Newt is BY FAR the most electable candidate against Barack Obama of the current 4 contenders for the nomination. He, alone among the candidates, has been able to put Obama on the ropes for a long, sustained period of time, over the energy issue. He helped actually push Obama's poll numbers down to a painful level that made national news headlines.
Interviews in Lousiana showed many people liked Gingrich the best, but simply voted for Santorum out of strategy because they thought Newt couldn't win. This is the same stuff we were hearing last Fall while Newt was low in the polls. People liked him, but didn't think he could win the nomination, so they were backing someone else.
A lot of this is coming from RINO media mind control, Romney's negative attack ads, etc. This stuff would not occur in the general election, at least I hope the Republicans wouldn't undermine Newt in favor of Obama. If they would do that, then I CERTAINLY don't want to nominate their hand-picked candidate anyway. Obama can only attack Newt from the left, not erroneously from the right trying to claim Newt's a liberal like lying liberal RINO Romney does to all of his opponents.
Newt is also suffering because the debates have stopped. He would have 3 debates with Obama, which would almost certainly redefine him on the national stage the same way it redefined him in the primaries.
Newt can speak English, unlike Santorum. Newt is a real conservative contrast against Obama, unlike Romney. He has more policy depth than both Romney and Santorum put together.
If Newt's had a weakness, it has been in his fundraising and money management. That is the advantage both Romney and Paul have had. They've run primary campaigns before and have a better handle on how to manage their resources. Again, the same amount of money is going to come in for any Republican nominee, more or less. So that isn't a factor in the general. Some of the less informed Republican primary voters seem to think because Romney has more money now, that he would be able to raise significantly more money than any other Republican in the general campaign. That's obviously not true.
The bottom line, Obama is most likely going to lose no matter who we put up. What we know for sure is that Gingrich would actually be THE MOST EFFECTIVE PRESIDENT of all of these men. He has the right experience, the right political beliefs, and the right guts for dealing with the left and with America's enemies.
I think it's probably essential that in most states, people vote for Santorum now. Votes need to be unified behind a single conservative in most states because Romney can only be denied enough delegates if one candidate is able to take advantage of winner-take-all rules, e.g. getting over 50% in states where that matters and winning winner-take-all districts where splitting the vote hands Romney all the delegates even when Santorum's and Gingrich's combined votes were higher. Santorum needs to get those delegates in order to deny Romney the nomination. But in a contested convention, I certainly hope that a ticket emerges with Newt's name on it.
Umm Lazlo...
The entire mandate matter was not a mandate, It was a workround to give people the lowest price for the vaccine.
No one was mandated, but you knew that.
Illegals? Perry got beat up bad for a bill he could not veto that the state of Texas approved BECAUSE the Feds had us handcuffed with federal law.
But you knew that.
I know where your candidate stands.
That was given to his SuperPAC. Obviously we know Newt does not control how the SuperPAC spends its money and that money does not fund his campaign operations.
No candidate can realistically be expected to their name placed in nomination by garnering 7%, 6%, of the vote as Gingrich did in MI and MS, and where current polls show him at 5% in WI. He's finished as a candidate. This is why we have primary contests. It's now kaput. Over. It will either be Santorum (highly unlikely) or Romney (very likely). Time to face reality. Only real question is who will be the VP pick.
As my dear departed Grandpa would say, "That's a fact!"
I guess it was too bad he was incapable of verbalizing that to the voting public.
Well, Newtie has a plethora of strategerieys. One just has to select the winning ones.
See. We don't need any more debates. We both agree.
And there's the rub.
"Only real question is who will be the VP pick."
Bahahahaha! I wondered how long it would be before you gave up on your "Gingrich splitting the vote" nonsense, and admitted the real reason you want Newt out!
You don't think Palin/Gingrich or Gingrich/Palin could make it into nomination? If Romney can be denied enough delegates, I think anything can happen. I don't think this intense focus on Obamneycare is doing Romney any favors now. Santorum's profane outburst pretty much disqualifies him as presidential material. For all the people who claimed Newt "whined" or was "angry," I'm still waiting to see those clips, but I now have at least one of Santorum out-whining and out-angering any presidential candidate I can remember in my lifetime.
We've got a couple of terrible frontrunners. They can win ONLY by virtue of Obama being so terrible that people just want to get rid of him. Sort of the same way Obama himself got elected. So I'm not going to put it past the delegates to recognize the deep flaws in the frontrunners and turn to Newt if they get the chance.
Didn't the casino magnate's money go to the SuperPAC and not to Newt's campaign itself?
Campaigning is expensive. Salaries, hotels, airfare, advertising, etc. No money, no campaign.
There was a time when the other lesser candidates started dropping out, that an anti-Romney could have been successful. The problem is, Newt's ego and Santorum's obtuseness prevented either one of them from doing the right thing for the country, stepping aside and letting there be one conservative candidate to rally behind. Now, they have effectively split the conservative vote between themselves, and left Romney's campaign of attrition to march to a slow but steady victory.
The idea that either of these knuckleheads are going to be rewarded with anything other than a kick in the pants by the Rough Boot of Historical Footnotehood is laughable. Mittens was on Leno, joking that he might make Santorum his press secretary one day. Soon, Rick will look back on the time where people bothered to make him the butt of their jokes as 'the good old days'.
Sadly, the joke is on the rest of us. By their own reckless ambition, Rick and Newt have allowed Mitt to advance unchecked on to the nomination. If it comes down to a brokered convention, neither of them will be rewarded for it.
Newt all the way to the Convention. Lets see what happens.
The problem was that neither had any reason to drop out. The voters never really liked Newt and Santorum was never really a good candidate.
Santorum thought "I can't drop out for this guy, people just don't like him." And Newt thought "I can't drop out for this guy, he's just not a good candidate."
The problem was, they were both right.
"Whats Saintorums strategy?
Zimmerman has a sick mind and committed a heinous crime?
We are so screwed."
Santorum is a lawyer? Unreal.
You know he could have issued a retraction and corrected himself, the honorable thing to do.
So far, nothing of the sort, so his initial statement stands.
Constitutional conservatives know better than to dismiss Santorum's outragously disturbing comments so attuned with the lynch mob mentality of the left.
Folks, Obama's racist lynch mob of hate is out for blood, and will stop at nothing to satiate their vengeful bloodsport.
And Santorum made it crystal clear he is with them in their lust for blood and treasure, brutally annihilating anyone who dares question them, in the name of "justice".
The contrasts here, between those of us who realize the gravity of Santorum's mentality, which reveal a willingness to subvert our justice system to it's lowest level, and those who dismiss them out of hand as unimportant, are glaring.
" Rick Perry got trounced in the debates, Ricky S got ignored. Now there are no debates since hes been sent to the front of the line. I would put Perry's record against Santorum's any day. " -—
VERY well said. Santorum has had to recover from nothing, but for what he consistently does to himself, of course, when he opens his mouth.
If one asks, what about his wife's story? THAT lasted but 24 hours if that, but oh, no, not Newt's story, with the whacky wives. Unforgivable. Unstable. Unchanged.
What a crock full of gift horses for the Rickster, gift wrapped by Romney whom he endorsed in '08, his own pals at the GOP-E, and an exwife #2, against the only man qualified for the job.
I am not left for even a moment wondering why the US is in the shape it's in, or why the qualified no longer run for office.
If Zimmerman is your big issue, then dont vote for Rick. Romney will be listed on the ballot as well.
Post of the night.
If Romney is a democrat, by trade, which I believe him to be, he will want on his ticket some utilitarian vest, whom he knows will pose no significant challenge to the democrats in '16.
Newt has never been utilitarian for anyone and he doesn't even attempt to wear a vest.
To a certain extent, I would agree completely. If it were a two man race. In our particular scenario, two man logic doesn't apply. Mitt was always the man to beat. Any calculation had to factor him in first, and others second.
Rick and Newt may have accurately assessed on their own that the other guy was a flawed candidate in some way. Fair enough. They're both flawed candidates. But the point they should have been looking at was, 'is the other conservative guy in the race better than Mitt Romney?'
Now Mitt has the initiative, and the conservative side remains fractured and divided. Since nobody is going to drop out, our side will remain fractured and divided, and Mitt's initiative will translate into inevitability.
That's self righteous Rick's style - condemn no matter what the facts are. He's done it to Newt, he'll do to anyone. He's the most blow 'whatever way the wind blows' candidate, a compromiser of the worst kind.
>> Only real question is who will be the VP pick.
Well, that didn't take much...
The entirety of Rick's campaign has been about moral vanity in my opinion. This superficial rush of what-is-right has cost us dearly. To his credit, Rick rode it well.
Of course I'm hoping for the crap-shoot of a brokered convention. I'd love to see Sarah and Paul Ryan in the mix.
BTW, Rick's a good man, but not the man for the job. God bless him and his family. Ultimately, we're on the same team (just not Team Santorum ;)
Go Newt!
You can call it whatever fits your need but the fact remains he wasn't vetted and it's all designed before hand. He can't do the battle of being vetted and stand against trashing Newt at the same time as that's his main reason/assignment for being in the race to begin with.
It's about AMERICA, not about a two bit lawyer player to keep the GOP E in power - the 'do it for the team' candidate supporting the worst of the worst against a conservative! He's vetted enough for those who can see but NOT for those who refuse to see.
And she voted for Newt!
Right on! It's Good vs. Evil. Evil is strong and has many in it's grasp (money/media/GOP E). Newt has the Truth and Evil has deception. Newt is the ONLY candidate that will get my vote. Evil will never bring me down to it's level!
I'm no fan of gutter language and I won't defend it.
But apart from using words which (unfortunately) have now become common vocabulary, how does what Santorum said attacking a reporter differ from Newt Gingrich's prior attack on media during the South Carolina debate, and numerous other prior attacks on media?
The only difference I can see is that Gingrich supporters like his attacks and don't think they're "unpresidential" but don't like Santorum's attack so they call it "unpresidential" as well as "un-Christian."
Few if any of us on this board believe in pacifism. Lots of Gingrich supporters said Santorum wasn't tough enough. Being a nice milquetoast pansy "meek and mild" guy isn't required by Scripture in any way — I can show numerous passages of Scripture that make Santorum's comment look mild — and I fail to see how Santorum isn't being criticized here for doing the same thing Gingrich has been doing for a long time.
Again, I don't defend gutter language. But let's be consistent. Gingrich supporters can't blame Santorum for doing pretty much the same thing they praised Gingrich for doing.
Especially considering how trolls like you treated Sarah Palin.
Compare the size of the crowds she drew to the COMBINED turnout for the other candidates.
Dont hold your breath for any objective criticism of Rick by Team Santorum. Im reluctant to think of what it might take to produce the slightest disapproval for the man.
Because it isn't about Santorum. This is a Newt thread. You guys have a choice now. Santorum or Romney and most of you will chose Romney which is what you wanted from the beginning. You all can come out of the Romney closet now.
Newt is BY FAR the most electable candidate against Barack Obama of the current 4 contenders for the nomination.
Such BS. He can't even get people who agree with him vote for him. He is a terrible candidate and thank God voters know it. He is a has been guy who lives in the 90's and does not provide a thing for today. A space station??? Oh brother. Haven't heard much from him on that since Florida...wonder why? He just said that to get votes in Florida.
You clearly hate Santorum so vote for your Savior Romney who you wanted since day one anyway. You can stop pretending now.
What part of "I would put Perrys record against Santorums any day." makes you think I support Romney?
Now that's class—Rick knows Newt is finished and can only help Mitt by staying in (the Left and the Romney campaign are thrilled Gingrich is still in to continue splitting the conservative vote even though he is pretty much irrelevant now and is not much of a factor except in providing cover for Mittbots so they can bash Santorum disguised as Newtons) but he is sensitive to Newt's humongous ego so he ain't gonna call for him to drop out.
So it no longer matters to me if a grasping at straws, embarrassing himself, staining his legacy, desperate for attention RINO enabling Ross Perot clone stays in or not either.
Then why has he done BY FAR the worst of any Republican candidate in dozens and dozens of matchup polls against Obama for months?
For the last month or so, of course, most of the polling groups haven't even bothered to include him in their matchup polling for obvious reasons...
Just another anti-Perry troll....put him on ignore. Santorum isn't fit to hold Perry's jockstrap.
Your response is bullsh*t!
It's a done deal Romney-Santorum 2012.
Quite a 'potty mouth' on Ricky, huh? Parents should think very hard about letting their children listen to a man ( a presidential candidate no less) with a vocabulary like Santorums. Shameful.
Romney is not interested in Santorum. He brings nothing but holier-than-thou contraception is evil, Zimmerman is a criminal hogwash.
He is a phony and an impostor.
Of course those who are familiar with Newt never underestimate his plays, seen or unseen....Because it's never over for Newt until he says it is as he is determined to strike at Obama throughout this primary regardless of where he is in the ratings.....since this is such a wacky Primary it's best just to figure anything is possible between now and convention.
Every candidate has had people saying.."Time to go"...even Romney.....it's old and doesn't carry any weight at all for the candidates are going to do what they want to do regardless of what their opposition state.
Heck, had Santorum stepped out long ago Newt would be on top of this game and Obama would be shaking in his shoes. Every time Obama sets the bait Santorum jumps on it and comes out with egg on his face....he can't discern the traps.
Actually Newt is the only candidate Obama is responding to......truly sad people cannot see that Obama makes it clear who he doesn't want to go up against....his campaign people have even stated..."We don't want Obma/Newt debates".
It's a terrible mistake for people to state.."anybody can win over Obama". It isn't going to be about what people think ....it's going to be about how Obama plays the game, and his hands are more than dirty and the heavy hitting has been reserved for the General Election.. We've seen nothing yet by comparison to what they're going to bring against whoever opposes him.
What the Obama machine/with Romneys help did to Newt worked...along with the pimped out media carrying their water. You can bet money they are going to fine tune those tactics all the more for the general.
Neither Romney nor Santorum will win over Obama.....no doubt the Obama machine is armed and ready for both and sees them as easy targets....unfortunately at this point that's who is out in front....and for that we don't have a chance of winning the general outside of what hands are played and how at convention...if it reaches there.
Why could Newt survive a media blitz by Obama in the election but be destroyed by one in the Primaries? Are Republican primary voters more susceptible to Obama media blitzes than moderates and independents?
This whole discussion is a waste of time since there is not going to be brokered convention in the first place.
Why could Newt survive a media blitz by Obama in the election but be destroyed by one in the Primaries? Are Republican primary voters more susceptible to Obama media blitzes than moderates and independents?
This whole discussion is a waste of time since there is not going to be brokered convention in the first place.
Media block says it well. They've time and again refused to allow the people to hear Newt....because when they do Newt gets standing ovations each and every time.
Look, Obama has zip zero concern over Romney and Santorum. As soon as Newt rose the Obama machine with Romney and the Republican Elite brought everything they had against Newt to take him out. ..and he still stood. Their only recourse then was a media black out. And we know the media was more than happy to be pimped.
Additionally.....everybody is quite aware that Newt is outstanding and stands taller than any other in debates for his knowledge of events and his indepth awareness of who and what Obama is about,... and about to do if he gets four more years...... As well as his grasp on how the Republican elite operate and the media. He's had the whole arsenal aimed and firing at him from the get go...try and dodge all those bullets and see if any candidate could stand....yet Newt is still in the game.
The media black out of Newt is now what is keeping Newt at bay...."silence the opposition" if you will. If the people can't hear him then he isn't there while they focus attention on Romney, (who the establishment and liberals want), and give Santorum false hope that he's reflective of the party by the media giving him all the face time needed to make it appear he's the alternative to Romney. Sadly conservatives took the bait and so did Santorum... and are running with it.
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- Subjects:Poetry Writing, Teacher Tips and Strategies, Software and Apps, Teaching with Technology
- Skills:Plot, Character and Setting, Diagrams, Vocabulary, Poetry Writing
eMagnetic Poetry: 4 Ideas Across the Curriculum
- Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Back during my college days, my friends would leave heartfelt, quirky, or lewd "poems" for me on my mini-fridge. Those magnetic word tiles eventually made it into my classroom, where we used them for everything from sight word practice and parts of speech activities to a poetry center.
While those very tiles still live on a filing cabinet in my classroom, magnetic poetry now has a robust virtual presence. eMagnetic poetry makes it easier than ever to free the words from the refrigerator door to use in creative lessons across the curriculum. Here's an overview of some of the apps and websites that offer eMagnetic poetry, as well as ideas for putting these words to work as a teaching tool.
My students created a "Visual Character Trait Thesaurus" using eMagnetic Poetry.
An Artist's Tools: How to Create eMagnetic Poetry
A quick search in the app store and online finds nearly a dozen magnetic poetry creators, some with more features than others. Listed here are the ones that I've used most often in my classroom and that have been successful with my students. Of course, layering words and images could also be done in PowerPoint or even using a word processing program — the apps and sites listed below make it accessible and engaging.
Poetics is a $1.99 app, and it's the eMagnetic poetry creator that we use most in my classroom. In fact, all of the images above were created with Poetics. Poetics allows you to use any image saved into your camera roll, edit that image, and then place words wherever you want over the image, resizing and rotating the words as needed. You type all of the words you want to use — this doesn't use a restricted library. So it really creates art with a magnetic poetry aesthetic — it doesn't have the limited word constraints of real magnetic poetry.
The National Counsel of Teachers of English created Word Mover, a wonderful, free app used to compose found poetry. They provide several options for creating digital magnetic poetry by choosing from themed word banks and word collections of existing famous works. Students can even customize the background for their poem, and then email their poem or save it to the camera roll. (You may also want to check out this NCTE ReadWriteThink lesson based on magnetic poetry.)
Storybird, the online visual storytelling tool, now has a poetry option. This is a visually stunning resource — students can choose from a huge selection of original artwork to illustrate their poetry. Storybird then provides smallish collections of words to craft your own poetic composition. This is a great tool for having students respond to art and to teach them about the creative freedom that comes with a constrained artistic vocabulary.
The company that sells "real world" magnetic poetry kits also offers a free online version that closely mirrors the magnetic experience — well, on a screen and not a fridge, of course. They offer several themed kits, as well as this kit for kids (not listed on their website but available here.) Students can send their finished creations to an email address — we use our shared class email address for all of the students.
eMagnetic Poetry for Scientific Labeling
How it works: Students find an image on the Internet that matches your science curriculum, or they snap a photo using the tablet's camera. Then they go label-crazy, showing off all of their newly acquired vocabulary.
Other ideas: Free-associate words with a mystery photo; label important parts and figures in a historical image; take the tablet outdoors to photograph the neighborhood and then label important places; pre-assess students' content-knowledge by having them individually label a preselected image.
eMagnetic Poetry for Character Analysis
How it works: Students find an image of a book character, or they create their own drawing of a character and then snap a photo of the drawing. Then they brainstorm character traits and artistically collage these adjectives over the character's portrait.
Other ideas: Use photos of the students or members of the school community and add personality traits; find photos of historical or influential figures to accompany a biography unit and add words to describe the subject of the biography; use an image of the cover of a book and add words that describe the theme, main idea, or purpose of the book.
eMagnetic Poetry for Geometric Art
How it works: Students find an image or take a photo that demonstrates a geometry term or concept. Then they create a short poem that includes the geometric term.
Other ideas: Choose a photo of a provocative current events issue and write a brief opinion-poem to accompany the photo; select an inspiring painting or other visual artwork to create an ekphrastic poem — that is a poem inspired by another form of art.
eMagnetic Poetry for Vocabulary Development
How it works: Students choose a vocabulary word and find an image to illustrate that word. Then they add as many synonyms (or antonyms) they can brainstorm to create a "visual thesaurus."
Other ideas: Use vocabulary words (or spelling words) as part of their magnetic poetry writing; create a magnetic poetry/image composition that represents a vocabulary word and have other classmates guess which word goes with the composition; create "found" eMagnetic poetry and adopt the vocabulary of another writer; use photos of faces (possibly students') displaying various emotions and build a visual dictionary of feelings-words.
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This is so cool. I recently acquired iPads in my ELA classroom. I am always looking for new ways to incorporate them into the curriculum. After purchasing the Poetics app my students created character maps from their reading. They were totally engaged and enjoyed posting them in the hallway for everyone to see.
Thank you for sharing this!
Some of these are downright addictive. Great resources - thanks!
Thanks for another wondeful post, Alycia! As always, I can hardly wait to try this in my classroom!


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My ARNP suggested that I use this product to provide 20 grams of protein to my diet first thing in the morning. . It's a bit more expensive than the product that we were using but the additional nutritional count and delicious taste are definitely worth the few extra dollars, plus the serving size is smaller so it lasts longer! It blends well with Coconut water and tastes great that way. If I want something more substantial I will make a shake with a frozen banana, crushed ice, Coconut/Almond milk and a touch of vanilla and Cinnamon- yummy and filling.
Muy bueno
Posted by 5567761743232447147 on Aug 27, 2016
Ya lo he consumido. Pero este pedido no me ha llegado
Not the tastiest or the cheapest
Posted by 5668566641762024313 on Aug 02, 2016
It's a good product if your only criteria is the source of the ingredients: however, the price is quite steep, the mixability is just ok and the taste is not the best.
Great product!
Posted by 5559814486864792321 on May 16, 2016
I've been using this protein supplement for years and have had great results. It tastes great too! I would recommend it to anyone that lifts weights or just needs to add more protein to their diet.
Delicious taste, pure, hormones/antibiotics - free
Posted by Trinity on Feb 19, 2016
I really like this protein. I hope iHerb continues selling it. It's hormones/antibiotics free and has quite pleasant chocolate taste. It's lightly sweetened, not too much, with stevia. It's one of the purest protein products I've found here and although not very cheap, the price for the amount and quality is affordable. It is easy to mix with water, almond milk or yogurt, and the taste is delicious. I also bought the packets of the same product, as sometimes when I'm very busy travelling between the offices I don't have time to eat, so taking one of themwith water kills my hunger and gives me the proteins my body needs. It is delicious too.


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The most wonderful time of the year can also be the most stressful. As shoppers hustle to get all that they need for Christmas, sometimes the needs of others go forgotten.
The start of the 2013 holiday shopping season started as early as Thanksgiving for some bargain hunters, many of whom shopped for themselves.
"We see that on Black Friday, a lot of people shopping for themselves," said Amanda Johnson, with the Lehigh Valley Mall.
That mindset is part of what sparked the campaign for "Giving Tuesday." The initiative started two years ago through social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter.
"It started as a social media movement you can find it on Twitter as #Giving Tuesday." A day dedicated to giving back to your community," Johnson said.
Cate Pave first heard of "Giving Tuesday" while watching the news, and immediately decided she wanted to be a part of it.
"On the news and they said how it was Giving Tuesday and they needed 6 to 9-year-old gifts. And we were shopping in Bethlehem and I said 'we have to take them' and we came over," Pave said.
Pave stopped by the Ten Thousand Villages store at the Lehigh Valley Mall on Tuesday to drop off several gifts for Toys For Tots.
"A great day, it should have happened long ago. But now I'm glad they have it," Pave said.
Ten Thousand Villages offered more than just a drop-off box for Toys For Tots. The store also donated 15 percent of Tuesday's sales to the organization.
"You are giving to the artisan, giving to your loved one, and giving to Toys For Tots," said Tina Huyler, manager at Ten Thousand Villages.
The Lehigh Valley mall offered space to several charitable organizations including Good Sheppard Rehabilitation. Customers could also donate one dollar to the Simon Youth Foundation in exchange for a tote bag.
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