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Coming Out of the Closet May Be Good For Your Health
... among their sample of 87 participants, gay and bisexual men actually had a slightly lesser chance of depression and anxiety, along with lower stress levels (as indicated by cortisol and 20 other biomarkers) than heterosexual men. Perhaps most significant, though, was the secondary finding that they hadn't even been searching for: In their study, lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals all tended to have lower stress levels and a smaller chance of depressive symptoms if they'd come out to friends and family than those who'd kept their sexual orientation a secret.
... within the group of 46 lesbian, gay or bisexual participants, the 31 individuals who'd come out had noticeably lower cortisol levels than the 15 who hadn't disclosed their orientation to others. Additionally, survey answers indicated that the first group had fewer symptoms of depression or anxiety than the other group. Admittedly, the study's limited sample size means that these results can't be interpreted as definitive, and further study is needed to confirm that they hold true on a widespread level.[emphasis mine]
Their sample was adults, not children or teens.
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... the 31 individuals who'd come out had noticeably lower cortisol levels [and fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety] than the 15 who hadn't disclosed their orientation to others.
The closet door isn't binary: some people are somewhere in between not being out to anyone, and being out to absolutely anybody and everybody. I wonder how the "degree of being out" correlates to lower stress and depression.
It's quite common to hear of the coming-out experience as being "a huge weight off my shoulders" or some similar phrase. I don't doubt for one New York minute that symptoms of depression and anxiety are lowered as a result of being open, honest and able to freely be yourself. People in denial or closeted about their true sexual nature are heavily burdened by society, family and religion, and that can be a terribly excruciating situation to be in.
I don't think it is the actual coming out that is good for your health. It is being the type of person who is willing to come out. Not being ashamed of who you are is good for your health.
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AT-500 Manual
Thank you for purchasing the American Weigh AT-500 digital scale. Please read all operating instructions carefully before use. This electronic scale is a precision instrument. With normal care and proper treatment, it will provide years of reliable service.
Never load the scale with more than the maximum capacity. Overloading will permanently damage it!
Avoid any exposure to extreme heat or cold. Your scale works better when operated at normal room temperature. Always allow the scale to acclimate to normal room temperature for at least one hour before use.
Give your scale sufficient warm up time. Usually 30-60 seconds before calibration to give the internal components a chance to stabilize.
Keep your scale in a clean environment. Dust, dirt, moisture, vibration, air currents and a close distance to other electronic equipment can all cause an adverse effect on the reliability and accuracy of your scale.
Handle with care. Gently apply all items to be weighed onto tray top. Although this scale is designed to be quite durable, try to avoid rough treatment as this may permanently damage the internal sensor.
Avoid shaking, dropping or otherwise shocking the scale. This is a precision instrument and must be handled with extreme care.
Only operate the scale on a stable, vibration free surface.
Place Scale on a horizontal flat surface and remove the metal ash tray cover before weighing.
1. Press the [ON/OFF] key.
2. Wait until "0.0" is displayed.
3. Place the object(s) on the weighing platform.
4. Using the [MODE] key, you can switch between weighing units.
1. Turn on scale as described above.
2. Place the "tare item" such as a tray on the platform.
3. Press [TARE] and wait until "0.0g" is displayed.
4. Add the "net-weight-item".
Calibration is NOT required before first use. Only
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4. The display will now flash "500.0g". Place a 500g calibration weight (not included) onto the center of the platform and press the [CAL] key once more.
5. The display will show "PASS". Calibration is complete!
The primary reasons for inaccuracy or malfunction are low batteries, incorrect calibration, overload or operating on an unstable surface. Please keep this in mind and maintain and operate your scale properly. This scale is a precise instrument and must be handled with the utmost care and caution.
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Margaret Sanger, original name Margaret Louisa Higgins, (born September 14, 1879, Corning, New York, U.S.—died September 6, 1966, Tucson, Arizona), founder of the birth control movement in the United States and an international leader in the field. She is credited with originating the term birth control.
Sanger was the sixth of 11 children. She attended Claverack College and then took nurse's training in New York at the White Plains Hospital and the Manhattan Eye and Ear Clinic. She was married twice, to William Sanger in 1900 and, after a divorce, to J. Noah H. Slee in 1922. After a brief teaching career, she practiced obstetrical nursing on the Lower East Side of New York City, where she witnessed the relationships between poverty, uncontrolled fertility, high rates of infant and maternal mortality, and deaths from botched illegal abortions. These observations made Sanger a feminist who believed in every woman's right to avoid unwanted pregnancies, and she devoted herself to removing the legal barriers to publicizing the facts about contraception.
In 1912 Sanger gave up nursing to devote herself to the cause of birth control and sex education, publishing a series of articles on the topics, including "What Every Girl Should Know" for the New York Call. In 1914 she issued a short-lived magazine, The Woman Rebel, and distributed a pamphlet, Family Limitation, advocating her views. She was indicted for mailing materials advocating birth control, but the charges were dropped in 1916. Later that year she opened in Brooklyn the first birth control clinic in the United States. She was arrested and charged with maintaining a "public nuisance," and in 1917 she served 30 days in the Queens penitentiary. While she was serving time, the first issue of her periodical The Birth Control Review was published. Her sentencing and subsequent episodes of legal harassment helped to crystallize public opinion in favour of the birth control movement. Sanger's legal appeals prompted the federal courts first to grant physicians the right to give advice about birth control methods and then, in 1936, to reinterpret the Comstock Act of 1873 (which had classified contraceptive literature and devices as obscene materials) in such a way as to permit physicians to import and prescribe contraceptives.
In 1921 Sanger founded the American Birth Control League, and she served as its president until 1928. The league was one of the parent organizations of the Birth Control Federation of America, which in 1942 became the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, with Sanger as honorary chairman. Sanger, who had traveled to Europe to study the issue of birth control there, also organized the first World Population Conference in Geneva in 1927, and she was the first president of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (founded 1953). Subsequently she took her campaign for birth control to Asian countries, especially India and Japan.
Among her numerous books are What Every Mother Should Know (1917), My Fight for Birth Control (1931), and Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography (1938).


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Hey there everyone, I have a 4 month old puppy who I've had since 8 weeks. I've read everything about potty training, and have been very diligent since day one. However, he will still go in the house at every chance he gets, without warning. He has learnt the 'go potty' and 'go pee pee' commands and usually knows what to do when I take him outside, but I can't help but feel there's something I'm doing wrong. I understand that every puppy is different but I just wanted to ask roughly how long it took all of you to potty train your puppies? And also, if there's anything else I can do.
Thank you for your time and answers.


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The IRS does not take kindly to liars – especially when the fibs have seven figures.
A federal jury convicted a Georgia man Wednesday for using a phony Treasury bond to claim he was owed a $1.7 million tax refund, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Prosecutors said Donus R. Sroufe, 55, claimed he received $2.5 million from the bond and paid more than $2.6 million in federal taxes, when neither was true. (The IRS apparently caught the return before any money was paid out.)
But as MarketWatch has reported, even small lies can get taxpayers hit with a collection notice, flagged for an audit, or worse. The taxman will take a second look at a return if the deductions claimed seem out of line for the taxpayer's income. The agency also has software to help it spot unreported income.
Sroufe's more serious charge of filing a false claim comes with a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Lying about income on a return, claiming false deductions or just plain not filing or paying your taxes could also lead to tax evasion charges or jail time — even if you're a celebrity.
And even after receiving an undeserved refund, taxpayers aren't necessarily in the clear. As tax attorney Robert Wood wrote Thursday for Forbes, people who erroneously get a larger than expected refund could get a letter from the IRS asking for the money back, with interest.


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Poverty is the worst form of violence.
– Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
As the Occupy movement approaches its one year anniversary, there remains much criticism from our "supporters" on the structure of our organization. While some insist that we forfeit many of our moral ideals and compromise our political beliefs in order to endorse particular political candidates, others, still, critique our message as being too broad and incoherent.
To the latter, we declare that we simply value people over profits. A society of individuals acting solely out of self-interest and making decisions based upon the profit-motive alone, though easy to understand within the human construct of finance and commerce, is ultimately doomed to collapse. It's unsustainable at best. As the externalities of our manifested greed continue to exploit labor, pollute our planet, and tear at the social bonds that create the basis of any well-functioning community, we ask that you bear witness to the suffering of others that our conveniences have afforded us. Surely, you must agree, that we can create an alternate economy that is better equipped to utilize the human condition than our current infinite consumption model.
To the former, those who believe that Occupy squandered the perfect opportunity in 2011 to get candidates elected in 2012, we openly declare that casting a ballot every two years is the lowest common denominator of civic engagement. Though we may agree that voting is a fundamental duty of all persons, we are convinced that direct democracy is the best way to reach full participation from the population. As our current form of institutionalized democracy has been compromised by a seemingly endless flow of cash from special interests and corporate lobbyists – a democracy that produces a mere 30% turn-out rate every few years – we view the idea of "reforming the vote by voting" as ridiculous as you probably view non-hierarchical consensus based decision making.
On Monday, September 17, we again seek to occupy public spaces in order to foster a safe environment for healthy, political discourse. Let us deconstruct the polarizing effects that the corporate media has imprisoned us in and begin to treat each other not as sworn partisan enemies, but as neighbors. Neighbors with a shared existence and a shared environment. Neighbors with similar stories of being overworked and underpaid. Neighbors who will undoubtedly suffer the penalties of complacency once our multi-national corporate masters and false federal prophets have abandoned us to the squalor that we have left for our children.
If we are condemned to endure the consequences of our "democracy" then we must be prepared to take a more active role in molding it. As Americans, we are the Global 1%. Our "national interests" have allowed the pernicious gluttony that has overtaken the globe to thrive and gain momentum here for generations. It has perpetrated crimes against humanity through the use of violence, toxic pollution, and exploitation of human suffering both at home and abroad. It was bought and paid for with our tax dollars and we cannot afford to foster this type of sociopathic behavior any longer. It is now our civic duty to replace this vicious culture of fear and greed with one of liberty and kinship. We must become the ones we have been waiting for because the World is waiting for us.
Join us Monday, September 17
Time: 4:30pm to 7pm
Location: Wingfield Park
Free Speech and Free Food for all attendees..
Let the World rejoice with the coming of a liberated American people.
Vetting the Candidates
One of the Occupy movement's biggest concerns is increasing transparency and ease of access to the political process. Toward this goal, Occupy Reno has compiled a vetting questionnaire for all candidates below the presidential level who will be represented on our ballots here in Washoe County in November. The questions we chose for this vetting process are by no means exhaustive, but we felt they were the most generally relevant and at least a good starting point. If you have any issues of local or general importance that you think needs to be addressed by the candidates, email them to firstname.lastname@example.com and we will be sure to forward the issue on to them.
Click HERE for a link to the first round of Q&As from our potential representatives.
The Occupy Reno Real News
Every Tuesday from 5:30pm to approximately 7:00pm, The Occupy Reno Real News team records its weekly segment at the Cordone building located on the corner of Vassar and Cordone. The weekly taping is open to the public and all are welcome to give a 3-5 minute segment themselves.
Click HERE to view a list of all previous episodes.
Updates on Recent Arrests
On May 28, 2012, 12 people were arrested for participating in an "Anti-Police Oppression" march after view THIS VIDEO of a local homeless youth being assaulted at the homeless shelter for sleeping next to a shopping cart. Though the demonstration was not sanctioned by the General Assembly of Occupy Reno, 5 Occupy Reno participants marched in solidarity not just with those who have experienced the brutality of certain police officers over-extending their authority, but also in remembrance of all those who have fallen to protect our right to free speech. Read the original article HERE.
The original charges of "Unlawful parade/demonstration/march" have been amended to jaywalking. Some of us, however, maintain our innocence in these actions and will take the charges to trial. We'll keep you posted.
RISE and Dine: People Feeding People
On Saturdays at 5:00pm, Occupy Reno joins the Reno Initiative for Shelter and Equality (R.I.S.E.) outside of the Community Assistance Center (CAC) at 335 Record St to serve approximately 250 or more of Reno's most poverty-stricken until approximately 6:00pm.
Click HERE for more information.


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The Virage is Aston Martin's latest all-new vehicle, bridging the price gap between the DB9 and the range-topping DBS. Unlike either of those vehicles, however, the Virage is designed as a 2+2 layout, meaning that it may ostensibly accommodate four people. The Virage is available either as a coupe or Volante (convertible).
The Virage is propelled by Aston Martin's signature 6.0-liter V12 engine. In this car, the power unit produces 490 hp at 6500 rpm and 420 lb-ft of torque at 5750 rpm. Power and torque are transferred to the rear wheels by a six-speed "Touchtronic II" gearbox. Zero to 60 mph is achieved in around four and a half seconds, and Aston Martin claims the top speed to be 186 mph.
Along with the inherent luxury and refinement defined by the DB9 series, the Virage also incorporates some of Aston Martin's top-level technology derived from that in the quarter-million-dollar DBS, such as Carbon Ceramic Matrix (CCM) brakes as standard equipment, and a newly developed Adaptive Damping System (ADS) designed to actively "read" the road to provide optimum handling characteristics.
2011 Aston Martin Virage
Layout: Longitudinal front engine, rear-wheel drive
Engine: 6.0-liter V12, dohc, 48-valve
Transmission: Six-speed automatic
Power: 490 hp @ 6500 rpm
Torque: 420 lb-ft @ 5750 rpm
0-62: 4.6 sec.
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Jump-start your career with BDO! At BDO, we focus on choosing the right people for the right projects, whether working with our clients or with colleagues. We invest in the best and brightest people who value honesty and trust, have an inspiring track record of achievement in and outside of their work, and are committed to working as a team to deliver exceptional client service.
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Interested in becoming an accounting professional?We want you to become a great accountant, auditor and business advisor. For you to achieve that, we believe in helping you find the right environment, and providing the mentorship and experience you need to decide which direction your professional career will go. As a student in BDOs Assurance and Accounting group, you will have the opportunity to:
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The perfect combination of size and personal attention.With more than 3,000 professionals in Canada, and more than 60,000 around the world, BDO is among a small group of accounting and advisory networks able to compete on the national and global stages. For all our professionals, we provide personalized attention, guidance, and an extraordinary level of support. We are committed to providing intern and co-op students with opportunities to gain practical experience to start building a solid technical foundation in the discipline of their choosing.
Life at BDOAll students joining BDO will have the opportunity to work in a learning culture, in an environment that is continually teaching through practical experience and technical training. We provide our people with unique opportunities that are only available through our team size and the type of work we do. These include:
BDO proudly represents and supports our communities with charitable activities, volunteerism and donations. We also grant our employees one community day per year to participate in an organization of their choosing.
How to Apply: We require all students to apply online. The application will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete.
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The most visible sign of change in Havelock for 2014 may be construction of a new city hall building. But perhaps the most important may not be visible at all.
The most visible sign of change in Havelock for 2014 may be construction of a new city hall building. But perhaps the most important may not be visible at all.
For the city, 2014 is expected to be a year of major projects, ranging from the new city hall to the completion of the sewer pipe relocation project, designed to allow for future growth in Havelock.
New city manager Frank Bottorff will have a front row seat for the construction of Havelock�s new city hall. His office in the current city hall is less than five feet from what will be the southeast corner of the new building.
�When they were flattening it out, I could feel the vibration of the rollers,� Bottorff said. �I certainly have a front row seat for the entire construction process, so there�s no doubt that I�ll have my eye on the ball the whole time. I�ll be able to give them plenty of supervision.�
Construction of the 9,295 square- foot building at the corner of Cunningham Boulevard and Governmental Avenue is in the early stages. The building is expected to be completed this year.
It is one of several city projects that could see significant development in 2014, including the sewer project, Slocum Creek recreation area and the Lewis Farm Road recreation area. The city also expected to complete a new economic development plan in 2014.
�Sewer is King�
The sewer pipe relocation project is about halfway through and could be completed by the summer.
The $11.5 million project moved the sewer discharge pipe from Slocum Creek about six miles across Cherry Point to the Neuse River. The project, which includes modifications to the sewer treatment plant, will raise the city�s sewer capacity from 1.9 million gallons per day to 2.25 million gallons per day.
�This will be a tremendous improvement for the city and gives us the ability for more development,� said Bottorff.
Currently, Havelock�s sewer system is near capacity, meaning the city would not be able to accept major commercial or residential developments. Completion of the project changes all that.
�Sewer is king,� Commissioner Danny Walsh said. �We are now prepared for the growth that everyone else has been enjoying. It�s our turn to accept some of this growth and to bring some of these commercial businesses in here and maybe to bring some of these restaurants if we�re lucky, but just be able to build anything that we want to build here in Havelock that we so desire. We now have the sewer capacity.�
Havelock Mayor Will Lewis called completion of the project a �huge step� toward city growth.
�In the past we�ve been hindered by the fact that we didn�t have sewer available when projects came to us,� Lewis said. �I think the economy is moving in a good direction and we�re going to be poised with our sewer and our infrastructure ready to help whenever businesses or residential development come on line. We�ll be able to support them where we haven�t been able to in the last several years.�
The pipe relocation is the first part of a three-phase project that calls for sewer capacity to be increased to 3.5 million gallons, which engineers project will satisfy the city�s sewer needs through 2030. The other two phases of the project have not started.
A place of center
Havelock could see substantive progress in 2014 on the Slocum Creek Waterfront Park.
Last year, the city made significant land purchases on the banks of Slocum Creek and announced a plan to develop a public water-access park. This year, the first phase of the development is expected to commence.
The city received word last week that it had been approved to receive a N.C. Division of Coastal Management grant of $60,700, with a $15,100 contribution from the city and $5,200 in the form of city employee time for the first phase. That project includes construction of a large kayak launch, a small kayak launch, picnic tables, park benches, trash receptacles, permanent cooking grills, a gravel driveway and signs.
It has yet to be determined exactly what route trails leading from the gravel parking lot to the water�s edge will take.
�We want to do them with minimal disturbance and working as best we can with the natural area,� said Katrina Marshall, city planner.
Lewis said the grant allows the city to get started on the project this year.
�What we are trying to do is make it useful,� he said. �That�s the biggest thing that this grant is going to help us do earlier than we would have been able to do with our own money. Right now you can go out there and walk around, but that�s about it. With this money, you�ll be able to kayak there. You�ll be able to fish. You�ll be able to sit down and eat your lunch, have a place to park and just enjoy the area. So that�s what you�re going to see with this money.�
Lewis said the park would be completed in phases.
�We�re creating a phased plan so that every year during budget, we can discuss that project and what we can afford as a city to move one step further,� he said.
Long-range plans call for the city to move the historic Trader Store and World War II-era train depot to the site, but that won�t happen this year. Lewis said the city would consider applying for grants specifically for historic preservation to finance that part of the project.
Lewis Farm Road park
In December, the city of Havelock received the deed to a 47-acre tract at the end of Lewis Farm Road from the N.C. Coastal Land Trust. The city also received word that it had qualified for a $500,000 N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund grant to develop a portion of the property into an athletic complex.
With the land and financing secured, the city plans to spend 2014 grading and improving the property to build two soccer fields.
�It will probably be 2015 before we see it as a usable facility, but all the progress will begin, getting the fields ready, turning it into a playable space,� Lewis said. �We�ve got infrastructure to put in as far as electric and plumbing, and those sorts of things, so we�ll be working on getting that done this year.�
Ultimately, the facility will have a lighted ball field, a parking lot, bathroom facilities, a concession stand and other features.
Lewis plans to uphold a promise to spend specified hours at Havelock City Hall to make himself available to residents.
�I will be instituting office hours in the next week or two,� Lewis said. �The city clerk and I are just trying to decide which days are the best for them, the businesses and for me. I�ll have office hours every week so that any citizen who wants can come in and talk to me about any issue and they will be regular hours every week on the same day.�
Lewis said the city staff is working on putting the mayor�s calendar on the city website and would work on creating a calendar for commissioners as well.
Havelock will be working on an economic development plan idesigned to look at Cherry Point but also beyond the base to explore economic diversity.
Family Dollar plans an 8,320 square-foot store next to Friendly Pawn on West Main Street, and DPD Concrete is opening a plant with a 1,860 square-foot building on a lot at the Havelock Industrial Park off Fontana Boulevard.
Meanwhile, Advance Auto on East Main Street is expected to relocate to a 6,732 square-foot store at the corner of South Jackson Drive and the service road.
Baldree�s Tire is expected to relocate next to Mario�s Pizza to make room for CVS Pharmacy, which has plans to move its store in the Westbrooke Shopping Center into a new 11,700 square-foot building at the corner of U.S. 70 and Catawba Road.


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2010 NFL Draft: Is Jerry Jones Tipping His Hand?
With the NFL Draft less than a month away, has Cowboys owner Jerry Jones tipped his hand?
By now most of you are familiar with Dez Bryant, the star wide receiver from Oklahoma State. The Star-Telegram recently wrote that Bryant may have validated himself as the "best receiver in the NFL Draft" during his most recent workouts.
Bryant is a homegrown talent who hails from Lufkin, Texas. As a senior he was a member of the Texas Football Super Team first-team and was All-state selection after recording 53 receptions for 1,207 yards with 21 touchdowns.
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll had some glowing remarks,
"He had a solid day. I don't know how it will affect him, but he has terrific hands, catching ability, and I really think he looked best running his routes and making plays on the ball."
KTRE Sports Director, Nick James, said the following:
"Dez looked explosive. He ran well, he caught the ball well and he looked like he was in shape."
Jones and the rest of the Cowboys' top brass will get their first up-close look at Bryant today and Thursday.
Yesterday, it was learned that Jerry Jones also plans to have dinner tonight with Bryant before a visit to Valley Ranch on Thursday.
The thing that interests me is why the sudden interest by the Cowboys in Bryant when everyone expects him to be long gone before the Cowboys select 27th in the draft?
With the emergence of Miles Austin and some great playmaking flashes from Kevin Ogletree, I didn't see wide receiver as an area of deep concern for the Cowboys.
Although he was expected to be a definite top ten pick, Bryant could drop a little bit due to questions about his character, but definitely not as low as 27th. His stock has dropped simply because he was suspended for most of his senior season for lying about his involvement with Deion Sanders, yet another Cowboys connection.
Will the Cowboys make a push to trade up and select him on Draft Day? Who really knows, but it's something worth keeping our eyes on.
Heck, he already owns an orange Cowboys jersey, how about a silver and blue one too?


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PHOENIX (AP) — Hated to do that to ya, kid.
Rick Pitino nearly came unhinged and his point guard watched the end of the game from the bench. When it was over, though, it was Pitino and Louisville making plans for the Final Four and his protege, Billy Donovan, and the Florida Gators wondering what the heck happened.
Chane Behanan made the go-ahead basket with 1:04 left Saturday and the fourth-seeded Cardinals finished the game on a 23-8 run for a 72-68 victory over Donovan's stunned Florida team in the West Regional final.
Russ Smith followed Behanan's bucket with a pair of free throws and then Florida freshman Bradley Beal and teammate Kenny Boynton each missed chances to tie.
Louisville made one more free throw to seal the game and reach its ninth Final Four, and second under Pitino, despite playing the final 3:58 without point guard Peyton Siva, who fouled out.
Florida (26-11) went out in the regional final for the second straight year, with Donovan falling to 0-7 lifetime against the man who coached him at Providence, hired him as an assistant at Kentucky and felt as proud as a papa when he watched Donovan win his two national titles in 2006 and 2007.
This was no heartwarmer, though.
Donovan got under Pitino's skin early in the second half during a timeout when he worked over the officials, who promptly called a foul against the Cardinals (30-9) when play resumed.
"He called that," Pitino shouted. "Why don't you just give him a whistle?"
Pitino couldn't get a break for a while after that and eventually was whistled for a technical foul. Erving Walker made four straight free throws and the Gators led by 11.
But the team that went 8 for 11 from 3-point range in the first half went cold — really cold — not hitting any of nine attempts from beyond the arc in the second.
The Gators missed seven shots and committed one turnover over the last 2:30. They didn't score after Boynton's layup gave them a 68-66 lead with 2:39 left.
© 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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NILES, IL, January 4, 2011 — For many music fans, just saying the name "KC & the Sunshine Band" brings back memories of the heady fusion between funk and dance music that dominated the pop charts in the 70s and 80s. Architects of such iconic #1 hits as "That's The Way (I Like It)," "Get Down Tonight," "Boogie Shoes," and many others, the band is still performing today, still led by founder Harry "KC" Wayne Casey and playing up to 100 shows a year.
While the band's shows are rooted in their extensive catalog of past hits, the show itself is a state-of-the-art production, including 13 musicians, two dancers, and a full sound and lighting package. When faced with the need to replace the group's in-ear monitor systems to comply with new FCC rules, the band's monitor engineer, Chad Griswold, began shopping around.
"The 700 MHz issue was the trigger. The new Shure PSM 900 was just being released at the time, so I decided to check it out," he states. "I got a demo from my Shure rep and took them out to a show, which was a great opportunity to compare apples to apples against our other systems. Sonically, it's crisp and clear, and it has more output than the brand we had been using. I love having that extra headroom available. And that's without even considering all the features on the technical side. When you put things side by side, sometimes the purchase decision becomes really obvious."
KC and the Sunshine Band is a true national act, maintaining two full sets of wireless gear – one in the band's Florida base, the other at Griswold's Mastermind Production Group Inc. in Anaheim, California. "KC and the Sunshine Band perform at a wide variety of venues, catering to a diverse population of audiences. Our gigs range from large corporate events to summer festivals and the high-end casino market," notes Chad, "and it's important that we have our full complement of wireless available."
That rig includes six channels of Shure UHF-R® wireless and eight channels of PSM 900. "Three of the UHF-R systems are handheld Beta 58As for the backing vocals, and the others are bodypack systems for guitar, bass, and KC's headset mic, which is the classic Crown CM311 that he's been using forever. In fact, that's one of only two inputs on the whole stage that's not a Shure mic."
In addition to Harry "KC" Wayne Casey and the backing vocalists, the show band includes original band member Fermin Goytisolo on percussion, along with a drummer, guitarist, two keyboardists, a bass, and a four-piece horn section. All are on IEMs. "It's really a great show band," says Griswold. "It's full of energy and captivating for audiences of all ages. The show is like a train. Once it starts rolling, no one can stop it. It's total entertainment."
Griswold became an instant fan of the many ways in which his new PSM 900 system helped keep the train rolling under control. "The musicians and singers love it," he says. "After the first sound check, my lead backing vocalist, who shall we say is very firm in her opinions, came up and said she absolutely loved it, that it was crisper and sounded clearer to her. As any monitor engineer will tell you, that's huge."
The ease of setup and operation were another revelation. "Shure has just added so many features that make my life easier. Frequency scanning and sync are incredibly fast, and I love the fact that the system transfers all of the information, including the names and limiter settings," he notes. "And having the ability to shut down the RF while keeping the transmitter powered up is a great feature for an engineer, as is Cue Mode. Now I can walk the stage with one pack before the show and make sure everyone has a clear channel and full coverage. It's incredibly user friendly."
Of course, the biggest issue for any group on the road is ruggedness and reliability, and Griswold gives the PSM 900 high marks in that area as well. "We've had these systems out in all kinds of conditions, including outdoor shows in 106-degree heat and 80 percent humidity, and I can honestly say there hasn't been a glitch," he reports. "The bodypacks are solid and compact; the belt clips are nice and tight. Combine that with that crisp, clear sound, the solid RF, and all of its features, and there's really no area the PSM 900 doesn't excel in. As KC might put it, that's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, we like it."


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Former Boston Celtics player Ray Allen spoke with the Miami Herald today, and revealed the details of a failed trade in 2009 that would have changed everything.According to Allen, Celtics GM Danny Ainge proposed a trade in 2009 that would have sent Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Amar'e Stoudemire, Leandro Barbosa, and the 14th-overall pick.
At first glance, it looks like the Celtics dodged a bullet on this one.
But think about how this would have affected the rest of the league.
After the 2010 season, the landscape of the NBA changed dramatically when LeBron James joined Wade and Bosh in Miami, Amar'e went to the Knicks, Carlos Boozer went to the Bulls, and Joe Johnson stayed with the Hawks.
Things would have been very different if that Celtics-Suns trade went through.
First of all, LeBron's exit from Cleveland came in the wake of an ugly and inexplicable meltdown against the Celtics in the 2010 playoffs. The Cavs were the best team in the NBA that year, but they were steamrolled by a veteran Celtics team that had an unparalleled level of on-court chemistry. If Boston shipped off Rondo and Allen the season before and replaced them with Amar'e, would they have even had a chance against Cleveland?
Maybe LeBron was always going to leave for Miami. But that loss to the Celtics erased all the positivity the Cavs built up throughout the year, and cultivated the sense that LeBron couldn't do it all by himself in Cleveland, he needed help if he was going to truly compete with the NBA's elite.
The rest of the league would have felt ripple effects as well.
The Celtics would have probably pushed to re-sign Amar'e, meaning the Knicks would have never gotten him in that crazy summer of 2010. Given Amar'e's steady decline since 2010, that might have been a blessing in disguise for NY.
Rondo eventually signed a below-market-value contract extension with the Celtics the season after the Suns trade fell through. But if he ended up on Phoenix, they would have had to choose between him and Steve Nash after the 2010 season. In all likelihood, they would have re-signed Rondo, and traded Nash (the Knicks were hot for him at the time).
Rondo has since bloomed into one of the NBA's most idiosyncratic stars, nearly beating the Big 3 Heat all by himself in last year's Eastern Conference Finals. Does that happen in Phoenix?
As for Boston, they would have had an overcrowded front court of Kendrick Perkins, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Kevin Garnett. They eventually traded Perkins to OKC in exchange for Jeff Green in 2011. But if you remember that trade, Boston originally wanted James Harden instead of Green. If Boston already had Amar'e, there is no way they would have agreed to take Green in that trade. So either, A) that trade would have never gone through, and OKC's now-familiar hierarchy of Durant-Westbrook-Harden would still be corrupted by the awkward presence of Green, or B) OKC would have agreed to include Harden in the deal.
If option B happened, the Thunder probably never become the juggernaut they are now.
The NBA is filled with these sorts of "what if's." But given the players and teams involved, and the fact that the NBA was on the brink of an unprecedented reshuffling of stars at the time, the Celtics-Suns trade is one of the most interesting ones.
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Friedensheim (Home of Peace), Berlin began in 1958 as a community center for assisting refugees and displaced war victims. It was built on the site of a bombed building with help from the Beachy Amish Mennonites. Originally staffed by voluntary service workers from the Beachy Amish churches in the United States, the center cared for more than 1,000 children over the years. As a result of the strong evangelical ministry of the American missionaries a congregation of converted persons, mostly of people with no Mennonite background, was formed. In 1975 this congregation became an independent church. In 1971 a rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol dependency was started and called Friedenshafen (Haven of Peace). This program was discontinued in 1985. A third center, Friedensnest (Peace Nest), was opened by the Friedensheim congregation to minister to the needs of Turkish immigrant families. Since 1982 the congregation has employed a German pastor as well as a matron for the community center.
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Mildred Norman was born on a small New Jersey chicken farm in 1908. A review of her youth provides few clues to the destiny that lay ahead. Her family didn't attend church and adhered to no particular religion. Mildred graduated from high school, got a job, wore makeup, bought nice clothes, drove a fancy car, went out on dates, and wrote amateur plays for a local Grange group.
The momentum of conventional living carried Mildred into marriage just as America fell into the Great Depression of the 1930s. Her husband had trouble finding work, and later, due to differences in fundamental values, their paths eventually diverged and the marriage ended. In this time of crisis, Mildred began to question her entire existence and its meaning. It was a turning point and time of preparation for her life to come.


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Monday, September 10, 2012
Mount Mary's blessings....
I was most touched when my good friend Rashmi Uday Singh sent me this uplifting image she'd clicked when she went to pray at the historic Mount Mary's church in Bandra. She said she had lit a candle for me and my family.... and I got all teary!
It has been that kind of a day.... sentimental and a little weepy. It is Danesh's birthday today.He is one of my oldest friends, and I love him dearly.He lives in Paris, but I still feel we are back attending Summer School in St.Xavier's College, every time we meet. The last time was a few months ago. We were both mourning the death of Gautam Rajadhyaksha. It was raining buckets on the Champs Elysee, as we sipped hot chocolate at Fouquet's, held hands and shed silent tears. I said a prayer for Danesh during my Ganesh puja. And I thought about the death of Dr. Verghese Kurien - an extraordinary man, a true visionary. I remembered vividly the time I had interviewed him in Anand more than 30 years ago. I had called him India's Doodhwala.... and the title had amused him greatly. It was such a special era.... you have to watch Shyam Benegal's 'Manthan' that was inspired by the Milk Revolution started by Dr. Kurien. At 90. Dr.Kurien slipped away knowing he had accomplished a singular mission. What a life! What a man!
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- obssesor said...
Yes. Kurien was an extraordinary man
- September 10, 2012 at 9:05 PM
- Tsomo85 said...
Wow! I'm going to watch that film definitely! Indeed what a man & what a vision. Amazing how some people make a difference in society & nation with their killer mind/vision! Mind & money can achieve a lot if done correctly! Superb!!!
- September 11, 2012 at 12:58 AM
- Tsomo85 said...
The yummy ~Amul The Taste Of India~ has feed us happily!!!!
- September 11, 2012 at 1:02 AM
- Desi Babu said...
Dear Mrs. De,
Thank you, for writing about Dr. Verghese Kurien, and for calling him India's doodhwala -- that is the best compliment I have come across in years. It is amazing how one person with the right drive can change a particular aspect of the country we love. I am so happy that he got to see the impact of his work.
A few years ago, when Dr. Norman Borlaug passed away, I remember reading an obituary that referred to him as "the man who fed the starving kids". No less can be said about Dr. Kurien.
I hope we have a few more people like Dr. Kurien in our country. And that they have the fortitude to climb out of the tin full of crabs we all seem to have become.
- September 11, 2012 at 1:00 PM
- NAT said...
@desi babu
Well said.....There could not be a better tribute to a person who changed so many lives.
Wish we had a few in parliament...also in the Country...
- September 11, 2012 at 3:21 PM
- Pooja Rathore said...
I saw the pic of mount mary and said an instant prayer(strong believer in prayers) ...imp prayer i wish it happens!!!Thanks for sharing the pic.
You are right Mr Kurien an extraordinary Man, may his soul rest in peace.
- September 11, 2012 at 9:09 PM
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- September 15, 2012 at 4:29 PM
- raj kosaraju said...
Back in the 1960s a comment made by the English: (The quality of sewer water in London is better than the quality of the milk in India) ignited him to start the GCMMF ( that created Amul brand of products), became the founder chairman of NDDB and later, led the Operation Flood project ( which eventually was the largest dairy development project in the world) that helped India to be the largest milk producer in the world. Dr. Kurien was the father of the White Revolution. But for the dedication and vision of Dr. Kurien and the leaders of the post-independence era, Amul could not have happened and the entire country would have missed "The Taste of India" concept. Amul is a buzzword today for global quality consciousness and world class products and has remained the same for more than six decades.
Though the country and the international community rewarded him with many recognitions like Padma Vibhushan, Rama Magsaysay Award, World Food Prize, etc., Dr Kurien still felt that his visionary efforts in achieving self-sufficiency of Milk and Dairy products was to be achieved alongwith a global mindset. He also ensured suitable remuneration for the Milk-producing farmers, establishment of a co-operative movement in the country, and ensuring a global quality for its dairy products were the most important factors in making the white revolution possible.
Long ago I saw the Hindi film Manthan. It truly depicted the role Kurien played in milk cooperatives. I wish his experiment had moved on to other sectors too. A true hero. A visionary. A man with a purpose. I first saw him in Anand in 1989 when I was in Bharuch. He was a simple man. He did his MS in engineering and a research scholar from one of the top universities in the US. He thought of returning back for the upliftment of the poor in India despite the fact that he would be foregoing very high positions in US firms. Dr. Kurien whose life is a lesson for all of us to emulate his approach in our own fields and help people around us. That will be the greatest tribute to him, not the words of praise alone. Thank you Dr. Kurien. May his soul rest in peace.
- September 16, 2012 at 9:17 PM
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- Shridhar Mhatre said...
The Mount Mary Church is believed to have miraculous healing powers and is visited by people from all the communities and religions throughout the year.
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The legendary New Orleans man that brought two of the most important icons to the city, died on Sunday at the age of 87.
Dave Dixon passed away on Sunday after dealing with failing health over the past few weeks. His son Frank Dixon advised that his father died at home.
He was a businessman, art dealer, people person, and the person known as the man that brought professional football to New Orleans. On November 1, 1966, Mr. Dixon became the man responsible for bringing the Saints home.
Mr. Dixon is also who the person responsible for the Louisiana Superdome. he worked hand-in-hand with then LA Governor John McKeithen to bring about our huge landmark and make it real.
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Dave Dixon, driving force behind Superdome, dies Sunday morning
David F. Dixon, the driving force behind the concept and construction of the Louisiana Superdome and the father of professional football in New Orleans, died this morning, his son Frank Dixon said.
Working with Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, Mr. Dixon also founded World Championship Tennis, the linchpin of the open tennis format which ignited the high popularity of the sport. He also founded the United States Football League, which has since gone out of business.
The owner of Dixon and Dixon, a French Quarter art and antiques dealer, Mr. Dixon was a graduate of Tulane University. In recognition of his civic work, he was awarded the 1989 Times-Picayune Loving Cup, which is presented to New Orleans citizens who have worked unselfishly for the community without expectation of public recognition or reward.
He also has received an honorary degree and the Yenni Award for Distinguished Community Service from Loyola University. In 1986, he received the Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Mr. Dixon was invested as a Knight of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem in 1985, and, in 1989, as a Knight of St. Gregory. Both are papal orders.
He spoke at the graduate business schools of Stanford and Harvard universities.
"I know I'll always be remembered for the Saints and Superdome," Mr. Dixon said in 1990, "and I'm proud of that. But I also hope to be remembered as a person who worked for the brotherhood of man in his autumn years. Nothing, I sincerely believe, is more important than that."
One of Mr. Dixon's early supporters in the push to build the Dome was Gov. John J. McKeithen, who, while he was in office in the late 1960s, worked to launch the giant project.
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"In my entire public life or even private life, so far as that is concerned, I have never known a finer man. Unselfish, generous, honorable, energetic, and working always to improve New Orleans in all categories and phases," McKeithen said.
The Superdome has transformed Poydras Street into a main thoroughfare, and a business section which rivals Canal Street, New Orleans' traditional shopping center. Poydras, which had been a grim street bordered by railroad yards before the stadium rose, owes its flowering to the giant, mushroom-shaped structure that Mr. Dixon conceived.
Since its opening in 1975, the Superdome has attracted five Super Bowls, three NCAA Final Four tournaments, two NCAA regionals, and hundreds of major conventions, including the 1988 Republican National Convention. The Rolling Stones have played the mammoth arena four times, and, since 1995, the Dome has been the site of the burgeoning Essence Festival.
Another factor that helped lure New Orleans' three pre-Dome Super Bowls was the presence of the Saints, the professional-football franchise that Mr. Dixon helped make a reality.
It started in 1958, when Mayor DeLesseps S. "Chep" Morrison was heavily involved in trying to save the city's minor league Pelicans and, at the same time, trying to attract a major league franchise.
"I had been talking to Chep about some very informal plans he had been talking about to build a stadium on the lakefront to catch the eye of the major leagues," Mr. Dixon said. "I told him I thought the best and most likely avenue for our entry into major league sports was professional football. The NFL wasn't that big a deal then.
"He said, 'Why don't you do it?' I was shocked. Surprised."
Others endorsed the idea, all with the suggestion Mr. Dixon do it himself.
"That's how it got started," he said, "and then I had a tiger by the tail and couldn't let go. Always, at the point where any sane, sensible man would have given up, some little spark of encouragement -- or what I would perceive as encouragement -- would occur."
Tulane University's policy of not allowing Sunday football in its stadium -- a necessity, until the Superdome was built, in luring the NFL -- was one of Mr. Dixon's highest hurdles. He enlisted the private support of Joseph M. Jones, chairman of the Tulane Board of Administrators. But when Jones died, Mr. Dixon thought the venture could be in jeopardy.
But Darwin Fenner, Jones' successor as chairman of Tulane's board, told Mr. Dixon that he was aware of Jones' commitment and that he would work for the approval, which was granted in time for a 1963 exhibition doubleheader.
Mr. Dixon promoted exhibition games in 1962 and 1963 to demonstrate New Orleans' base of support. The first game was played at City Park Stadium, which had limited seating. The second date, the doubleheader, played at Tulane, drew more than 75,000 spectators.
"To show how naive I was," Mr. Dixon said, "how foolishly optimistic, in 1962, we passed out season ticket pledge forms for 1963. I still have about 50 of the pencils passed out, with the inscription 'New Orleans Saints, 1963.' "
Influential politicians, including House Majority Whip Hale Boggs and U.S. Senator Russell Long, helped Mr. Dixon bring professional football to New Orleans when the sport faced a serious anti-trust legislation. Boggs and Long steered an antitrust exception through Congress, which, in effect, cleared the way for a merger of the National Football League and the American Football League.
The reward for the legislative end run was a New Orleans franchise, awarded on All Saints Day 1966.
The team was to be called the Saints, a name Mr. Dixon had cleared with Archbishop Philip M. Hannan. "He thought it would be a good idea," Mr. Dixon recalled in an interview. "He had an idea the team was going to need all the help it could get."
The famed architect Buckminster Fuller provided the inspiration for the Superdome more 20 years before it or its predecessor, the Astrodome, was built.
Mr. Dixon got the idea reading an article about Fuller, who envisioned domed centers in the cities of the future. Fuller later was commissioned to design a domed stadium, which never became a reality, for Walter O'Malley's Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958.
Shortly after McKeithen's inauguration in 1964, he was visited by Mr. Dixon, armed with artist renderings of the building and drawings of elaborate meeting rooms and movable screens.
McKeithen embraced Mr. Dixon's stadium idea with startling enthusiasm. "He said, 'That would be the greatest building in the history of man. By God, we'll build it.' "
An amendment to the state Constitution had to be drafted to create a governing body and secure the financing. It passed, but then McKeithen wanted to increase the seats from 50,000 to 75,000. Delays, inflation and litigation over the expansion pushed the final tab to $163 million.
"A bargain," Mr. Dixon said with a wide smile. "That building has changed New Orleans, and it can do more."
Mr. Dixon is survived by his wife, Mary, and his three sons.
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The Man was simply dedicated, widely responsible for New Orleans Last Boom it ever had, they don't make em like this in the south anymore..
He's a clear example of how a real businessman suppose to do it, the state tried their best to stop it, the city pretended to like it but didn't dream as hard, and the man had passion and just drove it down everyone' throat until it was a done deal even after the state wanted to take the credit.
If New Orleans had a few guys like him right now in the city the city could eclipse any other growing or big city anywhere.
God bless you Dave, i wasn't around when you did all that you did but in Louisiana history i was forced and glad i was forced to read you in Louisiana History, then further my knowledge of you later on via the internet when it became the major source of information....
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Thank god he got to see the Saints win the Superbowl.
Thanks for everything Mr. Dixon. My condolences to the family.
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R.I.P Mr Dixon Thank you for the contributions to the Saints and the Superdome all of us on this and any other Saints forums salutes and thanks you for all of your hard work for New Orleans and the State as well some one sugest a statue of Mr Dixon should be erected and should Our heart and Prayers are with the Dixon Family
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R.I.P. Mr. Dixon. Thank you for helping to bring the greatest football franchise to the greatest city in the world!
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It is good that he was so well respected. That says a lot about the man. RIP
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