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New Survey Shows Insurance Covers Medication for Most
Posted: 02/18/2014
Despite the growth of managed care and pending changes in health insurance as a result of the U.S. Affordable Care Act, a new survey found that prescription medication is currently a covered expense for most rosacea patients.
In the survey of 1,259 rosacea patients conducted by the National Rosacea Society, 90 percent of the respondents reported that they have some type of health insurance, and of those, more than 72 percent said their insurance covers oral and topical rosacea therapy. On the other hand, the survey found that medical procedures, such as laser or other light-based therapy to remove visible blood vessels, are often considered cosmetic and rarely covered by insurance companies. Only 5 percent of the respondents said they had such coverage, 35 percent said they did not and 60 percent said they didn't know.
"Studies have shown rosacea can usually be well managed through a combination of medical therapy and trigger avoidance, so a lack of health insurance coverage could lead to more frequent flare-ups if a patient only avoids his or her individual triggers," said Dr. Julie Harper, clinical associate professor of dermatology at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. "In addition, because of the physical and emotional pain of rosacea, a strong case might be made that surgical procedures for this disorder are more than cosmetic."
The lack of health insurance or the amount of the required co-pay kept 47 percent of the survey respondents from obtaining medical care for their rosacea at some point. And 56 percent reported they had paid out-of-pocket for a rosacea-related medication or procedure not covered by their insurance policy. Of those answering the survey, the amount paid out of pocket was less than $100 for 33 percent, between $100 and $500 for 35 percent, between $500 and $1,000 for 12 percent and greater than $1,000 for 11 percent.
Those who reported spending at least $1,000 out-of-pocket were more likely to have more severe cases of rosacea. Twenty-three percent of those spending the most money said they had the skin thickening and enlargement of subtype 3 (phymatous) rosacea, compared to only 18 percent of the total sample, and 46 percent noted that they had the eye irritation of subtype 4 (ocular) rosacea.
Just having adequate health insurance does not necessarily mean smooth sailing for every rosacea patient, however. Eleven percent of those taking the survey reported that they have had to dispute charges relating to rosacea treatment with the insurance company. Twenty-one percent said they are required to obtain a referral from their primary physician in order to see a specialist such as a dermatologist or eye doctor.
Many patients reported frustration with their health insurance coverage as it related to their rosacea, especially when it refused to adequately pay for therapy that had been effective for them.
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When you come from someplace with a year-round, temperate climate, making gear for the outdoors is is a nice specialty market. Penfield, being from New England, do not have that kind of leeway. Making ourdoors gear in the Northeast is a tightrope without a safety net. If your stuff doesn't work, well, nice knowing you.
Penfield have been around for forty years, because their stuff works; it's that simple. Combine that functionality with a classically sharp sense of style, walking around the city looking like you got lost on your way to a ski lift isn't a great look after all, and you have a truly winning formula, and it's what Penfield does year after year, season after season.
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|Occasionally, the Danger DOES Come from Behind, Prompted By Something Ahead
I've been fortunate in my commutes, because they have generally avoided locales where I had to ride east, directly into the sunrise on westbound roads with heavy, high speed traffic or into the sunset in the same kind of traffic. I was reminded this morning just how fortunate I've been, when unusual circumstances led me to ride into the sunrise on eastbound Trinity Boulevard in east Fort Worth.
Motor traffic travels about 50mph along Trinity. It's a four lane road with no shoulder or bike lane. It is the type of road I ride frequently with no problems whatsoever. What made it scary this morning; was many motorists did not slow down appreciably when the morning sun reduced their ability to distinguish objects (such as cyclists) up ahead. Thrust into this situation, I felt very vulnerable indeed, because my margin of safety was reduced – and by an unknown amount. Sure, I was able to see well enough to avoid any obstacles up ahead, but it was not clear that one of "those motorists back there" might not get blinded by the sun. As it turned out, this morning, everyone was watching well enough that things did not get ugly and there were no close calls or hard braking, but I have to say I breathed a sigh of relief when I made my left turn and headed north. The motorists were scary because they were unpredictable, or so it seemed to me. While they were every bit as courteous as MY motorists and drove well and politely, they were not MY motorists. They were dangerous. I could FEEL it.
I like roads and conditions where motorists see and notice me a mile or two before they need to pass. Such roads and conditions almost universally apply in North Texas, and in most urban areas where motorists can actually drive at high speeds. Even if a motorist is distracted or impaired, distance, and a cyclist riding where the motorist is going to LOOK gives the motorist lots of time to react without any drama or fuss. My riding lane position contributes to early motorist recognition and reaction. During the entire time of "the honk project," I was never honked at due to a motorist being surprised by my presence. Honking was invariably due to misguided irritation at my mere presence, or due to a misguided attempt to let me know someone was going to go by. Knowing what my motorists behind are going to do allows me to focus most of my attention on the principal danger – hazards ahead of me.
Thinking back upon my misspent youth, four motoring circumstances where a properly and legally operating cyclist ahead of my car might have been most at risk included:
- When it was foggy – driving too fast for conditions
- When the windshield was partly obscured by frost or rain – driving too fast for conditions
- When sun obscured my vision – driving too fast for conditions (and this most recently occurred last week, though I was driving less than 10mph at the time. If you can't see, you CAN'T see)
- On twisty roads where a cyclist up ahead might be obscured – driving FAR too fast for conditions
As a cyclist, I'd rather NOT need to be lucky. I cycle defensively and conservatively; albeit assertively. Route planning and knowing local conditions, like weather and light, help me avoid many sticky situations. Experience and training help a lot, as do modern satellite maps. Viewed rationally, the situation this morning was not risky enough that I felt it necessary to simply get off the bike and walk. It was, however, stressful enough that I didn't feel my fellow road users were MY motorists. Instead, I was sharing the road with a scary truck operator I wasn't confident could clearly see what's straight ahead. It was a reminder of what many people riding bikes experience on a daily basis. They are out amongst road users they see as dangers rather than simply fellow road users trying to get from point to point safely. I would not ride in such circumstances unless I had no other choice. This morning was a good reminder. I'll try not to repeat it any time soon. It has increased my sympathy for people unused to cycling on regular streets with no special cycling infrastructure. Feeling secure, even if such a feeling is illusory, makes a real difference.


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How You Spend Your Energy Is Important
Faced with an ever-changing economy, businesses of all sizes and types are finding creative ways to improve energy efficiency and lower costs. SCE can help, with an array of tools designed to fit your specific needs: from case studies, showing how other businesses are saving energy, to valuable tips on making your workplace more energy-efficient, to alternative payment plans for more flexibility, we're there for you.
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You'll see our crews in your community making upgrades to the grid, such as replacing poles to strengthen our lines and make them more reliable. They're also repairing lines, transformers, and substations, and working around the clock during emergencies.
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frz needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 250 designs submitted by 78 freelance designers.
Sew Flippin Cool
Emily Flippin Maruna is a creative young mother who has always been a trend setter in her scene. Raising two kids under 5 in Portland, Oregon Emily decided to hand make every gift she had to give last year in an effort to save money and get in better touch with the value of giving. She blogged about her experiment at http://emilyflippinmaruna.wordpress.com/
The blog took off. She is now followed by many of her dream designers and has thousands of people who follow her advice and direction on finding cool ways to outfit their families and themselves.
Now Emily is taking her new talents in sewing and launching a boutique clothing line. Her creative direction is a balance of modern and vintage design with an emphasis on patterns from the 20's/30's in cuts from the 60's/70's. You can see a lot of her work on the blog.
She is now launching a website, starting to goto tradeshows, and generally launching a clothing brand. Before she married her awesome husband, her last name was actually "Flippin" which she kept as a middle name.. The brand "Sew Flippin Cool" seems like a slam-dunk no-brainer.
Kids clothes.
Moms who buy kids clothes.
Some clothes & accessories for Moms.
Some housewares.
Works well as a clothing tag.
Will work in a web design (not this project).
Should use one or two colors at most, and work well on a white background.
More likely than not this means a long rectangular form factor vs. a square or tall approach.
Easily readable.
Cute, memorable - all the stuff you want in a logo.
Unique enough that we can trademark it successfully, because we will.
We have some ideas that might work, but at this point - sky is the limit, let out your creative juices.
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The second in our continuing series of video conversations, Wabash Wednesday, will cover immersion learning. The moderated conversations allow alumni and friends to learn about College programs, faculty, and staff.
Wabash Magazine Editor Steve Charles will talk with Professor of History Rick Warner at 12:15, Wednesday, Oct 12. Warner has been a driving force behind Immersion Learning, and with Professor Bill Cook took students to Kenya last summer as part of a course on the history of Christianity in Africa. Warner has taken students all over the world and will talk about the powerful learning opportunities immersion trips provide.
Our next Wabash Wednesday:
Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Dr. Kay Widdows, who holds the John H. Schroeder Interdisciplinary Chair in Economics, will discuss Wabash's new Asian Studies program and how a $700,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support opportunities for students and faculty.


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Granite Stripe Broadcast (2013, Ep. 11): Talladega
Get ready for the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway with help from the Granite Stripe. Watch the broadcast, listen to the podcast and set your fantasy lineups before this weekend's big race.
Listen to the Granite Stripe Podcast (2013, Ep. 11): Richmond, Talladega, Stanley Cup.
Gavin and Jonathan recap the chaos at Richmond, speak with an Alabama native about Talladega and make thier picks for the race. As a bonus ending, they discuss the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Set your fantasy lineup with the fantasy preview: The Torture of Talladega.
Restrictor plate races at Talladega Superspeedway are great to watch if you're a fan. However, if you're a driver, a car owner, or even a fantasy owner, it's a whole different story.
Join the debate with this week's Magic Mile Power Rankings.
1. Jimmie Johnson - Look, he started 26th. He ran as high as third. He got incidently side-swiped by Tony Stewart. And he somehow salvaged a 12th-place finish. And after all that, he was still able to extend his points lead in the standings. Not a bad day when you really think about it.


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Opinion: Soulsearching and Handwringing
Senior editorial writer Collin Levy on what Republicans think went wrong this election. Photo: WSJ Screen Shot
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... the GOP response to what happened last Tuesday senior editorial page writer ... Collin Levy welcome column ... saw lots of hand wringing and soul searching going on and not ... political right for the past week on twenty twenty make of that ... it's the it's an animal is always happens after that and a loss ... now it's Tuesday ... that it was looking at now is whether or not what happened ... last week was ... essentially a tax loss lost ground in China she always little things that ... the next ... round ... it whether or not ... this was the big strategic loss ... and a rejection of a Republican now so ... I am and eight ... but he will be looking at and ... at the top ... of ... when you need ... all ... all all ... you're you're going and an outcome that ... it's not ... obviously I including the judging and that doesn't lessen the weight worsened and I know ... so I immigration reform is going to be ... a TA thinks that Republicans should be looking at the next two years to try to read and went wild as we see in the increasing ... write write yet I think ... immigration ... and Latino ... that awful lot of bomb ... plot with on on the political right column ... you mentioned tactics earlier and I wonder if there's a temptation here ... for the GOP to go down the identity politics route that we see iam ... on the lapped IDC that's how Obama won ... targeting women targeting black tightening Hispanics are you concerned that the that the GOP ... is going to ALM go down that path ... I'm not telling voters that ... that that couldn't be that that's can it be that particular path that they couldn't take and identity politics that ... I think the real issue here is going to be about rebranding ... the party and I think the reason that ... I've ... written about a fifth and I can read about immigration reform and that ... what what the party really need to do here it is to create the larger narrative of the philosophy of the party that day ... you know that the ... Republican party about freedom ... I Republicans have argued that freedom and prosperity ... and I think that one of the big problem that they had like immigration ... Aiden on the right to stand ... so I ... wrote them ... for voters is that it's very hard to square with the larger picture of what the party but to be about ... and you know you Romney I actually won young voters and one independent ... every slightly higher than John McCain did it into thousandeight ... so some of the time of it you know it's time to nail biting about that ... is a little bit overwrought ... but as the broader map that point I think young voters need to understand what the party in for good and you know it and it has been getting around to it often


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I hope you all enjoyed last night's first ever Vegan Cupcake Wars—a show I was so honored to be a part of! The challenge posed to the vegan bakers was to create the ultimate array of vegan cupcakes fitting to debut at the Green Festival in Los Angeles. In case you missed Sunday's show, the episode will be available soon on FoodNetwork.com. I had so much fun appearing as a guest judge! Today I thought I'd give you a little peek behind the scenes to see what goes on and what it was like tasting 30 cupcakes!
I arrived at 6:30am and was escorted to my dressing room for wardrobe, hair, and make-up. I was so lucky to have my favorite Dean Roybal from Planet Salon do my hair and make-up He used all AVEDA products on me which were, of course, vegan.
At about 8am I was escorted on set, met the host Justin Willman and the other permanent judges Candace Nelson and Florian Bellanger. They were super nice!
And here was my view for most of the day:
This really wasn't like any other set I had ever been on! Watching the contestants run around making their cupcakes… I don't know how they do it! It was so stressful just to watch. I was sure happy to be sitting on the other side of the judges table.
We filmed all day and to answer the question you all have been asking, yes, I really did eat all of those cupcakes, plus a few dozen more! Such a sugar rush! I'm not sure how Candace and Florian do it everyday! More than 12 hours and 30 cupcakes later, we wrapped; it was truly a day of sweet indulgence but also quite an enlightening food television experience and one I hope to have more of!
The following weekend everyone at Green Fest LA got to experience and taste the winners cupcakes. Here I am with the winner Stephanie Sparkles from Bliss Cakes and her winning display:
PS if you like my dress it came from my friend Kris's adorable shop in Manhattan Beach called Bella Beach! And here we are shooting a little promo clip for the show (how beautiful do these cupcakes look??):
It was such a fun experience and I have to thank Food Network and everyone involved in having me on the show! Be sure to catch me LIVE on stage at the GreenFest NYC on April 21 & 22nd, EarthDay Weekend!


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I'm going on my first research trip!
Well, it's not exactly a research trip but I will be able to sneak in the better part of two days in DeWitt County, Illinois to look for dead people in cemeteries, libraries, historical societies, and who knows where else.
During a road trip next month, we'll stop for a few days in DeWitt County which is where several generations of my family lived. In fact, Rebecca Waller was married here to William Warren McAboy and gave birth to my great grandmother, Mabel McAboy, in Clinton, Illinois. I've been able to identify the final resting place for many of the McAboys and Wallers and am anxious to get to the cemeteries to find their graves (the photo volunteers on findagrave in this part of the country haven't been too responsive). I also think that my 3rd great grandfather, Emery Waller, and maybe his father, Solomon Waller, might be buried here.
I'm looking for suggestions as to what I need to do to plan my trip.
What preparation should I do before I go? Who do I need to call before I arrive on their doorstep? I have purchased the book Courthouse Research for Family Historians by Christine Rose - just need to actually open it and start reading ;-)
What should I take with me? How should I organize it? I'll have my little netbook with me and maybe some hard copies of specific people I want to research but what else?
Do I need a portable scanner? I've looked at the flip-pal mobile scanner and a wand type scanner from Costco. What do you have? What do you like about it or not like about it? Since my time will be limited and I'm technologically challenged, I'd like something easy to use that will provide me with a clear scan. Or do I even need this?
How do I "find" my ancestors who might be buried there? Where do I start? I've been in touch with the DeWitt County Historical Society but they were unable to find my people. Do I just show up at the courthouse and start going through records from the time frame they died? In one case, I don't even know exactly when he died.
I've already done some pre-planning but I'd love any and all advice from the experts out there. Let's hear it!


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They barely squeaked into the playoffs by winning their final regular season game. The Hershey Bears make the most of their playoff opportunity by defeating the Providence Bruins 5-2 in Game One of their best of five series. Hershey capitalized on a handful of power play chances to take an early lead and never trailed in the series opener.
The following is the official game story from the Hershey Bears:
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The HERSHEY BEARS scored three times on the power play and Philipp Grubauer made 31 saves for his first career AHL postseason victory, a 5-2 decision over the Providence Bruins on Friday night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. The Bears take a one game to none lead in the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with the win.
The visitors came out flying and created two good scoring chances before the game was two minutes old. Bruins netminder Niklas Svedberg picked up where he left off in the regular season, making a pad stop on a Jeff Taffe redirection attempt for his best stop of the period. The Bruins would then take the first penalty of the game, and the Bears made them pay. Off of a turnover at the Bruins net front, Taffe faked Svedberg down and passed to his left, where Joey Crabb had a slam dunk for a 1-0 lead.
The Bears then opened the game up with three strikes in the middle period, the first two coming on the man advantage. Casey Wellman made it a 2-0 game when he banked a shot off of a Providence defenseman and through the legs of Svedberg at 4:43, while the Bears worked a two-man power play.
Hershey cashed in on the second portion of the advantage as well. Nicolas Deschamps would work the puck to the point, and Tomas Kundratek let fly with a wrist shot. Jon DiSalvatore, from inside the right circle, deflected the puck down and past Svedberg at 5:22.
Just four minutes later, Peter LeBlanc would win a faceoff in the left circle. Ryan Stoa immediately pushed it to the center point, and Dmitry Orlov let fly with a slapper that eluded Svedberg over the glove for a 4-0 lead.
Michael Hutchinson came on in relief of Svedberg at that 9:23 mark, and stopped all six shots he faced. That allowed the Bruins to gain a bit of momentum, as Jamie Tardif drove the slot and chipped a pass from Jordan Caron over Grubauer at 13:56. After a long video replay review, the goal would stand. The Bears took the 4-1 lead into the second intermission.
Providence clawed back even further, as Christian Hanson made it a 4-2 game early in the third period when a puck bounced off the back wall right to the center's stick. With Grubauer down at the top of his crease, Hanson tucked the puck home from the side at 3:54.
Providence had two power play chances in the third period to try and cut the deficit even further, but the Bears penalty kill finished perfectly. Michael Latta capped off the night by hitting the empty net for a shorthanded strike with 6.2 seconds left on the clock.
Grubauer improves to 1-0 in the postseason, while Svedberg was tagged with the loss, making 19 saves on 23 shots in 29:23 of play. Hutchinson stopped all 11 shots he faced and earned no decision in 29:10 of work.
The Bears were 3-for-6 on the power play and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.
The Eastern Conference quarterfinal series remains in Rhode Island for Game Two this coming Sunday, April 28. Face off is set for 3:05 PM. The series will shift to Chocolatetown for Game Three on Saturday, May 4, with puck drop scheduled for 7:00 PM.
Tickets for Game Three of this series are on sale at the GIANT Center box office, by calling (717) 508-BEAR, or online at TicketMaster.com.


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The longtime Bel-Air home of actress Elizabeth Taylor has come on the market at $8.6 million.
Owned by Taylor since 1981, the 1960s ranch house with brick motor court sits on 1.27 acres. The 7,000-square-foot home features a wood-beam ceiling and wood-burning fireplace in the living room, which like a sitting room and the dining room, can access the pool terrace. A galley-style kitchen, powder room, a master suite, two other bedrooms, maid's quarters, an office and a bathroom with sauna complete the downstairs. Another master suite is upstairs for a total of five bedrooms.
The grounds include the pool with spa, terraced gardens, trails and a koi pond with waterfall.
Taylor, who died in March at 79, won Oscars for her performances in "Butterfield 8" (1960) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966). Roles in "National Velvet" (1944), "A Place in the Sun" (1951), "Giant" (1956) and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958) are partly why she is ranked seventh on the American Film Institute's greatest screen legends list.
David Mossler of Teles Properties, Beverly Hills, is the listing agent.


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Soak the chickpeas in enough cold water to cover generously and make a paste up with the flour, salt and baking soda and a little more cold water. Add this to the soaking chickpeas. Leave for 24 hours.
Drain and thoroughly rinse the chickpeas in a colander under cold running water in the sink. Tip them into a large saucepan, cover abundantly with cold water and add the halved onion, sprigs of thyme and olive oil. Do not salt: at this stage it would make the skins tough. Put on a lid, bring to the boil and let bubble away for an hour and a half. At this stage only make you take off the lid to see how cooked the chickpeas are; you may also now add salt. If they're cooked, you should lower in a measuring cup to remove about 2 1/4 cups of the cooking water; otherwise keep going until they're ready.
Once you've reserved your chickpea cooking liquid, drain the chickpeas and remove - with tongs for ease - the bits of onion and thyme. This doesn't have to be ruthlessly carried out, but just get rid of any obvious bits. Once cold you can place the chickpeas in a storage bin, tossing them first in olive oil to prevent drying, until you need them; or else cook them through to the final stage, let them cool and refrigerate them in a covered container or bowl covered with plastic wrap.
Roughly seed and chop the red chile pepper, peel and chunk the onion, press on the garlic cloves to loosen, then remove the skins, add everything, along with the thyme leaves, into the processor and blitz to a pulp. In a large, deep frying pan or casserole - whatever suits - pour the olive oil, and when warm, tip in the pulp from the processor. Sprinkle with salt and cook gently, stirring occasionally, for about 5 to 10 minutes or until soft. Add the chickpeas and turn to coat, then pour in about half the chickpea cooking liquid and bring to a boil. Put on a lid and let cook gently until the chickpeas are hot and soft; you will probably need to remove the lid at the end of cooking to let excess water evaporate. If, however, you run out of liquid before the chickpeas are tender and soused enough, simply add more of the reserved water.
When the chickpeas are ready, turn into a large bowl, or keep in the pan in which you've cooked them. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil and stir until the chickpeas are glossy but not too thickly slicked. Sprinkle over sea salt and some thyme leaves if you feel like it (and happen to have some scattered anyway over the work surface - you might well at this stage) or leave them simply oiled and salted.


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With Independence Day and freedom appreciation on the minds of many drivers and fans, the FUEL Racing Series is set to kick off holiday celebrations with back-to-back races this weekend at Carolina Speedway (Gastonia, N.C.) and Lancaster Super Speedway.
With six events in the books this season, the weekend's doubleheader sets the tone for the stretch run to the 2016 series championship.
Jonathan Edwards sits atop the championship standings heading into tonight's race at Carolina Speedway.
Alexus Motes highlighted racing action at Lancaster Super Speedway, taking her first career win in the M&M Garage Extreme 4 non-winners race Saturday night.
Motes and the W12 car of Keith Woolford battled for the top spot when the green flag waved. Woolford grabbed the early lead, while Motes gave chase.
As the laps ticked off, Motes started to run down Woolford.
Coming to the white flag, Motes was all over Woolford's back bumper, pushing him down the front straightaway.
This Saturday night is Bounty Night and Bonus Money at Lancaster Super Speedway.
Speedway owner Doug McManus put up a $100 bounty on the Bakers (Andrew and Brandy) in the Montgomery Towing Super Stock Division.
Then two more sponsors stepped up and put up more bounty money on the Bakers. Swankyville and Rocky's Electric have put up $100 each to any driver who can beat the Bakers this Saturday night, for a total bounty of $300.
Veteran driver Timbo Mangum dashed to a pair of wins to highlight action at Lancaster Super Speedway on Saturday night.
Mangum and Benji Knight were on the front row for the SECA Crate Late Model main. When the green flag dropped, Knight, Mangum, Brandy Baker and Travis Steele roared into turn one battling for the lead. Exiting turn two, Mangum, Knight, Steele and Baker battled for the top spot.
As the laps ticked off, it became a three-car battle as Mangum, Knight and Steele began to distance themselves from the rest of the field.
Lancaster Super Speedway, coming off one of its top racing nights of the 2016 season, will feature the SECA Crate Late Models and Late Models racing together Saturday night.
This combination is an idea LSS owner Doug McManus has been considering as some of the Late Model drivers have asked him to do this due to the SECA Crate Late Models and Late Model times are similar.
The admission prices are $25 for the pits and $12 for the grandstands. Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and 5 for grandstands.
A return to racing at Lancaster Super Speedway featured some of the top action of the 2016 season.
Veteran driver Andrew Baker highlighted the night, taking two wins.
u The Montgomery Towing Super Stock main event front row had Matthew Cauthen and Brandy Baker.
At the green flag, Brandy Baker, Cauthen, Andrew Baker and Justin Norwood roared into turn one battling for the lead.
Some early race cautions halted action, but once the race got rolling, it was Cauthen, Brandy Baker, Andrew Baker and Norwood in a lead battle.
Josh Langley was all smiles Saturday night after capturing his first career Super Late Model win with the Ultimate Super Late Models Power Satellite 40 at Toccoa Raceway in Georgia.
Langley's Super Late Model checkers earned him $4,000 with the 40-lap victory at the Georgia track.
"It was good to win and I'm thrilled to get that first one," Langley said. "We have had our share of tough luck, so this win really was exciting.
"It was great to get the win at a tough track and against a top field."
Rain dominated for a second straight week as racing action at Lancaster Super Speedway was washed out.
The LSS hot laps for the June 4 action were about to get rolling when the rain picked up and forced the LSS staff to cancel the racing night.
Racing action returns, with the future cast for the weather looking much better.
Fans and drivers with rain-out tickets from the May 28 race will need to bring their tickets/arm bands from that race for free admission Saturday night.
The admission prices are $25 for the pits and $12 for the grandstands.
Lancaster Super Speedway action was rained out Saturday night, but a special attraction is on tap this week after the May 28 postponement.
LSS racing Saturday was halfway through the heat races when the rain came.
Following the rain out, track officials are focusing on Saturday, June 4 when Lancaster Super Speedway is set to host one of the most popular series in the Carolinas, the Race Engineering Monster Mini's 4-Cylinder Series.
Racing action is slated to return to Lancaster Super Speedway on Saturday night.
The LSS action will feature six divisions of racing on the card.
The action will be highlighted by the SECA Crate Late Model Division paying $800 to win.
The SECA Crate Late Model Division is regarded as one of the fan favorites due some of the track's most popular drivers racing in the division each week.
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I've been following Governor Scott Walker on Twitter for a good while now and there are two clear trends. First, most stuff is unspeakably trivial (as discussed here). Second, when there is a tweet of any substance, it's often a sign that there's bad news on exactly the same topic that's just broken.
This has been his game on jobs. As Wisconsin has been to losing more jobs than any other state, every report is met by a 'look over there, not over here' tweet, like 'Our unemployment rate is lower than Illinois's rate'. In fact, now, when I see a tweet from the twit on economic news, I instantly check to see what bad news has come out about Wisconsin's continuing slide. Today, the tweet you see here came through and I went to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to see the headline pasted in below (screenshot from a later update, but text unchanged, I think).
15,600 jobs added in 2012 is not exactly impressive, but in fact, we've lost 23,900 jobs over the past year, so he had to pick a little uptick in the overall downward trend.
Are there Walker supporters who feel good about this approach to things?
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Walker's weak but brazen spin
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LeAnn Rimes and her husband Eddie Cibrian share a sweet kiss while waiting to go through security at LAX Airport on Sunday (May 22) in Los Angeles.
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Later that evening, LeAnn tweeted that she had a great evening on the beach!
Last week, LeAnn and Eddie, 37, celebrated the pickup of his new show The Playboy Club at the NBC Upfronts after party in New York City.
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WALTHALL — The funeral for Deborah "Debbie" Williams Swords will be services will be today at 11 a.m. at the Cumberland Baptist Church in Cumberland with burial to follow in the Clarkson Cemetery in Webster County.
Oliver Funeral Home of Eupora is in charge of all arrangements.
Mrs. Swords, 56, died Monday, September 27, 2010 at her home in Walthall.


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But one thing I was very impress with. Did you see how Queen and her husband, the Duck of Edinburgh, the way they stood all those hours on the royal boat all down the river? Imagine, yaar, she deep into her eighties and he almost hundred years old and standing so long without even holding on to anything? If the Old Bag, Janoo's mother had seen it, she would have said they must have eaten lots of desi ghee as kids. It strengthens your bones, na. I said to Aunty Pussy that you tau must be remembering the Queen's carnation 60 years ago? And she said, "hai, jaan, how could I? I was only five then!" I swear, what a bear faced liar she is! She's even older than Sir Clip Richards.
Vaisay did you see how he was leaping around on the stage at the concert? Like he was twenty or something? And Grace Jones like a pehelwan, I swear! Janoo says she's at least 65. Thanks God she didn't take off her big plastic headdress because I think so if she had, her plastic face would have come off with it also. And did you see the fire works? And the lights ka show? Uff total tabahi! And next day they had this big lunch jiss pay total ordinaries like gardeners from Regent Park and nurses from hospitals were invited to come and sit with khandanis like Kate and Queen vaghera. Imagine!
Why can't we ever have anything fun like that in Pakistan? A big party where everyone's invited and there's raunaq and gaana bajaana? I suppose mullahs will say it's anti Islam to enjoy and Imran will say it's beghairat to party when we're bangrupt and in any case even if we did have it, the Taliban would burst at least three four bums and kill a hundred people and kidnap fifty others, so I suppose achha hi hai that we just sit inside our guarded, walled houses and watch other countries celebrating and enjoying. Sigh.


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• Guillot considering many options for Dwyer winner Moreno
• Shirreffs biding his time with impressive maiden winner Mentor Cane
Flat Out, who took the 2011 Suburban to earn his first graded stakes win, now has won five of six starts at Belmont. His next likely start is the Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap on August 3 at Saratoga. In three appearances at the Spa, Flat Out finished second in the 2011 Whitney, second in the 2011 Woodward and third in the 2012 Whitney.
In Saturday's Suburban, the 7-year-old Flat Out was closer to the pace than usual, but pulled away to an easy 2 ½-length win.
"He broke a little better than I even imagined him to," said Mott. "And then [jockey Junior Alvarado] eased him off the other horse and he came again when he wanted him to."
Earlier Sunday, the trainer sent 2012's champion older female Royal Delta out for a bullet five-furlong work in 58.90, the fastest of 15 at the distance on the main track. The 5-year-old mare, second in the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis on June 15 at Churchill Downs, is slated to make her next start in the Grade 1 Delaware Handicap on July 20.
"She was super," said Mott. "She really worked really, really well. Couldn't be better. [But] she trained good going in her last race as well, and got beat, so …"
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Moreno, who won the Grade 2 Dwyer by seven lengths on Saturday in front-running fashion, will ship to Saratoga tomorrow and will be considered for several upcoming races for 3-year-olds, trainer Eric Guillot said by telephone on Sunday.
"We'll go to some sort of derby with him, whether it's the Travers, the West Virginia Derby, the Super Derby," said Guillot, who trains the colt for Southern Equine Stable. "There are a bunch of options this time of year. We'll see who is going where before we make a decision."
The Dwyer was the second straight win for Moreno, who began his career in California prior to his 6 ¼-length maiden win on the Belmont Stakes undercard on June 8 and his Dwyer triumph.
"He got a little bored on the front end [at the end of the Dwyer], and he ran the same fractions as Flat Out [the fractions for the 1 1/16-mile Dwyer were 24.21, 47.36, 1:10.99, 1:34.86, and 1:41.07, while the fractions for the Suburban were 23.54, 47.22, 1:11.14, 1:34.93, and 1:46.87]," said Guillot. "He's getting better, especially since he was gelded four starts back."
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On the morning after John Shirreffs sent out Mentor Cane to a five-length maiden win at Belmont Park, the trainer expressed satisfaction with the 3-year-old colt's development since his arrival in New York.
Mentor Cane competed twice in Southern California last December, finishing second to eventual graded stakes winner Flashback by 3 ½ lengths at Betfair Hollywood Park and a distant third at Santa Anita after veering in badly at the start.
"The first time out he ran impressively, just got beat," said Shirreffs. "The second time was a wet-fast track and he was a little green. He was a little immature, and as soon as the gate opened he heard the sound of the horses' feet, and he bolted to the rail and he ran through the bit and was a little out of control. We had to take our time with him, stand him in the gate, and teach him to relax and be a bit ratable."
Shirreffs gave Mentor Cane time off following his second start and placed the colt with his New York string when he came East in April. Mentor Cane returned to the worktab in May and yesterday delivered an eye-catching performance when he dueled for the lead, put away his opponent before the three-eighths pole, and ran away to a clear victory under Edgar Prado's hand ride.
While Shirreffs has no set plans for Mentor Cane, the trainer believes the Jerry and Ann Moss homebred is capable of competing in stakes. The son of Mizzen Mast will make his next start at Saratoga Race Course, the trainer said.
"Of course we want to go a little longer with him," said Moss. "We want to try some of the 3-year-old stakes before the end of the year. It just depends on how quickly he comes around and what distance we run him next time."
Mentor Cane was one of two impressive maiden winners on Saturday. Earlier on the card, Touchofstarquality, a 3-year-old Mineshaft colt, overcame a slow start to debut a 1 ¼-length winner for trainer Michelle Nevin and owner Jay Em Ess Stable.


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British media confused over Turkish fighter incident
The Turkish Phantom Fighter was shot down deep inside Syrian airspace and only 10 km off the coast (as marked by the white dot in the black circle above).
I find it incredible reading the headlines in the Telegraph which said:
"Turkish plane may have been in Syrian airspace when shot down, says Turkish president Abdullah Gul"………in reality it became clear that this aircraft was flying extremely close to the Syrian coast line and at least 10 km inside the territorial waters off Syria……..that is by no means a slight incursion!!
What is so interesting is the fact that earlier this year it was the Turkish Government who only last month sought an explanation from Israel in protest over an Israeli "violation" of the airspace of the Turkish northern part of Cyprus." The Israeli aircraft had violated the airspace of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus five times in one day which saw Turkish fighter jets chase out the Israeli aircraft………as they say "What is good enough for the goose is good enough for the gander."!!
Have you noticed that when an ally of the UK makes such a serious incursion or mistake our Prime Minister, David Cameron and William Hague remain tight lipped and say nothing……….on the other hand this could have started a major conflict due to the fact that Turkey is a NATO partner and their motto is "An attack on one is an attack on all" and so it is clear that this could have been and intended provocation with such retaliatory action in mind.
One could even question just how deep this incursion actually was because the 12 nautical mile limit extends from the low water mark on the coast and when you take into account that this aircraft was shot down in a bay it was clearly in gross violation of Syria´s sovereign territory and could have actually been almost on the coast at some point during its transit flight.
A Pair of Turkish Phantom fighters
One would expect that the Syrian Air Defence System would be on a 24/7 alert with the ongoing threat by the west and in particular from Israel who want to carry out air strikes as soon as possible……..one cannot compare this situation with the Israeli incursion into the Turkey sector of Cyprus because they are not in a state of conflict…….military speaking one would be foolish not to take drastic action when such high speed fighters enter your territory……it is also fact that all military aircraft, including reconnaissance aircraft, become legitimate targets under existing international law when it comes to the security of your country.
The Guardian however covering a different angle using the headlines: Ankara vows to take "necessary action" after Syria shoots down Turkish jet. The article continued…………the investigation was focusing on whether the plane was brought down within Turkey's borders or over that of neighbouring Syria, which the Syrian government claims. "Because the consequences could be quite serious, there will be no clear statement before the details of the incident are scrutinised,"
It was the second part of this same article that I found incredible when it went on the say…….. With the second biggest army in NATO, a force hardened by nearly 30 years of fighting Kurdish rebels, Turkey would be a formidable foe for the Syrian army, which is already struggling to put down a 16-month-old revolt.
Let´s just focus on that comment of fighting the Kurdish rebels for over 30 years…….obviously no British newspaper is going to reveal that the Turkish Military carry out constant incursions deep inside Kurdistan (Iraq) and attack many villages and towns with both fighter aircraft, helicopters and ground assault vehicles with the help and advice of US spy satellites…….this gross violation of Iraqi Sovereignty goes without any media comment and yet suddenly a one off incident such as this makes headlines in all UK newspapers………how's that for double standards!!
It is Turkey (who despite the fact being a Muslim country) are totally two faced when it comes to their neighboring brothers and it is Turkey who now gives refuge to the rebel Free Syrian Army on its frontier with Syria and allows arms shipment and Special Forces activity to cross over into Syria.
What I found ironic about the Zioniost controlled media was the evidence I found that shows the same paragraph that was printed in The Guardian was also printed in the Israeli Haaretz newspaper word for word namely "With the second biggest army in NATO, a force hardened by nearly 30 years of fighting Kurdish rebels, Turkey would be a formidable foe for the Syrian army which is already struggling to put down a 16-month-old revolt………what more proof do you want to show of their total control of the British media.
I found the London Evening Standard newspaper comments regarding what was said by the Turkish President actually sums it all up in a very hypocritical way: It was "routine" for jets flying in high-speeds to violate other countries' airspaces for short periods of time and yet it was this same President who was so critical of Israel´s violations of its airspace in Cyprus five times in one day.
Partners in conflict
It would be improper for me not to include what America´s CNN had to say about the entire affair. Their headline under the above photograph read: Did Turkish Jet Enter Syrian Airspace?…………this was certainly a rather pathetic title when one considers just how far inside Syrian airspace this aircraft was……no doubt Leon Panetta and Hilary Clinton where possibly hoping for yet another "False Flag" incident to justify bringing NATO into the fray!!
I guess the closing headline must come from the good old BBC who stated on their front page that Downed Turkish jet "may have strayed"……….whatever analysis comes out of this incident I am sure it will be used to add more fuel to the existing fire at the United Nations in their attempt to impose yet another Libyan style "No fly zone" in the name of humanity. However one must not compare the two as Syria is a totally different ball game with much more at stake and could bring additional strikes against targets within Lebanon and Palestine with dire consequences should the west initiate such action.
Peter Eyre – Middle East Consultant – 23/6/2012


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Lindsey George and Derek Nichols of Newark, N.Y., were united in marriage Oct. 13 at the manor home of Don and Shirley Chilcott. An outdoor reception followed the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Maureen and Karl George of New York and the granddaughter of Maurice and Josephine Chilcott of Butler. Maureen George is formerly of Butler.
The bridegroom is the son of Allen and Victoria Nichols of Newark, N.Y., and the grandson of Doug Meich of Newark, N.Y., and Mary McCarthy of Newark, N.Y.
The couple had 14 attendants, all from New York, and guests from France, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania.
The bride graduated magna cum laude from Keuka College and received a bachelor's degree in science.
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Team Notes
*Clemson had four sacks in the first quarter, the most by the Tigers in a quarter this year. Clemson's high for the year for a game is five against Wake Forest. Clemson ended the night with six sacks, a season high and tied for the second most in a bowl game by the Clemson defense. The Clemson record for a bowl game is seven against Tennessee in the 2003 (season) Chick-fil-A Bowl.
*Clemson trailed 14-13 at halftime, the first time Clemson has trailed at the half this year.
*Clemson had one touchdown rushing and one receiving in the first half. Clemson has had at least one of each in every game this year and the streak is at 15 games in a row over two years.
*Clemson finishes the year with 11 wins, just the fourth team in Clemson history with at least 11 wins. The others are the 1948 (11-0), 1978 (11-1) and 1981 (12-0), Clemson teams.
*This is the highest ranked team Clemson has beaten in a bowl game since the 2004 (2003 season) Chick-fil-A Bowl when Clemson defeated sixth ranked Tennessee, 27-14. Clemson is now 4-2 in bowl games against teams ranked seventh or better.
*Clemson trailed 24-13 entering the fourth period tonight, then came back to win 25-24. This is the first time Clemson has trailed going into the fourth quarter and came back to win a bowl game since 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl. That year Clemson trailed TCU 7-3 going into the fourth period, then scored 20 straight points to win 23-7. That TCU team, like tonight's LSU team, was ranked seventh in the nation entering the game.
*This is the fifth win over a top 11 team for Dabo Swinney. He defeated a third ranked Virginia Tech team in the ACC Championship game and that was the highest ranked team he has defeated.
*Tonight marked the highest ranked SEC team Clemson has defeated since downing sixth ranked Tennessee in the 2004 Chick-fil-A Bowl.
Player Notes
*DeAndre Hopkins established a Clemson record for reception yardage in a season on Clemson's first touchdown drive of the game in the first period. He had two receptions for 29 yards on the drive to give him 1243 receiving yards for the year. He finished the game with 13 receptions for 191 yards and finished the season with 82 receptions for 1405 yards. He broke Sammy Watkins record of 1219 receiving yards last year.
*This is the third straight game Hopkins has had at least 100 receiving yards in a bowl game, a first in Clemson history.
*Hopkins caught an 11-yard scoring pass from Tajh Boyd in the first half, giving him 10 straight games with at least one touchdown reception. The record of nine in a row had been held by Herman Moore of Virginia in 1990. He also had a 12 yard touchdown catch from Boyd in the fourth period, giving him 18 touchdown receptions for the year, an ACC season record. Clarkston Hines had the old record with 17 in 1989 for Duke..
*Hopkins seventh catch of the first half was the 200th of his career. He and Aaron Kelly (232) are the only Clemson players with at least 200 career receptions in school history.
*Hopkins tied his own Clemson record for receptions in a game with 13. He also had 13 in the opener against Auburn, the first game of the season in the same facility.
*Tajh Boyd had 368 yards of total offense tonight on 79 total offensive plays. He set a Clemson record for plays in a game by a quarterback. He finished the season with a Clemson record 4410, breaking his own previous record of 4046 set last year. He is the first player in ACC history with two 4000-yard seasons in terms of total offense.
*Chandler Catanzaro kicked a 37-yard field goal on the last play of the game to give Clemson the 25-24 win. It is the just the fourth walk-off field goal in Clemson history. He has two of the four. He also had a 43-yard field goal to beat Wake Forest last year, a win that put Clemson into the ACC Championship game. The others were done by Mark Buchholz against South Carolina in 2007 and David Treadwell at Georgia in 1986.
*Boyd also set the ACC record for touchdown passes in the first half with his 35th of the year. He threw another in the second half to finish with 36 for the season. He broke the record of 34 that had been held by Phillip Rivers of NC State in 2003.
*Dalton Freeman started his 49th game at center for the Tigers tonight. That ties the record of 49 starts by Landon Walker, a tackle who played from 2008-2011.


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Ancestry.co.uk has been messing with me today.
Firstly, I found my grandmother's baptism by manually browsing the London parish and year I had been told she was baptised in. Hurray!
However she doesn't come up easily on a search as her forename has been mispelled - given the underlying record I'll give Ancestry the benefit of the doubt on that one.
Secondly, I discovered she had an older sister - a surprise, and hurray! I did this by searching for her parents names in conjunction with the parish name that my grandmother was baptised in.
However, her parents names are George and Alice Martha. I wanted to see if they perhaps had other children I didn't know about baptised elsewhere, so I removed the parish name, and included mother Alice's middle name with the "Exact" box ticked. Hey presto, it doesn't find ANY entries, even the two I know are in there! I know for a fact that Alice's middle name is included on the transcription because I can see it on the two entries I found earlier. So, Ancestry, why does your search engine do this?
The surname is a very common one, so if I remove the Exact tickbox on the forename it finds 27,395 possible entries and doesn't show the George and Alice Martha ones first. *Sigh*
Sunday, April 04, 2010
A love-hate relationship
Ancestry.co.uk has been messing with me today.
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- Shawn Marie Gabriel Brown said...
I can feel your pain! Oddly enough, I can find LOTS on my great-great-great-grandfather, but nearly nothing on my great-grandfather! A family member is writing a book and gratefully, has asked me to help write about him. It is so frustrating! Especially to have known him so well, I know he's real! He just doesn't hardly exist in the cyber world! Uhg! good luck to you!!!!!
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[As the Christmas Season comes to an end with the celebration of the Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord this Sunday, I thought readers of DatingGod.org might be interested in a brief theological summary of what Jesus's baptism by John is really all about. What follows in this post is a little technical — aka: "boring" for many — but it offers a succinct overview of some of the important themes surrounding the meaning of the Baptism of Jesus. This short reflection is part of a response I wrote in 2009 in a graduate course on the Sacrament of Baptism to the question of the theological meaning of the Lord's Baptism. Pardon the many footnotes, hopefully they are instructive and helpful. Enjoy!]
The existence of narratives depicting or implying Jesus's baptism by John the Baptist in all of the synoptic Gospels naturally raises questions concerning the purpose of such an act.[1] In order to provide a sufficient answer to the question of "why" Jesus was baptized, it is necessary to explore the manner in which the baptismal practice of John compares to Jewish proselyte baptism. Through the elucidation of John's baptismal practice we are able to glean a clearer understanding of the potential sources of this action, thereby illuminating the significance of Jesus's request for baptism from John. Additionally, such an analysis provides an opportunity to examine the content and form of John's baptism as it stands in relation to Jesus of Nazareth. Finally, a very brief textual study of the New Testament will allow us to investigate the significance of this act for the New Testament authors, better enabling us to characterize the theological implications present in the baptismal narratives.
John's Baptism in Contradistinction to Jewish Proselyte Baptism
Drawing on the reconstructed Q (Quelle) source, the four canonical Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles and the writing of Josephus,[2] Adela Yarbro Collins outlines an overview of John's baptism that allows us to focus on the particular practice in question.[3] The origin of John's baptism is widely disputed, allowing for several theories to be posited over the years. The first theory is that it was modeled after the ritual ablutions of the Essene community at Qumran. While there are clear similarities between the two forms of water bath, these characteristics are not unique.[4] Having set aside the possibility of the Qumran community as source, next we consider the Jewish proselyte baptism. This seems a more likely possibility if the practice of proselyte baptism existed prior to John's ritual. Contingent on the antecedent quality of Jewish proselyte baptism, John's baptism could be viewed as a "reinterpretation" of the prior practice.[5] However, there exists little certainty or consensus with regard to the dating of the origins of Jewish proselyte baptism. Therefore, it is also possible that the ritual developed after John's form of baptism.[6]
The likelihood that John's baptism finds its origin in Jewish proselyte baptism is minimal, if not completely unlikely. There are shared features, not unlike (the non-unique) similarities found between John's baptism and the Qumran practice. For instance, both John's baptism and Jewish proselyte baptism were viewed as once-in-a-lifetime events. Additionally, both required water immersion. However, the purposes of these two practices are markedly different. By virtue of its title, Jewish proselyte baptism was understood as an incorporative practice, whereas John's emphasis focuses "upon prophetic expectations of the divine cleansing to be consummated by the work of the promised Messiah in a time of greatly heightened eschatological hope."[7] Additionally, there were elements of the Jewish proselyte water bath that were in no way emblematic of John's practice. For example, its association with male circumcision and purificatory form of baptism in preparation for sacrifice were both distinct from John's practice. John was not interested in making Gentiles into Jewish converts. Reginald Fuller notes that, "John's baptism was riveted to his eschatology in a way that these other baptismal practices were not. John's baptism was a singular conversion event carrying with it the promise of eschatological salvation."[8] There was a prophetic symbolism inherent in the baptism of John that pointed toward "God's approach as purifier before the promised judgment and transformation."[9] As to the precise relationship between Jewish proselyte baptism and John's baptism, Maxwell Johnson offers a possible correlation noting that it is "likely the case that both Jewish proselyte baptism and the baptism of John are parallel developments stemming from a common source or context."[10] Instead of John's version following in likeness and format, thereby modeling an alleged precedent Jewish practice, Johnson's theory suggests a concurrent genesis that better reflects the widespread shifts in society and culture of the time.[11]
The Content and Form of John's Baptism in Relation to Jesus
Having examined the ways that John's baptism is related to similar practices of the day, we can move to specifically identify the relationship between Jesus and the particular content and form of John's baptism. Aidan Kavanagh highlights the particularity and distinctiveness of John's baptism, noting that, in addition to standing apart from other parallel washing rituals of the day, John's baptizing of Jesus transforms the Baptizer's practice into the "prototype" of subsequent Christian practice.[12] According to Kavanagh, Jesus submitted himself to both the content and the form of John's baptism. The content, as evidenced by the Baptizer's preaching, demanded "conversion of life as precondition as well as its continuing outcome" in addition to remission of sins.[13] Jesus clearly did not need remission of sins, but his submission to the content – concomitant with John's preaching – demonstrated Jesus's newly established solidarity with those who were in need for conversion and the remission of sins. This was made manifest in Jesus's concurrent submission to the ritual form of the water bath.[14] The significance of Jesus's baptism by John is also expressed in the apparent acceptance of the prophetic-eschatological meaning present in the act.[15] In the act of acceptance of the prophetic-eschatological implications of John's baptism, we can see the relationship between this submission and the subsequent preaching of Jesus announcing the reign of God is at hand.
New Testament Views of Jesus's Baptism vis-á-vis Christian Baptism
There are divergent opinions about the meaning of Jesus's baptism by John even within the New Testament canon.[16] As Collins keenly notes, the eschatological interpretation operating in the early Christian community varied significantly from that "eschatological schema" embodied in the message and action of John the Baptist.[17] It is necessary to note the clear distinction between Jesus's baptism by John and Christian baptism. The New Testament authors will, time and again, highlight the uniqueness of Jesus's baptism by John.[18] What is also important to recall while considering the New Testament views of the importance of Jesus's baptism by John is the post-paschal hermeneutic operating throughout the composition of the nascent Christian texts. Certain meaning was naturally ascribed to the baptism of Jesus in retrospect. Additionally, this baptism became paradigmatic for the first followers of Jesus and the early communities, even if the subsequent Christian baptism remained different from the original. While we are certainly confident in dismissing any initiatory dimensions potentially ascribed to Jesus's baptism by John in se, the early Christian communities – very early on – developed an understanding of baptism as an initiation ritual. This theological view is found in writings including the Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline letters and the Shepherd of Hermas.[19] One can also see intimations of this theological perspective in Matthew 28:18-20.
Given the post-paschal interpretation of baptism by the New Testament authors, we can see emerge from the canon a theology of "baptism as death and resurrection." Here we see an adjudicated shift in theological signification from John's baptism, which symbolized cleansing that inaugurated a new life of purity and sanctity, to a "Christian baptism" that denoted death that leads to new life.[20] This idea of "new beginnings" or "new life" might even be understood as latent in the chronological location of Jesus's baptism by John in the scriptural narratives in proximity to his mission.[21] Connecting the beginnings of Jesus's public ministry closely to Christian baptism only emphasizes the view of "Christian initiation as new birth through water and the Holy Spirit."[22] Furthermore, the New Testament authors saw "Christian initiation as being united with Christ in his death, burial and resurrection."[23] It is these understandings of the meaning of Christian baptism that remain central to any elaborated or modified interpretations found elsewhere in the New Testament canon and the early Christian communities.[24]
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[1] The respective versions can be found at: Mark 1:9-11, Matthew 3:13-17 and Luke 3:21-22. For more on these passages, see John Donahue and Daniel Harrington, The Gospel of Mark (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2002), 59-70; Daniel Harrington, The Gospel of Matthew (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1991), 61-65; Luke Timothy Johnson, The Gospel of Luke (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1991), 68-72; and Joel Marcus, "Jesus' Baptismal Vision," New Testament Studies 41 (1995): 512-521.
It should be noted that the Gospel of John does not make any mention of Jesus being baptized by John. Instead, the ministries of Jesus and John are depicted as concurrently taking place. For more on the significance of this, see Maxwell Johnson, The Rites of Christian Initiation: Their Evolution and Interpretation, rev. ed. (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2007), 17-23. Adela Yarbro Collins, however, makes a generalized suggestion through the inclusion of John with the synoptics that the Fourth Gospel also includes a narration of Jesus's baptism (see p. 35 of n.3 source below). See John 3:22-23.
[2] See Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews. For a critical English translation, see Josephus: The Complete Works, trans. William Whiston (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2003), 30-650.
[3] Adela Yarbro Collins, "The Origin of Christian Baptism," in Living Water, Sealing Spirit: Readings on Christian Initiation, ed. Maxwell Johnson (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1995), esp. 35-39.
[4] This is first explicated by Collins, "The Origin of Christian Baptism, 40-41; and elaborated by Johnson, The Rites of Christian Initiation, 7-9.
[5] Collins, "The Origin of Christian Baptism, 41.
[6] See Collins, "The Origin of Christian Baptism, 41-46; and Aidan Kavanagh, The Shape of Baptism: The Rite of Christian Initiation (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1978), 6-11.
[7] Johnson, The Rites of Christian Initiation, 11; and Collins, "The Origin of Christian Baptism, 46-47. Kavanagh further explains: "John's baptism of repentance is preparatory for messianic work. It is not a means for making gentiles Jews, as was proselyte baptism, nor is it wholly bound by the bathing ablutions of the Essene ascetics or Qumran" (10).
[8] Reginald Fuller, "Christian Initiation in the New Testament," in Made Not Born: New Perspectives on Christian Initiation and the Catechumenate, ed. Aidan Kavanagh (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1976), 9.
[9] Collins, "The Origin of Christian Baptism, 47.
[10] Johnson, The Rites of Christian Initiation, 10. This is also explored in Fuller, "Christian Initiation in the New Testament," 8-9.
[11] This is perhaps best captured in the seeming reliance of both types of baptism on the ritual washings of Leviticus. For more see Collins, "The Origin of Christian Baptism, 56-57.
[12] Kavanagh, The Shape of Baptism, 10.
[13] Kavanagh, The Shape of Baptism, 11.
[14] Kavanagh, The Shape of Baptism, 11.
[15] Collins, "The Origin of Christian Baptism, 47.
[16] It is clear that very early on there existed a set of teachings on baptism in the New Testament. For more on the manifestations of this theology, see Kavanagh, The Shape of Baptism, 11-12.
[17] Collins, "The Origin of Christian Baptism, 52.
[18] Kavanagh, The Shape of Baptism, 13.
[19] Collins, "The Origin of Christian Baptism, 53.
[20] Collins, "The Origin of Christian Baptism, 54.
[21] Here I am drawing on the work of Johnson who notes, in Luke for example, that Jesus's baptism by John is understood as a beginning. This interpretation is further supported in the book of the Acts, where we read that Jesus's mission of spreading the message of the reign of God and performing the healing works took place "beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced" (see Acts 10:36-38). See Johnson, The Rites of Christian Initiation, 12-16.
[22] John 3:5ff and Titus 3:5: see Johnson, The Rites of Christian Initiation, 38.
[23] Romans 6:3-11: Johnson, The Rites of Christian Initiation, 38.
[24] Some of the other interpretation of Christian initiation in the New Testament include: Forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38), putting off the old self and putting on the new, i.e. being clothed in the righteousness of Christ (Gal 3:27, Col 3:9-10), enlightenment (Heb 6:4 & 10:32, 1 Pet 2:9), being anointed and or sealed by the Holy Spirit (2 Cor 1:21-22, 1 John 2:20), being sealed or marked as belonging to God and God's people (2 Cor 1:21-22, Eph 1:13-14, Rev 7:3) and so on. See Johnson, The Rites of Christian Initiation, 37ff.


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Congressmen want Phoenix VA health chief removed
PHOENIX (AP) — A trio of Arizona congressmen on Tuesday called for the head of the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care Center to step down amid allegations of gross mismanagement and neglect at the facility, the latest in a string of issues at VA hospitals across the nation.
The call from Republican Reps. David Schweikert, Matt Salmon and Trent Franks comes after weeks of growing outrage about lapses in veteran patient care in Phoenix. They urged hospital director Sharon Helman and her leadership team to resign, saying in a letter that "drastic changes need to be made to ensure that this never happens again."
"In order to begin to restore faith in the veteran's health care system, department executives who were aware of and presided over this unethical and alarming mismanagement must be held accountable," they wrote.
The group also sent a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki asking him to remove Helman and her leadership team.
The Phoenix VA has been under fire since the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee said on April 9 that up to 40 patients may have died because of care delays and that the hospital kept a secret list of patients waiting for appointments to hide delays in treatment.
The U.S. Office of Inspector General is investigating the allegations, which come amid problems at other VA hospitals across the country. Patients are being forced to wait weeks and months to see doctors, and in some cases, dying before their appointments. In the past year, VA facilities in South Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Washington state have been linked to delays in patient care or poor oversight.
The Phoenix office for the Department of Veterans Affairs said in a statement Tuesday that the agency is "committed to delivering the highest quality care to veterans" and that it "takes these allegations seriously." The office also said it welcomes the results of the inspector general's investigation.
Dr. Samuel Foote, who had worked for the Phoenix VA for more than 20 years before retiring in December, brought the allegations to Congress and claims his complaints to his supervisors were ignored.
Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said in an interview Tuesday that Foote was intimately involved in patient care in Phoenix.
"He has no ax to grind with the VA," Miller said. "I think he tried to bring this to the attention of executives and basically was shunned and felt the need to raise it to a higher level."
President Barack Obama on Monday said his administration is determined to find out whether veterans were denied help they needed at the Phoenix VA facility. He said he ordered Shinseki to investigate the allegations that care delays led to deaths.
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Windsor Half Day tour, Tuesday 30th April 2019
This tour is perfect for those wanting to take a morning visit to Windsor with their afternoon and evening free in London.
After our pick up point in Central London our coach will travel to the historic town of Windsor where we've included entrance into Windsor Castle, the Official Residence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
The castle's history spans almost 1000 years and still remains a working palace and you'll have free time to explore the castle and it's grounds.
Tour Includes:
• Visit to Windsor & Entrance into Windsor Castle
• Luxury coach travel throughout
- Day 1 - Tuesday 30th April 2019
- 09:30 Pick-up from Victoria & 09:50am pick-up from Earls Court.
- 09:50 Travel to Windsor.
- 10:30 Arrive in Windsor. Entrance into Windsor Castle is included with free time to explore the grounds at your own pace.
- 13:00 Depart Windsor. *Your driver will advise you on meeting times for returning to London*
- 13:30 Tour will arrive back in Earls Court, London, at approximately this time. There may be an additional drop-off at Victoria if time allows. We do not recommend booking anything in London until after 16:00 just in case.
**Please note: We include general admission to Windsor Castle. Please check the Windsor Castle website for any specific aspects of the castle you wish to visit as it may be closed on the day you wish to travel. The castle itself will be open to visitors though (i.e state apartments).
Please note due to the Royal Wedding, Windsor Castle are experiencing high volumes of visitors so there may be unavoidable queues upon entry beyond our control.
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Please note the itinerary is intended as a guide and some details may be subject to change.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 64 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
Glass Community
Glass Community is a social networking (it has similar features to Facebook) and resources website (similar in concept to Ganoksin.com which is specifically for jewellers) launching in January. We already have over 1000 fans on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Glass…8796575425) who are very excited to become part of our community.
"Glass" refers to the manipulation of glass in an artistic way otherwise known as "art glass".
Examples of glass working techniques include:
1. Fusing - essentially the melting together of coloured glass
2. Glass blowing
3. Stained glass - like the cathedral windows and tiffany lamps
4. Lampworking - the gorgeous glass beads you see in some jewellery shops
It is an existing market - Glass Artists and hobbyists
They are very enthusiastic about their art, whether it be 'just' a hobby or something they do for a living. They generally love colour, design and beauty.
Our key colour for the website is dark blue (#00508E) with light grey background and black menu (see attached picture of the draft website layout). As you can see in the picture a fantastic logo is in desperate need!
We don't have another 'colour' apart from dark blue so perhaps the logo can add something to compliment/accent this.
We require a logo that is:
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- can be integrated into other elements (e.g. email newsletter)
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Formats: .ai, .jpg, .eps, .pdf, .png plus a list of the colour specs
No stock clip-art or other boring elements - 'standard' just will not do :)
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Culver, Triton, LaVille, Bremen open NSC competition
BOURBON — As conference schedules open up around the state this week, Culver heads to sectional and Northern State Conference foe Triton on Friday.
The two teams have a strong rivalry going after a couple of close battles last season. Culver (2-0) won both contests, including a 20-13 victory that unseated reigning Sectional 33 champ Triton (1-1) in round two of the tourney last October.
Plenty of returning Trojans are bound to have a bitter taste left in their mouths over that result, and Culver head coach Andy Thomas is expecting another close fight this weekend.
"They're a good team. They have a lot of kids that know how to win, and I think we match up pretty evenly," said Thomas. "We had two close games with them last year. I don't see any reason why it won't be the same this year."


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1. So to find explorations of these kinds of questions -- What's out there, what's real? -- one must look to Western philosophy or science (or ...), not to Buddhism or Buddhist philosophy? When asked to participate in such an exploration, would a Buddhist practitioner or philosopher have nothing to say (except, perhaps, that such an exploration causes suffering, therefore is of no interest to Buddhists)?Astus wrote:Neither of that. Buddhism is not about giving clever answers to difficult ontological-epistemological questions. Madhyamaka is about understanding that suffering comes from the reification of concepts, from the ignorance of imagining things to have self-nature. To see that all appearances are without essence, to see them insubstantial and fabricated, is the liberating wisdom of emptiness, i.e. the end of conceptual proliferation.rachmiel wrote:Which is Buddhism closer to?
2. Doesn't Buddhism reify -- perhaps subtly, but nevertheless -- its own ontological-epistemological laws/concepts, such as the Noble Truths, karma, co-dependent arising, etc.?


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With Skyfall hitting the US November 9th (October 22nd if you're in London or Belgrade), MGM has released a new international trailer. What's an international trailer, you ask? Well, it's like a regular trailer, but with ASIAN WRITING on it. WHOOOOAAAAOOOAAA. More importantly, we get more of this installment's villain, Raoul Silva, played by a blond Javier Bardem, the famous, Oscar-winning wig wearer. With American Beauty's Sam Mendes directing, I was worried the only villain would be middle class ennui, but I'm actually detecting a lighter tone with this one (I think?). Which would be good, I think we've all had our fill of dark and gritty™ these past few years.
Make sure you watch until the end for the excited Asian announcer (speaking… Mandarin?), which offers a whole new level of enjoyment. I also would've accepted the lalalaACTION! guy from that Ugandan movie. Someone get on that.


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Discuss other upcoming Jim Carrey movies (not confirmed/rumours).
^ haha the dances were freaky!
"No time outs. Only DEATH!"
"I don't like to brag and I won't cuz I don't have to!"
I'm Dumb and I'm proud! :_D
I'm still hoping for a chance that The Secret Life of Walter Mitty comes back. In the hands of Steven Spielberg, this could be a very enjoyable movie and with the comedic imagination and power to improvise Jim has, this could be a big one.
I don't know about The Howard Huges Story . I believe Jim is able to take a heavy role like that, but the big audiance isn't ready for that, I guess. Also, I think DiCaprio did more than a fine job and I don't think someone should do a movie about Huges again in the first 20 years. Look what happened with 'Capote' and 'Infamous'.
Dog Years. What's this about again?
And what about Used Guys? With Ben Stiller (really, he sucks! Doesn't fit Jim) out and (by example) Steve Carell in, this could have been one of those rare big budget summer box-office monster comedy with two of the biggest names out there. A dangerous project that will create expectations extremely high, but what a changellenge it is.
Ow. And instead of The Number 23, Jim should have done that other (really fresh and clever) movie Stranger than Fiction. This movie was the perfect thing for him, would have been wonderfull and nothing less!
I think it would have been awesome if he did Bewitched and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Too bad he passed on them, but we got to see Jim in movies anyways.
Also, I can't see Jim doing the Da Vinci Code because of the lines of religion. I'm not a big fan and do not practice Christianity or Catholism. I'm agnostic, and I look at all sides of a specific religion, or at least try. I would imagine Jim being Christian but not to be mean to everyone else, he couldn't play a character that was like that.
I haven't read the book but have seen a little bit of the movie, and I think that a more experienced actor, like Tom Hanks, could play the complex character than Jim. I mean Jim is an incredible actor and I loved his stuff since I was 7 years old, but sometimes it's ok to do a serious drama/ thriller but sometimes the characters do not work well with the actors.
But that's my opinon. Everyone is entitled to one, lol. It was just a thought.
Schmoyoho-oh-oh-oh accent on the YO!
Ahhhh, he's good when he wants to be.
Besides, if Jim got all those roles, would we still be fans of him or would we be all, "Carrey's been stealing roles from Depp of the longest time, I say we go clobber him!" hahahahahahha no. But seriously, think about it.
"No time outs. Only DEATH!"
"I don't like to brag and I won't cuz I don't have to!"
Jim can play any part. Period, end of discussion. Except maybe a woman or a girl like me - he'd have a bit of trouble on that one...
Row, Row, Row the boat
Gentlly down the stream
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily
Life * is *but * a* dream*!
^ But I'm right there for him!
"No time outs. Only DEATH!"
"I don't like to brag and I won't cuz I don't have to!"
Jim can all!!!
...I joke!
I'm Dumb and I'm proud! :_D
In Dick & Jane is a beautiful woman!!
I'm Dumb and I'm proud! :_D
hahahahahahahaha yes he's a beauty woman in Dick & Jane hahahahahahaah...not serious for me the scene where appear Jim dressing like a woman is the more funny in the movie hahahaha
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color, choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable!
I said he couldn't play me because I'm short and I don't know except for a lot of make-up how he would get away with it - as long as he doesn'mind crouching like Yoda - it could work!
Row, Row, Row the boat
Gentlly down the stream
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily
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TransWorld SURF's Miss September 2011 Veronika Sznajder
Congratulations to 22-year old Veronika Sznajder from Miami, Florida by way of Warsaw, Poland. The Eastern European import knocked our socks off with her "naughty librarian" photos and claimed the title of Miss September 2011 handily. We caught up with Veronika for a quick chat while she was on vacation in Bali…somehow no Polish jokes were made.
TransWorld SURF: Occupation?
Veronika Sznajder: Student.
Turn ons?
A brain.
Turn offs?
If you could go on a date with any pro surfer who would it be?
Matt Wilkinson—a date with him would be an adventure!
Where would your dream surf trip take you?
I'm in Bali right now and wouldn't mind coming back here—it's beautiful!
What's with the glasses in a few of your photos? Are they just a prop or are you the teacher of our dreams?
Neither. I'm the naughty librarian of your dreams…
Secret talent?
I cook amazing Polish dishes.
Where's your favorite beach to bronze?
Any beach that's let's your go topless…no tan lines!
To enter the TransWorld SURF Model Search email your photos to [email protected]. Please include name, age, hometown, and some info about yourself. You must be 18 to enter and winners receive prizes from B. Swim and Spy Optic.


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THE TOUGH CUSTOMER- Cheesy come-on: Buy a car, get a lot of worthless junk
Just for reading this column, you'll get a $250 shopping spree. Okay, not really. But it would be an effective way to get you to read this, wouldn't it?
Indeed, that was the enticement that got Paula Peterson of Charlottesville to head into Price Kia on Pantops to test drive a Sedona minivan– a vehicle that she ended up purchasing.
Pretty effective marketing.
My letter carrier routinely delivers these auto dealer pitches promising various things in exchange for a test drive. Just last week, for example, one from Brown's Toyota promised a "Wal-Mart gift card valued up to $100" just for taking a test drive. (I had to search around on the mailer a bit to locate the fine print, but it does indeed state the "up to $100" Wal-Mart gift cards "range in value of $5-$100.")
While I'm not in the market for a car, my weekends are usually pretty dull, and when I get these mailers I'm sometimes tempted to kill a few hours on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon test driving a car and getting the gift. A shopping spree would be nice.
But we all know that things that sound too good to be true probably are, so I've found more productive ways to pass my weekend afternoons.
Thanks to Peterson, who says she "would like to help alert other consumers of this bad gimmick they use," I now know I haven't missed much.
Following her test drive and Sedona purchase (although the purchase was not required to get the shopping spree), the dealership instructed Peterson to contact the fulfillment center of Tampa, Forida-based Autosolutions, a car dealership marketing firm. About two weeks later, Peterson received a card directing her to an online shopping site, totallyfreeshoppingspree.com.
It's a pretty pitiful site. It seems mostly like a random collection of over-priced ancient software and out-of-date CDs and DVDs. Here, for example, is a sampling of what Peterson was able to pick up for her $250 credit:
Nine issues of Working Mother magazine, for which she was debited $32 (the actual cost of a subscription is $9.97) and 12 issues of Parents magazine, for which she was debited $42 (the actual cost of a subscription is $7.50).
To add insult to injury, Peterson never received either of these subscriptions, and neither publication has a record of an order being placed on her behalf.
Other choices were several CDs ranging from $19.95 to $29.95 each. One of these, I Can Help Toddler Songs, consists entirely of free downloaded songs available from Toddler Music Downloads. Other CDs are available elsewhere on the Web for similarly low prices, and several are so old that they will not run on modern computers.
Last but not least, and my personal favorite, is the Pilates for Beginners DVD. As Peterson explains, "I was charged $49.95. This DVD was taped from a 1998 video, and you can even see the TV they were taping from on the [image]."
For its part, Price Kia's general manager, Sandy Fewell, says that while Price gave away hundreds of shopping sprees, they've had "not one single complaint." Fewell notes that while Peterson may be unhappy with her items, she still got them for free, and adds, "We've had customers who called who asked for additional" shopping sprees.
He suggests Peterson's complaints might be sour grapes over a separate, unrelated legal dispute she has had with the dealership.
Speculation over Peterson's motivation aside, Price Kia has not, as far as I can tell, done anything wrong or deceptive. The dealership provided Peterson with exactly what was promised. Outside the unfilled magazine subscriptions, the sin here, if there is one, lies in the cheesiness and bad taste of the shopping spree website and, by extension, of the marketing pitch.
But this, as Fewell accurately notes, depends upon the "perception of the customer."
What? A cheesy pitch to sell cars! Shall we stop the presses?
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There is yet another Michael Jackson auction going down -- but this time, the people hocking Jacko's swag aren't trying to pocket the cash for themselves.
Alexander Autographs is hosting a massive auction to benefit the VH1 Save the Music Foundation this week in Connecticut -- and even though they're not putting any hair clippings on the block, you can still get some really cool stuff.
Signed guitars, wicked leather jackets and even a self-portrait could be yours ... if the price is right.
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I've just got a Roland JD800.
Can anyone help me out by explaining how I should set up the Midi settings on the JD800 if I want to be able to record the front panel slider movements as Midi CC data into Ableton Live 8?
I've tried lots of different settings and I just cant get the Midi CC data to transmit to Live 8.
Here are the Midi menu settings:
I have Local Control set to 'On'
Unit Number is set to '17" (No idea what this does)
TX Channel is set to 'RX CH'
RX Channel is set to '01'
TX Program Change is set to 'Normal'
RX Program Change is set to 'On'
Not sure if any of the other Midi menu parameters are relevant so we will start here.
Anyone help, its driving me mad. I want to be able to record all the JD800 front panel movements in as Midi CC data. I must be missing something. Thanks