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You and Harry had just moved in together in your new house. While the boys had used all of their time on decorating the living room and your bedroom you had putted all of your clothes into your closet. When you looked at the result you smiled happily. It was amazing. "HAZZA?!" You screamed out of the open door as you heard him walk up the stairs and stopped up in the door frame. "Holy …. Is that all of your clothes?" he asked with his eyes wide open. You nodded as he walked up beside you and found his phone in his pocket. "Would you mind if I took a photo of this?" he asked as he grabbed your hand with his own free one. "No, not at all," you responded as he snapped the picture and uploaded it on twitter. (x)
Harry_Styles: @Y/T/N No this isn't a store with clothes. It's my girlfriend's closet.
"Honey, where are you?" Liam asked as you were standing frustrated in your closet. Looking after some clothes to wear on your night out with him and the boys. "In here Li," you said as you stepped back a little before you ran a hand through your hair. "Waow… So much clothes and you still don't know what to wear?" he teased as he quickly snapped a photo of you before you could protest. "It's so difficaaaaault!" you whined as you threw the pair of shorts back you just found. "I'll just ask my followers, hold on," he said as he uploaded the photo on twitter and the fans responded what they thought looked pretty. (x)
Real_Liam_Payne: @Y/T/N help my gf deciding wat 2 weeear :) x
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You and your newborn daughter Darcy had just arrived back home from the hospital and you were really tired and felt like your eyes were falling out of your head. You lay on the couch with her on your stomach while Harry sat beside you and looked down at his two princesses there both drifted of really quickly. That view made him tear up so he took a picture of it and uploaded it to twitter: @Harry_Styles: It's wonderful to have my two girls back at home :) xx Sleepy much? @Y/T/N
@(Y/T/N): @Harry_Styles I gave birth to our daughter less than 48 hours ago, it's okay to be tired… Love you
Your son didn't want to sleep and was crying ALL the time. That's why you took him over in you and Liam's bed and lay down beside him. He stopped crying after a while and when you softly started singing for him his eyes closed. Liam stepped into the bedroom and looked down at you guys with a huge grin. "I think he's a sleep," you whispered happily as Liam took out his phone and snapped a photo. @Real_Liam_Payne: @Y/T/N sang our littl bby boy 2 sleep. So sweet! X
@Y/T/N - @Real_Liam_Payne You could have helped me. Your voice is prettier x
You and Niall were both laying on the couch and your daughter was laying on your stomach playing around with some of her toys when your nose caught her attention. She started at it for a long time before she moved closer and closer. Niall knew something was up so he found his camera and waited. After a little minute she took hold of your nose and he snapped the photo. @NiallOfficial: Looks like princess2 wants @Y/T/N's nose. Hahahaha
@Y/T/N: @NiallOfficial The cutest girl in the universe x
It was a beautiful day so you decided to take your family(and uncle Harry) out to spend a lovely day in town. You and Louis were sitting with your baby boy in the middle when Harry snapped a photo of you. Knowing that it was your son's first time out. @Harry_Styles: Looks like @Louis_Tomlinson and @Y/T/N is having a good time with their little miracle :) #uncleharry
@Louis_Tomlinson: - @Harry_Styles @Y/T/N My little family, lovely isn't it? :)
@Y/T/N: @Harry_Styles @Louis_Tomlinson Wonderful Lou, wonderful x
You were getting your baby girl ready for sleep when you called on Zayn to get out in the bathroom to watch something. "What is it babe?" he asked as he stepped out and you chuckled happily. "Our little baby fell asleep before she got new clothes on," he thought it was so cute that he asked you to pose so he could upload it to twitter. @zaynmalik: @Y/T/N it's hard getting clothes on now a days, just ask our little baby boo :) x
@Y/T/N: @zaynmalik our little miracle :) #gottalovebeingmom
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Awww thanks babe! :) x
It was only a few hours after yours and Zayns break-up. It all happened because of one simple fight. You guys were yelling at each other, saying some stupid things but it all ended up when he said that he didn't want you anymore. You had stormed directly into your bedroom and shut the door behind you. You and Zayn had been a couple for two years. You just recently moved in together in your apartment, so you were actually just waiting for him to leave. You were laying in your bed with his jacket around you while you were sobbing into your pillow. You couldn't believe that he didn't want to be with you anymore. You couldn't believe that it was over.
After what seemed like ages you heard a soft knock on the door. "Y/N?" Zayns voice made it clear to you that he never left the apartment, but you were to angry and to upset to talk about it now.
"No I won't…" he opened the door but you didn't really pay any attention to him. You were sure that if you opened your mouth then you would just break down, and you wouldn't let him watch you like that. "I'm really sorry Y/N" he said as he lay down beside you, forced you to look at him. "Are you okay?" there was a long moment before you answered him.
He sighed loudly before he gently stroked over your hair. You felt the butterflies in your stomach, your cheeks getting their colour back, and your eyes light up a little again. You couldn't do anything but stare into his eyes and slowly close them.
"What are you afraid of?" you asked behind closed eyes. "I was afraid that you would leave me…" you opened your eyes again. "But.. You were the one who said that you didn't want me anymore?" a little smile started showing on his lips. "It was just empty words babe. I love you. More than anything," now he was the one who closed his eyes. And soon enough you were drifting of too.
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It was three weeks after Niall broke up with you, and now he had asked you out. He said on the phone that he wanted to talk about everything and you figured that he deserved to explain why he all of the sudden wanted to break up. It came as a shock to you, and you had been more than less crying all the time ever since. Niall was your soulmate, but since he left you - you had been unsure about the fact that love could last.
You arrived at the location and found him sitting at a table in the corner of the restaurant. "Y/N, it's good to see you," he said as he gave you an awkward hug and you sat down in front of him.
After a while he looked over at you, tears started forming in his eyes. "I really miss you Y/N. I want you to give me a second chance so I can prove to you that I love you more than my own life.." you placed your fork at the table and cleared your throat. "If you really love me, then I think you should show me instead.." your voice was harsh but you felt like crap inside. You hated this more than anything..
Those words made you speechless. Or, to say it clear. They made you angry. You loved him more than anything in the whole world. Wanted to be with him and nobody else, and then he said that it was because he loved you, that he broke up with you.
"Falling for what you're saying to me Niall, because it can't be the truth! You can't just leave me because you love me, it makes no sense at all!" he lifted his head a little, showed a single tear there was rolling down his cheek. "But I regret it. I want to be with you. I want you to give me another chance so I prove to you, that I'm the one for you…" you took a deep breath before you started speaking
A smile started appearing on his face. "I know it's possible. I can see us together, picture us together in the future, having kids, getting married, grow old. All of that, you and me. Forever." you knew he was telling the truth, and you felt how each one of the things he said was something you wanted too. You lifted yourself up from your chair and searched to the other side of the table to him
"I love you Niall." - "I love you too Y/N"
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It was almost a month after you and Louis break-up, and tonight where the first time you were going to meet him since it happened. It was Niall's birthday, so even though you really wanted to cancel you just couldn't. He was still one of your best friends. While you were fixing your hair you thought about what happened between you and Louis once again. It came as a shock when he broke-up with you, and even more when there - one week later - were pictures of him and another girl all over the magazines. You could feel the pain his ex-girlfriends had been though when he left them for another girl now, and you felt like shit for putting Eleanor in that situation.
When you arrived to the boys flat and saw all the people you felt a little bit relieved. You thought it was a small party, so the chance of meeting Louis all the time seemed to be a little bit smaller. You took a martini from the bar and wandered out in the kitchen where you sat down and looked at your hands. All of the sudden you saw a boy sit down on the chair beside you, and a loud, happy voice there almost made you scream in shock. "Hello Y/N! Good to see you!" you turned your head a little when you saw Louis, before you turned away again, ready to leave, when he grabbed your hand and pulled your back.
His words were on replay inside of your head. What did he thought, that you would hug him, and say that you missed him? Noway. You lifted yourself up once again and started walking towards the door. "Y/N!" he yelled after you, just as you turned around and stood with your front towards him.
There was some awkward silence for a long moment before he pulled himself up as well and bit down on his bottom lip. "I didn't expect you to move on so fast," you felt as your eyes fell out of your head. What, you thought. Did he just say that you? No way! "Well.. I'm not the one who moved on to the next, that's you.." your voice shacked and you felt a single tear made it's way down your cheek. "What? Y/N I haven't seen anyone else? Those pictures are fake, like really fake. I just…. I thought you stopped loving me….."
Your words were true. You loved him, but you felt like you had to hide it, so you didn't seem weak. It wouldn't work otherwise. "I miss you.." he said with a little glint of a smile. "I miss you too Lou.." you sighed. Knowing that it was the whole truth. "So.. Can you give me another chance?" - "Only if you promise not to find someone else.." after you said that he pulled you in for a long hug.
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It had been two weeks since you and Liam broke up, and you had finally decided to go out of your building. You wanted to go to starbucks a few blocks from your house and then go straight home afterwards. You didn't want to take the risk and talk with some of your friends on the way, because you know that you weren't ready to talk about your break-up yet. It was Liam who broke up with you, because he said that he felt like you were to good to him, and he was being selfish if he didn't stop the relationship. But even though Liam said you deserved better, then you didn't want any better. It was only him, and that was why you kept on wishing, that he would come back to you.
You opened the door into the starbucks café and ordered. While you waited you were about to sit down, when someone suddenly poked you on the shoulder. "Y/N?" a familiar voice said and you felt how your entire body stopped moving. "Liam?" you said with a little glint of nervousness in your voice. You were afraid that you would've started crying.
You felt your heart melt and your cheeks turn out red as the words escaped from his mouth. "Not that you don't look beautiful any other day, 'Cause you do!" he said with a smile as he lifted his hands as if he was afraid you were hurt by his words. "Thanks Liam… You look good yourself," you said with a soft but still nervous smile. You didn't know what to do, or what to say to him, so you just looked at him, without really making that big a deal out of it.
"So.. we haven't talked since… Yea… How are you doing lately?" he asked as he folded his arms across his chest. Did he actually want to talk about this, you thought. Did he really want to know how you had been feeling?
The words just seems to slip of your lips before you could stop them. He looked at you for a long moment before you saw the sudden pain in his eyes. The pain there's called guilt. "It's my fault, isn't it?" he said with such a low voice, that you almost couldn't hear it. "Liam why can't you just accept the fact that I love you, and I don't want anyone other than you?" you asked with a little spark of hope in your eyes. You wanted to let him know that. You wanted him to know that you loved him.
- Sometime.. Again… You know.." he said with a little nervous laughter. You knew it was difficult for him, because he still wanted you to find someone better, but you also knew that he was the one, and you didn't want anybody else. "Let's just skip that part and let's continue from where we ended up last time instead," you said with a smirk as you saw him reach out his hand. "That sounds like a good plan.."
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You were sitting in your living room where you were eating popcorn, while the thunder was lightning up outside your window. It was four days since you and Harry broke up, and you had been more than less stuck in your couch without talking to anyone. With the notebook on your television and tissues to your eyes you were thinking of how much you missed him, and how much you wished he never left you. It had been easier, he said. It would hurt less because of all the touring he had to do. What a jerk, you thought. How could he possible think, that leaving you would make it all easier? It only made it so much harder. A soft knock on the door made you put the movie on stand-by and wrap your cardigan closer around you. The clock wasn't many so it could be anyone. "I don't wanna talk with anyon-" you didn't finish your sentence as you saw who was standing in front of you. Nobody other than Harry Styles.
his sudden words made you forget anything you had prepared to do in your head. You wanted to shut the door in his face. Yell at him for being selfish. Threw all of his things he ever left in your apartment on him. But you couldn't. "What?" you asked with a mixed expression as you thought you heard wrong. He just didn't said, what you thought he said. Did he? "I miss you Y/N," he said again, this time even more serious and relaxed than the first time. You felt how the tears started forming in your eyes, and your voice started shaking as you opened your mouth. You wanted to forgive him, but there was something he had to know.
he didn't say anything at first. But just stood there and looked at you with those irresistible eyes of his. "I know that I hurt you. I know that I've been a jerk, and I know that you hate me forever. But I also know that you're feeling just as lonely as I do.." you lifted your eyebrows a little "how do you know that?" you asked with an suspicious voice, when he started giggling softly. "Because it's Friday night and you're sitting at home in my old shirt with your sweatpants and the notebook on the TV. Nobody's doing that unless they're lonely," you wanted to say something back, but you realized that all he said was true. "You're right…" you said with a sigh as a little smile started to appear on your lips.
There was silence between the two of you for a long moment before Harry cleared his throat.. "Sooooooo -"
You couldn't help but giggle of his awkward question as you looked up at him while you bit your underlip. You knew he wasn't totally forgiven, but you also knew that you couldn't live without him for as much as a minute longer. That was your final thoughts before you stepped out, and closed the door behind you.
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Former Washington and Ohio governors could wind up in Obama's Cabinet
By MICHAEL SNEED email@example.com January 22, 2013 8:44PM
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his wife, Amy Rule at the White House, Monday, January 21, 2013. | Courtesy, City of Chicago
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Top tip ...
Sneed hears President Barack Obama, who is desperately seeking women to fill Cabinet slots, is eyeing former Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Top tip II...
Sneed also hears former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is on the short list to join the Obama cabinet as replacement for U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
Lisa lore ...
Is Gov. Pat Quinn trembling? Is Bill Daley quivering? Is Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan again entertaining a run for governor?
◆Here we go again: A top governor poll winner, Madigan's oblique comments to ABC7 Sunday: "I am among those people ... who are considering what they want to do in the future and if they can be of greater service to the state." Sure smells like it.
◆But as Madigan's spokesman Natalie Bauer tells Sneed: "It's not a yes or a no right now — but we've seen that movie before."
Smoke joke ...
Is it true House Speaker John Boehner, a cigarette smoker, actually asked President Obama if he'd had a smoke before Monday's inaugural luncheon — thereby causing First Lady Michelle Obama's eyes to roll when Boehner greeted Obama's presumed "No" response with: "Somebody won't let you do it."
Or are lip-readers smoking posies?
The Hillary file ...
Zzzzzzzzzz: Sneed is told Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chose to go home early Monday night and not join fun-loving hubby, Bill, to the private power party at the White House to celebrate with the Obamas. "She's taking it easy and ostensibly keeping up with bed rest," said a Sneed source. "And she is planning no more trips out of town before she leaves office."
Red & blue ...
First lady Michelle Obama may have chosen red for her gown to cement her power status at her hubby's second inaugural, but Chicago's first lady Amy Rule's choice of a blue satin gown was anything but quiet. (Check out the pix of Amy in a lovely gown designed by Karolina Zmarlak, who spent her teen years in Chicago.)
Inaugural musings ...
◆U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, who was on the inaugural podium, had no idea singer Beyonce was lip-syncing the "Star Spangled Banner" while standing near President Obama. "That's a shocker," said Quigley, "but it was cold and a tough song to sing." Quigley added his daughters were more impressed he'd shaken hands "with Beyonce on the podium than singers James Taylor,Kelly Clarkson, and former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter."
◆Eat 'em: The $60 ticket for the almost 40,000 members of the hoi polloi attending the main Presidential Inaugural Ball purchased ... pretzels! That's it. It was a cash bar.
◆Rahm 'em: Decked out in a tie-less tux, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's food of choice to serve at his hot ticket bash were mini-hot dogs and sliders served on platters at his underground snuggery.
◆Dance 'em: A private "rock 'em and sock 'em" dance party with the Obamas at the White House Monday night gave 300 donors, family and friends a chance to boogie and banter with the first couple. In attendance: Barack's best buds, Marty Nesbitt and Dr. Eric Whitaker, Bettylu Saltzman, John RogersJr., Bill and Bernie Daley, Susan Sher and husband Judge Neil Cohen, David and Susan Axelrod, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and wife Amy Rule. Notably absent: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who tried to push his gun reform legislation through before the president took action.
A Royal rant...
Give 'em hell, Harry? Britain's randy Prince Harry, who is returning from deployment as an Apache helicopter pilot in Afghanistan where he acknowledged killing members of the Taliban, was asked by the Brit press why he and his brother are so keen on helicopters.
◆His response; "Probably the fact that you can only fit a certain amount of people in a helicopter, therefore no one can follow us, like you guys."
Atta boy.
The Cellini file...
Former Springfield powerbroker Bill Cellini is entering the federal prison system close to the same time former Gov. George Ryan is exiting.
◆Cellini, who had requested a Mongomery, Ala., prison, reported to Terre Haute, Ind. Tuesday to serve a year sentence on corruption charges.
◆Cellini, 78, who was the victim of a heart attack while waiting to be sentenced, was granted an extension before his prison entry date in early January. He was convicted in 2011 of participating in a political contribution shakedown in order to fill former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's coffers.
Wednesday's birthdays: Mariska Hargitay, 49; Princess Caroline, 56; and Richard Dean Anderson, 63.

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The latest Android news, developments, comments and apps involving Google's embedded mobile platform that now features in smartphones, tablets, set-top boxes, cameras, watches and some other rather unexpected places.
MediaTek chip has 3D graphics for Android phones
MediaTek has said its latest application processor for smartphones integrates a PowerVR series5 SGX GPU (graphics processing unit) from Imagination Technologies, writes Richard Wilson.
The chip is the MT6573 mobile applications processor which will use the enhanced graphics in gaming, navigation and location-based services.
Designed for Android smartphones, the applications processor is based on a 650MHz ARM11procesor core.
Its graphics capbilities include 3D, multi-format video capture and playback up to FWVGA 30fps, high-resolution camera support to 8MP and a FWVGA, touch-screen display.
The MT6573 platform supports a quad-band, 3G/HSPA modem with mobile broadband rates of 7.2Mbps in the downlink and 5.76 Mbps uplink, as well as quad-band EDGE.
"We are delighted that MediaTek has delivered this highly capable new mass-market application processor," said Hossein Yassaie, CEO, Imagination.
According to Jeffrey Ju, general manager of the smartphone business unit at MediaTek: "We are thrilled to have PowerVR graphics acceleration in MT6573, and the benefit of Imagination's insight and experience as a strategic partner going forward."Tags: downlink, enhanced graphics, graphics acceleration, new mass market, video capture


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I have been at AIC for eight years. Four years in the registrar's office as assistant registrar, and four years in admissions. I am very fortunate to be able to utilize my education and my life experiences towards assisting students.
What I love about American International College: Hands down, the people. I've worked in a number of different jobs and have never met such an eclectic and wonderful blend of people.
Why I love being an admissions counselor: I love to assist students in the transitional stage of their lives and strive to facilitate them towards their goals. I find my job challenging but also very rewarding.
Favorite movie: When Harry Met Sally
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Lance Armstrong: Will the damage outweigh the disgrace?
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'Wall-E' Charms Its Way Back Atop the DVD Sales Charts
The top 10 on the sales charts were filled with catalog titles like The Dark Knight in second place, Mamma Mia! in third place, Horton Hears a Who in fifth place, Kung Fu Panda in seventh and even Sex and the City: The Movie finishing in eighth place, some 23 weeks after its initial release. The return of these older titles to the charts was not only attributed to the lack of competition, but also to blow-out $10 DVD sales from Target and going-out-of-business deals on DVD's at Circuit City.
The only new release on any of the charts was the new horror film The Haunting of Molly Hartley, which took fourth place in the rental charts. The top three rentals from last week remained the same, with Body of Lies in first, Changeling in second and Nights in Rodanthe in third place.
The Blu-ray charts saw some old titles return to prominence as well, with Iron Man taking second place on the Blu-ray sales charts behind last week's winner, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. The Dark Knight also finished in fourth place on the BD sales charts with Wall-E right behind in fifth place.
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The Dark Knight and Wall-E were good movies. Dosent suprise me that there still doing well.
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Both the dvd and box office charts have been surpriseing this year. I just recently saw Wall-E aswell and it is very good.
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Hi Grace,
I am so lucky to have found your blog which specializes in love letters and marriage proposals. My girlfriend and I have been together for almost 4 years in a long distance relationship. We keep our relationship alive through open communication as we both think that this is the most important.
Sometimes we have dates using online applications such as watching the same movies or TV shows together at the same time although in a different place. We both believe that we're both under the same sky and we contend ourselves of this fact.
I love her so much and I want to ask her to marry me, my problem is how? The distance between us makes it really hard so I am asking for help about some long distance marriage proposal ideas.
Thanks in advance,
Hi Brian – thank you for writing in! I love hearing about long distance relationships and how couples make them work, keeping the romance alive. You shared some wonderful ideas which I'm sure other readers who are in a long distance relationship will benefit from.
Congratulations on your readiness to move to the next level in your partnership – marriage. I am happy that you have turned to my blog for advice on how to achieve proposing when you're apart. I will gladly share my thoughts and ideas with you.
Do keep in mind that I do not have all of the unique details pertaining to your lifestyles or preferences, so I will offer a variety of suggestions and some will work for you while others will not. Here are some long distance marriage proposal ideas to get you started in the right direction:
If vacation time and/or budget will allow, I highly recommend proposing in person when it is possible. Perhaps in your case this will not work, and that is fine – but just wanted to emphasize that face to face is preferred if you can pull it off. Surprising her with a romantic, fun filled weekend where you pop the question will be a memory you both will treasure for the rest of your lives.
As long as a friend or family member can be trusted to keep a secret and is reliable to carry out a task or two, you can create a wonderful proposal by getting another involved. One example is that you can ask your helper to set up a lovely, romantic setting with candles, music and whatever else is aesthetically pleasing to you both. You can be ready to propose via Skype (have the computer close to where she will be sitting) and you can even have the ring on the table where she will sit.
Your helper should simply set up the location, guide her there – then leave! You are trying to keep this special moment as intimate as possible between the two of you, even at a long distance, so in the end it should just be the two of you when you ask her to marry you.
The following ideas will work beautifully for a long distance marriage proposal – but another great idea is proposing twice! Of course, the first one is the real deal – but because you both can't be together, you can promise to propose in person the next time you are face to face. You could even send a promise ring to her, keeping the engagement ring in hand for when you meet again.
Whether proposing once or twice, there are many great examples of proposals you can do long distance. You can propose via a love letter, make a video proposal and mail it to her or even send her homemade cookies that spell out "will you marry me?" If you are musical, write her a proposal song and record it. For more intimacy and directness, you can mail her a package and tell her not to open it until you connect via Skype – then ask her to open the box (with the ring inside) and propose in real time. These are just some examples but, of course, any romantic ideas that appeal to you on this blog will do, even at a distance.
In closing, my only other tip is to be certain that the timing is right. You have maintained a long distance relationship for four years and communicate openly, which leads me to assume you have both discussed what the future may look like. It is important, when couples are separated by many miles, to have a basic plan as to where you will be TOGETHER in the future. Proposing is a special moment to be remembered and treasured for all time – but fears or stressful obstacles which haven't been discussed yet can put a damper on the moment. So be certain that these matters have been worked out before asking her to marry you, so that the proposal can be magical for both of you.
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Many consider the Washington Redskins name to be derogatory to Native Americans, but a poll finds wide support, although the number has dropped in the last 20 years.
WASHINGTON — It's been a rough offseason for the Washington Redskins, and not just because of the knee injury to star quarterback Robert Griffin III.
The team's nickname has faced a new barrage of criticism for being offensive to Native Americans. Local leaders and pundits have called for a name change. Opponents have launched a legal challenge intended to deny the team federal trademark protection. A bill introduced in Congress in March would do the same, though it appears unlikely to pass.
But a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows that nationally, "Redskins" still enjoys widespread support. Nearly four in five Americans don't think the team should change its name, the survey found. Only 11 percent think it should be changed, while 8 percent weren't sure and 2 percent didn't answer.
Although 79 percent favor keeping the name, that does represent a 10 percentage point drop from the last national poll on the subject, conducted in 1992 by The Washington Post and ABC News just before the team won its most recent Super Bowl. Then, 89 percent said the name should not be changed, and 7 percent said it should.
The AP-GfK poll was conducted from April 11-15. It included interviews with 1,004 adults on both land lines and cellphones. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
Several poll respondents told The AP that they did not consider the name offensive and cited tradition in arguing that it shouldn't change.
"That's who they've been forever. That's who they're known as," said Sarah Lee, a 36-year-old stay-at-home mom from Osceola, Ind. "I think we as a people make race out to be a bigger issue than it is."
But those who think the name should be changed say the word is obviously derogatory.
"With everything that Native Americans have gone through in this country, to have a sports team named the Redskins — come on, now. It's bad," said Pamela Rogal, 56, a writer from Boston. "Much farther down the road, we're going to look back on this and say, 'Are you serious? Did they really call them the Washington Redskins?' It's a no-brainer."
Among football fans, 11 percent said the name should be changed — the same as among non-fans. Among nonwhite football fans, 18 percent said it should change, about double the percentage of white football fans who oppose the name.
A Redskins spokesman declined to comment on the poll's findings or to make team executives available for interviews.
In Washington, debate over the name has increased in recent months. In February, the National Museum of the American Indian held a daylong symposium on the use of Indian mascots by sports teams. Museum Director Kevin Gover, of the Pawnee Nation, said the word "redskin" was "the equivalent of the n-word."
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray, a Democrat, suggested that the team would have to consider changing the name if it wanted to play its home games in the city again. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat who represents the district in Congress, said she's a fan of the team but avoids saying "Redskins." Just this week, a D.C. councilmember introduced a resolution calling for a name change, and it appears to have enough support to pass, although the council has no power over the team.
"We need to get rid of it," said longtime local news anchor Jim Vance in a commentary that aired in February. Vance, of WRC-TV, revealed that he has avoided using the name on the air for the past few years.
Other media outlets have done the same. The Washington City Paper substitutes the name "Pigskins," and DCist.com announced in February that it would avoid using the name in print. The Kansas City Star also has a policy against printing "Redskins."
In March, a three-judge panel heard arguments from a group of five Native American petitioners that the team shouldn't have federal trademark protection, which could force owner Daniel Snyder into a change by weakening him financially. A decision isn't expected for up to a year, and the Redskins are sure to appeal if it doesn't go their way. A similar case, ultimately won by the team, was filed in 1992 and needed 17 years to go through the legal system before the Supreme Court declined to intervene.
Susan Shown Harjo, a plaintiff in that case, said the poll results were "irrelevant" because popular opinion shouldn't decide the issue.
"This is a really good example of why you never put racism up to a popular vote, because racism will win every time," she said. "It's not up to the offending class to say what offends the offended."
AP Sports Writer Joseph White, AP Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta and News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius contributed to this report.
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I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.
There is no shame in begging. If there were I think God would have edited David's prayer. There is nothing gained by doubting, but there is no shame in begging.
David determined to turn to God for relief; he described how desperately he needed relief, then he begged God to give him relief quickly:
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit. Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you (Psalms 143:7a).
David didn't want to wait forever for God to answer his prayer. He didn't pray for perseverance or patience; he prayed for God to give him relief. Sometimes we cloak our lack of faith with a super-spiritual posture of praying for perseverance and patience when really the reason we pretend we are OK with God's silence is because deep down inside we don't really expect Him to answer.
I am afraid that I don't have much patience with prayers that end with the phrase "Lord willing." Of course we ought to pray for the Lord's will to supersede our own when we come to Him with our requests. I've written much on the necessity of surrender in this mysterious partnership we have with God that we call prayer. Often, however, people insert the phrase "Lord willing" to give God an "out." Just in case He's not willing—or just in case absolutely nothing happens in response to their prayers. I am frustrated with the phrase because it might often mean, "What difference does it make if I pray or not?"
This is not what David did. When David prayed, he remembered God's activity in the past and begged Him to "do it again" in his present. In fact, he got quite specific in his request: "Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love." David cried out to God in his despair and begged Him to answer his prayer by the next day. I like that kind of praying!
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The great thing about praying as David prayed is that your faith is bolstered. I imagine that if I could take a poll of every reader, most of you would agree that God is faithful. Most of you would also agree that His love is unfailing. But, like the man who brought his son to the disciples, we desperately need God to prove His faithfulness and His unfailing love in our lives right now.
The story is found in Mark 9:14-27 A man brought his son to Jesus' disciples because an evil spirit possessed the boy. Unfortunately Jesus' disciples couldn't drive the spirit out. Jesus was away at the time, and when He returned, a large crowd had gathered for a theological discussion.
Seeing the crowd, Jesus asked what they were arguing about. The father told him how awful life was for his boy and how Jesus' disciples failed to help. Jesus rebuked His disciples for their lack of faith then focused His attention on the boy. As the evil spirit acted out, the boy's father prayed, "If you can do anything, take pity on us and help us" (Mark 9:22b).
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Two gang members convicted in the 2009 shooting death of a perceived rival in City Heights were each sentenced Friday to lengthy terms in state prison.
Paul Salinas, 22, and Marco Antonio Firman, 30, were convicted May 13 of first-degree murder and other charges in the slaying of 27-year-old Tomas Ray.
The eight-man, four-woman jury also found gang and gun use allegations to be true and found the defendants guilty of being felons in possession of firearms.
On Friday Judge Peter Deddeh sentenced Firman to 80 years to life plus 17 years in prison. The judge sentenced Salinas to 75 years to life in prison plus 22 years and four months.
The victim was walking by himself on Dec. 28, 2009, when he exchanged words with two men at the intersection of Menlo Avenue and Landis Street, according to police.
Ray -- who was not a gang member -- was shot by Salinas as he crossed the street and died the next day, prosecutor Shawn Tafreshi said in a previous hearing. He said the defendants were put up to the crime by a gang leader who was upset that rivals were coming into the neighborhood.
Deddeh said Firman also had a gun during the murder, even though he didn't use it.
Ray's mother, Diana Hinojos, said her son -- a medical student -- was always trying to help people and had a great sense of humor.
"Tomas made us laugh all the time," she said. "They (the defendants) took that away."
The victim's grandmother cried as she wondered why the defendants didn't just beat up her grandson instead of killing him.
"You didn't have to do that," she told the defendants. Don't kill each other. We're all the same race. I beg you, don't do this anymore."
Deddeh said the defendants were cavalier as they went out "hunting" for rivals the night Ray was killed, calling the crime "shocking and disgusting."
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Outstanding! Served over simply grilled tilapia fillets seasoned with salt and pepper. Husband and I agree it is "company worthy" and we will definitely be making this again. LOVE that I've discovered a great way to enjoy rhubarb other than the usual cobblers and crisps.
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Yield: Makes 1 1/2 cups
- 3 cups diced fresh rhubarb
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 garlic clove, pressed
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- Stir together all ingredients in a 3-quart saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 40 minutes or until mixture thickens and is reduced by half.
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President Barack Obama told Americans the bipartisan deficit commission he will appoint won't just be "one of those Washington gimmicks." Left unspoken in that assurance was the fact that the commission won't have any teeth.
Obama confronted some tough realities in his State of the Union speech Wednesday night, chief among them that Americans are continuing to lose their health insurance as Congress struggles to pass an overhaul.
Yet some of his ideas for moving ahead skirted the complex political circumstances standing in his way.
A look at some of Obama's claims and how they compare with the facts:
OBAMA: "Starting in 2011, we are prepared to freeze government spending for three years. Spending related to our national security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security will not be affected. But all other discretionary government programs will. Like any cash-strapped family, we will work within a budget to invest in what we need and sacrifice what we don't."
THE FACTS: The anticipated savings from this proposal would amount to less than 1 percent of the deficit — and that's if the president can persuade Congress to go along.
Obama is a convert to the cause of broad spending freezes. In the presidential campaign, he criticized Republican opponent John McCain for suggesting one. "The problem with a spending freeze is you're using a hatchet where you need a scalpel," he said a month before the election. Now, Obama wants domestic spending held steady in most areas where the government can control year-to-year costs. The proposal is similar to McCain's.
OBAMA: "I've called for a bipartisan fiscal commission, modeled on a proposal by Republican Judd Gregg and Democrat Kent Conrad. This can't be one of those Washington gimmicks that lets us pretend we solved a problem. The commission will have to provide a specific set of solutions by a certain deadline. Yesterday, the Senate blocked a bill that would have created this commission. So I will issue an executive order that will allow us to go forward, because I refuse to pass this problem on to another generation of Americans."
THE FACTS: Any commission that Obama creates would be a weak substitute for what he really wanted — a commission created by Congress that could force lawmakers to consider unpopular remedies to reduce the debt, including curbing politically sensitive entitlements like Social Security and Medicare. That idea crashed in the Senate this week, defeated by equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans. Any commission set up by Obama alone would lack authority to force its recommendations before Congress, and would stand almost no chance of success.
OBAMA: Discussing his health care initiative, he said, "Our approach would preserve the right of Americans who have insurance to keep their doctor and their plan."
THE FACTS: The Democratic legislation now hanging in limbo on Capitol Hill aims to keep people with employer-sponsored coverage — the majority of Americans under age 65 — in the plans they already have. But Obama can't guarantee people won't see higher rates or fewer benefits in their existing plans. Because of elements such as new taxes on insurance companies, insurers could change what they offer or how much it costs. Moreover, Democrats have proposed a series of changes to the Medicare program for people 65 and older that would certainly pinch benefits enjoyed by some seniors. The Congressional Budget Office has predicted cuts for those enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans.
OBAMA: The president issued a populist broadside against lobbyists, saying they have "outsized influence" over the government. He said his administration has "excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs." He also said it's time to "require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my administration or Congress" and "to put strict limits on the contributions that lobbyists give to candidates for federal office."
THE FACTS: Obama has limited the hiring of lobbyists for administration jobs, but the ban isn't absolute; seven waivers from the ban have been granted to White House officials alone. Getting lobbyists to report every contact they make with the federal government would be difficult at best; Congress would have to change the law, and that's unlikely to happen. And lobbyists already are subject to strict limits on political giving. Just like every other American, they're limited to giving $2,400 per election to federal candidates, with an overall ceiling of $115,500 every two years.
OBAMA: "Because of the steps we took, there are about 2 million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed. … And we are on track to add another one and a half million jobs to this total by the end of the year."
THE FACTS: The success of the Obama-pushed economic stimulus that Congress approved early last year has been an ongoing point of contention. In December, the administration reported that recipients of direct assistance from the government created or saved about 650,000 jobs. The number was based on self-reporting by recipients and some of the calculations were shown to be in error.
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THE FACTS: Obama skipped past a broken promise from his campaign — to have the negotiations for health care legislation broadcast on C-SPAN "so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies." Instead, Democrats in the White House and Congress have conducted the usual private negotiations, making multibillion-dollar deals with hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and other stakeholders behind closed doors. Nor has Obama lived up consistently to his pledge to ensure that legislation is posted online for five days before it's acted upon.
OBAMA: "The United States and Russia are completing negotiations on the farthest-reaching arms control treaty in nearly two decades."
THE FACTS: Despite insisting early last year that they would complete the negotiations in time to avoid expiration of the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in early December, the U.S. and Russia failed to do so. And while officials say they think a deal on a new treaty is within reach, there has been no breakthrough. A new round of talks is set to start Monday. One important sticking point: disagreement over including missile defense issues in a new accord. If completed, the new deal may arguably be the farthest-reaching arms control treaty since the original 1991 agreement. An interim deal reached in 2002 did not include its own rules on verifying nuclear reductions.
OBAMA: Drawing on classified information, he claimed more success than his predecessor at killing terrorists: "And in the last year, hundreds of al-Qaida's fighters and affiliates, including many senior leaders, have been captured or killed — far more than in 2008."
THE FACTS: It is an impossible claim to verify. Neither the Bush nor the Obama administration has published enemy body counts, particularly those targeted by armed drones in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. The pace of drone attacks has increased dramatically in the last 18 months, according to congressional officials briefed on the secret program.
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Personally I cannot watch "State of the Union" addresses. Why so? Possibly because I simply know too much about the core rot and corruption of our ruling body both organizationally and in many cases on the individuals attending this annual lovefest.
These people are not friends of the American people and champions of maintaining our way of life. They've sold their souls to their corporatist/globalist sponsors…period! To them, the U.S. as a nation state is DOA while serving the needs of foreign interests is paramount to them; ie., virtually their daily marching orders.
Each and every one of them have managed to push, shove, lie, cheat and even steal taxpayer dollars on their way to the top and continue to do so once landing at their final level of incompetence.
If I do watch, I'll spend time analyzing the facial expressions of the "peanut gallery". You witness the sleepers as well as the vapidly grinning, handclapping toady sycophants. The result of my observations turns my blood to icewater, then a cold rage moves through my spirit thinking what a tragedy that we must suffer such human garbage both leading and managing our nation. Our leaders have become elected dictators, our Congress simply a politburo and the Supreme Court simply their nine consiglieres to indemnify their traitorous, criminally disposed actions.
Carl Nemo **==
I was in hope there would be a dance after the speech.
I still can't get past Joe B's shit-eating, mile-wide grin!
Where was Joe Wilson?
According to the press, elevated to a better seat than last time. Just not one on TV.
Facts? He can't let facts get in the way of his shot at a second term. He's already in populist election mode and I guess he's delusional or perhaps Americans have become so stupid that no one will notice he hasn't kept his populist promises from the last election.
Woody, I keep tellin' ya it's the water…:))
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…And the "food," and the meds, and the schools, and the television, and the vaccines, etc.
Someone told me he had things lined up so that a bunch of positive and popular things will be accomplished moving into the mid-terms and on to 2012. In other words, playing politics with aid to Americans.
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Everyday I visit the amazing website Lakeland Cam and post my favorite photos of the day by the very talented Tony Richards. My thanks to Tony for allowing me to post his lovely photos.
As you may have guessed I love the English Lake district. It is the setting for my current writing project and the subject of many of my paintings.
If you're a King Arthur fan, the Wild Forest, where Arthur was brought up tutored by Merlin, is in the Lake District. If you've read the Mary Stewart Merlin Trilogy, most of the book "The Hollow Hills" takes place in the Lake District. The ruins of the Roman Fort Galava is located just outside of Ambleside.
My current painting is of a lakeside cottage with my main character Katherine sitting on a stone wall in front, cup of tea in hand while Betrys, her tour guide Henrietta's faithful Border Collie stands guard.
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