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Soothing heat
By mtlady
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I have only used this a few times but it does seem to help arthritis pain at least for a short while. Be aware that it has a lot of DON'Ts listed on it's use. It must be on a hard flat surface, no rugs,or upholstry. The housing and the face become hot, will burn you, and you have to use it 12-16 inches away from your body. No water or any moisture at all near it. If the person using it is an invalid or mentally challenged they are not to be left alone while the machine is in use incase it needs to be moved or turned off quickly. If you use it too often it can burn you like a sun burn. They say a couple of treaments a day and no more than 15 mins. each. It does have a timer, when you turn it on it will count down from the 15 mins. and shut itself off. I have a folding wooden chair that I sit mine on to use and so far it has done a good job. It's a bother to have to set the chair up and make sure the machine isn't too close to my recliner but I have managed to get my knee and foot near enough without problem. If you have arthritis or sore muscles this will help and you may not have to take as many pills to relieve the pain.
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Honestly I'm really in favour of this working or I wouldn't be asking this question, I want to join up but cant see who's going to end up paying apart from the promoter. And as a promoter I cant see how this helps me recoupe that increase.
Honestly I'm really in favour of this working or I wouldn't be asking this question, I want to join up but cant see who's going to end up paying apart from the promoter. And as a promoter I cant see how this helps me recoupe that increase.
No! John will not be posting projected numbers for you to assess for consistency or any other belief that you may have.
Now BB I have both publicly and privately commended you for your general outlook and reasoning on your quests to highlight and expose all that is poor in MMA. Your line of questioning since our announcement yesterday has strayed beyond all recognition at times as well as being completely off key. Might I ask that you and everyone else at least give us one day to catch our collective breaths?
I personally invite you to the press related launch in London next Thursday where any and all questions will be answered. Since the initial release yesterday I have been on an emotional roller coaster since - ranging from adulation to complete sadness and despair at some of the so called thoughts and comments related on this project. It would be all to easy, least of professionally incorrect, but very just I might add to throw out an emotion filled response but that would get me nowhere fast. Alternatively I could revert to the standard protocol of talking about what we could do, talking about what we will do but if talking was all we would partake in then we would have nothing to have even be discussing here right this minute.
I ask you please, even out of thought and respect for me? Could you at least give us chance to prove our worth? To prove that every single meeting I attended and orchestrated over the last year and a half driving to and from London leaving my family, at my own expense, my time and my sanity. Could you please not grant me he courtesy to show that when I came up with the initiative and concept that in order for the vision to work that we needed the three promotions on board initially in unison in order for us to have one fighting chance to start? The fact that said "rival" promotions did all come together and my vision of this filled me with hope and understanding that we all strive for the same common goal. The promotors themselves, Izzy, the medical representatives from Harley Street - we have all put in hundreds of hours of time effort and emotion to even get us to an initial launch. Could I ask that you at least recognise all of this? Please?
The paint isn't even dry yet and already, in the interests of remaining communicative with the very people that we wish to offer service, stability and guidance to we find ourselves embroiled in defending our place without even starting. I would like to draw a line under this now. I urge and ask any and all related in MMA to register your attendance for the launch next Thursday where and and all questions, queries, reservations and thoughts can be tabled in the correct forum and format for doing so.
I urge you all, with any vested interest in MMA to understand and support what we are doing here. Questions will be asked of course - but answers shall be given. We knew the road would be bumpy, would be long and would be difficult and that is just nothing more than human nature.
My overriding and initial request is for one of plead! Please do not let us think that everything we have done till now will be wasted. I urge you all to join with us for the greater good of this sport. We are young (as a sport collectively) but there are many wise minds - each with a single common aim of raising safety amongst our competitors. All will be answered in time, but again I ask can you at least give us that?
I, my colleagues, promotes and medical professionals look forward to fielding many questions at the launch and for times like these, when I can, to answer answer of your queries as possible.
My thanks.
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if fighting is a pursuit rooted in pain, you will find the best teachers have often absorbed the most punishment themselves......and remained standing
Please know that I have just done all that response from my phone in the back of beyond :-/
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Second, demanding instant replies to your emails? IMMAF Deja Vu all over again? Seriously, you are a faceless forum entity yet expect to be treated on par with Dana White?
Anyway, off to carry on reading everyone else being positive bar Bean...
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http://www.facebook.com/craig.st.clair666 ME
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Listening is cool and shit." BlackdogMMA
Haha I thought that, my first reply above was on my phone and that pissed me off just doing a paragraph...Just shows how dedicated Mr Goddard is to SAFE MMA it if he went to that kind of bother. Seriously.
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2003 9:11 pm
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Thank you all for your thoughtful ideas. I recently received and email from Mr. Quinn with the MN DNR. I have not heard from him in a couple of months so I was just asking what their most recent position was on Geocaching in MN State Parks. Here is his response.
As you surmised, we are very busy this time of year. However, a small
group of Division staff have been working on developing a geocaching
policy for MNDNR-Parks and we are very close to having it done. One of
the things we discussed was whether to incorporate a more extensive
review of the policy before allowing any geocaching or utilizing the
comments we already have from the MN Geocaching Association and others,
get a policy in place to begin allowing geocaching according to policy
guidelines and do a review at the end of the first year. We decided to
pursue the latter. If all goes well, we anticipate having a policy in
place sometime in June.
If you have any specific questions, please let me know. Otherwise, I'm
sure we'll be in touch with the MN Geocaching Association at the point
that we have a policy in place.
Ed Quinn
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500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155-4039
Once again, thank you all for your ideas. It looks like we will be able to cache soon in our State Parks. When the policy is introduced and made available, please be courtious and work with the park in which you are caching so that geocaching can benefit both parks and cachers. Thanks again, Bobhiker.
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Very impressive ! THANKS Rob
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Looks like I'll be buying a MN State Parks annual pass soon.
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I think it has been 4 or 5 yrs since I've bought a state year long pass. Its about time I consider putting some $$ back to the state parks again.
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MN Lost Boy
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Posts: 30
Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 10:57 am
Post subject: State Park Caches....
Last week we traveled to Missouri and found a cache placed by the Missouri State park rangers... It was a fun cache...
Perhaps someone is interested in how they came to place this one???
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When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I picked it up, and started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 11:15 am
Post subject: DNR reply
I just asked the DNR what was the status of there decision and here is the reply I recieved...
The state park system is currently nearing completion of a policy that will allow geocaching in designated areas. By the time the policy is finalized and parks make time to designate areas, we anticipate that it will likely be fall before one can actually geocache in state parks. We will be in contact with the MN Geocaching Association and probably have the change posted on our website so watch those two locations for further details.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 3:01 pm
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That's really great news. Many of my favorite hikes are through our state park system, I'll be glad when we can bring other people to these areas through geocaching, regardless of where or how many caches we're allowed to place.
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So how are things coming along on this
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 8:41 pm
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Sorry we have not posted anything more current in the last few months. I have been trying to email the folks at the DNR and the emails all kept coming back as rejected. I was wondering if they had blocked all incoming emails from geocachers.
I just talked to Mr. Quinn today. He was quick to return my call. He said that the DNR computers were set up to reject most emails due to a virus that they had in their system. That should be working normal soon.
The geocaching policy is written, revised, and is sitting on an administrators desk waiting for final approval. Once it is approved, then it has to get on their web site. They will then notify us and we will post a link to their policy page. I am personally guessing about another month and a half minimum.
I am not sure what the particulars will be, but this will only cover geocaching in the MN State Park system. I am guessing there will be a list of which parks and how many will be allowed. Working with a local park manager will also be required.
Once the policy comes out they will monitor it pretty closely the first year to see how it works. Thank you for your patience in this matter.
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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 7:31 am
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Hey guys. I just received an email from Mr. Quinn of the MN DNR concerning Geocaching. I looks like maybe spring before we can cache in our State Parks.
Mr. Sime,
When we talked a month or so ago, I told you that the Division
geocaching policy for MN State Parks was nearly completed. However,
since we haven't notified the MN Geocaching Association yet or posted it
on our website, I thought I should take a minute to touch base and let
you know where we're at.
During the final review of the policy and in communication with the
Commissioner's office, it was noted that we have a rule (6100.1650
-subp. 2 & subp. 3) that prohibits leaving of personal items in state
parks and that our geocaching policy would provide an exception to that
rule. There is currently a question in the Department regarding whether
policies alone can be used to manage visitors or if rule-making is
needed. In this particular case (geocaching) the question is whether a
separate rule is needed to allow geocaches to be left in state parks
(where personal property cannot be left) or whether our policy can be
used to provide further direction as to how a rule is implemented. The
current rule does allow for park manager approval to be a factor, and we
expect that may help. We are in communication with the Commissioner's
office on this question and others that apply to our Division, but since
this is a Department-wide review of rules/policies, it will likely take
awhile. Given the time of year, we are anticipating at this point that
we will be able to have things in place by next spring/summer.
Ed Quinn
Natural Resource Program Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Division of Parks and Recreation
500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155-4039
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My how slow the wheels of change turn! But progress is progress and I'll happily take it. Thanks for sharing this bobhiker!
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:28 am
Post subject: Lake Maria S.P.
Well, I'm delighted to say that the manager at Lake Maria SP in Wright county has told me that I may place a cache there as soon as it's leagal. Of course I will have to let him work with me on placement spot, but that's ok.
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This is a classic SNAFU. If it wasn't *our* DNR, I'd be ROFLMAO.
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:07 am
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Well, its spring now, and we will soon be well into the DNR's "busy time of the year" again (see May 21, 2003 post above).
Is there any news to report?
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:26 am
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rickrich wrote:
Well, its spring now, and we will soon be well into the DNR's "busy time of the year" again (see May 21, 2003 post above).
When we were down in MO I was introduced to one of the people that heads the State Parks system... She was the one that was put in charge of creating a Geocaching policy.
She scoured the Midwest looking for previous policies and found that she would be working from scratch. She had mentioned that she spoke w/(dropped someone's name that I don't remember -- our DNR guy) back then but of course they were "working on it". I told her they still are.
Apparently other states in the Midwest have copied or at least built off of MO's policies. I really wish that MN would make good on their efforts to work w/us. It was great being able to cache in PA's state parks and MO's... The possibilities are endless in ours.
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Feminism | Posted by Julie Z on 01/26/2013
Saturday Vids: Trade of Innocents
I recently came across a movie that takes on the issue of human trafficking called Trade of Innocents starring Mira Sorvino and Dermot Mulroney. Although it doesn't look like the film is getting wide distribution, it is available for individual screenings and seems like a perfect film to create an event for a human rights-based or anti-human trafficking club. The film also has other resources available. Check it out:
In the back streets of a tourist town in present-day Southeast Asia, we find a filthy cinder block room; a bed with soiled sheets; a little girl waits for the next man. Alex (Dermot Mulroney), a human trafficking investigator, plays the role of her next customer as he negotiates with the pimp for the use …


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Priority: Other Significant
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CFR Citation: 30 CFR 72
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Abstract: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Mine Safety and Health Administration jointly proposed that a single, full-shift measurement (single sample) will accurately represent the atmospheric condition to which a miner is exposed. The proposed rule addresses the U.S. Court of Appeals' concerns raised in National Mining Association v. Secretary of Labor, 153 3d 1264 (11th Cir. 1998). MSHA and NIOSH reopened the rulemaking record on March 6, 2003, to obtain comments on documents added to the rulemaking record since the proposed rule was published July 7, 2000. Public hearings were held in May 2003 and the comment period, originally scheduled to close on June 4, 2003, was extended until July 3, 2003. However, on June 24, 2003, MSHA announced that all work on the final rule would cease. On August 12, 2003, the Agencies reopened the rulemaking record and extended the comment period indefinitely. MSHA will be collaborating with NIOSH, miners' representatives, industry and the manufacturer in the in-mine testing of production prototype Personal Dust Monitors (PDMs) units. The results of the collaborative effort will guide the Agency in determining the functionality of these real-time dust monitoring devices and need for revisions to the coal respirable dust monitoring requirements.
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Jamie Lynn Spears Is Engaged!
Britney may not be tying the knot anytime soon, but little sister Jamie Lynn Spears might be—she's engaged!
-Lucia Peters
Britney Spears may have called off her engagement recently, but it looks like there's still going to be a wedding in the spears family—Britney's little sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, is engaged!
Former Zoey 101 star Jamie Lynn, who is 21, announced the news that her boyfriend of three years, 30-year-old Jamie Watson, had put a ring on it via Twitter this past Sunday. "Guesssss what??????", she wrote, attaching the image seen above of her hugging Jamie and showing off her ring. She followed it up with a second message, a smiley face emoticon with the hashtag #hedidgood and a close-up of the sparkler:
Pretty, no? We're no jewelry experts, but from what we can see here, it looks like it's a circle-cut diamond on a band (possibly silver, white gold, or platinum) dotted with a whole bunch of other tiny, little diamonds. He did good, indeed!
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Jamie Lynn, who had been a series regular on Nickelodeon's All That before landing her lead role in the network's Zoey 101 in 2004, made headlines in 2007 when she announced that she was pregnant by then-boyfriend Casey Aldridge. Why was this so noteworthy? Jamie Lynn was only 16 at the time. Not only that, big sister Britney was going through the worst of her troubles at the same time, too. 2007 was definitely not a good year for the Spears women. After wrapping the final season of Zoey 101, Jamie Lynn and Casey moved back to Liberty, Mississippi, where their daughter, Maddie Briann Aldridge, was born on June 19, 2008.
The couple had announced that they were engaged several months before Maddie's birth. However, their relationship had many ups and downs; they called off their engagement in March 2009, ended their relationship in February 2010, reconciled in August 2010, and called it quits for good in November 2010.
Enter Jamie Watson. According to the NY Post, Jamie and Jamie Lynn have been in an on-again, off-again relationship for the past three years; as of January 2013, though, they had been back together for "a while now," and had begun talking marriage. It looks like they've finally taken the plunge now, so congratulations!
We're a little curious how location is going to play into their relationship (and, indeed, whether it's been a factor so far); Jamie Lynn splits her time between her big sister's Kentwood, Louisiana mansion, where the almost-five-year-old Maddie goes to school, and Nashville, Tennessee, where she has been working at launching a country music career. We'd be lying if we said that we weren't curious about whether it's going to last; but in the meantime, congratulations are still called for, so congrats, you two crazy kids!
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All pregnancy tests, regardless of whether they are taken at home or at a doctor's office, detect the level of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in either urine or blood samples. hCG is a hormone created by the developing placenta. hCG builds up rapidly in your body shortly after the embryo attaches to the uterus. It can be detected by a home pregnancy test three to five days after a missed period. Newer and more sensitive tests can even detect the hormone several days before your missed period.
Be sure to read the directions included with the pregnancy test very carefully. There are various ways the urine sample is collected and placed on the testing application. Most commonly, you will urinate directly onto a testing stick and wait 3-5 minutes for the results to appear.
Urine-based home pregnancy tests are very accurate, as positive results are almost always associated with pregnancy. False-positives are rare (this is when the test shows that you're pregnant but you're not). A positive result does not guarantee that the pregnancy will succeed or is located within the uterus.
Conversely, a negative result does not necessarily mean that there is no pregnancy. Since some tests detect a lower level of hormone than others, the type you choose may not detect a pregnancy in its early stages. If you suspect you are pregnant but your test comes back negative, wait a few days and take another test.
When a pregnancy test shows a positive result, you should contact your doctor or health care provider to schedule a prenatal evaluation and exam.
Pregnancy tests performed by a health care provider using blood samples can detect a pregnancy one to two days after implantation -- a few days before a missed period. Blood tests can pick up very low levels of hCG and will, therefore, show results almost immediately.
All pregnancy tests are fundamentally the same -- they measure the amount of hCG in your system and produce positive or negative results based on that measurement.


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Al Jefferson committed the foul that allowed the Clippers to go ahead with 3.4 seconds remaining. Randy Foye missed the shot that would have won the game.
But one day after the Jazz blew a 19-point lead and lost 116-114, the toughest questions were directed at Tyrone Corbin.
The Jazz coach's decision to leave Jefferson in the game for a defensive possession with 17 seconds left proved costly, and was questionable at the time with athletic backup Derrick Favors, a more sound defender, on the bench.
Corbin said he was anticipating the Jazz's next offensive possession. As a result, Jefferson jumped out to trap Clippers point guard Chris Paul near midcourt. Paul turned the corner on Jefferson and with 3.4 seconds remaining, Jefferson couldn't resist, and was called for a foul when he reached in and collided with Paul.
"Al was going to be the guy we were going to on the offensive end," Corbin said. "So we were coming back to go inside. You manage your timeouts to the time and space in the game, whether you have enough time to call a timeout to get the guy back in."
However, with the shot clock off, the Clippers' strategy was to hold for the final shot before Jefferson's foul. The Jazz had one timeout left and would have been able to stop the clock and reinsert Jefferson for an offensive possession.
Instead, Favors remained on the bench with five fouls. Corbin said he did not leave Favors on the bench in anticipation of needing him for overtime.
Favors smiled when asked if he wanted to be in the game during that sequence. He answered carefully.
"I always like being in the game in crunch time," said Favors, who played 19 minutes. "I was in foul trouble so I came out, but I always like to be in the game going into crunch time."
Corbin doesn't often practice the "offense-defense" strategy of late-game substitutions, but said Saturday he is not fundamentally opposed to it.
"You have to make sure it's going to be a timeout to get the guy back offensively or you have a timeout to call to get him back on the floor," he said. "I'm not opposed to it, it just has to be the right situation."
Play it again
The Jazz are one of the few teams in the NBA who have played the Clippers well more than once this year. They have lost two games by a combined three points.
But in both games, the marquee matchup has been between Blake Griffin and Paul Millsap. One is long and aerobatic; the other, Millsap, is generally more ground-bound.
The two will face off once again Sunday when the Jazz play the Clippers at Staples Center.
Millsap said Griffin has begun trying to play mind games with him, the way he did with Griffin in his first couple of seasons.
"He's getting wiser and a little bit older and kind of knows what to expect from me," Millsap said, laughing. "So I think he's trying to role reverse, I guess."
While Griffin is the more decorated of the two a two-time All-Star and former Rookie of the Year Millsap said he's not that difficult to figure out.
"He's still a little raw on the offensive end," Millsap said. "You kind of know what type of moves he's going to do if he gets the ball on the block, but it's still tough to try to stop it because he's so strong and explosive."
Jazz at Clippers
O At Staples Center
Tipoff • 7:30 p.m.
Radio • 1280 AM, 97.5 FM
Records • Utah 15-16; L.A. 24-6
Season series • L.A. 2-0
About the Jazz • Randy Foye has averaged 23.5 points in two games against his former team this season. ... The Jazz have lost six of their last eight games. ... Mo Williams is expected to miss his fourth game with a sprained right thumb.
About the Clippers • They have won 16 straight. ... Blake Griffin leads the Clippers with 18.2 points and 8.9 rebounds. ... During their winning streak, the Clippers have allowed more than 100 points just twice, both times to Utah.


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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That section 1 of the Act approved March 28, 1908 (35 Stat. 51), entitled "An Act to authorize the cutting of timber, the manufacture and sale of lumber, and the preservation of the forests on the Menominee Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin", as amended, be, and is hereby, amended by inserting after the words "cut in any one year" the following: "except that for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1949, June 30, 1950, June 30, 1951, there may be cut not to exceed an additional five million feet of dead, diseased, and/or blown-down timber".
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Berlusconi revives political career in chaotic electionJason Horowitz
Published: February 26 2013 - 1:18PM
ROME: Silvio Berlusconi, the three-time Italian prime minister, billionaire playboy and perpetual criminal defendant, who was all but counted out of Italian political life when a debt crisis forced his resignation in 2011, has shocked the country by shooting back into a position of influence.
Even by the chaotic standards of Italian politics, the resurgence of Berlusconi's People of Liberty party, which seems to be in contention to take the Italian Senate, along with the astonishingly strong showing of a protest party led by Beppe Grillo, a seething ex-comedian opposed to the euro, has cast the Italian government into confusion.
There was no clear victor in Sunday and Monday's elections. There were, however, losers. The left-leaning Democratic Party, led by Pier Luigi Bersani, a former industry minister, won the lower House of Parliament but fell far short of expectations. On Monday night, as Bersani was left hoping to have enough support to try to form a coalition government, nervous murmuring imbued the party's victory festivities, and an empty stage draped with a sign reading "A Just Italy" was surrounded by pacing officials.
Bersani, 61, is weighed down with far-left partners including Nichi Vendola, a gay, ex-communist southern governor that the Italian press once dubbed "the white Obama". Vendola once described himself as "beloved." He is less cherished by the potential partners Bersani needs to form a coalition, setting the stage for yet another collapse-prone Italian government.
"We have a problem of governability," said the party's spokesman, Roberto Seghetti.
The smallest electorate since World War II sent a clear message of dissatisfaction to the country's caretaker prime minister, Mario Monti. An international darling for his technical government's emphasis on responsibility, personal austerity but also European spending throughout the continent's bleak financial crisis, Monti proved a political flop at home and won less than 10 per cent of the vote, dashing his hopes to finish a mission that counted President Obama among its supporters.
"This is a very important election," said Caitlin Hayden, an Obama administration spokeswoman. "We look forward to working closely with Italy's next government and its leaders when it is formed."
When that would happen was far from clear. Throughout Italy, there was fear that Tuesday morning's markets would once again view Italy as unstable, prompting the sort of debt crisis that forced Berlusconi from power in November 2011.
Only weeks ago, critics of Berlusconi were sure that the onetime cruise ship singer was gone from national politics for good. Berlusconi, whose last public appearances before the election included a favourable comparison between the Sicilian mafia and the Italian judicial system, had promised to forgive the building of illegal houses and personally pay about 4 billion euros ($5.1 billion) worth of property taxes for Italian citizens. He also expertly benefited from the fragmentation of the Italian political universe. Where once he had seemed a relic, he is again relevant.
"He's the best campaigner," said Roberto D'Alimonte, professor of political science at the Luiss university, who added that the "winner" of the elections, however, was Grillo's raging Five Star Movement, which garnered about a quarter of the vote. "We have never seen anything like it in Europe," he said of Grillo's campaign.
The 64-year-old Grillo, who has sapped the votes of the Italian left, transformed himself from theoretical funnyman to public scourge of Italy's corrupt political class in 2007, when he began holding V-Day protests (short for an Italian expletive). Hundreds of thousands of supporters have turned out in recent weeks to hear Grillo, who has put a Guy Fawkes mask on his Tsunami Tour's campaign camper, has the most-read blog in Italy and exhausts himself screaming "thieves!" and bemoaning the country's myriad woes.
What worries many of Italy's more sober politicians and analysts is that the protest leader does not seem to be in favour of much. A conviction for vehicular manslaughter in an accident that killed three people means that Grillo himself cannot serve in parliament, and his candidates have no governing experience, having won by railing against tax collectors, vaccines, citizenship for children born to Italy's legal immigrants and the euro.
Outside a voting station on Via Tevere, Enrico Beccarini, 61, said he was disappointed by a Monti campaign that amounted to "putting up posters", and voted for Grillo's party because "it's a strong protest vote".
Giancarlo Pagotto, a retired banker, walked out minutes later and said he had cast his ballot for Berlusconi. "At this moment, he seems to me the only acceptable choice," he said with a shrug. "I'm anti-communist so I can't vote Bersani, Grillo is leading a good rebellion but we have no idea what he's for, and Monti disappointed me."
As for Berlusconi's pledge to personally pay for the country's real estate tax, Pagotto said, "you say a lot of things in an electoral campaign. My hope is that he wins and then steps aside for someone else in his party and becomes economy minister. He's a great entrepreneur."
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If a man cant hold his family together is he still a man.
It is hard to come to grips with the end of everthing I have experienced in the last 6 years. MY family is gone, I feel like my life is gone, if a man cant keep his family together he is NOTHING, I am NOTHING. Why do people have to be so blind to think that a happy future is always a possibilty. The future is a dream that only the lucky experience because it is looked forward to. I have no desire to look forward to my own future. My life from now as it has been since my son was born, will be lived for my children. I will now let my children guide my future as they are what matters most in this world. I am surrounded by people that love me, friends that ARE family to me and I still have no desire to seek what I ever wanted anymore. I am a waste of a soul, that is empty. I am losing what has meant more to me than my own life whether I chose to show it or not. If I am to have a life from now on I hope it will be a life of happiness lived through my childrens dreams and aspirations. If they succeed in life it will be because I taught them well, if they fail it will be because I have failed them and I have NO intentions to fail. My only wish is that I find the wisdom to raise them the way that they should have been raised in a loving family enviornment. I will now become daddy and mommy when the official day comes that Terra walks out that door to explore what she really wants. I pray to god that she will keep my children safe when I cant be there to protect them or her. I dont know how to deal with this, I am scared to death. At this point in time it is the anticipation of ,when will all this will take place and how will I be when my children walk out of this home completely unknowing of what is actually happening, to them, to their future to their stability they had with me here. I will ALWAYS say that family is worth fighting for but it is impossible to win the battle when it is a single sided fight. I am now at war with my mind until all is said and done, I just hope everything I believe of in myself will be enough to allow some kind of mental solace. I have NEVER felt so lost in my entire my life. I have dealt with death, dying, depression, loss, sorrow, sadness but NOTHING compares to this feeling I have within me, the feeling of I could not be a strong enough man to keep my family together. If that is what my destiny is I might as well just keep what I have in my life and not try to strive for anything more, theres no point. I will work, I will come home to an empty house days out of the week and the ONLY thing I will have to look forward to is when I can see my children next, until then I will be an empty soul who lives the rest of my days out for the time spent with my children. That is the only peace I will ask for, that the time spent with my children will bring me back to who I once was and MAYBE search for what is missing. Until then :'''-(Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.
I am so sorry to hear this. Always remember you have the Lord and he is right there with you. Reading His Word and prayer is the best thing you can do. All things are for a reason and if you trust in the Lord he will take care of you and your kids. Just do not let yourself continually spiral down. Get help for yourself because your kids NEED YOU. And there are people out there to help you with your life. When one door closes another one opens in our lives and we must be able to walk through the open door and continue on. Just keep yourself going forward and do not be hard on yourself, we all make mistakes and we must learn from them. We will always be here to listen. ANYTIME!!!!
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This world we live in is very crule sometimes and we have to make the best of it with what we have.
Like all liveing things on this earth we have to survive.
And like BH said sometimes turning to god may be your answer.
I hope the best for you,& like they say time heals all wound's this statement is so true,you will feel differently a year from now!
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NY, Take time to rethink things, and find a good friend to talk things through with. Like others have said, Things will look different as time goes on. And remember that your kids still love you and need you. We all are here for you to talk to if need be.IT'S NOT ABOUT THE KILLIN, IT'S ABOUT THE GRILLIN
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NyLouie, You are a big dummy dude.
You are priceless and I know tha tfor you can not put a value on a soul.
Let me tell ya something else. I went thur this 29 years a go and found God in it then He gave a woman that is far superior to tha other one.
Da is mo fish in da sea dude. So when ya git over tha heartache ya will be just fine.
It takes a while and ya hurt terrible. You will probaly never fully be able ta forget and always regret but life can be better if ya will allow it. Your friend Smokes.
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A women leaving doesn't make you any less a man. How you act in tough times are what make you a man. Hold your head up! Take care of your kids!
Shut your computer off and go to your church or the nearest church and find someone to talk to. We can't give you the help you need in five sentences on a computer screen.
Louie, you need to find the bottom of a bottle in a bad way. Drinking doesn't make problems go away but it does help you forget about them.Prostaff of whatever DB uses.
If a man cant hold his family together is he still a man.
Getting back to the title of your post...
"If a man cant hold his family together is he still a man."
The answer is YES !
The end as you perceive it is not the end of everything. Things just change and we all have to understand and accept that.
Hang in there bud and relax and shoot the bow...
I have been in your shoes and I will tell you that you can come out of your slump and be a better, stronger and wiser person from this. It just takes time. It hurts like hell right now and you feel lost. But start by finding a outlet to keep yourself occupied and to take your mind of off things. Use your kids as your inspiration.
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Early outburst, triple play help send Rochester to playoffs
By John Parker / MiLB.com | September 2, 2013 1:05 PM ET
Several things needed to go right Monday for Rochester to clinch a postseason berth on the final day of the International League season.
After a shaky start, it all came together for the Red Wings, who routed visiting Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 13-3, and took advantage of a Norfolk loss to earn the IL wild card. Rochester and Norfolk finished with identical 77-67 records, but the Wings owned the tiebreaker after beating the Tides in six of eight games head-to-head.
It's Rochester's first postseason appearance since 2006. The Wings, who last won the IL championship in 1997, will face North Division champion Pawtucket in the first round starting Wednesday at Rochester's Frontier Field.
The Red Wings' hopes took an early blow when Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's Corey Patterson led off the game with a blast to right. Rochester starter Scott Diamond gave up another single and walk in the frame but escaped without further damage.
Rochester got that run -- and much more -- back in the bottom of the first. The first six Red Wings hitters reached base, with Rochester scoring three times before RailRiders starter Caleb Cotham recorded an out.
The Red Wings went on to score nine times on eight hits, a walk and a hit batsman in the inning. All nine runs were charged to Cotham (6-6), who lasted just two-thirds of an inning.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre bounced back in the third, scoring twice on four straight singles to open the inning. With men still on first and second and no outs, RailRiders center fielder Adonis Garcia grounded sharply to third baseman Adonis Garcia, who stepped on third and went around the horn for the Red Wings' first triple play since June 8, 2006.
The Wings tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the third and the rout was on. Shortstop Eduardo Escobar smacked a solo homer in the frame after delivering a pair of two-run doubles in the first. He finished the day 4-for-5 with a homer, three doubles and five RBIs.
Rochester matched a season high with 18 hits in the game, with five players collecting multiple hits. The first four hitters in the Wings lineup combined to go 11-for-21 with a homer, five doubles and eight runs scored.
Diamond (4-0) earned the victory for Rochester, allowing three runs on seven hits over seven innings. He walked two and fanned two. Virgil Vasquez closed out the win by retiring all six RailRiders he faced.
The victory capped a furious second half for the Red Wings, who sat in last place in the IL North on May 29. They went 20-8 in July, including a key four-game sweep of Norfolk from July 26-29.
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Durham 1, Norfolk 0 (10 innings)
Rochester's gain was Norfolk's loss, as the Tides fell to Durham in a matchup of top prospects making their Triple-A debuts.
Left-hander Enny Romero, the Rays' No. 5 prospect went eight scoreless innings for the Bulls, allowing four hits and two walks while striking out a pair. Orioles No. 6 prospect Mike Wright, a 23-year-old righty, scattered six hits over 6 2/3 scoreless frames.
Bulls designated hitter Jason Bourgeois, who went 3-for-5, delivered the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th, driving in Leslie Anderson with a one-out single to left.
Jonathan Schoop led off the bottom of the frame with a single up the middle, but Durham's Kirby Yates fanned the next three batters to, after Rochester's win, end the Tides' season. Norfolk last reached the postseason in 2005.
Romero, a 22-year-old from the Dominican Republic, was excited to be part of the playoff atmosphere in Norfolk. After going 11-7 with a 2.76 ERA in 27 starts for Double-A Montgomery, the southpaw needed just 91 pitches to get through eight innings against the Tides.
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Asked if he would be part of Durham's playoff rotation, Romero said he didn't know.
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A police source says captive Michelle Knight was beaten repeatedly when she became pregnant to prompt miscarriages. However, when fellow captive Amanda Berry became pregnant, Castro allegedly threatened to kill Knight if Knight didn't help Berry give birth to her daughter.
Another new detail is how Knight and another captive, Gina DeJesus, reacted when police arrived at the Cleveland home where they'd been held captive for around a decade. Police had their guns drawn when they entered the home. When they identified themselves as police, Knight and DeJesus leapt into the arms of their rescuers, thanking them for ending their ordeal.


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Mark Dion is the eighth annual winner of the Museum's Lucelia Artist Award.
Dion was recognized by an independent panel of jurors for his prolific creativity and impressively varied body of work, which includes mixed-media installations, sculptures, and public projects that explore the relationship between art, science, and history through pseudo-scientific methods of investigation and display.
The jurors wrote in their decision: "His archeological digs and museum interventions celebrate the value of exploration and learning, and invite audiences to embark on their own journey of intellectual discovery. This approach, coupled with a prodigious commitment to visual creativity, has inspired a generation of artists and established Dion as one of the most innovative contemporary artists working today."
Dion's work has been shown widely at museums and galleries as well as nature centers, parks, and gardens in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Recent major exhibitions and installations have been on view at Bartram's Garden in Philadelphia, the Natural History Museum in London, the Miami Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, In Situ gallery in Paris, and the Tate Britain in London. In 2006, Neukom Vivarium, a permanent installation commissioned by the Seattle Art Museum, debuted in Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park. Dion is represented by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York.
Dion was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1961. He received a bachelor's degree in fine arts in 1986 from the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford in Hartford, Conn.; he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Hartford in 2003. Dion participated in the Whitney Museum of American Art's Independent Study Program in New York from 1984 to 1985. In 2001 he received the Larry Aldrich Foundation Award. Dion lives and works in Pennsylvania.
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An Alawi brother of ours has written. "Master, there are many negative sentiments about Alawis. Could you answer them?" I have personally seen and known how religious, decent and honorable my own uncle is. His Alawi friends used to come and I have witnessed how religious and decent they were. My other uncle was also an Alawi. He was also a very reasonable, rational and religious man. In addition, I stayed at Hacibektas for three days at an Alawi village, an Alawi town, a Hacibektas town. I have had many Alawi friends. They were all very decent, very noble, out-going and trustworthy people.
It is wrong to say, "Alawis are called such and such but this is not so." Those people who say these things are not as good as Alawis. Alawi means lover of Allah and lover of Hazrat Ali (as). Alawi means lover of Ahl Al-Bayt, someone full of love. They love people. They love children, the elderly, music, and say nice words and speak in an erudite way. They are people of peace and reason. He talks eruditely. For example, Yunus Emre is an Alawi. Yunus Emre has great sayings, doesn't he? Wisdom and beauty; Alawis are like light.
Alawis have a very strong love for Hazrat Ali (as). Alawis are very mature. If they ask me, "Would you go to a bigot's house or an Alawi's house?" I would prefer to go to an Alawi's house. Bigots have no love. They don't have any compassion and friendship. Alawis are not like that. When they take the saz (a stringed musical instrument) into their hands, Allah gives them inspiration and they write great lyrics. Alawi sayings are amazing; they say great words full of love and compassion through inspiration.
I used to speak with the people in Hacı Bektas. They are very mature. They are mature in a way that I cannot describe. They are amazing people. I entered into a dervish house of Hacibektas and something happened there: I became more mature by Allah's leave. Something happened. I am telling the truth. When I came back to Ankara, they told me, "You became more mature." It has a small dervish house made of stone. Haci Bektas has a small window. For example, Haci Bektas always has lamb and deer. He is a great man of love. Also, sincere Sunni people are very decent. There are sick people among Alawis and Sunnis as well, right? But this is not a measurement. Alawi means love and compassion.
The hadiths about Hazrat Mahdi came down to us these days thanks to Alawis otherwise most of them would have been forgotten. To tell the truth, our Sunni brothers have not protected them very well. There are at most 100 hadiths in Sunni sources but in Alawi sources there are thousands. The hadiths about the Mahdi are in 100 volumes. They did not forget the love of Mahdi. They have preserved it. (Adnan Oktar, May 7th, 2013: A9 TV)2013-05-22 14:12:18


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Mount Shasta is a treasure-trove of insights and history, providing a wealth of information that can be used by modern-day explorers, scientists, and instructors seeking new ways to make the study of literature, science, history, art, and social science more meaningful and relevant to students.
Recognizing the importance of Mount Shasta and its significance to academia, Dennis Freeman, the head librarian at College of the Siskiyous, began to gather material related to Mount Shasta as part of the library's special collections. The McConnell Foundation of Redding, California, provided the funding necessary to develop and publish an annotated bibliography of source material from the Mount Shasta Collection. The document that was developed through that project by William C. Miesse in 1993, chronicles hundreds of books, articles, manuscripts, and audio-visual materials pertaining to the great mountain. The majority of the works cited in the 289-page bibliography are contained in the College of the Siskiyous' Mount Shasta Collection - an impressive special research collection that is housed in the COS Library. The collection contains extraordinary materials that can be accessed by visiting researchers, educators, and students.
This project seeks to continue the work that was done in 1993 by Bill Miesse. We will work with a host of local and regional experts in the areas of geology, weather, ecology, flora, fauna, Native Americans, folklore, history, art, literature, outdoor recreation, and geography to develop a searchable CD-ROM and website that can be used by educators and researchers throughout the world. We will update the 1993 bibliography and combine it with additional information. We will develop and include curriculum designed for use by K-12 and postsecondary education professionals to enhance instruction in the areas of the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
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Jurgen Klinsmann and U.S. Soccer have made it official: they're coming to Rio Tinto Stadium this summer.
As first reported last week, the Sandy soccer stadium will host a World Cup qualifying match between the U.S. and Honduras on June 18.
"Choosing Salt Lake for a very important game in the qualifying process is an easy choice," Klinsmann said in a news release. "We think the crowd will give us huge support, loud, noisy, pushing us forward and giving us a lot of energy for 90 minutes. Every point in a World Cup qualifier is crucial, and we need to have game in venues like Salt Lake where we know opponents not only have to deal with us, they will also have to deal with the crowd."
Real Salt Lake season ticket holders will have the first chance at tickets, beginning March 26 at 10 a.m. Ticket sales will be open to the general public on April 2.
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Caltrans mailed letters out Friday notifying 310 tenants of the homes it owns in the Long Beach (710) Freeway extension path that their rents will increase starting next year.
Rents will begin increasing in 10percent increments starting on March1, 2013, until they reach "fair market" rates, said Caltrans spokesman Will Shuck. Caltrans' other 250 tenants will either pay the same or less rent.
The letters come in response to a state audit released this summer that slammed the transportation agency for "poor management" of the more than 500 properties it purchased decades ago to make way for a surface freeway from El Sereno to Pasadena.
The audit, commissioned by former Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-Pasadena, said Caltrans cost the state millions in lost rent revenue.
"The Bureau of State Audits... noted that many of the Caltrans-owned properties along SR710 were renting below fair market value, in violation of the state constitution's prohibition on providing a gift of public funds," Shuck said. "Subsequent legal advice has concurred with the auditor's view, so the department must revise rental rates to operate the program consistent with the law."
Shuck added that even those whose receive rent increase notices have an opportunity to apply for Caltrans' affordable rent program.
Lynn Bryan, a Caltrans tenant in Pasadena since 1989, said she fears raising the rent will push many tenants out. She said her own rent may be too much with the increase, and she doesn't think she'll qualify for the affordable rent program.
"It's going to impact a number of tenants, there's no doubt about it," Bryan said. "For some of those people, they are going to be forced out - a lot of people can't afford what Caltrans considers the fair market value."
And Christopher Sutton, attorney for the Caltrans Tenants Association, said he thinks that is Caltrans' goal.
"Their goal is to vacate as many properties as possible, that's what's going on," Sutton said. "And in the long run, (if)raising the rents produces less income for the state and more liabilities, it is exactly the opposite of what the audit concluded."
The homes have long been a point of contention between local cities, tenants and Caltrans, and have been at the center of the decades-long debate over the extension of the Long Beach (710) Freeway to the Foothill (210) Freeway.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is at the end of the first phase of a three-year EIR for the project and is studying five final options: "No build," traffic management solutions, bus, light rail and a dual-bore underground freeway tunnel.
The final EIR will be released in 2014.
Since the surface freeway is not among those options, many freeway fighters and elected officials are asking the agency to begin selling the homes.
Though a bill to sell the homes - by Carol Liu, D-Glendale - was vetoed, her chief of staff Suzanne Reed said that it at least opened up a dialogue with Caltrans.
After the audit, Caltrans hired an outside consultant to develop a cost/benefit analysis of options for selling or transferring the management of the homes. Caltrans officials said they expect to receive the report on Monday.
In addition Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty Business, Transportation and Housing Agency Secretary Brian Kelly have met with Liu, Caltrans tenants and local officials in Pasadena twice since the audit.
"What they've told us is that they are beginning to look to find houses outside of the footprint of the five options being studied to see what they can put up for sale sooner rather than later," Reed said.
Ultimately, Reed said she is hopeful that Caltrans is acting with tenants' interests in mind, and legitimately wants to get out of real estate business.
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In all seriousness i would find a promotion with good semi-pro rules if your a good striker. Amatuer wont play to your strengths overall.
Genetically Different.
i've only been training mma 2months so i dont rele want to go in at the deep end.
i'd rather just get the experience and see how i like competeing.
i think i'll take a couple more months to rele work on my grapling before i enter
AMMA suits specific people. Some of the people who i train with have commitments like jobs, families which means they cannot go into work with smashed faces or want theres missus to black their other eye so AMMA rules suit these people as they can cover up bruises on the body. Some people wanna get experience like myself as im hopefully entering a AMMA league with no Head-Shots in febuary to get a taste of whats to come in March when i compete at a AMMA event which im going Head-Shots while standing but none of floor.
I've been training BJJ and MMA for around a year and half. I've done 1 event in No-Gi which was the Brittish No-Gi open which i did awful in to be perfectly honest due to nerves but quite looking forward to competing at MMA. The MMA event in febuary will be my 1st if there are places still at the Combat Sports Open Trials Round 1.
just wanted to know what everyone else was doing.
im only training mma once or twice a week for 2 hours. i really want to compete for the experience but feel i will get utterly dominated by everyone else.
yourself answers the point in question. you've done bbj and mma for 1.5 years and if i competed i would be competeing against someone similar to you and i would get destroyed.
No headshots is great if you come from a grappling background but if your say a kick-boxer etc, best just fight in headshots or semi pro, this new adrenalin thing being spoke about is amateur with headshots standing and GnP.
It also depends what you want out of it, i.e if i was a teacher i wouldnt be able to go into work with 2 black eyes, some people do it for fun and dont wanna be beaten up.
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