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Looks like strenous excerise!!!! But you's are seeing so much scenery..You's will both be in GREAT shape riding bikes so far each day. No need to worry about calories!!! Keep safe, love you's lots.
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We set off nice and early from Tolu and cycled along the coast to Covenas. The road was paved and flat, the cycling was easy and the sun was up but not in full force yet. We stopped at Covenas, which was another small sea side town, and had a juice drink and a cheese bread roll from a bakery. Most people were barely set up for breakfast yet and we were looking for some lunch, so a bread roll was the best we could find, as it was only 8am.
As we cycled inland we had swamp on either side of the road, judging by the vegetation and wildlife it appeared to be permanent swampland, not just from the monsoon weather. There was an abundance of birds and insects and it made for a perfect day to enjoy the scenery. As I was cycling along I got a fright when I suddenly saw a huge iguana type lizard was sitting only about half a metre from my foot. It was massive and really fast as it darted up the nearest tree. After this one, we saw countless other lizards hanging out by the side of the road, in the sun. We stopped a couple of times for drinks but easily managed to complete our 100km route by lunchtime.
When we arrived into town we easily found a hotel and somehow were convinced to upgrade to the bigger room, with the air conditioning, which was actually a really pleasant treat. The hotel lady didn't seem to realise that we barely understood a word that she said, as she bustled about the room, talking nineteen to the dozen. She showed us where to put our bags, how to work the TV and probably gave us full instructions of where to eat in town and other helpful information, but I couldn't wait for her to leave so that I could take my sweaty cycle shorts off and to jump into the shower. She seemed nice but chatted away to us for ages each time we saw her, or else sat in the reception area, which bizarrely had a Jesus shrine right next to a topless models calendar.
I'm sure her information would've been much appreciated if we could've understood her because we spent ages wandering around town unable to find anywhere selling or cooking food. Again we wished that we spoke a bit more of the language to be able to obtain food outside of normal eating times. Instead we had some fruit and returned to the room for a siesta.
Later in the evening, we found a long street of stalls, selling most types of fast food, pizza, burgers, and a concoction of sausages, cheese and chips. We opted for some pizza because it seemed like the easiest option to order and they looked delicious being cooked in a big pizza oven. We had a couple of slices each and then returned to our room to do some language revision.


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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker is set to announce a new public schools CEO.
Baker will introduce Anne Arundel County Public Schools superintendent Kevin Maxwell at a news conference on Friday. The event will take place at Northwestern High School, where Maxwell once was the principal. Maxwell had worked for the Prince George's public schools for 22 years.
Prince George's County has the second-largest school district in Maryland.
The Arundel schools' website says Maxwell submitted his resignation on Thursday to accept the Prince George's position. He has led the Arundel schools since 2006.
Maxwell succeeds William Hite Jr., who left in September to take the top job in Philadelphia.
The Anne Arundel County school board will hold an emergency, closed session on Saturday to discuss naming an interim superintendent.
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Washington County Judge-Executive John Settles announced Tuesday that a state of emergency has been declared in the county, and Gov. Steve Beshear has requested federal assistance to help the county recover from the past weekend's storms. Settles said it is crucial that citizens take photos of any damage, save all repair receipts, and report all damage to homes and businesses to Washington County Emergency Management Director Kevin Devine at (859) 481-3919. This information will be used to help officials get all eligible assistance for which the county qualifies.
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The St. Catharine College golf teams completed the spring season last week with the Mid-South Conference Tournament played at Cherry Blossom Golf Course in Georgetown. In the seven team men's field the Patriot men finished fifth while the women were fifth in the five team field.
The storms that rolled into Washington County Saturday morning finally started to roll out Sunday night. Before the clouds began to clear, many people had been sent in search of higher, dryer ground.
Washington County Emergency Management Director Kevin Devine said Monday that about 10-12 families were displaced from the flooding, but there were no injuries reported.
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A capacity crowd came out Monday night to watch a basketball tournament at the Mackville Community Center. But this was no ordinary night of hoops action for those in attendance. This was a night of "celebrity" donkey basketball.
Several politicians, business owners and members of the community did their best to ride their donkeys while trying to outscore the competition. But most of the players didn't have much time to make shots because they were trying to control their mounts.
The Washington County Commanders improved their district record to a perfect 4-0 with big wins over Nelson County and Bethlehem this past week.
WC beat Nelson County 3-2 at Tom Bystrek Field in Springfield Wednesday. The lead changed hands a couple of times, but in the end, it was a bases-loaded sac fly by senior first baseman Jordan Settles that allowed sophomore shortstop Trae Abell to tag from third and cross the plate for the win.
As a famous fictional frog once said, "It's not easy being green." That is also the case when there is a possibility to expand curbside recycling in Springfield to include paper products. But while Washington County Solid Waste Coordinator George Ann Palmer would like to include the city in the program, concerns about the lack of available inmate labor and other associated costs have city officials asking more questions.
One of the catchwords in today's athletic lexicon is "focus." Coaches talk to the players about the need for it, announcers will tell us who they think has such and who doesn't. But all who saw Friday's doubleheader against the University of the Cumberlands would agree that the St. Catharine College baseball team was focused on the task at hand.
The annual 4-H Youth Fair was held on April 23 and 24 at the extension office. The overall class champions in each class are now qualified for the Kentucky State Fair in August. Other projects such as horticulture, food preservation, crops and all natural sciences will qualify in late summer for the Kentucky State Fair. Summer classes dealing with science, technology and agriculture will be announced soon and will be open to all youth of 4-H age in Washington County.
Any time your lead-off batter starts a game with a solo home run and you never trail for the rest of the contest, that's a good sign. It's even better when the win comes against a district opponent who has struggled all season. That's exactly what happened Thursday night as the Washington County Commanderettes cruised past the Bardstown Lady Tigers 21-9 in Bardstown.
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Despite oft-repeated claims by sources ranging from the United Nations to music star Paul McCartney, it is simply not true that consuming less meat and dairy products will help stop climate change.
UC Davis associate professor and air quality specialist Frank Mitolehner says that McCartney and the chair of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ignored science when they launched a European campaign called "Less Meat = Less Heat."


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How California GOP improbably won
The start of the college football season is right around the corner, and every year we go through the same early-season ritual: Big-name, big-conference schools showcase their athletes in packed stadiums by obliterating helpless teams from universities that have a lower name I.D. than DeVry. It seems bizarre, but everyone likes it – the big boys snag an easy victory, and the poor sap schools get to make it on "SportsCenter."
We do the same thing with elections in California. Democrats pound Republicans in election cycle after election cycle and maintain control of every facet of state government. In return, losing Republicans have something to complain about on talk radio.
And then, hell froze over.
A Republican actually won, in a heavily Democratic district.
The Republican is Hanford cherry farmer Andy Vidak, who defeated Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez of Bakersfield, 52 percent to 48 percent, in a state Senate special election to replace Democrat Michael Rubio, who resigned in February to take a job with Chevron.
Andy Vidak didn't have to go uphill to win; he had to go up Mount Everest, carrying more baggage than a truck driver for Louis Vuitton.
Democrats enjoy a 22-point registration advantage (50-28) in the Fresno-based 16th Senate District, and Latinos are 60 percent of the district's residents. The district also has a long history of voting for Democrats: President Obama easily carried it in 2008 and 2012, as have Gov. Jerry Brown and U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. Rubio got 61 percent in his 2010 election.
How did the Democrats lose? There are four main reasons:
The Republicans did everything right. Andy Vidak is a Republican who fits the district. The farmer and small-businessman told the Washington Times, "I ran on jobs, affordable energy and water, opposition to the $100 billion 'bullet train' federal boondoggle that Leticia supported for union jobs – and on common sense, which has no party lines."
In addition, California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte put all of his chips on Vidak's race, knowing that, without this seat, Republicans would have no chance of preventing the Democrats from maintaining their two-thirds legislative majority in the 2014 elections. Brulte had Republicans from all over the state in the Central Valley, campaigning on behalf of Vidak.
The Democrats did everything wrong. Democrats had no obvious candidate. Because of this, Sacramento party bosses decided to clear the field for Perez, despite the fact that no one in the district knew who she was. They assumed that because she was the Democrat and would have all of the union money that goes along with it, there was no way she could lose.
Even before the election, Kern County Democratic Party Chairwoman Candi Easter knew the election was going to be tight. She told the Bakersfield Californian, "If we lose this race, we lost it because of Democrats. We lost it because prominent Democrats didn't get engaged. We lost it because Democratic voters didn't vote."
Big donors got behind Vidak. The political blog Fox and Hounds Daily reports that the California Realtors Association and the Democratic Senate leadership got in a nasty fight over a piece of legislation. As a result the Realtors dropped an $840,000 independent expenditure into the district, complete with TV ads, direct mail and precinct walkers who campaigned against Perez and for Vidak.
If that's not enough, from January to June, Charles Munger Jr., son of Warren Buffett's partner, Charles T. Munger, spent $1.5 million given mostly to the Tulare and Fresno County GOP, to boost Vidak.
Special elections produce low turnout. There was no presidential or statewide election to motivate Democrats to go to the polls. Low-turnout elections always favor Republicans.
The moral of the story for California Republicans is this: If you run a perfect campaign and catch every break, you can still win! If that doesn't happen, you can always call me on the radio weekday mornings at 9.
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- Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness meets the queen
- McGuinness is a former commander of the Irish Republican Army, or IRA
- Handshake between the pair marks symbolic end to decades of sectarian conflict
For Martin McGuinness, shaking Queen Elizabeth II's hand is the biggest single step yet on his road from feared paramilitary commander to politician.
It's a transformation that has taken place over decades: From the shaggy-haired, scrawny commander of Irish Republican Army (IRA) gunmen in the early 1970s, to the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government, where he represents Sinn Fein, the province's most popular, mainly Roman Catholic, Republican party opposed to British rule.
In his home city of Londonderry I saw that fear firsthand while shooting a documentary about him a little over a decade ago.
McGuinness had long been rumored to have had a direct hand in the killing of an IRA man turned informer. I visited the man's mother, who lived just a few streets away from McGuinness's modest terraced house in the city's notorious Bay Side neighborhood. The killing had allegedly taken place decades earlier but the man's mother was still too afraid to talk.
Derry, as he would call his city, or Londonderry, as the province's mainly Protestant, pro-British Loyalists refer to it, was where McGuinness first tried his hand at politics.
While shooting the documentary I met with one of his former political colleagues who also was a secret agent for the British government. He had been pulled out and relocated to mainland Britain when his cover was blown a long time ago, but he told me he warned his British government handlers that McGuinness's early ballot box victories were a fraud: Countless ballots cast in clear infringement of the law.
He says his handlers turned a blind eye, and he concluded even at that early stage, 10 years after violence broke out, that British government officials had calculated McGuinness was someone they wanted in a suit and tie at the table talking to them, and not on the streets waging war.
As I concluded that documentary, I struggled to balance all I had seen with the question, is this transition reversible? Is McGuinness committed to peace? Back then, the IRA had still not decommissioned its weapons, and the door seemed open to a return to violence.
Later McGuinness's Sinn Fein colleagues told me I'd set him up for assassination as a leader who'd used back channels to secretly negotiate peace with the British government. I was told "we expected something more like Nelson Mandela," but that was a leap of faith I didn't have the evidence to take.
Dislike for McGuinness is not limited to those on the opposite side of the sectarian divide. His readiness to make peace with the British -- never mind shake the queen's hand -- has made him some powerful enemies in his own mainly Catholic community.
When McGuinness and the IRA gave up their guns, even more extreme republicans picked up where they left off. The Real IRA has continued, its hard core of supporters making bombs and killing policemen.
In the Derry streets where McGuinness still lives, violent vigilante gangs mete out their own informal justice on the community, shooting drug pushers. They boast more arms than the IRA ever had, and have filled the void left as McGuinness and the social order the IRA enforced fade into the past.
Meeting the queen means McGuinness loses the legitimacy of hardcore Republicans -- he can no longer sway them as he once did. So while he'll still call for the British government to investigate its own actions of brutality, collusion with Protestant paramilitaries and the alleged shoot-to-kill policy of IRA volunteers, his calls will ring hollow for some.
But all along, McGuinness's every move, from IRA commander, to deputy first minister, seems to have been an ever-more calculated step.
The vast majority of nationalists -- and everyone else in Northern Ireland, for that matter -- only ever wanted a fair deal, peace, jobs and a good education for their children. McGuinness seems to have read that well.
An IRA military victory over "Queen and Country" was never really an option. It was a dream whose time came and went riding on the back of bigotry, sectarian violence, social injustice and the civil rights movement of the late 1960s.
The London-backed governments in Belfast had long run roughshod over nationalist, mainly Catholic aspirations. In a handshake, McGuinness will banish that to the history books for ever. An acknowledgment sealed in a formality that the violent divided past should be laid to rest.
For a man of peace -- which is how McGuinness wants to be remembered -- he has come a long way, and so have the nationalists of Ireland.


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XFormer Indians second baseman Carlos Baerga enjoys his current role of serving as a Tribe ambassador. Baerga was a guest instructor during spring training and spent some time Monday fielding balls at first base during batting practice.
Asked his thoughts on the potential of this year's team, Baerga had nothing but positive things to say.
"I love the way they started," he said of the Tribe going 3-3 on their season-opening road trip to Toronto and Tampa Bay. "I remember at spring training a couple weeks ago I said, 'We should come out from there like .500.' We did it. Even the two games we didn't hit, I like what I see. I like the team, the hitting is there. (Justin) Masterson is pitching really well, so is Ubaldo Jimenez. We need to get the other guys going. But I like what I see."
Baerga also appreciates the fact that for the first time since his playing days, the Indians have a speed factor in center fielder Michael Bourn.
"I like that situation," he said of the Indians big free-agent signing. "It reminds me of what we used to have here when we had (center fielder) Kenny (Lofton) and (shortstop) Omar Vizquel - they used to run all the time. But we have the power in the back, we have that here. (Nick) Swisher, (Mark) Reynolds is bringing some power. I like what we're doing."


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PHILADELPHIA – The Eagles hooked another injury prone safety drifting in free agency, agreeing to terms on a one-year deal Thursday with Kenny Phillips, a former first-round pick of the New York Giants.
Then the Birds opened up Jeffrey Lurie's checkbook.
First, veteran cornerback Cary Williams, formerly of the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens, agreed to terms on a three-year deal worth up to $17 million.
Hours later the Eagles agreed to terms on a six-year contract with pass rusher Connor Barwin, a second-round pick of the Houston Texans. The deal could net him $36 million, per reports.
Barwin (6-5, 268) has 19 sacks in four seasons.
Beaten to the punch by Andy Reid for cornerback Sean Smith, the Eagles stepped up their efforts to secure Williams.
Williams, 28, intercepted four passes last season. His three-year deal could be worth $17 million, with $10.5 million in guarantees.
Williams has a temper, as he was involved in several scuffles last season, getting fined $10,000 by the NFL for grabbing the facemask of Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson. The frustrated Jackson was billed $10,000 for throwing a punch at Williams in the intense early season game at Lincoln Financial Field won by the Eagles.
Williams (6-1, 190) felt underappreciated by the Ravens, who have let several players go after signing quarterback Joe Flacco to a $120 million contract. Williams inked a $17.5 million deal, including $10.5 million guaranteed.
Phillips (6-2, 217) played in just seven games last season due to a sprained knee. He missed almost all but two games of the 2009 campaign after being sidelined with a knee that required micro-fracture surgery.
Phillips, 28, recorded six of his eight career interceptions in the three seasons in which he was able to play at least 15 games.
Phillips joins newly signed safety Patrick Chung, who also has an injury history. Nate Allen, Kurt Coleman and Colt Anderson are the other Eagles safeties expected to contend for playing time.
With Nnamdi Asomugha cut and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie having signed with the Denver Broncos, Williams obviously is at least one of the starting cornerbacks for the Eagles.
The Birds also will address the position in the draft. Dee Milliner of Alabama is the top corner in the lottery. He ran a 4.35 in the 40-yard dash at the scouting combine.
Milliner has to warrant consideration if he's available and the Eagles hold onto the fourth overall pick in the draft. Linebacker-defensive end Dion Jordan of Oregon and quarterback Geno Smith also could be possibilities.


text: Morgantown city manager resigning for job in Georgia By The Associated Press January 28, 2013 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Morgantown City Manager Terrence Moore is resigning Feb. 1 to begin preparing for a new job as city manager of College Park, Ga.Moore made the announcement Monday afternoon.Morgantown is one of West Virginia's largest cities, with more than 30,000 residents. It's also home to the state's biggest school, West Virginia University.College Park has a council-manager form of government like Morgantown's, with a city work force of about 500 employees and an annual operating budget of $115 million. Moore came to Morgantown in 2010 after a five-year stint as city manager of Las Cruces, N.M.He'd held a similar post in Sebastian, Fla., from 1999 to 2005.


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text: Singletary's wife, Kim, introduces him: If I were to ask you to describe Mike Singletary, No. 50 for the Chicago Bears, no doubt you would mention the arms extended with fingers pointing, hollering signals before the ball is snapped. Or feet in constant motion, anticipating the running back's next move. But most likely you remember the eyes, wide with intensity in anticipation of the quarterback's call, often before he even called the play. That's about all I knew of Mike Singletary, the football player, too -- that's what I saw on TV. I didn't have any inside locker room stories or shared moments in the huddle. I was an observer of that part of his life. But today, I think it's only fitting that we honor the character of this football player. For that truly belongs in a Hall of Fame.The countless hours of film he watched is legendary. It was imperative to him to be able to anticipate any play before it happened. But few knew that he took it upon himself to learn the responsibility of each member of that defense on each play. And in his later years, he stayed after practice to develop his back-up linebacker and fine tune his skills. I asked Mike once if he didn't get nervous about helping the player and putting himself right out of a job. And he assured me that it would only make himself and the team better. But the quality that I most admire is his ability to listen. Whether it's a meeting with a coach, a player in need, his Sunday telephone conversations with his mom, or even on a porch swing with my grandfather, he is never too busy to give you his undivided attention. When you walk through the halls of this building, you get a sense of the history of those who loved this game and helped form the foundation of what it is today. It's only fitting that a young boy from Houston, Texas who dreamed of an opportunity to have the privilege to play this game that he loved be enshrined today with those who have dedicated themselves to being not only great football players but great human beings. Men like George Halas, Vince Lombardi, Tom Landry, and Roger Staubach all helped Mike form some of his intensity and work ethic. This is an age when professional athletes sometimes run away from their responsibility as role models. Well this is one man who not only embraces that responsibility but finds greater joy in training men and women to be their own children's role model. His induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame is an incredible honor. But I know that Mike will consider himself a success only when each of our children, after they are grown, will look back on their relationship with Mike and name him to the Father's Hall of Fame. I feel so proud to present to you my very best gift from god and Kristen, Matt, Jill, Jackie, Brooke, Becky and John's dad. . .Mike Singletary. Mike Singletary: Well, you heard it from my best friend. My children out here, Kim just named all of them, saved me from missing some of them. I would like to say, before I even say another word, that I want to give praise to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for all that he has done for me and my family. This story began a long way back -- Houston, Texas. Sort of began when I was 12 years old because there were a lot of things happening at that particular time in my family. We were going through a lot, we were trying to go to the next level. And I am the last of 10 kids and when you have 10 kids, sometimes it's a little bit of a struggle to make it work. That year when I was 12 years old mom and dad went through a divorce. When I was five years old my brother Dale passed away and my second brother would pass away when I was age 12. That was a tough year, I had no confidence, had no self-esteem. Just a young ghetto boy in Houston, Texas trying to figure out who he was and where he was going to go from there. And I want to tell you today my mom, my mom sat me down one day when I was moping around and feeling sorry for myself, close to giving up. I began listening to everybody else in the neighborhood who said 'no one gets out of here. No one has ever made it out of here and you won't either. Besides you don't have the ability, you don't have the skill, you don't have anything.' My mom sat me down that day and she let me know something that I always knew but, man, I needed to hear it. Mom sat me down and said, 'Son I want you to know something.' She said, 'I want you to know that there is greatness in you, there's something special about you. I prayed for you before you were born and every day since. It's in there! You've got to find it for yourself. I'm going to do everything I can as a mother to get it there but you've got to find it.' She put her hands on my forearm and she asked me if I could become the man around the house. I said, 'Mom I can do that.' That day I went to my room and I wrote down my goals. And at 12 years old it went something like this: find a way to get a scholarship to go to college, become an All-American in college, get my degree, go to the NFL and buy my mom a house and take care of her for the rest of my life. When I think back on that time, I think how important it is that we need to let people know, let our kids know, let our spouses know, how important they are to us. Don't keep it a secret. Because that day, my life began. As I think about all of the people that made a difference in my life, my mom is the start of that. My mom is the start of that because she is the one that introduced me to the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She is the one who said 'Mike, with men all things are possible but with him, with men things are impossible but with God all things are possible.' She said, 'Son, I want you to understand that whatever you do, wherever you go, if you just take God with you, I know you're going to be okay.' I want to thank my dad today. It took me a long time to realize how much he gave me. Took me a long time to grow up and mature and realize that we make mistakes. And my dad, I am so thankful for him, I am so thankful for his work ethic. I am so thankful for the many people that he has helped. I am so thankful for his heart. I am thankful for my sisters and brothers today. I am thankful for their selflessness. I thank them. I thank my wife. I thank my children. I am so thankful that we can come together and get on our knees together and lift our family before holy God. But, along this road, I want you to understand that I stand here today, I just want you to know that I know that it is not me. I want you to know that there were tremendous investment by so many people and that is the reason I am here. Let me introduce to you to my team. And to be on this team, you got to be able to give sacrifice, you've got to be able to have integrity, you've got to be able to have character, you've got to able to keep coming back no matter how tough, no matter hard it gets, keep coming back. It goes something like this: these team players, these teammates that I have, start with my coaches. In high school I had a guy by the name of Coach Brown at Evan E. Worthing. Coach Brown taught me the work ethic: 'Son, nothing is free. You want it, you've got to give it. You have to give everything you've got, son, and then more.' Coach Teaff when I went to Baylor University; Coach Teaff taught me about the importance of being a Christian athlete. Getting out there and playing within the rules but giving everything you got. And there was Coach Nelson, my linebacker coach, who taught me the fundamentals of playing linebacker when I thought I knew it all. And then I got drafted by the Bears and there was Buddy Ryan who captured a nation with the 46 defense and the imagination. Buddy Ryan taught me what it was about to give ownership. And then there was Coach Ditka. This man was enthusiastic about life-- taught me about vision. And the guy you won't know, his name is Coach McGinnis, who was my linebacker coach. When I was at the peak of my career, he was there, he was my friend. He was there in the twilight of my career when I lost a step -- when I wasn't quite as fast I as I used to be, when I missed that tackle that I normally would have gotten. And Coach McGinnis was still my friend, that is rare. Coach Tobin taught me discipline -- whatever the defense is you call it and you run it but don't change it. I didn't like it but it was right. And a guy by the name Tom Williams who taught me how to stand up and prepare for the game, prepare for the challenge of life. You all know about offensive and defensive players. Everybody wants to play offense, everybody wants to play defense but no one wants to play special teams. Well let me introduce you to my special teams and they are called my role models. Sitting over here is a gentleman, right over there under that tent is a gentleman. As a young boy, I remember turning on the television and watching him play. I said, 'Boy I like that, I like the way he hits, I like the way he brings it to the house.' His name is Willie Lanier and I saw Willie Lanier. I said, 'I want to hit like that.' Willie was one of my role models. Roger Staubach was another because he was always consistent. And there are others, a gentleman by the name of Jim Osborne who had so much wisdom as a player. Revie Sorey, a guy for the Chicago Bears who taught me the etiquette of the game. Alan Page who was here who had so much class and so much style. Walter Payton, his work ethic was unbelievable. And Gary Fencik who had a keen sense of business. I want to thank everybody that I ever played with --- with the Chicago Bears, and in college and in high school. Because all of those guys made a difference. All of those guys contributed to me being here. And all of those guys are part of this team. I want to say a special thanks to Dan Hampton and Steve McMichael, Richard Dent, Refrigerator Perry, Michael Hartenstine and Tyrone Keys. I want to say thank you. I want to say thank you to Otis Wilson and Wilber Marshall and Jim Morrrissey and Ron Rivera. Every time, as you go forward in life, sometimes you fall flat on your face and you need people around you that will pick you up, people that will support you. I want to introduce you to my roommates because I was difficult to room with. A guy by the name of Leslie Frazier, Todd Bell, Danny Rains, Al Harris, Shaun Gayle and Dave Duerson. Those were the guys who when I fell flat on my face they were there to say, 'Hey, Mike, get up, you can do it.' They were there to pick me up, they were there to encourage me and they were there to tell me the truth. And I need to hear that. But, you know what, I never forget my first game. My first game I started in the NFL. I remember walking in the stadium and man I couldn't even stand up straight because there was so much cheering. There were so many people just cheering and it was loud and it was rowdy - it was the fans. People today, say 'These fans are crazy!' Hey, man you are the greatest. I want you to know that it's because of you that so many athletes are out there giving their all. And you stood there, sat there last night and watched those athletes walk across the stage, some of them hobbling, some of them a little bit crippled but man they've been in a war. And that is what this game is all about - it is a war everyday and you just have to make a decision whether or not you want to be a part of it or whether you want to win. As I stand here, I want to say thank you to the Chicago Bears organization. I want to say thank you to Jim Finks and George Halas and the rest of the Bears' family, the rest of the Bears' organization, the McCaskeys. As I close, I just want you to know this from the bottom of my heart. I know that people will ask me, 'Michael, where will this rank, Hall of Fame, top of the world, son, where does that rank?' And I just want you to know that I am so extremely proud. I am so extremely proud o be sharing this honor with you gentleman here and those gentleman there (in tent adjacent to stage) and those gentleman here behind me. But the most important thing, the most important thing in my life is Jesus Christ. And I thank him for what he did to me. I thank him for what he did in my life. And I thank you for cheering me on. And I'm thankful for mom and dad, my sisters and brothers. I'm thankful for my lovely wife who has always stuck with me through thick and thin and was at every game with me - not in the locker room but out there outside, twenty below. I'm thankful for my children. So with that, being in Canton has been outstanding. The people here have been just great. You people are just unbelievable. And it's been great. I'll never forget this day all of my life. Thank you and God bless you.


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Anyone tuning in to San Diego State University's KCR radio on August 18 may have heard the deep, rich tones of a familiar deejay voice, back-announcing another adventurous set. It was a Saturday, after all, and, for most of Scott Tissue's quarter-century-plus stint at the student-run station, that was when the SDSU grad hosted his Music for the Open-Minded show.
If you were listening, could you have really heard Tissue execute an animal-song-themed segue from Athens, GA, indie-rockers Elf Power's "Let the Serpent Sleep" to obscure Virginia gospel/jazz virtuoso Banjo Ikey Robinson's "You're Bound to Look Like a Monkey When You Get Old"? Yes. How about John Cale's "I Keep a Close Watch," followed by Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line," capped by the Godfathers' "The Walking Talking Johnny Cash Blues"? Absolutely. His "Tim Buckley Song of the Week" feature? Check.
Yet, "Scott Tissue" — known beyond KCR as Russ Lewis (and the Reader's top proof-reader for 28 years) — was only present in sound and spirit that Saturday. In the same Grossmont Hospital where he was born 53 years earlier, he had succumbed to a half-decade battle with cancer on February 23, 2011.
On August 18, KCR's faculty/staff advisor Skot Norton hung a laser-etched red alder "Scott Tissue" memorial plaque on the station's wall during a KCR alumni meeting. Over the air, they played one of Tissue's "DJ in a Can" CDs: recordings of his live shows he left for use as ready-made programming. (He also distributed those playfully named CDRs — "Afterbirth of the Cool," etc. — to grateful friends.)
Selecting the right words for the plaque, Norton admits, wasn't easy. "Where to start...? 'Greatest KCR DJ of All Time' was a no-brainer, but...to accurately recognize the scope of his contribution...was...daunting. He was also a rite of passage for all new KCR [deejays]. So many...share similar stories of an unexpected late-night call from Tissue with constructive criticism and a timely request that would meld perfectly with their set.
"The three-word tribute took a while. In the end, 'mentor,' 'musicologist,' and 'muse' sort of popped into my head. In all likelihood, Tissue himself reached out from the great radio station in the sky and simply stuffed them into my head bone. So, in a sense, he did his own proofing of the prose..."
The Chancery font should be banished from humanity and all those that use it should be flogged with a wet noodle.
Congrats to Russ.
According to the Mike over at Dell Awards in Lemon Grove, the fine craftsman that made the very lovely memorial plaque, the typeface is actually Lucida Calligraphy. While I'm not enough of a font snob to tell the difference between the two I trust their must be some. Care to hold forth further?
In any case, I know this is just the sort of controversy Russ would revel in so thanks for the flame bait!
I have so many CDs and DVDs that Russ turned me onto that not a single day doesn't go by where I don't browse the shelves and think of him. It was great working with him at the Reader, and even greater to call him a friend --- thanks for posting this.


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home | helpPAM_SECURETTY(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual PAM_SECURETTY(8) NAME pam_securetty -- SecureTTY PAM module SYNOPSIS [service-name] module-type control-flag pam_securetty [options] DESCRIPTION The SecureTTY service module for PAM, pam_securetty provides functional- ity for only one PAM category: account management. In terms of the module-type parameter, this is the ``account'' feature. It also provides null functions for authentication and session management. SecureTTY Account Management Module The SecureTTY account management component (pam_sm_acct_mgmt()), returns failure if the user is attempting to authenticate as superuser, and the process is attached to an insecure TTY. In all other cases, the module returns success. A TTY is considered secure if it is listed in /etc/ttys and has the TTY_SECURE flag set. The following options may be passed to the authentication module: debug syslog(3) debugging information at LOG_DEBUG level. no_warn suppress warning messages to the user. These messages include reasons why the user's authentication attempt was declined. SEE ALSO getttynam(3), syslog(3), pam.conf(5), ttys(5), pam(8) FreeBSD 11.0 July 8, 2001 FreeBSD 11.0
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Gwyneth Paltrow and her shiny legs took a seat on 'Chelsea Lately' Monday night to promote her new film 'Country Strong' as part of Chelsea Handler's 'Big Interview Special.'
After discussing Paltrow's practically nonexistent workout routine for the movie (in which she gained 20 lbs), Handler asked, "Do you drink regularly?" A smiley Paltrow confessed, "A lot, yeah."
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She continued, "red wine is my favorite, but I'll drink white, rosé…Guinness is my favorite beer. I like a dirty vodka martini. I'm just a lush, basically."
In 'Country Strong' Paltrow plays a drug and alcohol-abusing country singer seeking to resurrect her career. She said she reached out to her 'Iron Man' co-star – and former addict – Robert Downey Jr. for advice on how to tackle the role. "He wrote me the most amazing email, and it really helped me understand it," she explained.
Paltrow also dished on daughter Apple's odd accent affectations and why she feels she's in a healthy emotional state to win another Oscar. Watch the interview below:


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(Austin, Texas)//State Senator Rodney Ellis (D-Houston), released the following statement regarding Governor Rick Perry's announcement that Texas will not enact key elements of the landmark Affordable Care Act, despite ranking near the bottom in nearly every major health category.
"I am extremely disappointed in Governor Perry's announcement that he plans to do nothing to implement key provisions of the Affordable Care Act that would provide access to health insurance for millions of hard-working Texans. His plan is short-sighted and, thankfully, not the final word. Next year, the legislature can take steps to implement health exchanges and expand access to Medicaid, and I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to make this happen.
"This issue is too important to let politics and rhetoric rule the day. Texas leads the nation in percentage uninsured, has one of the highest poverty and food insecurity rates, and has vast shortages of doctors, dentists, and nurses. In fact, Texas ranks at or near the bottom in nearly every important health care statistic you can name, and just chose to cut $10 billion more from our health care budget, including under-funding Medicaid by about $4 billion, plus deeper cuts to already-minimal services. We have an historic opportunity to finally do something about these dismal numbers, but, instead, we are choosing to stand in the doorway and say 'no.'
"That is not good enough.
"The simple fact is that we have to do something to address this crisis. Thankfully, Texans are already benefiting from the Affordable Care Act. Health plans must now spend 80 to 85 percent of every premium dollar on health care, insurers can no longer deny coverage to children with pre-existing conditions, young adults can be covered under their parents plan until 26 years, and tax credits are available to small businesses to help cover premium costs. More than 120 of Texas' largest employers have received over $445 million in federal support to make early retiree health coverage more affordable. In addition, 2.2 million Texas seniors in Medicare received preventive services or check-ups with no co-pay, and Texans saved $135 million on prescription drugs as a result of closing the Medicare prescription drug 'donut hole.' But, the greatest gains will come in 2014 when approximately 2 million more uninsured Texans could gain coverage through Medicaid and CHIP, but Texas must opt in to the expansion and that is now going to be a big fight.
"The ACA was intended to extend coverage to the majority of individuals, most notably portions of the most vulnerable populations that are currently excluded from Medicaid coverage because they do not have children and are not pregnant or disabled.
"This Medicaid expansion will provide coverage for low-income adults who are at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty level ($14,856 per individual or $30,657 for a family of four), are less than 65 years old, and do not otherwise qualify for Medicaid. For these individuals, Medicaid will mean the opportunity to have a primary doctor and continuity in care reducing their reliance on the expensive care currently provided in emergency rooms. For this expansion, Texas will receive a 100 percent match for the first three years and gradually reducing to 90 percent of funding thereafter.
"Individuals at or above 100 percent of poverty will have the ability to purchase health insurance with subsidies through a federal health exchange or one-stop shop for health insurance, even if Texas decides not to run its own exchange, ensuring these populations will have access to quality, affordable health insurance. Unfortunately for most individuals below 100 percent FPL who are not currently covered by Medicaid there is no safeguard, so we must decide to do the right thing and enact laws to protect these Texans.
"Critics of the Affordable Care Act constantly say 'Texas knows how to take care of Texans better than Washington.' Well, it is time to prove it. Instead of just saying 'no', let's see a plan to provide more Texans with insurance. No more politics — let's see a plan that actually helps Texans.
"Having access to quality, affordable health insurance is a fundamental human right and not a privilege. The Supreme Court has spoken and the Affordable Care Act is now officially the law of the land. It is long past time to remove narrow politics from the health care debate and focus on truly improving health of women, children, and all Americans. We can and must do better."


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Vampire science is already poaching some of the best. The woman who teaches vampires at Harvard is a serious scholar of Romantic English literature. Now, Lord Byron did in fact invoke the undead in "The Giaour." But don't kid yourself: it's still a huge and weird notional leap to go from Byron Studies to Vampire Studies.


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#1 | Ederchil | Meeting opening. | Amroth, Ederchil, Morgan, Pallando. KingAragorn and Astald intended to attend, but did not. |
#2 | KingAragorn | Discussion of what should be done to improve Bilbo Baggins. | It was agreed that the article should include the following headers: Appearance, Personality, History (broken down appropriately), Etymology, Other names, Genealogy, and Portrayal in adaptations (broken down appropriately). |
#3 | Amroth | This is not meant against anyone, but if I lookto the changes made to The Hobbit this month, we haven't made any improvement on it. It's still a copy of Wikipedia. Although, some section of Sauron and Gandalf have been improved most of the article haven't. If the same happens with the next article, Bilbo Baggins, I fear the Countown will not work as hoped. How can we stimulate people to edit more on the "Countdown"-articles? | Little was suggested on how to remedy the problem, but it was agreed that comments should be given on how to improve the articles. |
#4 | Ederchil | Adjournment discussions and meeting adjournment. | Morgan noted that he was out with his dog. |


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Chocolate lovers will be happy today! I made Easy Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookie Brownies this weekend for a friend's dinner party. I might or might not have gained a few extra pounds… but believe me it was totally worth it!!
Just looking at these photos makes me sad that they are all gone. I have a feeling I will be making these again very soon!
Get the brownie recipe here. Pin this page to Pinterest or print and save the recipe for later. They are super easy and so delicious. Enjoy!
- 1 package of refrigerated peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough
- 1 box of brownie mix
- 1-2 eggs (depends on brownie mix)
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 packages of Dark Chocolate Reese's Cups candy
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Press cookie dough evenly into an ungreased 13x9 baking pan.
- Pour brownie ingredients in a large bowl and follow box directions for mixing eggs, water and oil. Pour batter over cookie dough and spread evenly around the pan.
- Bake 35-40 minutes until done.
- While brownies are baking, chop candy into crumbs. Sprinkle candy onto the brownies as soon as you take them out to cool. Candy should melt onto brownies.
- Let cool and cut brownies.
If you can't find Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie dough, you can make your own from scratch or get Peanut Butter Cookie Dough and add chocolate chips to the brownie mix.


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"And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself."
Antonio Banderas
"She's slowly getting back into it. She played a little against Villa Grove and a little against St. Teresa. It's just not fully healed so when she comes down on it wrong, it sets her back."
Brad Garrett
"We wanted to come out and score and they (Villa Grove) did a nice job on their first play. The fumble was big. Then we scored first and added a few more scores after that in the first quarter."
Dale Schuring
"villa park is the home of gods"
William Pitt the elder
"They moaned after my second game - I'm told they moaned after Villa won the European Cup because they didn't win it in style!"
David O'Leary
"I always wanted to remain with Villa but it was important to me that Roy and Steve...should also stay for the same length of time,"
"We've got to look to go into the derby next week at Villa and get three points."
David Dunn
"We have a good offer from Lyon and another from Aston Villa. We must analyze both and while we analyze he will be playing for us."
Rafael Benitez
"And I can tell you we're devastated to see the endorsements of officials from Cypress, Villa Park and Fountain Valley. We know how much influence they have over the voters of this district. We hope to counter soon with the endorsements of officials from Needles, Modesto and Cucamonga."
James Vaughn
"Now everything in Villa Nation is good."
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If you can't say something nice about someone, at least be witty We often read about individuals who utter some word or phrase, so profound that it leaves a lasting impression on many. We read it and say to ourselves, "Did he really say that or did some press agent make it up?" An example of this is the famous uttering by Gen. MacArthur near the end of the war as he waded ashore at Leyte, "I have returned." There are some who doubt this, saying that some newsman made it up to lend a bit of drama to the occasion. Since there is no concrete evidence in either direction we accept it as gospel and perhaps conjure some lasting statement that we might make up on a moment's notice. Reader John Porner has sent me a list of such statements made by famous folks but they are of the insulting genre. The unknown author of the piece has labeled them as "classy insults," that is, used without borrowing from present day lexicon. He states that these glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words. There, for example, is one that a member of Parliament once said to the British Prime Minister Disraeli, "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." To which Disraeli replied, "That depends, Sir, whether I embrace your policies or your mistress." Now, how is that for a repartee? Of course, that could apply in any age. Then there are the one-liners: Walter Kerr saying, "He had delusions of adequacy." And the master, Winston Churchill, "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." I once had many of the sayings attributed to Churchill but I seemed to have misplaced the document. I do remember one. One Lady Anne, at a party, said to Churchill, "Winston, if you were my husband I would put a little arsenic in your coffee each morning." And Winston replied, "Anne, if I were your husband I would drink it." Americans were also experts at the classy insults. Clarence Darrow is credited with saying, "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." And there is writer about writer, William Faulkner speaking about Ernest Hemingway, "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary " Moses Hadas once said, "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I'll waste no time reading it." I have one example of Mark Twain but I am sure there are many, "I did not attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." Then there is another American, Oscar Wilde, with his, "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." Back to Winston, he had many a repartee with George Bernard Shaw. Shaw once sent him a letter stating the following, "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one." Winston's reply, "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second...if there is one." Stephen Bishop speaking to someone, "I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." And John Bright's observation, "He is a self-made man and worships his creator." Irvin S. Cobb once wrote, "I've just learned of his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." Talleyrand once said, "In order to avoid being called a flirt she always yielded easily." And the actor, Forrest Tucker, "He loves nature, in spite of what it did to him." I think one could write a full book about Mae West put downs. "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." Also, Groucho Marx: "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." Or Billy Wilder, "He had Van Gogh's ear for music." And a final Oscar Wilde that might apply to me, "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
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Cross posted at Proof of Right. Although this is a local issue where I live, I'm posting this in my diary here at RedState to highlight the actions of Congressman Lynn Westmoreland.
This Tuesday, December 4th at 9:00 a.m. the lame duck Henry County, GA Board of Commissioners will vote to lock in nearly $6 million in funding along with an engineering contract that will shove the expansion of Tara Field Airport down our throats once and for all.
Of course, this flies in the face of the opposition the citizen's voiced on the matter when they replaced three of the elected officials, including Chairman BJ Mathis, who voted to buy the airport without our consent in the first place . To be clear, this 1000' runway extension will suck the taxpayers dry and disrupt the lives of everyone who lives north and east of the airport. In fact, the only ones who stand to benefit are the individuals who own land adjacent to the airport.
I have maintained from the very beginning that the only reason Henry County purchased Tara Field Airport was so that BJ Mathis could finally grant Big 5 Enterprises their long sought after Through The Fence (TTF) agreement so they could gain access to the airport from their property. Clayton County and the FAA had both denied that access to Big 5 who even took the matter to court and lost… twice.
You'll remember it was Congressman Lynn Westmoreland who was instrumental in getting the FAA to cough up $15 million toward the purchase of the airport from Clayton County. It wasn't until the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) recently posted on their website the long term plan for the airport expansion that it became clear that Westmoreland was just as guilty for saddling this fiscal burden on to the backs of the Henry County taxpayers as a reward to his own donors.
Of significance in the GDOT document are these two items:
"LAND ACQUISITION FOR NORTHTERMINAL AREA DEVELOPMENT (66 ACRES)" for $5,154,000.00
"LAND ACQUISITION FOR THROUGH THE FENCE PARCELS (13 ACRES)" for $6,940,000.00
Before we go on, I think it's worth noting the GDOT cost per acre estimates for these tracts. The 66 acre tract ends up being about $78K per acre, which is insane for Henry County, I don't care who you are. And the second one is absolutely criminal if they are expecting to spend nearly $7 million for a 13 acres. Seriously? Is that a typo?
As it turns out, the only one who owns a 66 acre tract adjacent to the airport is Tara Field Development, LLC which happens to be owned by William Douglas Walker formerly of Walker Concrete.
And the only people seeking a Through The Fence agreement is Big 5 Enterprises, LLC owned in part by Dr. Jeffery Curtis, owner of The Doctor's Office medical practice; and Danny Wisner, owner of Atlanta Arms & Ammo. And of course, accused child molester Billy Abbate is a former owner and managing partner of Big 5 Enterprises.
Chairman BJ Mathis has taken $8,150 in campaign contributions from the owners of these two properties and their immediate families:
- $850 from The Doctor's Office and Big 5 owner Jeffrey V. Curtis
- $3,000 from Big 5 former managing partner Billy Abbate's In-Law's (at the time) Clyde and Sherry Harrison (she was also VP of Abbate's business Quality Physicians Services)
- $2300 from Atlanta Arms & Ammo and Big 5 owner Danny Wisner
- $2000 from William Douglas Walker owner of Tara Field Developments, LLC
- Mathis also rented office space from Abbate for her campaign headquarters.
Congressman Lynn Westmoreland has taken at least $46,050 in campaign Contributions from the owners of these two properties and their immediate families:
$300 12/30/2003 Jo Ana Walker$2000 6/9/2004 Harold Walker$1000 7/26/2004 Bernard Walker$1000 7/29/2004 Jo Ana Walker$2000 8/4/2004 Doug Walker$2000 8/4/2004 Debra Walker$1500 10/12/2004 Doug Walker$2000 3/11/2005 Harold Walker$2500 3/25/2005 Doug Walker$300 6/28/2005 Jo Ana Walker$1700 6/28/2005 Doug Walker$100 6/30/2005 Harold Walker$1000 11/4/2005 Jo Ana Walker$300 5/30/2006 Jo Ana Walker$1700 5/30/2006 William Walker$1000 9/25/2006 Bernard Walker$1000 9/25/2006 Jo Ana Walker$1000 9/25/2006 Sue Walker$250 9/16/2008 Bernard Walker$2300 9/30/2008 William Walker$2300 9/30/2008 Debra Walker$1000 6/30/2009 William Walker$1400 9/30/2009 William Walker$2400 9/30/2009 William Walker$1000 9/30/2009 Debra Walker$1000 3/1/2010 Debra Walker$1400 3/1/2010 Debra Walker$2500 3/31/2012 William Walker$2500 3/31/2012 William Walker$1000 6/28/2005 Karen Curtis$2100 9/25/2006 Karen Curtis$1000 9/15/2008 Karen Curtis$1000 3/31/2010 Karen Curtis$500 10/21/2010 Karen Curtis.
Westmoreland also took $4,000 in campaign contributions from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Political Action Committee, to which William Walker has donated $1825.
So, here's how I predict this is going to play out. The resolutions that will be voted on this Tuesday deal strictly with contracting and funding for the runway and taxiway extensions. But there is also an Executive Session on the meeting agenda, as well.
Because we've seen over and over again how The Most Corrupt Chairman Eveh™ operates, Mathis will come out of Executive Session and hold a vote to purchase the 66 acre tract from William Douglas Walker. This will satisfy, not only her own crony payback, but Lynn Westmoreland's, too.
Then, she will hold another vote that will either purchase whatever property is necessary to issue a Through The Fence agreement with Big 5, or it will issue them some sort of lease agreement that will grant them the TTF access. This action would then complete the crony donor payback to the Big 5 owners, again for both Mathis and Westmoreland.
Mark. My. Words.
Big 5 will go on to finally develop their property and makes millions and millions of dollars all because you and I bought them a shiny new airport for them to exploit.
Doug Walker will have gotten a tidy little return on his campaign investment to Lynn Westmoreland and will probably go on to make another handsome donation to his campaign.
Here's hoping he'll need it.


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NEW YORK – Stephen Colbert is dusting off his camouflage suit.
The comedian will broadcast two special episodes of Comedy Central's 'The Colbert Report' to celebrate the end of combat operations in Iraq and to honor returning troops.
On Sept. 8 and 9, the show will fill its audience with Iraq War veterans and active duty service men and women. Others will be beamed in via satellite from Iraq, Afghanistan and the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
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Guests will include Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Sen. Jim Webb and the U.S. military commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno.
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Though Colbert's normal mode is satire, he's a strong supporter of the troops.
With the WristStrong bracelets he's promoted since falling while running around his desk and breaking his wrist, he has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Yellow Ribbon Fund, a charity that assists injured service members and their families. He's a board member of DonorsChoose.org, which is raising money for the education of children of parents in the military.
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Russia and Kazakhstan expanded gold reserves for a fourth straight month in January, while Azerbaijan acquired bullion for the first time in more than a decade as central banks sought to diversify their assets.
Russian holdings climbed 12.2 metric tons to 970 tons last month after gaining 8.5 percent over 2012, according to International Monetary Fund data. Kazakhstan's hoard grew 1.5 tons to 116.8 tons, following last year's 41 percent expansion, data on the IMF website showed. Azerbaijan bought 1 ton after reporting no holdings since 1999 and Mexico sold 0.1 ton.
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Gold fell for a fourth month in January, with analysts from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Credit Suisse Group AG calling an end to the metal's 12-year bull run as data showed the global economy improving. Gold slumped to a seven-month low last week as investors cut holdings in exchange-traded products. Central banks will again be strong buyers this year after they boosted purchases 17 percent to 534.6 tons last year, the most since 1964, according to the London-based World Gold Council
"Central-bank buying remains one of the bullish factors for gold," Jiang Yangjing, an analyst at China International Capital Corp., said by phone from Beijing. "Prices at the moment are driven largely by macroeconomic data."
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Turkey's holdings, which rose 10.3 tons last month, jumped 84 percent in 2012 as it accepted gold in its reserve requirements from commercial banks. Belarus's reserves expanded 0.5 ton in January, while Tajikistan acquired 0.1 ton the same month, according to the IMF data, which are updated as countries report. Serbia bought 2.5 tons in December, and Venezuela added 1.9 tons in November, the data showed.
Billionaire investors George Soros and Louis Moore Bacon cut their stakes in gold ETPs in the last quarter of 2012, while John Paulson maintained his share, filings showed this month. Total investor holdings in ETPs stood at 2,560.097 tons on Feb. 22, down 2.8 percent from a record reached on Dec. 20.
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