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New York , June 28 (ANI): It was not so thrilling to play Grand Theft Auto IV for four teenagers, who brought to life this top-selling video game by re-enacting the scenes of robbing, shooting and car-jacking vehicles in the streets of Long Island .
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Having already sold more than 8.5 million copies worldwide, the game sees players shoot police, sell drugs and car-jack vehicles. And in its real-life enactment these six youngsters rampage involved mugging, several break-ins and an attempted car-jacking in Garden City.
"They decided they were going to go out to commit robberies and emulate the character Nico Belic in the particularly violent video game Grand Theft Auto. These teens have difficulty separating fact from fiction, fantasy from reality. It was quite alarming," The New York Post quoted Nassau County Police detective-lieutenant Raymond Cote, as saying.
According to the police, it was at 11.30pm on June 24 that the rampage began and teenagers Brandon Cruz, 15, Gurnoor Singh, 14, Samuel Philip, 16, and Jaspreet Singh, 17, opted to go execute their wild plan when they were looking for something to do while sitting in Memorial Park in New Hyde Park.
They then decided to act out the game, in which players live out the life of Belic, an Eastern European criminal who uses murder and robbery to rise to the top of the underworld in " Liberty City ", which has a close similarity to New York City .
"They were bored and decided this was a good idea," said Lt Cote.
The police revealed that firstly the boys mugged a man at a bus stop near the park, beat him and knocked out some teeth. Then they barged into some sheds and garages, stole bats and crowbars and were then joined by some more teens to continue the rampage.
Later, these six trouble makers even attempted to stage some car-jackings in Garden City. But their game was over when a 23-year-old woman in a 2008 BMW, whom they planned to target, called the police and got them arrested.
The police has arrested all the four original teen plotters were arrested, and also the two youths who joined them laterStephen Attard, 18, and Dylan Laird, 17. all these teens have been charged with first-degree robbery, except for Jaspreet Singh, who was charged with possession of stolen property. Other charges were pending.
However, the Police has not revealed what made them believe that the teens' crimes were motivated by Grand Theft Auto and not by some other motive. They said they discovered it during their investigation. (ANI)
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First CNBC ran a television segment on e-Fencing of stolen goods on eBay. Now the UK newspaper The Times features an article about shill-bidding on eBay. Both reports are extremely negative.
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|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Randy Smythe
|Sun Jan 28 19:21:40 2007
Ina, BuySafe is really an answer here. They are a third party that does the due diligence on sellers.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Ina
|Sun Jan 28 21:12:21 2007
BuySafe provides a very valuable service by vetting sellers and guaranteeing transactions. However, there are many low-volume sellers that would not qualify for bonding. The real balancing act for an auction site, especially for eBay, is to qualify sellers without shutting out smaller sellers who provide tremendous value to the site.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Kaydee
|Mon Jan 29 08:25:20 2007
The problem here is that eBay is that they are constantly applying band-aids to deal with the symptoms instead of viewing the problem on the whole, and treating the entire illness.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: pat
|Mon Jan 29 08:25:47 2007
Ebay needs to remove the second chance offer which is nothing but another way dishonest sellers fleece the buyers. Seller has multiple items - shiller bids price way up then seller offers the 2 underbidders the item at their last bid which is an inflated, manipulated amount. Naive buyers need to be protected from themselves.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: violette
|Mon Jan 29 08:39:23 2007
As a buyer, I'd be glad to know that a seller has been vetted in some way. It increases the level of trust between the parties. As a seller, I'd be happy to participate in some sort of verification, as long as it didn't cost me. I'd also like to see something like that for buyers, as well, since there are plenty of dishonest buyers pulling all sorts of scams on honest sellers. There needs to be trust on *both* sides.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Sky
|Mon Jan 29 08:40:49 2007
making sure sellers are fingerverified has worked for many people...your info is safe with a third party and yet you have identity online
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Sky
|Mon Jan 29 08:43:33 2007
Use FingerVerified for online ID checking. If sellers have the online ID your safe they are traceable and who they say they are. Having a third party hold your info securely really does give freedom online and many business' are now using it to securely check/verify who is who online
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: John
|Mon Jan 29 09:16:23 2007
The best verification system out there that I've seen is from Bid4Assets -- they verify by credit reports before you are able to sell anything.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Mario
|Mon Jan 29 09:57:34 2007
Shill bidding is a big problem, especially at eBay Motors, where bidders' identity is hidden now. This makes it impossible for buyers to check for it (if identities are not hidden, it's possible to check if bidder bid on seller's previous auctions, which would raise an alarm).
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Bruno
|Mon Jan 29 10:03:42 2007
I was a victim of shill bidding once - and I found it out by looking at the bidders history, and then noticed that the same bidder bid on a completely different item from the same seller very recently. Now, how likely is that that is legitimate? I did not pay and reported this to ebay.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Lee Berkovits
|Mon Jan 29 10:28:05 2007
What is really frustrating for honest Ebayers is that Ebay refuses to listen to its sellers. The boards are ignored by Ebay personal, and complaints about dishonest sellers are either never read or read and ignored. Even sellers guilty of obvious shilling, fee gouging, and fraud are allowed to continue to operate. Very sad.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Peter Leeflang
|Mon Jan 29 11:50:02 2007
I disagree with any suggestions to regulate Ebay even more. In fact, more openness allows for buyers and sellers to do their own due diligence which they are primarily responsible to do anyway.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: email@example.com
|Mon Jan 29 12:25:15 2007
BuySafe is a ripoff! And shill bidding is one of many problems with eBay that they just try to sweep under the carpet.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Patricia Ann
|Mon Jan 29 17:53:01 2007
Ebay you need to face facts: 1) get rid of second chance offers - that's the way to protect buyers. 2) put bidder's ID's back on all auctions. 3) USE SOME OF OUR FEES to get dedicated people to flush out fraud and shill bidding. Ebay - you're reputation is so low now and all you do is milk sellers and buy companies and flush money down China's toilet! Sounds like you are now in the running for the fast buck instead of the long term. We deserve some good service for our fees and that includes cleaning up the site and bolstering your reputation so buyers will come back! Sorry, but I'm truly frustrated!
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: L Armstrong
|Mon Jan 29 17:59:04 2007
I would like eBay to go back to being 'just a venue'. The notion that stupid people need to be protected from themselves is sheer foolishness. It doesn't matter if I can see who is bidding on an item. I know my area and I do my own research. If an item goes higher than I want to pay, I quit bidding. It's that simple.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: JRenza
|Mon Jan 29 18:07:59 2007
Of the many times I have reported shill bidding to eBay they have dissagreed.I have documented one sellers'auctions for two years, where the seller used three different shill bidders constantly on his auctions.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Not Surprised
|Tue Jan 30 17:40:26 2007
eBay is very aware of all the Fraud taking place (by SELLERS & BUYERS), Shill Bidding, Fake and/or Multiple User IDs used by individuals, and the ever failing Feedback System etc. - That's why eBay is & has made some Heavy Duty Acquisitions & Investments - (See List Below)with all the PORK FAT they have absconded from it's members (Honest or Not) - Do You think for one second that eBay really cares about your petty complaints. The eBay Auction site is slowly falling, just like the Roman Empire once did. Just a matter of time. Stay Tuned!
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Frank Ross
|Tue Jan 30 21:18:47 2007
I wonder if some sort of Seller Verification is in the near future? As Ina said, not all sellers can qualify for BuySafe bonding and while BuySafe is great for large scale sellers, it's overkill for smaller eBay sellers. (I don't agree that they're a ripoff as one commenter suggests). Seller verification if done correctly could be semi-transparent to buyers and should make them feel comfortable; not scare them away.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: PhilC
|Sun Feb 4 11:45:24 2007
I agree with most of the above answers and would add as a buyer and a seller Ebay could give the buyer more control as well. I have requested for 7 years that they allow buyers to block sellers they know to be dishonest but that Ebay won't do anything about. They won't do it.
|Shill Bidding on eBay
by: Margaret
|Tue Feb 5 13:00:28 2008
Is it possible there is a group of sellers nationwide not only selling fake or stolen merchandise but who share false buyer ID's that they all use over and over again for shill bidding and to leave themselves + feedback and to rack up + feedback numbers and percentages?
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Guarana Extarct: Guarana extract contains more caffeine than a cup of coffee, and studies have shown that those who supplemented with this stimulant were more likely to burn calories throughout the day due to the dramatic increase in energy levels.
Bee Pollen: Bee Pollen is rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals that will not only strip the body of harmful toxins but reduce oxidative stress on cells. However, research has to prove Bee Pollen as an effective ingredient for losing weight.
Siberian Ginseng Root Powder: Ginseng Root Powder has been used all throughout Asia due to its abilities to boost the immune system and effectively treat insomnia and depression. When used correctly, Ginseng Root can increase energy levels and even stimulate the libido.
White Kidney Bean Extract: White Kidney Bean is a common fat blocker that can allow consumers to eat their favorite foods on occasion without completely blowing their diet. By inhibiting the absorption of dietary fats, White Kidney Bean Extract allows fat to pass through the digestive tract unabsorbed.
Garcinia Cambogia Extract: Garcinia Combogia is a tasteless and odorless herbal extract that may be able to control obesity by inhibiting the breakdown and absorption of fats and fatty acids. However, too much Garcinia Cambogia may result in negative side effects such as diarrhea and vomiting.
Gymnema Sylvestre Extract: Gymnema Sylvestre Extract is an anti-allergic, antiviral ingredient that may be able to lower lipids in the blood stream. Although information is currently limited, the chemicals inside Gymnema Sylvestre may be able to lower blood sugar availability in the stomach, raise insulin levels, and even block dietary fat absorption.
Calxpel appears to be a good formula for a fairly decent price. When used correctly, Calxpel may be just the little extra boost you need to get through your tough workout and burn more calories throughout the day. Additionally, Calxpel is backed by a 30-day money back guarantee when purchased through Evolution Slimming.com, making it worth looking into.
While Calxpel does contain a few good ingredients for losing weight and increasing energy levels, we cannot whole-heartedly recommend this product due to the unknown ingredient concentrations and lack of research support the effectiveness of its formula. We suggest that consumers consult their physician before adding Calxpel to their current health regimen.


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By: Carmen Willings
Updated October 29, 2017
The Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments can work with a student to help them develop efficient use of their vision. These skills will help prepare a student for learning as well as prepare them for safe and efficient travel.
Spatial Relationships & Eye-Hand Integration
Eye-Hand coordination is an important skill for visual learners as developing skillful hands in important for Braille readiness. Eye-Hand coordination is also referred to as visual motor integration. It is the ability to control hand movement guided by vision. Students who have difficulty with visual motor integration often have difficulty coordinating body movements in response to what is seen.
Gross Motor Movement
Students who are visually impaired may need motivators and assistance in developing movement milestones. Holding their head up may be unnatural to a student who has low vision or is blind. The student should be encouraged to hold their head up and develop a good posture. The student may need visual and auditory cues to develop gross motor skills.
Visually Attend or Fixate
Fixation is the observed ability to direct a gaze and hold an object steadily in view. Keep in mind that some students may use an eccentric gaze in order to visually attend or to establish a null point. Do not force a student to look straight at an object or at materials as a student may need to turn their head in order to visually attend. Also, don't expect longer fixation than would be acceptable of you. Provide the student with many experiences with objects within arms reach. Once the student visually attends at near, encourage the student to briefly gaze or attend to objects and people that are at mid-range distances (3 to 5 feet) and distance environment.
Visually Shift Gaze
Shift of gaze is the ability to shift one's gaze from one object or person to another. Begin by using objects the student is interested in or has demonstrated the ability to visually attend to. Wiggle the item slightly to gain the student's attention to the second item.
Visual Pursuit
Visual pursuit is the ability to look for an item that has fallen out of view. Students need to learn that objects and people continue to exist even when they are out of view. They need to develop the skills to locate objects that are no longer within reach. Encourage the student to look for dropped objects and anticipate the trajectory of slowly moving objects. At first you may need to assist the student. For students with usable vision, point in the direction that the item has dropped or rolled if the student is able to follow the trajectory of your point. For students who are blind or who have difficulty following the trajectory of a point, you can tap the item on the floor to provide a sound source that will assist the student in locating the object. Teach the student how to use a systematic search pattern to locate objects by providing hand under hand assistance.
Visually Track
Once a student is able to visually attend to objects and materials in their environment, they should be encouraged to visually track their movements. Tracking is the ability to maintain visual attention on an object as the object is moving. Tracking is the ability to follow a moving object with your eyes and for this reason, it is an important skill for reading. You must be able to move your eyes accurately in order to read across a line of print.
Visually Scan
To visually scan is to visually search in a systematic pattern such as looking on different planes (high, middle, low), to find objects or to avoid obstacles. Visually scanning is different from visual tracking in that scanning requires the students to view an area in order to locate an item or information as opposed to maintaining visual contact while an object/person moves from one place to another.
Visually Trace
To visually trace is to follow a stationary line such as along the edge of the white board or a painted line on a playground. A student can be encouraged to trace lines or edges of objects to locate requested items. This exploration will help students navigate and develop a more complete understanding of their environment.
Visual Discrimination & Sequencing Activities
Visual discrimination is the ability to recognize details in visual images. It allows students to identify and recognize the likeness and differences of shapes/forms, colors and position of objects, people, and printed materials. In order to learn to read print, students will need to develop their visual discrimination skills. There are numerous activities that students can do to help them develop visual discrimination skills. Encourage students to visually discrimination through matching photos, letters, words, pictures, or other objects and materials.
Visual Closure
Visual closure helps a student to quickly process information in the environment because our visual system doesn't have to analyze every detail to recognize what is seen. If a student has difficulty with visual closure, they will have a difficult time identifying an object or picture when part of the object is missing. Visual closure also helps to recognize sight words.
Figure-Ground Perception
Figure Ground is the perceptual skill that allows a student to pick out details without getting confused by the background or surrounding images.
Visual Association
Visual association is the ability to relate visual stimuli to other, previously learned, visual images in a meaningful way. Visual association is used to sort and classify things that belong together but are not identical.
Visual Memory And Visual Imagery
Visual memory involves the ability to store and retrieve previously seen images when the object, picture, word, or location are no longer present. Visual imagery is information that passes through the brain as though something is being perceived, when nothing is actually happening. Both of these skills are important for academics but also in developing good orientation and mobility skills.
TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC: An Activities Based Curriculum for Teaching Students who are Blind and Visually Impaired. 32 Thematic Units and over 450 age neutral ECC activities in one book! Available as a pdf digital download.
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Due to the nationwide shortage of vision professionals, it can be challenging to locate personnel. Announce a job vacancy on the Job Exchange of Teaching Students with Visual Impairments, an online listing of jobs specific to the visual impairment field.


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Charles Baudelaire Quotes About ProgressQuotes about: Progress
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To dream magnificently is not a gift given to all men, and even for those who possess it, it runs a strong risk of being progressively diminished by the ever-growing dissipation of modern life and by the restlessness engendered by material progress. The ability to dream is a divine and mysterious ability; because it is through dreams that man communicates with the shadowy world which surrounds him. But this power needs solitude to develop freely; the more one concentrates, the more one is likely to dream fully, deeply.
Charles Baudelaire
- Born: April 9, 1821
- Died: August 31, 1867
- Occupation: Poet
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"Easy listening," "instrumental pop," "lite jazz," and "elevator music" are just a sampling of the ways in which "Smooth Jazz" is often classified. Smooth jazz typically features one primary lead instrument or vocal, accompanied by a standard pop arrangement. "Many songs are simple, and/or by-the-note, instrumental arrangements of pop songs." The format tends to fit radio programming nicely, in that, most songs fall under the 4-minute mark in length. This comes as no surprise considering the format is said to have been created by radio itself.
"Smooth jazz, was literally created by radio. Indeed, the birth of the term is said to have happened during a focus group held in Chicago, as a marketing research group sought to find the right label to sell a new brand of easy-listening music being played on radio in the '70s. Thus, smooth jazz is more of a format or branding device than as an actual organic musical style. And smooth jazz artists have long been seen as joined at the hip to the stations that play their music." – Jim Harrington, The Oakland Tribune.
Because of its inception in broadcast radio during the early '80s, major labels began signing smooth jazz artists in an attempt to profit off of the new mainstream radio format. In recent years, however, the smooth jazz format is widely being replaced with more appealing radio formats, like classic rock and R&B. Despite this shift in programming, a number of independent labels are finding success with their roster of smooth jazz artists. Continue reading


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Description: This service caters to filing and registration of all registrable documents of birth, judicial decrees and legal instruments updating records on file and keep and preserve them per Administrative Order 1, s. 1993 of Act 3753.
Client/s: Parents or authorized representative
Contact Person/s: Atty. Evangeline T. Abatayo, Civil Registrar
Louella N. Dejito, Registration Officer
(032) 232-6664
Location: Office of the City Civil Registrar (OCCR), Cebu City
Availability: Monday-Friday / 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Duration of the Service: 26 minutes & 30 seconds
Requirement/s: None
Procedure in Availing the Service:
|1. Submit accomplished Certificate of Live Birth (COLB).
|1.1. Reviews COLB entries according to guidelines.
|Fielma Manigbas
|7 min.
|1.2. Assigns Registry Number to COLB and forwards COLB for signatory.
|Ridolito Ybañez
|3 min.
|1.3. Signs the COLB.
|Oscar B. Molo
|15 min.
|2. Get copy of registration of live birth.
|Clerk segregates and give copy to parent or representative.
|Fielma Manigbas
|1.5 min.
This information appeared first on the 2009 Version of the Cebu City Citizen's Guidebook published by the Cebu City Government through the efforts of the Mayor's Management Team.
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Walk for Farm Animals: Michael the calf
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Since Liberation BC's 7th annual Walk for Farm Animals to benefit Farm Sanctuary is coming up on October 5th–this weekend!–we're introducing you to just a few of the some of the approximately 900 animals who live at Farm Sanctuary's three shelters. Are you ready for the Walk? There's still time to register and start fundraising! This is part of a series


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Magnus hosts writing workshop
Kellie Magnus, founder and editorial director of Jackmandora, a Caribbean children's media company, will conduct a workshop focusing on writing picture books, early readers and chapter books for early-childhood and primary markets.
The workshop, hosted by the Department of Literatures in English, University of the West Indies, Mona, is scheduled for November 10, 12, 17 and 19 from 6-8 p.m. each day. Interested persons should contact the department at 927-2217 or firstname.lastname@example.com to register.
Magnus is the author of more than 15 children's books and stories, including the popular Little Lion children's book series and several books for the Ministry of Education's Literacy 123 series. Two of Jackmandora's books, A Book for Baby and Trixie Triangle, were selected for the 2011 BookStart Jamaica Pilot Programme.
She also co-authored the Jamaican translation of the best-selling children's book parody, Go the Fto Sleep, with celebrated poet Kwame Dawes.
Magnus writes on the arts, education, and entertainment for regional and international publications and serves on the boards of the National Library of Jamaica, the Early Childhood Commission, and the Book Industry Association of Jamaica. She has lectured on publishing and media at numerous conferences and has taught at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication and the City College, City University of New York.


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By Niki Kelly House Speaker Brian Bosma meets Rep. Mara Candalaria Reardon's puppy.
Courtesy photo Gov. Eric Holcomb snuggles with Ruby the puppy in his Statehouse office.
Courtesy photo Henry Holcomb - the First Dog of the state of Indiana.
Sunday, April 16, 2017 1:00 am
Legislative session really hits dog days
NIKI KELLY and BRIAN FRANCISCO | The Journal Gazette
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It seems the Statehouse is going to the dogs.
Furry, lovable canines have been all over the building – starting with Gov. Eric Holcomb's schnauzer Henry.
He has his own Statehouse ID tag and Twitter feed, @FirstDogHenry.
But he's not the only dog in town. Rep. Kathy Richardson, R-Noblesville, recently brought her new puppy Ruby for a visit, and Holcomb fell in love with the gal, as evidenced by photos posted on his Twitter account.
Then on Thursday, Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon, D-Munster, brought her dog to the House floor, and House Speaker Brian Bosma got a little canine therapy.
So when is cat day?
Tall order
Eric Holcomb on Thursday became the third governor in recent years�to speak to the Allen County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day Dinner.
Mitch Daniels delivered�keynote speeches�at the fundraising dinner in 2007 and 2010, and Mike Pence did likewise�in 2014 and 2016. Pence, the nation's vice president, also keynoted in 2009 and 2011, when he was a member of the U.S. House and his district extended into southern Allen County.
Holcomb was Pence's lieutenant governor last year and had been�an adviser�to Daniels, now the president of Purdue University.
"I've been around the office, so I know what the job description entails and demands," Holcomb said Thursday at the Ramada Plaza.
"Obviously, when you go from being the guy behind the guy, you become a bigger target, which is fine," he said.
Rather than give�a prepared speech, Holcomb sat in a chair on the stage at the hotel ballroom�and took questions from local GOP Chairman Steve Shine.
"Would you say you are more like Mitch or Mike?" Shine asked Holcomb about his predecessors.
"With Mike's brother staring at me right now," Holcomb quipped.�Pence's brother, Gregory Pence, was in the audience. "I would say I'm a hundred percent Eric. I'm neither Mitch nor Mike," Holcomb�said to applause from the crowd.
"It is true that I'm taller than both of them," added Holcomb, who reportedly is 6 foot 4.
"They're both taller than me," Shine injected. "And that hurts when I say Mitch Daniels."
Pence released a doctor's letter last year that put his height at 5 foot 10. Daniels has said he is 5 foot 7, a height that�The Atlantic reported in 2010 "is listed generously."
Little opinion on local politicians
Polling suggests that Indiana politicians don't draw much attention to their work.
Nonpartisan pollster Morning Consult has ranked the popularity of the nation's governors and U.S. senators, based on first-quarter surveys of 85,000 registered voters.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb finished first in the category "most unknown" as 27 percent of Hoosiers either did not know about his job performance or had no opinion about it.
Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., ranked third and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., ranked sixth as the "most unknown" senators. Morning Consult found that 28�percent of Indiana voters didn't know Donnelly's work and 27 percent didn't know Young's. Michigan Democrat Gary Peters had the highest such rate, 34 percent, followed by 30 percent for North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis.
Young, a former House member, is in his first year in office. Holcomb, a former appointed lieutenant governor, is in his second year in statewide office. Donnelly is in his fifth year and stands for re-election in 2018.
Most voters who are paying attention seem to approve of Holcomb's job performance but not Donnelly's and Young's. Holcomb was approved by 54 percent, Young by 48 percent and Donnelly by 46 percent, Morning Consult reported Tuesday. Disapproval figures were 19 percent for Holcomb, 25 percent for Young and 26 percent for Donnelly.
Among governors, Massachusetts Republican Charlie Baker posted the highest approval rating, 75 percent, and New Jersey Republican Chris Christie had the highest disapproval rating, 71 percent.
Among senators, the highest approval rating was 71 percent for Vermont independent Bernie Sanders, followed by 70 percent for Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., had the highest disapproval rating, 47 percent.
Zay license snafu
The expired-looking license plate of a state legislator got the attention of a reporter last week.
Dan Carden, of the Times of Northwest Indiana, tweeted a photo of Sen. Andy Zay's license plate, musing about whether the Indiana State Police would ticket it.
In the usual spot for the expiration date it said 2-28 – or Feb. 28. And 2017 was the year on the plate.
Quickly after the tweet, Rep. Jerry Torr, R-Carmel, came to the Huntington lawmakers' defense, pointing out that legislator plates expire in December.
Zay didn't even become a senator until late December when he was chosen in a caucus to fill an open seat.
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles quickly took the blame for the confusion, sending Carden an explanation.
"The Indiana BMV annually issues plates to members of the General Assembly, and in this case we coded the plate as a rental vehicle, which expire February 28. We should have coded this plate as a vehicle for a General Assembly member; these plates expire December 14," the BMV spokesman said. "We apologize for the confusion and have confirmed this is an isolated case. Our team has spoken directly with the Senator's office and is taking appropriate steps to expedite a corrected plate with a December 14, 2017, expiration date."
To reach Political Notebook by email, contact Brian Francisco at firstname.lastname@example.com or Niki Kelly at email@example.com. An expanded Political Notebook can also be found as a daily blog at www.journalgazette.net/politicalnotebook.


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Meet Aloft Hotels' Botlr, the first-ever robotic butler with a gig at a major hotel brand. The eager-to-please R2D2-esque little fella, who is utilized to make runs to guest rooms and deliver anything from a toothbrush to a beach towel, touched down in Miami last week and will be staying at the newly opened Aloft South Beach for the next couple of weeks. He's not averse to posing for selfies, so don't be shy. Follow Miami.com on Periscope to see Botlr in action.
These days, everyone is pressed for time. Even while relaxing. A beauty company has made life a little easier. Jergens WetSkin Moisturizers are a game-changing way to intensely hydrate skin because these babies (four in all) dry instantly upon contact. The revolutionary formula goes – and stays — on right after the shower/bath/pool/ocean/etc., and not down the drain. At drugstores. www.jergens.com
The Kardashians/Jenners visited St. Barths last weekend. How do we know? By their endless posts, of course. One cute share: Kylie put a picture on Instagram with nephew Mason and his custom SuperME Safari Cape Backpack, part of a collection of personalized superhero-inspired products that put the "fun" into functionality. $39.90. supermehero.com
Upgrading your pad and need a dash of luxury at your feet? Instanbul-based Nakkas carries way authentic, handmade Turkish rugs that pass the Oprah step-and-repeat test. Another (random, old school) fan: Cliff Richard. For nontraditionalists, some of the company's contemporary styles are bold, bright and could fit into many a South Florida home's decor. Info: nakkasrug.com


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St. Peter Lutheran School exists to assist parents in carrying out their responsibility under the great commission to train children in accordance with God's word as revealed in the Holy Scriptures.
Now Enrolling for 2018-2019 School Year!
St. Peter School depends on a dedicated staff of men and women who serve Christ by mentoring to growing and developing children. Meet The Staff›
St. Peter School was established in 1977 and the school building was dedicated three years later. As we continue to grow we have made improvements and updates to our facility. Take a tour ›
Find out how you can help support St. Peter School through volunteer opportunities. Volunteer ›


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The Old Man and the Sleaze
Please send your questions for publication to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Dear Prudence,
Recently my sister and I have come to strongly suspect that our stepmother is having an affair with a neighbor of hers and our father. She is very young, 36, and our father is 76. We do understand that perhaps there is a lack of passion in their relationship, but we do still feel that she is taking everyone for a ride. She seems to dislike my sister and me, and she is very good at manipulating my father. (I could list a few instances in which she threatened to leave him in order to get her way.) Our dilemma is, of course, do well tell him and risk being the messenger who gets shot, or do we keep it to ourselves so he can remain ignorant/blissful while we go crazy? Please, Prudence, we need some sound advice.
Dear Trub,
Alas, the cliché is true: There's no fool like an old fool. Sometimes rich, elderly people know, deep down, it's their moolah that is the attraction ... and they don't care. In other cases, the person being manipulated is impaired and is clearly being taken advantage of. Prudie understands your acute distress at seeing your father manipulated by someone exploiting his weakness. Even though the situation is booby-trapped in terms of your relationship with your dad, Prudie urges you to broach the subject rather than ignore it. If he closes you down, you will know that, as a loving pair of siblings, you have gone on record and voiced your concerns. However it plays out ... whether he is appreciative of your looking out for him and salvaging his dignity, or tells you to take a hike, you will know you did not stand by silently while this sad episode becomes your dad's last chapter. As a matter of conscience Prudie encourages you not to sweep the situation under the rug in the name of "peace and harmony." A pretty good rule in life is that whatever is the hardest thing to do is probably the right thing to do.
—Prudie, empathetically
I have been dating the guy I am with for almost two years. After moving in together I found out that he is a HUGE pervert and looks at porno on the Web ALL the time. He lies about it when I confront him. He also ordered a pornographic movie one time, and I caught him with that. I don't know what his problem is. We have an active sex life, and everything seems to be fine ... except this. Other people tell me that men are just like that, and always will be, no matter what you do. I can't handle it and am considering leaving him over it. I don't know if I should get out now or maybe try counseling to see if that helps me deal with it, since "every man does it."
Dear K.,
Well, every man doesn't do it, but, alas, yours does. While one person's porn site is another one's social life, the issue, here, is how you feel about it. Online sex addiction is on the rise and increasingly a bone of contention between romantic partners. It has been shown by research that lying about online sexcapades is common, so we know this subject is a minefield. People do not lie about neutral or positive activities. At one conference on the subject, therapy was strongly recommended—and the participants agreed that it was of great importance that the cybersurfers be honest with their partners about what they're looking at. If it's a secret, it's a problem. Get professional guidance, either together or alone. If your boyfriend's habits do not change and/or continue to disturb you, then you need to call it a day. There are plenty of guys out there for whom the real thing is better than the mock.
—Prudie, supportively
Dear Prudence,
Our neighbors were letting their dogs bark for very long periods of time, usually from 10 p.m. to midnight, and from 4 a.m. into the daytime. We moved here a while ago, and after several months of this we asked them to please do something about their dogs. They quieted things down for several months, but now the hounds are at it again—for hours at a time, either keeping us awake or waking us up. These same neighbors play loud music, as well. They had a nighttime basketball game going several days in a row, with of course much yelling and screaming. I called and asked them to quiet things down so we could sleep. The husband said he would "quiet the boys down." Things did quiet down, but the next day the wife called me to say I was rude and it wasn't a very "West Coast" thing to do. She said we were nitpicking and that she was embarrassed to tell visiting family members to stop their game. I am upset that these neighbors ignore common courtesies.
—Sleepy Lisa
Dear Sleep,
You are phoning the wrong people. The situations you describe are called "disturbing the peace," and the local police have the authority to tamp things down. Then of course it will be all out war between you and the cloddish next-door neighbors, but you are entitled to a night's sleep without barking, ballgames, or blaring music. As for this babe laying on you that you're not being very "West Coast," she has grievously misunderstood the term "laid back." Prudie spent many years in West Los Angeles, and the thoughtless behavior you describe has nothing to do with the California culture.
—Prudie, knowledgeably
I am currently in a relationship with a wonderful man. He is the best thing to happen to me in years, and I love him to pieces. There is one small problem that I have no idea how to approach because I don't want to hurt his feelings. The problem? He has the worst taste in clothes I've seen in years! It's so bad that I once got a headache when I saw his outfit. Going out in public with him is uncomfortable because his clothes are sometimes loud, garish, or out of style. Sometimes he surprises me and looks normal and sedate, so I know he can do better. I am conservative and classic in my own dress, and I guess my motto is less is better. Please give me some hints as to how to open this subject with him.
Dear Frus,
Over the years, Prudie has seen your beloved's sartorial brothers at various events. They would be the guys whose jackets prompt one to wonder, "Who shot the couch?" Because you say he sometimes looks as you would like, reinforce those choices of outfits with praise—much as you would housebreak a dog. When he shows up wearing something loud that makes you blink, use that occasion to suggest that a gorgeous hunk such as himself needs a woman's opinion regarding his wardrobe—then suggest you go shopping together. And whenever there's an occasion that calls for a gift, select a shirt or a tie or a sport coat that you think he would look good in. Some people just have rotten taste, but as a quality, it registers as being not very important.
—Prudie, nattily


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Grades 1-6
It is our mission to love and accept all children and to teach them about Jesus; thereby laying a foundation where they may grow to know Christ as their Lord and Savior.
Find out more about our Sunday Schedule, policies and procedures.
KidzJAM is Calvary's Wednesday night children's program.
Who? Preschool 3's – 6th Grade
When? Wednesday nights, 6:00-7:00 pm (Early Arrivers at 5:50 pm)


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dsTest supports RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) over the Wa Interface for remote user authentication and accounting in WLAN Interworking/Wi-Fi offloading environments. Use the dsTest Wa Interface Application to your Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server responses to requests from an Wireless Access Gateway (WAG) or Access Network Gateway (AGW). Authenticate a remote user and test the authorizing access to the AAA and your network resources in WLAN Interworking and Wi-Fi Offload test scenarios. Track services used by the requester using RADIUS accounting transactions. The Wa interface is specified in 3GPP TS 29.234.
A rich set of operational measurements is collected at configurable intervals and stored in a SQLite database on the dsTest server. Real-time measurements may be retrieved through our dsClient CLI interface or graphed via our dsClient GUI interface.
Extensible Authorization Protocol (EAP)
The Wa interface application performs authentication based on the encapsulation of EAP packets over RADIUS between the AAA and Access Gateway as specified in RFC 3579.
dsTest supports the following RADIUS transactions over the Wa Interface:
- ACCESS-REQUEST – Initiate an authentication request
- ACCESS-ACCEPT, ACCESS-REJECT- Accept or reject an authentication request
- ACCOUNTING-REQUEST (ACCT-STATUS-TYPE==start) – Initiate an Accounting Start
- ACCOUNTING-REQUEST (ACCT-STATUS-TYPE==stop) – Initiate an Account Stop
- ACCOUNTING-RESPONSE – Respond to an accounting start or stop
A complete set of the events that can be generated on the Wa interface can be found here.
Wireless Interworking and Offloading
Use the Wa Interface Application in your 3GPP WLAN Testing/Wi-Fi Testing scenarios.
dsClient GUI
Use our dsClient GUI to easily configure and modify your Wa interface test scenarios. Read more about dsClient GUI.
Your Wa Interface flow can be customized using our SmartAVP feature. SmartAVP allows custom AVPs to be defined and inserted into messages as needed, and provides the ability to include vendor-specific or other optional AVPs in RADIUS messages. Invalid configurations are supported to allow for negative testing. Subscriber information may be inserted in in the AVP to provide dynamic data composition.
Besides the addition of custom AVPS, AVPs can also be removed by SmartAVP – the configured data is compared with the content of the AVP and, if the content matches, the AVP is deleted. Grouped/Container AVPs are supported, and the addition or removal of one or more AVPs by SmartAVP can be anywhere within the containing AVP.
SmartAVPs can be easily configured using the dsClient GUI.


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Newton's Arianism
Newton appears to a philosopher more like a poet than a logician. His writings betray a wild torrent of imagination, a struggle to find the appropriate word to describe an intuitive insight (the neologism "gravity" for example), the ability to create conceptual tools for the expression of hitherto unknown mathematical regularities. Newton's style is not the rigorous progression from one thoroughly defensible position to another but the sudden burst of insight that tied together the dissimilar and simplified our understanding of the world and all the new things he and his contemporaries were discovering about the world.
Newton's notes in favor of the single God, which appear to reach back to what has been called the Arian heresy, are themselves dogmatic statements and can hardly be described as cautious reasoning designed to defend his beliefs. He was not a philosopher even though he staked out a set of beliefs that could only be defended philosophically.
Despite all this, it is tempting to see in Newton's Arianism a like-mindedness to Spinoza's argument against any notion of God as a freestanding agent with feelings like human beings, namely an anthropomorphic God. For whatever reason, Newton felt it extremely important to deny the divinity of Christ and the Holy Ghost, important enough to prepare to give up his professorship of mathematics if forced to choose between that and his theological beliefs, important enough to compel him to drop "AD" in his personal dating system. Newton clearly felt that the errors of idolatry also applied to any belief that Christ was somehow God. He did not take the final step, as Spinoza did, to see that attributing any emotions, personality or even qualities or separateness to the unitary God is indistinguishable from idolatry. Spinoza was led to conclude that God was identical with everything that is and was expressed through the physical laws of the universe, or however many such laws as were known to Spinoza's generation. Perhaps the slightest push would impel Newton, the great codifier of the laws of physics, to see God in exactly the same way Spinoza did. Newton's sole argument in favor of religion is peremptory and surprisingly unconvincing: The only reason Newton presents for remaining religious is religion's consecration as a long accepted custom. He, of course, saw no problems with abolishing at a stroke the belief in occult qualities and Aristotelian cosmology, which could also be justified by centuries of acceptance.
A less exalted view of Newton's "Short Schem of the True Religion" would see it as hastily scribbled notes not meant for public consumption. It reads not very differently from the thousands of tracts pouring forth from the thousands of religious polemicists of his day. None of these scribblings have much to offer besides a rather simple minded dogmatism. There is as much reason to accept the first glance opinion that theological questions were for Newton an eccentric hobby and unrelated to his scientific theories – only someone willing to argue philosophically such as Spinoza could attempt to conceptualize such a relation.
Still, Newton's actions are a matter of pubic record and speak louder than his words. He was quite willing to resign the Lucasian professorship at Cambridge rather than submit to Holy Orders (although he petitioned successfully for an exemption). Even more telling, he refused the last sacraments upon his death. Newton was clearly an individual who, like Spinoza, saw little meaning in religious ritual. He reached the same conclusion: Religious behavior is truly expressed not in the observance of meaningless ceremonies but in the performance of good works. As far as it goes, this was a conclusion that was quickly becoming current in the 17th century where religious civil wars and sectarian bickering were without doubt both gory and inane. Where Spinoza took one more step was to thoroughly drain the concept the concept of God from any real meaning and to reduce the practice of religion to rationally founded altruistic behavior. It is not clear whether Newton's trinity minus two was as radically abstract and hence meaningless as Spinoza's God. However, the two pursued parallel courses of action in refusing to participate in sectarian ritual.
An intriguing but assuredly more tenuous parallel could be drawn between Newton's notion of the sensorium of God and Spinoza's definition of mind and matter as two attributes of one substance. Admittedly they were addressing different issues. Spinoza defined a conceptual framework free of the notion of mind as a separate substance and the problems attendant to that notion, viz. ontological overpopulation and the temptation to believe in ghosts. Newton wanted to understand how an omnipresent God could perceive. Yet, by raising such an issue Newton signals that he has left behind the biblical God who speaks from burning bushes and appears periodically unaware of the nefarious deeds of his chosen people. The universal sensorium and mind as an attribute of substance could easily viewed as twin expressions of the same concept, one personal and rather literary and the other expressed in more tradition metaphysical terminology.


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In a series of posts, I'll share both Steinbeck's Journal of a Novel and what I learn from it, and I'll show you what the writing life is like for me.
In his March 14 Journal of a Novel entry, John Steinbeck complains about distractions.
I didn't get much done yesterday and probably won't today. Outside things are cutting in.
Tell us about it, John.
At this point in his career, Steinbeck was a full-time writer, although that writing included not only novels abut also film scripts as well as short stories, novellas and nonfiction. He did not, however, have a "day job" which many of us writers do. I'm fortunate in that my occupation is in some respects a "writing job." However, it's still a job and one that doesn't leave a lot of time or energy for working on a novel, or even a short story.
I suspect he also did not have to put into marketing and promoting his writing what I and so many of my fellow authors do. I can tell you, he did not have a blog or a Facebook page or a Twitter account. As much as we might like reaching out to and interacting with the readers of our books, it is work. It calls for different skills and even the writing part exercises different muscles. The industry expects us not only to be talented storytellers but also to master the commercial side, and doesn't make it easy or give us much help with that, either.
We also want to have a life, and that means spending time with and taking care of friends, family, and community.
I tell you, there are simply not enough hours in the day.


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People Power
Can't Buy My Vote: Maine's Fight for Fair Elections
by Brooke JarvisOct 27, 2011
- For more than a decade, a groundbreaking Clean Elections law has helped protect Maine politics from the influence of big money. But what's happening now that big spenders have free rein to influence elections—and what does it mean for the rest of the country?
Where Does Occupy Go From Here?
Oct 26, 2011
- Video: #OccupyWallStreet set something in motion that will continue in ways we can't predict.
Occupy Wall Street, 1979
by John Cavanagh, Robin BroadOct 25, 2011
- Before there were hashtags, 32 years ago, more than a thousand protesters were arrested for trying to shut Wall Street down for a day ...
Weathering Walker's Storm: Staying Positive in Wisconsin
by Jean AbreuOct 25, 2011
- Jean Abreu talks candidly about Wisconsin Governor Walker's legislation, and how her school community in Wisconsin pulled together to protect what they worked so hard to create.
Montana Looks North for Health Care That Works
by Rebecca LeisherOct 21, 2011
- To create universal care, Governor Brian Schweitzer is taking a hint from Saskatchewan—where the people live longer and it costs less, too.
A Jubilee for Student Debt?
by Ellen BrownOct 20, 2011
- Some—including Wall Street protesters—say relieving students of nearly a trillion dollars in loans will help the rest of us, too. Ellen Brown asks, could it really work?
A Movement to Make Our Leaders Listen
by Jonathan Matthew SmuckerOct 18, 2011
- When old ladies in Iowa share the same concerns as kids on the street in Manhattan, it's time those in power took note.
10 Ways to Support the Occupy Movement
by Sarah van GelderOct 14, 2011
- There are many things you can do to be part of this growing movement—and only some of them involve sleeping outside.
Turning Occupation into Lasting Change
by Thomas Linzey, Jeff ReifmanOct 14, 2011
- Is the Occupy movement an opportunity to transform the legal structures that give corporations their power over the rest of us?
The 99 Percent: Why We Protest
Oct 13, 2011
- Video: Thousands of ordinary people have shown up from all around the country to support #OccupyWallStreet. Who are they?
Gold or Water: The Fight Goes on in El Salvador
by Robin Broad, John CavanaghOct 10, 2011
- With the eyes of the world on mass protests against corporate control of governments, El Salvador debates a new ban on gold mining.
Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
Oct 04, 2011
- In their own words, why protesters are occupying Wall Street.
This Week, Take Back The American Dream
Oct 03, 2011
- Watch Free Speech TV's live coverage of the Take Back the American Dream conference in Washington D.C.
Lessons from a Surprise Bike Town
by Jay WalljasperSep 28, 2011
- How snowy Minneapolis beat out Portland for the title of best bike city in America.
Time to Stop the Real Reefer Madness
by Laura CarlsenSep 16, 2011
- Since its inception, the War on Drugs has cost millions of dollars and thousands of lives. The civilians caught in the crossfire say it's time for change.


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ST. PAUL - Just one week ago, over 1,000 Catholics gathered in St. Paul for Minnesota's first-ever Catholics at the Capitol.
The day was an incredible success. Minnesota Catholics were informed about key issues facing our state, equipped to effectively engage with their lawmakers, and inspired to live out their call to faithful citizenship.
The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Minnesota, has compiled coverage and highlights from Catholics at the Capitol on one easily accessible webpage. Some of the day's highlights include:
- coverage of the event and participant reaction from The Catholic Spirit and The Visitor
- a two-minute video news story on the event
- a replay of Real Presence Radio's LIVE broadcast from the Capitol Rotunda
- our Catholics at the Capitol photo gallery
- video highlights from the afternoon, including Rosaries in the Rotunda and the Closing Ceremony
- video of the full Morning Program, including a timeline for easy access to different segments
Visit the Catholics at the Capitol recap page for all of the highlights and coverage.
**The Minnesota Catholic Conference will also have a special highlights video from the day available within the next week.** Follow MNCC on Facebook to make sure you don't miss it!
Clearly, Catholics at the Capitol was a momentous day. But the action that was taken on Thursday, March 9, to protect life and human dignity doesn't have to end there.
Let's continue to make Catholic voices count!
Whether you attended the event or not, you can make your voice count now by continuing to advocate for issues Catholics at the Capitol participants spoke about with their lawmakers.
Follow the links below to the Catholic Advocacy Network's Action Center to send a quick and simple message to our elected officials!


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Anthony Joshua can set up a titanic clash with Wladimir Klitschko in the New Year if he overcomes Eric Molina at the Manchester Arena tonight.
The unbeaten IBF heavyweight champion makes his second defence of his belt with Klitschko waiting for a much-anticipated showdown in 2017.
A packed card at the Arena also sees Scott Quigg make his comeback, following defeat to Carl Frampton in February.
The former WBA super bantamweight champion takes on Jose Cayetano for the vacant WBA international featherweight title.
Dereck Chisora's bitter clash with Dillian Whyte has stolen the headlines this week after Del boy launched a table at his rival during their final press conference.
Hosea Burton defends his British light heavyweight crown against Frank Buglioni and British super middleweight champion Callum Smith faces Luke Blackledge.
What time will the fight start?
The two fighters are expected to start their ring walk at 10.30pm.
The bell for the first round is set to ring at around 11pm - but this is subject to change.
What TV channel is it on?
The fight will be screened live on Sky Sports Box Office and fans can book the event now online here or via their Sky TV remote.
The bout will be repeated every four hours and will be available until 10pm on December 22. It costs £14.95.
Fans will also be able to listen to the fight on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Key Events
Klitschko vs Joshua confirmed for April 29 at Wembley
We hear Klitschko might be about to enter the ring - to sign up for a fight with Joshua?
It's all over...
Molina sent crashing by a straight right from Joshua. He beat the count but lasted only moments longer before the referee called a halt.
Round 2
Joshua is in complete control, stalking Molina. When he's landed it's been with intent.
Round 1
Molina offered nothing in that round and looked shaken by a left hand jab. Joshua was sizing him up. He may go for the finish now.
Molina v Joshua
Both fighters are in the ring and we're about to get underway
Your winner by split decision... Dillian Whyte!
We go to the score cards...
Both fighters given a huge round of applause!
115-114 for Chisora, 115-113 for Whyte... And 115-114 to the winner by SD... Dillian Whyte!
Round 12
There's respect, there, the fighters touch gloves at the start of the 12th.
Whyte seems to knock Chisora down, or was it a slip? Del needed a hand up!
Whyte spun around with a big shot from Del, both men going for the 12th-round KO!
Round 11
The pace slows, but both men taking deep breaths and loading up once again.
What a treat this has been.
Whyte with a solid left to spring off the ropes and push Chisora back. Whyte's round, surely...
Round 10
It's really an intriguing fight. Defensive work has gone out of the window. Chisora rocked Whyte again with a swinging right, but didn't have the energy to capitalise.
Round 9
Whyte was sparked into life - taking the fight to Chisora in the early stages but both men look tired now.
Round 8
Angry scenes at the end of that round as Whyte throws a punch after the bell. What a round. Both men looked capable of going down as one tired swing after another landed. The crowd well and truly behind Chisora now.
Round 7
There are moments when this threatens to turn into a tear up. The bell cut it short when both men looked ready to scrap.
Round 6
How much did that last round take out of Chisora? He might not have much more left in the tank, while Whyte still looks to have energy.
Round 5
The fight has exploded into life in the fifth. Whyte looked to be having his best spell until Chisora sprung into action - unloading on his rival against the ropes. Whyte responded again - trapping Chisora in the corner and fractionally missing the target with what was a thundering chop.
Round 4
Chisora looks as focused as he's been in a long time. Keeps finding a way through. Whyte had one flurry - but it did little damage.
Round 3
Not a huge amount of quality here. But it's Chisora who's landing the more telling blows. Whyte's looked rocky on a couple of occasions.
Round 2
Whyte's jab could give him the advantage, but when Chisora manages to get inside he looks dangerous. Had he landed with one attempted haymaker it could have been lights out.
Round 1
No sense of this being cagey. Both men unloading in the first round with little to choose between them.
Huge cheer for Whyte
Huge cheer for Whyte now. We're about ready to go. If it's anything like their press conference this week we could be in for a thrill ride.
Dereck Chisora vs Dillian Whyte
Chisora is in the ring. Feels like the crowd are with Del Boy. Plenty of cheers. That said - a loud roar for Whyte as he enters the arena.
It's all over
So Cayetano wasn't made of steel. A chopping right finished the Mexican off and the referee didn't even need to finish the count.
Round 8
Signs of both fighters getting frustrated. Cayetano is complaining of low blows while Quigg is becoming increasinly fraught with his efforts. It's hard to tell if Quigg's shots just aren't carrying enough power, or if Cayetano is made of steel.
Round 7
Quigg's trying to change things up a bit. He's noticing Cayetano is comfortable soaking up the pressure. On a couple of occasions he's tried to spin his opponent and catch him off guard. Quigg also has a cut under his right eye, which is beginning to swell. Could be an issue later.
Round 6
It's all one way traffic - but Cayetano has hardly got a mark on him.
Round 5
Quigg not so intense in this round. A case of taking a breather perhaps. But he's well on top.
Round 4
Quigg's landing cleanly time and again. The concern for him is that Cayetano seems to be taking them comfortably. Does he still have the same KO power at a higher weight?
Jeers for Haye
Huge jeers for David Haye as he appears on the big screen. He simply blows a kiss back to the crowd.
Round Three
Quigg really unloading on Cayetano - trapping him in the corners. He really looks like he want to relieve the frustration of the past 10 months out of action.


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Join the Fool as we assess blame for this financial meltdown -- March Madness bracket style! Below is one of eight first matchups you can vote on … enjoy!
The case for Adam Smith, by Matt Koppenheffer
All of us capitalists love the invisible hand, right? So why would I sink my teeth into the hand that feeds me by saying Adam Smith caused today's crisis? It's simple -- because I needed to get your attention.
Of course, I wouldn't really say that Adam Smith caused the crisis, any more than I'd say that JP Morgan -- the founder of JPMorgan Chase
When Smith introduced the invisible hand, the phrase was simply a metaphor describing the fact that, when individuals do things to pursue their own self-interest, they tend to contribute to society's betterment. But just because this metaphor fits reality well doesn't mean that we can put it on a pedestal with the Flying Spaghetti Monster and worship it. A blind trust in this amorphous concept and an increasingly hands-off approach to the financial markets helped create the Citigroup
Now, my worthy opponent, Tim Beyers, will try to convince you that Adam Smith and his ideas had little or nothing to do with the current mess and that it was the really the media that was responsible -- but don't buy it. Tim has a way with words that can be very convincing, but don't be fooled (little "f"!) -- this Apple-happy
Sure, The New York Times
So, Foolish reader, I implore you to set the record straight right now and cast a vote in favor of a woeful misunderstanding of Adam Smith's work as the demon seed that created our financial disaster.
The case for the media, by Tim Beyers
How do I know the mainstream financial media deserves blame for the economic crisis? Jon Stewart told me.
Say what you will about his not-very-funny dressing-down of CNBC's Jim Cramer last week but Stewart did what no legitimate news outlet could: He captured a zeitgeist of populist outrage.
And rightfully so. TheStreet.com founder took a pummeling from Stewart as The Daily Show editors ran clips of CNBC touting Cramer as its "Dear Abby" for ailing investors. "In Cramer We Trust," read the screen.
Yet none of us should have. More clips -- these, much more incriminating -- showed Cramer explaining tactics that he used as a hedge-fund manager to manipulate the markets. Watching him, I felt dirty. And I wondered what we don't yet know about market manipulation.
But blaming Adam Smith and, more generally, capitalism for this mess is like blaming the kitty litter for that awful smell in your house. What's in the litter is what counts. Spray cans of air freshener can only hide the smell for so long. Someone has to strap on a mask and go digging for the, um, goodies.
Extending the metaphor to the world of finance: The media never reached for a mask. It rarely did any serious digging.
Yes, I get the irony of a financial writer pointing fingers at his peers. Get out your pies; lump me in with the crowd. I didn't uncover the dangers, either, and I was too often bullish when I should have been bearish.
At the very least, I should have questioned Aubrey McClendon's rapacious buying of Chesapeake Energy
Yet there is a difference between me, Cramer, and other not-so-Foolish financial writers. I'm sucking wind right now like everyone else. I'm an investor writing for other investors. I buy the stocks that I recommend for Motley Fool Rule Breakers, so when subscribers lose, I lose, too. And in 2008, Akamai Technologies
In other words, my bullishness cost me. You think you can say that about the rest of the media?
Now that you've heard the arguments, where do you stand? Who is more to blame for this crisis? Vote below and then leave your two cents in the comments section, if you're so inclined. The worst moves on to the Embarrassing 8.
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Friends of L'Arche, Perth
Our Vision
To celebrate the unique value of every person and recognise our need for one another.
Our Plans
Following a meeting with Community members to hear their dreams and aspirations for a Community in Perth The Friends of L'Arche Board developed a strategic plan, which aims to:
Expand community membership, especially to those who do not have a family member with a disability who would be able to support those who do;
- Secure financial viability
- Establish a geographic location - a place of belonging, a house of welcome;
- Engage a Coordinator;
- Continue to work towards membership of the Federation.
We have received a development grant from DDC (Developmental Disability Council of WA Inc) which will enable us grow our membership base and to tap into events and resources available in other Communities in Australia.
Our Story
The call to establish a L'Arche Community in Perth came originally from a group of families who had been meeting for many years to plan the best possible future for their adult children with intellectual disability. A hit on the L'Arche Australia website led to a conversation with the national coordinator, who in turn put us in touch with a surprising number of people living in Perth who had lived the L'Arche experience in various parts of the world.
Meetings with these people and visits by some of our families and friends to most of the L'Arche Communities in Australia led to the regional coordinator encouraging us to form a seed group in Perth.
We held open public meetings to introduce the concept of L'Arche to the wider community, with the aim of forming a supportive community that shared L'Arche values. We received support and encouragement from the National Coordinator in Hobart who sent videos and discussion questions to stimulate debate.
We developed a social events program that would keep us connected as families and formed a Leadership group and a Reflection group that meets monthly to examine more deeply the philosophy behind L'Arche.
In 2007 and 8 both the national coordinator and spiritual leader, Eileen Glass, were brought to Perth by the Edmund Rice Centre for Social Justice to conduct L'Arche-based Retreats.
The group is fortunate to also have the support of Roger Herft, Anglican Archbishop of Perth who was then the Anglican representative on the International Federation of L'Arche. He has conducted annual Retreats for the group since 2011.
In 2008 we were granted Friends of L'Arche status and appointed a mentor, Catherine Carah, former founder of the Brisbane Community. A Board of Management was appointed at the inaugural AGM in May '09.
In 2009 / 10 we started offering L'Arche-style weekends for our core members so they could experience what living L'Arche might be like. These weekends included a Community Gathering on Saturday afternoon.
Through Rev'd Stephen Gibbs, strong links have been forged with Crosslinks, a group of intellectually disabled people, their families, friends and other supportive people that meets monthly for worship and fellowship at St Nicholas Church Hall, 84-6 The Boulevard, Floreat.
Over the years members of our group have visited Communities in Australia. In 2009 two members joined the Jean Vanier Retreat in Trosly, France, organised by Hunter Friends of L'Arche, while another family made a private retreat there in 2010.


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Flying High: First Hemp Plane
I've made so many fucking jokes already about smoking weed on airplanes and airports that I promise I won't make any related puns in this article (beyond the one in the title). So, as you've seen (considering you read theRead More
Marijuana Black Market Still In Place In Colorado
As we've seen and heard, Colorado is the poster-state for marijuana legalization. It's had the most successes, if not the most coverage. There are shops across the state which supply citizens with legal recreational and medical marijuana, and marijuanaRead More
Stoner Etiquette – 10 Tips For Improving Your Smoking Manners
Firstly, I'd like to apologize for using the term "stoner," as it and "pothead" have grown out of fashion. Those words seem to have the connotations of an epithet now that attitudes towards marijuana have loosened. It does an injusticeRead More
Afroman Arrested For Punching A Fan Onstage
Just this morning, a video was released (the one below, so just relax, okay!?) of Joseph Edgar Foreman aka Afroman, punching a female audience member. It depicts him sticking this woman right in the FUCKING MAW while playing a guitar soloRead More
Tattoo Removal Cream
Personally, I never wanted a tattoo. I know I don't like most things for more than a couple of months (just ask my exes – heyo!). But now, a new invention may make it possible to remove that $500-dollar regretfulRead More
A Café That Only Serves Ugly Veggies
According to TakePart.com, approximately 40 percent of all food in the United States is thrown out. More surprisingly, a lot of that waste is the result of aesthetic decisions. Meaning, people throw out ugly food, specifically, ugly produce. Owners ofRead More
Marijuana Laws Are Unconstitutional Says Judge
Currently, nine men are on trial for illegally growing marijuana. While that sounds as horrible as it is, it could be a good thing. The federal judge in charge of the case has come to accept the possibility that theRead More
Driving Stoned Is Safer Than Driving Drunk…Duh!
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, following a study, released a report that states that driving while stoned is safer than driving drunk. Well, yeah. While nobody condones driving under the influence of any drug, I know I can finishRead More
Marijuana Recall Too Much THC
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Is This For Real? Dinosaurs Munching LSD
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When you work in Victoria and have a dinner party in Putney, but are meeting friends for drinks after the former and before the latter, it makes sense to meet at Sloane Square. Everyone knows where it is, you walk straight out of the tube to the square, rather than getting confused with the circle of options that meets you at South Ken. It's got a lot of selling points.
This is what I decided on Friday night, when I was doing the aforementioned (drinks before dinner party) – I suggested going to Sloane Square. The problem was, I wasn't the only one that had decided to go for drinks there. Oh no, what seemed like half of London had, had the same brain wave, and even arriving at 6 p.m, I was faced with a queue to rival Disneyland's when trying to get into The Botanist. It was absolutely jammed, to the point where not only was getting a seat not a possibility, but the odds of getting a drink within half an hour were not worth a flutter.
Now not being able to get drinks, when going for drinks, obviously posed a problem, but a greater issue for me was the fact that even if we did manage to lure the barman into serving us, we would still be hovering by the bar, squished between the rest of London. When I go for drinks, I don't want to hold my handbag, hold my drink, be pushed left and right by a jostling crowd, no, when I go for drinks, I want to sit down, put my drink of a table and have room to gesticulate. So after battling to get into the Botanist, I turned promptly around and left.
I was the first there; I wanted to stay in Sloane Square near the tube (and the District line to Putney), hmmn, what should I do? Where could I go? I looked around and tried to rack my brain – where had I been around here – Barts, not that close and too spenny, the Duke of Wellington, no don't fancy it. I turned and the red lights of the Royal Court Theatre caught my gaze, I'd reviewed The Low Road there a couple of weeks before…and I'd had a drink there, I'd had a drink in The Royal Court Theatre's bar and restaurant. YES! A big room, with lots of tables and not over-priced – FABULOUS.
I went, there was a table, the other two met me and we had a jostle free catch up. So, if you are in the vicinity and want a drink without excess human company, head to The Royal Court Theatre Bar – a hidden gem of space, in an overcrowded square.


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