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Since its inception in 1993, the UFC has revolutionized the fight industry. Started as a professional fighting organization, the UFC has evolved into a business where hybrid athletes are required to have mastered various disciplines, e.g., karate, jujitsu and wrestling. It's the largest pay-per-view provider in the world. Every sport that has evolved to become wildly popular and lucrative has individuals that are credited for paving the way. Bas Rutten is one of the names that come to mind when people talk about legends of mixed martial arts (MMA). A true pioneer of the sport of MMA, Bas who has retired from fighting, has also established himself outside the ring. Find out what Bas had to say about MMA, his injuries, training, and working with stars like Kevin James on the hit movie, "Here Comes the Boom."
Bullz-Eye: Thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to do this interview.
Bas Rutten: Oh no. Thank you for doing the interview. This is great.
Bullz-Eye: Well, for our audience at Bullz-Eye, I'd like you all to know that I'm talking with Bas Rutten, who many, including myself, consider to be one of the top MMA fighters of all time, an absolute legend and pioneer of the sport. Throughout his MMA career, he was known as a submission artist and devastating striker who perfected taking out opponents with body shots to the liver and open-hand strikes. The list of competitors he's beaten reads like a list of who's who in the world of MMA. Undefeated in his last 22 fights, he's a former undefeated UFC heavyweight champion, a Muay Thai champion, and a three-time undefeated King of Pancrase.
As if all your accomplishments — and I haven't even read them all, obviously — in the world of MMA weren't enough, Bas has also made a name for himself outside the ring as an actor, host and television personality. Rutten can be seen co-starring with Kevin James and Selma Hayek in the feature film "Here Comes the Boom," which, by the way Bas, I have to say that film was awesome.
Bas Rutten: Right? Yeah, that's what I thought. You come out with a happy feeling.
Bullz-Eye: My fiancé and I went to see it when it first came out, and I have to tell you, that was just an excellently well done film. The premise was awesome, and the fighting looked very realistic.
Bas Rutten: He did a good job. Kevin James, I know Kevin James for a long time, 16 years. I mean, pretty much right away when I came into the States. He had quite a different life at the time. He lived in a one-bedroom apartment that he shared with his brother. That was when the first season of "King of Queens" started. We became friends right away. And all these years, I've been doing a lot of projects with him and with his brother.
Bullz-Eye: Well, both my fiancé and I are into high levels of fitness and training. And when you see him jumping around, and moving about, even in that other film that you appeared in, "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," we both commented how extremely athletic he is.
Bas Rutten: He really is. I came home from my first time training, and I told my wife, true story. I said, "He's like a bear. He's fast and he's very powerful, and he picks up things really fast." Great student, great man. Great guy And he was actually at my last fight that I had in 2006, when I made a comeback, he was there 80 percent of the time for my training.
Bullz-Eye: Oh, no kidding.
Bas Rutten: He was there in the same room pushing, pushing, and pushing me because when he was in my corner, people went, 'Ah, it's just a publicity stunt,' but he was really there all the time.
Bullz-Eye: He sounds like a good guy.
Bas Rutten: Yeah, he's a really good guy.
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I didnt really keep up with the Hawks from 09-11 for personal reasons (I didnt think they were playoff ready) so i didnt really watch many of there games and its even harder to watch there games when you live in Texas. All they show here are the Cowboy games.
So my question was, when did Quinn coach our D-line, how good were they, and what different personnel did they use back then compared to what personnel he will get this time around?


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'Grey's Anatomy' star joins rally for LGBTQ equality at Texas Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) - Actress Sara Ramirez, star of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," joined groups rallying for LGBTQ equality at the Texas Capitol on Monday.
Ramirez was joined by members of the Texas LGBTQ and faith communities, along with representatives from the ACLU of Texas, Equality Texas, Human Rights Campaign, Texas Freedom Network, and Transgender Education Network of Texas.
In a speech, Ramirez took aim at SB 6, Texas' so-called "bathroom bill," calling it "a solution in search of a problem."
Demonstrators gathered to advocate for policies that would "improve the lives of LGBTQ Texans and to speak out against legislative proposals that would amount to state-sanctioned discrimination."


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WJON News On Demand – Wednesday, 2/20/13 – Midday
Here's today's headlines on WJON:
-The list is down to six candidates for the St. Cloud superintendent position
-Metro Bus to start using compressed natural gas
-St. Cloud near record snowfall totals for February
-Safety officials are cautioning safe driving
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STOCKTON -- The moment is seared, like a scene from a horror movie, in Luz Sauceda's memory.
She came home after picking up her teenage daughter from school in the autumn of 2011 to find a sign on the front door:
She had spent a year working with Bank of America and mortgage lender Countrywide, trying to renegotiate or modify her loan -- and save her house. She believed the blizzard of paperwork, most of it too confusing for her to understand, was going to pay off, that she would keep her dream of home ownership alive.
"The bank said everything was good. It was going to be OK," said Sauceda, a parenting educator with Stockton-based El Concilio (the Council for the Spanish Speaking). "I didn't even know it was in foreclosure. I thought we would have 30 days, but the house already had new owners."
And Sauceda, 45, had no place left to hide.
For months, she had tried to stave off this day of reckoning inextricably linked to an adjustable-rate mortgage. Alone and in a vacuum.
She had kept the financial problems to herself. "My kids didn't know," said Sauceda, adding that she stopped telling her husband, 13 years younger and primarily a Spanish speaker, when he showed physical signs of stress from the financial pressure. "He was not able to handle it."
For five years, the payments were manageable, then the ARM on her loan -- tied to an economic index -- started rising rapidly. It shot up from $1,300 a month to $3,000.
"I started trying to refinance," she said. "I filled out and sent in a lot of documents. They said they were working on it. They gave me hope."
Attempts to obtain comment from Bank of America officials were unsuccessful.
The embarrassing sign on Sauceda's front door arrived like an unwanted visitor. The family of six had 30 days to get out.
"We had to move in with my brother-in-law," Sauceda said. "The kids were crying. We had to leave things behind."
At the end of her 30 days, Sauceda and members of her family returned one last time to clean up the old house.
"The new owners were there, young guys who work in Alaska. They asked if we wanted to stay -- rent it for $1,000 a month. They said we didn't have to pay a deposit."
So the Saucedas moved back in.
The children are happy and, outwardly, things look unchanged.
"We're back on the road again (to buying a home)," Sauceda said. "but the household income is enough to live on, not enough to save. And I don't know about our credit rating. I don't have the courage to look."
Lessons have been learned.
Sauceda went to counseling at St. Linus Catholic Church on B Street and discovered that she is not alone. She has developed a family budget and communication with her husband has improved. She also knows she will be better equipped the next time around. "I'm more mature, and I can handle stuff."
There also is an indirect benefit to others.
In her work, Sauceda comes in contact with many of San Joaquin County's Latino families who have had similar experiences. "I can relate ... now I'm helping others."
Contact reporter Kevin Parrish at (209) 546-8264 or firstname.lastname@example.com. ___


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Recently we introduced a new series here on The Fine Print – our Designer's Pick posts. We are very fortunate to have a team that brings creativity and spirit to their work and is invested in providing each client with a truly custom design. Through these regular posts, our designers will be choosing their favorite suites to share with you.
One of my favorite Dauphine Press designs is Leavenworth. I remember when it was being created and how much I enjoyed its modern simplicity. The letterpress printed sans serif fonts paired with the graphic border reminds me of the refined typography of museum exhibits. I also appreciate that it is one of our bolder save the dates, which makes it perfect for the stylish couple looking for a timeless and sophisticated design for their wedding stationery.
Our Leavenworth design is one of many about to be posted to the gallery section of our website. Keep an eye on our website as the number of suites is about to triple!


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(This banner is by King-Sama. :D)
Name: Akioh Anoiyama
Nickname: Aki
Gender: Girl/Female
Age: 21. Such an old soul.
About: Akioh is one or more of the following (depending on what sort of day she's having):: a complete spazz (with two "z"s), an artist, a weird person, And a complete and utter fool.
She also loves old music. If you like oldies, she wants you to be her friend.
Current Art Trades/Gifts
Something for Cheriblossomchibi, which I have inked but still need to color.
Greetings, and welcome to dream land. What is dream land, exactly? Its actually just where I post what kind of stuff I'm drawing/working on. ^^ I also post recent submissions and such. .3. Why is it called dream land, you ask? Well, cos my username is moonlit dream... and that has the word dream in it.... and this is my world... -_-;; yea. The world name is unimportant. x3


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Conclave Commentary
Conclave Commentary
Monsignor James P. Moroney is Rector of Saint John's Seminary and a consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
During the 2005 interregnum, as an official of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he served as spokesman for the USCCB for most major US TV networks and print media.
Msgr. Moroney is providing commentary and analysis for WCVB.com for the Papal Conclave.
March 13: God gives us the shepherd we need
March 12: The Papal Conclave has begun
March 11: 115 Cardinals seeking help
March 10: World waits, silence reigns


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JPSO: Man attempted to rob gas station but register wouldn't open
JPSO: Man attempted to rob gas station but register wouldn't open
METAIRIE, La. —
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office says a man attempted to rob a Metairie Shell gas station.
Police say a man entered the business at 900 Clearview Parkway May 9 at about 1:20 p.m. and placed a white plastic bag and a note demanding money on a counter in front of a clerk.
The clerk could not open the register because no transaction was made, so the man left the gas station, police say.
Police describe the suspect as a white 20-to 25-year-old man with medium height and a thin build. He has letters tattooed on the outside of his fingers on his left hand and possibly on the fingers of his right hand, police say.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 504-364-5376.


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The University of Wisconsin – River Falls Art
Department presents: About Space~Contemporary
Abstraction. Minnesota artists Betsy Byers, Karen Gustafson and Zoë Shulman will be exhibiting their
contemporary artwork at this event. Curated by University of WI-River Falls Art
Department faculty Jeannine Kitzhaber and Lyz Wendland, the three artists were
chosen for their work because it expands the contemporary boundaries of space
and abstraction. Ms. Byers is a Professor
of Art for Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN where she teaches
Printmaking and Painting. With her paintings she is interested in the, "relationships that
embody our intimate experience with the environment in an abstract form". Karen
Gustafson is a Professor of Art for Normandale Community College in
Bloomington, MN, where she teaches Drawing and Painting. Gustafson's works on
paper are intense correlations of science and art that reveals the "underlying structures
and patterns to research, reveal, and inform". Zoë Shulman is a recent
graduate of Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Her post-modern work is both
two-dimensional and three-dimensional. Shulman is interested in finding truth
in how she perceives and reconstructs her world. All three artists are prolific
in their fields and utilize contemporary and formal relationships of space in their


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Now that the moms have taken over Facebook, where is a kid to post?
Now that the moms have taken over Facebook, where is a kid to post?
The social media mobile tool, which was acquired by Facebook, is a popular site for kids to post pics, follow friends and connect their accounts with other sites such as Twitter and Facebook.
The company doesn't share demographic stats, but according to Nielsen, Instagram is the top photography site among tech-savvy, smartphone-toting kids ages 12 to 17 with 1 million of them visiting the site during July alone.
While Instagram is a cool photo-sharing tool that lets you be creative and edit pictures, it has all the functionality of a social network.
"Most of my friends are on Instagram," Julia Delucchi, 13, of Stockton said. "Definitely, there are more of my friends on Instagram than Facebook."
For tweens and teens who have grown up texting, Instagram is an even less wordy place to connect without all the pressure of trying to contrive witty or snarky status updates.
"I think it's a fun way to interact without talking," Julia said, describing how she can give her pictures a filtered look and change the lighting for a retro twist. "I think it's fun to see what other people are doing."
And for parents, it's proven to be a powerful bargaining tool.
"Before my dad took it away, I had 554 followers and I was following about 500," Julia said. "And I think I had posted like about 300 photos."
Hailey Williams, 12, of Stockton doesn't just have one Instagram account.
"Well, I have five," she said. "You can have one that is public that is open and anyone can look at. You can have one that is private and friends have to get permission to follow you. You can have fan accounts for like One Direction or Katy Perry. People have them for their pets."
She follows about 1,080 different accounts - mostly people but some that focus on solely on fashion or girlcentric trends. And she gives her followers something to like. On summer break she was posting an average of 10 photos a day.
Hailey explained that there are dozens of apps that help users get the most out of Instagram.
"Some you can use to make postcards," she said. "Others help you make a collage or add captions."
For instance, the Prinstagram app provides options to print Instagram photos as pretty and presentable mini albums, posters and stickers. Others, including Instac.at, helps users search for relevant Instagram photos based on hashtags (#) and keywords.
Guys that use Instagram said they like to post photos they take or screenshots of funny sayings, cartoons or sports heroes.
"One picture I posted of Buster Posey had about 30 likes," Michael Spessard, 11, of Stockton said. "I take pictures wherever I go. I like that you can mark where you are and tag your friends."
And in an age of high-definition, Instagram has ironically blurred the picture.
"You can play around with the effects a lot," Michael said of the filters that give Instagram pictures the tell-tale haze. "You can make one picture look a lot of different ways."
A picture. Worth a thousand words?
It could happen.
After all, followers could leave a comment.
Would that be cool, though?
Contact reporter Jo Ann Kirby at (209) 546-8256 or email@example.com.


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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The president of the Warsaw Stock Exchange was fired Thursday for allegedly soliciting listed companies to finance a film featuring his girlfriend, a 27-year-old former model.
Ludwik Sobolewski, 47, was suspended on Dec. 21 following reports that he and one of his employees were using work email addresses to ask companies listed on the exchange to fund the film. Some companies are reported to have contributed, but the amounts or names have not been released.
The movie, called "Last Minute," is a comedy about a Polish family's disastrous vacation in Egypt. Sobolewski's girlfriend, Anna Szarek, both stars and co-produces it. The brown-eyed blonde started her career as a model, including for the NEXT agency in New York.
Poland's Treasury Ministry, the majority owner of the exchange, suspected Sobolewski had abused his position in business unrelated to the stock exchange. Minister Mikolaj Budzanowski, who had pressed for Sobolewski to be fired, has asked the state Anti-Corruption Office to investigate the case.
Sobolewski maintains he did nothing wrong, arguing that the government cannot dictate what he does in his free time.
On Thursday, an Extraordinary Assembly of the Warsaw Stock Exchange shareholders fired Sobolewski and appointed Adam Maciejewski as the new president. A graduate of Warsaw's School of Economics, Maciejewski has worked at the Stock Exchange since 1994, and has been a member of its board since 2006.
The movie did eventually raise enough money for filming — it will hit Poland's theaters on Feb. 22.


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Breaking With Tradition, Fox's Following Promos Acknowledge the Existence of DVRs
Just watch us now. Or later. It's all good.
After years of cursing the commercial-skipping devil machine known as the DVR, at least one broadcast network has finally decided that resistance is futile. Without any fanfare, Fox has been hyping tonight's series premiere of Kevin Bacon's serial-killer series The Following by having the commercial announcer bellow, "Set your DVR now!" in addition to mentioning the live air date of Monday at nine. The same suggestion can be found in the network's print ads, billboards, and bus ads for the show. This might not seem all that radical, but it sort of is: Networks really want you to watch their shows in real time, and until recently, they've been reluctant to do anything that might encourage delayed viewing. It took a really bad fall season for Fox and most of the broadcast networks to get them to start acknowledging the DVR as a viewing option. Because, hey, better to encourage that than have people torrent it.
According to Fox chief operating officer Joe Earley, as the network pored over the ratings for its new shows this fall, one trend stuck out in a big way: While new Tuesday comedies Ben and Kate and The Mindy Project were holding onto most of their respective Raising Hope and New Girl lead-ins when it came to live viewing, the newbies suffered big drop-offs when same-night DVR playback was factored in. In other words, people who watched Fox's Tuesday the old-fashioned way — commercials and all — were sticking around throughout the evening, showing they liked (or were at least sampling) the new shows. "We knew that there was flow," Earley says. The problem is that almost one third of all viewers who watch Hope and New Girl on Tuesday nights do so via DVR. Because they're not just sitting back and watching whatever show is up next, Ben and Kate and Mindy basically don't even exist to them. "We came away thinking people weren't rejecting these shows. They just weren't watching them," Earley told Vulture. "We began talking about how we might be in a new world where we had to tell people to set their DVRs."
The decision to start pimping DVR recording didn't come easily. As noted, Fox still prefers that you watch their shows live, or as close to live as possible. Live viewing is best because it increases the odds you'll stay tuned for whatever's up next on the network, be it another sitcom or drama or the late local news. Another concern about hyping DVRs centered on Fox not wanting to annoy its affiliate stations: There's a lot of data to suggest that DVR playback spikes in the 10 p.m. hour, when most Fox affiliates air local newscasts. By potentially increasing DVR recordings, Fox theoretically could be siphoning away viewers from those newscasts.
However, advertisers still pay networks for viewership that happens within 72 hours of a broadcast, which is why networks are okay with time-shifting as a second-best alternative. Rather than begin blanketing its airwaves and ads with Love Your DVR public service announcements, Fox suits decided to experiment, using The Following as guinea pig. In addition to being Fox's next new series launch, it's also a highly serialized program that won't be easy for viewers to simply jump into midway through its run. "We want people to be there from the beginning of the series," Earley explains. "We don't necessarily want to encourage people to delay viewing. But we also don't want them to miss it." Fox began the DVR messaging about two weeks ago, just as The Following started showing up in electronic program guides. (The network didn't want to tell people to set their recorders if channel guides weren't displaying a listing for the series). However, Fox took out most of the DVR touts starting this past weekend: As tonight's premiere drew closer, Fox wanted its messaging to encourage folks to check out the show live, Earley says.
Fox appears to be the first broadcast network to incorporate DVR messaging into a promotional campaign for a new series, but it could become more common as time-shifting continues to impact how we watch TV. Indeed, just last month, another Rupert Murdoch holding — Fox News Channel — quietly began running on-air promos suggesting viewers use their recorders to ensure they never miss the wacky hijinks of Sean Hannity or the comedy stylings of those cards on The Five. (Despite the corporate connection, Earley says he wasn't aware of Fox's ads when he began planning his network's campaign for The Following.) Fox has also attached "DVR it" tags to a limited amount of its on-air promos for The Mindy Project and Ben and Kate. To gauge the success of the campaign, Earley says he'll be looking to see if more people DVR episodes of The Following than the typical first-year drama. But even if evidence suggests the scheme is working, don't expect to see DVR reminders for older, already established series like American Idol or The Simpsons. "We're not trying to drive viewership to DVRs," Earley explains. "We still want the viewing to happen live. Our new slogan is not going to be 'We're Fox, Set Your DVR.'"


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As a former marathoner, I gave up my membership in the New York Road Runners Club many years ago ("The Road Runner Racket" Editorial, Nov. 18).
Not soon after founder Fred Lebow passed away, it seemed to me that the organization simply became a convenient vehicle to provide financial largesse to its officers.
It is not clear to me that the CEO of a nonprofit that simply uses the public streets to put on a road race needs to be paid as much money as the CEO of the American Red Cross.
Perhaps others will review the matter, especially the Charities Enforcement Bureau of the New York Attorney General's Office.
Andrew L. Sole, Manhattan
Who's wealthy?
President Obama continues to insult New Yorkers by claiming that a family income of $250,000 a year is "wealthy" ("DC's Fiscal-Cliff, Tax-Hike Chess Game," Ramesh Ponnuru, PostOpinion, Nov. 21)
He should try to live here for a year with Michelle and his two daughters, Sasha and Malia — who, of course, would have to go to private school — and see just how wealthy he would be. This is a president who refuses to acknowledge the difference between someone making that amount and a hedge-fund wiz making millions, if not billions.
No wonder the economy is tanking.
Melanie Coronetz, Manhattan
Partisan Eva
I'm not sure why The Post continues to highlight currently unmarried actress Eva Longoria as some sort of good catch ("Happily Eva After," Nov. 20).
She's not. She vocally supported Obama. 'Nuff said.
Mark Kalinowski, Clifton, NJ
Gropez grief
Back-room deals of any kind are not feasible in today's political climate, and the City Council is not staffed with idiots ("Anti-Gropez Push," Nov. 21).
Do you honestly think these upstanding men and women who tirelessly work the streets of their districts to help their constituents — including women and children — would cut a deal to keep an alleged pervert like Vito Lopez in office? Give these good men and women more credit.
Patricia O'Hanlon, The Bronx
'GMA' downers
Is this article a publicity piece ("'GMA' Calls Josh, 'Lashing Out' at Crew,"Nov. 20)?
I can find no other reason to mention this very untalented, albeit lucky, newscaster.
Who is in charge of talent these days at "Good Morning America"? Other than George Stephanopoulos, Elizabeth Vargas and a few of the fill-ins for Robin Roberts, there are some nice people, but no one with "it." I am so tired of hosts giggling and tripping over lines and themselves.
Dressing in sleeveless dresses and heels seems to be the females' only role. Hasn't women's liberation brought us a long way?
Put the bar higher, so that people can have something to think about. Get rid of the Friday DJs and rock bands and give us an idea of what is going on in our world that matters.
Debra Fleming, Sea Girt, NJ
Midlife mistake
I wonder if Gen. Petraeus is thinking, "I should have bought that Corvette instead" ("Paula and Family Are Back Home," Nov. 19).
Andy Romanic, Freeport


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Planning For Lafayette Comprehensive Plan Still Continues After Community Forums
With the third series of Community Forums completed, you may think your chance to let your voice be heard in shaping the future of Lafayette has passed. But that's not the case.
You can still weigh in by looking at the growth options, filling out an online survey or by hosting a Meeting in a Box. One of these such meetings was conducted by the Realtor Association of Acadiana on Tuesday. The deadline for both the survey and to conduct your Meeting in a Box is Monday, June 10th at 4:00 p.m.
Also, you can join in on the planning at the Downtown Summit 2 on Wednesday, June 5th, at 5:30 p.m. at the Acadiana Center for the Arts.
Lafayette Comprehensive Plan's Vision Statement (Complete Statement):
In 2035, Lafayette is one of the nation's most exceptional communities, renowned for its rich Cajun and Creole heritage, its creative scene and culture of innovation, and its authentic joie de vivre. Fueled by its desirable quality of life, its highly educated workforce and the community's entrepreneurial spirit, Lafayette has attracted substantial investment and growth. This growth has been managed and absorbed in a manner that allowed Lafayette to retain its small town neighborliness and unique way of life.
The Lafayette Comprehensive Plan has galvanized the community and has guided our political leadership in their decision making, keeping us on track and making steady progress toward realizing our Vision. Through a bold collaboration and an on-going conversation among our engaged citizenry and our local government and institutional partners, we have realized our Vision by leveraging our assets, correcting shortcomings and balancing our priorities for what makes our community outstanding.


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'''John Jay''' (1745-1829) was a [[Founding Father]] who urged ratification of the [[U.S. Constitution]], although he was unable to attend the [[Constitutional Convention]]. Jay wrote
'''John Jay''' (1745-1829) was a [[Founding Father]] who urged ratification of the [[U.S. Constitution]], although he was unable to attend the [[Constitutional Convention]]. Jay wrote of the [[Federalist Papers]] and later served on the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] as the first [[Chief Justice]].
A devout Christian, John Jay was one of New York State's leading abolitionists, and is called the "father of American conservatism."
A devout Christian, John Jay was one of New York State's leading abolitionists, and is called the "father of American conservatism."
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From: September 26, 1789 – June 29, 1795
|George Washington
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|2nd Governor of New York
From: July 1, 1795 – June 30, 1801
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|George Clinton
|2nd United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs
From: May 7, 1784 – March 22, 1790
|Robert Livingston
|Thomas Jefferson (as Secretary of State)
John Jay (1745-1829) was a Founding Father who urged ratification of the U.S. Constitution, although he was unable to attend the Constitutional Convention. Jay wrote five of the Federalist Papers and later served on the U.S. Supreme Court as the first Chief Justice.
A devout Christian, John Jay was one of New York State's leading abolitionists, and is called the "father of American conservatism."
John Jay was one of the heavy-hitters in the early days of the United States, a "founding father" who was a member of the Continental Congress and the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Jay was a lawyer from New York whose service in drawing up the state constitution led to his appointment as a delegate and, later, president of the Continental Congress. He held the post of American Minister to Spain in 1779 before joining Ben Franklin and John Adams in Paris for the peace negotiations with Great Britain (1783). Upon his return to the U.S. Jay discovered that he had been appointed as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. To explain the new U.S. Constitution, he teamed with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison to author a series of essays collected as The Federalist Papers (although it was published anonymously, it is generally accepted that Jay wrote five of the 85 essays). President George Washington appointed Jay as the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and he was easily approved in 1789. In 1794 and 1795 Jay's diplomatic skills were again called upon for peace negotiations with Great Britain to resolve continuing conflicts in and around U.S. territories (Jay's Treaty, signed in 1795). When Jay returned from peace negotiations in Europe, he discovered that Hamilton had engineered a victory for him in the gubernatorial election of New York; Jay resigned from the Supreme Court and served two terms as New York's governor (1795-1801). He was offered a spot on the Supreme Court by President Adams, but Jay declined and retired from public life.
The Jay Court
The Jay Court had little business through its first three years.[1]
In Chisholm v. Georgia, the Jay Court had to answer the question: "Was the state of Georgia subject to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the federal government?"[2] In a 4-1 ruling (Iredell dissented), the Jay Court ruled in favor of two South Carolinan Loyalists who had had their land seized by Georgia. The ruling, which was unpopular amongst the populace, was overturned by the Senate with the Eleventh Amendment (it dictated that the judiciary could not rule on cases where a state was being sued by a citizen of another state or foreign country).[1][3] The case was brought again to the Supreme Court in Georgia v. Brailsford, and the Court reversed its decision.[4][5] However, Jay's original Chisholm decision established that states were subject to judicial review.[2][6]
|[T]he people are the sovereign of this country, and consequently that fellow citizens and joint sovereigns cannot be degraded by appearing with each other in their own courts to have their controversies determined. The people have reason to prize and rejoice in such valuable privileges, and they ought not to forget that nothing but the free course of constitutional law and government can ensure the continuance and enjoyment of them. For the reasons before given, I am clearly of opinion that a State is suable by citizens of another State.
In Hayburn's Case, the Jay Court ruled that courts could not comply with a federal statute that required the courts to decide whether individual petitioning American Revolution veterans qualified for pensions. The Jay Court ruled that determining whether petitioners qualified was an "act ... not of a judicial nature".[8] and that because the statute allowed the legislature and the Executive Branch to revise the courts ruling, the statute violated the separation of powers as dictated by the United States Constitution.[8][9][10]
- "That men should pray and fight for their own freedom, and yet keep others in slavery, is certainly acting a very inconsistent, as well as unjust and, perhaps, impious part; but the history of mankind is filled with instances of human improprieties."[11]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Jay Court ... 1789-1793 (English). The Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved on 2008-08-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. 419 (1793) (English). The Oyez Project. Retrieved on 2008-08-21.
- ↑ A Brief Biography of John Jay (English). The Papers of John Jay. Columbia University (2002).
- ↑ Georgia v. Brailsford, Powell & Hopton, 3 U.S. 3 Dall. 1 1 (1794) (English). Oyez & Justia. Retrieved on 2008-08-21.
- ↑ John Jay (1745 - 1829) (English). The Free Library. Farlex. Retrieved on 2008-08-21.
- ↑ Johnson (2000)
- ↑ CHISHOLM V. GEORGIA, 2 U. S. 419 (1793) (Court Opinion) (English). Justia & Oyez. Retrieved on 2008-08-21.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 HAYBURN'S CASE, 2 U. S. 409 (1792) (English). Justia and Oyez. Retrieved on 2008-08-22.
- ↑ Robert J Pushaw Jr. [Georgetown Law Journal Why the Supreme Court never gets any "Dear John" letters: Advisory opinions in historical perspective] (English). Georgetown Law Journal. Bnet. Retrieved on 2008-08-22.
- ↑ HAYBURN'S CASE (English). Novelguide.com. Retrieved on 2008-08-22.
- ↑ The Life of John Jay: With Selections from His Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers, Volume 2
External links
- American Eloquence: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses by the Most Eminent Orators of America, Volume 1, Address to the People of Great Britain, (1774)
- American archives
- Works by John Jay - text and free audio - LibriVox
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Spider Baby: Special Edition (US - DVD R1)
...Or, 'The Maddest DVD Review Gabe Powers has Ever Written'...
The Merrye Syndrome is a rare genetic malady in which sufferers mentally regress to a condition of "pre-human savagery and cannibalism". The syndrome is named after the one family in the world that carries it. The Merrye children—Elizabeth (Beverly Washburn), Virginia (Jill Banner) and Ralph (Sid Haig)—all live in the old family mansion under the cautious guardianship of a family chauffeur named Bruno (Lon Chaney Jr.). Every once and a while some poor sap wonders into the Merrye web and find themselves dead, but Bruno runs a relatively tight ship. Things go awry when a pair of distant cousins and their sleazy lawyer visits the house and set their sights on the family fortune.
Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told, is a proto-cult movie. It follows the tradition of other American horror-comedies of the 1960s, like Roger Corman's Bucket of Blood or William Castle's House on Haunted Hill, and is every bit as funny and wonderful as those more well known features. Unfortunately for all concerned the film was more or less lost. For decades it was best known as one of Lon Chaney Jr.'s last films, and a forgettable rarity. Then came home video, and a legend was born.
The film is a perfect sampling of everything that was great about low-budget, exploitation filmmaking from a more innocent era. Before films like Last House on the Left and The Man from the Deep River fed into a dark public bloodlust there was an acknowledge silliness to drive-in genre pictures. Spider Baby has a more violent edge than many movies of the time, but it's always wide-eyed about the more shocking story elements, and though it plays the suspense straight, the horror is almost always played for subtle laughs.
The adorable, straight-faced innocence behind the comedy ensures it's still genuinely funny, even by modern standards. If there was a Vincent Price School of Respectfully Hammy Acting, I would assume that this entire cast had graduated with honours. The level of camp in these performances is perfectly balanced to ensure the obviousness of the 'wink' factor without ever grating. Spider Baby keeps its head above almost every other similar feature with definitively good performances (not all that rare for the era), and perfectly dated and witty dialogue. Think about the general tone of Barry Sonnenfeld's Adams Family movies, and you're on the right track.
Writer/Director Jack Hill is one of American Cinema's best-kept secrets. Much of the Roger Corman brand of exploitation entertainment owes its success to Hill's effortless direction, and many of the factory's most successful directors (Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Jonathan Demme, Joe Dante) owe their early careers to the trails Hill blazed. Hill is comparable to celebrated exploitation filmmakers like Russ Meyer and Larry Cohen, and Spider Baby is possibly his best film overall, though his Blacksploitation features are hard to beat.
New visitors to the Merrye household will probably notice how much it looks and sounds like the Firefly household. Rob Zombie's directorial debut, House of 1000 Corpses, is effectively a hardcore horror remake of Jack Hill's mini-masterpiece in dark comedy. Both film share aspects with the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, one of the most commonly plundered horror films in history, but Spider Baby came first, and the aspects shared with Tobe Hooper's debut have been pointed out regularly since the film finally caught on as a cult item.
This new release from our friends at Dark Sky is easily the best version on the market, because the market includes only one other release, a non-anamorphic version from Image. Now then, Spider Baby was cheap, and it's forty years old, and it was lost for several decades, so the fact that this transfer isn't a total mess is a miracle. Grain and dirt are prevalent, but the overall cleanliness and detail levels are surprising. There is no colour, so hue blooming and cross-colouration isn't a problem, but I could do with better contrast. The blacks are reasonably dark, but whites appear a little washed out. Still, a nice job on Dark Sky's part.
This Dolby Digital Mono track is effective and clear, but like many mono tracks it lacks definition. Louder moments are distorted, though not exponentially. The whole of the track has quite a bit of damage, including a consistent crackle and a few pops. Ronald Stein's quirky and effective score (title track sung by Lon Chaney Jr.) is slightly stilted when the track is at its busiest, but overall I don't think it's ever sounded better. It seems the source material just wasn't there for a totally pristine audio track, but this will do for most fans.
Dark Sky's new special edition pleases in quality, even if the overall quantity may appear a little weak. First up, as always, is a brand new feature commentary with writer/director Jack Hill and actor Sid Haig. Both participants are joyful and funny. The track is packed full of info without a lecture-like tone, as if Grandpa Jack and Uncle Sid are simply reliving the old days right there in your living room. Those that own the original Image release may want to hang onto it for Hill's original solo track.
'The Hatching of Spider Baby' doesn't run much longer than thirty minutes, but manages to run down the film's entire back-story in a brisk and entertaining manner. Most of the living participants in the production are interviewed, and none of them have anything less than the warmest memories of the production, even the things that didn't go quite right.
'Spider Stravinsky' briefly covers the varied and impressive career of composer Ronald Stein, a regular to horror and thriller titles of the era. Interviewees are quick to point out Stein's incredibly varied musical pallet, but do to rights issues we have to take their word for it on most occasions. The featurette will probably make most viewers want to fill up their Netflix queue with several titles.
'The Merrye House Revisited' is a quick trip to the original house used during production with Jack Hill. It's short (only about eight minutes), but fun, and it doesn't overstay its charming welcome. It's followed by the alternate opening title, which is the same as the other one, just with the name Cannibal Orgy at the top rather than Spider Baby, and an extended version of a meeting scene towards the beginning of the film. A still gallery finishes the set.
A minor classic, and a must see, especially for fans of Rob Zombie's first two films, Spider Baby has aged better than most cult films of its era. It's an influential film, with great performances, sharp photography, a few genuine chills, a creative score, and a murderously dry wit. This new release from Dark Sky is reason to celebrate, especially for those of us that never got around to buy the now way out of print Image release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 25th September 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.66:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: No
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono English
Subtitles: None
Extras: Director/Actor Commentary, Making Of Featurette, Composer Featurette, 'The Merrye House Revisited', Alternate Credits, Extended Scene, Stills
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Jack Hill
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker, Beverly Washburn, Jill Banner, Sid Haig
Genre: Comedy and Horror
Length: 81 minutes
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India fined for slow over-rate
India have been punished for a slow over-rate during their miserable fifth-Test loss to England.
The International Cricket Council has fined India on account of them being three overs short of their target at the end of the match when time allowances were taken into consideration.
The rules stipulate that players are fined 10 per cent of their match fees for every over they are behind, with the captain taking a double punishment. As such, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni loses 60 per cent of his fee with the other 10 players losing 30 per cent.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been fined 60 per cent of his match fee
Dhoni - whose men lost the series 3-1 from being 1-0 up - will be suspended for one match should his side commit another over-rate offence in the next 12 months,
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Harbor Urban says people are starting to move into the GreenHouse Apartments at 3701 S. Hudson St. in Columbia City. The LEED gold project has one notable feature: irrigated garden plots for each resident on the roof.
Harbor calls it "roof-to-fork urban agriculture."
There's also a greenhouse on the roof and a communal space for dining, as well as edible trees and shrubs scattered throughout the property. The rooftop plants absorb rainwater and reduce runoff, and the soil and vegetation help insulate the buildings.
The site is near the Columbia City light rail station and the farmers' market.
Harbor said half of the units were leased before the building officially opened.
Harbor Urban, LLC is the developer, Exxel Pacific built it and Runberg Architecture Group was the architect. The landscape architect was Hewitt and the structural engineer was CPL. LEED consultant was O'Brien & Co.
Martha Barkman, director of design and construction for Harbor Urban, said, "We spent a lot of time early in the entitlement stages to make sure it was something that would be accepted by and truly fit into the existing community, which is a unique treasure."
Harbor said GreenHouse is the first new market-rate apartments in Columbia City since 1969.
GreenHouse has 124 units, 20 percent of which are designated affordable under Seattle's Multi-family Tax Exemption program.
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Old English word "speech, talk, utterance, sentence, statement, news, report, word," from Proto-Germanic *wurda- (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian word, Dutch woord, Old High German, German wort, Old Norse orð, Gothic waurd), from PIE *were- (3) "speak, say" (see verb).
The meaning "promise" was in Old English, as was the theological sense. In the plural, the meaning "verbal altercation" (as in to have words with someone) dates from mid-15c. Word processor first recorded 1971; word processing is from 1972; word wrap is from 1977. A word to the wise is from Latin phrase verbum sapienti satis est "a word to the wise is enough." Word-for-word is late 14c. Word of mouth is recorded from 1550s.
It is dangerous to leave written that which is badly written. A chance word, upon paper, may destroy the world. Watch carefully and erase, while the power is still yours, I say to myself, for all that is put down, once it escapes, may rot its way into a thousand minds, the corn become a black smut, and all libraries, of necessity, be burned to the ground as a consequence. [William Carlos Williams, "Paterson"]


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Strangely, though, there isn't enough for one movie, and the first clue to why lurks in the title's ampersand, a sort of linguistic duct tape holding together two stories that never really function as one.
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As enjoyable as this foodie movie is, you wish it would take a deeper, more nuanced measure of the women who, in two different eras, star in the movie's kitchens.
Spiced with plenty of humor and affection.
One can't help but wonder if Ephron would've been better off focusing exclusively on Child: She's simply more interesting screen company.
It hooks you up, happily, to your inner top chef.
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Tempting Meryl Streep dramedy is OK but may bore kids.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that although this dramedy is ultimately upbeat, it isn't all sugary sweet. The protagonists -- strong female characters played by Amy Adams and Meryl Streep -- both undergo identity crises of sorts and must grapple with all that entails, a theme that may not appeal to tweens and under (though the soul-searching's not too deep).There's some swearing (including one use of "f--k"), and the movie's two married couples are comfortable displaying their physical affections, though there's no nudity or graphic love scenes.
Messages: Risk and bravery are rewarded, especially when they're accompanied by persistence and hard work. Both female protagonists have to pay their dues before they achieve success, especially Julia.
Role models: Two strong women find themselves through sheer force of will and creativity. Their husbands are very supportive, as are their friends.
Violence: McCarthyism's insidious reach is a subtext of the film.
Sex: Married couples fall into bed, but there's no nudity except for the occasional bare shoulder. In a description for a food item, male genitalia is mentioned.
Language: "Bitch" pops up a few times, as do "damn," "s--t," and "hell." "F--k" is used once. Other words include "c--k," "ass," "crap," "hell," and "oh my God."
Consumerism: PayPal is mentioned; logos for Salon.com and James Farm butter are visible, as are specific cookbooks.
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PHOENIX -- Roy Oswalt has left the Phillies for personal reasons, a team official said Wednesday morning.
The team released a statement from general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.:
"There has been a tremendous amount of tornado activity near Roy's home in Mississippi resulting in several tragic deaths and significant devastation to the area. Because of this, Roy is concerned about his family's well-being. He has chosen to take time to make sure there wasn't significant damage to his home, but more importantly, to make certain that his wife and children are okay.
"It is almost a year to the day that his parents' home was destroyed by a tornado which has heightened his concern about the current situation.
We are hopeful that he will rejoin the team for his next start, but will take that day by day."
Oswalt pitched three innings Tuesday and allowed five earned runs. He was taken out after 57 pitches by Charlie Manuel. It was Oswalt's second start since being diagnosed with mid-back spasms.
The team official said Manuel removed Oswalt because of his ineffectiveness. The personal issue was not why Oswalt's start ended after three innings.
Amaro said Oswalt is not hurt.
"We're not going to make any more comment on it," Amaro said.
Oswalt left the Houston Astros last April when a tornado hit his hometown Weir, Miss., and destroyed his childhood home. Another band of severe storms and tornados moved through Choctaw County the last two days and caused six deaths in Mississippi.
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By Keith Weir
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will be elected for a second term next month if Britain's bookmakers are to be believed.
The polls have Obama effectively tied with rival Mitt Romney in the two-horse race for the White House but the odds show gamblers putting their money on the incumbent.
British bookmakers offer political betting as a niche sideline to more lucrative wagers on sports like horse racing and soccer. They take bets from around the globe - although not from the United States where such gambling is prohibited.
"It's really exciting betting. The markets and the pollsters have a little competion on who is most accurate," Richard Glynn, chief executive of British bookmaker Ladbrokes , told Reuters.
Two weeks before the November 6 election, Obama was 2/5 favorite with Ladbrokes, meaning a punter would have to gamble 5 pounds ($17.6) to win 2 pounds. Romney would offer a better return at odds of 15/8, allowing gamblers to win almost double what they wager.
Online gambling exchange Betfair, which cuts out the middleman by matching bets directly between gamblers, gives Obama a 66 percent chance of victory, to 34 percent for his Republican challenger.
Betfair claims that its exchage can provide a more reliable guide to the outcome of elections than some polls.
It cites the notorious example of 2004 when exit polls pointed to a win for Democrat John Kerry but its exchange indicated the correct result, a second term for George W. Bush.
"People betting their money make a much more hard-headed decision," said Betfair spokesman James Midmer.
"With polls, people sometimes say who they want to win."
Britain's largest bookmaker William Hill said it expected over one million pounds ($1.6 million) to be staked with it on the U.S. election - the highest it has recorded for the vote.
Putting that figure in perspective, the bookmaker says gamblers will bet more on the English Premier League soccer clash between top two Chelsea and Manchester United this Sunday.
Political betting caters for gamblers left cold by sporting action, says William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe.
"It gets us to people that we otherwise couldn't reach," said Sharpe. "People tend to have one main passion that they will bet on because they have enough knowledge," he added.
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PARIS (AP) — French supermarket group Carrefour is selling off its business in Indonesia for €525 million ($670 million) as part of a broader effort at turning around its fortunes.
Carrefour SA, the world's second-largest retailer by revenue after Wal-Mart Stores Inc., announced Tuesday that it is selling its 60-percent stake in Carrefour Indonesia to its local partner, CT Corp.
CT Corp. will now run the company's 84 hypermarkets and other stories in Indonesia, Carrefour says in a statement.
Carrefour, facing slowdown in Europe and troubles with its core hypermarket business, is working on a turnaround plan that includes shedding some of its operations.


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In our ongoing discussions about the role of the IT and telecommunications industry analysts one question always come up is "Why would anybody pay for analyst research when there is so much free information available on the web and blogs?" We have addressed this issue from a variety of points – many times in blog posts – with one of the answers being that the advisory analysts provide personalized information that can save an enterprise money, in some cases many times the cost of the analyst contract.
Periodically to test this theory, SageCircle searches the web and blogs for information about a particular vendor's pricing, discounts, terms and conditions, and so on. Even though we are crackerjack web researchers we can never find detailed information of this nature. This time around we are enlisting the community to see if you can provide us with links to relevant sources.
We are looking for websites, blogs, social networks, Twitterers, and such that provide information and advice on SAP contracts and pricing. SAP was selected for this experiment because it is a huge global software vendor with complex contract negotiations. SAP is also a popular topic of conversation between enterprise IT managers and advisory analysts like Gartner, Ovum, Forrester, AMR, and so on. What we are looking for are sites or blogs that provide fact-based detail on, implications of, and advice on how to deal with the following points:
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Application Extension Platform 1.x -- Enabling the Linux Shell in a Virtual Instance
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To enable the Linux shell to be used by your application, the application must be packaged with a postinstall script as described below.
Creating the Postinstall Script
To obtain console access using a postinstall script, perform the following steps:
Create a login script
In this example bash file /source/bin/login.sh is created, where /source is the build directory.
#! /bin/sh /bin/bash --login
Create a postinstall script
In this example, script /source/bin/postinstall.sh is created, where /source is the build directory.
#! /bin/sh ln -s /bin/login.sh /bin/console
Change permissions
Change the permissions of the postinstall script for non-owner users to read-execute.
chmod 755 /opt/tcptrace/postscripts/postinstall.sh
The next step is to package and install your application, referring to the postinstall script. Pass the name of the postinstall script to the Cisco AXP packaging tool script during packaging.
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LEWISBURG, Pa. — William R. Gruver, Bucknell University's Howard I. Scott Clinical Professor of Global Commerce, Strategy and Leadership, examines the European debt crisis and what it means for America.
Question: What are the major factors contributing to Europe's debt crisis?
Answer: When the European Monetary Union was formed and the participating nations agreed to establish the euro as their currency, those nations gave up control of their monetary policies, which allowed them to control their interest rates. That's all done centrally now, much like it's done in America at the Federal Reserve System. But the nations' fiscal policies — which include setting tax rates, the equivalent of Social Security payments, retirement ages and welfare payments — are still done at a national level. So all of these countries have the same interest rate policy but different tax rates, retirement ages and fiscal policies.
That's a problem with regard to a country like Greece, which has benefited from its more disciplined, diligent colleagues to the north. Greece has run budget deficits to support its more generous social benefits, and it has financed its deficits by borrowing more than it can afford to repay. Because of the monetary union with its northern neighbors, it has been able to borrow money more cheaply than it would have as a standalone country. Greece has borrowed its way into this financial crisis and can't repay its debt, and now its northern partners are being asked to bail it out.
Q: What's the strongest economy in the European Union?
A: Poland's economy has grown by 2 or 3 percent per year while other European countries are slipping into recession. It hasn't yet adopted the euro and has allowed its currency to depreciate — that's the historic means of countries coping with financial struggles like the one Greece and other European countries are facing. That's what America has done. We've let our dollar depreciate, allowing us to sell our services and products at cheaper prices in overseas markets and repay our debt in dollars worth less than when the debt was issued. Countries using the euro cannot do that because, again, they've given up their individual currencies in favor of the euro.
Q: How do Europe's financial problems affect America?
A: Our direct, one-on-one exposure to southern European debt is minimal. Even our exposure to the European banks that hold a lot of that debt is way down. But there's a contagion risk. Europe is the world's biggest economy, and as political paralysis continues on, it could go into recession. Then Europeans won't be able to buy our services or Chinese goods, and the whole world economy could slow down. That would hurt our growth.
We should keep in mind another aspect of how our own country and the European economies parallel. Consider that the value of the euro is worth as much in American dollars now as it was when the crisis began, within 1 or 2 percent. You would've thought that the dollar, with all Europe's problems, would've strengthened. It hasn't. Why?
Ben Graham, a legendary professor at Columbia University, referred to the financial market as "Mr. Market." Mr. Market was omniscient. Mr. Market knew more than any economic forecaster. Mr. Market is saying to us, since there hasn't been any change in the euro/dollar exchange rate, America's problems are just as bad as Europe's problems. And what has happened has been a flight out of the two largest most freely traded currencies, the euro and the dollar. The only major currency that has benefited from the move away from the dollar and euro is the Swiss franc. It has replaced the dollar as the safe-haven world currency.
The extraordinary appreciation in the price of gold testifies to Mr. Market's fear of any paper currency because it seems that neither European nor American politicians are in control of their economic miseries. In Europe, the Germans don't want to finance a lifestyle in Greece that is unavailable to their own citizens, so they insist on fiscal control of bailed-out countries, while the Greek people riot when their politicians pass laws to begin the process of harmonizing social benefits and beginning fiscal union.
In America, there's a similar political paralysis between a president who continues to want to deficit spend and a Congress insisting on debt reduction. These crossed goals result in no fundamental improvement in our national finances, while our debt rating gets lowered from AAA for the first time in history and our unemployment rate is still above 8 percent. The Tea Party and the Occupy movement both give voice to the economic angst of the average American, and that is definitely an emotional cousin of the uncertainty and lack of confidence in political leadership being seen in the Greek streets.
Q: Will the financial crisis in Europe lead to the end of the euro zone?
A: Europe is at a fork in the road, and euro zone countries either have to integrate or they have to disintegrate. If Europe is going to survive as a monetary union, then the nations will have to integrate fiscally as they have integrated monetarily. The problems won't be fixed overnight. It will probably take 10 years to harmonize some of those fiscal measures such as retirement ages, social security and pensions. If countries try to equalize those issues overnight, they end up with riots in the streets — just as we're seeing in Greece today.
My guess is that the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission authorities will continue to have a series of bailouts, agreements to take losses on debt repayments and more aggressive actions on re-buying bad loans such that they'll muddle their way through the next two or three years. They'll buy time to work toward fiscal harmonization and fiscal union. That's probably the most optimistic forecast I can give, but it's better than going back to a worldwide financial crisis.
Interviewed by Andy Hirsch
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Summer Style
As the city turns up the heat, so have we with summer picks for your closet, your feet, your bedroom and your house with the best and brightest looks from local retailers. You may not be able to beat the heat, but you can join it with these looks and more from boutiques and vendors right outside your door.
Bright colors paired with sleek and stylish looks are perfect for summer, and coming from the woman who brought you Angelique Shoe, how could you go wrong? Available separately and together check out this look and much more.
Angelique, 7725 Maple St., 866-1092, AngeliqueStores.com
Feet First brings us Bernardo sandals this month – Italian-crafted leather available in a variety of neutral and highly versatile colors. From beach to bar, Feet First has you covered.
Feet First, multiple locations, 899-6800, FeetFirstStores.com
It may be toasty outside, but you can always lounge in the comfort of your air-conditioned home on this Max Tufted Sofa by Baker from Mandeville's Rug Chic. Spread out or curl up with a loved one on this spacious and comfortable piece, perfect for the living room or sunroom.
Rug Chic, 4240 Louisiana 22, Mandeville, (985) 674-1070, RugChic.com
Summer may be the prime time for cookouts and barbeques, but I bet you've been invited to your fair share of weddings this season, too. Whether you're looking for yourself or a lucky bride, the Linen Registry has you covered, from for lightweight comfy pajamas like these to their handpicked assortment of linens and bedding.
The Linen Registry, 204 Metairie Road, 831-8228
From designer line Alice and Trixie, you heard it first: silk and print rule the streets this summer. Available at Town & Country in a variety of colors, styles and shift shirts, you'll be at the top of the trend.
Town & Country, 1514 St. Charles Ave., 523-7027
This Neoprene dress from Clover Canyon brings summer to you even on the stormiest of days with a bright pattern, short hemline and sleeveless style. Dress it up or down for any occasion.
FeBe Clothing, 474 Metairie Road, Suite 102, 835-5250, FeBeClothing.com
For interior or exterior use, this casual yet elegant polished concrete cocktail table is the perfect versatile piece for summer. Both durable and charming, the Casablanca Cocktail Table mixes modern and old-world in a shimmery mix – and with a name like that, begs for you to put your drink on it.
Ashley Hall Interiors, 832 Howard Ave., 524-0196, AshleyHallInteriors.com
Perfect Fit brings you another perfect fit with these summer sandals from Vionic with Orthaheel technology—cute and comfortable with plenty of support for your busy summer days.
Perfect Fit Shoes, 5525 Magazine St., 456-5993, PerfectFitShoes.net


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Metallica's Lars Ulrich: Oasis' Noel Gallagher Inspired Me To Get Off Cocaine
When you're in a band as huge as Metallica, it's not unusual to go through the 'Rockstar 101′ experience. We're talking groupies, partying on tour and even dabbling with some hard drugs. Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich used to partake in cocaine, but in the early 2000s, Ulrich was inspired to lay off the white powder thanks to an unlikely source — Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher.
Metallica's recent performance at Glastonbury Festival, known for showcasing basically every genre besides metal, faced some criticism going into the gig. Frontman James Hetfield's involvement in the History Channel's bear hunting series 'The Hunt' drew even more protests, but once Metallica hit the stage, the band took on the haters with an unquestionably solid set.
While prepping for Glastonbury, The Daily Mirror sat down with Lars Ulrich for an in-depth chat. "It's run in James' family for generations, it's stuff he grew up with," Ulrich says about Hetfield's hunting hobby. "It's a traditional thing close to his heart and I respect that. I give him the space to do his thing. We give each other space."
As for Noel Gallagher's anti-cocaine influence on Ulrich, the drummer explains, "In the early days, I'd always get drunk way faster than the other guys. I realized that if there was a little bit of cocaine involved I could stay up longer, instead of ending up face down in the corner passed out three hours before the party ended. I loved the social elements of cocaine. I loved the danger of it."
Ulrich continues, "Then about 10 years ago, I read an interview with Noel Gallagher, in which he said: 'I just stopped doing cocaine.' I thought that was really cool: it felt so fresh, so honest, so pure — I love that side of him. I've never had an addictive personality, so I woke up one day and said, 'Enough.'"
Check out the entire interview with Lars Ulrich at The Daily Mirror.
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Autism & Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
People with autism experience social deficits, communication problems and have repetitive or restricted behaviors, with an onset in at least one area by age 3. It may or may not be associated with language delays or intellectual disability. An estimated 1.5 million individuals in the U.S. and tens of millions of people worldwide are affected by autism. While there is no medical test to diagnose autism, a diagnosis is based on observed behavior, educational and psychological testing. Get more information on autism and autism spectrum disorders.
Down Syndrome
Down syndrome is a genetic condition that causes delays in physical and intellectual development. The majority of children with Down syndrome have mild to moderate intellectual disabilities. It occurs in approximately one in every 800 live births, making it the most frequently occurring chromosomal disorder. Although individuals with Down syndrome have distinct physical characteristics, generally they are more similar to the average person in the community than they are different. Get more information on Down syndrome.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
FASD describes the broad spectrum of effects that can occur in an individual whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. FASD can cause physical and mental disabilities of varying levels of severity (including intellectual disability). The good news is FAS is not hereditary and can only occur if a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy. There is no cure for this condition and it does not appear to get better with age. However, early identification can help children receive services that maximize their potential. Get more information on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Intellectual Disabilities
People with intellectual disabilities generally have a lessened mental capability which affects their ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experience. Studies show that somewhere between 1% and 3% of Americans have intellectual disabilities. There are many causes of intellectual disabilities that include physical, genetic and/or social factors. The most common syndromes associated with intellectual disabilities are autism, Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Get more information on intellectual disabilities.
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)/Abusive Head Trauma (AHT)
Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) or Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) is caused by vigorous shaking of an infant or young child by the arms, legs, chest or shoulders that can lead to brain damage, intellectual disability, speech and learning disabilities, paralysis, seizures, hearing loss and even death. One in four babies die as a result of this abuse, making it the most common cause of mortality and accounts for the most long-term disability in infants and young children due to physical abuse. Get more information on shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma.


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Football star Ray Lewis' son commits to Miami
Football star Ray Lewis' son commits to Miami
Football star and recent Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl winner Ray Lewis' son signed a letter of intent to play football in Miami as part of National Signing Day.
Ray Lewis III, who attends Lake Mary Prep, committed to the University of Miami's football program Wednesday. His father also attended the University of Miami.
Lewis, who was selected as First Team All-State Player in 2012 for Division 2A, eclipsed the 10,000 mark for all-purpose yards in October, setting a central Florida record. He also scored 93 touchdowns in his career, a record in Seminole County.
The teenager has been a team captain since he was a sophomore.
In additional to playing football, Lewis also plays basketball and has run track and field for Lake Mary Prep.


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Carsington Water . Ashbourne . Derbyshire
Course Type
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Available Thursday and Friday
Course Fee
£130.00 per person
Course Code
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Maximum Age
Course Description
These are informal sessions where young members can improve their skills.
They are available during the school holidays on Thursdays and Fridays, full or half days.
Cost: £15 per half day, £30 per full day.
There will be adult improvers at the same time so that families can sail together.
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To book a place on a course please call Marie Stanbrook on 01629 540609, email her or visit the Club in person (Wednesday to Sunday).
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If you've been considering registering for the first ever SQLRally May 11-13 in Orlando it's coming down to crunch time. We're less than two weeks away and there are only 3 days left to sign up for the 2 day portion of the conference at $349 - starting May 1 the price goes up to $399. That's still a bargain for what we've got lined up, but why wait? Register now, save $50, and put that towards a precon or some of the after hours events that we're getting lined up.
Speaking of precons, the price is still just $199. You'd pay more than that anywhere else for 8 hours of deep dive training from some of the best in the business. One other thing you may not know about - you don't have to register for the 2 day conference to attend a precon…so if training budgets are tight or you can only get one day off work you've got options.
See you in a few weeks!


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OVB Outside Vertical Bar
VRCB Volatility Reduced Compression Bar
Brent Crude Oil (February '13):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 12/12/12 @ 107.53. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 12/12/12 @ 108.02. Upside Targets = 110.67 – 111.37
- Bullish Extended Range day generated on Wednesday.
- February Brent Crude moved to new highs for the month on Wednesday and to its highest level since mid-October despite a volatile trading session in other risk markets due to increasing uncertainty over the fiscal cliff.
- Look for the price action to continue to drive this market higher into Thursday as it tracks down the extended upside objective of $113.61.
- Projected Daily Range: 1.74
- Projected Weekly Range: 4.30
- Projected Monthly Range: 9.03
WTI Crude Oil (February '13):
- Short Term Trends are bullish.
- Confirmation of a bottom with a range violation on 12/18/12 @ 88.21. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 12/18/12 @ 88.40. Upside Targets = 90.10 – 90.68.
- New highs made on current move Wednesday @ 91.30.
- February WTI crude oil led the crude sector higher throughout most of the trading session on Wednesday as it also moved to new highs for the month and closed above $90 for the first time since mid-October.
- Now that WTI has traded through the daily RBB, look for a slight move higher on Thursday and some sideways trading action heading into the weekend.
- Projected Daily Range: 1.82
- Projected Weekly Range: 3.73
- Projected Monthly Range: 8.74
Natural Gas (February '13):
- Short Term trend is bearish.
- Confirmation of a top with a range violation on 12/26/2012 @ 3.362. Confirmation of a bottom with a close violation on 12/18/2012 @ 3.418. Upside Targets = 3.549 – 3.631.
- February Natural Gas once again found solid support above $3.32 on Wednesday in a very light volume trading session as heavy snow throughout the Midwest and Northeast have traders preparing for a large supply draw in the weeks to come.
- While Friday's storage number may not be overwhelmingly bullish, natural gas is currently trading at a significant discount and has found support at the current levels that warrants a move back to the upside to fill the close gap left in the market at $3.57.
- Projected Daily Range: .107
- Projected Weekly Range: .282
- Projected Monthly Range: .557


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Downtown gets a new dorm
An artist's rendering of the new building.
Pace formally opened a new residence hall at 182 Broadway in Lower Manhattan on October 31. The 23-story building will accommodate 600 Pace students.
In remarks at the ribbon cutting, President Stephen J. Friedman noted that the facility is "just one of three new buildings in our growing footprint in Lower Manhattan. Earlier this year, we opened a new Performing Arts Center at 140 William, home to Pace Performing Arts, one of our fastest growing programs and one of the best in the nation. And in 2015, we will welcome 700 students to Beekman Tower, another residence hall under construction at the corner of Beekman and William."
Other University residences downtown are at 55 John Street, 106 Fulton Street, and in the University's multi-function building at 1 Pace Plaza.
Watch short videos from the Dyson College video feed including student stories, programs, and Dean Herrmann's advice to parents.
Informative Videos for Students & Families
Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lodger" Silent Films with Live Piano Accompaniment by Ben Model
Pace Presents Music, Dance, and More
Carly Steet - Media and Communication Arts, MA
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Are you up to speed on Facebook's new messaging platform? Have you considered how it could impact your business?
Last year, Mark Zuckerberg announced changes to Facebook's messaging platform. Now you can integrate your email, text messages and chat messages into one platform—Facebook. If you would like an @facebook.com email address, you can get that as well.
Putting it another way, "The platform has three components: seamless messaging, conversation history and social inbox. Conversation history places all one-to-one communications in a single strand, including chat, email or SMS," reports DM News.


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This is not really a security problem, but its a problem im having and it really pisses me off.
This is how it starts.... I was reformating my computer last night, I wrote zero's twice, and did those scans. Now after that I re-installed everything. But the problem is my Windows 98 will not allow me to change my resolution! I go into the active desktop area and try and change it from 640,480 but it wont move. This problem also happened last time I reformated, so what I did to fix it then is I went into regedit -> config -> display -> system -> then I went to resolution and changed the value from 640,480, to 800,600. But this time it didnt work!
Also last time this happened, I got updated drivers from my graphics cards website, expect this time I cant find their site with it. So I dont know what to do.
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Windows 98, second edition
Video Card: nVidia TnT2 Vanta 16MB AGP Graphics Card
So what do I do? Can anyone find the driver updates for me(And yes! I used google)? and help me get around this problem. If you need anymore system info let me know!


text: Dr. King gives an address to the Association of The Bar of the City of New York at the Hilton Hotel in New York. He praises lawyers for using their knowledge to aid the Civil Rights Movement. He states that Negro lawyers bring wisdom and a determination to win to the courtroom. Dr. King also defines an unjust law as a law that is "out of harmony with moral law of the universe."


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Dollar Measure
The Dollar Index, which Intercontinental Exchange Inc. uses to track the greenback against the currencies of six major U.S. trading partners, reached its highest level since Aug. 3 as employment rose 236,000 last month after a revised 119,000 gain in January that was smaller than first estimated, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington.
The dollar is "holding its own at a time when equities are doing quite well and risk appetite is firming," Richard Franulovich, senior currency strategist at Westpac Banking Corp. in New York, said in telephone interview. "It's a potentially momentous correlation shift, whereby the dollar is now a growth currency."
The median forecast of 90 economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected an advance of 165,000. The jobless rate dropped from 7.9%. The Dollar Index increased 0.8% to 82.702.
Federal Reserve policy makers at their last meeting debated curtailing bond-buying that is seen as debasing the dollar, a move Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has opposed as he seeks to drive down unemployment to 6.5%.
Jobs Data
The larger-than-forecast increase in U.S. employment last month won't prompt the Fed to alter the central bank's stimulus measures, Bill Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund, said in a radio interview on "Bloomberg Surveillance" with Tom Keene and Mike McKee.
Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Gross said the U.S. economy may expand 3% this year, an increase from his firm's most recent growth estimate of less than 2%.
The yen extended a second weekly loss against the dollar as the Ministry of Finance said the deficit in the current account, the widest measure of trade, increased to 364.8 billion yen ($3.8 billion) in January, up from 264.1 billion yen a month ago.
Japan's currency has slumped 9.4% versus the dollar this year as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushed the central bank to add to stimulus to beat deflation. Haruhiko Kuroda, Abe's pick to become the next Bank of Japan governor, told lawmakers this week the scale of the BOJ's asset purchases was insufficient to achieve its target of 2% inflation.
Yen Direction
The yen may be due to reverse course, according to a technical indicator. The currency's 14-day relative strength index versus the dollar fell below 30 today, a level that may signal an asset has fallen too far, too quickly.
"Most of the Japanese weakness is behind us," Vassili Serebriakov, a foreign-exchange strategist at BNP Paribas SA in New York, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's "Lunch Money" with Scarlet Fu. "The next thing to see is whether the BOJ can actually deliver higher inflation down the road. We think that might be a little difficult."
The euro is estimated to weaken to $1.29 to the greenback by the end of the year, while the yen is forecast to be about unchanged at 96, according to the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
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(AP) The Spy Who Loved Video Games: 5 famous Bond games
By DERRIK J. LANG
AP Entertainment Writer
James Bond hasn't been sipping martinis and firing his Walther in the game world for nearly as long as he has in movie theaters, but the gadget-loving secret agent's nearly 30-year history spanning more than 20 video games is almost unmatched in Hollywood, where video game tie-ins with the latest blockbusters are commonplace nowadays.
Indeed, when it comes to Bond games, they weren't always golden (especially thinking back to such awkward entries as 2000's "007 Racing" and 2004's "GoldenEye: Rogue Agent"). Even when others did it better, 007 maintained a presence in the interactive medium, with three big-screen Bonds _ Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig _ portraying him in games.
Here's a look at five of Bond's most noteworthy virtual operations:
_ "James Bond 007." Bond's first game, a side-scroller from Parker Brothers released in 1983 for such 8-bit systems as the Atari 2600, was among the first film-based games. The mechanics were far less groundbreaking though. It put players behind the wheel of an oddly shaped amphibious vehicle in levels inspired by flicks like "Diamonds are Forever" and "Moonraker."
_ "GoldenEye 007." When it debuted in 1997, this popular Nintendo 64 shoot-'em-up based on Bronson's initial Bond outing revolutionized the first-person shooter genre by pioneering how virtual sniper rifles work and setting the standard for multiplayer matches long before "Halo" and "Call of Duty." It proved so popular, it was later rereleased for the current generation of consoles.
_ "007: Everything or Nothing." Although it wasn't the first Bond game to steer away from the film franchise, this 2003 adventure was the first to succeed at shaking it up with an original story from veteran Bond screenwriter Bruce Feirstein, performances from Brosnan and Judi Dench, Heidi Klum as a Bond girl, Willem Dafoe as a villain and a new title song from Mya.
_ "007: From Russia With Love." Electronic Arts went retro with "From Russia with Love" in 2005, incorporating fun vintage elements like Bond's jet pack and Aston Martin. The slick third-person game followed the story of the 1957 novel and 1963 film and also featured Connery's voice and likeness, marking his return to the role for the first time in more than 20 years.
_ "007: Legends." Activision is also going old-school with this first-person shooter set for release Oct. 16. "007: Legends" will be armed with six missions based on different Bond films, including "Goldfinger" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," with Craig playing Bond throughout. A downloadable level based on the upcoming Bond film "Skyfall" will be available after launch.
Follow AP Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang.