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ERISA requires covered benefit plans to provide plan members with a "summary plan description" (SPD) that explains the terms of the benefit plan in a way that the "average plan participant" can understand. In CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, 131 S. Ct. 1866 (2011), the U.S. Supreme Court reversed numerous lower courts by holding that terms in an SPD cannot trump conflicting terms in the underlying ERISA plan document. Before Amara, many lower courts held that statements in SPDs are binding and trump conflicting provisions in the underlying plan itself. Given that the plan and SPD at issue in Amaraactually conflicted, Amara did not resolve whether terms in an SPD ever can constitute the terms of the plan. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit—which sits over Ohio's federal courts—just detailed its approach to resolving this ambiguity by holding that SPDs may still constitute binding plan terms in certain circumstances.
In Bd. of Trs. v. Moore, No. 14-4048, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 14945 (6th Cir. Aug. 25, 2015), the Sixth Circuit concluded that, due to a subrogation provision in a plan's SPD, a plan participant must reimburse his health insurance plan for medical benefits it paid on his behalf following his settlement of a negligence action for injuries he suffered in a car accident.
The central issue in the case was whether the subrogation provision in the plan's SPD was binding. The Sixth Circuit rejected the participant's argument that the subrogation provision was not controlling because it was included only in the SPD, which ordinarily would not be the operative plan document. Two documents were related to the plan: the trust agreement and the SPD. The participant argued that the trust agreement was the operative plan document, and because it did not contain a subrogation provision, the subrogation provision in the SPD was not binding. The Sixth Circuit, however, found that the trust agreement did not contain the customary provisions of an ERISA health plan (such as a description of the available benefits and how to obtain them). Instead, it merely authorized the trustees to establish a written plan providing the "detailed basis on which" benefits would be paid. The Sixth Circuit acknowledged Amara's holding, but nonetheless concluded that nothing in Amara prevents a document from functioning as both the plan document and the SPD. Here, the court observed, there were no conflicting documents; there was only one document. No separate plan document existed. The SPD was, therefore, "two documents in one"—the SPD and the plan. Accordingly, the court concluded that the subrogation provision in the SPD was enforceable.
The Sixth Circuit's decision is consistent with recent decisions from other federal circuit courts of appeals. These decisions addressed situations in which there was no plan document, other than the SPD, containing the customary hallmarks of an ERISA plan. Therefore, they leave unresolved the issue of whether terms in an SPD are binding when there is, in fact, a separate plan document that does not include those terms. Amara makes clear that an SPD cannot control when it conflicts with the plan document. But what if the SPD contains a term addressing an issue not addressed in the main plan document? It is not clear from Moore how the Sixth Circuit would resolve that issue. Consequently, plan administrators should continue to review their plan documents and SPDs for consistency and, as a fail-safe, ensure that their plan documents contain a term expressly incorporating their SPDs.


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LMPD teams up with Kentucky Harvest
The Louisville Metro police department's Viper unit teams up with Kentucky Harvest as part of give a Day week.
30 members spent Wednesday afternoon unloading more than 10-thousand canned goods and food items at feed the city.
It was a big help for Kentucky Harvest, which has just one full-time employee and one part-time employee.
Officers said they were glad to have an opportunity to give back to the community.
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"You're going to see everybody with a little shine to them. It's a good day, it's a good thing to do," said Lt. William Hibs, LMPD Viper unit. "We've partnered with Kentucky Harvest many times and that period of time when were doing this is always a little bit different, it's a good time."
Kentucky Harvest has served Louisville since 1987, providing families in need with more than two million pounds of food each year.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Few trainers appreciate the 1,234-foot stretch of Churchill Downs more than Shug McGaughey. In 1988, McGaughey's Personal Ensign needed every inch of that stretch to run down Winning Colors and win the Breeders' Cup Distaff, capping off an undefeated career. In the 1994 Distaff, McGaughey's Heavenly Prize needed the stretch to be another two feet longer, as she fell a neck short of longshot speedster One Dreamer.
Saturday, another McGaughey charge, Pine Island, will attempt to weave her way through the Churchill Downs stretch, trying to win what many believe to be the deepest Distaff ever assembled. If she is able to travel the lane uninhibited, Pine Island could very well give McGaughey his fourth Distaff victory.
For the first time since 1992, the Distaff has attracted a full field of 14. Thirteen of the 14 are Grade 1 winners, including a trio from the mighty Todd Pletcher stable. This year's Distaff purse is $2.26 million.
With only six starts, Pine Island is the least experienced member of the field. Literally and figuratively she has made huge strides with every race, handling a demanding schedule that included four consecutive Grade 1 appearances. After victories in the Alabama on Aug. 19 and Gazelle on Sept. 9, McGaughey elected to freshen Pine Island for the Distaff.
"I just tried to keep her where she was the whole time, and I think we've done that, and she really hasn't missed a beat," McGaughey said. "It's just a matter of if she gets a hold of the track and gets some place to go. It's going to be up to Javier to get her in position to where maybe she can get in the clear and make a run at it, but I think we'll have plenty of time."
Pine Island will break from post 2 under Javier Castellano.
Pletcher's trio of Fleet Indian, Spun Sugar, and Pool Land have combined this year to win 13 of 17 starts, including five Grade 1 races. Fleet Indian is 6 for 6 this year, and her off-the-pace win in the Beldame last out defined her as the legitimate Distaff favorite.
"It puts us in a position where we are going to go to the Distaff and know that we can ride her however we want and not worry what everybody else is doing," Pletcher said.
Spun Sugar showed great determination winning both the Apple Blossom and Go for Wand handicaps by narrow margins. She comes off a fourth-place finish in the Spinster, run over Keeneland's new Polytrack surface.
"The Polytrack race is just a throw-out," Pletcher said. "She's proven in the Apple Blossom and the Go for Wand that on her day she's as good as anybody."
At this time last year, Pool Land was an unstarted maiden. Now, she is a Grade 1 winner who figures to be part of what could be a hotly contested pace.
Happy Ticket was sent off as the 9-2 second choice in last year's Distaff and finished 11th of 13. One of her two wins this year came at Churchill Downs in the Fleur de Lis Handicap. She encountered some traffic trouble in the Spinster and finished sixth, beaten three lengths.
"I think she's a little more mature going into this race this year than she was last year going to New York," said trainer Andrew Leggio. "She's going to run big Saturday."
Balletto has not won a race in two years, but was a close second in both the Go for Wand and Beldame. She should benefit from the two turns and 1 1/8 miles of this race and a hot pace. She must overcome post 14.
Asi Siempre is a bit of a wildcard. She won the Spinster over Polytrack, but has never raced over a conventional dirt surface. Her trainer, Patrick Biancone, said, it is 50-50 whether she will handle it, but if she does, "I think she will win."
Round Pond is a live longshot for Michael Matz, the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro. Matz said he believes Round Pond, last year's Acorn winner, has overcome foot problems that plagued her this year.
Bushfire is a three-time Grade 1 winner, but does not appear to be in her best form. Lemons Forever won the Kentucky Oaks over this track at 47-1, but has not been competitive since.
Baghdaria is a multiple Grade 3 winner who faces the test of her career in here. Healthy Addiction, Hollywood Story, and Sharp Lisa make up a Southern California contingent that appears to be a notch below its East Coast counterpart.


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Written By: Rahat Dar.
It was a dream that took almost a decade to come true, initial idea being floated in 2007, there were several hurdles, several drawbacks and several postponements that made Pakistani cricket fans hopeless over the years.
Pakistan Super League came into existence at last, so did the long lost enthusiasm and love for cricket in the heart of Pakistanis and a dream came true.
There's just so much to be thankful for, so much to be proud of, and so much to look forward to.
Although the league couldn't be held in Pakistan and unfortunately, it might not, for a couple of years or more - but the happiness it's brought to people back home is so vibrant and visible.
People have started to acknowledge the long lost love for the game within themselves. They almost had forgotten what it was like to watch cricket other than India vs Pakistan. After having been convinced about the demise of interest in the sport within themselves, they've fallen back in love again with it.
All of us feel absolutely overwhelming to realize that we finally have a cricket league of our own, and it gives us immense pleasure to witness how well things have turned out to be even in the very first edition of the inaugural PSL. To think that it will grow only to be bigger and better in years to come, it makes the fans even rapturous.
There are so many reasons to love PSL, but the stand out one would definitely be the sense of threat that has been felt all across in the name of controversial statements, baseless critics, and what not.
Why not be a little mature, if not for anything, but for the love of the sport, embrace this newly born league and back it for it did justice to both batsmen and bowlers in terms of performances unlike the usual idea of "cricket league" that has become more of a game of the batsmen?
On one hand we saw a batsman score over 300 runs in 8 matches, while on the other, we found bowlers to be on hattricks more than once in a match.
- low score thrillers, or runs fest one-sided match, which one would you pick? The answer is obvious.
Moving forward, we acknowledge the benefits and each way the league has proved to be advantageous for not only the players, but the board, and fans.
Local products got a chance to share the dressing room with renowned cricketers from all over the cricketing world. The opportunity to seek priceless tips for the betterment of their own game from not only the stars of cricket but also the legends of the game in the name of coaches.
To be able to spend that amount of time with their childhood heroes, and world class players, it must have given the local players great boost in confidence, and what better feeling than being a part of a cricket league of your own.
While on one hand, where the local players have the pleasure of having the company of stars of cricket and to be able to play under the watch of the best in business- the board, on the other hand, received help in order to finalize the squads for the forthcoming tournaments. They are provided with an even better insight on the abilities of the players - meanwhile the league helped them acknowledge the weaknesses of players in whatsoever aspect, it also gave them a hint of the talent that the youngsters possess which needs to be focused on to better, and polish them further enabling them to prove themselves in cricket world.
No stats, nothing about the technicalities or tactical measures, this piece is wholly devoted to the emotions that cannot be expressed into words. The feeling of thankfulness, longing (for the second edition), and the joy it's brought about.
Cricket fans in Pakistan have well and truly become fond of PSL that it has become tough to imagine life without it now. And of course, who wouldn't miss tackling with their schedules to spare them some hours outside work to be able to watch some entertaining cricket?
If you'd told anyone that the likes of Kumar Sangakkara and Kevin Pietersen would be batting together under the name of one of the cities of Pakistan in the PSL, they would have said that they could only dream of such a beautiful sight.
But it all happened for real, the dream came true. PSL made it happen. The fans couldn't have asked for more
Well, other than to move PSL to Pakistan - hopefully someday (The initial plan floated by the PCB is to hold at least the first match and the final of next PSL in Pakistan and if that happens, there will be no looking back).
All the hype, all the excitement was so worth it. Kudos to cricket fans on social media for making the league even more lovable with the banter.
We should thank every possible human on earth that has helped make PSL a possibility one way or another.
Here's to hoping and making sure that PSL is well on its way to prosperity.
How heartily are we going to miss it!
Until next time, Pakistan Super League!


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Road planners from Palm Beach and Broward counties knocked heads Thursday over whether a proposed bridge to carry Military Trail across the Hillsboro Canal should charge a toll.
Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning Organization members said a 25-cent toll could discourage as many as 10,000 drivers daily from using the bridge, forcing the traffic onto SW 18th Street in Boca Raton and other neighborhood roads.
But Broward County MPO members said the toll money is needed to pay the $3 million tab for relocating 26 families in a mobile home park blocking the project`s path on their side of the Hillsboro Canal.
The actual construction costs for the six-lane bridge and quarter-mile, four- lane connections on each side would be about $2.5 million, according to Michael Srkal, senior vice president of PRC Engineering, the Fort Lauderdale consulting firm drawing up the bridge plans for the Broward County Expressway Authority.
Planners agreed that the bridge is needed to open the north-south bottleneck between the two counties. Seven bridges now span the waterway separating the counties.
Srkal estimated that 10,000 cars a day would cross the bridge if a 25-cent toll were charged, half the volume the bridge would handle without a toll. He said a 10-cent toll would bring 16,000 cars across the bridge daily. The fare would be charged in both directions.
Palm Beach County officials favored splitting the construction costs with Broward County and paying with general road funds. But that would leave Broward alone in footing the bill for a right-of-way through the mobile home park in Deerfield Beach, according to Gerald Thompson, a Broward County commissioner and chairman of Broward`s Expressway Authority.
Thompson and other Broward officials said that paying for the bridge and right-of-way without a toll would draw money from other county road projects.


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Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel (eBook)
By Harlan Coben
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Mickey Bolitar's year can't get much worse. After witnessing his father's death and sending his mom to rehab, he's forced to live with his estranged uncle Myron and switch high schools. Fortunately, he's met a great girl, Ashley, and it seems like things might finally be improving. But then Ashley vanishes. Mickey follows Ashley's trail into a seedy underworld that reveals that Ashley isn't who she claimed to be. And neither was Mickey's father. Soon Mickey learns about a conspiracy so shocking that it leaves him questioning everything about the life he thought he knew.
First introduced to readers in Harlan Coben's novel Live Wire Mickey Bolitar is as quick-witted and clever as his uncle Myron, and eager to go to any length to save the people he cares about.
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I made this tonight, from an epicurious.com recipe. I used tri-tip steak instead of tenderloin ($3 lb vs. $11lb at Safeway), and the steak came out very nice, tender enough and tasty. That said, I'll probably not make this recipe again (unless I have some hoisin sauce I need to get rid of), because while good, it wasn't special enough.
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CHISPAS at UF is dedicated to giving the proper resources immigrant students regardless of their immigration status. We are committed to giving the right resources to students so they can succeed in their higher education. These resources include scholarships for an undergraduate degree, a a guide on "The Life after College" and fellowship opportunities. This page will provide links to organizations that contains many resources for undocumented students such as the "Educators for Fair Consideration (E4FC) Website".
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The scope of sounds a player can expect from a 1x12 is massive. The tonal difference between small and oversized 1x12s is larger than any other speaker configuration, but can often be written off as "small and thin" sounding. This doesn't have to be the case. At Zilla we have worked hard to offer a wide range of standard 1x12 speaker cabinets that demonstrate their versatility and offer something for every player.
Due to its compact dimensions, low weight and full sound, the Dinky is a popular choice for musicians who need a lot from not a lot. Sometimes we can't always fit a 2x12 on a cramped stage, or just want a lightweight rig that is easily transported to and from practice, gigs and the studio. The Dinky does not sound like an oversized cab, because it isn't. However it does maximise what you have and hits a sweet spot between size, weight and tone.
Dimensions (mm) 460x460x295
Unloaded price/weight: £210 / 10kg
V30 loaded price/weight: £280 / 15kg
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There are several options when it comes to 1x12 cabs, but we find the major requirement of a lot of players is to reduce the size without compromising the fullness of sound. The Compact is the next step up from the Dinky, being only a little bit larger in size but offering a slightly bigger sound, mainly from better access to the lower frequencies. The increase in width also allows for wider amp heads to be placed on top.
Dimensions (mm) 600x470x250
Unloaded price/weight: £220 / 11kg
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Small Vintage 1x12 is one of the few cabs that is still available from Zilla's first catalogue and has simple roots. A lot of players love the sound of a good 1x12 speaker cabinet but use a full size amp head. There was nothing fancy in how this cab came into to being. We simply took the Small Vintage 2x12 and placed a 1x12 baffle inside, with pleasing results. As with the SV212 you get the choice of standard depth (230mm) or extended depth (280mm) for increased low end and lower mid response.
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Unloaded price/weight: £230 / 11kg
V30 loaded price/weight: £300 / 16kg
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Extended depth dimensions (mm) 740x460x280
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The Mini Modern is the baby brother of our award winning Modern 2x12. This cab is relatively compact but offers one hell of a punch.
Dimensions (mm) 620x490x280
Unloaded price/weight: £245 / 11kg
V30 loaded price/weight: £315 / 16kg
G12M -65 Creamback loaded price/weight: £325 / 15kg
G12H-75 Creamback loaded price/weight: £340 / 16kg
This is a cab we are really proud of. Our main objective was to make a compact cab that sounds massive whilst retaining a classy guitar tone for use in any style of playing. The cab is designed around the G12H-75 Creamback making this speaker best for optimal results, but it will sound good loaded with a number of other drivers.
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Based on our Fatboy 2x12, the Fatbaby is an all-out beast of a 1x12. To describe how it sounds is quite easy, massive with a tight low end response. Some players go to a 2x12 for a bigger sound, which is understandable, but a good 1x12 has its own tonal qualities that can be very pleasing.
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Things get worse for Scratch and his first aspect Garogga, the saber-tooth tiger, when their Ice Age journey leads to an encounter with Strick's prehistoric aspect: The Cat Who Walks By Himself! Meanwhile, Penelope strikes a bargain with Dr. Schrodinger and uncovers one of his secrets. Plus: a surprising guest cat! All this and cover art by "Herobear & The Kid" creator Mike Kunkel!


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How to Use Social Media for Accountability
Getting fit requires a lot of courage. Many people who start an exercise program quit within a few weeks. This can be very disheartening and can actually prevent them from future attempts at fitness.
It is fear of failure, and it is completely understandable. "Why should this time be any different?" we ask ourselves. "I'll just fail again. I should just save myself the effort and embarrassment."
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What is fitness accountability?
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Social media is one of the best places to go public with your fitness. Facebook and Twitter are two outlets where you can find instant accountability. And once you put your fitness plans and goals out on those social feeds, you will have a lot of people to answer to.
Your first post on Facebook and Twitter should be a general announcement regarding your goals. Just mention that you are going to start a fitness plan. Offer an invitation to others who may want to join you—just tell them that you would like to have some accountability partners if anyone is interested.
You may have a few friends who want to join you. But even if you do not, that is fine. You can still use your social media outlets for accountability.
Once each week, post an update about the progress you are making and your goals for the upcoming week. You might say something like, "Was able to work out four days this week, and I only had dessert twice. Next week I am going to try for five days of exercise and no dessert at all!" Be sure to follow up each week with updates and goals. You will probably have people asking you how you are doing, encouraging you when you come up short of your goals and cheering you on.
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07 September 2010
Canon 60D
What digital camera just did a overview of the new 60D from canon. I would still spent the $600 more for the 7D over this. To me it feels like they took two steps back. Don't get me wrong it's still a good camera, but you can save yourself about $300-$400 by get the canon T2I or the 550D. You can judge for yourself, but the 50D is still a Great camera in my eyes.
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men are not mind readers. they are simple creatures that believe words coming out women mouths mean exactly that. they are mistaken
here are 20 things women say and man do not understand, cause they are stupid
20. Do I look fat in this
what she really wants to ask if you believe she is suddenly ugly. do not even thing about saying yes, unless you really hate the bitch and want to be single again.
19. go ahead
do not fall for this. it is not a permission it really means: hey buddy, try it and see what happens sucker...only if you have the guts
18. No
usually really means no. it is a definitely no. don't believe men who say no means a yes. it really means a no. i do not have to repeat myself...no means no, fool!
17. Yes
this is the tricky bit because sometimes it means no, and one needs to be really skilled to read minds to actually figure this out. a strange territory here...i can't give you advice, you are on your own.
16. us she says maybe it is still a no. so get over it and go back to your tree house and build something...
15. it would be nice if you could do something
this is not a wish, it is a command. try not to do it and see how much pain you will get yourself into.
14. when a women says, fine, it means you lost the argument already, so you should shut the fuck up and let it go, she is always right.
13. it is OK, in the women mind means, it is not really Ok, she just need some time to figure out how to punish your ass. don't be fool, get ready for a beating.
12. when a women asks you are you listening, it means you are not and there is not way you can get away with it. no recovery here, just realise you are a looser and learn how to pretend to listen next time.
11. when a woman says, it is up to you, you might believe you have free will to choose. but in fact it is a test to see that you know what she already knows, but let's you fail so she could tell you: I told you so. dangerous zone here folks
10. 5 minutes darling means 40 minutes in make up time, but if you turn on the TV, it becomes what the hell are you doing instead of helping me doing something useful.
9. when a women says thanks, she means thanks, and you should say you are welcome. when she says thanks a lot, it has the opposite meaning, and you should run cause you just fucked up big time.
8. we can go anywhere you want, really means that the restaurant needs to be 5 stars you cheap ass bastard.
7. what are you doing question. means you are already doing it wrong and you should listen to her how to do it. especially in bed...watch out
6. do you have to do this right now, means stop your ass right now and get back into the house to help her do the dishes you lazy bastard.
5. you have to learn to communicate means that you gotta start agreeing with her because sooner or later you are in trouble my friend. this is just a warning for what is coming.
4. when a women says, I am not upset, she is upset. flower, chocolate, and begging for forgiveness on your knees with a guitar in your hand might save you... or kill you completely.
3. the a woman says we need, she really means she wants and you obey.
2. I do not want to talk about it, she wants you to get out as she is gathering evidence against your ass and you are already in trouble.
1. when a women says we need to talk, you are already dead. I hope you have a will or a lawyer friend cause you are TOASTED my friend.


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MOSCOW – State news agency RIA Novosti says Russia's Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the city court in Birobidzhan to ban the Jehovah's Witnesses, a decision that comes amid proceedings on a Justice Ministry suit to ban the religious organization in Russia altogether.
Jehovah's Witnesses claim more than 170,000 adherents in Russia. The group, however, has come under increasing pressure over the past year, including a ban on distributing literature deemed to violate Russia's anti-extremism laws.
Russian investigators inspected the religion's headquarters in St. Petersburg in February.
David Semonian, a spokesman at its world headquarters in New York, said regarding the proposed national ban that the Jehovah's Witnesses hope "Russia's Supreme Court will uphold the rights of our fellow believers in Russia to freely carry out their peaceful worship."


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BOOM! Bill Clinton's Accusers Want His SD Statue Taken Down: "Take a Sledgehammer to It"
Juanita Broaddrick and Kathleen Willey, two women who accused former President Bill Clinton of sexually assaulting them are demanding his statue in South Dakota be destroyed.
Juanita Broaddrick was very vocal about her disapproval of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Presidential election. She hasn't relented and now she is saying she would like to personally use a "sledgehammer" to destroy Bill Clinton's statue.
Fox News reports:
Two women who accused former President Bill Clinton of sexually assaulting them said it is time for his South Dakota statue to be destroyed.
In the wake of factions calling for the destruction of Confederate statues following violence in Charlottesville, Va., accusers Juanita Broaddrick and Kathleen Willey see Clinton as just as oppressive.
Broaddrick, 74, told the American Mirror that Clinton's statue in Rapid City is a symbol of an "abhorrent and morally deficient" president.
She said Clinton raped her inside a Little Rock, Ark. hotel in 1978.
"I would like to personally use a sledgehammer on it, with the help of Kathleen Willey and Paula Jones," she said of the statue. "Bill Clinton is abhorrent and morally deficient to say the least."
She said left-wing groups that often stand up for women's rights continue to ignore her allegations against the Democrat.
Jones, 50, said on Facebook that she is "100 percent offended" by the statue of the man she said abused her while he was governor of Arkansas.
In 1994, Jones sued Clinton, who settled for an estimated $850,000.
"Taylor Swift was only grabbed on the [expletive]. That's so wrong. But, not near as offensive as the governor groping you and showing you his little crooked [groin] and asking for sexual favors," she said.
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Dreams and psychic prophecies go hand and hand with each other. All of us dream at some time, and most of us dream on a regular basis. Mediums and psychics also dream and some of them receive the knowledge they obtain from other spirits and dimensions during the trance like sleep states.
Psychic Readers Who Gain Accurate Information From Dreams
A large portion of mediums receive the revelations that they get when they are asleep. Some of these people talk to spirits of the dead during the time they are asleep. The medium is relaxed and more receptive to the spirit at this time and they are more likely to be receptive to the messages that the other being is trying to get across.
Since time is not on the same continuum for every plane spirits do not always have a concept of time in our world. The dreams and psychic prophecies that these gifted mediums receive may have something to do with the past, or the present, or the future.
It will be up to the medium to try and interpret the dreams and psychic prophecies they have and determine what they can do to get the knowledge they have been given out to the right audience.
A large number of the mediums that work with law enforcement agencies receive the information they have on lost or murdered victims while they are sleeping.
These professional psychics take the knowledge they get when they are asleep and they give it to law enforcement so that the law enforcement officials might use it to solve crimes or find lost people. The solving of the crime will allow the spirit of the person that was the victim to be at peace.
A large number of us actually have light powers that allow us to prophesize and we are usually unaware of it. Have you ever had the uncanny ability to dream something and then the dream came true?
Maybe the dream would be a little different than the reality but in essence, the dream and the occurrence were the same. You were experiencing some psychic ability and did not even realize it.
A lot of people will tell you if you dream a dream more than once that it will come true for you. This is in part due to the fact that they themselves have some abilities to foresee the future when they are asleep.
The revelations they have concerning the future keep repeating themselves to them so the people believe that the event occurring had something to do with the number of times they had the experience rather than just because they had the experience.
Pay attention to dreams and see how closely related what you see in your mind at night is to what happens in your life during the day.


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So the final trailer has broken out for what is the most rabidly anticipated film since Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
Which is to say that the final trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens has sent fandom, film buffs and the Internet into a frenzy unseen since… since, well, the first and second teasers for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens.
Interestingly enough, it doesn't reveal that much more than the previous trailer did; but reveals just enough to fascinate and lure us in that little bit further. And, yes, we just saw Princess Leia for the first time since 1983 (think about that).
This is how you do trailers; you don't show us everything, don't give away key plot details, and – apparently – you pretend Luke Skywalker isn't even *in* the movie at all. Which is genius; because everyone is wondering where Luke is and it simply adds even more to the intrigue and anticipation. Three trailers and we've not had one clear view of the older Luke Skywalker; meaning we're going to go into this movie in December having no idea what to expect when it comes to the central hero of the Star Wars mythology. That's genius marketing. There's actually less of Luke (or none, as it happens) in this trailer than there was in the second teaser a few months ago.
Exacerbating this new, itchy, rash-like fan-boy condition known as 'Why-isnt-Luke-in-the-trailer-itis' is the fact that he isn't on the official poster either! Who makes a Star Wars movie with Luke in it and then doesn't put him in the poster? It is both troubling and very clever at the same time.
It's a good poster too; it maintains stylistic continuity with the previous Star Wars posters (as I've illustrated below), which is a good sign.
And the trailer is excellent. The more I see, the more I'm lured further and further away from my initial anti-new-trilogy stance from two years ago and the more I'm genuinely excited, at least for now. This trailer raises so many thoughts and considerations that it's difficult to process them all in one post; there aretwo specific subjects relating to this final Episode VII trailer that are so interesting that I'm going to cover them in two entirely separate articles that will appear some time over the next week or so; one being entirely about Luke Skywalker, the other being about that fascinating moment in the trailer where Han Solo tells Rey and Finn "it's all true", in regard to the Force and the Jedi (with the implication that the entire reality of the Force and the Jedi has already passed into 'myth' in this new trilogy era).
That being so, I'm mostly going to avoid talking about Luke or about the "it's all true" line for now and just focus on everything else.
And this trailer does the business. I wasn't expecting to be quite so stirred by it, having already been won over by the second teaser a few months back. At least one person I know told me they actually shed tears when they watched this new one the first time. John Boyega and Daisy Ridley both posted their own reactions to the trailer on their Instagram accounts; and it's pretty priceless and also infectious (a bit reminiscent of Ewan McGregor's glee at being cast as Obi-Wan Kenobi years ago). Ridley bursts into tears while watching the trailer on her iPhone, while Boyega throws himself over a couch and onto the floor, screaming "WHAT?"
They're excited, we're excited, and we're all set for an epic winter of 'Star Wars Steals Christmas'.
I still have some reservations about gambling with Return of the Jedi as the already-perfect end-point of the saga and about possibly changing our perception of Luke Skywalker forever (if the rumours and speculations prove to be true); but you can't watch this footage and not be both very excited and also immensely happy that we're about to experience a brand new Star Wars movie with our old heroes (and some new ones), complete with John Williams music, the Millennium Falcon, a whole bunch of Tie-Fighters, and everything else.
A cynic might rightly point out that we were all equally excited about The Phantom Menace and most people were left bitterly disappointed (I, however, still maintain that The Phantom Menace has numerous redeeming qualities). But it is patently evident this new entry-point for the new trilogy is going to be a lot darker and more intense than A New Hope or The Phantom Menace and a lot more adult in tone than both its predecessors. Also, given how extraordinarily dark the last Star Wars film was, The Force Awakens doesn't look like it's going to lighten the mood at all. Like ROTS, it is also to be rated PG-13.
And we've seen enough now to be pretty confident this film isn't going to be flat-out 'bad' either. But we still know surprisingly little about the key details, which is no doubt by design and is absolutely the correct approach to previewing/promoting this movie. We still don't know much about Kylo Ren. We still don't know for sure where Luke is or who 'Rey' really is. And the rumour mill is still in full flow, though by now many of the more baseless rumours have fallen away. But this differs a great deal from the prequel films in that regard; unlike in, say, Revenge of the Sith (which still had a jaw-dropping trailer, by the way), where we knew what the ultimate end-point of the story would be and knew what needed to happen, going into Episode VII there is no certainty, no pre-destination. To paraphrase Spock, "it's Star Wars, but not as we know it".
And that's both exciting and a little unsettling; we have no guarantees about how much screen-time Mark Hamill or Carrie Fisher are going to have, not even any guarantees that our old heroes are even going to *survive* the film (and according to persistent rumours allegedly from good sources, at least one of them isn't going to survive), and no guarantees that the big Luke/Han/Leia 'reunion' or interaction that we're expecting is even going to happen – there's no evidence so far that guarantees any Luke/Han/Leia scenes where they're all together and there is, in fact, every indication that this isn't going to be a nostalgia-fest at all.
However, we have now finally seen Han and Leia together in an embrace that does bring back all our nostalgic memories of Return of the Jedi; but more broadly speaking, it's all a total unknown entity we're now dealing with, being handled by new custodians. And that genuinely is fascinating. Yet of course there's just enough to put us at ease, such as the presence of John Williams; when the newer variation of the familiar ESB music kicks in about halfway through this trailer, the eternal moisture farmer in me reacts like it's a homecoming of the soul, much the same way as the initial shot of the Millennium Falcon did in the first teaser or the sight of Han Solo and Chewbacca did in the second one.
That's new music Williams has composed, even though its playing on the familiar, old themes; and yes, that was the moment that got me most in the gut, though visually speaking the most resonant moment of this trailer is the simple, early shot of Rey walking in the desert with BB-8 rolling along beside her (it's such a quintessentially Star Wars image).
It's clear that this film isn't going to try to 'top' or match previous Star Wars benchmarks in terms of action-sequence concepts or lightsaber duels or even the epic, mythic settings or scenarios; but instead is going to go its own route, perhaps a more 'realist' one than the epic, Shakespearean/Greek romance/tragedy of the Anakin Skywalker story. One senses from what we've seen in the trailers that the epic/mythic style of the prequels is done and dusted and that a more street-level, less idealised tone and style is coming (for better or worse). We already know that there's less reliance on excessive CGI (which admittedly harmed the prequels in places, but less so in ROTS than in AOTC) and more of a return to the OT-style effects/visuals, and this is in evidence in the limited footage we've seen.
This also looks like it's going to be a much faster-paced movie than either The Phantom Menace or A New Hope. The Abrams-isms are already evident in these trailers, both in terms of the un-Star Wars like pacing of shots and, for example, the noticeable use of lens-flare (like in the "Nothing will stand in our way" bit when Kylo Ren looks out the window at what may be the firing of the 'super-weapon' – it's a very Star Trek/2009 moment, which could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your disposition). I'm even suspicious that we might not have the classic Lucas screen-wipe transitions anymore.
What we do know is that we're going to get some intense action sequences, probably grittier, smaller-scaled and less epic than in the prequels; of course we are – it's Star Wars. But the Jakku desert dog-fight/chase scene is looking more and more bad-ass the more we see, while the dark, grim, moody lightsaber showdown with Kylo Ren looks bewitching already, shrouded in mystery and esotericism.
John Boyega's Finn, we can now see, has a showdown with Kylo Ren in that sketchy location; like most of what's in these trailers, it's a tantalising snapshot of something we don't fully understand yet.
Although Luke is of course glaringly absent, we also get our first proper glimpse of Carrie Fisher as Leia this time, which, though not as emotionally charged as the Han/Chewie reveal from the second teaser, is nevertheless reassuring. Little BB-8 gets cuter every time, perhaps intended to match Artoo's cuteness-level in A New Hope. The shot of the ball-droid rolling along beside Rey in the desert is a nice image, and the indication of that same master-companion dynamic with Rey/BB-8 that was so central to the OT with Luke/Artoo is a nice echo.
Speaking of Rey; as with the previous trailer, I have a really good feeling about Daisey Ridley's character.
Rey's Hoth-esque garb is particularly good here, it being very reminiscent of the early sequences in Empire Strikes Back, and very in keeping with the rustic feel of some of the most iconic Star Wars 'looks'. She's looking – albeit only via glimpses – like a potentially great Star Wars character already, and judging by the brief action shots, she's probably more suited to Star Wars than Natalie Portman was (and Daisy Ridley appears to have embraced her new Star Wars life with total enthusiasm and pride).
The evidence from the three trailers suggests to me that Ridley's character is the central hero of this new trilogy and that John Boyega's character is more of a supporting character in spite of his prominence in the trailers; much the same way that Artoo and Threepio were not the most important characters of the original Star Wars but were nevertheless the audience's primary 'eyes and ears' for that first movie (or perhaps also the same way Qui-Gon Jinn was the principal character in The Phantom Menace but had very little significance beyond it). A lot of what we're seeing might be marketing misdirection and the sight of Boyega's Finn wielding Anakin's blue lightsaber in this third trailer may be designed to make us think Finn is the principle Force-sensitive character, when the real central hero is probably Ridley's character. Or they're both Force sensitive; the first teaser's reference to "an awakening" suggests there are multiple Force-sensitive people emerging. But I think it's obvious Daisy Ridley's character is the primary protagonist.
The way we see her looking up at the sky as a spacecraft takes off is tellingly reminiscent of the famous Luke/sunset image from the 1977 original and may suggest that link; she seems written to emulate or echo the way Luke and Anakin were at the start of their respective trilogies. The character is apparently a scavenger in a ship graveyard, described as 'self-sufficient and solitary' (we even see her in a dusty workshop, reminiscent of Anakin in Episode I). She really does look the part; but I'm resisting the temptation to start referring to her as 'Rey Skywalker' yet.
It would also make sense that after two trilogies with male central characters, a third trilogy would revolve around a female protagonist; but essentially one who is still part of the Skywalker line, as Star Wars, like I Claudius, is basically a long family saga.
Meanwhile 'Captain Phasma' looks a lot like Vader when marching around with the troopers, cape billowing behind in a Vader-esque manner. Really hard to glean anything at all about Phasma, aside from that; the immediate sense is that the character might not that important in the long-run and might be a disposable figure, like Darth Maul was in the first prequel.
One of the most fascinating things hinted at in this trailer is, as previously mentioned, the idea that the Jedi and the Force have already become a distant myth in this time period. That's a subject I'm going to cover in another post soon, but looking back across all three teasers/trailers, the implication is very pronounced that the Star Wars era we're entering into now is one in which the events of the past are very far away from people's consciousness or understanding. We're seeing a galaxy that, even thirty years later, is very much a post-Empire and post-Republic setting, where there's a vacuum of sorts, not unlike the European Dark Ages that followed the fall of the Roman Empire.
Like classical Roman ruins dotting the landscape in Europe for centuries while less sophisticated societies toiled about in ignorance of the epic events of the past, we see downed Star Destroyers half buried in the sand, and in this trailer we see Daisy Ridley's character exploring the buried ship like a fifth century scavenger wading about amid the Mausoleum of Augustus or something similar.
This theme is further touched on by the first teaser's dialogue about there being "an awakening", almost like the beginning of an Enlightenment, where old knowledge is going to return to the present. That's all fascinating stuff to think about, potentially imparting a new dimension to an old mythology.
Still, despite all the footage we see, there are still more questions than answers, and it's still all so vague and tantalising – which is no doubt what it is designed to be and what it should be. If the aim is to raise the intrigue levels more and more, it is being decisively accomplished; and a Star Wars movie was going to have a supremely high anticipation and interest level anyway, but this very clever ratio of constantly revealing just a little bit while always holding back much more is proving incredibly effective.
We still haven't seen a single shot of Luke in any of the trailers. Max von Sydow's unnamed character is also still absent from all footage. Why is Rey crying in this trailer? Why does Leia look so sad when she's being comforted by Han? I have a hunch about what the answer to both questions might be, but I'm going to keep that to myself for now. We don't know what Leia's position in this era is for certain, nor do we know why 'The Resistance' should even exist, given that the Rebel Alliance supposedly overthrew the Empire thirty years ago. So many questions, so few answers.
And that's great; I genuinely am perfectly happy for nothing more to be teased or revealed between now and December. As jaw-dropping as the ROTS trailer was 10 years ago, it told us way too much about what was going to unfold. This time we're not going to have that problem.
A few more quick thoughts;
- I'm going out on a limb here, but the shot of the trees being blown up by a super-weapon (probably the 'Starkiller Base' weapon that some are complaining looks/seems too much like a rehash of the Death Star) suggests to me the planet Endor. I know the tree-heavy environment here looks similar to that of the Resistance's base, so it might just be the same planet as that. But Endor would make sense, as Kylo Ren would have to go to Endor in order to retrieve the remains of Vader's mask; so perhaps he retrieves the mask and then, when leaving, decides to eradicate Endor as an act of pure evil? Or even as revenge for the Ewoks role in the Battle of Endor? I'm just going to say right now – if they've written an Ewok Genocide into this film, I am going to be suing Disney for emotional damage.
- That super-weapon (being referred to elsewhere as the 'Starkiller' base weapon, the name incidentally being a nice throwback to Uncle George's original treatments for the first Star Wars) is the new Death-Star type thing depicted on the official poster and might be some kind of technology that can destroy worlds or even entire Solar Systems. This was of course also a central plot device in Abrams' 2009 Star Trek reboot, where a super-weapon was used to destroy Vulcan; except this super-weapon, from what I've been reading here and there, may be a planet itself, necessitating an assault (probably the X-Wing assault glimpses in all three trailers) to destroy it, which will of course be hugely reminiscent of the A New Hope and Return of the Jedi attacks on the Death Stars, albeit with a different twist (as this super-weapon, it is suggested, is actually a planet itself).
- Also if 'Rey' is, as many seem to believe, the daughter of Han and Leia (which is still just a rumour, even though some are reporting it as fact), you have to wonder why she appears to be a lonesome scavenger living on some isolated, backwater world? What the hell happened? I'm not sure she is the daughter of Han and Leia. I wonder if she might be Luke's daughter somehow; and given Luke's absence from the previews and his alleged isolation in this new story, it would make more sense that *his* daughter would be isolated and alone (which would also beautifully echo Luke's own isolation from his true family/parents in A New Hope). Just a thought.
- On the other hand, maybe she is Han and Leia's daughter. Another strong theory being circulated is that Rey and Kylo Ren are *both* Leia's children, with the implication that Luke tried training both of them at some point but that it went wrong and that's why Luke went into exile. There's also the heavy implication that there is certainly something tying Rey and Kylo Ren together, which is possibly hinted at on the official poster. Also the fact that both characters are only being referred to by first names – Rey and Kylo – might imply their surnames are being deliberately omitted to avoid revealing their real identities; although Boyega's character 'Finn' doesn't have a second name either yet.
- I have to make the point again: there's still no evidence whatsoever that we'll see Luke, Han and Leia together in this film. If we see Luke at all, I suspect it might only be right at the end. There's also a strong suggestion going around that Han and Leia are not the close, happy couple hinted at in Return of the Jedi (or in the later novels), but that they may in fact be largely estranged, which is something I never imagined would be the case and is actually a little disheartening. I mean, what else? Are we going to find that Artoo and Threepio had a big row sometimes after ROTJ and haven't spoken in thirty years? There is also a major possibility, as previously discussed, that Luke, Han, Leia and Chewie might *all* be done with after Episode VII. We can't assume they'll be around for the whole trilogy. And if you think the filmmakers wouldn't do that, bear in mind that JJ Abrams killed off the entire existing Star Trek timeline in his first Star Trek reboot movie in 2009. Can any of you even *imagine* what it'll feel like to watch Luke, Han, Leia or Chewie killed off? I'm not sure any of us Star Wars kids could handle that. But all of us – all Star Wars fans – should go into this film emotionally prepared.
- Speaking of that though, the indications really do seem to be that Carrie Fisher/Leia are not a major factor in the movie and that Leia may in fact have very little screen time; which would also be disheartening. But we know so little. Is Leia even a Jedi by this point? Has Luke trained her in the ways of the Force? There are lots of things like that we might've taken as given, but which we can't really take for granted at all. Not very long ago, we would've also taken it as given that the Rebel Alliance would've formed into a New Republic after the fall of the Empire, but we now know that that hasn't happened either, but that they're instead called the 'Resistance' – which doesn't sound like a government or a ruling power at all, but by definition sounds like it's still a 'rebel' organisation. Confused? Me too.
- The rubble – some sort of temple or hideout – that Han leads Finn, Rey, and BB-8 into may have some relationship to Boba Fett. Eagle-eyed fans have pointed out the Mandalorian symbol on a flag towards the top of the screen and some fans take it as a clue that Boba Fett might still be around. I find that very doubtful. I doubt they'd go that sort of fan-pleasing, revisionist route, and besides that, I doubt Fett (even if he did crawl out of the Sarlaac Pit) would still be alive after another thirty years. There is a rumour going around, however, that the veteran screen star Max Von Sydow – thus far absent from all trailer footage – might in fact be playing an elderly Boba Fett.
- I STILL think Hayden Christensen may be returning, if not for this film then for one of the next ones, and I still think Anakin Skywalker may have a real role in these films. I made this point after seeing the second trailer a few months ago – and was dismissed as being ridiculous, but a subsequent rumour seems to possibly reinforce what I was suggesting. I wrote back then; 'The other fascinating prospect for me, being an unashamed ROTS fan, is that the very next shot looks very much like the Lava planet of Mustafar from Episode III. Assuming that it's Luke we're seeing in this shot with Artoo-Deetoo (which the mechanical arm would strongly suggest), what would he be doing on Mustafar? Is there something there on that world he is looking to retrieve – something perhaps to do with his father, Obi-Wan, Padme or the events of ROTS? Or is he there on some sort of pilgrimage to somehow 'connect' with the spirit or the Force-resonance of the place where Anakin Skywalker 'died'? The fact that Artoo is in this shot may even indicate that what we're seeing is either (1) Luke being taken back to Mustafar by Artoo – remember Artoo was on Mustafar with Anakin in ROTS, or (2) Luke somehow engaging in some kind of mental time-travel to revisit what happened on Mustafar in ROTS'.
- RE, Anakin, I also wrote about that 2nd trailer; 'Does Luke's present-tense reference to his father in the teaser – "my father has it" – indicate Anakin Skywalker's Force-Ghost being alive and active in this new story? That would be a fascinating possibility; it would also raise the question of whether Hayden Christensen will be appearing in these films? Remember, the newest revised ROTJ edition has Hayden Christensen's ghost in the famous ending – that *should* in theory therefore be the form any subsequent Anakin-Ghost should have; and also given that Christensen is still around, still relatively young and still looks like that, it would be insane to have anyone else come on board to do that.' Some fans balk at the idea of Christensen returning, but I don't. It would make sense that Anakin Skywalker, now redeemed to the Light Side of the Force, would potentially be around in ghost-form for Luke to commune with. In theory, Obi-Wan and Yoda should still be around too, but somehow I doubt we'll see them.
- It may even be possible that the brief image we see in the second teaser that everyone takes to be Luke touching his artificial hand up to Artoo-Detoo is in fact not Luke at all, but Anakin. Could this be a flashback sequence somehow to ROTS? That background looks a lot like the lava planet of Mustafar. Artoo was on Mustfar with Anakin. And crucially, Luke's artificial arm/hand has synthetic flesh on it, but the hand we see in the teaser doesn't – but Anakin's artificial arm *was* entirely mechanical. I still think it's possible Episode VII is going to feature an Anakin/Episode III element.
- If you pay very close attention to the shot where Kylo Ren stands in the rain with his lightsaber (along with the rest of the 'Knights of Ren'), as the lightning flashes, there are dead bodies around them. The following thought occurs: we know that Kylo and his people are Sith fantasists/obsessives and we have the line "I will finish what he (Vader) started" – so what if Ren and the others are slaughtering young or would-be Jedi here? It might be that there are a small group of young Padawans Luke has been tutoring at some point, and what we've glimpsed here are the 'Knights of Ren' murdering them. This might even be a flashback sequence within the film, showing us something that happened in the past and explaining who Kylo Ren is and possibly why Luke has gone into isolation.
- I am not going to speculate on who's body is visible in the shot where Rey is crying. Others have been guessing; I find that matter too upsetting to ponder. It had better not be an Ewok.
- I don't buy – at all – the theory that bad-guy Kylo Ren is actually Luke Skywalker 'turned bad' and wearing a mask. I think it's Jar Jar in that costume; look at Kylo Ren's height – perfect match for Binks. Also, if we're going to see the 'Knights of Ren', surely we should also see the 'Knights of Stimpy' too…? I also can't help thinking of Monty Python's 'Knights Who Say Ni' every time someone mentions the Knights of Ren; that's probably not a good thing. As for the Kylo/Luke theory, that's going to be covered more in another post shortly.
- I've got to say something about the hashtag #BoycottStarWarsVII, which was started by trolls angry over the casting of John Boyega, claiming the film was promoting "white genocide". The same user also referred to director JJ Abrams as a "Jewish activist". On a serious note, this almost suggests that racism is more prevalent now than it was ten or fifteen years ago, because I don't recall anyone complaining about a black character being the second most important Jedi Master in the galaxy. Yet people are apparently objecting to a lowly Stormtrooper being played by a black actor? Of course I'm not shocked by such nonsense, as we see it all the time, and I was confronted with the "white genocide" nonsense when, for example, I wrote about the refugee crisis; I just think it's incredibly depressing that the subject always find its way into discussions about Star Wars. You also have to wonder if people like that have ever actually understood any of the Star Wars story and mythology; it was a black character who came closest to defeating the ultimate evil in the galaxy and almost saved democracy and prevented tyranny (Mace Windu), and it was of course the Original Trilogy's sole black character that was the one who blew up the Death Star. And the most popular (probably) character in the entire franchise was voiced by a black actor. And yet these nutjobs are suddenly offended in 2015 that there's a black Stormtrooper…?
- It's gone entirely unmentioned elsewhere, but surely the biggest shock/reveal in this trailer is that Han and Chewie appear to be Muslim converts now. Look at them – those are Muslim prayer motions they're doing. I mean, I know Abrams likes to do the unexpected, but shit, that's a big one! I guess a lot can happen in thirty years. Maybe that's why Han and Leia are supposedly estranged; maybe she wasn't down with his conversion. But if racist nutjobs are angry about a black guy being a Stormtrooper, just IMAGINE how angry they're going to be at Han and Chewie's new faith!
- Another big question: how on earth did Han lose the Millenium Falcon? And where's Lando? Everyone's favorite Cloud City hustler is almost certainly not involved in Episode VII, but there was a significant hint by Lawrence Kasdan in a Vanity Fair piece in which he said "Right now, there's no Lando Calrissian in (Episode VII). But Lando I don't think is finished in any way, shape, or form." And still no sign of Mon Mothma, Admiral Ackbar, etc, with the implication being that they'll only be minor characters, just as they were in the OT.
- There's a theory – probably unlikely to be true – suggesting Kylo Ren is the grandson of Emperor Palpatine; this being largely based on an old '90s Star Wars book series called Jedi Prince. I actually kind of like that idea; though it would mean we'd have to contemplate the idea of Palpatine having mated. And that's kind of gross.
All in all, December 2015 is shaping up to be something epic. This final trailer simply adds to the fascination and anticipation already evoked by the second teaser. We know we're going to get something spectacular and fascinating in two months time, and we have a lot of questions we'll have to grapple with before then. Also, the two key areas I avoided in this post are being covered in more depth in separate posts that'll be up soon; specifically, the elusive, troubling matter of Luke Skywalker and the fascinating implication in this trailer that knowledge of the Jedi and the Force has already become a vague 'myth' in this time-period of the Star Wars saga, which is a very interesting idea to explore in depth.
For now, as we count down the seven weeks or so until Star Wars: Episode VII is released, I feel like a kid again; and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
In the meantime, this was too cute not to show, so here's Daisy Ridley and John Boyega reacting to the final trailer…


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We have an exciting North & South Indian Combo menu this time. There are not many classes teaching Indian non-veg dishes. So we have added a non-veg dish this time!
Peas Pulav : Pilaf or Pulav isa dish made of aromatic basmati rice, fresh green peas and exotic spices.
Paneer Burji: A side dish made of scrambled paneer aka cottage cheese and medley of onion, tomato, bell pepper and flavorful spices.
Madras Chicken Curry: Chicken curry prepared using madras curry powder. A South Indian style of cooking chicken. It's a South Indian regional specialty which is simple and easy to make beginners chicken dish made with simple herbs and spices
Plain Whole Wheat Paratha: Whole wheat Indian flat-bread, a staple food of North India. Parathas can be made plain or with different vegetable fillings.
Cucumber Raita: A yogurt sauce made with raw cucumber and infused with spices. This is used as a cooling condiment to balance out the spicy food.


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The outlook was positive when West Boca Raton opened the season. Then the Bulls got off to an 0-3 start.
Instead of bickering among themselves and pointing fingers, however, catcher and vocal leader Alex Bonilla and the other seniors took charge and refused to allow any splintering to occur. The team then reeled off 13 consecutive games en route to winning the District 15-5A title, and enter Friday's regional semifinal game against St. Thomas Aquinas on a 10-game winning streak.
"We kind of felt like the first three games, we were still feeling our way," West Boca coach Brian Joros said. "Then we hit our stride and haven't looked back."
West Boca is 23-5, the fourth season in six years that the Bulls have had a 20-win season, but they have yet to make it past the regional playoffs to the state final four tournament. Joros said the mindset of this year's team is different from last year, and that winning means more to the players than individual stats and accolades.
"There's very little drama with this bunch," Joros said. "The whole team is more cohesive, players and coaches. We've had good leadership, and they said they're not going to go through another year like last year when there was too much selfishness.
"We had multiple agendas last year. The seniors said, 'Not again.' They want to play for the name on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back of the jersey."
While junior right-hander Michael Kelly and sophomore left-hander Parker Danciu, the scheduled starter Friday, have provided a strong anchor for the pitching staff -- the team pitching ERA is 1.33 -- the Bulls also have received solid contributions throughout the lineup and have a .338 team batting average.
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Killing Heidi Celebrate 20th Anniversary With First Shows In Ten Years
Okay, here's one Weir pretty stoked for (sorry): seminal triple j unearthed rockers Killing Heidi are finally – finally – back, and they're playing a special one-off show – for now – to reunite us all with the jams of our childhood.
Sister-brother duo Ella and Jesse Hooper are headlining the Queenscliff Music Festival this November, marking both their first show in ten (!!!!) years and a celebration of their twentieth anniversary as a band. They'll also drop a digital remaster of the iconic Reflector album to sweeten the deal even further – that'll drop via iTunes "very soon".
Before you get your hopes up for a full-on, full-time reunion, though, keep in mind that this is "a celebration, not a reformation," according to Jesse. "We thought this was a really special opportunity to reflect on that era, as it's Queenscliff's 20th anniversary – and we started Killing Heidi twenty years ago too!"
"We've been asked to perform live many times over the years and have always declined," says Ella. "But it just goes to show – never say never. I'm ready to celebrate that amazing time and also to claim that part of my journey as a songwriter. To join such a stellar lineup at this year's Queenscliff Music Festival is the perfect way to return to the stage for us. There are so many great artists playing this year, we can't wait! We love Queenscliff Music Festival and usually go with our family, so to be busting out the family band to perform this year is going to be killer.
"What Killing Heidi's music meant and still means to the people that shared that amazing time with us really blows me away. I meet so many people, especially young women, who tell me how Killing Heidi inspired them to be themselves, back themselves or even start a band, and I'm completely honoured that it had that effect on people."
Those amongst us who won't be heading down to Queenscliff can still hype up for some nostalgic ecstasy, however, with the band promising further announcements to come.
Revisit your childhood with "Weir" below!
Killing Heidi
Tour Dates
Friday 25th – Sunday 27th November
Queenscliff Music Festival @ Ballarine Peninsula, Victoria
Tix: qmf.net.au


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RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco said on Saturday it had dismantled an Islamist militant cell sending fighters to Syria and Iraq to join Islamic State and mount attacks on returning home.
The cell, the latest of series of radical groups authorities say they have uncovered, had been active in the city of Meknes and the towns of El-Hajeb and El-Hoceima in the Northern Rif mountains, the interior ministry said in a statement.
It said the head of the cell had been in contact with Islamic State and had sent volunteers.
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The North African kingdom has suffered attacks in the past by militants. In 2011 a blast in a cafe in Marrakesh killed 15 people including 10 foreigners. It was the worst attack since 2003, when suicide bombings killed more than 45 people in Casablanca.
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Cyrus D. Mehta*
There appears to be a troubling trend these days. Attacking the H-1B visa is code for keeping the Indians out. Leading the drumbeat against the H-1B are Senators Grassley (R-IA) and Durbin (D-IL), http://www.cyrusmehta.com/News.aspx. In his latest missive to the new USCIS Director, Senator Grassley makes H-1B bigotry politically respectable, http://tinylink.com/?I38d5pyKzi. While no one is denying the existence of fraud in the H-1B program, like in other visa programs, Senator Grassley finds fraud whenever he sees fit, especially when it concerns Indian computer consulting companies.
An IT consulting company may have several clients and can demonstrate that it is legitimately in the business of computer consulting. But it may not be able to pinpoint exactly where the H-1B beneficiary may work at the time of filing the petition. This does not mean that the company intends to commit fraud, as Senator Grassley thinks. When a law firm with many clients hires an associate, it is usually unable to ascertain with laser precision accuracy the client matter this associate will work on. Yet, the law firm has made a business judgment to hire an additional associate as it knows that a client will ultimately need the lawyer's services. If there is lag time in assigning this associate from one client matter to the next, the law firm still continues to hire the associate and pays him or her. No one would accuse the law firm of committing fraud. Such is the business model of many service related industries or professions, and it is difficult to understand why an Indian consulting company must pin point many months in advance, with extensive documentary proof from the client, where it will place its prospective H-1B employee when it has a history of assigning its workers on client projects and paying them regularly. And in the event of a lag between work assignments, the H-1B law prohibits an employer from "benching" and must continue to pay the required wage. Congress contemplated time lags between assignments, and enacted a law that required the employer to pay during the unproductive period. Why should this now be considered fraud?
More recently, Steve Hamm and Moira Herbst of BusinessWeek wrote a disturbing article, America's High-Tech Sweat Shops, http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_41/b4150034732629.htm?campaign_id=technology_related. Their article focuses on bad apples in the H-1B program, who have already been prosecuted, which means that the existing law works against the abusers. Unfortunately, the article fails to highlight a single positive aspect of the H-1B visa, and there are many. Recently, the fact that four out of the six US Nobel prize winners were foreign born is a testament to the fact that this award has something to do with a smart immigration policy, http://immigrationimpact.com/2009/10/09/nobel-prizes-winners-and-immigration-policy/.In the experience of this writer, most H-1B employers want to play by the rules, which are hyper-technical, difficult to follow and complex. They have been designed to trap the unsuspecting H-1B petitioner, especially one that relies on many H-1B workers. Yet, employers comply with obtaining prevailing wage data to support the market-based wage, post notices at various worksites and often respond in great and meticulous detail to requests for evidence or notices of intent to deny! One wonders why an employer would go through all of these hoops and hurdles if it wanted to hire a worker on the cheap. None of these employers were profiled in the article.
It would be one thing if the BusinessWeek article focused on serious H-1B abuses (and there are enough teeth in the current law to punish such employers) in order to advance the rights of aggrieved Indian H-1B workers, but it gives prominence to Programmers Guild, which has links with NumbersUSA and other white supremacist organizations. The Programmers Guild cares two hoots about any immigrant worker; rather it wants to get rid of them. If you visit the Programmers Guild website, http://www.programmersguild.org/, they caricature Indian companies and the lawyers that represent them. It is difficult to understand how Programmer Guild, and its lawyer head John Miano, who are given so much play in the article, can effectively represent the interests of even US programmers when all I see on their website is whining about immigrants. They have no seminars on cutting edge technology, entrepreneurship, job placement information, networking opportunities, nothing, except for anti-immigrant invective. It is not surprising that the BusinessWeek article is spewing the worst kind of racist invective against Indians. It appears to have hurt the sentiments of lots of hardworking Indian H-1B workers across the board as can be seen on one of the discussion boards of Immigration Voice, http://tinylink.com/?LunbQu2SHb. These same Indian H-1B workers from India are also hopelessly stuck in the Employment-based Second and Third Preference backlogs, which also work against India because of the per country limits in each of these categories.
The more one reads between the lines of the BusinessWeek article, it smacks of racist undertones such as the Brazilian disliking the curries of his Indian roommates, and the reporter having cheeseburgers with John Miano at a mid-century diner in "tony" Summit, NJ (which is code for those halcyon days prior to the 1965 Act after which Indians came to open their curry restaurants and H-1B sweat shops). Rather than profiling people who advocate for more restrictions on the H-1B program, especially its use by Indian companies, BusinessWeek could have also quoted people who could have spoken positively about the H-1B program and the value that these so called "body shops" have brought to American businesses, which have betrayed no hesitation in taking advantage of them. Also, the article does not clearly articulate that if a "body shop" plays by the rules, employs the H-1B worker and pays the required wage (higher of the prevailing or actual), posts the LCA, and charges a mark-up to the client, whether this can be characterized as fraud. Is there not a freedom for Indian companies, even Indian-owned companies, to contract and make a profit? Attacking the H-1B visa program is a convenient way to attack Indians and for xenophobes to disguise their fear or hatred of immigrants under the cloak of rational argument.
*Cyrus D. Mehta, a graduate of Cambridge University and Columbia Law School, is the Managing Member of Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates, PLLC in New York City. The firm represents corporations and individuals from around the world in a variety of areas such as business and employment immigration, family immigration, consular matters, naturalization, federal court litigation and asylum. Mr. Mehta has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is listed in Chambers USA, International WhoХs Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers, Best Lawyers and New York Super Lawyers. Mr. Mehta is the Chair of AILAХs National Pro Bono Committee and is also the Co-Chair of the AILA-NY Chapter Pro Bono Committee. He is a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Law Foundation (2004-2006). He was also the Secretary and member of the Executive Committee (2003-2007) and the Chair of the Committee on Immigration and Nationality Law (2000-2003) of the New York City Bar. He is a frequent speaker and writer on various immigration-related issues, and is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School where he teaches a course entitled ТImmigration and Work.У All opinions expressed herein are the personal views of Cyrus D. Mehta and do not represent those of the organizations he has been part of in the past and presently.
The author thanks Gary Endelman and Vivek Wadhwa for their encouragement and input.


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With Emily Rosner (free in the Festival Hub bar).
It's been 100 years since the October Revolution shook the world. ARIA-winning Zulya and the Children of the Underground look back at the last century of Russian song through the lens of traditional folk, Soviet pop, jazz, old movie favourites, great 20th-century Russian composers and originals. They interpret music contemporary to the major events of the last century – traversing the building of the Soviet Empire, the Great Patriotic war, the Space Race, the thaw of the 60s and stagnation of the 70s, Perestroika's 80s, the chaos of the Yeltsin years and the grim authoritarianism of the Putin era – all set to stunning archival footage.
With an over 20-year career as a harpist and vocalist, Emily Rosner boasts exceptional musicianship and a repertoire of diverse styles. She has recorded with artists including Lisa Miller and Kate Cebrano and will be playing enchanting performances before both shows free in the Festival Hub bar.


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I've decided to look at the New York Jets uniforms. I'm actually not a Jets fan in the least (I bleed black & purple - go Ravens!) - so this selection was intentional - I was hoping to work on a team that I thought could truly use a redesign and approach it as objectively as possible.
Originally founded as an AFL team named the Titans of New York, the Jets have been around since 1959 and have surprisingly seen a limited amount of change to their uniforms and logos since changing their name to the Jets.
Here's a look at their current logo & uniforms:
And here's a look at some older logos, uniforms, etc:
(Titans throwback)
With a name like the Jets, I feel like this team has so much potential for really engaging uniforms, imagery, etc. For a team named to represent the "jet age," they've played it extremely conservative.
Here is some jet imagery I've gathered for inspiration:
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For a while I would see the devil wherever I turned and here he is.
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It is very rare that I actually plan what I am going to paint. I like to start with something randonm like a bold stroke and then just see where my imagination takes me. Life is about planning and getting it right (I guess) but art is freedom and I intend to keep it that way