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That old maxim about defenses winning championships was being spread on pretty heavily during Super Bowl week.
By the Broncos, of all teams.
Yes, the very same AFC champions who tore up the league with a record 606 points, 55 touchdowns coming off Peyton Manning's arm, have been touting how strong their defense has become.
Measure it against Seattle's unit, which allowed a very miserly 231 points and ranked first against the pass and in overall D, and the Broncos would seem to be whistling a hollow tune.
But linebacker Danny Trevathan, a breakout player in his second NFL season, sees plenty of greatness in his defense, too.
"Oh yeah. You are supposed to have that attitude," Trevathan said. "On defense you're not supposed to let guys push you over. You are supposed to be the aggressor on defense and you are supposed to have that attitude. I think that is what makes playing defense so passionate to me.
"I think this game was meant for tough guys. You can't be soft out here."
No one is soft on either of these teams, of course. On the contrary, it's only the second time in 20 years that the top seed in each conference got this far.
It's also that classic matchup that so excites fans, media and, yes, players. The Seahawks can't wait for the chance to test themselves against Manning, seeking his second ring in an almost-certain Hall of Fame career.
"It's going to be a great challenge," middle linebacker Bobby Wagner said. "They're talented all across the board. They protect Peyton well and they run the ball well. He's definitely passed the ball well. It's up to us to do our jobs and make sure that we come ready to play."
Expect both sides to be very ready. Denver (15-3, No. 2 in the AP Pro32) is a 2 1-2-point favorite over Seattle (also 15-3, but top-ranked in the AP Pro32).
The main reason for that spread: In the points-crazed NFL, fans who bet early dive headfirst into the offense. With their wallets open.
Plus, the biggest star in this game, and pretty much any time he is in uniform, is Manning. That draws more support for the Broncos.
But not here.
Pro Picks sees the Seahawks' quick, relentless and heady defense putting more pressure on Manning than he has seen all season. Yes, he's been sacked only 20 times, and he might not go down a whole bunch in the Jersey Meadowlands on Sunday. But he will be forced to throw before he wants to or before his four outstanding receivers — Demaryius Thomas, Wes Welker, Eric Decker and tight end Julius Thomas — shake free from the tight coverage of the NFL's best secondary led by All-Pros Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas.
Seattle also brings the heat with the deepest rotation of linemen in the league, and some savvy, versatile linebackers. The Seahawks don't take their foot off the gas, either.
For the Broncos to prosper, they'll need a huge contribution from Knowshon Moreno and the running game. It could happen, particularly if the Seahawks are overly protective of not letting Manning get on track.
But hardly anyone dominates on the ground against Seattle.
For those who believe the Seahawks will need to light up the scoreboard to beat the Broncos, we think a couple of touchdowns and a few field goals will do the job. Silent man Marshawn Lynch running the ball in Beast Mode, and some improvisation from quarterback Russell Wilson — along with the best defense since the 2000 Ravens — will be enough.
2013 RECORD: Against spread: 0-2 (118-127-7). Straight up: 1-1 (164-99-1).
Best Bet: 10-10 against spread, 16-4 straight up.
Upset special: 8-11 against spread, 5-14 straight up.
That old maxim about defenses winning championships was being spread on pretty heavily during Super Bowl week.
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New Video - Heat Embossed Background
Monday, August 31, 2015
Hello Friends,
We have just added another new video to our YouTube channel. This is a heat embossed background technique by DT member Jeanette. In the video Jeanette demonstrates how to create a one of a kind background design using the Whimsy background stamp Life Defined some white embossing powder and then sponged on ink.
You can visit our YouTube channel or watch below.
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Lizzy Love....."Jane's Long day at the Office"
Friday, August 28, 2015
Hello everyone! Cindy here today to share a card I made using a Lizzy Love stamp called "Jane's Long day at the Office".
I used Faber-Castell Gelatos to make the background and added vellum over the top to mute the colors a little. I also used the gelatos to color the background behind her. I colored her with my Copic Markers and heat embossed the sentiment.
Hope you like my card!
Have a fabulous weekend!
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Labels: card, Copic Markers, Faber-Castell Gelatos, Jane's Long Day at the Office, Lizzy Love, Whimsy Stamps
Wee Hamster
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Here's another stamp I found that has never seen ink. I have way too much crafty stash that's for sure. This is Xmas Hamster by Sylvia Zet for Whimsy Stamps (try saying that fast ha!)
Copic colours used:
Hamster: E21, 00, 000, R20; E79, 77, 74, 70; R46, 35, 24, 14
Bauble: BG75, 72, 70; R46, 35, 24, 14, YR23, Y23, 15, 11
Ugh I thought I had a close up of the colouring but don't seem to have saved it – sorry.
Products used:
Whimsy Stamps Xmas Hamster stamp
Whimsy Stamps Christmas Tree Die – isn't this one just sublime with all the swirls?
Whimsy Stamps Sentimentables Dies – Holiday Set (for the Warm Wishes sentiment)
Whimsy Stamps Holly & Berries die (for the leaves)
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Labels: Bev's Creations
New Video - Pocket Tissue Holder
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Hello Friends!
We have a new video up on our YouTube channel. This week DT member Vicki shows us how to create these adorable tissue holders, perfect when you need a get well soon message for friends and loved ones.
Click here to watch the video now or visit our YouTube channel.
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Bountiful Ceci
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Hello Whimsy Fans! I hope your week has been going well and you're getting in some crafty time. My kids went back to school last week, so it's been so nice having a quiet house and getting caught up on projects that have been long neglected!
As we move into the Autumn season, I thought Bountiful Ceci would make for a perfect Autumn image.
She's been colored up with copics and colored pencils for the deeper shadows.
Thanks for stopping by today and hope your upcoming weekend is fabulous!
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Labels: Art by Mi Ran, Shelby's Creations
New Video - Let's Color
Friday, August 21, 2015
Hello Friends,
Today we have a new video up on our YouTube channel. This one is by DT member Kimberly and it's an in depth coloring tutorial using our Wee Stamps Dolly rubber stamp. In this video, Kimberly shares tips as well as demonstrates coloring techniques with both Copics and Promarkers.
Grab your stamps and markers and join Kimberly in a color along!
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Sounds Of the Sea
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Hello Whimsy Friends! have you had a good Summer
so far, the card I am sharing with you lovely peeps today
is all about summer day's. I can remember going to the beach
and trying to find shell's to to put to my ear,
so I could hear the ocean breaking, the summer seemed eternal
then, now they seem to pass by in seconds.
For my card I have used Sounds Of the Sea By
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Labels: Art by Mi Ran, Sounds of the Sea.
Masked Background Technique Video
Monday, August 17, 2015
Hello Friends!
Today we released a new video over on our Whimsy Stamps YouTube channel. This one is by DT member Jeanette and she demonstrates how to use distressed inks to create a beautiful one of a kind background. She has also included a coloring tutorial of our adorable Jelly Bean rubber stamp!
You can see her video over on our channel or click below to watch now. Enjoy!
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Sunflower Buggies
Hi Whimsy Fans, Ellie here today! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hope you're having a wonderful summer! It's almost over so be sure to enjoy the last few weeks of it :-)
Summertime here on the Whimsy blog today too, with this bright sunflower card I recently created. If you are a member of the Whimsy Stamps Facebook fan page, then you might remember seeing it there.
A pretty simple card to create.
I just did some masking, inking and stamping. The flower was stamped twice, once onto my card front, then onto another white piece of card stock. This time I made coloring easy but simply inking it with my ink applicator tool and distress inks, using 3 different shades. Then I cut the flower out and adhered it onto my card front. The little white flowers were colored using a white faber castell pitt marker.
You can find the Whimsy Products here:
Also used:
Neenah card stock, washi tape for masking, distress inks, stickles glitter, faber castell pitt marker
Enjoy your day and
Happy Stamping!!
Labels: Meljen's Designs
New Video - Chalkboard and Wood Grain and some Coloring too
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Hello Friends,
Today we launched our first videos from our new Video DT member Vicki using some Whimsy goodies. Vicki created two tutorial videos for you today. One is a technique focused video with how tos on creating a chalkboard look and an easel card with a wood grain faux finish. Part two is a coloring tutorial video using Copic markers to color the image Vicki used on her final Easel Card creation.
Be sure to subscribe to the Whimsy Stamps YouTube channel so you don't miss out on our weekly video posts!
Video One: Easel Card
Video Two: Coloring with Copics
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Announcing our New VIDEO Team and new Rubber DT Members
Monday, August 10, 2015
Thank you to all who applied for our new VIDEO DT. It was fun getting to watch videos and see all the awesome creativity! We are excited to announce our new members....
Please welcome Jeanette Comerford, Kimberly Brown, and Vicki Parson! Each of these talented ladies will be sharing their creativity using Whimsy products featured in video tutorials each week on our Whimsy Stamps YouTube channel.
Be sure to check out our Whimsy Stamps YouTube channel and become a subscriber today. Our first video team upload will be later this week!
Faye Wynn-Jones and Michelle Oatman! We are thrilled to have both of these talented ladies joining our full time team!
Stay tuned for lots of fun and crafty goodness from the Whimsy Stamps Design Teams!
Please welcome Jeanette Comerford, Kimberly Brown, and Vicki Parson! Each of these talented ladies will be sharing their creativity using Whimsy products featured in video tutorials each week on our Whimsy Stamps YouTube channel.
Be sure to check out our Whimsy Stamps YouTube channel and become a subscriber today. Our first video team upload will be later this week!
Faye Wynn-Jones and Michelle Oatman! We are thrilled to have both of these talented ladies joining our full time team!
Stay tuned for lots of fun and crafty goodness from the Whimsy Stamps Design Teams!
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"On Little Wings" takes flight
What people are saying
about "On Little Wings"
Below are excerpts from reviews. Click to see entirety.
I think I found my new favorite book! It's definitely up there with my favorite classics... It's been a long time since a book has touched me this much.
This was a beautifully written book where you care about the characters... I will definitely be reading this book again.
...I loved the author's voice. She wrote beautifully reminding me that the power of words is not limited to classic writers, but it lives within all of us.
The author also has a way with words that made me want to reread and reread and then copy the passages. I even read quite a few out loud to my husband...
Once in a great while you encounter a novel that entices you on the first page and beguiles until the last word. "On Little Wings" by Regina Sirois is such a book.
Beautiful and intelligent. I couldn't put this book down and I highlighted so many passages and descriptions because they were outstanding.
I thoroughly enjoyed her writing style. She creates beautiful, realistic characters that you can relate to and her descriptions brings you right inside the book.
This will definitely be added as one of my favorite books of all time. I could have finished it one day early, but I forced myself to stop because I wanted just one more day, just a few more minutes, of reading.
Throughout the book the author every so sly-fully included lines from classic literature, putting a large focus of the book on the power of words. I loved this aspect of the book...
I started it around 8:00 pm at night and I stayed up till 3:45 AM to finish it. I think I broke my record with this book. (Usually I make myself stop reading around 2:00) but I couldn't put it down.
There are few books that you want to hold onto for the rest of your life. This book is one of them for me... I'm in love with every single character and I wish I could go to their little world and meet them.
This book has a lot of important lessons to teach. A book about family and sisterhood - my very favorite kind of book to read... Never a dull moment & emotions traveling fullspeed ahead...
I have read many, many books in my long life, and this is definitely one of my favorites
The words just flow and surround you with comfort, humor, angst, longing, hope, fear... I can't remember a modern book that has the intelligence and beauty
Now I close my eyes and find myself in the places shes painted for us... and I want more.
a wonderful story about love, in all it's many facets; first love, family love, lasting love, unrequited love, love of self, love of nature
Not only is the story rich, compelling, and beautiful, it is also real. Worth reading and re-reading.
It will make you laugh, become angry at times, and cry. You won't want to miss this one.
I laughed, I fell in love with the writing, and I even cried
The imagery in this book was amazing. You can hear the waves, smell the sea air, and feel the emotion running through the town - the sadness, anger, longing, and eventual peace.
The characters are so believable I was disappointed when I finished the book and they were gone. A beautiful work that kept me reading well into the night.
Imagine the refreshing honesty of Sarah Plain and Tall, but with modern eloquence meshed with laughter that both touches the soul and lightens the heart.
this one has some of my favorite people and the most beautiful words of any book I've ever read. I loved reading it as an adult, and I would have adored it in my youth. This story has it all ..
This is my new favorite. On Little Wings is one of those books that you want to share with everyone
I rarely give book 5 stars, but this one deserved all 5 and more if I could. There was only one thing that I didn't like about this book, and that was that it ended.
Sirois has woven a complex, believable plot skillfully with threads of exceptionally delicious prose.
The author also has a way with words that made me want to reread and reread and then copy the passages.
... I desperately wanted to read, even when I was supposed to be cleaning ... I love, love, love the characters! They were all very real, with understandable hopes, dreams, frustrations.
"Laughing through tears" is the first thing that comes to mind. This story literally carried me through a roller coaster of emotions ... from which I didn't want to get off.
Be prepared to read this in one sitting because you will not want to put it down!
It is the best book i have read in a long time ... On Little Wings is heartfelt and beautiful.
Wow... I have not been this captivated by a book in so long... This one definitely ranks at the top of my favorites list.
... one of the first emotionally intelligent books that I have read in a long time. It has been a few days since I finished and I still find myself thinking about the story.
I am completely in love with it... I hope all of your books have a LITTLE in them.
This book is refreshing! It is very well written,(and a love story you could let your teenage daughters read)! ... Be prepared to not get a lot done once you start!
I devoured this book in three days. If I had been a little less busy, I'm sure I would have read it in a day, and it's not a short novel! It was THAT good!
On Little Wings--So beautifully written. I had to slow down to enjoy the language that Regina Sirois uses. She is a wordsmith... I have thought of nothing else for days.
On Little Wings has become and will remain my favorite book to read. I pick it up whenever i need to leave my own world with its struggles.
This may have been the most under-discussed, phenomenal contemporary YA novel I've read all year. Heartbreaking and redemptive at once.
I grew up hearing of the beauty of Maine... The reference in On Little Wings to the Maine accent brought memories of my late grandfather rushing to my mind.
From the first pages, I knew this would be a book I would keep on my shelf as a friend to be read again. Not only is the story intriguing, but the way the story is written is such a treat.


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Here then, for your personal anger, are some smartphone problems which are encountered in many mobile devices that humankind still has to deal with, as if we just created them yesterday. Do not take it lightly though, some of the issues listed below can ruin a perfect day, especiqally when you are trying to take the best picture or send an important message to an important person.
1. The Display Auto Rotates When it Should Not
Some elements look better when a phone is organized in portrait mode. Other elements look better when the phone is kept in landscape mode. This is the regular and even healthier mode, except for video clips. If you capture a film in portrait mode, then you will have a problem
Going between these modes is simple enough; the receptors in every phone identify spinning quite accurately. But if you are not rotating the gadget deliberately, like if you are putting it down on its back or trying to read the screen while in bed, you are generally good to go. There are methods to lock your screen in just one of its drop-down or configurations, but then you would have to turn the phone off once you are done. It is simpler just to sit up.
And there is another problem which happens sometimes. We are trying to look at an image that is rotated at 90 degrees from how it should be, as if the device does not know which part is down. Moving the phone, like some might do, just causes it to modify its alignment exactly when you do not want it to do so.
2. The Volume Control Adjusts to the Incorrect Level
Our mobile phones can reproduce plenty of sounds thanks to all the PC parts that they have, and the sounds have their own levels of volume. There is a volume for primary phone noises, one for notifications, one for alarm systems and another one for films or songs.
And yet, the phone has only one volume control to perform these individual resources (again, without going too deep into it). It is changing according to the context and will modify the volume of the sound you are playing, which is the correct for 95 % of situations.
But in a few strange cases, it is obvious you want to modify a different audio entirely. Just like when you want to look at video clips or plan games on the smart phone without making noise, pushing the volume key before the device makes sounds, does not modify the video or game volume – but it just adjusts its ringer.
3. Autocorrect Option Fails
There are two big issues with autocorrect. One is that it still creates plenty of errors. The web is loaded with examples of users who have had even major problems because a word was not spelled correctly and the receiver got a very different message
But the second issue goes further than that. Autocorrect options have made many people sluggish. Because they take care of many errors that we make, we have not developed the skills we need to write a message from zero. Our increasing dependency on autocorrect is affecting our grammar and capability to spell correctly the words.
4. Mobile Web Sites
With few exceptions, the modern websites are completely navigable on a mobile phone. Even the smallest of user interface components can be utilized by easily zooming in a little closer, a move which every smart phone manages with no problem. The user interface of many websites can be facilitated for mobile phones to use them.
But that is worth doing if it does not affect whatever it is the page is good at .It is typical to see websites make an attempt to speed up by introducing mobile customers with an absolutely different website with a completely different user interface, and considerably reducing the pages' speed.
5. The Screen Keeps Switching Off
We cannot keep our displays on all time, which indicates that they turn off after a few minutes of inactivity. This period restriction is personalized by the customer, and it is always the incorrect time frame. No matter how you plan it, your smart phone display will either be on for much too long once you are done utilizing it. Or, it will close off after not using it for a couple of minutes, making to turn it on again, a complex activity demanding at least some dexterity.
As a reaction to this, some smart phone producers have designed face receptors to identify when we quit looking at the display, and only then it is turned off. Obviously, it is unjust and unreasonable to require our mobile phones to have mind-reading skills. Next time when you look at your smartphone screen just observe it for a longer time and you might find out that your dear gadget is looking back at you.
6. Battery Power Life
How many of you have modified your public lifestyle in accordance with the present battery life of your phone? We have definitely played at work with the mobile phone and the battery charger or taken more time to give the battery charger more time to power. And we are not alone.
Humans are starting to have actual stresses around not having a performing phone. It is known as nomophobia, and it is a fitting name for something so foolish. These gadgets are expected to create a simpler and better life, and yet here we are, truly making them an obsession for us.
What is even more problematic is that these low quality battery powers are showing to producers and dealers just how much people are willing to put up with. By telling ourselves that we are willing to live our life around our phone battery, we have basically all decided to put on a twelve-hour bubble. Smart phones are great gadgets, maybe even have a sentimental value for many. But how long will it be before we get even further in our quest for the perfect smart phone?
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Will there be a Windows 8 tablet under your Christmas tree? According to an article from CNET, a source has claimed that Windows 8 tablets built on Intel architecture will be available in November of this year.
The CNET source also reports that there will be more than a dozen Windows 8 tablet models available, and that more than half of them will be more than just tablets. So, if the source is accurate we can expect to see a variety of dockable tablet / convertibly notebook type options on the shelves.
The tablets identified by the CNET source are the Intel variety, not to be confused with Windows 8 RT–the Windows tablets built for ARM-based hardware platforms. Windows 8 RT tablets are a closer comparison to existing tablets like the Apple iPad, or Samsung Galaxy Tab because the leading tablets are all built around ARM architecture. However, Windows 8 RT will not be able to join a Microsoft network domain, and are not capable of running legacy Windows desktop applications, so their functionality from a business perspective may be hobbled.
Windows 8 tablets running on Intel (or AMD) chip architecture, however, is simply Windows 8 in a different form factor. It will be able to connect to a network domain, and run the same software as Windows 8 on a more traditional laptop or desktop PC.
The tablet in and of itself is already making a dent in the business world because the portability, touchscreen interface, and exceptional battery life make it an ideal device for many tasks. If Microsoft succeeds in delivering a solid tablet experience that is also an extension of the Windows 8 PC and is capable of running the same software users rely on while they're sitting at their desk it could be a serious tablet contender.
There are still a number of question marks, though–particularly for the Intel/AMD architecture Windows 8 tablets. If the Windows 8 tablets are thicker, heavier, and more expensive, with less battery life than their ARM-based rivals, the Windows 8 tablet could be dead on arrival.
Should you hold off on making a tablet decision until November? If you're not in a hurry, there is certainly some logic to that strategy. But, there will always be another wave of hot new tablets coming out soon and you can't wait forever.
On the other hand, it's only six months away. From a business perspective, it makes sense to wait and see what the Windows 8 tablets will bring to the table, and how much they'll cost before making a decision on a tablet platform.


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NFL: Tebow's doubters becoming believers
Published 12:00 am Monday, January 9, 2012
By Eddie Pells
Associated Press
DENVER — He kneels in prayer at times when many players would be pounding their chest, and is winning with a style the experts insist cannot work for long.
Tim Tebow's formula for success and fame is not typical for the NFL. So, is it a football miracle? Or the perfect blend of luck, timing and big plays? That's the debate that makes the tale of the Denver Broncos quarterback one of the most compelling stories in America these days.
Hardly anyone stands on neutral ground when it comes to the purveyor of this unorthodox mix of throwing mechanics, big-time sports and devout religion, a 24-year-old Christian who is the subject of comedy skits on Saturday nights and serious sermons on Sunday mornings.
But what most people will agree on is that it's hard to take your eyes off Tebow these days — a man who unapologetically uses football to take his message beyond the field while also taking his team on an unexpected ride through the playoffs.
"I'm just very thankful for the platform that God has given me, and the opportunity to be a quarterback for the Denver Broncos — what a great organization," Tebow said after his latest shocker — an 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime Sunday to beat Pittsburgh 29-23 in the wild-card playoffs.
The play, according to Twitter, spawned a record 9,420 tweets per second.
Not lost in that flurry was that Tebow threw for 316 yards and set an NFL playoff record by averaging 31.6 yards. That's "316," as in John 3:16, one of the most-often cited Bible passages for Christians, the most widely searched item on Google for much of Sunday night into Monday, and the message Tebow used to stencil into the eyeblack he wore when he played college ball at Florida.
Not that referencing the Bible or thanking God is anything new in sports. After NFL games for years, a small group of athletes gather around midfield, kneel, hold hands and pray. That devotion has been largely ignored or even criticized by media and fans.
"The thing with Tebow is that he seems more genuinely religious than most athletes, who seem to be religious to win games," said Clifford Putney, author of the book "Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920."
That might help explain why Tebow's gestures are not being overlooked, but part of an ever-growing sensation. It started building when he won the Heisman Trophy and two national titles at Florida, though he was steeped in strong religion well before that — born in the Philippines to missionary parents.
More recently, he introduced mass culture to the art of "Tebowing" — kneeling on one knee, elbow perched on the other, fist to forehead — while chaos is erupting around him. The practice now has its own website, with pictures of people Tebowing in a research lab, in front of the Sydney Opera House, in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, etc.
Entertaining as all that has been, it has made fans and the media rethink the way they judge and cover their sports stars. Reporting that a player was including the Lord in his postgame analysis has long been widely thought of as trite and inappropriate, something to simply skip over when typing in the quotes.
Tebow's five fourth-quarter comebacks and his four overtime victories — each more improbable than the last — and his steady, genuine, yet somehow unassuming insistence on bringing God into the conversation has forced an uncomfortable question upon those who want to make it only about what happens between the lines.
Does God really care about football?
"Not one whit," said Joe Price, a professor in the religious studies department at Whittier College. "But does God care about people who play football? You betcha."
In a sports season filled with unsavory stories — NFL and NBA labor wars, child sex abuse scandals at Penn State and Syracuse, and a baseball MVP accused of using steroids — Tebow is seen by many as a sports star who really could be a role model, contrary to what Charles Barkley or anyone else might say.
But the Tebow angst still exists, in large part because there is seemingly no way to analyze what he does on a football field without religion seeping into at least some part of that analysis.
Opine about his unorthodox throwing motion — widely derided by scouts and coaches and seemingly more suited for tossing a boomerang than a football — and the quick assumption becomes that you might not like him because of his religious beliefs.
Defend him as a winner who cares less about conventionality and depends more on moxie than mechanics — well, then you must be drinking the Kool-Aid, a Tebow fan because you're in line with his Christian beliefs.
"I still have doubts about him as a long-term answer, as I think most reasonable people do," said radio host Sandy Clough, who has been manning Denver's sports talk shows for more than 30 years. "Does one game, if he plays well, not only invalidate his play from the other (bad) games but anything anyone's ever said about it? Well, no it doesn't. It's all part of the mix. It's a fascinating mix. He's the toughest player I've ever had to analyze, because there are all these extraneous factors you have to bring in."
Sensing the excitement and loving his message, Tebow is also being courted by Republican presidential candidates. The quarterback recently told The Associated Press he's been asked by more than one of the contenders for his support. He wouldn't name names, but did say he'd declined the offer.
"I think you have to have so much trust in who you support, just from product endorsements to endorsing a candidate because if that person or company does something (bad), it reflects on you," said Tebow, who's a pitchman for Nike, Jockey and FRS energy drink.
Tebow has, however, placed himself in the political realm before — two Super Bowls ago when he starred in a Focus on the Family commercial with his mother sharing the story of how she gave birth to him in the Philippines in 1987 after spurning a doctor's advice to have an abortion for medical reasons. After being criticized for that ad, he didn't do an encore and instead tries to toe the line of showing his religion without shoving it down people's throats.
That hasn't stopped people from mocking him — and worse.
After Tebow was particularly bad in an ugly loss to Buffalo on Dec. 24, comedian and talk show host Bill Maher sent out a tweet that basked in the QB's misfortune, blaming Jesus for the loss. "And on Xmas Eve! Somewhere in hell Satan is tebowing, saying to Hitler 'Hey, Buffalo's killing them,'" Maher tweeted.
Maher, in turn, was roundly ripped for the post.
Less toxic was the recent skit on "Saturday Night Live," where "Jesus" materializes in the locker room with an actor portraying Tebow, admits he is pulling some strings during these Bronco games, then after being told the New England Patriots are next on the schedule, suggests Tebow substitute his playbook, "the holy Bible," for one with some Xs and Os.
The "SNL" Jesus also concedes that he, personally, prays to the Broncos place-kicker, Matt Prater, whose excellence has defined what the Tebow sensation has been about for most of this season: a bunch of teammates, motivated by a less-than-perfect leader who never gives up, coming together and picking each other up when the going gets tough.
A great story line that has held most of the year.
The twist on Sunday, though, was that for the first time this season, it could reasonably be argued that Tebow was a one-man show. In the win over Pittsburgh, he completed five passes of 30 yards or more. And with his defense struggling, he threw a perfect strike for the game-winner to receiver Demaryius Thomas, who didn't have to change his stride and, thus, ran untouched into the end zone.
"He was the same Tim, calm and collected," Thomas said. "He took it one play at a time and was in the huddle and said, 'It's either we win or we go home.'"
AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Stapleton contributed to this report.
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"Judge Ouderkirk denied Ms. Jolie a fair trial, improperly excluding her evidence relevant to the children's health, safety, and welfare, evidence critical to making her case," according to the filing in California's Second District Court of Appeal.
The actress also said the judge "has failed to adequately consider" a section of the California courts code, which says it is detrimental to the best interest of the child if custody is awarded to a person with a history of domestic violence. Her filing did not give details about what it was referring to, but her lawyers submitted a document under seal in March that purportedly offers additional information.
Jolie sought a divorce in 2016, days after a disagreement broke out on private flight ferrying the actors and their children from France to Los Angeles. Pitt was accused of being abusive toward his then-15-year-old son during the flight, but investigations by child welfare officials and the FBI were closed with no charges being filed against the actor. Jolie's attorney said at the time that she sought a divorce "for the health of the family."[Sponsored] Regrow Hair in 30 Days?
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Three of Jolie and Pitt's six children are teenagers, 17-year-old Pax, 16-year-old Zahara, and 14-year-old Shiloh. The oldest, Maddox, is 19 and not subject to the custody decision. They also have 12-year-old twins, Vivienne and Knox.
In response to Jolie's filing, Pitt's attorneys said, "Ouderkirk has conducted an extensive proceeding over the past six months in a thorough, fair manner and reached a tentative ruling and order after hearing from experts and percipient witnesses."
Pitt's filing said the judge found Jolie's testimony "lacked credibility in many important areas, and the existing custody order between the parties must be modified, per Mr. Pitt's request, in the best interests of the children."
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It's not clear what the current custody arrangement is because the court seals most files. When the divorce process began, Pitt sought joint custody and Jolie sought primary physical custody — meaning the children would live more than half the time with her. But changes have been made that have not been made public.
Peter Harvey, a lawyer for Jolie who is close to the case but not directly involved, said the actress "supports joint custody" but the situation is complicated and he can't go into detail because the court proceedings are under seal.
Divorce lawyers for both sides declined to comment on the new filings.
Harvey told The Associated Press that Jolie's family struggles have prompted her to take a more active role in changing the law's approach to custody issues.
"Ms. Jolie has been working privately for four and a half years to both heal her family and to fight for improvements to the system to ensure that other families do not experience what hers has endured," said Harvey, a former attorney general of New Jersey who has been working with Jolie on policy issues.
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Jolie has sought to disqualify Ouderkirk, a private judge she and Pitt chose to maintain their privacy, arguing that he has an improper business relationship with one of Pitt's attorneys.
She said in Monday's filing that if the tentative custody decision is made final by Ouderkirk, she will appeal it.
Jolie, 45, and Pitt, 57, were among Hollywood's most prominent couples for 12 years. They had been married for two years when Jolie filed for divorce. They were declared divorced in April 2019, after their lawyers asked for a judgment that allowed a married couple to be declared single while other issues remained, including finances and child custody.
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The markets pulled back from five-year highs Wednesday after the Federal Reserve maintained its easy-money policy without offering any additional accommodation.
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According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 44.2 points, or 0.32%, to 13910, the S&P 500 slipped 5.9 points, or 0.39%, to 1502 and the Nasdaq Composite dipped 11.4 points, or 0.36%, to 3142.
Over the past few weeks, the markets have quietly trudged higher, with the Dow coming within less than 2% of its all-time high, and just points away from the 14000 mark. So far, the blue-chip average is more than 6% for the year in its best annual kick off in nearly a quarter century. Volatility, as tracked by the CBOE's VIX, has ticked up slightly in recent days, but remains well below the 100-day moving average.
Wall Street's main focus Wednesday was on the U.S. economy.
The Federal Reserve said it will hold the pace of quantitative easing steady at $85 billion a month and hold interest rates at record lows until the unemployment rate falls below 6.5%, as expected. The central bank also says economic growth has "paused" recently as a result of weather and other "transitory" factors.
A first look at fourth-quarter gross domestic product from the Commerce Department showed the U.S. economy contracting at an annualized pace of 0.1%, compared to estimates of a 1.1% expansion. It was the first decline since the second quarter of 2009, when the economy was beginning to recover from the financial crisis. Commerce said the decline was mostly attributable to private inventory, federal government spending and the trade deficit.
The reaction on Wall Street was fairly muted, with some economists noting a series of one-time factors contributed to the sharp drop from the 3.1% growth rate in the third quarter.
"While vindicating the Fed's aggressive policy stance, the economic weakness late last year should not be a cause of renewed concern for policymakers," Chris Williamson, chief economist at market-data company Markit wrote in an email. "More up-to-date economic data have also indicated the recovery has regained traction as we move into 2013."
Meanwhile, the ADP National Employment Report showed the U.S. private sector added 192,000 jobs in January, topping estimates of 165,000. The data come ahead of the more closely-watched monthly jobs report from the Labor Department on Friday.
Recent data have pointed to continued gains for the embattled jobs market, but ones that have only been sufficient to slowly push the unemployment rate lower to 7.8% as of December after peaking at 10% during the financial crisis.
In corporate news, Boeing's (NYSE:BA) fourth-quarter earnings and outlook topped expectations, but revenues fell short. Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) missed on the top and bottom lines after the bell Tuesday, but traders remained bullish, sending the stock zipping higher.
In commodities, oil prices topped the $98 a barrel mark for the first time since September before pulling back slightly. The benchmark contract settled higher by 37 cents, or 0.38%, to $97.94 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline rallied 2.2% to $3.039 a gallon. In metals, gold climbed $18.90, or 1.1%, to $1,682 a troy ounce.
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The Euro Stoxx 50 dipped 0.62% to 2732, the English FTSE 100 fell 0.25% to 6323 and the German DAX slumped 0.47% to 7811.
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CLINTONVILLE, Wis. — Authorities are perplexed over the strange, loud noises heard in the eastern part of the state.
As recent as Wednesday, loud, resonating booms have been heard in a Wisconsin city. Many believe the noise is coming from underground, despite the fact that investigations into gas lines, mining explosives and sewers have turned up nothing.
Though many scientists, experts and members of law enforcement have been consulted, only one believes he has the answer. Local writer A. Gregory Pickens, a pop culture historian and professor of film studies at a local college, believes the truth can be found in one of H.G. Welles' classic tales: "The War of the Worlds."
Many adaptations of the book, whether the Orson Welles radio drama or the 2005 film, have maintained the classic scenes of the tripod machines rising up to conquer the humans on the surface. Pickens thinks this may be close to reality.
"No one can explain these noises naturally," Pickens said in an exclusive phone interview with Weekly World News. "I think with all of the UFO sightings in Clintonville within the past few decades, one could come to the conclusion that something not of this world is below. I think it'd be irresponsible to not prepare ourselves accordingly."
As one of the parties who have attested to seeing unknown objects in Wisconsin skies, Pickens has already begun to board up his home in preparation of the attack. When asked why he doesn't just leave the city, he maintains a logical approach.
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TORONTO — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may be holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, but he's very present at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Opening this year's festival is the premiere of Bill Condon's dramatization of Assange and WikiLeaks, "The Fifth Estate" — a film with which Assange refused to cooperate. It's the only movie at Toronto that has the distinction of being called "a massive propaganda attack" by its primary subject.
That was the opinion Assange dished out on the film in a video link in January in which he waved a supposed copy of the film's script. He has also called it the "anti-WikiLeaks movie."
But the film, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the Australian activist, is far from the character assassination Assange feared, but rather a layered, complicated portrait of him and his whistleblower website as laudatory as it is critical.
"When we tried to actually make contact — Benedict made the most overt gestures — we were rebuffed," director Bill Condon said in a recent interview. "He has the sense of it being something very different than what it is."
The film's screenplay by Josh Singer was partly based on "Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian Assange and the World's Most Dangerous Website," by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, an early WikiLeaks collaborator who publicly and bitterly fell out with Assange; and "WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy," by British journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding. Both are books Assange disapproves of.
The point of view of "The Fifth Estate" is thus largely from the perspective of Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl). Assange, played meticulously by Cumberbatch in one of the finest leading performances by the British actor, is portrayed as a visionary with democratic ideals for information and altruistic motives for whistleblowers, and alternatively, as a lying, reckless revolutionary (perhaps justifiably) consumed by paranoia, who ultimately sabotages his own creation by his refusal to consider the lives of revealed sources in published documents.
"You change your mind about him many, many times during the course of the movie," says Condon, the director of both parts of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" and "Dreamgirls." "The idea was to present this incredibly complicated and, as we can see, relevant issue of the struggle in this age between privacy and transparency in all of its complication. And in a similar way, present him in all his complexity."
"The Fifth Estate," which Disney will release Oct. 18, debuts in Toronto with great currency since so much of the WikiLeaks story is unfinished.
Assange is still, as he has been for more than a year, taking asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden over facing questioning about a sexual assault charge. WikiLeaks' greatest source, Chelsea Manning (the Army private formerly known as Bradley Manning who famously leaked the trove of military documents known as the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, as well as the cables of U.S. diplomats), was just weeks ago found guilty of espionage and other crimes. She recently appealed for a presidential pardon. Meanwhile, Edward Snowden, the leaker of NSA documents, has undergone an asylum drama similar Assange's, eventually being granted a year's stay by Russia.
"This is ongoing history and people's interests are at stake," says Kristinn Hrafnsson, a representative for WikiLeaks. Judging from a copy of the screenplay, he calls the film "a fiction that tries to present itself as a reflection of reality."
"It portrays wrongfully that people were put in harm's way as a result of those leaks and the publications by WikiLeaks," says Hrafnsson. "That is, of course, in line with the talking points of the Pentagon. But not even the prosecution in the Private Manning trial was able to introduce those things."
While Condon laments for Cumberbatch's sake that the actor wasn't able to meet with Assange to study his behavior, he sees some advantage to making a film about Assange without his input.
"There's so much in him that I admire. At a certain point, I thought it was an advantage not to spend time with him," says Condon. "So much has been written and recorded, I felt from what I knew about him that it would either be an attempt at manipulation on his part or that there would be things that would make me like him less than I actually do."
The film openly acknowledges its potential bias and includes a playful, fictional rebuttal from Assange, cobbled together from his tweets and interviews. In a way, "The Fifth Estate" gives Assange the last word. However, when Assange does eventually see the film, he's likely to have a few more to say, too.
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Somehow or other I had never heard about incredibox, an interactive beatbox application that lets you drag-and-drop your own perfectly in tune, quantized grooves.
Initial thoughts of "Oh, this seems cute" quickly gave way to "Man, this is brilliant." The animations on the little beatbox dudes, the way their eyes follow your mouse pointer as you drop beats, effects and melodies onto them… and then you click the "1" in the corner of the screen and take it to the chorus, only to have your own beat come back to you.
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Google plans to spend US$20 billion to $30 billion of its of its accumulated international profits to fund potential acquisitions of non-U.S. companies and technology rights.
The company disclosed its plans to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last year, in a document that was published Tuesday. The SEC had asked Google to describe its plans for reinvesting its undistributed earnings in greater detail.
In 2012, Google generated about half its revenue in non-U.S. markets. It said it will continue to use a substantial part of the profit from that business to acquire non-U.S. companies. The alternative, repatriating those earnings to the U.S., could expose it to a significant tax bill.
It plans to do so because its global business has expanded into other product offerings such as mobile devices, where its competitors and business partners are no longer primarily U.S.-based multinationals, Google told the SEC.
Over the past few years, Google has completed significant acquisitions with an increasing individual deal size, a trend that is likely to continue in future years, it said.
The company spent about $1.4 billion on more than 20 strategic deals in 2013, including the $1 billion acquisition of Waze, an Israeli navigation app developer, in June last year. Waze's navigation app lets users share information on obstacles along their routes to give other users real-time information about police checkpoints and accidents.
Google continued its non-U.S. acquisition spree this year. In January it acquired the London-based artificial intelligence company DeepMind Technologies for a reported $400 million. In February it acquired London-based ad fraud detection technology specialist Spider.io. And earlier this month, Google bought U.K. retail start-up Rangespan.
Google also "recently pursued but discontinued a potential buyout of a foreign company, with a valuation estimated in the range of $4 to $5 billion," it said, without naming the company. A Google spokesman declined to answer questions about the identity of that company or other acquisition targets.
Skipping over that deal doesn't mean Google is shying away from bigger acquisitions though. In 2012, the company spent $12.4 billion on the acquisition of Motorola Mobility before flipping it to Lenovo, and in January this year it bought the Californian smart thermostat maker Nest for $3.2 billion.


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Do you know your weight in kilograms or pounds? On Earth, your weight is a number. If you are heavier, then this number is larger. If you go to the moon, or to a space station, is this number the same? Some people say that it is the same, and some people say that it is different. To understand why, you need to know about gravity, mass, and weight.
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Like many words, the word weight can have several different meanings. One meaning of weight is called mass. The word "mass" is used in astronomy and other parts of science.
The mass of an object is simply the amount of material the object is made of. The more material the object is made of, the more mass it has. Things that have a big mass are harder to move and harder to stop than objects with just a little bit of mass. So an empty box (with only air inside) is easier to move than a box filled with books. The box with books has more material, and so more mass, than the empty box.
Our mass is a number for how much stuff there is in our body. That is, if we grow, adding more cells to our body, or retaining more body fat or increasing how big our muscles are, our mass will increase; the number for your mass becomes larger. If we start a diet, and reduce how much fat is kept by our body, the number for our mass becomes smaller. In countries that use the metric system, also called the "Le Système International d'Unités" or SI, the units of mass used for the weight of people is often kilograms (kg).
Suppose that a child has a mass of 40 kg. Now suppose the child goes to the moon or to a space station, but does not change in body composition. Then the number for how much stuff the body has does not change. The child's mass on the moon or at a space station is 40 kg.
Our mass on any planet on the solar system (Jupiter, Venus, Earth, or anywhere else) is the same. But if we step on a scale, the reading will be different on all of these planets, because a scale measures weight, not mass, and weight depends on gravity as well as on mass.
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There is another meaning of weight, called "force of gravity". The word "weight" can mean one of two things, "mass" or "force of gravity". But what is "gravity"?
Suppose we jump into the air. We cannot fly, but instead we fall and land on the ground. There is a force which pulls us to the ground. This force is called gravity. The Earth makes gravity, so every time that we jump, we will land on Earth again, because the Earth's gravity pulls us, and we are not strong enough to jump fast enough to escape that gravity.
Which objects make gravity? To make significant gravity, an object must have a very large number for mass. A child may only be 40 kg. The Earth's mass is about 6 million billion billion kg. (That's six followed by twenty-four zeros). The Earth has enough mass to make us fall, as quickly as we do, when we jump.
All things with mass make gravity and attract one another. The more mass an object has, the more it attracts other objects toward it. So while the Earth pulls on a child, the child also pulls on the Earth. The force on the child is the same as the force on the earth. Because the earth is so massive, that force moves it very little. If we could look very closely, though, we would see that when the child jumps, the Earth is pushed away by the force of the child's legs, a very small distance, mostly it's the child who moves. And then, when the child falls, the Earth also "falls" just a little bit toward the child.
Everything with mass makes gravity. When we are on Earth, the moon, the other planets, and the sun are far away, and the force of gravity gets smaller with distance, so we land on Earth again. (Gravity pulls us towards the center of any massive object. Because we are so close to the center of the Earth, compared to the center of other planets and the Sun, we are mostly pulled toward the center of the Earth when we are on the Earth. Gravity would pull us towards the center of the Venus, or any planet, if we were on the Venus or another planet.)
Suppose we went to the moon. Now the Earth is too far away to have much effect on how we would fall. If we jump from the moon, we will land on the moon again. The mass of the moon is about 70 thousand billion billion kg. This is much less than the mass of the Earth, 81 Moons would have as much mass as the Earth.
The force of gravity varies directly with the two masses that we consider, multiplied together. If we are jumping on the moon, our mass would be the same as on the Earth, but the mass of the Earth is 81 times that of the Moon, so the attractive force, if we were at the same distance from the center of the Earth or Moon, would be 1/81 as great for the Moon as for the Earth. Because the Moon is smaller, though, we are closer to the center, and the gravity on the Moon's surface is about one sixth that of the gravity on the surface of the Earth.
To describe how gravity changes with distance is a little more complicated. If we divide the distance by two, we will increase the force by two times two, or four. That's said this way: "The force of gravity varies with the inverse square of the distance." When the distance is large, a little change in distance makes almost no change in the force of gravity, but the change in gravity from moving from a beach near the ocean to the top of a mountain can be measured. It's not enough to notice just from how it feels to jump!
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Gravity exerts a force and that force may be measured in units called "newtons." The force on a mass exerted by gravity will vary with the mass and how strong the gravity is where the mass is located. If we double the mass we will double the force.
However, when we push on an object that is free to move, that object will start to move in the direction we push. How fast it moves depends on three things: how hard we push, the mass of the object, and how long we push.
The more massive the object, the slower will be its response to our pushing. The result is that, although the force of gravity increases with mass, the motion decreases with mass, and these two effects cancel each other out.
So how fast things fall doesn't change with the mass. However, other things may change it, especially friction or air resistance.
A cannonball is pulled more strongly by gravity than a ball-bearing, but it has more mass and takes more effort to start moving. A ball-bearing has less mass, but takes less effort to start moving. Both then take the same amount of time to roll down a ramp, and perhaps you have seen or will see a demonstration of something like this.
Why, then, does something like a feather or piece of paper take so much longer to fall to the ground than a cannonball? This is because the resistance from the air in which they are falling is much greater for the feather or paper than for the cannonball. The resistance is a force opposite in direction to the motion, so it reduces the net force on the object.
(Gravity is always attracting us to the center of the Earth. Even when we are standing on the ground. The ground resists the force of gravity, pushing back up with an equal and opposite force, so we stay put.)
What happens, then, if there is no air? In 1971, astronaut David Scott visited the Moon, where there is no air. He held a feather and hammer, each in one hand, and then dropped them at the same time. They both hit the surface of the moon, also at the same time.
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If we were able to travel to another world, like the astronauts of the Apollo lunar exploration crews, there are a number of things that we would notice that are different from what you would experience on the Earth. There are also some things that would be just the same.
The following is a table regarding what kinds of experiences, if we weigh 40 kg. on Earth, would have if we visited different planets or moons in the Solar System:
|Surface Gravity (compared to Earth = 1000 milli-g)
|5 (average)
|Our weight (mass)
|40 kg
|40 kg
|40 kg
|40 kg
|40 kg
|40 kg
|How much we could lift
|10 kg
|59 kg
|26 kg
|11 kg
|26 kg
|2000 kg
|How high we could jump
|20 cm
|120 cm
|53 cm
|22 cm
|53 cm
|400 m
|Time to fall back to ground (seconds)
|How far we could kick a ball
|20 m
|120 m
|53 m
|53 m
|(into Martian orbit)
In a pressurized chamber like a huge domed city, on the Moon, we would be able to put on wings and flap our arms to fly like birds do here on the Earth. Human powered flight is almost impossible here on the Earth because humans weigh too much here.
Phobos is one of the moons of Mars, and is so tiny that the gravity is very low. For example, if we kicked a ball really hard it could leave Phobos completely and go into orbit as a separate object orbiting Mars. Jumping up would take several minutes before the gravity would pull us back down, so we could jump over a mountain on that moon of Mars if we wanted to.
Of all the objects in the Solar System with a "solid" surface that we could walk on, the Earth has the strongest gravity. Jupiter and Saturn may have stronger gravity, but there is nothing we can say is a "solid" surface to walk on. There may be planets that are larger than the Earth with a solid surface, but they are not found in our Solar System. (However, if there were a floating platform on Jupiter or Saturn, we could walk on it, but it would be difficult, we'd weigh so much.)


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I have seen various versions of this around the blogosphere for the past few months, most having rave reviews and leading me to wonder "what am I missing?" I like vanilla so I wanted to make it too. And I did attempt it a few times, including my Valentine Sugar Cookie Cake that I made up on the fly. The most common version was the Lofthouse Sugar Cookie Cake which contains cream cheese and butter. The first 2 variations of the same recipe that I tried didn't include cream cheese so for my third attempt, I decided to stick to the more common version that had it.
Why was I trying so many (for me) times? Because I have to admit, I was underwhelmed with the results of the cookie cake. I liked the flavor but not the texture. But so many people raved about them, not just liked them but raved about them, that I convinced myself I must've done something wrong on the previous tries. And if I could just hit on the right recipe and technique, I too would rave. I went with this version from Dreaming of White Chocolate's blog because her picture showed a fluffy, moist cake and that was what I wanted (click on the title above to go to her recipe). What I hadn't liked about my previous attempts is they always seemed a little dry to me. Part of that was my own perception - if it's made in a 9 x 13 pan and looks like a cake, it should be moist like a cake. But it's meant to be a "cookie cake" and cookies aren't as moist and fluffy as a cake. But still, I wanted a moist cake.
I followed the directions for the cake but made up my own frosting recipe. I was a little concerned when I cut the frosted cake because mine didn't look fluffy like the Dreaming of White Chocolate blog picture. It looked.....dry. Gads. Been there, did it again. Once again, I had made a decent bar cookie but a slightly dry cake. The only thing that really saved it was the frosting. And I'm not even a frosting person! So when the frosting is the best part of the piece, well, as I said, I was underwhelmed.
But wait, you know what you can do with a dry-ish cake? That's right, pop it into the microwave for 10 seconds. The frosting gets a little melty on top and the cake softens up to the perfect texture. So I actually ended up loving these when they're warm to lukewarm. So that's a good tip to remember: if you like the flavor of something but not the texture, try warming it up just a bit. For cakes, I wouldn't go more than 15 seconds in the microwave, 10 seconds if it's got frosting. Same with cookies. I liked this warm but no, I wouldn't eat it at room temperature.
Vanilla Frosting1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
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It's Time to Deal with Those Bush Tax Cuts
Members of Congress are finally heading back to their jobs after an entire month of summer vacation. And, to their disgust, they have important work ahead: determining the future of the expiring Bush tax cuts. What will they do?
The $1.3 trillion Bush tax cuts, passed in 2001 and 2003, are scheduled to "sunset" — revert to their Clinton-era rates — at the beginning of 2011, if Congress does nothing about them. No one wants to effectively raise taxes on every citizen right now. Then again, we are an embarrassingly broke nation that needs major revenue over the medium- and long-term, and extending all of Bush's tax cuts permanently would result in a $3 to $4 trillion loss of revenue.
And no, these tax cuts do not in any way "pay for themselves," in terms of boosting overall growth. The Republicans who say this don't even believe it. The justification for these cuts back in our hilariously utopian 2001, when government surpluses were projected to erase the entire national debt within the next 10-20 years, was that Congress needed to dump cash to avoid becoming the debtless holder of private assets and interfering with The Markets. This was some savvy bullshit, but bullshit nonetheless, and now we need to raise taxes.
Barack Obama wants to extend, for at least a few years, all of the middle class income tax cuts, while ending the cuts on the top two brackets: reverting the 33% one back to 36%, and the top 35% one to 39.6%. These teensy proposed marginal rate hikes on the richest human beings in world history are considered very controversial in Washington, D.C.
What will Congress ever do, now? Democrats know that if they can't reach any agreement with Republicans before time's up, then all rates will raise this January, and they will be blamed.Thus, Recently departed budget director Peter Orszag's take in this morning's New York Times looks about right:
In the face of the dueling deficits, the best approach is a compromise: extend the tax cuts for two years and then end them altogether. Ideally only the middle-class tax cuts would be continued for now. Getting a deal in Congress, though, may require keeping the high-income tax cuts, too. And that would still be worth it.
Why does this combination make sense? The answer is that over the medium term, the tax cuts are simply not affordable. Yet no one wants to make an already stagnating jobs market worse over the next year or two, which is exactly what would happen if the cuts expire as planned.
The only problem with this: in two years, during a presidential election season, will Democrats be willing to let all of the cuts expire? Politicians do enjoy kicking this can down the road, as far as it will go. Eventually it might pass through your tent city.
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Bella ~ Allatoona High School ~ Acworth GA ~ {Atlanta, Johns Creek, Alpharetta, Dacula ~ Senior Photographer}March 29, 2015
It's always an honor when a high school senior travels to have me photograph their senior portraits. Bella attends Allatoona High School and had to travel all the way from Acworth – twice. The first time we tried to have her senior session, out of nowhere - rain. And not the quick out of the blue rain that's here one second and gone the next second. Nope, not this time. It was the nasty stick around for hours drizzle and gloomy dark skies. :( I don't think I've ever been so disappointed. Nowhere in the forecast showed any rain that morning and even the radar showed no rain exactly where we were, at that exact moment. The rain didn't let up though, so we had to postpone the session. Then, our next date, again sunshine in the forecast and for the first stop, that's exactly what we had. Then outfit number two, the clouds rolled in and the winds picked up a little. Not gonna lie, panic started creeping in a little. Bella was a trooper through it all though and despite me bumping into a curb and totally ruining my tire, we all made it through the session! And I couldn't have been more pleased with the outcome. I absolutely love Bella's images!! Let's be honest though, Bella's beautiful smile and super sweet personality could brighten up any gloomy day! :)
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024 The Functional Nerds
In the 24th episode of The Functional Nerds, Patrick Hester and John Anealio are joined by Eisner-award nominated author Matthew Sturges. This week, we chat about comic books, Midwinter, Jack of Fables, Vertigo comics, DC, House of Mystery, JSA All Stars, Chris Roberson, Bill Willingham, Fables, Masked, PYR, Lou Anders, Superheroes, The Dirty Dozen in Elfland, Doctor Who, Stephen Moffat, The Office of Shadow, World Building, Cover Art, Ian Banks & science fiction.
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I recently responded to a question on the National Journal blog, "Should Congress extend the production tax credit for wind energy or let it expire at year's end?"
You can read more on the original blog post and other responses here.
Here is my response:
Yes, for the time being.
The production tax credit (PTC) has played a critical role in building the U.S. wind energy industry, offering clean electricity and jobs, and positioning U.S. manufacturers for a growing global market. It is well worth continuing for the time being, particularly at a moment when plentiful natural gas threatens to discourage investment in wind energy and other renewables.
One of the keys to clean, reliable, affordable electricity is maintaining a diverse supply. Indeed, rather than competitors, wind and natural gas should be viewed as important complements, helping to balance price and supply.
Energy subsidies have played an important part in America's economic success, fostering growth in the coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power industries. In fact, Department of Energy subsidies for horizontal drilling and associated technologies have led to the current production boom in the natural gas industry.
Today, we face a new challenge. Our economy still needs plenty of electricity, but we must ensure that this electricity is cleaner than in the past. The electricity sector is responsible for about one third of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Rising global emissions are driving climate change, and the consequences are here and now.
The PTC and renewable energy mandates in 31 states and the District of Columbia have been a powerful combination. Wind has gone from being practically no part of U.S. electricity generation to about 3 percent in the past 10 years. The United States now has more than 50 gigawatts (50,000 megawatts) of installed wind capacity, the equivalent of 50 large coal plants.
First enacted in 1992, The PTC has led to increased production and manufacturing advances. Economies of scale, improved efficiency and a diverse supply of global manufacturers have made wind power more affordable.
According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), U.S. domestic production of wind turbine components has grown twelvefold over the last six years. With more than 400 facilities in 43 states, wind energy is part of the rebound in domestic manufacturing that is one of the few bright spots in a weak economy. In 2011, there were more than 70,000 wind jobs, and this is projected to grow to more than 90,000 jobs in the next five years if the PTC is extended through 2016.
Much of America's wind potential remains untapped. Wind resources are abundant in the Great Plains, Iowa, Minnesota, along the spine of Appalachian Mountains, in the Western Mountains and many offshore locations. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's just-released "Renewable Electricity Futures Study" projects that renewable energy resources could supply as much as 80 percent of total U.S. electricity in 2050, with wind turbines supplying nearly one third of our total power demands.
The tax credit has achieved many of its original aims, but with uncertainty around its renewal, that progress is faltering. There is little in the way of planned wind farm development for 2013. AWEA projects that as many as 37,000 wind industry jobs will be lost if the tax credit is not extended.
With China moving aggressively to dominate the global clean energy market, now is the time to build on this investment in manufacturing infrastructure, not cede ground. But wind farm developers need the price certainty provided by the PTC.
Continued support is especially critical in the midst of a natural gas boom that threatens to squeeze renewables out of the market. If our goal is a clean, affordable, reliable electricity supply, wind and natural gas both have important roles to play. In fact, they complement each other nicely. Natural gas power plants can serve as an effective hedge against wind's natural intermittency. And wind farms are an effective hedge against the price volatility we've historically seen with natural gas.
No subsidy should last forever. Indeed, many subsidies enjoyed by other fuels should have been ended long ago.
Congress should extend the production tax credit, but at the same time establish an independent commission to review the full gamut of U.S. subsidies for all energy sources and recommend clear criteria and timelines for phasing out those that are no longer necessary. We must be judicious in our use of taxpayer subsides, and right now, continuing the PTC is a wise investment.


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