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Lenten reflection week 3
The fact that she was coming to the well in the noonday sun was a tipoff. The ìrespectableî women of the village all came out in the cool of the morning to draw their water and gossip. So, being one of the more popular subjects of their gossip, this Samaritan woman preferred to come at noon when nobody else was supposed to be around.
Except that day, somebody else was around ñ Jesus. He was sitting right there by the well where she couldnít avoid him. And just when she had decided to quickly get her water and get out of there before anybody saw her alone with this Jewish man (the last thing she needed with her reputation), he had the nerve to ask her for a drink of water!
She could have ignored him. She could have waited for him to leave. She could have turned around and gone home. But there was something about this stranger that compelled her to engage with him in conversation. That choice made all the difference.
What follows in this marvelous story from Johnís Gospel (John 4:5-42) is a tale of living water, of death to the mistakes of the past, and a community transformed through the leadership of its least likely member. And all because one man asked one woman for a drink ñ and because that woman had the courage to push her comfort zone and make a graced connection.
At CFCA, we like to say we see potential instead of poverty. We learned that from Jesus, who always managed to see through the trappings and the labels into the true heart of a person. It really doesnít take any special ability to do that, but it does take faith.
So, whoís asking you for a drink of water today?


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Market Saturation Slows Mobile Phone Growth
New Worldwatch Institute study examines the state of the global mobile phone market
Washington, D.C.—More than 3.4 billion people, nearly half the world's population, own at least one mobile phone in 2013. As of 2010, more than 90 percent of people worldwide were covered by a mobile phone signal, according to a new Vital Signs Online trend released by the Worldwatch Institute (www.worldwatch.org).
The number of mobile subscriptions—that is, the number of active accounts that have access to a mobile network—far surpasses the number of phone owners. It grew from 1 billion subscriptions in 2000 to a projected figure of more than 6.8 billion by the end of 2013. This number is higher than the number of people owning phones because many people have multiple mobile devices or use multiple SIM cards in one phone. As a result, the number of mobile subscriptions is expected to surpass the world's population in early 2014, according to the International Telecommunication Union, an agency of the United Nations.
The annual rate of growth is beginning to slow, however, as markets become increasingly saturated. Annual additions to mobile subscriptions peaked in 2010 at 680 million. The subscription rate began to dip in 2011, and an estimated 424 million new subscriptions will be added in 2013—some 250 million fewer than in 2010.
The developing world is home to nearly 4 billion more active mobile phone subscriptions than the industrial world. This is not surprising, given the distribution of world population. On a per capita basis, however, the picture is far different: on average, industrial countries have 128 subscriptions per 100 people, compared with 89 per 100 people in developing countries. The figure in developing countries is expected to top 100 subscriptions per 100 people in 2014.
The future of the mobile phone industry will be less about adding new subscriptions and more about improving existing service. The most common mobile network in the world uses 2G (second generation) technology that allows users to talk and send text messages. 2G accounts for nearly 4.7 billion mobile subscriptions today. In the developing world, 2G is the dominant mobile platform because the network is very inexpensive to install, costing less than fixed-line networks for wired phones. The ability to set up 2G networks on difficult terrain without much pre-existing infrastructure has led to "leapfrogging," in which many users skip landline technology altogether in favor of mobile phones.
Perhaps one of the most important side effects of the growing mobile phone industry in the developing world is that financial services have become tethered to mobile phone use in poor regions. Areas with high poverty tend to have mobile subscription rates of 50 out of 100 people, while only 37 percent of people living there have access to a physical bank branch. Financial institutions have begun to leverage the existing infrastructure for mobile phones so that a host of transactions—such as opening a savings account, paying bills, or transferring money—can be conducted at local mobile retail stores.
One of the most dramatic uses of mobile phones was during the Arab Spring protests in 2010. One Egyptian activist explained, "[W]e use Facebook to schedule the protests, Twitter to coordinate, and YouTube to tell the world." The Dubai School of Government found that 9 out of 10 Egyptian and Tunisian protestors used Facebook to coordinate and popularize their protests. Although most social media sites, such as Facebook, are available via computer, more people in Egypt own phones than computers, and mobile phones were preferred in street protests because they could be carried anywhere and easily concealed.
Although mobile phones open up new avenues in economics and politics, their production and disposal often comes at a very high human cost. Factories in countries like China get contracts from electronics and phone companies to produce the devices as cheaply as possible, and as a result they cut corners in ways that can have severe impacts on workers' health and entail other severe labor abuses.
Mobile phones also create certain health and environmental problems when they are thrown away or recycled improperly. People in the United States replace their mobile phones once every two years on average. In 2010, over 150 million phones were thrown away or recycled in the country alone. Old phones, along with other so-called e-waste, are often exported to countries like India and China, where the valuable materials contained in them are extracted in ways that endanger the health of the workers and that pollute the local environment with dangerous toxics. Exposure to the phones' components can have severe neurological effects, especially on the children who are most often the ones involved in this extraction.
Further highlights from the report:
- 3G and 4G networks now cover over 50 percent of the world population, accounting for approximately 75 subscriptions out of 100 in industrial countries but only 20 subscriptions out of 100 in developing countries.
- Estimates indicate that by 2018, there will be 9.3 billion mobile subscriptions (with most of the added growth occurring in developing countries) and that mobile-broadband subscriptions will account for 6.3 billion of those devices—roughly two-thirds of the total market.
- Mobile phones present great opportunities for development and aid groups because people read approximately 97 percent of their text messages, compared with only 5–20 percent of their e-mails, making a text message one of the most effective ways to convey important news.
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Blog ››› ››› ERIC HANANOKI
There are a lot of benefits for office-aspiring Fox News pundits besides the paycheck. As former FNC "political analyst" turned congressional candidate Angela McGlowan told the New York Times, while a Fox position doesn't guarantee an election win, "it helps with getting ready to run, and it helps with name ID."
During last night's On the Record, host Greta Van Susteren turned to Fox News "political analyst" Rick Santorum for 2010 election analysis. During the discussion, Santorum touted the prospects of Rep. Mark Kirk's (R-IL) senate campaign and attacked his Democratic opponent as someone who is "under a whole bunch of ethical clouds, tied to Tony Rezko and other nefarious characters. I think Kirk will win that seat."
While it's not surprising that Santorum is pushing a fellow Republican for office, Santorum has outside, non-"political analyst" reasons to cheerlead for Kirk. Santorum is the chairman of America's Foundation, "the political action committee of former Senator Rick Santorum" that's "committed to helping candidates and causes who share Senator Santorum's commitment to conservative principles." On its "Featured Candidates" page, America's Foundation states that it's made contributions to Kirk's senate campaign. The PAC's year-end FEC statement lists a September contribution of $1,000 to Kirk.
In promoting Kirk's candidacy, neither Santorum nor Van Susteren -- whose slogan is "nothing gets by Greta" -- disclosed Santorum's connection to Kirk.
America's Foundation is a leadership PAC, which exists to help politicians like Santorum "gain clout among their colleagues" to "lay the groundwork for their own campaigns for higher office." In other words, Santorum -- who is exploring a 2012 presidential bid -- donated to a Republican to "gain clout," and then used his position at Fox News to further push his "featured candidate."
Sarah Palin (SarahPAC) and Mike Huckabee (Huck PAC) also have leadership PACs while they contemplate bids for office. In 2009, Huckabee repeatedly used Fox News to fundraise for his PAC on-air; Fox News also provided round-the-clock publicity for Newt Gingrich's "Real Jobs Summit," which was hosted by his American Solutions organization. As the mid-term elections near, expect more of the confluence between Fox News employees and their outside political organizations as they position themselves for future campaigns.
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House of Kurds
Only an independent Kurdistan can save what's left of Iraq from becoming a terror state.
President Obama says he is considering all options in Iraq, except sending U.S. troops back in. The trouble is, there is no feasible military response to the rapid advance of the terrorist group ISIS that does not include ground troops. If not American troops, then whose?
The Iraqi Army is not a plausible partner. Providing more weapons to a disintegrating army that turned over U.S. military equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars to radical Islamist terrorists does not make sense. The Obama administration has indicated that it would like to talk to Iran about a possible joint response to the threat from ISIS. Since the United States spent north of $1.5 trillion on a war that installed Iran's closest allies as Iraq's leaders, there is poetic justice in having Iranian troops fight to save them. But expanding Iran's influence in Iraq clearly is not a preferred course of action for any American administration.
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Obama does, however, have one potential ally with boots on the ground in Iraq. It is one of the most pro-American places on the planet and its soldiers are well disciplined, highly motivated and prepared to die for their country. That place is Kurdistan, nominally part of Iraq but with no love for that country. Kurdistan is not yet independent but may soon be.
Kurdistan's military, called the peshmerga, is ideally situated to combat ISIS. The Iraqi Army—or what is left of it—is hundreds of miles from Mosul; the peshmerga hold the Kurdish eastern half of the city. Although ISIS readily routed the Iraqi Army from the west bank, it chose not to tangle with far more formidable Kurds. President Obama can only order air strikes if he has good intelligence, controllers who can identify targets and troops who can follow up on the ground. Only the Kurds can do this.
Over the past two decades, I have talked to Iraq's Kurdish leaders about ways to maximize their autonomy, including offering advice in connection with the negotiation of the 2005 Iraqi Constitution. But, however much autonomy the Kurds enjoy, their real dream is to have an independent Kurdish state.
Three factors have kept Kurdistan in Iraq to date: a lack of sufficient financial resources, an unresolved dispute with Baghdad over territory and international opposition to the break up of Iraq. Since 2004, Kurdistan has been developing its own oil resources (I also had a role in bringing in the first oil companies) and has now built a pipeline to Turkey through which it exports Kurdish oil, over Baghdad's opposition. Until last week, Kurdistan's production was not adequate to finance the operations of an independent state. But then the Iraqi Army fled the disputed city of Kirkuk and the adjacent super-giant Kirkuk oil field. The peshmerga, who had co-existed uneasily with the Iraqi Army in Kirkuk for a decade, now fully control the city and the Kurdish parts of the province. As a result, there is no longer a territorial dispute with Baghdad. For the first time, a Kurdish government controls all Kurdish territory in Iraq. And with the Kirkuk oil field, Kurdistan now has the financial resources for independence.
Ten years ago, the United States and Turkey opposed Kurdistan exercising even a fraction of the autonomy it has today. Bush administration plans for postwar Iraq (to the extent that there was any planning at all) envisioned Iraq as a centralized federal state of 18 governorates—where there would be Kurdish majority provinces but no Kurdistan government. Turkey had long opposed Kurdistan's autonomy for fear of the example it might set for Turkey's 15 million Kurds.
Today, Kurdistan and Turkey are the closest of allies. Turkey is Kurdistan's most important trading partner and Turkish companies are the largest investors in Kurdistan. Turkish intelligence and military officials consult regularly with their Kurdish counterparts. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a close personal relationship with KRG President Massoud Barzani and a poisonous one with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. In advance of Turkish elections, Erdogan and Barzani jointly addressed a large public rally in Diyabakir, the largest city in Turkey's Kurdish southeast and Kurdistan is playing a constructive role in support of Erdogan's effort to make peace with Turkish Kurdish rebels.
Until last week, Turkey clearly preferred that Kurdistan remain part of Iraq, although in recent years the Turkish Foreign Ministry has changed its language on the subject. Ten years ago, Iraq's unity was "a red line" for Turkey; in recent years it has been "preferable." Today, Turkey may well see an independent, secular and pro-western Kurdistan as a far better neighbor than an Iraq comprising an ISIS-dominated Arab north at war with a sectarian Shiite regime in the south.


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Megyn Kelly Calls Out Ablow On Chaz Bono: "You Seem To Be Adding To The Hate"
Fox News has consistently given its "Medical A-Team" member Dr. Keith Ablow a platform to promote paranoia and fear about transgender people. Back in April, he wrote a FoxNews.com column [1] freaking out about a J. Crew ad showing a mother painting her son's toenails pink.
Then in May, Ablow began his campaign against Chaz Bono's appearance on Dancing With the Stars. His May 17 FoxNews.com column, which alleged that Bono suffered from a "psychotic delusion," attracted so much criticism that Fox actually pulled [2] the piece.
In his August 11 FoxNews.com column, Ablow promoted [3] a raft of misinformation about sexuality, including gender identity. As Think Progress noted [4], Ablow wrongly suggested that gender identity is a choice.
On September 2, Ablow used his FoxNews.com column to return [5] to his attacks on the inclusion of Bono, and then on the September 6 edition Fox Business show America's Nightly Scorecard, he alleged [6] that the gender identity of "tomboys" in the Dancing With the Stars audience could be affected by watching a transgender man in the competition.
Yesterday, FoxNews.com posted a response [7] to Ablow's September 2 column from Dr. Jack Drescher, who is a "Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the DSM-5 Workgroup on Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders" -- an expert in the field at issue. Drescher asked of Ablow's column, "Wouldn't it be more helpful to offer scientific data rather than sensationalized, detailed descriptions of sex reassignment surgery or metaphors about double amputees to support the views Dr. Ablow 'believes to be true?' "
Today on Fox News' America Live, host Megyn Kelly confronted Ablow about his history of attacking Bono's Dancing With the Stars appearance. She repeatedly challenged Ablow on the merits of his argument, citing Drescher's post and pointing out Drescher is a specialist in the area, unlike Ablow.
Kelly told him, "There's so much hate out there. There's so much hate for gays and lesbians and transgendered people." She added, "The thing is, Doc, you seem to be adding to the hate."
While the best course when discussing scientifically complicated issues like this one is to host experts in the area, rather than people who have a history of promoting "hate" toward LGBT people, Kelly did the right thing by challenging his statements and calling out his bigotry.
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From Drudge: Zogby's polling yesterday had John McCain pulling into a one-point lead, 48-47, over Barack Obama. That result is an outlier, I suppose, but Obama has never been able to seal the deal with the voters and quite a few remain undecided, one in seven according to a recent AP poll. Throughout the campaign, McCain has made a series of runs where it looked as though he might catch up, only to fall back again. And the state by state polls continue, for some reason, to look worse for McCain than the national numbers.
Still, I have a feeling that once you get past his core constituencies, Obama's support is very thin. The fact that he has had to try to cast himself as a tax-cutter is revealing. Does anyone really believe it? True, there's a sucker born every minute, but still… If there really are voters who have contemplated voting for Obama on what are essentially conservative grounds, it would not be surprising if some of them shift their allegiance between now and Tuesday.
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Do you remember what you learned in high school? Much of what is taught in the classroom stays the same, year after year, from generation to generation. Homer's Odyssey for example, or Algebra. But of course, a lot changes, too. As part of our series \"North Carolina Voices: Studying High School\" we wanted to know what students are learning these days. So we spent some time in class at Western Guilford High School in Greensboro. Emily Hanford has this story.
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NC Voices: SchoolworkTuesday, May 23rd, 2006
Hurricane Season 2006Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
The 2006 Hurricane Season begins next week and meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center predict another busy storm season. In North Carolina, state officials are picking up the pace of emergency preparedness with an eye to what happened on the gulf coast during, and after Hurricane Katrina. Rose Hoban reports.
NC Voices: Freshman AcademyMonday, May 22nd, 2006
In North Carolina, more students drop out in the 9th grade than any other year. At Western Guilford High School in Greensboro, School leaders took a hard look at the 9th grade and decided to try something different. Alison Jones reports on Western\'s new Freshman Academy for our series North Carolina Voices: Studying High School.
NC Voices: Western HighMonday, May 22nd, 2006
Today we begin a week long visit to Western Guilford High School in Greensboro as a part of our North Carolina Voices: Studying High School series. We\'re focusing on Western because it is fairly typical of High Schools in the rest of the state in terms of size, demographics and test scores. Deborah George reports.
NC Voices: Kip Pride HighFriday, May 19th, 2006
In many parts of North Carolina, poverty and a lack of education go hand in hand. That is especially true in the rural, predominantly African American Northeastern part of the state. In Northampton County, nearly a third of the children live in poverty and more than a third of the adults have no high school diploma. But a new charter school in the town of Gaston aims to break the cycle. So far, it is succeeding and also making waves. Leda Hartman reports as part of our series North Carolina Voices: Studying High School.


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All Georgia Spohn of Tampa wanted was to find a mock turtleneck sweatshirt.
"I can't find one anywhere," the 93-year-old said, while rummaging through the racks at the Et Cetera Shop in Hillsboro. "I have looked in all the other stores. If they don't have it here, I'm just going to forget the whole thing. I will never shop online. I don't even have one of those computer things. It's too risky."
Spohn is one of the many county residents who is dedicated to supporting the local economy, no matter the cost. While 2012 saw an increase in online and department-store shopping, many residents feel it is their duty to shop in-county — and only leave the area when it is absolutely necessary.
Steve Orbony of Hillsboro said he goes on an out-of-county shopping trip once or twice a year. He said the trip usually coincides with the Kansas State Fair, which forces him to leave anyway.
"It just doesn't make sense to leave Marion County," he said. "I live here. I work here. I figure I might as well shop here and support all of the local businesses. It might be more expensive, but you're only hurting yourself in the long run if you don't do it."
Others, like George Griffith, try to shop out-of-county but always come back to Marion for one reason: they feel bad about not supporting the local economy.
"It made me sick when I walked in that place," he said, remembering a recent trip to Wal-Mart last month. "Wal-Mart is killing our economy right before our eyes. We don't have a strong local economy because people are refusing to shop at their neighborhood grocery stores. These places wouldn't survive if we don't help them out. Why should we support a franchise that is shipping all of their business to another country? It's growing their economy, not ours. We're paying the price right now for people's foolishness."
And that dedication is something that local business owners appreciate.
"In this economy, we've all got to do our share — and it is good to see that people are choosing to support businesses in Marion County," said Carol Abrahams, manager of the Et Cetera Shop.
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Judy Dannenfelser of TC's What-Not Shop in Marion said she does whatever she can to help people to buy locally. If a person comes into the store looking for an item and she doesn't have it in stock, she said she would take them over to one of the other antique stores in town.
"I have the keys to all the other shops," she said. "So, even if it's closed, I can go in there and help a customer out. I'll never close my own shop to go to another one, but if they come back at closing, I'll definitely take them over and see if I can help them out. That's why I'm here."
And if no Marion stores have the item, Dannenfelser said she will phone the shops in Hillsboro and Peabody to see if they have it in stock.
"I'll scratch their back if they scratch mine," she said. "We'd never survive if we didn't support one another. It's the only way we can make it in this economy. Not only does it help us, but it also helps to keep business in Marion County, which is always a good thing."
Antique store owners in Hillsboro and Peabody said they see a few people come from Marion. But, mostly, they find that they send people to Marion. Due to their limited stock, they don't always have the requested item. In these cases, the owners said they always send the customers on to Marion, where Dannenfelser can help them find what they are looking for.
"We'd get nowhere if we didn't have this kind of relationship with one another," Dannenfelser said. "If one of the antique stores is hurting, we are all hurting."
Loretta Lynch of Wichita benefited from this relationship last Saturday when she was perusing the local antique shops for a chair.
"I really wanted to put something in my living room that was nostalgic and looked different," she said. "More often than not, you find that people in this world are too greedy to be nice. But, the people here were very willing to help me out. I was surprised. People are not always willing to help these days. It's wonderful to finally find a bunch of kindhearted business owners."
Getting business
Meanwhile, local storeowners are still finding that there is a percentage of Marion County residents who are unwilling to shop local.
"It just makes things harder on us," Dannenfelser said. "It may seem like a convenience, but it's hurting us in the long-run."
Some said they have never even shopped in the local antique or art stores — and a few said they've never been in the grocery or general stores.
But, that is inconceivable for the many dedicated shoppers in the county. No matter what happens to the economy, they say they will always choose to go to their "hometown, neighborhood stores."
"They'll die if we don't," Griffith said. "Change starts at home. We can't help the economy of our nation if the local economy isn't thriving. By shopping local, we can all make a difference."


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The Takeaway: Study Shows Stress Decreases With Age
I just read this interesting article and thought I would share it with you.
Have a great weekend!
George Litchfield
The Takeaway: Study Shows Stress Decreases With Age
If you're feeling more stressed than ever these days, you're not alone: A scientific analysis of stress over the past 25 years finds that American stress levels increased 18 percent for women and 24 percent for men from 1983-2009. But there's a silver lining: The study also found that stress decreases as we age.
Thirty-year-olds have less stress than 20-year-olds, and 40-year-olds have less stress than 30-year-olds," said lead researcher Sheldon Cohen.
Cohen and his Carnegie Mellon colleague analyzed data from three surveys (one in 1983, one in 2006 and one in 2009) and about 6,300 people, in what's considered the first historical comparison of stress levels across the United States. The results show increases in stress across almost every demographic category.
In all three surveys, however, those 55 and older showed the lowest levels of stress.
Those most negatively affected by the recent recession, in terms of stress, were white, middle-aged men with college educations and full-time jobs.
Friday Quick Hits:
- Advanced Style. Twenty-something photographer Ari Seth Cohen has been shooting New York's 60+ set, whose images he collects on his blog, "Advanced Style," and published in a book of the same name last month. A lot of these older women "don't have a job, they don't have to impress their bosses, their children, their lovers," said Cohen. In dressing, "they have no one to please but themselves."
- A century of weather. Nearing 100 years old, meteorologist Robert Simpson–who helped develop the hurricane wind scale–has seen firsthand some of the worst weather disasters in U.S. history.
- Recession left families' net worth static. The average net worth today is $77,000, about the same as 20 years ago.


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Julio Osegueda caught President Barack Obama's attention Tuesday afternoon during a nationally televised town hall meeting in Fort Myers and now the 19-year old will get to fulfill his dream thanks to the Fort Myers Miracle.
Osegueda, who has worked at a Cape Coral McDonald's for the last four years, excitedly asked President Obama about his plans to help increase benefits for people like him. The President explained that he was happy that Osegueda was a hard worker and asked about what he was studying at Edison State College. The Manhattan, New York native responded that he was a Communications major and wants to be a broadcaster or disc jockey.
So the young man who President Obama described as "sounding like you've got good communication skills" will get a chance to use them courtesy of the Miracle.
Osegueda will be the radio color announcer during the Miracle's home opener on Friday, April 10 against the Charlotte Stone Crabs.
"Man this is so cool. I can't believe this day and wow what a great opportunity," said Osegueda.
Osegueda is currently taking basic news reporting classes and claims his work at McDonalds has furthered his passion for broadcasting.
"People come thru the drive-thru and when I take their order and talk to them a bit and they say wow you've got a great voice and you should be a broadcaster. So that's what I want to do," said Osegueda.
Osegueda claims to not know much about sports, but his family is huge New York Yankee fans.
"I'll be ready," said an excited Osegueda.
But after stealing the show on Tuesday afternoon, will Miracle fans be ready for this latest YouTube sensation.
Julio's debut is only 59 days away!! Get your tickets now for the upcoming season of Miracle baseball. For more information, check out www.miraclebaseball.com or call (239) 768-4210.


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Goldman Sachs had a miserable first quarter — but mainly when it comes to public relations. The firm managed to beat analysts' expectations with better-than-anticipated profit, joining a pageant of generally strong earnings reports that buoyed the stock market.
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. earned $2.1 billion, or $3.92 a share, a 23% slump from its $2.7 billion, or $4.38 per share earnings during the same quarter a year earlier, excluding a one-time cost. But the bank's performance was still better than analysts' projections of less than $3.60 a share.
The company, which was publicly excoriated last month by former executive Greg Smith as having a "toxic and destructive" environment, raised its dividend for the first time in years, boosting it 31% to 46 cents a share.
Last week, the company said it would pay $22 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to settle charges that its analysts gave confidential information to top clients.
On Tuesday, Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein said "stronger global markets" helped results, but cautioned that "client activity remains relatively low in certain areas, especially in parts of investment banking."
Overall revenue slipped 16% to just under $10 billion, with most of Goldman's business units — including a 20% plunge in revenue in its fixed income, commodities and currencies, or FICC, unit — reporting losses.
According to the earnings report, 44% of revenue — or nearly $4.4 billion — went to pay compensation and benefits. As part of an ongoing effort to cut costs, Goldman shrank its workforce by 3% during the quarter.
A raft of other major companies also reported earnings Tuesday, helping to push the Dow up 1.5%, or roughly 200 points, in midday trading. The Nasdaq was up about 55 points while the S&P gained more than 20 points.
The Coca-Cola Co. said its profit was up 8% in its first quarter compared with a year earlier to $2 billion while revenue jumped 6% to $11.1 billion as beverage sales rose around the world.
Though Johnson & Johnson's sales shrank 0.2% to $16.1 billion in its first quarter, profit jumped 12.5% to $3.9 billion, or $1.41 a share. The drugmaker and medical product provider has been countering heavy competition with spending cuts.
El Segundo toymaker Mattel had a sour first quarter. Net sales worldwide slid 2% as major brands such as Barbie and Hot Wheels rolled downward. Net income was $7.8 million, or two cents a share, a 53% slump from the $16.6 million, or 5 cents a share, for the first quarter of 2011.
"We have work to do in certain areas," said Mattel CEO Bryan G. Stockton in a statement.
Alcoa kicks off earnings season by posting a profit
Wells Fargo, JPMorgan earnings beat Wall Street estimates
Goldman Sachs executive's parting shots reverberate on Wall Street
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Andrea Krejci
Name: Andrea Krejci
Major: Theater
Year: Junior
Hometown: Moorhead, Minn.
What made you decide to major in theater?
I decided to become a theater major about halfway through the first semester of my first year. I was in a play first semester and realized how much I absolutely love theater, and I know I want to be able to do what I love for the rest of my life.
What area of theater do you focus on?
I have decided to focus on acting. Acting gives me a feeling I can't get anywhere else, and I love the art of transformation that happens on stage.
What do you like best about the theater program at CSB/SJU?
I know when I graduate from CSB/SJU with a major in theater, I will be prepared for my future, because of the well rounded education a theater student receives. We are required to take acting classes, technical classes, costuming, etc. and that gives us such a strong foundation for when I go out into the real world.
What is the biggest struggle you've encountered in the program?
As a scenic charge artist for "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" in spring 2007, Krejci paints a set piece.
I really have not encountered any big struggles in the department. We work long hours, but I am working with my friends, and it is what I love to do, so I do not see it as a problem at all.
What kind of relationship do you have with your professors?
The professors in the theater department are there to help the students get a well-rounded education. I have never felt as though I could not go to a professor for help. They are willing to help you outside of class which is so helpful if you do not fully understand what is happening in class.
How is the interaction between students in your program?
It will be very difficult to find the type of relationships between students in the theater department anywhere else. You are working with your friends so your relationship is at times very professional, but once the work is done, you can go hang out with everyone and relax.
Krejci performed in "Star Wars Episode Infinity: Dysfunctional Family in Space," a devised play based on the Star Wars saga, in fall 2006.
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Tennis Match of the YEAR set for 2013 April
CoachV Vs. Gus Alcayaga ( current mentor of coachv )
My Friend, Tennis coach, and Mentor in the tennis industry is about 100 years old or something like that he has not to age at all and we are close to the same age now i think.
Well IM coming of age in the tennis industry, and i like trash talking, and there was no better partner and coach to have for that type of fun than Gus.
as a kid he cover many of my short coming of my game. Gus even helped me try to get on tour the first year of the Bronx borough classic championships which we lost in the quarter finals of the wildcard tournament for the doubles, do to injury.
Over the years, he has helped me grow and guided me for free and really asked for nothing in return. i owe him tons!!! which i could never repay....
so i figure let me kick his old arse in tennis so he can feel first hand that the student has become the master and if he only knew the Power of the dark SIDE..V...ader.
IF CoachV Wins this Match Gus Must Where my CoachVtennis Bandanna to work at Forrest hills where he has many ITF players on Tour., he will also give up a 10 pack of private lessons with Gus plus a set of strings and maybe a new headband too....
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Got any video of Gus playing? I'm gonna look him up on youtube.
Naw there is no video on you tube. they once did a segment on him when he was in the qualifying rounds of the US-Open talking about how he will never make it. Cool and funny segment, because they took the worst of him and aired it.
But he has created from scratch, some well known tennis pros. let me find the list.
Hope you find some film, I'm gonna check the ATP site to see who he played in the old days.....
about GUS there are many missing facts in this WIKI... he will most likely fill in later.
HA Gus's Devastating backhand my Ass. Whenever we play he never plays my backhand. Gus always plays my forehand. He constantly tells me every year "Why is your back swing so big still?" talking trash- "it takes too much time."...teasing me especially after i hit a big winner off of it.
the most fun playing gus is when I hit a big shot he doesnt expect me to hit and give me a dirty look and say's Effen luck that was.
on Clay at Forrest hills, when i first started to learn how to kick serve about 2 years ago, i made him jump off the court flying into the court dividing net, i lost the point because i was laughing at him, i never seen such an old fat guy fly like that before....... XD
Gustavo Adolfo Alcayaga (born April 10, 1969) is a former World Tour Player from Argentina who won numerous titles and competed for Argentina. He is generally considered by critics and fellow players to be among the craftiest tennis players of his era, and has been known best for his footwork and a devastating one handed-backhand. He was also known for being a hitting partner to one of the worlds greatest players Andre Agassi, Alcayaga is often cited as one of the most charismatic players in the game, and deemed largely responsible for the increase in the popularity of tennis during the 1990s in his hometown of San Juan, Argentina.
Alcayaga is, with Boris Becker, Monica Seles, Jim Courier, Andre Agassi, and good friend Marcelo Rios, pros who have emerged from the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. Alcayaga graduated in 1987 . After accepting prize money from tournaments played in France Alcayaga lost his amateur status and started his professional career, attaining a world rank of 1200 within his first 3 months. He hired a coach to guide him and take the reins in his tennis career. He reached a career high of 324 in 1993 before his unfortunate injury in November of that same year. He turned into a full-time coach after trying to recuperate from his injury to no avail in 1995 with the New York Junior Tennis League .
Alcayaga became the tennis director at Bronx International Youth Tennis Center in the South-side of the Bronx. His main goal was to develop junior tennis players and provide them with opportunity to take tennis and education to the highest level possible.
Alcayaga later became the Director of the Advanced Training Program with the NYJTL in 1996, He served the community and the league to eventually help develop players from the Metro region where tennis was primarily dominated by the Long Island region. BIYTC became a melting pot for junior tennis and ETA tournaments, along with the Educational component more interest in tennis and mostly by Latino and African American players from the community was evident. Alcayaga along with the NYJTL had development plans for a permanent facility and a state of the art tennis center but this project never took place.
Alcayaga retired from professional tennis on May 22, 1994, after losing in the third round of a challenger in Brazil. Alcayaga is married to Lydia Luciano and has one child, Ariana. He is the founder of Top Rank Tennis Academy, which merged with NYJTL in 1994 has developed numerous tennis players in the New York Metro area.
Alcayaga currently is the director of the Tournament Training Program for the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York.
An old fat guy flying like that before? hahaha Easy now, that's Gus we're talking about. Former ATP pro!
i have heard...how did a fat guy like that play pro tennis????
again not my words but i have heard it.
Hehe, maybe he was skinny on tour. Who knows?
I Wish Gus would start talking trash, this is becoming pointless
we might have another Go at it
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Philips ADS talks about their CD-i history (part 1)
>> Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Legends never die. That was the last sentiment left by the team behind some of the most spectacular games on CD-i. Pac-Panic set the high benchmark that Philips Advanced Development and Support (ADS) continually maintained in every game they released. With Arcade Classics and the DOOM clone Atlantis - The Last Resort joining the trilogy of in-house ADS games. This was no typical games developer, as the name suggests the studio was supposed to be a facility for outside development support. So how did ADS get involved in the business of making games? Devin went in search of answers and found Johnny Wood, an Artist and one of the technical wizards behind this unsung hero of CD-i gaming. In the coming period we dig in the stories left by ADS following on the contacts of the past years.
You've been credited with the pretty pictures from Pac-Panic, the graphics for Ms Pacman from Arcade Classics and also the highly unexpected first person shooter Atlantis - The Last Resort. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how you came to work for Philips on these acclaimed CD-i games.
Johnny: "I am Johnny Wood. International Sex symbol, original bad boy of video games, and err, the ex- Lead CGI specialist for Philips Media Advanced Development and Support. Never done an interview before, apart from the time I ran for government as the leader of the undead, so I'm pretty clueless... I'll just tell you how it happened!
Back in the 80's I used to work for a guy called Lance Mason. I was doing graphics for search for sharla which was pretty ahead of its time really. Way ahead of its time actually. Like 10 years. Unfortunately Thalamus ended up closing and despite them not wanting to let Sharla go, they had to, Lances company ESP shut down. Not being good at selling myself, I ended up living rough in Birmingham. My main source of income was pavement art, so I can't say I was a beggar, but that's how society saw me. After I kept getting into trouble I decided to clean my act up and went on this experimental government training scheme where you put your skills into the community. I ended up on the video group and there I met Pete Dabbs sister. Pete was doing a beat em up for the amiga and needed an artist. Petes mum would pay me with hot meals.
Meanwhile in the World that was emerging of CDi, Philips had decided that they needed an old school games expert to head up the games division at the Dorking Studios. Lance had been appointed. He set about building a team of old school game coders. Of the crew he built, Pete was one of them. So when they needed a pixel pusher artist, (most the artists there were degree educated photoshop guys and hadn't heard of sprites!) Pete told Lance that he knew where I was. Lance gave me the job. Though I think he was scared I would f*ck up. Not because I couldn't do the work, but because my attitude was a bit "different and unusual". He took the risk and I suddenly found myself in the stockbroker belt of surrey in a beautiful house, on a good salary and working in a showcase studio.
That's how I got the job. It was a lucky break I guess, if ever there was one."
Your background seems far from typical for a games developer Johnny! As the name suggests, Advanced Development and Support (ADS) this division of Philips Media wasn't supposed to be a games developer but a "Support Group" for technical assistance to outside studios working on CD-i software. What did this supporting role involve and how did ADS evolve into a developer for some of the most playable and technically outstanding games witnessed on CD-i?
Johnny: "Well although my background is far from todays typical games developer, once it was the norm. The whole industry started off in bedrooms with people like me and Pete. So I think we were typical games developers. Well for the 80's!
But you are right with ADS not supposed to be a games developer. That sort of came by accident. The ADS in its original format was supposed to be a support centre for the existing external development that was still underway after the sad demise of the Dorking Studios. What had happened is that when Philips made the desision to shut down Dorking, there were a lot of titles being developed elsewhere that relied on its resources, such as Digital Video Encoding for the mpeg movie sequences. Back then it was a big thing to encode something to mpeg and needed thousands of quids worth of kit. You couldn't just run it through a windows converter. Software encoding was not an option. And you had to do it by hand to do it well, set up the cut scenes, otherwise you'd get major artifacting (Thats the big oity toity a-level word for those weird squares you get when you're trying to watch porn on your computer!). The number of times I've had problems setting up non-standard Intra Matrixes on non-standard output resolutions. I can tell you Lost Eden with its wide screen aspect ratio was a total bugger!
But I digress. There was never any intention of the ADS being a developer. Of the few of the Old Dorking crew who were offered the chance to join, many declined because of one reason or another. So it basically began life as 3 blokes (Me - CGI and Digital Video, Paul Reid - Inhouse net work guy and Tim Page on the coding side)... sitting in a tiny office in Redhill, packed to the brim with millions of pounds worth of the latest computers, animation tools, and Digital/Analogue Video Equipment. Which was cool because I taught myself a lot by having access to this stuff. I was listening to MP3's, originally the Audio standard for mpeg-1 many years before anybody else had heard of them! We'd answer the phones all day and It just was "The IT Crowd" but for real.
Then to ease Tims support Job. The old 'have you tried turning it off and turning it on again trick didn't work with CDi, we had to replace the programmers that decided not to take the ADS role, so I got him in touch with these gamers I'd met in mosely who were writing shit hot PC games from their bedroom. Andy Morton and Tom Drummond. When they joined Pac-Panic (or pac attack as it was originally called) was going to be published by Philips. Andy Morton wrote a multiplexer that could fill safe areas with animated sprites (A MEAN FEAT on CDi), so the go ahead was given to add the CDi version to the catalogue. That was the ADS entry into games development as a sole entity, though we had a hand in a lot of the other games out there too."
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Over 10 minutes of people hurting themselves while doing things not so bright.
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Do you notice it's mostly guys in the video…hmmm wonder if there is a reason for that? They should show this in school like those crash videos they show during drivers-ed. Teach people that that thing you are thinking of doing that looks cool for the first few seconds can go horribly wrong and you will be in a lot of pain later.


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This week I've been at JiveWorld 13 in the inimitable Las Vegas, for the company's 5th annual customer and partner conference. The first thing that struck me on Wednesday morning (once I'd got over the enormity of the Vegas experience, this being my first visit) was the incredible buzz in the air among the 1,600-odd attendees, and as the event has progressed, it's been interesting to see and hear the positivity among Jive's customers (both those presenting and – importantly – those who are not).
The main focus for the keynote sessions – which also included a hilarious and inspiring presentation from Eddie Obeng from Henley Business School – was the forthcoming Jive 7 fall release, which will become available to cloud customers in the next couple of weeks, and then to on-premise customers in December. New features include realtime chat (from Jive's Meetings.io acquisition), new social task management capabilities (integrating the capabilities from another acquisition, Producteev), and a ramp-up of the profiles capability to improve expertise discovery through skills tags and endorsements. There's a big theme around integration and partnerships in the current strategy, including new integration with Google Drive for file sharing and management, and the ability to tie in any content management tool. The fall release announcement also formally adds Jive's new Impact Metrics and Jive Resonata analytics features, although these have technically been available to cloud customers for a few months already. The other major announcement was the launch of JiveX – a cloud-based version of the company's external communities offering, which includes integration with systems like Salesforce.com and Marketo, as well as gamification and social analytics capabilities to help drive and monitor adoption on a customer or partner community site.
The event also included a large number of customer presentations, both in the keynote sessions and in the various tracks, and many of these were established deployments that had some really valuable insights to share – around deployment processes, the on-going management of the community environment, and how to get executive buy in and demonstrate value from the solution. My personal favourites were Ricoh, which deployed a social intranet as part of a strategy to combine two cultures and sets of processes following an acquisition, UBM, which has been working with gamification from Bunchball to help drive interest and adoption on its Jive platform, and GE, which shared some great experiences around adoption strategies and lessons learnt from its Jive Cloud implementation.
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A decorative painter/"Faux" finisher who is immersed in their craft. Creating finishes for anyone for a price.
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taking the clothing style of bohemian to the absolute extreme, characterized by huge chunky bracelets, flowy floor-length wannabe-hippie skirts, and tacky rhinestones and beads in all the places they don't belong. basically it's all the styles of fabric and jewelry forced together and thrown up all over the body.
Oh my god, check out Ashley, her skirt is like leaving a trail of sequins and she clearly hasn't shaved in like a month. That is so fauxho!
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A super close female friend that walks the line of behaving like a girlfriend, without the any of the nookie. It's possible that there was a romantic connection in the past, yet not necessary.
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There are plenty more insipid cartoons about the recent "Batman shootings" where Jeff Korteba's came from. I don't use it as an example of the decrepitude of political cartooning (it's always been the world's lamest artform). Rather, the cartoon exemplifies a certain misreading of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy*: the vigilante Batman displaces real world law and order in the superheroic fantasy. In which case, the films' audience needs a reminder of who we should fantasize about, namely the guy who really puts his life on the line. However self-critical his films are, Nolan is too much the well-ensconced liberal advocate to ultimately use the character as anything more than an imaginary supplement to the status quo. There is a reason, after all, why the revolutionary violence in all three films is treated as pure chaos for chaos' sake. Batman doesn't represent change, but a much needed (or so the narrative goes) restoration of order.
Sure, the Joker scores some good points against hypocrisy when he sounds like Walter Benjamin in advocating "divine violence," a resetting of cultural values to zero, destroying the occluded underground byways of systemic violence that capital requires to continue (just think of the modern sweatshops used in manufacturing the iPhone, for example).** And Catwoman sounds like Bertolt Brecht as she gleefully portends what Bane's about to do to Gotham's stock exchange (e.g., "robbing a bank's no crime compared to owning one"). Nevertheless, these are the villains of the trilogy, not the heroes (Catwoman only becomes a hero when she fights to restore order). That's why Ben Shapiro over at Big Hollywood has it right: this is a conservative trilogy.


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Dobbs's immigration reporting marked by misinformation, extreme rhetoric, attacks on Mexican president, and data from organization linked to white supremacists
On CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, Lou Dobbs claimed that the Senate immigration bill, which includes numerous provisions targeting illegal immigration, does "absolutely nothing for border security." On the same show, correspondent Casey Wian characterized Mexican President Vicente Fox's trip to Salt Lake City, Utah, as a "Mexican military incursion," and claimed that "[y]ou could call" Fox's trip to the United States "the Vicente Fox Aztlan tour" -- drawing a baseless link between Fox and the reconquista movement, which maintains that portions of the American Southwest belong to Mexico.
On the May 23 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, host Lou Dobbs claimed that a Senate immigration bill, which includes numerous provisions targeting illegal immigration, does "absolutely nothing for border security." Later, during the same broadcast, CNN correspondent Casey Wian characterized Mexican President Vicente Fox's trip to Salt Lake City, Utah, as a "Mexican military incursion," and claimed that "[y]ou could call" Fox's trip to the United States "the Vicente Fox Aztlan tour" -- drawing a baseless link between Fox and the reconquista movement [1], which maintains that portions of the American Southwest (territory referred to by supporters of the theory as "Aztlan") belong to Mexico. During Wian's report, CNN featured a graphic of "Aztlan" that was sourced to the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC) -- an organization linked to white supremacists.
Reporting on the Senate immigration bill, Dobbs said: "Still ahead here, as the Senate moves closer to voting for a bill that would give amnesty to illegal aliens and do absolutely nothing for border security, one of the legislation's leading critics joins me, Senator Jeff Sessions [R-AL]. Senator Sessions says the Senate should be ashamed of itself." As Media Matters for America has noted [2], however, the proposed immigration legislation includes numerous provisions to increase border security. On March 27, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved [3] an immigration bill based on the "Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act [4]" -- sponsored by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and co-sponsored by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA). A fact sheet [5] provided by Kennedy stated that, in addition to providing a guest worker program and a path for illegal immigrants to gain citizenship, the bill that emerged from the Senate Judiciary Committee would:
- Double the strength of the Border Patrol by add[ing] 12,000 new agents (2,400 each year for the next 5 years)
- Double interior enforcement by adding "1,000 investigators per year for next 5 years"
- Create a "[n]ew [s]ecurity [p]erimeter" by "add[ing] new technology at the border to create [a] 'virtual fence' "
- "Tighten[] [c]ontrols" by "expand[ing] exit-entry security system at all land borders and airports"
- Call for the "[c]onstruction of [b]arriers" by "mandat[ing] new roads and vehicle barriers at borders"
- Call for the "[c]onstruction of [f]ences" by "provid[ing] additional border fences at specific vulnerable sectors"
- "[A]uthorize new permanent highway checkpoints near border"
- Demand a "[c]omprehensive [s]urveillance [p]lan" that would "mandate[] new land and water surveillance plan[s]"
- "Create[] new crime for construction, financing, and use of unlawful tunnels."
Reporting on Fox's Utah trip, Wian said: "This Mexican military incursion was fully authorized. A Mexican air force jet carrying President Vicente Fox was not just invited to Utah, but encouraged to visit by Governor [Jon] Huntsman [Jr.]." Wian was likely alluding to a January 17 Washington Times article [6], which reported: "The U.S. Border Patrol has warned agents in Arizona of incursions into the United States by Mexican soldiers 'trained to escape, evade and counterambush' if detected -- a scenario Mexico denied yesterday." Wian went on to report:
WIAN: It's estimated Utah has about 100,000 illegal aliens, and the number is growing rapidly. Utah is also a part of the territory some militant Latino activists refer to as Aztlan, the portion of the Southwest United States they claim rightfully belongs to Mexico.
As Wian was speaking, CNN showed a graphic of "Aztlan" sourced to the CCC.
As Media Matters has previously noted [7], according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SLPC), the CCC [8] "has described blacks as 'a retrograde species of humanity,' compared singer Michael Jackson to an ape, and promoted neo-Nazi and Holocaust denial materials."
According an Anti-Defamation League report [9], the CCC was "[e]stablished by former activists in the segregationist White Citizens' Councils," and "[a]lthough the group claims not to be racist, its leaders traffic with other white supremacist groups and its publications, Web sites and meetings all promote the purportedly innate superiority of whites."
Wian then linked Fox to the concept of "Aztlan," reporting:
WIAN: You could call this the Vicente Fox Aztlan tour, since the three states he'll visit -- Utah, Washington, and California -- are all part of some radical group's vision of the mythical indigenous homeland.
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell
Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
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Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna
Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy
Red Alert by Peter Bryant
Make Room! Make Room! by Mark Harris
Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
In the Heat of the Night by John Ball
The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett
The Brave Cowboy by Edward Abbey
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You knew this was coming. Last night on "Conan," O'Brien presented an "extended cut" of Bob Dylan's Chrysler 200 Super Bowl ad, with a usual bit of sly commentary that pokes some holes in the "America's Import" balloon.
Of course you know in the original ad, Dylan says "let Germany brew your beer, let Switzerland make your watch, let Asia assemble your phone." While watchmakers and beer breweries in Michigan seethe over those first two sentiments, O'Brien went for the kill.
"Let France make your water, let Denmark make your cheese... let Mexico make your pinata... let Japan produce your animated torture porn," the faux-Dylan says. "We will build your car, at least the parts that aren't made in Canada or Mexico." Ouch.
I don't have a breakdown of all the 200's parts, but it's definitely the most 'Merican of the three Chrysler models out right now — though the 3.6L engine used in the 200 could be made here in Michigan or in Mexico. While the 200 itself is assembled in Sterling Heights north of Detroit, Chrysler's other two models — the 300 and Town & Country — are assembled in Canada.
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Ozzy Osbourne Is Not Opposed to Hologram of Himself
Ozzy Osbourne has few qualms about being resurrected as a hologram after his death, like Ronnie James Dio (and now Frank Zappa).
Osbourne announced the first run of dates for his upcoming No More Tours 2 farewell tour.
While the heavy metal icon says he's only planning to retire from large-scale touring, not from performing, the announcement does signal that the Ozzman is shifting his focus away from music.
So when Ozzy was recently asked how he'd feel about continuing to tour, but as a hologram.
"If I'm gone, I don't have a say in the matter," he said, according to Loudwire.
"I can't complain," said before saying in a ghostly voice, "I'm the Prince of Darkness, I will haunt you. Go f---ing wild!"
Ozzy does have some sympathy for performers who are opposed to holograms of themselves. Addressing a story that Justin Timberlake was considering performing with a Prince hologram as part of his Super Bowl halftime show, Ozzy said.
"From what I know of Prince, he wouldn't have liked that. I don't think so," stated Osbourne. "I read an article about him and he would never do taped interviews because his voice was his income."
Of course, you don't have to be dead in order to have someone create a hologram of you. Ozzy didn't mention whether he'd consider allowing a hologram go out and tour for him as a kind of Surrogate Ozzy.
The former Black Sabbath frontman says he's saying goodbye to touring so he can be a better grandfather to his eight grandchildren.
He says he doesn't want to "go through another generation of Osbournes without seeing them grow up," he told Rolling Stone.
No More Tours 2 will keep Ozzy busy through 2020, as he tours the world to say goodbye to his loyal fans.
The first No More Tours tour was in 1993. Ozzy claimed at the time he was retiring, but he returned to touring and recording by 1995.
Performing is in his blood, Ozzy said.
"It's what I do. It's a passion for me. It's the greatest love affair I ever had, being in a rock band and playing for the people who come to the shows."
You can check the No More Tours 2 dates here.
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"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."~Harriet van Horne
Today is National Celiac Awareness Day – so what better way to celebrate and spread awareness then to share my own story of my gluten-free journey.
I have always been a food lover. I love cooking, trying new foods, recipes and even enjoy baking. I'm much more comfortable with cooking than baking though. The reason is, you don't have to be extremely precise when cooking, but with baking – you better follow those directions and measure accordingly. Growing up and learning to cook with my Grandmother it was always "a pinch of this" or "a dash of that" – no real measuring going on, plus you could taste along the way where baking you have to (for the most part) wait until you have the finished product out of the oven and keep your fingers crossed that it tastes good. And I was one of those people who would always say – "Thank God I don't have a food allergy, I have no idea what I would do if I couldn't eat…"
In June 2008 I was finally diagnosed with having Celiac Disease. Ever since I was little I had digestion issues and was told I was lactose intolerant and had irritable bowel syndrome so I did my best to avoid cheese. Mind you I love cheese so my best wasn't really that great – I continued to eat lasagna, cheese sticks, mozzarella sticks, cheese and crackers, pizza and cheesecake. Is anyone else seeing a pattern here? Well it is something that my doctors have missed all of those years – it wasn't the cheese that was making me have these issues, it was everything I was eating with the cheese!
I had all the symptoms of a person with lactose intolerance and irritable bowel syndrome – which is what I think clouded my doctors diagnoses. I was very much on the sever end of the symptoms for both of these. I was always tired (also diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), and at the age of 15 I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. I am now 28 so 13 years ago, it was very uncommon for someone my age to be diagnosed with such a thing. I went to at least five different doctors and it was always the same result "Oh, she is just looking for attention" or "There is nothing wrong with you, it is just in your head". I don't know what 15-year-old would want to be in that much pain, and trust me if you don't have this, I hope you never are diagnosed with it. There were many days that I couldn't get out of bed. Being in high school, that isn't a good thing – I missed way beyond the max days of school both my junior and senior year. I have been on and off of muscle relaxers ever since. I do my best to stay healthy, exercise and maintain a healthy diet to avoid taking these as much as possible.
Over the past two years since being diagnosed with Celiac Disease I have done quite a bit of reading on the connection of all my previous diagnoses with Celiac Disease – it is pretty amazing that they are all tied together some how. It made me wonder for quite a while how my doctors over the years could have missed this connection. But I am not here to dwell on that, I'm just here to share my journey with you.
So what is Celiac Disease?
Definition By Mayo Clinic staff
Celiac disease is a digestive condition triggered by consumption of the protein gluten, which is found in bread, pasta, cookies, pizza crust and many other foods containing wheat, barley or rye. If you have celiac disease and eat foods containing gluten, an immune reaction occurs in your small intestine, causing damage to the surface of your small intestine and an inability to absorb certain nutrients.
Eventually, the decreased absorption of nutrients (malabsorption) that occurs with celiac disease can cause vitamin deficiencies that deprive your brain, peripheral nervous system, bones, liver and other organs of vital nourishment. This can lead to other illnesses and stunted growth in children.
No treatment can cure celiac disease. However, you can effectively manage celiac disease through changing your diet.
Symptoms By Mayo Clinic staff
There are no typical signs and symptoms of celiac disease. Most people with the disease have general complaints, such as:
- Intermittent diarrhea
- Abdominal pain
- Bloating
Sometimes people with celiac disease may have no gastrointestinal symptoms at all. Celiac disease symptoms can also mimic those of other conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, gastric ulcers, Crohn's disease, parasite infections, anemia, skin disorders or a nervous condition.
Celiac disease may also present itself in less obvious ways, including:
- Irritability or depression
- Anemia
- Stomach upset
- Joint pain
- Muscle cramps
- Skin rash
- Mouth sores
- Dental and bone disorders (such as osteoporosis)
- Tingling in the legs and feet (neuropathy)
Some indications of malabsorption that may result from celiac disease include:
- Weight loss
- Diarrhea
- Abdominal cramps, gas and bloating
- General weakness and fatigue
- Foul-smelling or grayish stools that may be fatty or oily
- Stunted growth (in children)
- Osteoporosis
- Anemia
Another gluten-related condition
Dermatitis herpetiformis is an itchy, blistering skin disease that also stems from gluten intolerance. The rash usually occurs on the elbows, knees and buttocks. Dermatitis herpetiformis can cause significant intestinal damage identical to that of celiac disease. However, it may not produce noticeable digestive symptoms. This disease is treated with a gluten-free diet, in addition to medication to control the rash.
When to see a doctor
If you notice or experience any of the signs or symptoms common to celiac disease, see your doctor. If someone in your family is known to have celiac disease, you may need to be tested.
Seek medical attention for a child who is pale, irritable, fails to grow, and who has a potbelly, flat buttocks and malodorous, bulky stools. Other conditions can cause these same signs and symptoms, so it's important to talk to your doctor before trying a gluten-free diet.
So with no medicines to try (which I was very excited about, I hate taking pills!) I changed my diet. It wasn't the easiest of things to do. Like I said before I love food and at first I got really nervous that things wouldn't taste good. I cleaned out all of my gluten containing food items and brought them to work to give away. When I came back home I realized I had nothing left! It was mind-blowing to me where gluten was actually hiding in these food items. Soy Sauce!? Really!! I went to whole foods and about had a panic attack right in the store when I ever saw the prices of everything. I picked up a few of the basic things and decided that for now I would just eat fresh foods (veggies, fruits, non-marinated meat) and will eventually teach myself how to bake gluten-free. I searched and searched the web to find blogs, articles, recipes etc. The first one I came across and is still one of my favorites is Elana's Pantry. Reading her site and trying her recipes helped me realized that this isn't so bad. You can bake and cook gluten-free and it still look, smell and taste wonderful.
I started this blog shortly after being diagnosed for several reasons. To keep track of my journey, my recipes (both created by myself and those that I have adapted to be gluten-free), my experiences and to potentially help others that were in the same boat as myself. It has been an amazing two years. I have learned so much, yet there is so much more I have to learn (for example how to blend flours to bake with). Changing my diet and lifestyle to be gluten-free wasn't nearly as bad as I was first expecting it to be. I realized I just needed to be creative with my cooking (hence my blog name). There are so many wonderful recipes out there that are naturally gluten-free or are easily adaptable to become gluten-free, you just need to think outside the box a little bit, be creative and realize that somethings aren't going to look, smell or tastes exactly the same. I love it – even if I could eat gluten again, I don't think I really would (maybe some french bread though). I have found many great recipes to replace my favorite gluten containing foods. I'm happy, healthy and feel great. Since eating gluten-free my fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and ibs have been under control. I rarely get flare ups and it is such a wonderful feeling. I'm not saying that this works for everyone but for me this diet has helped in so many wonderful ways!! I don't have to take my muscle relaxers as much, and for the most part only the weather has affected my fibromyalgia -ahhhhh relief.
I love the huge gluten-free (dairy-free, soy-free, egg-free etc.) community that I have found. Granted I have yet to meet any of them in person their blogs, wisdom, recipes, funny stories, generosity, and kind hearts have helped me on this amazing journey that I am on. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for being the wonderful people who you are, for sharing your experiences and always sending encouragement along to others.
Along with all of the wonderful gluten-free bloggers out there I have to thank Bryan for being my wonderful taste-tester! Even though he isn't gluten-free he eats all the gluten-free meals, snacks and baked goods I put in front of him. He is truly amazing and the most wonderful man in the world. I have no idea where I would be without him, he truly is my best friend. (and I am slowly turning him into a foodie).
If you haven't been tested for Celiac Disease please do so, especially if someone in your family has Celiac Disease!
Here are a few of my favorite recipes over the last two years:
Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta
Thai Chicken Soup (Elana's Pantry)
Happy Celiac Awareness Day – What are you doing to spread awareness??


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CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood Takes Video of the Year
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Carrie Underwood was the big winner at Wednesday's 2012 CMT Music Awards in Nashville, taking Video of the Year for "Good Girl" and Collaborative Video of the Year with Brad Paisley for "Remind Me." She thanked her fans for watching the videos and supporting the artists. Carrie also turned in a high-energy performance of "Good Girl."
The CMT Music Awards co-hosts, Toby Keith and Kristen Bell, kicked the show off with a comedy bit playing off the presidential election, and this year's candidates even got in on the act. The skit pitted Toby and Kristen against each other in bids to host the show solo. Fake news reports from Steve Kroft of CBS's "60 Minutes" and Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb of NBC's "Today" gave the opening a real-life feel.
President Obama himself made a cameo, signing a memo saying he wanted both Kristen and Toby to do the job. Mitt Romney weighed in as well, saying he wanted both of them to host the show, adding, "See, I just put two people back to work. You're welcome America."
The skit ended when Willie Nelson stepped in and convinced Toby and Kristen to co-host the show. Toby and Kristen then entered the arena in a giant red solo cup in a nod to Toby's monster hit. Toby said it was CMT's own version of Lady Gaga's "crazy egg" from last year's Grammy Awards.
Lady Antebellum opened the show with a collaboration with Nashville-based pop group Hot Chelle Rae. They performed a mash-up of Lady A's hit "We Owned the Night" and Hot Chelle Rae's "Tonight Tonight." "We Owned the Night" was named Group Video of the Year too.
Luke Bryan delivered his latest hit, "Drunk on You," on a stage in the middle of the audience before moving to the main stage and handing his guitar to a fan. Luke later won his second CMT buckle for Male Video of the Year with "I Don't Want This Night to End." He thanked his wife for not shooting him after doing such a sexy video. For a laugh, Luke had presenter Tom Arnold pull a pair of camouflage underwear out of the singer's pants and throw it into the audience.
Zac Brown Band performed their brand-new single, "The Wind," for the first time on television. It will appear on their third album, "Uncaged," due out next month.
Pistol Annies, Miranda Lambert's all-girl group, made their CMT Music Awards debut singing "Takin' Pills" from their debut album, "Hell on Heels." They're expected to start work on a second Pistol Annies project in the coming months. Host Kristen Bell later sang a spoof of Pistol Annies' song "Hell on Heels," hoping for a spot in the band as "Hollywood Annie."
Miranda took the Female Video of the Year trophy for her emotional #1 hit "Over You." She dedicated the win to her husband Blake Shelton's late brother Richie, who inspired the song.
Little Big Town performed their sexy new single "Pontoon" on board an actual pontoon boat on the stage. Lady A's Charles Kelley and Luke Bryan were spotted in the audience singing along to LBT's new summer hit.
Hank Williams, Jr. and Brad Paisley took over the show's outdoor stage to sing their new duet, "I'm Gonna Get Drunk and Play Hank Williams." Eric Church also used the outdoor stage to sing his #1 hit "Drink in My Hand."
Willie Nelson welcomed Jamey Johnson, Zac Brown Band, Darius Rucker and Toby Keith for a group performance of Willie's ode to marijuana, "Roll Me Up," more popularly known as "Roll Me Up and Smoke When I Die."
Kenny Chesney took time out from his Brothers of the Sun tour with Tim McGraw to perform his brand-new, intimate single, "Come Over." Host Toby Keith had a lot of pyrotechnics backing him up for his performance of "Beers Ago."
The Band Perry presented the USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year trophy to Scotty McCreery. He filmed the winning video, "The Trouble with Girls," at his own school, Garner Magnet High School in North Carolina.
The Band Perry returned later in the show to sing their latest hit "Postcard from Paris" after an introduction from actress Denise Richards. Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti and Jordin Sparks presented the CMT Performance of the Year trophy to Jason Aldean for "Tattoos on This Town" from the CMT Artists of the Year special. It was his first CMT Music Award win.
Jason came back to present Group Video of the Year to Lady Antebellum for "We Owned the Night." Thompson Square won Duo Video of the Year for "I Got You." Shawna Thompson noted that they were selling boots and buckles at a western store in Nashville not long ago, so it was nice to get the buckle-shaped CMT Award from the fans.
Lauren Alaina, Casey James, Jana Kramer, Scotty McCreery, The Farm and Kip Moore all gave mini-performances on the CMT Music Awards' Nationwide Stage throughout the night.
Rascal Flatts closed out the show with a performance of their hit "Banjo" before welcoming rock legends Journey for a collaboration on "Don't Stop Believin'" as the credits rolled.
Here are the winners of the 2012 CMT Music Awards:
Video of the Year
Carrie Underwood -- "Good Girl"
Male Video of the Year
Luke Bryan -- "I Don't Want This Night to End"
Female Video of the Year
Miranda Lambert -- "Over You"
Group Video of the Year
Lady Antebellum -- "We Owned the Night"
Duo Video of the Year
Thompson Square -- "I Got You"
USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year
Scotty McCreery -- "The Trouble with Girls"
Collaborative Video of the Year
Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood -- "Remind Me"
CMT Performance of the Year
Jason Aldean -- "Tattoos on This Town" from 2011 CMT Artists of the Year
Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio


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