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When Tim Keller came to Manhattan in 1989, New York City had a well-deserved reputation as a snarling, scary place. Violent crime, drug dealing, and other urban pathologies had weakened or chased off many of the faithful. While a barely perceptible renewal was under way, it seemed as if the few remaining orthodox Protestants were huddled together in historic buildings. All of Keller's formal pastoral experience had happened in a small, blue-collar town in Virginia.
Yet today, almost 20 years later, he steps onstage before a packed auditorium at Hunter College on Manhattan's Upper East Side. His church, Redeemer Presbyterian, has five crowded Sunday services in three rented locations—Keller dashes between them—with an average total attendance of 5,000. The service at Hunter is the largest, the "tourist service." (For many years, Redeemer deliberately avoided publicity, but word has spread lately, and Keller estimates that hundreds of out-of-towners show up each Sunday.) Well over 2,000 people—mainly young whites and Asians you would expect to be sleeping off a late Saturday night—have come to this morning's service.
Redeemer's worship is seemly and traditional. Instead of using video monitors, casually dressed worshipers follow a 20-page bulletin that includes hymns, prayers, and Bible texts. Organ and a brass quartet lead the music. For evening services, jazz musicians play contemporary Christian songs.
Standing 6'4", with a bald head, glasses, and a coat and tie, Keller, 58, does not look hip. Nor is his sermon funny, charming, or daring. He preaches from the first chapter of Genesis, on the doctrine of Creation.
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Fall football camp for the Houston Cougars is only a week away — the first day of practice is Friday, Aug. 5 — so with camp nearing, we'll take a glance at the different positions over the next week and how things look heading into practice. Today, we'll start with the offensive line.
The interesting thing about this group is that the coaches have said that this is the biggest line collectively they've had in years. When asked how the size compared to previous years, co-offensive coordinator Jason Phillips said "There is no comparison," and likened the size they have now to the size the Cougars had around the time he played or in the early 1990s. However, there isn't a ton of starting experience that will exist in the front five when the Cougars kickoff
against UCLA on Sept. 3. There are only two returning starters within the group.
With all that being said, let's peruse through the positions:
At left tackle, junior Jacolby Ashworth is penciled in as the starter and will be entering his second full season as a starter at the position. Offensive line coach B.J. Anderson said that he's counting on Ashworth taking a leadership role since he's one of the most experienced on the line.
"We expect Jacolby to take a definite leadership role," Anderson said. "He's had a good summer…I'm excited about him getting started in camp."
The right tackle spot will be a battle between Rowdy Harper and Ralph Oragwu. The two battled in the spring and though Harper came out with the slight edge and is listed the starter as the depth chart, Anderson expects the battle to continue in August.
"That's been exciting to watch," Anderson said. "That's been a fun position to watch. They're two young guys but they're excited about the opportunity to be a starting player here. Both of them have work their tails off this summer to help themselves earn that job come fall camp. It was extremely competitive in the spring and I expect it to be really interesting come fall camp.
"I think you'll see both of those guys play a lot of football this fall."
Anderson said that both of them will get work at the left tackle position as the Cougars will look to find some quality depth in developing someone as a "swing" tackle that can play on either side. He said Oragwu is worth keeping an eye on in the coming weeks.
"I'd keep an eye on Ralph Oragwu. He's had a good summer. He's a guy that's starting to figure out that he's a redshirt sophomore. I think he's really going to make a run at one of those tackle positions and he'll give us some needed depth as well."
Other players who will get reps at tackle are redshirt freshman Chris Hill and Blinn College transfer Josh McNeill.
"I can't tell you which guys right now are right side backups and which ones are left side backups," Anderson said. "We have about four or five that can play the tackle position and I need to come out of fall camp with four of them that are ready to help us win games."
Where McNeill fits in is largely unknown at this point. Anderson said he has always played on the right side of the ball when he was at Blinn College. Given that, you could see him figure in somewhere in the right guard/right tackle mix and he'll get reps at both spots.
Ty Cloud, a redshirt sophomore, is the guy at left guard heading into camp. At 6-4, 315 he's one of the biggest the Cougars have up front.
"He's worked awfully hard this summer as well," Anderson said. "He's such a strong kid. I'm comfortable with him right now at the left guard position."
At the right guard, Bryce Redmen and Josh McNeill will get to work there and get to battle. Because he was around for spring and has been around longer than the newcomer McNeill, the early edge goes to him going into camp.
"He's one of the strongest kids on our team," Anderson said. "He's working hard to get his weight to what I consider playing (weight), which is 290 mark….He and Josh McNeill will go at each other at that position.
"Bryce knows the offense, works hard on it and he's extremely physical. He played high school ball at Longview where they ran the ball a ton so he's having to learn his way through the pass protection stuff. But he's a kid that has had a great summer as well and I expect him to have a great fall camp as well."
As for DeAnthony Sims, the converted defensive lineman, he currently figures in at left guard, battling in the depth chart with Kevin Forsch. Anderson said that when it comes to depth, who's at right guard or left guard isn't as critical as simply having quality depth.
"I need all of those guys for left and right guard," Anderson said. "I feel good about our guard depth going into camp. We've got five or six guys that played that position."
Two-time All-Conference USA selection Chris Thompson enters fall camp as the starter at center after sliding over to the position late in the spring. The original starter heading into spring, Blake Sargent suffered a shoulder injury that prompted the move.
Anderson said he isn't sure whether Sargent would be ready to go on the first day of fall camp, but he would expect to see him at least a couple of weeks into camp.
"Blake's doing good and he's got to get that thing well," Anderson said. "He's got to get himself back into football shape."
Kevin Forsch and Bryce Redmen will take center reps as well, giving Anderson four guys (including Sargent) who will have some time snapping the ball in camp. Forsch will likely start camp as the No. 2 center behind Thompson while Sargent continues to recover.
As for Thompson, Anderson feels good about his ability to make the transition to the middle.
"Chris Thompson is a tough football player and a smart kid," Anderson said. "He knows our offense, was an all-league right guard and I expect him to be very effective handling the football and taking care of the football. He's got natural leadership skills and I think it's a really good fit for him."


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Nearly all land in the eastern US Piedmont region was cleared for intensive agriculture following European settlement, but some areas have been afforested over the last century. In these areas, an extensive ephemeral stream network drains into perennial headwater streams. In order to understand the present-day functioning of the ephemeral network in afforested watersheds, we mapped 102 channel head positions at 6 sites and monitored 6 channels at 2 sites in North Carolina's Piedmont. The ephemeral channels are activated by subsurface flow from high intensity precipitation with wet or dry soils, or long duration precipitation with wet soils. Overland flow does not occur upslope of channel heads in forested watersheds, but it is observed in present-day pastures and fields.
Channel head contributing areas range from 0.1 – 3.0 ha, with local slopes that average 0.13 (range: 0.04 – 0.36). The relationship between slope and area at the channel heads has the form c = AS1.1, with an exponent much lower than the commonly reported exponent of ~2 that is associated with subsurface or saturation overland flow. Instead, the lower exponent may reflect the legacy of 18th-19th century of intense land use and degraded cover, which may have produced turbulent overland flow upslope of channels. Though established by relict land use conditions, we suggest that this network extent is maintained by the frequent activation of the channels through subsurface flow under forest cover. Further, channel heads are located within or downslope of colluvial hollows suggesting that gullying from historical land use is not the most extensive channel network experienced by the Piedmont over the course its landscape evolution, and that the dissection of the landscape may be the result of a precipitation and land cover regime much different from the modern one.


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There has been much discussion overt the years about whether or NOT a woman landed at Gallipoli during the campaign.
There have been several variants of the story. A new book attempts to tell the story of this woman and exactly who she was.
One reviewer wrote
"John Howell's book 'The Only Woman at Gallipoli' makes for an intriguing read; and with this title it certainly makes one want to delve into its contents.
This is John Howell's first book and it is certainly well researched. It asks the question of who was the only woman at Gallipoli; the woman who came ashore and laid a wreath at the grave of a man who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery at Cape Helles, on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Was it his wife, or the other woman in his life?
The book however, goes beyond its compelling and even, deceptive title. We are drawn into the aftermath of WWI. The author's informative account illustrates the consequences of the decisions made in the wake of that conflict, that still have worldwide ramifications today.
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I am pretty sure it was Lillian Doughty-Wylie, his wife.
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Did his wife, Lillian Doughty-Wylie come ashore at Gallipoli in November 1915 or was it his lover, Gertrude Bell? Lillian had left the Western Front and taken up a post as Matron in a military hospital on the Greek Island of Thasos, not far from Gallipoli. She must have persuaded someone to let her travel on a ship visiting Gallipoli and then arranged with the French army, which now controlled the area where her husband was killed, to let her go ashore and lay a wreath on his grave. She must have had friends in high places to be able to break the rules like this!
However, there is still a mystery about 'the only woman to land at Gallipoli'. It may not have been Lillian.
From 1913 Charles had a love affair with Gertrude Bell, an archaeologist, traveller, writer and politician who was living in Ottoman Syria and Iraq. They exchanged passionate love letters right up to his death. Could she have been the mystery woman?
Her life, though, is about to get rather wider recognition - courtesy of a new Hollywood film – Queen of the Desert – starring Nicole Kidman as Bell, filming of which began in neighbouring Jordan last month.
Towards the end of 1915, and well before the fighting had finished, soldiers reported seeing a visitor at his grave - a woman in a black veil who laid a wreath. Was it a grieving Bell on yet another daring mission?
Many scholars of her life believe it was. But while it might make a poignant Hollywood ending for the Kidman/Lewis film, the letters in Bell's archive shed no real light on the matter.
Probably we will never know,
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John and I spent all of last weekend working on the Halloween costumes we're going to wear to go trick-or-treating at Walt Disney World this Friday, because that's totally something thirty-something adults with no kids do.
Oh, I'm sorry; did I say "trick-or-treating? I meant "treak or treating."
It's a lot like trick-or-treating, only with more treaks.
We also bought a giant variety pack of Halloween candy to give out to the neighborhood kids next week, but John's already eaten everything except the little boxes of Milk Duds. We are literally going to be giving out Duds, you guys. We'll probably walk outside on November 1st to find our lawn littered with TP, Milk Dud boxes, and tiny molars.
I'm pretty sure caramel was invented by a lazy dentist who got tired of pulling teeth. Admit it: chewing caramel is like chewing a mouthful of Lilliputians armed with grappling hooks. (Really sweet Lilliputians, though. Some of which come with a chocolate coating. Mmm. Is this disturbing anyone else? No? Good.)
Hey, speaking of Lilliputians with grappling hooks... what the heck are these?
More importantly, does the idea of chewing gummi teeth squick anyone else out?
And most importantly, isn't "squick" like the coolest made-up word ever?
This ghostly bowling ball has a boo boo. See if you can spot it.
Now, I know what you're thinking, and I'm way ahead of you. So you just sit right there and relax, while Auntie Jen fetches just the thing you're looking for.
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Er, you did want a pair of zombie muppet pumpkins, right?
Dang, I'm good.
Hey, I just realized "Auntie Jen" sounds like "antigen" if you pronounce "aunt" the American, buggy way. Which is totally creppy.
It's kind of a cross between crappy and creepy.
Or maybe it's like a thin pancake.
Either way, as the pirate mummy with a poor grasp of puns likes to say,
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Salman Khan has found a new love in his life. It has been reported that the Dabangg actor is having a great time with British model Hazel who is working with Sallu Bhai in Bodyguard, remake of hit Malyalam movie, Bodyguard.
The movie is directed by Siddique, who also directed the original version of the movie in Malyalam and produced by Salman Khan's brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri.
Salman Khan and Hazel are having a great time together and they enjoy each other's company. The two were shooting in Pune for the movie. Hazel took out Salman Khan on a bike ride. The two also spent a lot of time with one another before and after their shooting schedules.
A source said, "Most new girls in the industry get quite intimidated by Salman, but Hazel has not shown any such signs. Salman and she hit it off like a house on fire. It now seems that they are more than just good friends."
Neither Hazel nor Salman Khan commented on the matter.
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Hartnett was born in San Francisco, California, and was raised mostly by his father, Daniel Hartnett (a building manager), and his stepmother, Molly (an artist) near Saint Paul, Minnesota. He has three younger half-siblings. He is of Irish ancestry and was raised Roman Catholic, attending Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Grade School, where he played Adam Apple in an eighth grade production of "Krazy Kamp". He later attended Cretin-Derham Hall High School before switching to South High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from which he graduated in June 1996.
Hartnett was active in sports as a child, especially football, and did not entertain the thought of becoming a performer, until an injury left him unable to participate on the athletic playing field. A relative encouraged him to audition for a stage production of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn and to his surprise, he won the part of Huckleberry Finn. Now in love with the stage, he went on to star in a slew of high school plays.


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Lady Gaga Throws Shade at Katy Perry on Twitter
Though both Lady Gaga and Katy Perry have repeatedly insisted that they are not competing against each other, it looks like Mother Monster may have had a change of heart. Gaga threw some pretty obvious shade at the 'Dark Horse' singer last night, taking to Twitter to sub tweet Perry's Prismatic Tour garb:
Yikes! The tweet is a clear dig at Perry, considering she just dyed her hair "slime green" (and dons a green wig during the show) and rides a mechanical horse onstage during her Prismatic World Tour, which she just kicked off in Belfast, Ireland just this week. Of course, the other element of the tweet is that Gaga seems to be accusing Perry of copying her, considering Gaga rode a white mechanical horse onto the red carpet at the 2013 American Music Awards and recently rocked some green neon hair herself.
While Katy Cats might be angry at the shade thrown by Gaga, if Perry's past words are any indication, she wouldn't want them to stop listening to the 'G.U.Y.' singer solely on her behalf.
"Sometimes, it keeps me on my toes as a performer," Perry said about the supposed "competition" between her and Gaga. "It's nice to have that. But we both agree that we don't like the competitive nature and we don't encourage it from our fans because you are not going to listen to one artist your whole life. You'll listen to a medley of different artists."
For her part, Gaga was a bit more blunt, expressing her frustration at the constant comparison:
"I don't know what the f–- I have to do with Katy Perry," Gaga said during SXSW. "My music is so completely different and I couldn't be more different."
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Taylor Armstrong almost formerly of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (allegedly) took some time out from her busy schedule of book touring to tell Us Weekly she isn't ready to date.
"I'm growing and I'm really just focused on Kennedy and learning how to be a single woman and a single mom," she shared. "I'm just so not ready." Taylor admits it's because she still isn't over Russell Armstrong. "I still think about Russell every single day, and I still miss him terribly and I feel like I'm so far from ready. I don't know if you just wake up and you're ready, or how that works. But for me, for now, I really got some growing to do, I think, before I'll be even ready to be a good judge of what's good for me."
Well, perhaps the reason Taylor isn't ready to focus on a new relationship is she has bigger things to worry about – like a looming $1.5M lawsuit filed against her and her now deceased husband by MyMedicalRecords.com and NuWay Digital Services (NDS). Taylor heads to court this summer and it seems things are heading down a pretty treacherous path.
Today a routine hearing related to the case takes place. MMR alleges that Taylor was a willfully involved party, along with Russell, in pocketing missing investor monies and assisted in failing to disclose certain investors to MMR as part of a settlement agreement between the Armstrongs and MMR. They also state that Taylor misrepresented herself as being a member of the famous Ford Motor Family in order to "lure" investors. We all know this, but it's worth repeating for scandal's sake.


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Regina Rex presents INTRANSITIVE, a solo exhibition by Juliana Cerqueira Leite. For her exhibit she has created a new installation comprised of sculptures made in-situ, affixed to the gallery's walls and floors reflecting the residual movements of the artist throughout the space.
"My daily movements are often duets choreographed by relationships with objects. I get out of a bed and lean into a sink basin while I get ready to hold a pole in a subway car on my way to sit on a chair in my studio. I seamlessly assume memorized positions in response to the presence of these objects as they facilitate my life, and the relationship is reciprocal – these objects silently suggest learned behavior and I comply. As they occupy the environment they tighten and anchor the framing of actions: this is where I eat, this is where I work, this is where I sleep."
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Dazon Dixon Diallo was working towards a B.A. in English and Communications at Spelman College when she was drawn into the work of HIV/AIDS.
The year was 1985. True to the nature of students who attend Spelman and other historically Black colleges and universities, her commitment to community service occupied most of her free time. She was actively involved in the women's reproductive health movement, volunteering regularly at a local clinic in Atlanta.
Shortly after Rock Hudson announced to the world that he had AIDS, the clinic where she worked received a disturbing call from a local AIDS service organization (ASO), a call that would change her life forever.
Because AIDS had been labeled "the gay plague," most, if not all, of the services and information regarding the disease was geared towards gay men. The people at the local ASO, then, found themselves clueless as to how to handle the flood of phone calls that they were receiving from newly-diagnosed Black women. As a result, they called upon women in the community who were already working with women's health issues, in some capacity or another, to help them to figure out this emerging crisis. That was Dazon's introduction to what became her life's work. At the time, however, she was clueless as to just how politically driven that work would become.
Long story short, the women's organization she was volunteering for teamed up with that AIDS service organization to create and implement HIV/AIDS prevention and support programming for women. Then one day, as a result of what she calls "CBO (community based organization) political upheaval," all of the female volunteers and staff at the ASO simply walked out, at the same time.
In an effort to salvage what they had helped to establish (the first and only HIV/AIDS program for women in Atlanta or anywhere in the southeast at that time), Dazon and her colleagues from the women's clinic decided to take on the program themselves.
Relocating it was a challenge that, like so many others, they overcame. She would soon learn, though, that the politics involved in the work would be inescapable.
Hard Work
Although the numbers clearly demonstrated the need, funding for HIV/AIDS services for women was tough to come by in the late 1980's. And, with Ronald Reagan as president, funding for anything that had to do with abortions, including the clinics that provided them, was even more scarce.
The clinic that Dazon worked for was organized by mostly white, middle-class, pro-choice feminists. Their primary focus was reproductive health rights and not necessarily the increasing number of Black women living with HIV/AIDS. Therefore, when funding really became an issue, the HIV/AIDS program that they offered (the only one like it in the entire region at that time) was the first of their programs to get the ax.
Understanding the need, Dazon remained steadfast in her desire to be of service to women with HIV, Black women in particular. With the support of some of the others who had also been involved, she opened up her home to provide space for the program. From there, SisterLove, Inc., was born.
Realizing that the program was lacking in the area of cultural sensitivity, the collective of women began to incorporate Black feminist theory and the "self-help" model created by the National Black Women's Health Project into the program. Their primary objective was to empower Black women to take charge of their own lives, in order to stop the spread of HIV. SisterLove became one of the few places in Atlanta where HIV-positive Black women could go for support and comfort and, oftentimes the only place they could go for love.
In time, though, the program grew too large for the bedroom in Dazon's house that it once comfortably occupied. Eventually, and somewhat to her dismay, SisterLove made the transition from a grassroots collective to a more sophisticated operation, offering a wide array of services for women and children.
"I didn't realize that I would have to literally build a business from the ground up," she says. "All I wanted to do was provide services to my community. I got in this to bring some solutions to some serious problems, not to worry about grants and funding or whether or not I'm going to be able to make my payroll."
But she does what she has to do, and she does it well. She even found time, somehow in the midst of all that she does, to return to school to obtain a masters degree in public health (MPH).
Realizing the interconnectedness of women's reproductive health issues and HIV/AIDS, services at SisterLove now extend beyond HIV prevention and care to more fully address the entire Black female experience -- regardless of HIV status, age, sexual identity, or country of birth.
Today, SisterLove operates two locations in Atlanta and one in South Africa, doing capacity building work with small, grassroots organizations that were already doing tremendous work in that country, but lacked the infrastructure and/or the resources necessary to sustain it.
South Africa
Their most recent project is called the Thembuhlelo Trust Cooperative. Thembuhlelo is Swahili for "trust your own program."
Essentially, SisterLove organized a formal trust of three non-government organizations (NGO's) in a region about 90 miles east of Johannesburg, who were doing either home-based care, orphan care, or youth prevention work. Those three organization identified 60 individuals, who are either volunteers or recipients of services, to work collectively in a cooperative.
SisterLove worked with the South African government, on behalf of that cooperative, to purchase a 700-acre dairy farm. They then transferred it into the trust and trained those individuals to work it -- from the chickens and cows to the management and marketing.
"It is an HIV/AIDS project," Dazon says, "but it involves land ownership, income generation, economic empowerment for women, and making sure that the people, in this community at least, have access to all the care and treatment that they need."
The project has ignited a spark for the Department of Land Affairs there, as they are trying to figure out how their efforts at land redistribution might have a lasting effect on alleviating HIV/AIDS and poverty as well. The Thembuhlelo Trust Cooperative has been named a pilot project for them, with SisterLove helping to re-create it in different areas throughout the country.
"This is really important stuff," Dazon says with great excitement. "It's returning the land back to the people from whom it was taken illegally. And it's about being innovative with how you approach HIV/AIDS beyond healthcare."
Thembuhlelo has also been successful at helping to diminish the stigma that is associated with the disease. The farmer from whom they bought the farm initially tried to sabotage it, telling people in the community that it was being run by "those AIDS people." The people in the community, however, are very poor. And because there is such a demand for necessities as basic as milk and eggs, they could care less about who's running the farm. They come to purchase these goods there for nearly half the price that they would pay for them at any of the nearby stores and, at the same time, learn how HIV is and is not transmitted, as well as how to access services.
Back Home
While she is fully invested in the work that SisterLove is doing in South Africa, Dazon is always thinking of ways to transfer what she's learning and doing there to assist with curbing the epidemic here in the U.S.
"The problems are not that different," she says. "[In both locations,] you have women who are vulnerable or who are not able to get the treatment and care that they need because they are economically dependent or depressed."
At press time for this issue, SisterLove was in the process of establishing a women's focused cyber center for low-income women and their families in Atlanta.
"How do people get their information these days?" Dazon asks, and then answers herself. "Through e-mail. And so what happens if you don't have e-mail? Or if you can't read, for that matter? You miss out."
With the cyber center, she hopes to eliminate the "digital divide" barrier, while continuing to create safe spaces for women to learn and grow and to take charge of their own lives, always staying true to her original purpose for becoming involved.
In her spare time, she teaches in the MPH program at Morehouse School of Medicine. She is also a member of the adjunct faculty at Spelman College in the Women's Studies Program. As if she doesn't have enough to keep her busy, Dazon is also the producer and host of a weekly Black women's radio program known as Sista's Time, which she affectionately calls an "audio magazine featuring the life, health and cultural issues of women of African descent and those who love us."
With so much sistalove exuding from this woman and others like her, who in their right mind couldn't love them.


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I have just joined the forum and your post was one of the first ones that I have read. I've been researching BFS for 18 months since my symptoms first appeared. I have been to the neurologists on numerous occasions, complete with the ALS and MS tests being negative. The information that you shared is probably the most comprehensive and reassuring thing that I have read. This twitching, perceived weakness, lack of energy and anxiety has really put a damper on my life, and I'm sure on the lives of my family and loved ones. The sensations are impossible to ignore and therefore are usually in my thoughts. The only time I really feel somewhat normal is when I'm playing basketball or doing something that really takes all of my attention. I have really gone through a full range of emotions the last year and a half and not the least of which is guilt for being so weak that I can't shake (no pun) this thing mentally. I've used Zanax and other benziods sparingly, reserving them for times of extreme or prolonged anxiety. Sleeping pills have really helped because I was too nervous to sleep and therefore exacerbating the problem of the twitching. When I got the symptoms I was 50 going on 35. Now I'm 52 going on 65. I'll do my best to take your advice and reduce stress and worry. I can't see living the rest of my life with the BFS controlling me the way that it has.
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BDSM Romance Fifty Shades of Gray is a National Phenomenon
Read the USA Today Article, Quoting NCSF own Susan Wright
March 4, 2012 -- Everyone is talking about the run-away success of the novel Fifty Shades of Gray by E. L. James, the first book in a BDSM romance trilogy. On March 1st, 2012, the novel hit #1 on the Amazon ebook bestseller list in the genre, romance and erotica categories.
The book got a big boost from The Today Show, with supervising producer Joanne LaMarca saying, "I downloaded a copy and don't think I put it down until I finished it, despite what the pilot on my flight to Florida said. I can say, along with many other women I'm sure, that reading this book is very good for your marriage!"
Read the coverage on: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/46590258/ns/today-books/t/triple-x-trilogy-novels-has-women-talking-quietly/#.T1OJgfUzB8E
In a segment televised on Today on March 2, 2012, sexologist Dr. Laura Berman touted the appeal of submission: "Now we've moved on to a new generation where women are more empowered than ever before, the glass ceiling has been broken, and we have as much control as we want—and what are we longing for? A little bodice-ripping."
NCSF supports the open discussion taking place about Fifty Shades of Gray, and celebrates the fact that acceptance of kinky sex between consenting adults is taking place. NCSF has worked hard to educate the media and the public about BDSM, and the benefit of having responsible, healthy sex through negotiation, communication, trust and honesty.
The only sour notes were sounded by Today's Chief Legal Analyst Savannah Guthrie, and Dr. Drew Pinsky, who called the BDSM romance "violence against women":
"But there is something about this. It's not just a matter of steamy sex scenes. The context is this bondage, this submission, and frankly stripped bare: violence against women," said Guthrie.
"It does disturb me actually… the swept-away fantasy is a common fantasy but as you're saying, Savannah, it's going beyond that into violence against women," said Pinksy.
The voice of reason was relationship expert Dr. Logan Levkoff who said, "I've read these books. I don't see these particular books as violence against women." She added, "The community has very organized rules. It's consensual. Let's be clear, this does not depict rape or anything like that."
See the video on: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/46602040#46602040
NCSF believes that adults who engage in BDSM with other consenting adults, as well as those who just want to fantasize about roleplay and power dynamics, should not be stigmatized. Experts who voice their opinions on television should make the distinction that consensual sex is good and nonconsensual sex is violence. Until that happens, the BDSM community will continue to be discriminated against and persecuted because of the misconception that we are violent people.
If you'd like to let Today know your opinion, write to: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29041920/ns/today-today_participate/t/email-today/#.T1OLHPUzB8E
NCSF Launches the Next Chapter for Consent Counts
NCSF Launches the Next Chapter for Consent Counts
February 27, 2012
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) announces two new publications as part of its nationwide campaign, Consent Counts. The Consent Counts Project was launched by the BDSM-leather-fetish communities in 2006 to decriminalize consensual BDSM in U.S. law by ensuring that consent will be recognized as a defense to criminal charges brought under assault laws and other statutes. "For the past 18 months, NCSF's Consent Counts Project has almost exclusively focused on the legal and policy issues surrounding decriminalization of BDSM activities," says Leigha Fleming, NCSF Chairperson. "We have learned that the Consent Counts project also needs to do more to work within our own communities to better understand and articulate what consent is and to better educate about the importance of prior informed and ongoing consent."
NCSF is proud to announce the publication of two new guides "The Aftermath: A guide for victims of sexual assault and/or intimate partner violence in the BDSM community," by Natalie Quintero, and "When the Levee Breaks: A guide to dealing with and avoiding arrest and prosecution in BDSM scenes." "The Aftermath" is a compilation of advice that is regularly provided to victims who ask for help through NCSF's Incident Reporting & Response project. This guide will educate anyone in the BDSM community who has been victimized on what one might expect to experience after an assault, what one's options are, things to consider when weighing options and making decisions on what to do next, what one might expect if one decides to report the experience, as well as the resources available to assist in coping with and healing from abuse.
"When the Levee Breaks" is a companion to the NCSF publication, "The Aftermath," and is a guide to provide a perspective for those who have, through mistake, misunderstanding, or a fleeting lapse of reason, committed an act of criminally actionable sexual assault. It is not intended to provide a defense for indefensible acts. "When the Levee Breaks" also provides information on how to better protect oneself against arrest and prosecution.
Both guides are now available on the NCSF website: www.ncsfreedom.org/consentcounts.html
You can join the NCSF Consent Counts community at FetLife to talk about these two new NCSF guides online! Join our Consent Counts group www.fetlife.com/consentcounts to discuss issues of consent with kinksters both in the US and around the world."Sexual abuse and intimate partner violence are a real problem in the kinky community. The nature of BDSM greatly increases the importance of having a clear definition for consent when addressing these issues - both inside our community and at the legal and legislative levels," says James Lennon, VP of FetLife. "That's why FetLife has decided to partner with the NCSF on the Consent Counts project. Together, we can make the BDSM community a safer place for everyone."
"The Aftermath" and "When the Levee Breaks" are only a couple of the tools developed by NCSF as part of our Consent Counts Project. In the coming year, Consent Counts will be presenting continuing legal education (CLE) programs to attorneys, prosecutors and law students, and participating selectively with "friend of the court" briefs in legal cases.To date, the Consent Counts Project has completed a review of the relevant laws in all 50 states and on the Federal level, and has developed educational programs and outreach materials. These resources, including a state-by-state guide of relevant consent related assault laws, the appellate legal cases involving criminal prosecution of BDSM as assault as well as some of legal cases relevant to the alternative sexuality communities have been posted on the NCSF website under Resources,
The final piece of the expanded Consent Counts project will be released by March 15, 2012. To facilitate a community-wide discussion on and about consent, Consent Counts has created a Community Discussion Guide and a survey that groups, munches, individuals and events around the country can use to create a framework for the thoughtful examination of the nuances of consent.
NCSF Press Release - Missouri Indictment
In an indictment rendered by a Grand Jury in the Western District of Missouri on September 9, 2010, five Missouri men allegedly participated in torturing a mentally disabled woman online or in person over a multi-year period when the victim was between the ages of 16 and 24. Among the charges are: Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud or Coercion, Forced Labor Trafficking, Transportation for Sexual Activity, and Conspiracy. The allegations involve sex with a minor, drug and firearms possession, forced prostitution, sexual abuse, and torture to the point that the victim suffered a heart attack.
These activities should not be confused with consensual BDSM. People who engage in BDSM and other similar activities do so as consenting adults and in a safe, sane, and consensual manner. BDSM activities are not violent specifically because all participants can stop any time they wish. Millions of people engage in BDSM: according to the Kinsey Institute's New Report on Sex, between 5-10% of the adult population engages in BDSM on at least an occasional basis.
NCSF strongly condemns criminals who commit violence and engage in non-consensual activities. We encourage the media to remember that the large community of consenting adults who engage in BDSM activities should not be conflated with these alleged crimes. Ordinary people do BDSM – parents, co-workers, friends, and neighbors. But because of the stigma against BDSM, most people are closeted and don't speak out about their interests because they fear condemnation and discrimination.
To read the Federal Indictment:
The NCSF is committed to creating a political, legal and social environment in the US that advances equal rights for consenting adults who engage in alternative sexual and relationship expressions. The NCSF aims to advance the rights of, and advocate for consenting adults in the BDSM-Leather-Fetish, Swing, and Polyamory Communities. We pursue our vision through direct services, education, advocacy, and outreach, in conjunction with our partners, to directly benefit these communities.
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- Work to change antiquated laws
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With aging infrastructure and renewables joining the supply network, the stability of the electric grid is becoming more and more unpredictable. This reality is affecting plants and manufacturing facilities across the country, causing particularly bad headaches for facilities maintenance supervisors and electrical engineers who manage power-sensitive equipment.
When a fast-growing composites manufacturer in Pennsylvania experienced persistent power problems, the answers were not easy to find. For years, the plant had been plagued by disruptive and dangerous electrical problems that blew fuses/amplifiers and burned circuit boards on equipment across the plant. The anomalies came very fast. In fact, by the time the plant's electrical engineers became aware of them, tracing the cause was next to impossible.
After checking every panel and service supply, Dan Claxton, plant maintenance supervisor at the facility, hired an outside firm to search for answers — but had no luck. The cost of burned equipment, including circuit boards, amplifiers, fuses, and electronic modulating valves, amounted to $50,000 a year, plus that much more in downtime.
Suspecting an external power problem, Claxton complained to his electric utility. Utility engineers came out and plugged in a power monitor for a week. Noting a problem on the electric utility side of the meter, they replaced the transformer. About a month later, the transformer was replaced again. Nevertheless, problems at the plant persisted. Something bigger was going on, but the electric utility engineers had no good answer as to what it was.
Frustrated but determined to solve the mystery, Claxton began looking at power quality instruments himself — something he could install permanently and use to monitor the power on a continuous basis. Upon the suggestion of one of his team members, he looked into a PQube from Power Standards Lab (PSL), Alameda, Calif. The PQube is a compact, low-cost power quality monitor with a DIN-rail mounting design. The device proved to be perfect for snapping inside the electric panel without much need for extra accommodation.
In addition to the low price and easy installation, the features that attracted Claxton to the PQube were its ability to monitor both AC and DC voltage and current at a 256 cycles-per-second sampling rate coupled with its ability to capture voltage dips and swells (both as waveform and RMS). In addition, the PQube monitors and records a number of other parameters, such as harmonics, unbalance, VARs, high frequency impulses and more, allowing for a detailed picture of power quality to be generated over time. The PQube's data is delivered to an email or a server directly, in the form of graphs and comma-separated data files. No software is needed to open the files.
Most importantly for Claxton, the PQube could be monitored remotely, by installing an optional Ethernet module. It could also be set to send email notification alerts to up to five recipients, every time a power event occurs.
The combination Claxton purchased for the plant included the Ethernet module, as well as a power supply module and a current transformer interface. This configuration was installed at the primary service panel where it could monitor all the power coming into the plant. Installation and setup took less than 2 hr — and the monitor emailed its first event notification to Claxton that same evening.
The PQube captured a 53% voltage sag, accompanied by a dip in amperage on L1 (see Graph below). Typically, a large drop in voltage accompanied by a drop in current inside the facility indicates a supply-side problem. Automated equipment will typically go offline with a voltage sag of that magnitude.
Claxton continued to accumulate and forward data records of upstream (electric utility-caused) voltage sags to the utility engineers. The pictures left no room for argument. Soon thereafter, service trucks were crisscrossing the roads surrounding the facility and repairing the power lines servicing the business area. At the same time, the plant's electric mysteries began to disappear.
Claxton insists the pictures he was able to show the utility representatives have improved not just his image as a maintenance supervisor, but his relationship with the electric utility as well. "I believe the engineers were happy to see the reports because it helped them fix the problem," he maintains. "They have gone out of their way to fix all of the problems. No one ever wants to take the blame; all we wanted were answers so we could fix these issues."
RMS Voltage, Frequency, and Current Graph Generated by the Monitoring Device
1. Around 5:30 pm on March 9, Dan receives an email on his smartphone, with a chart, alerting him that a voltage sag occurred. The graph coming directly from the PQube shows that voltage fell to 80% of nominal voltage on the L1-L2 and L3-L1 lines.
2. L1-N voltage sags even more, down to 53%, indicating a L1-Earth fault somewhere upstream from the monitoring location.
3. As a result of the sag between L1 and N, current on L1 drops, causing L2 and L3 current to shoot up.
4. A protection device upstream takes 1.8 sec to trip and remove the fault, then re-closes about 3 sec later but the fault is still there, so we see the 1.8 sec sag again.
5. An unrelated event. Most likely a motor upstream starts up, and is caught on the voltage snapshot. It is unrelated to the trouble-causing sag.


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Happy days may not yet be here but they're getting closer based on last week's unemployment statistics.
The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday reported the economy added 175,000 non-farm jobs in May -- not great but better than recent months -- and the unemployment rate crept up 0.1 percentage points from April to 7.6 percent, indicating more people are looking for jobs.
The number of people currently employed increased to 155.7 million, with 420,000 people leaving the sidelines for the scrum on the field.
"Today's employment report provides further confirmation that the U.S. economy is continuing to recover from the worst downturn since the Great Depression," Alan B. Krueger, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said in a statement, noting 972,000 private sector jobs have been added this year.
It was a good month for professional services, which added 57,000 jobs, albeit 25,600 of them temporary. Bars and restaurants hired 38,100 more people and retail added 27,700 jobs. Education and health services added 26,000 jobs while construction added 7,000. The federal government trimmed its payroll by 9,400 jobs while local governments, which had been shedding employees, added 13,000.
"Employment in other major industries, including mining and logging, construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, and financial activities, showed little or no change over the month," BLS reported.
Still, 11.8 million remain unemployed, with 4.4 million considered long-term unemployed -- out of work for 27 weeks or more. The good news is that's about 1 million fewer long-term unemployed than last year.
Nearly 8 million people are working part-time when they'd rather be working full-time, BLS said. About 2.2 million people were marginally attached to the labor force (sort of looking for work but only occasionally) and 780,000 have given up altogether.
"The latest employment report revealed a job market that is most definitely improving. That is, unless you are under the age of 20 or you have been out of work for more than six months. Youth and long-term unemployment are not only inflating the unemployment rate, but they are a drag on the economic recovery," Chicago outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said.
Adult men had a 7.2 percent unemployment rate, compared to 6.5 percent for women and 24.5 percent for teenagers. Among whites, 6-point-7 percent were jobless, while 13.5 percent of blacks and 9.1 percent of Hispanics were out of work. Asian unemployment was 4.3 percent.
"Overall, employers are not hiring fast enough to satisfy the pent-up demand for jobs," the National Employment Law Project -- a non-profit organization that advocates for job creation -- said in a statement. "Perhaps just as significantly, those lucky enough to find jobs are not being paid enough to fuel more robust employment gains. Throughout much of the recovery to date, the vast majority of jobs being created pay low wages, one of the reasons the recovery continues to be sluggish."
BLS pegged average hourly earnings in May at $23.89 up 46 cents from last year. In the private sector, wages averaged $20.08, up a penny from April. The average workweek was 34.5 hours.
"In an economy still driven largely by consumer demand and consumption, if jobs don't pay enough for working families to afford the basics, workers can't spend enough to drive a faster pace of economic growth. But when low-wage workers get a raise, we all benefit," NELP Executive Director Christine Owens said.
"It's a problem when people can't afford even the most modest purchases. Raising pay puts money in workers' pockets and enables them to 'splurge' on eating out occasionally, summer camp and new school clothes for their kids. These simple expenditures may not seem to pave the road to a strong and resilient economy but for millions of underpaid Americans and the economy overall, higher wages would not only enable these simple purchases but would also generate the demand we need to kick-start a virtuous cycle of higher wages leading to more consumption leading to more jobs."
John Challenger, chief executive officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, said if politicians are "truly concerned about reigniting the economy and fixing the deficit, getting [the long-term unemployed] back on payrolls should be the top priority. He said while 16- to 19-year-olds represent less than 4 percent of the civilian labor force, they account for nearly 12 percent of the unemployed.
"Teenagers typically earn less, but they are more likely to spend a greater portion of their earnings on food, clothes, entertainment, etc. Ironically, these are the same areas that usually provide teenagers with the most job opportunities," Challenger said. "Unfortunately, due to slow job growth in higher-skilled, higher-paying occupations, the jobs that would normally be filled by teens are being filled by recent college graduates, stay-at-home mothers returning to the workforce, and seniors."
NELP, Krueger and economist Peter Morici of the University of Maryland agree the sequester -- those across-the-board budget cuts that kicked in earlier this year -- are putting a damper on the economy.
"With all this fiscal drag, economists expect growth to slow to less than 2 percent in the second quarter, and jobs creation is likely to slow through the spring and summer," Morici warned. "With southern Europe's depression dampening continental demand for goods made in Germany and other northern states, the prospects for U.S. exports and cut-priced competition from Europe in U.S. markets is heating up -- growth and jobs creation could stay depressed for a long time."
And, Morici said, there is little more the Federal Reserve can do to goose the economy.
"More rapid growth requires importing less and exporting more -- dealing with the $450 billion trade deficit on oil, by drilling more offshore and in Alaska, and with China, by addressing its undervalued currency and protectionism," Morici said.
"Faster growth also requires right sizing business regulations to make investing in new jobs less expensive and time consuming. Regulatory enforcement is needed to protect the environment, consumers and financial stability but must be delivered cost effectively and quickly to add genuine value."


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MIAMI, Fla. (July 4, 2009) – Puerto Rico notched a 25-22, 20-25, 25-21, 25-20 victory over United States in the bronze-medal match of the Eighth Women's Pan American Cup being played at the University of Miami's BankUnited Center.
Puerto Rico finished the tournament in third place, while USA settled for fourth place. Earlier in the tournament, the Americans defeated Puerto Rico in four sets on the final day of pool play to win Pool A with a 5-0 record.
Aurea Cruz led all scorers with 27 points for Puerto Rico, include 23 kills and four blocks. Sarai Alvarez added 20 points with 19 kills and an ace. Yarimar Rosa and Sheila Ocasio chipped in eight points in the victory.
Danielle Scott-Arruda led the U.S. with 14 points via 10 kills and four blocks. Nancy Metcalf contributed 13 points on 10 kills and three blocks. Kristin Richards added 11 points on 10 kills and one ace.
Puerto Rico outscored the U.S. 61-46 in kills to offset a 13-10 block disadvantage and 14 service errors.
"This victory represents a good finish to the tournament," an elated Puerto Rican Head Coach Carlos Cardona said in the post-match press conference. "We played with a lot confidence as it was hard to go through the U.S. defense."
"Congratulations to Puerto Rico as they certainly deserved to win the match," U.S. Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon said. "We came out flat and never got into any rhythm. Puerto Rico was able to return the big points when they needed them."
"Puerto Rico made the important plays at the right time," said Scott-Arruda, the U.S. captain. "We need to play more consistently throughout the match to improve."
McCutcheon was able to utilize a tournament roster dotted with youth as well as veterans. At the press conference, McCutcheon related one of the goals of the tournament was to involve the Olympians as a matter of familiarization with the staff before they get some deserved rest between the professional league seasons.
"For many of our Olympians, this was a chance for our coaching staff to see them and have them be a part of our system early in the process," McCutcheon said.


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"I'm sending only brief captions," a LIFE magazine correspondent wrote to his editors in February 1949, in notes accompanying photographs of a little-known actress with a few small roles in mediocre films under her belt. "For one thing, time is of the essence in getting the pictures to a plane. For another, the processes shot are not terribly complicated, showing as they do how Marilyn trains herself for hoped-for movie stardom by consulting specialists in singing, dancing and drama and how she is worked on by them in the effort to produce a wrapped-up package of talent to back up her photogenic sex appeal."
How Marilyn trains herself for hoped-for movie stardom. That casual mention of Marilyn Monroe, made in the context of a struggling young actress, is hard to reconcile with the image most movie fans harbor of arguably the single most famous film star of the 20th century. In fact, more than six decades after the pictures in this LIFE.com gallery were made, it's surprisingly tough to imagine a time before Marilyn was . . . well, Marilyn. Like other indisputable Hollywood icons—Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Liz Taylor, James Cagney—Marilyn's face, her voice, her singular onscreen presence seem to have always been with us.
Surely, we tell ourselves, she was always a star. The legend was inevitable, a done deal from the start.
Actually, no. Not so much. In fact, by the time she caught the eye of LIFE photographer J. R. Eyerman in early 1949, Marilyn Monroe had appeared (largely uncredited) in half-a-dozen utterly forgettable movies, and there was absolutely no guarantee that the 22-year-old's "hoped-for movie stardom" would pan out any time soon.
And yet, Eyerman clearly saw enough of something, a special glimmer, in the fresh-faced beauty to chronicle the training that, as a practitioner of a craft, she evidently knew she needed. The Eyerman pictures in this gallery are among the very first that any LIFE photographer ever took of Monroe, although—for reasons that have been lost in time—the magazine chose not to publish them.
In fact, Marilyn wouldn't show up in LIFE's pages until October 1949, when she appeared along with seven other Hollywood "girls"—most all of them now long-forgotten—in "an experiment" by the great photographer Philippe Halsman "to see if movie starlets' acting is as good as their looks."
[Buy the LIFE book, Remembering Marilyn]
Here, LIFE.com remembers the young Marilyn with a selection of Eyerman's early photos: pictures of her studying with bandleader Phil Moore (singing); dance instructor, and the ex-husband of the great Cyd Charisse, Nico Charisse (ballet); and a one-time European stage star, Natasha Lytess, who would serve as Monroe's acting coach until the mid-1950s. (Lytess was an acting coach at Columbia Studios when Monroe was briefly under contract there; after Columbia dropped Marilyn—not seeing much promise in the young actress—Lytess and Marilyn maintained their working relationship, independent of the studio.)
While it's hardly evident in these warm and carefree photos, the next few months in Marilyn's career would be marked by struggle. Later in 1949, desperate for money, she posed naked for a pinup calendar, a gig that paid her just $50 and later came back to haunt her. (The pictures wound up in the debut issue of Playboy).
But the beautiful and, as importantly, the tenacious Marilyn pushed on. She watched, practiced and learned, and as she honed her talent her opportunities grew. A slew of small roles—a memorable walk-on in the Marx Brothers' Love Happy; a dramatic turn in John Huston's great noir heist flick, The Asphalt Jungle; a luminous breakthrough in All About Eve—inspired Fox, the studio that dropped her back in 1947, to sign her to a new seven-year contract. By 1953, Marilyn Monroe's "hoped-for movie stardom" was no longer an ingenue's dream, as she was lighting up the screen in movies (including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire) that allowed her to sing, dance and act—all the tools of the trade that she so studiously honed under Eyerman's sympathetic gaze just a few years before.
Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter @lizabethronk.


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Jay-Z's Rocawear Clothing Line Teams Up With New York Yankees
The Roc is still in the building! Jay-Z's clothing line Rocawear has secured a sponsorship with the 27-time World Series Champions the New York Yankees. According to Roc 4 Life, the partnership will include having the Rocawear logo branded inside Yankee stadium during the 2012 season.
Hov is a longtime Yankees devotee, so this deal is a win-win situation for him and his clothing brand.
"Jay-Z has been a longtime fan of the Yankees, regularly attends games and has even included his favorite team in song lyrics, so this was a natural partnership," says Jameel Spencer, EVP Marketing, men's division, Iconix Brand Group, Inc. "Rocawear, along with Jay-Z are very excited to be working with the Yankees for the 2012 season. We feel another championship in '12!"
Jay-Z has been on a mission to keep Rocawear financially afloat since the company's saw profits decreased near $500 million in 2011. Early this year, the company had to endure major layoffs for "economic" reasons.
Recently, Jay-Z released Rocawear's first-ever television commercial called 'From Marcy to Barclays.' The 30-second clip features images of Jay's hometown of Brooklyn, as well as Rocawear clothes and the Barclay Center. "Wherever you grow up, it's your root, and I'm a kid from the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn," Hov says in the beginning of the ad. "I wanted to show that artists can ascend to the executive ranks. Rocawear just keeps reinventing itself and redefining itself every single day."
Congrats Jay-Z on your Yankees partnership. It looks like a home run to us.
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By Barbara Goldberg and Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) - Eight people were injured on Monday when the landing gear on a Southwest Airlines jet collapsed upon touchdown at New York City's LaGuardia Airport, officials said.
LaGuardia, one of the area's busiest airports, was closed for more than an hour after the Boeing 737 jet landed with its 150 passengers and crew at around 5:45 p.m. EDT (2145 GMT).
Emergency vehicles surrounded the aircraft and emergency passenger exits were lowered, TV images showed.
"The aircraft landed on runway 4 and the landing gear collapsed, the nose wheel collapsed," Thomas Bosco, the airport's general manager, told reporters.
Passengers on the flight described a rough touchdown.
"It was just a bang and a bounce and then just a slam on the brakes and then it was a skidding feeling. You could tell they were trying to stop the plane," Kathy Boles told CNN. "It was very clear as soon as we went down that something was really wrong."
Port Authority spokeswoman Lisa MacSpadden said those hurt during the landing suffered back and neck injuries.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident.
Southwest said in a statement that all the passengers and crew had been evacuated from the plane, which took off from Nashville, Tennessee. Airline spokeswoman Whitney Eichinger said the jet had been inspected on July 18.
NTSB spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said the agency "will gather more information on the incident from the FAA and the operator and assess the damage to the airplane. From there, decisions will be made regarding any further investigative activity from the NTSB."
It was the latest in a string of incidents involving Boeing aircraft, which has faced a rash of problems with the recently launched 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
Scott Hamilton, an aviation analyst with Leeham Co, said the incident had no connection with Boeing's recent 787 woes.
"I would characterize this as just another incident. There are tens of thousands of flights worldwide every day, and things happen," Hamilton said.
Spokesmen for Boeing and United Technologies Corp, a unit of which made the plane's landing gear, said their companies would also probe the incident.
Early this month a Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines plane crashed in San Francisco. Three people were killed and more than 150 were injured.
Boeing's Dreamliner was grounded for 3-1/2 months earlier this year after batteries in the plane emitted smoke and in one case caught fire.
Last week, a Japan Airlines Co Ltd 787 returned to Boston's Logan International Airport after a mechanical indicator light came on. Earlier this month, a fire broke out in a Dreamliner on the ground at London's Heathrow airport.


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U.S. regulators Thursday warned about the dangers lurking in the booming market for loans to struggling companies, acting to combat concerns over emerging bubbles in parts of the financial sector.
The Federal Reserve and other banking regulators said that the controls and quality checks applied by lenders when extending so-called leveraged loans have deteriorated. They also questioned whether some banks are doing enough to accurately gauge the risks of these practices....


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Google profit rises; revenue beats estimates
(4:22 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Google Inc. GOOG, -0.71% on Thursday reported a second-quarter profit of $3.42 billion, or $4.99 a share, compared with a profit of $3.23 billion, or $4.77 a share, for the year-earlier period. Revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, was $12.67 billion, up from $11.1 billion in the year-earlier period. Analysts polled by FactSet on average were expecting the Internet giant to report a profit of $6.23 a share on revenue of $12.32 billion. Google shares were up 1.4% after hours.
Snap-on tops S&P 500 gainers on earnings beat
(10:38 AM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Snap-on Inc. SNA, +0.37% rallied Thursday to top the S&P 500 after the toolmaker reported better-than-expected financial results. Snap-on reported its second-quarter earnings rose to $106.1 million, or $1.80 a share, from $88.4 million, or $1.50 a share, a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast earnings of $1.68 a share. Revenue increased to $826.5 million from $764.1 million. Shares of Snap-on climbed 5%.
Morgan Stanley tops profit estimates
(8:56 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Morgan Stanley shares MS, -0.80% rose more than 2% in premarket trade after the bank handily beat profit and revenue estimates for the second quarter. The bank said earnings rose 90% to $1.9 billion, or 94 cents a share, compared with $1.0 billion, or 43 cents a share, in the same period the year before. Adjusted per-share earnings came to 91 cents, compared with a FactSet consensus estimate of 55 cents. Revenue totaled $8.6 billion, compared to $8.52 billion, in the year-ago quarter, and $8.5 billion on an adjusted basis. The FactSet consensus was for revenue of $8.22 billion. The firm's wealth management revenue totaled $3.7 billion for the quarter. Fixed income and commodity revenues were down 20% to $1 billion, from $1.2 billion a year ago. "Our quarterly results demonstrated solid performance, despite a muted operating environment," Chief Executive James P. Gorman, said in a statement.
AutoNation Q2 profit rises, but shares fall in premarket trade
(7:42 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- AutoNation AN, -0.39% reported second-quarter net profit of $101 million, or 83 cents a share, up from $90 million, or 73 cents a share in the year-earlier period. The average analyst estimate of analysts surveyed by FactSet was for earnings of 87 cents. Revenue rose 8% from a year ago to $4.79 billion, in line with the FactSet estimate of $4.78 billion. The automotive retailer's shares fell 1.4% in premarket trade to $60. New vehicle unit sales rose 8% overall, and 6% on a same-store basis. The company affirmed its expectation for U.S. industry new vehicle unit sales growth of 3% to 5% in 2014.
Philip Morris tops profit, revenue estimates, affirms 2014 outlook
(7:13 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Philip Morris International Inc. PM, -0.71% said it earned $1.85 billion, or $1.17 a share, in the second quarter, down from $2.12 billion, or $1.30 a share, in the same period a year earlier. Adjusted per-share earnings came to $1.41. Revenues totaled $7.8 billion, down 1.5% as cigarette shipment volumes fell 2.7% to 222.8 billion units. The FactSet consensus was for per-share earnings of $1.24 and revenue of $7.521 billion. "For the second half of this year, we anticipate more challenging quarterly comparisons, particularly in the fourth quarter -- which, in 2013, saw currency-neutral adjusted diluted earnings per share grow by 19.4% -- due to known business challenges, particularly in Asia, the timing of investments behind the commercialization of our Reduced-Risk Products and the roll-out of Marlboro Red 2.0, as well as costs related to our manufacturing footprint optimization initiatives," Chief Executive Andre Calantzopoulos said in a statement. But the company is sticking with its 2014 forecast for per-share earnings of $4.87 to $4.97. Shares were up 0.7% in thin premarket trade.
UnitedHealth rises ahead of the bell after earnings beat views
(6:19 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH, +0.02% climbed 3.3% in premarket action on Thursday after the healthcare insurer reported second-quarter earnings that beat expectations. The company said earnings for the quarter came in at $1.41 billion, down from $1.44 billion in the same period last year. On a per-share basis, however, profit rose to $1.42 from $1.40, as the number of outstanding shares decreased compared to last year. Revenue rose 7% to $32.6 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected earnings per share of $1.25 on revenue of $31.9 billion. UnitedHealth lifted its 2014 revenue guidance to $130 billion from the previous estimate of $128 billion to $129 billion. The company also tightened its forecast for earnings to a range of $5.50 to $5.60 per share, from $5.40 to $5.60 per share.


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About aguywhoneedstenbucks
My music is all locked inside my head. No one can do anything with it but me. I have complete control.
Who in the unholy fuck is Kim Kardashian?
Agreed! People get their panties in a wad over stuff that doesn't matter. Sadly, that's what makes trolling so much fun. Watching someone you don't know get all huffy about a few semi-anonymously typed words on the internet is actually kind of funny.
From Half Baked: Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, and fuck you, I'm out!
Pfft, that's not Cary. That's Dodd or Smith chiming in. You can tell because they don't have an original thought, just spew forth whatever they're told.
Oh no! Someone made a joke on the internet! Let me see how much of a wad I can get my panties in!
Dude, I don't care what kind of music you're a fan of, or if you think all of The Beib's music is gold and Sinatra is absolute crap (no accounting for taste...I hate The Beatles). I was bringing funny supporting documentation to his gross generalization. Go put on your big girl panties and let others have their humor.
If you can't do that, then maybe you should take a look at your life and see where you went wrong.
I saw a pic earlier that summed it up. It was two panels....
Pic of Sinatra with a snippet of lyrics from The Way You Look Tonight:
With each word your tenderness grows,
Tearing my fear apart
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,
It touches my foolish heart.
Below that was a pic of Beibs with a snippet of lyrics from Baby:
And I was like baby, baby, baby, oh
Like baby, baby, baby, no
Like baby, baby, baby, oh
I thought you'd always be mine, mine
The caption read: MUSIC w..what HAPPENED!?
I'm in the same boat as you, except I actually go steal money from people in the music industry (local bands, A&R folks, execs, the blind dude on the corner playing guitar...whoever I can find connected with music) and burn that when I pirate.
You're still looking at a business model problem due to the infinite copyability of FLAC and high quality wav files.
How'd you know?
Dude, take the tongue in cheek joke for what it was. The same reason I said we shoot people for sport. It was funny to me. If you disagree, that's fine, and I'll fight for your right to say so. But c'mon, really? I'm not going to go murdering senators and claiming that it's cool under the law because I felt like they were a threat to my property. Hell, I'm sure someone would have found that loophole and started shooting officials a LONG time ago if it actually existed.
tl;dr: I'm not the kind of troll you think I am.
nothing negative about how they failed to respect DMCA and takedown notices
If someone inappropriately puts a lien on your land you're not allowed to go find him and shoot him.
other than exceptions such as self defense which wouldn't fly
Mine is FBI TORRENT TRACKER
Pfft, the US Government has been in industry pockets since before there was a US. It was pre-ordained by God himself on a document written in the blood of non-believing serfs in a book bound with the skin of several baby seals.
I think you meant millennia....
Dammit! I don't want to agree!
At least I haven't seen a "There's no womenz on teh interblags!1!!" yet.
You know what they say: When you assume, you make an ass out of you.
If you're going to spread this kind of disinformation and paint all DRM as bad with a broadbrush then I will be forced to stop coming to this website.
Agreed. That's what makes it so fun. Some days the difference between the trolls, the shills, and the jokesters are almost nil.
The worst part is that the jokesters usually try to be a parody of the biggest trolls. Many, myself included, have found that is almost impossible without explaining the joke.


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