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In a sense, Tim Tebow is not having sex with all women, but this-Camilla Belle, actress-is the particular woman with whom he's not having sex on a daily basis, despite other outward appearances of a romantic relationship. Here's Page Six's report on Tebelle (all rights reserved, must credit Deadspin.com for usage of Tebelle, Camillbow, Catimlla, Timilla, and their variants):
Jets quarterback Tim Tebow is dating actress Camilla Belle. Sources tell us the couple met at the Met Ball in May and have quietly been seeing each other ever since.
[…] Belle, who has previously dated Joe Jonas, was raised in a strict Catholic household, and sources tell us she and Tebow have attended church together. Another source said, "They first met at the Met Ball in May and have been quietly dating since. It's amazing they've been able to keep it so quiet."
Tim Tebow met his actress/model girlfriend, the ex of a Jonas brother and star of Dirty Dancing 3: Capoeira Nights, at a Vogue-hosted party at the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute? Aw, shucks, I guess he really is just like you or me.


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A lot of airlines tout just how excellent their first class seating is, but there's a problem. Not all of us are the glitterati that can afford to sit in first class. What airline has the best coach for us plebes?
Airlines have made strides in recent years to improve the quality of their economy seating. Seats have gotten wider, TVs have hit seatbacks, there's even WiFi and sometimes, if you're lucky, extra legroom available.
So, which airline is leading the way and has the best economy class ticket money can buy? And why is it so good?
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Wulf Moon wrote:AndrewDWallin wrote:My stories tend to go long and so I made sure that the one I submitted for Q4 was under the standard manuscript format based word count just to be on the safe side. If my story gets rejected, I want to at least make sure its not rejected for a technical foul.
You might want to read Martin Shoemaker's new thread, Goodbye, Publisher's Word Count! David Farland weighed in while we were talking about this on Facebook.
Thank you! I saw your post, and the FB thread, and read them both with great interest.
I'm with you that I think I'm a novelist at heart, but after reading your post, I realize I need to focus on writing stories in the 5-7K word range (at least for this contest).


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There is nothing cuter than baby monsters. And a recent crop of art from Pixiv proves this theory once and for all, by depicting a tired, three-headed baby chimera and a pair of napping baby griffins. It's almost too cute.
More images from the artist J on Pixiv.
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experience that way myself. I have now one old grey mule in my yard I shall have to keep till I find an opportunity to sell or kill or do something with her.)
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Dear Sister- )
This is the last letter I shall probably write you this year as this will reach you on New Years Eve. I endeavor not to look backward & review this miserable year commencing in pain and ending in sorrow. I will stop this sad vein right here and attend to business. You will find enclosed P.O. order for $15.00 4.50 of which goes for the glasses $7.50 for [Lottas] interest & some time when you go to Springfield send three more skeins of blk Saxony & two of dark red or any pretty dark that you think will combine for a cape. you understand from Carrias what is needed. we would have preferred a darker shade but there was none here. Mary also wants 4 prs of heavy nice blk stockings is willing to pay 50 cts a pr if necessary, no fleece lined but )


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OCC Bulletin 2004-60| December 28, 2004
Fair Credit Reporting Act: Final Rule: Related Identity Theft Definitions, Duration of Active Duty Alerts, and Appropriate Proof of Identity
Chief Executive Officers and Compliance Officers of All National Banks, Department and Division Heads, and All Examining Personnel
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published the attached final rule in the Federal Register on November 3, 2004. The final rule, which became effective on December 1, establishes definitions for the terms, "identity theft" and "identity theft report;" the duration of an "active duty alert;" and the "appropriate proof of identity" for purposes of sections 605A (fraud alerts and active duty alerts), 605B (consumer report information blocks), and 609(a)(1) (truncation of Social Security numbers) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), as amended by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA). FCRA sections 605A, 605B, and 609(a)(1) became effective on December 1.
While sections 605A, 605B, and 609(a)(1) of the FCRA largely relate to credit reporting agencies (CRAs), if a national bank is a CRA, these definitions are important in complying with those sections. However, the definitions in the final rule are also applicable to other provisions in the FCRA that more commonly apply to national banks. For example, section 623(a)(6) contains requirements applicable to furnishers of consumer information to CRAs, including national banks. Under this section, when a CRA notifies a furnisher that the furnisher has provided information to the CRA that is blocked because it was the result of identity theft, the furnisher must have reasonable procedures in place to prevent re-furnishing the blocked information. In addition, if a consumer submits an "identity theft report" directly to a furnisher stating that the information the furnisher maintains about the consumer is a result of "identity theft," the furnisher may not provide that information to a CRA unless the furnisher subsequently knows or is told by the consumer that the information is correct. Further, section 615(f) prohibits the sale, transfer, or placing for collection of a debt, which the holder has been notified by a CRA is the result of identity theft. The requirements in sections 623(a)(6) and 615(f) went into effect December 1.
Questions concerning this final rule may be directed to your supervisory office or to Carol Turner, compliance specialist, Compliance Department at (202) 649-5470.
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How to Distribute a Decedent's Assets
As the estate's administrator, you're responsible for distributing the decedent's property if he or she bequeaths specific assets to beneficiaries. Before you distribute the assets, you should review the will's bequests and devises carefully. Be sure to follow the appropriate steps for distributing both tangible and intangible assets.
Preparing to distribute assets to beneficiaries
Before you distribute any assets to beneficiaries, take your time and refer to the will and its instructions:
If the property named in a specific bequest or devise is no longer owned by the decedent at death, it has no effect and is considered adeemed. The legatee receives nothing, unless state law provides otherwise.
If a named beneficiary died before the decedent and the will makes no provision that the beneficiary's heirs or another person inherits, the bequest or devise lapses, unless state law provides otherwise.
If the decedent left a will, check to see whether it contains a clause saying that all debts, expenses and taxes are to be paid from the residue of the estate.
If the decedent's state of domicile has an inheritance tax, be sure that the tax isn't attributed to the legatee or devisee and payable by them or from what they inherit from the estate.
Distributing the decedent's assets
As you distribute each asset:
Have the recipient date and sign a receipt for the property.
If the distribution completely fulfills the bequest or devise, obtain the beneficiary's signature on an assent to the allowance of your accounts as executor.
Specific types of property may have unique requirements for distribution.
Handling tangible property
Tangible property is property you can touch. It can be divided into personal property and tangible property. Real property (real estate) is always handled differently than other estate assets. How it's handled depends on state law.
Personal property (bequests — gifts under the will of personal property) can be distributed after:
You've been appointed as executor
The property has been appraised
The date for filing of claims has passed
You've made sure that you have adequate funds to pay all estate expenses
You've checked the estate and income tax consequences
Real estate (devises — gifts under the will of real property): In some states:
The title to real estate passes automatically to the heirs upon the decedent's death. You need take no formal action.
In many other states, real estate held in the decedent's name alone appears on the estate inventory and must pass through probate in the same manner as any other probate property.
In some states, to distribute specifically devised real property, you specifically petition the court for approval of distribution of the real property and obtain a court order allowing the distribution and including the property description.
Taking care of intangible property
Intangible property is property that has no value in and of itself but is the evidence of value. You can distribute intangibles the same as tangibles. But bearer bonds may require re-registration in the beneficiary's name.
To have stocks and bonds re-registered in a beneficiary's name, either send or take the following for each security either to the transfer agent or to a bank or brokerage firm:
The bond or stock certificate
A form entitled "Assignment Separate from Certificate" with your signature guaranteed
A certified copy of your Letters of Authority as Executor obtained from the court
Depending on the transfer agent and your decedent's state of domicile, you may also need an affidavit of domicile, a waiver of state taxes (from your state taxing authority), and certified copies of the decedent's death certificate and will
If you're holding the security in an estate brokerage account, you distribute to the beneficiaries by instructing your broker, in writing, of the names in which the securities should now be registered
If you're re-registering physical stock and bond certificates, the new certificates in the beneficiary's name should be returned to you. Send the new certificates to the beneficiary along with a receipt for the beneficiary to sign and return in a postage paid return address envelope.
Fulfilling bequest of specific dollar amount
To fulfill a bequest of a specific dollar amount called a pecuniary bequest, write a check on the estate's checking account at the same time as tangible personal property.


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Exquisite crystal jewellery from luxury brand Swarovski.
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adp necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 72 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
The Luck Effect, http://www.luckeffect.com
This is a layout contest for a new website: http://www.luckeffect.com. The Luck Effect is a haven for lucky and unlucky stories alike, spanning all categories of life. Each story is rated and measured to predict the relative fortuity of the world.
We are targeting the casual web surfer, familiar to social sites like twitter, facebook, youtube, and others. Our demographic spans all age ranges and genders, particulary people with a sense of humor who enjoy reading about other people's fortunes (or misfortunes).
We have provided a site skeleton to show you what we are looking for:
The layout is 970 pixels wide. Please follow it closely for reference, and refer to the sections below for more information.
A - Our dynamic logo needs to be a prominent feature
B - Navigation
C - The story filters need to have a toggle on/off effect. They should be fun & creative; images are encouraged. Please show the toggled effects
D - Standard banner image space
E - Ad sense banner space
F - The category images will match the images in section C. The font needs to be widely supported, very readable, and nicely spaced-this is the main feature of our home page. Stories will have a max of 777 characters. The star rating images may be changed
G - Story pagination
H - Footer
PLEASE pay attention to detail. We don't have many pages, and the home page is the most significant. The design should support our logo, but not overwhelm it.
Here is our logo:
We are not designers, but this article contains excellent examples that we are very fond of:
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Leslie G necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 197 diseños de 39 diseñadores freelance.
Business Wealth Protection http://www.businesswealthprotection.com
I have been a financial advisor for ~15 years now and have found that it is the business owners that are in the greatest need for advice and guidance.
There is a crisis in the US and Canada with small to medium sized businesses not being able to pass along theirs to family members, or have a major business interuption or failure due to death, sickness and disability.
I work as a consultant and go into mostly family businesses, look at the structure, identify their risks and map out a gameplan to ensure that they have control of their business not the banks and/or receivers.
The "Wealth" I refer to in the title is the human capital needed to run the business.
My target market is generally baby boomer business owners who are getting to the stage where they need to think about what will happen to their business as they age, etc.
The type of business owner that I like to deal with are entrepreneurs, medical professionals and blue collar companies.
I am based an hour outside of a major city so not to flashy...for some of these country folk... ; )
As I said earlier, my esthetic is very clean and contemporary.
My color preferences are brown, blue and silver - all can be light and/or dark.
I like the use of white text with a dark background.
No black backgrounds please.
Would also prefer to have the company name in the logo.
And last but not least...I HATE all the tacky imagery that often comes with a financial serves co. ie. a globe, dollar bills, stock pages, compass etc.
Ideas for logos could revolve around the elimination of risk, going through a process and/or taking action.
I think you catch my drift.
Thanks in advance for your effort and I look forward to viewing the results.
Feel free to contact me for any further information. email@example.com
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For the past few months I have not made much progress in my ancestor searching. Today I was perusing Family Search and who knows why, but I entered my great grandmother, Anna Meta Margarethe name and came up with SIX siblings.
I knew her date of birth (8 April 1868) from a hand written note that I found among my fathers paper after he had died. The rest of those listed is her husband and their children and spouses.
The second line says "Mutter 8 April 1868" So when I came to her information I knew I had the correct parents. As it develops she had six brothers, and I have not found any sisters. Her fathers name was Ernst Frederich Wilhelm Hackmann and her mother was Elsie Marie Rittel
Hermann August Karl Hackmann 22 September 1865
Ernst Frederich Wilhelm Hackmann 24 February 1867
Friedrich Wilhelm Hackmann 5 March 1871
Michael Friedrich Hackmann 21 July 1872
Heinrich Wilhelm Hackmann 23 July 1873
Friedrich Jacob Heinrich Hackmann 24 December 1874
Now I was really excited and I searched for Elsie Marie Rittel, my great great grandmother, and what did I find was a list of Elsie's siblings. Her father's name was Karl Friedrich Bermandi Rittel and her mother was Anna Meta Margarethe Lurssen. That was my great grandmothers name.
Michael Friedrich Bermandi Rittel 26 December 1842
Elsie Marie Johanne Rittel 13 July 1844
Karl Friedrich Rittel 27 October 1845
Jacob Friedrich Heinrich Rittel 10 March 1848
Johann Friedrich Lucie Rittel 14 March 1850
Adelheide Henriette Rittel 25 December 1853
Johanne Friedrika Louise Rittel 1 June 1856
Johann Gottfried Rittel 25 May 1859
Johann Bernhard Rittel 2 September 1861.
Where do I go from here? That was certainly a lot of family to find for one day. My hat is off for the person who indexed this list. The list was updated recently and I am extremely glad to find it.


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Two Timbers matches show Sounders' defensive surge
When Seattle Sounders FC visited Portland on April 5, the Sounders escaped with a draw after giving up four goals.
When the Timbers visited Seattle on Sunday, the Sounders emerged with a 2-0 win.
After that second match, Seattle coach Sigi Schmid stressed a point that has been somewhat obscured by the sparks from the Sounders' league-leading offense: They have become tougher on the back end.
"Now our defense doesn't look as bad," Schmid said. "We had taken some goals and scored some goals with our style of play, but (now we're) figuring out how to get zeros on the other end."
The Sounders lead Major League Soccer with an average of 1.94 goals a game. They are seventh with an average of 1.33 goals allowed. Through 18 games, those numbers combine to give Seattle a plus-11 goal differential — tops in the league.
However, since giving up a club-record five goals at New England in mid-May, the Sounders have allowed five goals over seven league games (0.71 goals-against average) with four shutouts.
On the season, goalkeeper Stefan Frei has six shutouts, one behind league-leader Eric Kronberg of Sporting Kansas City.
After Sunday's match, Frei was asked what changed between the four goals allowed in Portland and the clean sheet in Seattle.
"I thought we were defensively very organized," he said. "That was one of the easiest shutouts I've had this season. … Very, very good defensive effort as a team; good shape, organized."
Another defensive player on the pitch for both games was Jalil Anibaba, and his improvement parallels that of his team.
At Portland, Anibaba was conspicuously involved in a pair of goals that lifted the Timbers ahead 4-2. After that, he didn't play for more than a month, and he didn't start again until mid-May.
Anibaba said he never lost faith in himself, and always believed — correctly — that he never lost the trust of his coach.
"I think he's bounced back well," Schmid said this week. "Coming to a new team is difficult. That's a big game to get into. I know he's played there with Chicago, and he's been in the Portland environment, but playing a Portland-Seattle game is different than a Portland-Chicago game. So from that standpoint, he had to adjust, just like (midfielder Marco Pappa) had to adjust as well, and grow into our team."
Pappa, who like Anibaba came from the Chicago Fire during the offseason, also played a key role in the win over the Timbers, converting the final goal in the 87th minute.
"Scoring goals is important, but what's more important is where we are as a team," Pappa said. "We are at the top of the (standings), and we have to continue that way. It's good for me and my confidence to score a goal."
Pappa also had some early-season errors that had him in and out of the lineup, but now he has started nine consecutive matches.
"I see his game continuing to grow and develop," Schmid said. "There's some good, good defensive moments he's given us on the flank — and that was never considered a trait of Marco's. He's on the field because he helps our attack, not because we want him to be a great left side defender, but he's got to do some of that work and has really grown as a player."
Schmid said he plans to use most of his starters in the friendly against Tottenham Hotspur at 1 p.m. Saturday at CenturyLink Field. Schmid explained he wants to keep his key players in rhythm for their return to league play July 28 against Los Angeles. … Schmid indicated midfielder/defender Brad Evans won't be rushed back for the friendly after suffering a calf injury last week.
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University of Washington's first double lung transplant doing great 2 decades later
The first person to get a double lung transplant at the University of Washington is still breathing strong 20 years later.
Ken Price had been living with cystic fibrosis since he was 1 year old, KOMO-TV reports. He was the first cystic fibrosis patient at the University of Washington Medical Center to receive a double lung transplant.
In the 20 years since then, Price and his lungs have won tennis tournaments, rode his bike from Seattle to Portland eight times and run a marathon.
"Without the amazing gift of my donor family, the nurses, doctors, clinicians, pharmacists, I would have been dead 20 years ago," Price said.
Lungs are one of the most difficult organs to transplant. Only about one in five from deceased donors is viable for transplantation. About 55 percent of patients survive five years post-transplant and a third of them live 10 years.
"To be one of the earliest lung transplant patients, and to survive 20 years with these same lungs, is quite remarkable," says Kevin O'Connor, CEO of LifeCenter Northwest.
When Price was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, Pennsylvania doctors told his parents he wouldn't live past the age of 10. If his life was going to be short, Price's parents wanted it to be as close to normal as possible. They sent him outside to play and encouraged him to pursue all his interests.
Price was healthy until he got double pneumonia at 13. After that he suffered infections, a decline in lung function and a severe loss of energy. He was told he might live into his late-20s. Price went on to Cornell University, grad school at Stanford, and moved to Seattle to work as an aerodynamicist for Boeing upon graduation.
That's when he heard about a heart-lung transplant on a person with cystic fibrosis, performed at Johns Hopkins. Price was referred to several lung transplant centers across the country, but no one would take him because his case was too high risk.
"I was getting close to the end of my road," Price said. "I couldn't work. I was on 24-hour oxygen with no hope of it ever getting better except for the possibility of a transplant."
Then, the University of Washington Medical Center started its own lung transplant center. Price was placed on their waiting list in January 1993. Six months later, shortly after his 30th birthday, Price received a double lung transplant.
Just three weeks after the transplant Price was out of the hospital running, biking and flying. He got his pilot license, started a successful business, lived in a foreign country and earned another advanced degree. Price completed his first full marathon on January 11, 2009; sixteen years to the day after he was put on the waiting list for a lung transplant.
"My life has been amazing because of the transplant," Price said. "I have felt fabulous for over 20 years."
Price says he does his part to stay healthy - exercising, eating well and getting plenty of sleep - but he mostly credits his lifespan to the doctors who care for him and the family of his lung donor.
"The generosity that they showed by taking the biggest tragedy they could have gone through and having the courage and compassion to help other people out is amazing."
Before the year ends, Price plans to run a half-marathon. He would have done another full, but he is happy to report he has lived long enough to develop knee problems.
"I'm happy to be suffering old-people problems. I never thought that would happen!"


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Alameda County's transportation commission has proposed asking voters in November 2012 to double the county sales tax for transportation — from a half cent to one cent.
The money would be used to fix potholes, build trails and boost public transit.
If the measure wins by the required two-thirds margin, Alameda would become only the second county in California to raise its transportation sales tax to a penny. Los Angeles County was the first.
Top managers at the Alameda County Transportation Commission said they propose to extend and increase the sales tax because stagnant or reduced funding has eroded road conditions and public transit services for years.
The measure would raise some $7.7 billion in new funds over 30 years, including a proposal that has roiled debate about allocating $400 million to partially fund a BART rail extension to Livermore.
"Our roads will deteriorate and our congestion will worsen if we don't act," said Tess Lengyel, a deputy director for policy for the commission.
The agency is overseen by a 22-member board of elected city, county and transit district board members.
"We also are planning improvements to serve a population expected to grow by 500,000 people," Lengyel said.
According to a poll done for the commission in early October, some 69 percent of Alameda County residents would support the tax measure.
Unless voters approved a ballot measure, the county's current half-cent sales tax would expire in 2022.
The new ballot measure would make the sales tax permanent — which may raise eyebrows among tax skeptics who favor end dates for tax increases.
To ensure public oversight, the transportation commission has proposed that county voters would get a ballot measure in 2042 on a list of projects to be funded after that date.
Public transit for the masses and paratransit for seniors and the disabled would get the largest share — nearly $4 billion or 44 percent — of the increased tax money, according to a report by the commission.
Local roads and streets would receive 30 percent. Trails and other projects to improve pedestrian and bicycle transportation would get 5 percent.
Not everyone is happy with the proposed allocations.
A coalition of social justice and public transit advocates said the $400 million for BART to Livermore would be better spent on restoring bus service.
"To ensure that B3 (the tax increase) is successful, it must equitably invest in sustaining our existing transportation system and not increase the share of tax dollars being funneled to costly, low-benefit expansion projects," the coalition said in a statement Thursday made to a transportation commission steering committee.
Signing the statement were Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, Emeryville Councilwoman Ruth Atkin, and representatives of Urban Habitat, the Greenbelt Alliance, TransForm and Alameda Transportation Advocates.
In sharp disagreement, dozens of Livermore residents packed the Thursday meeting in Oakland to speak out for the rail extension funds.
One county transportation commissioner — Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty of Dublin — said he supported the funds for BART to Livermore to curb congestion along Interstate 580.
"It's been a long time coming," Haggerty said. "The residents of Livermore will not be ignored for another 20 years."
Some transit advocates also are upset the commission failed to propose a dedicated flow of several million dollars annually to finance free public transit passes for youths countywide.
"The free passes for youth are important to social justice and equity," said Lindsay Imai, Urban Habitat's justice program coordinator.
The commission instead has proposed letting transit agencies apply for money to test free youth passes from a $210 million fund for innovative transit projects.
Art Dao, the county transportation commission's executive director, defended the proposed allocations as improving public transit to lure more commuters out of cars.
"It's a balanced plan," Dao said. "We have to take care of the transportation needs of all the people."
In its proposal, the transportation commission recommended allocating AC Transit more than $1.1 billion of the county sales tax over 30 years for operations, maintenance and safety programs.
Contact Denis Cuff at 925-943-8267.
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Using PayPal for OJS and OCS Payments
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Using PayPal for OJS and OCS Payments
The latest versions of OJS and OCS support the use of the PayPal online payment system (http://www.paypal.com) for secure online financial transactions. In OJS, this can be used to collect subscription fees, pay-per-view fees, membership fees, author submission fees, fast-track peer review fees, and donations. In OCS, this can also be used to collect registration fees.
This document will outline the basic steps in getting this up and running. You should, however, review the PayPal documentation to ensure that you have setup your PayPal profile to meet your specific requirements.
A Paypal Sandbox Account
(This section was recently inserted by an end user struggling with these instructions. For the original and more polished instructions, go on to the next section.)
First, experiment not with a real paypal account, but with the paypal sandbox account feature. Switch to the real paypal website only after the sandbox pretend-paypal account interactions with your journal is working well. This section describes the sandbox-related setup process.
Before we start, some conceptual clarification. Although the sandbox website is a great feature, paypal's names are a bit confusing. Paypal has two types of accounts that live on the sandbox website. You should distinguish between the developer account, and pretend-paypal accounts. You first create one and only one developer account. This developer account in turn allows you to create pretend-paypal accounts with monopoly money. When logging into the sandbox website, you may log on either into your real developer account, or into one of the many pretend-paypal accounts that you have created.
To get started, go to https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_onboarding-list&getStarted=true .
Sign up for the business account.
Create a New Account. This account has nothing to do with your real paypal account. It is also not even the test account that you will be using to test Paypal with your site. Instead, it is the paypal developer account that will allow you in turn to create pretend-paypal accounts. It is these pretend-paypal accounts that you will use to test paypal interaction with your journal..
In the sandbox signup, you should give your real information. It is a real account, used to develop the paypal interaction. Describe your business, presumably your journal. On the next page, give your real Business Owner Contact Information.
After you log into this brand-new sandbox account, you can begin to create test accounts. You should probably create one seller pretend-paypal account for your journal, and a few pretend-paypal accounts for different buyers (journal subscribers, donors, etc). You can also give these accounts bank balances, login accounts, etc
After you have created each pretend-paypal account, you can easily log in to any one of these pretend-paypal accounts via a nice menu choice from your sandbox developer accounts, which makes this easy. After you are logged into your pretend-paypal account, you can do everything a real paypal user can do. For example, you can verify your pretend-paypal account. (If the site asks for verification (which the real paypal does by depositing two small transactions into your account), you can provide any dollar amount you wish.)
At this point, you should be all set to simulate the paypal side of your interactions. now skip to "Configuring OJS/OCS below."
Your Real PayPal Account
Set up a PayPal Website Payments Standard account: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_onboarding-list&getStarted=true
Hit the Go button. If you already have a PayPal account, login now. If not, select your country:
Fill in the resulting form:
Fill in the forms and save. Next, create your business account:
Confirm your registration using your email account:
Once you`ve confirmed your account, go to your Account Overview:
Using the Unverified link, go ahead and verify your account.
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Vincent and the Doctor has debuted in Australia to strong ratings. TV Tonight reports that the episode averaged 895,000 viewers in the five major capital cities, again despite stiff competition from the commercial networks. It was the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's second-highest rating drama of the day coming a close third behind the series final of Agatha Christie's Poirot and the Sunday 7pm news. The corresponding Confidential Cutdown also rated an excellent 714,000 viewers in the five major capitals.
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Watch Tony Bennett: Duets II on PBS. See more from Great Performances.
Carrie Underwood sings "It Had to Be You" with Tony Bennett. Faith Hill sings "The Way You Look Tonight" with Tony Bennett. Natalie Cole sings "Watch What Happens" with Tony Bennett. And on and on, through the American songbook.
"Tony Bennett: Duets II" is a revelation, a cross-generational celebration of standards and pop favorites, premiering on PBS Friday night.
The first Bennett "Duets" CD was released in honor of his 80th birthday. The followup CD, "Duets II," debuted at the top of the Billboard album charts when he was 85, making Bennett the oldest vocal artist ever to land in that spot. Now comes the film version of the sessions, airing Friday at 9 p.m. on PBS.
A presentation of Great Performances, the special features Bennett in duets with Lady Gaga, John Mayer, Michael Buble, k.d. lang, Aretha Franklin, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Queen Latifah, Norah Jones, Josh Groban, Amy Winehouse and others.


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Augie Nieto made his annual appearance on the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Labor Day Telethon on Sunday with a new look and a renewed passion for life.
Rather than appearing on stage in Las Vegas, Augie, his wife Lynne, daughter Lindsay and son Austin were interviewed via satellite from Augie and Lynne's home in Corona del Mar, CA. (Photo courtesy of the MDA.) Preparations for daughter Nicole's wedding this month kept the family at home this year for their appearance. (Another daughter, Danielle, was married last year.)
Telethon co-host Nigel Lythgoe, standing alongside co-host Nancy O'Dell, who has hosted the Augie Bash for Augie's Quest at the IHRSA show in years past, reminisced with Augie about his visit last year on Lythgoe's TV show "So You Think You Can Dance." Lythgoe then brought up something about Augie that hadn't been publicized before.
"Now we know that your family has been going through some terrible times here," Lythgoe said.
"Some would say terrible," Austin said. "Some would say that it's actually been a blessing to our family."
That's when Austin told the world that his dad was "trached" in June. Augie says that 90 percent of patients, who, like him, suffer from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease), do not receive a tracheotomy, in which a tube is inserted in the trachea to allow a person to breathe without the use of his or her nose or mouth.
After the telethon, Augie, who turned 53 in February, told me by email that the past few weeks with his new breathing apparatus have been difficult—only he used more colorful language.
"It's been an SOB since the trache!" Augie writes. "I can finally see the light at the end of tunnel. I just hope it's not a train!"
Augie went on to write that despite the difficulty, he is making progress every day, and he credits his 21 marathons for giving him the stamina to push forward.
"It took everything I had," he writes. "Maybe it was the 21 marathons, except with ALS, you don't know where the hills are, where the water stands are or where the finish line is. You have to reinvent normal every day as your body gets weaker. I can't tell you what it is like to see every day something on your body [getting] weaker/stop functioning! It's great to see progress verses regression."
In fact, here are five results of the tracheotomy that Augie has experienced, in his own words and punctuation:
— More energy!
— I'm warm again! It's amazing what 70 percent ventilation does to mind, body and spirit!
— I have motivation that I have not experienced since ALS!
— I feel like the blind man who can hear better!
— No mask!!!! You can see my ugly mug
Augie's Quest, MDA's ALS research initiative, has now raised almost $29 million since 2006. Could we be seeing a breakthrough in finding a cure for the disease? Well, a few weeks ago, Augie himself tweeted this story from the Chicago Tribune, in which researchers at Northwestern University say they have found a cause of ALS that might pave the way for treatment.
Let's hope that treatment comes soon for all ALS patients, especially Augie, who continues to amaze and inspire.


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GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli shelling killed at least 15 Palestinians sheltering in a U.N.-run school and another 17 near a street market on Wednesday, Gaza's Health Ministry said, with no ceasefire in sight after more than three weeks of fighting.
Israel's security cabinet decided to continue its offensive in the enclave and there was no sign of a halt to a 23-day conflict in which 1,346 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have died. On the Israeli side, 56 soldiers and three civilians have been killed.
Some 3,300 Palestinians, including many women and children, were taking refuge in the school in Jabalya refugee camp when it came under fire around dawn, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said.
"Our initial assessment is that it was Israeli artillery that hit our school," UNRWA chief Pierre Krahenbuhl said in a statement after agency representatives visited the scene and examined fragments, craters and other damage.
Blood splattered floors and mattresses inside classrooms at the Jabalya Girls Elementary School and survivors picked through shattered glass and debris for flesh and body parts to bury.
"I call on the international community to take deliberate international political action to put an immediate end to the continuing carnage," Krahenbuhl said.
The Gaza Health Ministry put the number of dead in the school attack at 15, with more than 100 wounded. The United Nations said 16 people were killed.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said militants had fired mortar bombs from the vicinity of the school and troops shot back in response. The incident was still being reviewed.
The army said three Israeli soldiers were killed on Wednesday when a booby-trap bomb exploded in a tunnel shaft they had uncovered in a residence in the southern Gaza Strip.
UNRWA said on Tuesday it had found a cache of rockets concealed at another Gaza school - the third such discovery since the conflict began. It condemned unnamed militant groups for putting civilians at risk.
Krahenbuhl said the Jabalya school's precise location and the fact that it was sheltering thousands of displaced people had been communicated to the Israeli military 17 times, with the last notification just hours before the fatal shelling.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking in Costa Rica, condemned the killing. "It is outrageous. It is unjustifiable. And it demands accountability and justice," he said.
At the White House, National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said: "We are extremely concerned that thousands of internally displaced Palestinians who have been called on by the Israeli military to evacuate their homes are not safe in U.N.-designated shelters in Gaza.
"We also condemn those responsible for hiding weapons in United Nations facilities in Gaza."
In a separate incident, Israeli shelling killed at least 17 people and wounded about 160 others near a fruit and vegetable market in Shejaia, a heavily bombarded neighbourhood on the eastern outskirts of the city of Gaza, the Health Ministry said.
Witnesses said the crowd had gathered to watch a petrol station, hit earlier, burn in the distance. The Israeli military had no immediate comment. "Such a massacre requires an earthquake-like response," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said.
Gaza Health Ministry said rescue workers had recovered 20 more bodies in different areas of Gaza on Wednesday. It was unclear whether the people found were all killed on that day.
The army said 125 rockets were fired from Gaza, some reaching deep into Israel, causing no casualties or damage. Hamas said it fired four rockets toward Tel Aviv.
Israeli Communications Minister Gilad Erdan, a member of the security cabinet, said the forum had instructed the military to press on with its campaign to locate and destroy tunnels that militants have built under the Gaza border and have used to launch attacks inside Israel.
"In the coming few days we'll be giving the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) full operational freedom to strike against terrorism and complete neutralizing and destroying the tunnels," Erdan told Channel Two.
The head of the military's southern command, Major General Sami Turgeman, told reporters the army was "but a few days away from destroying all the attack tunnels".
He added that the offensive against militants in the Hamas Islamist-dominated enclave had been broadened to include more targets in the central and southern Gaza Strip.
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, 1,346 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed since Israel began its offensive on July 8 with the declared aim of halting cross-border rocket fire and tackling Hamas's tunnel network.
At least 99 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday alone.
Despite the Israeli toll, public support remains strong for continuing the military operation in the hope of preventing future flare-ups.
Mohammed Deif, the shadowy leader of Hamas's armed wing, said in a broadcast message on Tuesday that Palestinians would continue confronting Israel until its blockade on Gaza - which is supported by neighbouring Egypt - was lifted.
Israel has balked at freeing up Gaza's borders under any de-escalation deal unless Hamas's disarmament is also guaranteed.
"We are not looking for a ceasefire, though of course military manoeuvres are supposed to be followed by diplomatic manoeuvres," Erdan said. "But a ceasefire must fulfil Israel's terms, a long-term calm and the demilitarization of Gaza."
Egypt said on Tuesday it was revising an unconditional ceasefire proposal that Israel had originally accepted but Hamas rejected, and that a new offer would be presented to Palestinian representatives.
Egyptian officials said an Israeli delegation had held brief talks in Cairo on Wednesday, but gave no further details.
In previous bouts of fighting between Israel and its neighbours, the United States has often leaned on the Israelis to stop after incidents that caused high civilian casualties. Washington appears to have less sway with either side this time.
Israel says Hamas is ultimately responsible for such casualties because its fighters, including rocket-launching squads, operate in densely populated residential areas. The army has warned civilians to evacuate whole neighbourhoods before military operations.
The United Nations said Israeli bombing over the past three weeks has destroyed or severely damaged 4,000 Palestinian homes, scores of schools and almost two dozen health facilities.
Some 240,000 people in the Gaza Strip had sought refuge in U.N. schools or with relatives or friends, the U.N. said.
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday Gaza has become a "humanitarian disaster area" and urged the U.N. and international aid agencies to assume responsibility for meeting the needs of the Palestinians in the battered enclave.
"I call for the use of all tools available within the United Nations to provide relief and help to the Palestinian people during this grave humanitarian crisis," Abbas said in a letter to Ban, according to official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Both U.S. President Barack Obama and the U.N. Security Council have called for an immediate ceasefire to allow relief to reach Gaza's 1.8 million Palestinians, followed by negotiations on a more durable end to hostilities.
Amidst the bloodshed, Switzerland said on Wednesday it was taking soundings about the possibility of holding a Middle East peace conference later this year following a request from Abbas.
The Swiss Foreign Ministry said that as custodian of the 1949 Geneva Conventions laying down the rules of war, "Switzerland transmitted this request to the states parties and is currently carrying out informal consultations", but it noted a broad consensus would be needed on the terms of reference and the expected results.
Additional reporting by Ari Rabinovitch in Jerusalem; Noah Browning in Ramallah; Yasmine Saleh in Cairo; Tom Miles in Geneva; Michelle Nichols in New York; Writing by Jeffrey Heller; Editing by Paul Taylor and Will Waterman


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Skip to comments.Is Richard III buried under a parking lot?
Posted on 01/31/2013 3:43:04 PM PST by Squawk 8888
LONDON - Archaeologists will reveal next week whether a skeleton with a cleaved skull and a curved spine entombed under a municipal parking lot is that of Richard III, the last English king to die in battle, more than five centuries ago.
The grey, concrete parking lot with its red-brick walls and a payment hut in Leicester, central England, contrasts sharply with the grandeur of traditional sepulchres for English kings and queens such as Windsor Castle and Westminster Abbey.
The defeated Richards lost grave has proved to be as elusive as the reputation of the monarch, portrayed by Shakespeare as a deformed tyrant behind the murder of two young princes in the Tower of London but lauded by devotees as brave and enlightened.
GGG ping.
I don't know. Is Prince Albert in a can?
I don't know, but where's Michael Hunt? (You know, Mike)
"Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
'Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot"
"Who wants to know?"
"My kingdom for a parking space!"
He had it coming...child killer
I don't know. Is your refridgerator running?
I guess his death really did pave the way for the Tudors.
Sorry, just couldn't help myself.
Shakespeare got the information for his play "Richard III" from Thomas More's biography of the king.
He was buried in the end zone at Giants Stadium.
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Thanks Squawk 8888. I wonder if the real King Lear was buried in Cheshire? /rimshot!
The ghosts section of Shakespeare's "Richard III" has the obvious aroma of agitprop when read, but when performed live, it's horrifying. Shakespeare was born under the Tudors, and retired after the dynasty died out; he bought the historical scene of the hearing that had led to Henry VIIIth divorce of his first wife and the beginning of the Anglican Church — and put a posh, upper-class theater in it, where his play "Henry VIII" was first performed. Throughout his career his work was scrutinized and censored, and only the censored versions were legal to perform.
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The sky was grey and damp in the morning, and that was supposed to be about the worst of it. In Auckland, the forecast was for "periods of rain ... clearing in the afternoon" with "freshening" northwesterlies.
At 9am, the MetService warnings concerned "frizzy hair syndrome" and not much else.
Then suddenly, about noon, the sky in the city's northwest went black - and the air "electric".
"I saw it coming across the river," said Suzanne McFadden, a resident in Whenuapai. "This was like a juggernaut roaring through here. Everyone is really shaken up."
In an instant, the calm was shattered. The wind whistled then roared as a tornado ripped through trees, roads, houses, power lines, garages, cars and boats.
"It was just crazy. There were trees everywhere ... there were windows breaking," a resident said.
A mother tried to console her young son. Then a trampoline crashed against her window.
"I couldn't see anything - it was just... white."
The twister tore off a concrete wall and crushed three workers at a construction site.
Debbie Booty heard a door slam then saw debris flying. Her lounge window exploded, showering glass everywhere. She ran into her closet.
"I shut myself in there and called my husband. I was panicking, I was terrified," Ms Booty said.
When she emerged about five minutes later she found water flooded through the house. The chimney was on a lean - like many in Hobsonville, almost torn off the roof.
The tornado's beginning and end were elusive; it melded into a thunderstorm wreaking wider destruction through Hobsonville and Whenuapai.
Waimarie Rd, Kay Cres, Wallingford Way and Stratton Pl were among the streets blasted with wind and water. Fields and highways flooded.
Hobsonville resident Jeff Pilling said his trampoline had been flung 50m. Outside his house was a scattered mess of corrugated iron, debris and a mangled portaloo.
The damage was littered through suburbs within minutes, but the tension continued for the next couple of hours as the storm hovered.
Emergency services sprang into action. The Fire Service sent a dozen trucks into the affected areas as the frequency of its logged incidents surged 2000 per cent. Firefighters responded to as many as 100 calls in the first two hours.
"There are houses with roofs off scattered all over West Auckland," said a spokesman amid the chaos.
Police assembled a makeshift headquarters at Whenuapai Air Force Base, while ambulances sped seven injured victims to hospital.
"There might be some critical," said a St John spokesman.
Debris and fallen trees lined flooded streets as residents, some of them in tears, assessed the damage.
Houses were crushed by trees; some completely flattened. Power lines had been ripped out, windows smashed and trees toppled. Entire roofs had blown away.
Several roads were closed, including State Highway 18.
Soldiers and sniffer dogs went in and out of houses searching for anyone who might be trapped. Neighbours knocked on one another's doors, while parents anxiously waited for news from schools.
"We live in a little village, and you just don't expect this kind of thing to happen," said Ms McFadden.
Authorities quickly established about 150 houses had been seriously damaged, and 250 residents were told to evacuate to the air force base.
MetService made no effort to explain the tornado during the afternoon, doubting its existence till the end. Spokesman Dan Corbett brushed such twisters off as "small things".
"We're not completely discounting it," Mr Corbett said, though the state forecaster had seen thunderstorms on its Doppler radar.
Meanwhile, photos streamed out from West Auckland of a shattered cityscape darkened by blasts of wind and rain.
As power was cut to several areas, lines company Vector issued a call that people should assume downed lines were live and to be careful.
Auckland Airport ordered staff off its tarmac to take shelter. At least 19 flight arrivals and 14 departures were cancelled amid high winds.
In the disaster area, Police Superintendent Bill Searle held a press conference at the air force base.
He confirmed there had been deaths and said about 12 uniformed Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) personnel, who happened to be in the area at the time, were gathering intelligence to help police. The Defence Force was on standby.
He said a series of tornadoes had passed through Hobsonville, and one touched down on a subdivision, causing damage to trees and buildings.
"We'd ask that people that don't have to be in the area stay away from the area," Mr Searle said.
"We're very keen to talk to the family members of anyone that might be injured," he said.
"If they make themselves known to the police officers we'll give them the necessary care and attention."
Auckland Mayor Len Brown was also there to be with Civil Defence operations.
"This is a real tragedy," Mr Brown said.
"Lives have been lost, people injured and property badly damaged. Those affected and their families are in our hearts and minds."
MetService issued a severe weather warning for Auckland during the storm, and lifted it by 3pm, marking its final passing.
SH18 was opened in time for evening commuters, though traffic in many areas still became backed up on motorways and wet roads.
Dr James Renwick, Associate Professor of Physical Geography at Victoria University, said tornadoes did strike randomly.
"Analysis of weather records does not show a pattern, nor are there trends obvious in tornado occurrences," Dr Renwick said.
"These events strike at random from time to time, but they are very localised and sporadic and are not obviously tied to trends in the large-scale climate. At this stage, we have no indication that tornado occurrences will become more or less frequent in future."
Philip Duncan, of Weatherwatch.co.nz, noted how close yesterday's tornado was to Albany, hit last year by another deadly tornado.
"There is clearly something about the geography of northwest Auckland that favours tornado development."
Both events had struck on relatively calm days, he said.
"But a very active and dramatic front passed through and the instability led to this freak event."
North Shore Hospital admitted four people who were injured in the tornado.
Three of them were expected to be discharged from North Shore last night, after being treated for minor injuries including cuts and abrasions.
A fourth female patient suffered a fractured hip and would spend at least one night in hospital. She was in a comfortable condition.
No details were available about the patients.
A further three people were taken by ambulance to Auckland City Hospital.
They were treated in the emergency department and all were in a stable condition last night.
History of twisters
1981: A tornado rips through Rothesay Bay and Browns Bay, causing widespread property damage.
1991: A large tornado strikes Albany, destroying a church and killing one person.
2003: A series of mini-twisters hits Browns Bay, ripping tiles and television aerials off roofs and knocking over trees and fences.
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Ferguson curfew extended to 2nd day
For the second night in a row, police have placed a five-hour curfew on protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. The announcement came just before Michael Brown's family and Rev. Al Sharpton held a rally in support of justice for the teen. VPC
FERGUSON, Mo. — For the second night in a row, this St. Louis suburb will be under a curfew in an attempt to calm the unrest that has plagued it for the last eight days. On Sunday, Missouri State Highway Patrol superintendent Col. Ron Replogle announced the curfew, which came as protesters and police continued to clash a week after the Aug. 9 fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old, by officer Darren Wilson.
Seven people were arrested and one person was shot early Sunday as police and protesters clashed again in a haze of tear gas despite the curfew.
It was not clear who fired the shot, but Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said no police officers fired their guns during or after the protest. He told CNN that the police "are trying to use the least amount of force to provide people the ability to speak, while also protecting the property of Ferguson."
Nixon didn't say when he foresaw the curfew ending or whether it would be extended further, but added, "We'd like to see it ratcheted down. What we'd like to see, that will be judged by the community." Nixon said he was "heartened" by people's response to the curfew early Sunday.
STORY: Shootings, arrests bring more chaos to Ferguson
Anger has grown in recent days after police on Friday released a surveillance video purporting to show Brown stealing from a convenience store and roughing up its clerk about 15 minutes before the confrontation with Wilson.
"We were unaware they were going to release it, and we certainly were not happy with that being released," Nixon told ABC's This Week on Sunday. "It appeared to cast aspersions on a young man that was gunned down in the street. It made emotions raw."
Also on Sunday, the Justice Department said it would arrange for an another, "independent" autopsy of Brown's body "due to the extraordinary circumstances involved in this case and at the request of the Brown family."
The St. Louis County Medical Examiner's autopsy concluded that Brown died of gunshot wounds, but other details have not been released.
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Ever since the Marvel Cinematic Universe really kicked into high gear a few years ago, fans have endlessly debated about which actors would be the best fit for specific characters. One such character is Luke Cage (a.k.a. Power Man), who has never before received a proper live-action adaptation on either the big or small screen. Whenever rumors of a possible Luke Cage film have been brought up, only a few men have repeatedly found their way onto the dream casting list, and one of them is definitely Terry Crews.
The former NFL player-turned-actor has proven himself to be more than capable of excelling at both action and humor, able to switch from badass to comedian in the course of the same scene. This skill set would seemingly make him a perfect choice to play the always tough, yet occasionally sarcastic, Hero for Hire. Not to mention that Crews is the spitting image of how Cage is currently drawn.
Unfortunately, Crews publicly withdrew himself from contention for the Cage role back in September, seemingly out of the belief that Marvel would never actually push forward with a film about a character it didn't see as a priority. That all changed in November though, when Marvel announced it was teaming with Netflix to create streaming series starring Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist.
With shooting on Daredevil set to begin in summer 2014, and Luke Cage sure to follow not too long after that, Crews has now seen fit to change his tune. During a recent interview with Collider, Crews expressed interest in the role, and seems to just be waiting for Netflix to contact him:
"I heard [it's greenlit] but I haven't gotten any calls. I've been hearing stuff like, 'oh you're too old,' and I'm like, 'Man do my workout 20 years ago and we'll talk about who's too old (laughs). Like I said, anything can happen, I never rule anything out. I'm game. There are no rules. What's up, Marvel? I'm right here, baby. I ain't goin nowhere. You know where I live! (laughs)"
Crews also clarified exactly why he chose to rule himself out previously:
"Actually I took myself out of the Luke Cage running a while back, just because it was people trying to put people against each other. [It was] Idris vs. Michael Jai and I'm like, 'Wait a minute, this is not even greenlit! Can we talk to Marvel? Why are you talking to me? Don't put me against my homeboy for a movie that's not existing.' I said, 'Take me out!"
While there's little doubt that many fans would love to see Crews play Cage, one question mark is the actor's ongoing commitment to Fox sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Crews plays a large supporting role on the Andy Samberg-fronted police comedy, and it would be completely up to FOX as to whether they would allow him to star in a high-profile series for a competitor at the same time.
Also, despite Crews laughing it off above, Marvel/Netflix may very well prefer to hire a young, up-and-coming actor to play Cage. Crews is 45, and while that's by no means old, it's certainly not very young either. Plus, Marvel/Netflix might not want to pay Crews' asking price, one that will surely be much higher than most other actors that audition for the part. That all said, if the two companies value the opinion of fans, Crews will definitely be a top contender to lead the Marvel Universe's expansion into streaming video.
Michael Kennedy blogs at Screen Rant.


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The next round of international talks on Iran's controversial nuclear program will take place on February 26 in Kazakhstan, the European Union says.
The EU's top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, is leading the negotiations on behalf of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China.
The talks had been expected to take place last month, but were delayed after both sides were unable to arrange a meeting.
Deputy negotiators Helga Schmid for the EU and Ali Bagheri for Iran agreed on Tuesday that the negotiations would take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on February 26, Ashton's office said in a statement.
Ashton hopes "the talks will be productive and that concrete progress can be made towards a negotiated solution to meet the international community's concerns about the Iranian nuclear program," it said.
The so-called 5+1 group represented by Ashton fears that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.
Tehran maintains its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only and says it wants sanctions lifted before making new concessions.
Talks broke down between the two sides in Moscow in mid-June, with only expert-level contacts since then.


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The Ranter was anonymously sent some internal NFL memos that we would like to share with you.
September 1, 2013
To: All NFL Referees
From: NFL Injury Protocol and Player Safety Department
Re: 2013 Secret Team Concussion Protocol Test
As you are well aware, the NFL truly values the safety of its players, and in our continued efforts to ensure that all players are evaluated per NFL concussion protocols, we will be instituting a secret testing program for the 2013 season. We will be using this test to determine if teams correctly follow all procedures for a player who may have suffered an in-game concussion.
You, as an NFL referee, will have a key role in instituting this testing program. We are asking you to decline from interfering on questionable plays where player A suffers a blow to their head delivered by a player B. If no penalty is called on player B, it forces player A's team to evaluate and determine whether player A should be removed from the game due to concussion symptoms. Unfortunately, A penalty on player B's team would give an unfair advantage to player A's team in determining if a concussion has occurred due an illegal hit. For the purpose of this test, we would like them to arrive at this decision on their own without outside influences such as penalties called by you, the referee.
It is imperative that you do not throw a penalty flag on player B who delivered the blow.
One team has been selected for this year's protocol test, the Green Bay Packers. Please refrain from penalizing Green Bay's opponents if, and when, they may hit Packers' players' heads in an illegal manner. We will handle any illegal hits through our player fine system.
This test will further the safety of our league and protect all our players today, and in the future.
September 25, 2013
To: All NFL Referees
From: NFL Injury Protocol and Player Safety Department
Re: 2013 Secret Season Team Concussion Protocol Test – UPDATE
We would like to provide you with an update on the ongoing Team Concussion Protocol Test. We are pleased to announce that it has been successful through the first three weeks of the season.
The information we have gathered has been incredibly valuable, and the Green Bay Packers have followed the Concussion Protocols to the letter of the rule book. In two instances, Green Bay players, Eddie Lacy and Jermichael Finely were struck in an illegal manner, but no penalty flags were thrown. This allowed the review team to monitor the actions of the Packers as they dealt with these potential concussion situations. Both players were determined to have concussions from these illegal hits, and Green Bay proceeded to adhere to the policies on player concussions.
Subsequently, in the Washington game in which Eddie Lacy was concussed, the same player who illegally hit Eddie Lacy, also illegally hit Green Bay running back, James Starks, by leading with his head. The Washington player suffered a concussion, but again, no flag was thrown for the illegal hit. This allowed us to also monitor Washington and their adherence to the concussion policies, as well.
We thank you for your continued participation in the 2013 Secret Team Concussion Protocol Test. And remember, player safety is paramount.
Interesting, no? Well, I think these memos clear up the issue as to why no penalties were called on the plays when Lacy and Finley were struck illegally. It's all in the interest of player safety.


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