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It's tough for west coast teams to travel to the east coast and play in the early time slot when players' bodies still feel like it is morning. And the curious decision by the NFL to schedule the Seattle-Atlanta game in Sunday's early time slot may have impacted the play of the Seahawks.
Clearly it was a tale of two games for the Seahawks. Russell Wilson was just 2-6 for 31 yards in the first quarter as the Falcons jumped out to a 20-0 lead at halftime. After the first quarter, Wilson woke up and went 22-30 for 337 yards and two touchdowns.
But if we look even closer, the numbers get even more amazing. Here's a breakdown of the total offense for both teams for drives that started before and after noon pacific time (about mid-way through the third quarter)...
It seems like it is only a matter of time before the NFL moves their Sunday playoff games to 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm eastern time. But until then, we will continue to see west coast teams struggle early on in their east games.


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If Edwards is indicted, spotlight's on Justice Department unit
WASHINGTON — Should John Edwards be indicted on criminal charges, he would be prosecuted by the same Justice Department outfit that infamously botched the investigation of the late Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska.
The Stevens screw-up led to internal ousters, dropped criminal charges, a federal investigation and, tragically, the suicide of a promising young prosecutor. Legal observers say that with the high-profile Edwards case, the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section would be under intense scrutiny.
"The Department of Justice as a whole, and the Public Integrity Section in particular, has a black eye," said Bob Bittman, a white-collar defense attorney at White & Case in Washington who once was the chief prosecutor in charge of the Monica Lewinsky investigation involving President Bill Clinton.
In the Stevens case, prosecutors were accused of withholding information from his defense that should have been disclosed.
"They just were not seen as fair," Bittman said. "If they bring something (against Edwards), they will have some redeeming to do."
The small public integrity office supports U.S. attorneys around the country and often goes after local and state officials.
But sometimes, the targets are bigger. Stevens was convicted of seven felonies for failing to disclose personal gifts in the form of renovations to his Alaskan home.
There were allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, though, and when Attorney General Eric Holder took office in 2009, he dismissed the indictment against Stevens and worked to repair the division's reputation.
A new Public Integrity Section chief, Jack Smith, was brought in from a federal district in New York with a reputation for aggressiveness. Smith was not made available for an interview.
But in a speech Wednesday, Lanny A. Breuer, the assistant U.S. attorney general for the criminal division, told a group of federal defense lawyers that since the Stevens case, the agency has installed new training to ensure that prosecutors disclose what they must.
If Edwards is indicted, the Public Integrity Section would be prosecuting another high-profile target.
"The man ran for vice president. They're going to be careful," said Peter Henning, a law professor at Wayne State University in Michigan and co-author of a new book, "Prosecution and Defense of Public Corruption." "Their reputation's on the line, too."
The two-year Edwards investigation focused on whether hundreds of thousands of dollars given by two wealthy supporters to help hide his mistress were gifts or illegal campaign donations. Edwards' attorneys are thought to be negotiating with the U.S. Attorney's office over a possible plea deal to avoid indictment.
Statistically, the section has an impressive record, and it likely will see the Edwards case as entirely separate from problems in the Stevens case, said Solomon L. Wisenberg, co-chairman of the white-collar crime practice at the Barnes & Thornburg law firm in Washington and once an assistant U.S. attorney in North Carolina.
"But the rap is that for the most part they go after mid-level and low-level people," Wisenberg said.
The Public Integrity Section would not comment on any aspect of the Edwards case, but a spokeswoman provided a list of recent cases the group has handled. It included convictions this year of state elected officials in Virginia and Puerto Rico, corruption and racketeering charges against former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi of Arizona, and a trial beginning next week on bribery charges in Alabama involving bingo legislation.
A recent report from Senate Ethics Committee investigators also cast doubt on decisions made by the Public Integrity Section. In December, a lawyer for then-Sen. John Ensign of Nevada announced that the Justice Department would not pursue criminal charges against Ensign for payments to his mistress and her husband.
The sharply worded report from the Ethics Committee concluded that Ensign probably had broken a number of federal laws and referred the matter back to the Public Integrity Section for possible prosecution.
Prosecuting public corruption is difficult, observers say, because there could always be a hint of impropriety: Are prosecutors going after a political enemy?
At the same time, top Justice Department officials understand the potential impact of criminal charges — especially for politicians — and would be extremely cautious before proceeding, Henning said.
"There's great concern that even a hint of investigation can destroy someone's career," said Henning, the Wayne State professor. "If Edwards is going to be charged, that could be even the (attorney general) signing off on it.
"You have to be very careful; I mean, you've destroyed him. "The destruction to his reputation has already happened, but if charges are filed, that pretty much seals it."
(Joseph Neff of the News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., contributed.)
Campaign finance laws at heart of John Edwards case
John Edwards is likely to face federal charges
Judge drops contempt citation against prosecutors in Ted Stevens case
Prosecutor in failed Ted Stevens corruption case kills self
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Editor's note: This is the first article in a series of monthly articles that will look at independent assisted living and other residential options for seniors in the Lowcountry.
Remember the years when you were raising your family or working, or both, and couldn't wait until you could retire and leave all that responsibility behind you? As your kids grew older and left the nest, you shed a tear as they ventured out on their own to face the big bad world where they were free to make their own decisions and mistakes. You missed them, of course, but you were ready to turn the page and move on to the next phase of your life, one filled with fun and frivolity and fewer responsibilities.
After endless research of retirement communities, you finally zeroed in on Sun City Hilton Head and never looked back. You participated in our sports activities, played cards, took up a hobby, splashed in the pools and enjoyed the camaraderie of your new-found friends. Life couldn't be better.
The years speed by, things start to change. Your joints start hurting. Perhaps you developed a heart condition or acquired a physical problem that curtails your participation in your favorite sport. A spouse dies and you're alone. You can't get out as much as you used to so you're lonely or you need help doing things you always took for granted. These are just a few scenarios that can change the whole complexion of your lifestyle.
But wait! Life as you knew it may have gone by the wayside, but then another door opens to some really interesting and attractive alternatives. Forget about old folks' homes. They're a thing of the past. They have been replaced by establishments for older adults that are aimed to please the most persnickety as well as fit into a wide range of budgets, and many of them are right here in our own backyard. Greater Bluffton offers many and varied facilities with apartments or condos for independent living. They provide countless activities for their residents to keep life interesting. Most, if not all, serve at least one meal a day. Many of them have a health care staff, a hair salon and fitness center on the premises. The beauty of these establishments is that you're with your peers and will undoubtedly make many new friends. Soon you're one big happy family.
Of course, you're still enjoying life in Sun City and moving elsewhere is not on the horizon, but it's always good to look ahead and consider the "what ifs." If the time should come that you feel you should consider another living alternative and you want to remain in the Lowcountry where the temperatures are more to your liking, you have many options. So, ladies and gentlemen, start your scrapbooks!
Riverside at Belfair is a senior living community located at 60 Oak Forest Road, which is located at the eastern entrance to Belfair Town Square (think Kroger). Beyond the hubbub of the shopping center and around a curve or two, you find yourself in rural surroundings. Riverside is tucked away in a secluded area on attractive well-kept grounds. It is a large impressive building built in the style of a gracious old southern mansion. It offers 81 unfurnished residents' apartments in various sizes. All apartments are rented on a month-to-month basis with no buy-in fees or long-term leases. There is, however, a one-time $500 community fee. The monthly fee includes all utilities, a land phone, cable, a weekly linen change and some housekeeping as well as three meals a day. Pets are permitted.
The interior of the building reflects the old southern style with a winding staircase leading to the second floor. (Yes, there is an elevator, too.) All amenities are on the first floor. The common rooms are attractively decorated and present a home-like atmosphere. There is a parlor for relaxation and camaraderie, an inviting dining room, a large game and TV room and a library. To get away from it all, there is a cheerful sun parlor plus outdoor patios on attractively manicured grounds.
There are activities galore. At the beginning of each month, the residents are provided with an activity schedule that is jam-packed with interesting things to do. They host a weekly happy hour where alcoholic beverages are served, and there's an ice cream parlor for those with a sweet tooth.
Monthly rates vary, depending on the accommodations the residents choose. They range between $1,935 for a studio to $4,790 for a deluxe two-bedroom/two-bath suite. There is an additional monthly double-occupant fee of $400.
Riverside also offers a memory care annex known as Belfair Gardens. It is an attractively decorated section that is architecturally designed to make life as pleasant as possible for residents. To quote their brochure, "Belfair Gardens has created an atmosphere that nurtures life and living by encouraging our residents to be who they have always been and continue to do the things they enjoy." There are 23 private suites, each with a private bath. Personalized care and professional expertise are provided to enhance their lives. They also provide an abundance of activities that encourage socializing among their fellow residents.
For further details and rates, call 815-5350 and ask for a brochure or call for an appointment for a personal tour and see for yourself all they have to offer.
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Why Sign Up for No Impact Week?
I first heard about the No Impact Experiment a year ago: a one-week carbon cleanse that challenges participants to examine and reduce their impact on the planet. It was initiated by Colin Beavan, who created No Impact Man, a film documenting his family's attempt at going zero-waste and carbon neutral over the course of a year in New York City. Inspired by Colin's courage, and curious about what I would discover for my own life if I did the same for a week, I joined hundreds of other people around the world and signed up.
I considered myself to be fairly informed and environmentally friendly, so I thought this one-week carbon cleanse would be somewhat unsurprising. After all, I already recycled, composted, and purchased local organic food whenever I could.
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I began the week by examining my personal consumption, and as the days progressed I moved on to my generation of waste, use of water and energy, and more. I met the daily challenges as best I could, and found that it was quite easy to make small adjustments in my routine that resulted in a big decrease in my carbon footprint. Encouraged to take alternative transportation by the experiment, I discovered that biking and busing around the city were not as difficult as I had assumed. I actually ended up finding a route to my gym by bike that was faster than driving!
I considered the week a success in terms of reducing my carbon footprint, but the most profound and powerful change came from the community contribution focus on Saturday, and the "eco-sabbath" on Sunday.
Saturday was about giving back and volunteering in the community. Reflecting on this day, I realized how distant and separated from my community I had become-—a realization that made me take steps to connect with my neighbors and find time to volunteer at local rallies and events.
Sunday's eco-sabbath was all about switching off—getting away from e-mail and phones, and outside into nature. It gave me a much-needed break from the stress and distraction of the city and my computer. I was able to recharge and reflect on what was actually important in my life. Contemplating—and being in—nature, even for a day, helped me meditate on my life and recapture a sense of perspective that I had somehow lost in the noise of everyday life.
Christmas Without Presents?
"No Impact Man" Colin Beavan suspected the holidays would be just as merry without all the stuff.
Now, a year later, I can see how the No Impact Experiment changed my life. Low-impact Transportation Tuesday inspired me to sell my car and take up public transit and biking. Not buying anything but food for a week made me realize how much money I could save by refraining from the superficial week-to-week purchases we often indulge in to make ourselves feel better. It freed me to focus on real things that actually do make me feel better. I was reminded how important community is, and since then I have become much more active in my city and group of friends. I am happier because of it.
Reflecting on the past year and the improvements that this experiment has brought to my life, I find myself compelled to do it again. I can't recommend a better way to kick off the New Year.
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Lyonel Feininger, Kathedrale [Cathedral], 1919, Cover and one page of the manifesto
and programme of the Bauhaus, April 1919, 32.1 x 19.4 cm, Woodblock print
Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, Photo: Atelier Schneider, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019.
Nandalal Bose, Instructions for Mural painting, early 1930s
Mural, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, India, © Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan.
Weaving workshop at Bauhaus Dessau, ca. 1927, photo: Erich Consemüller/architect: Walter Gropius
Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019.
Lena Bergner, Two studies from the Paul Klee course at the Bauhaus, 1927–28
Litho print, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, © Heirs to Lena Bergner.
Kala Bavhan campus, Santiniketan, West Bengal, 2017, photo: Grant Watson.
Krishna Reddy, Postcard and drawing, year unknown
Photo: Grant Watson, © Judith Reddy, New York.
Renshichirō Kawakita & Katsuo Takei, Kōsei Kyōiku Taikei, (Handbook for Teaching Design), 1934
Private Collection of Prof. Hiromitsu Umemiya.
Renshichirō Kawakita at the workshop of Kōsei Kyouiku for art teachers held in
Wakayama Prefecture, December 1933, from: Kenchiku Kōgei. I See All, Vol. 3, No. 3, Mar. 1933.
Hin Bredendieck (middle) from Josef Albers's preliminary course 1928, ca. 1928 (photo) / 2015
Fine Art Print, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau.
Seikatsu kōsei (Life Construction) exhibition at Bunka Gakuin
in June 1931. Published in: Kenchiku Gaho, Vol. 22, No. 10.
Luca Frei, Design for pillows, 2017
Gouache, pencil and collage on foam core, 70 x 100 x 3 cm, photo: Karl Isakson.
Corresponding With departs from the 1919 Bauhaus Manifesto published by Walter Gropius, who argued that in the future there should be "no essential difference between the artist and the craftsman." The Manifesto was of its time, drawing on a radical cultural movement that wanted to overcome existing academic art education, and understood the social and material value of craft to redress the alienation and destruction of nineteenth-century industrial capitalism. The Bauhaus school was, from its inception, at the confluence of international ideas on modernism and radical educational reforms, rethinking the relationship between the applied and non-applied arts and manual and cognitive knowledge. As a pedagogical experiment, it was exceptional in putting various ideas and practices into a new curriculum and rethinking the role of the arts in the creation of a new socialist and democratic society.
The Bauhaus opened in April 1919 in the same year the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore inaugurated the art school Kala Bhavana at Santiniketan, an already existing utopian community on a piece of land 100 miles north of Calcutta (today Kolkata). Like the early Bauhaus, Kala Bhavana developed a modernist language while referring to resources from Indian traditions as well as, for example, the British Arts and Crafts movement. In 1922, the Austrian art historian Stella Kramrisch, who taught at Kala Bhavana, wrote a letter to Johannes Itten in which she pursued the possibility of a Bauhaus exhibition in India, prompted it is believed by Tagore's visit Germany a year earlier. This exchange of correspondence resulted in the first international Bauhaus show, which took place at the Indian Society of Oriental Art in Kolkata in December of that year.
Another Bauhaus-related educational experiment—Seikatsu Kōsei Kenkyūsho (Research Institute for Life Design)—was founded by Renshichirō Kawakita in Tokyo in 1931 and later renamed Shin Kenchiku Kōgei Gakuin (School of New Architecture and Design). Like the Bauhaus in Weimar, the Tokyo school combined modernist crafts and industrial forms of production with in this case traditional Japanese ideas of aesthetics. In 1934 Kawakita published (with Katsuo Takei) a book on Kōsei education, Kōsei Kyōiku Taikei (Handbook for Teaching Design) which worked alongside the school to transform specific Bauhaus principles into a new, modernist Japanese art educational theory.
The exhibition Corresponding With compares the practice and philosophy of these three schools, linked by letters, ideas, and the movement of people and works. It contains rarely seen documents on teaching methods and workshop environments, aesthetic vocabularies and material cultures, the content of courses, the outcome of workshops on everyday objects (crafted in accordance with the school's guiding principles) and writings on pedagogy. The three schools—considered in relation to one another and rethought in terms of early twentieth-century art education as part of transnational and transcultural exchange—shared a critique of European academic art education and the desire to reshape society through radical pedagogy.
Performance theorist Rustom Bharucha delivers a lecture on his unique research into the friendship between the Indian poet and Japanese curator.
Exhibition booklet from the exhibition The Bauhaus in Calcutta. An Encounter of the Cosmopolitan Avant-garde, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation.
Begeleitheft zur Ausstellung Das Bauhaus in Kalkutta. Eine Begegnung kosmopolitischer Avantgarden, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau.
from: The Visva-Bharati Quarterly, April 1923, pp. 69–75.
from: Regina Bittner & Kathrin Rhomberg (eds.): The Bauhaus in Calcutta. An Encounter of the Cosmopolitan Avant-Garde, Edition Bauhasus 36, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2013, pp. 117–133.
in: Tom Holert & Marion von Osten (Hg.): Das Erziehungsbild. Zur visuellen Kultur des Pädagogischen, Schlebrügge.Editor, Wien 2010, S. 106–130.
R. Siva Kumar, Santiniketan - The Making of a Contextual Modernism, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi 1997.
Essay by Tagore denouncing nationalism
from: Regina Bittner & Kathrin Rhomberg (eds.): The Bauhaus in Calcutta. An Encounter of the Cosmopolitan Avant-Garde, Edition Bauhasus 36, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2013, pp. 100–107.
from: Visva Bharati News, 1932–33.
in: Schweizer Ingenieur und Architekt, Vol. 41, No. 118, 2000. Mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Autors.
from: Kokusai Kenchiku, No. 12, 1932, pp. 465–469. Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, © Yamawaki Iwao & Michiko Archives.


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So at the start of the term NJ kept telling me that she has an instructor that looks like Fall, so I kept telling her to get a picture and prove it. Not only did she, but she then edited in orange eyes, a coat, and the cross.
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Mail Bonding: Big Ten's rise could derail Ohio State
Each week, Sporting News college football writer Matt Hayes will answer questions from readers in his Mail Bonding column.
Q: I'm not drinking the Kool-Aid like others here in Ohio. The losses to Michigan State and Clemson, the two best teams we played the last two years, have me worried about the Buckeyes. Should I be?
— Kate Fisher, Cleveland
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Hayes: Let me get this straight, Urban Meyer wins his first 24 games as coach, then loses two in the fourth quarter — both games Ohio State could have won — and you're worried?
Not many coaches — maybe only Alabama's Nick Saban — recruit better than Meyer, and very few have the proven track record of developing players on the field. The last two losses to Michigan State and Clemson shouldn't be of concern; watching the national championship game last year and realizing Ohio State still isn't near the level of Florida State and Auburn (and the rest of the SEC elite), should.
Can the Buckeyes get there? Of course. But there's one other obstacle: the rest of the Big Ten. At some point, the league will cycle back as a significant heavyweight.
Wisconsin looked impressive under Gary Andersen, and at some point, Nebraska will be Nebraska again. If Michigan doesn't get there under Brady Hoke, it will under whoever is hired to replace him because there are too many advantages in Ann Arbor.
Michigan State is as strong as it was in the 1960s, and now must be considered among the nation's elite. Then there's James Franklin, a guy who will energize Penn State and build on what Bill O'Brien accomplished.
Short answer: 24-2 is better than just about everyone in the nation the last two seasons.
Long answer: remember that in six years at Florida, Meyer won two national titles — but didn't win any other championship his other four years in the meatgrinder SEC. The Big Ten will eventually cycle back, and when it does, the road will be that much tougher.
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After writing about Louisville-born trainer Dale Romans' ongoing really big year a week ago, Dullahan took things up a notch for Romans on Sunday.
The half-brother to 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird has now won two more Grade I races than his sibling after rolling through the stretch under Joel Rosario to catch Game On Dude and take Sunday's Pacific Classic at Del Mar in course-record time.
The victory by the Romans-trained Dullahan came in his first outing against older, more mature horses – the first test of serious quality for any three-year-old Thoroughbred. And the Grade I triumph added to Romans' career-best season that now includes a pair of Grade I triumphs for Dullahan, who won the Toyota Blue Grass at Keeneland before his strong third-place run in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands over his home track; a courageous victory in Belmont's famed Metropolitan Handicap by 2011 Preakness winner Shackleford; a victory by Tapitsfly for Louisville owner/breeder Frank Jones Jr. in the Grade I Just A Game; and a pair of Grade I grass triumphs by Little Mike in the recent Arlington Million and Churchill Downs' Woodford Reserve Turf Classic on Kentucky Derby Day.
With a potent stable with horses in good health, there's no reason to think that Romans will not add more wins to his Grade I column during the remaining four months of the year.
Dullahan doubters were quick to note that all three of his Grade I victories have come over synthetic Polytrack courses, with the third being his 2011 win in the Dixiana Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland. But a more accurate description of Dullahan is versatile, as Jerry Crawford, the Des Moines, Iowa-based managing partner of the Donegal Stable partnership that owns the colt, correctly noted after Sunday's win.
"People are going to insist that this is a synthetic horse because he has won three Grade Is on synthetic,†Crawford said. "But there's no one else in the country that has won three Grade Is on any surface and placed in graded stakes on the turf and finished third in the Kentucky Derby.
"I would respectfully submit that the question with Dullahan is not what surface can he run on, but what surface can't he run on?â€
Although they are very different in terms of their physical tools and their individual development, Dullahan reminds me of Wise Dan, another versatile star based in Kentucky.
Trainer Charlie Lopresti's gelding won the Grade I Clark Handicap in an absolute romp last fall at Churchill Downs and was nosed by Ron the Greek following a difficult journey in the Stephen Foster over the same track in June. Wise Dan also has Grade III wins over Polytrack in Keeneland's Fayette and Ben Ali, and a pair of Grade II wins on the turf in Churchill Downs' Firecracker Handicap and Saratoga's recent Fourstardave.
Wise Dan is training brilliantly for a planned start in the Woodbine Mile, where he could notch his first Grade I triumph on turf.
Dullahan detractors point to the colt's poor efforts on dirt in the Belmont Stakes, where he was seventh as the favorite to Union Rags, and the Haskell Invitational, in which he failed to threaten the victorious Paynter while running fifth.
But he has run well enough on the Churchill Downs dirt to run a hard-luck third in the Derby to I'll Have Another – the clear-cut frontrunner for three-year-old championship honors – and fourth last fall to champion Hansen in the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
Sure, he failed to fire over Belmont's famed "Big Sandy†– Dullahan joins a long list of good horses that had trouble handling that course – and clearly had a bad day at Monmouth. He continues to deserve the benefit of the doubt on dirt.
In Breeders' Cup
The Pacific Classic win earned Dullahan a guaranteed spot in the 14-horse starting gate for the Breeders' Cup Classic on Nov. 4 over dirt at Santa Anita. That's now the ultimate goal for Dullahan and a win there would put him in position to overhaul the retired I'll Have Another for championship honors in the three-year-old division. A win in that race and another at the end of November in the Grade I Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare over his home track at Churchill Downs could put him in line for really big things.
He has much work to do, but Dullahan's win over older rivals in the Pacific Classic provides both the colt and his trainer with opportunities to take a shot at big goals in the last four months of racing in 2012.
A dead heat!
Dullahan's victory at Del Mar restored some shine to an injury-depleted three-year-old crop that was on display in Saturday's Travers at Saratoga, which ended in an historic dead-heat victory by favored Alpha and the Ken McPeek-trained longshot Gold Ticket. It was the first even finish in the "Mid-Summer Derby†since 1874.
I had forecast a big run by Neck n' Neck in the Travers, but that never materialized and his finished a flat sixth. Alpha has rebounded nicely from a disappointing Kentucky Derby run and has settled into a spot just below the top stars of the crop. It will be interesting to see if Golden Ticket follows his Travers run for McPeek with a similar effort against top company, but it's impossible to assess Sunday's race until we see him again.
My biggest disappointment of the weekend was the defeat of Royal Delta by Love and Pride in Saratoga's Personal Ensign. I've written before that I thought trainer Bill Mott's regally-bred filly had a chance to be the fourth consecutive female to earn "Horse of the Year†honors, but she needed to run the table against members of her gender and then beat males at some point to complete that task.
It could be strongly argued that Royal Delta was only the third-best filly in Sunday's race as It's Tricky stumbled twice coming out of the gate but recovered to threaten late before finally running out of gas in a third-place run. She ran a tremendous race.
Royal Delta could still earn an Eclipse Award for top older mare, but the road to that award looks tougher now than it did a week ago.
For Kentucky racing fans, the Labor Day weekend provides the last opportunity to visit Ellis Park for live racing in 2012. The summer meet at the Pea Patch closes with Monday's holiday program. I'm hoping to make my near-annual pilgrimage over the weekend, but have a slaw dog for me – just in case I don't make it.
Photos by REED PALMER PHOTOGRAPHY | Churchill Downs


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The package says "heart healthy," "reduces cholesterol" or "maintains digestive health."
So you toss it in your cart thinking that you're doing something good for yourself. But are you really?
Food makers have tried to sneak in unsubstantiated claims, notes ShopSmart, the shopping magazine from the publisher of Consumer Reports. Dannon used to say that its DanActive yogurt drinks help prevent colds and flu and that eating one serving of Activia yogurt daily could help with "slow intestinal transit time." The Federal Trade Commission scolded Dannon for using deceptive advertising, so the company stopped.
ShopSmart supplies the truth behind seven popular food health claims.
— The Claim: Heart healthy. Examples: Campbell's Chunky chicken noodle soup and Mueller's Pasta whole-grain penne sport the American Heart Association (AHA) Heart-Check Mark.
The Truth: Eating packaged foods such as chicken noodle soup isn't the best way to heart health. To legally be able to claim a reduced heart disease risk, Campbell's soup simply has to be low in total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol. To win the AHA seal, it has to be low in fats, plus have no more than 480 milligrams of sodium and 20 mg of cholesterol and have 10 percent or more of the recommended daily value of one of six specified nutrients. So, yes, it's a healthier choice than, say, a cheeseburger, but that doesn't make it ideal for your heart.
— The Claim: Supports immunity and digestive health. Example: La Yogurt Probiotic contains Bifidobacterium BB-12, a type of bacteria called a probiotic, which "works with the rest of your body to help maintain balanced microflora (the bacterial ecosystem in your gut), support immunity, and support digestive health," according to the product's website.
The Truth: The Food and Drug Administration has not approved food packaging claims that probiotics can do anything to improve digestion, such as prevent constipation; boost immunity; or improve general health, such as ward off colds or flu. Research behind those kinds of claims is mixed and limited.
— The Claim: Blocks or lowers cholesterol. Example: Minute Maid's website claims that eating a daily total of 2 grams of plant sterols as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease.
The Truth: Research shows that plant sterols — natural substances found in nuts and legumes, for example — may reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, and the FDA says they may help reduce your risk of heart disease. But plant sterols seem to be more effective when eaten at least twice a day. As stated on the orange juice label, you need to drink two 8-ounce glasses to help reduce cholesterol, but that's a lot of sugar.
— The Claim: A lower glycemic index. Example: Dreamfields Pasta Healthy Carb Living claims a 65 percent lower glycemic index (GI) compared with regular pasta, or 13 vs. 38 on the GI scorecard. (Foods are ranked on a scale of 0 to 100.)
The Truth: Most healthy people don't need to worry about GI scores, which measure how quickly blood sugar levels rise after eating a particular food. Foods with a lower GI (under 55 is considered low; over 70 is high) may claim to increase blood sugar more slowly. Still, notes ShopSmart, there are usually too many other factors involved in blood sugar increasing or decreasing, including what else you eat at that meal.
— The Claim: Antioxidants! Examples: Cherry 7UP and Raisinets almost sound like health foods with the word "antioxidant" slapped on the front labels.
The Truth: Most people associate antioxidants with building a stronger immune system, which is what the manufacturers are banking on. "But whether it will boost your immune response depends on how much you are already consuming from your diet," says Dr. Jeffrey Blumberg, director of the Antioxidants Research Laboratory at Tufts University. "Certainly there's not enough in a single food product to make much of a difference," he adds.


text: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 APTA Rehabilitation Researchers Advocate on Capitol Hill APTA's Section on Research hosted a fly-in March 19-20 in Washington, DC, to advocate on behalf of rehabilitation research and for increased funding for programs within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Eleven researchers from 9 states met with staff of the Senate and House appropriations committees and their individual members of Congress. The researchers asked for funding increases for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), which is the housing institute for the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research; the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS); and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). In addition, they requested report language on the benefits of prioritizing rehabilitation research in the translational science research agenda. The researchers received positive feedback from committee members and individual members of Congress on the benefits of funding NIH programs.


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Lions history in the making
Graham Jenkins
April 23, 2009
Flutey has had a memorable season including his debut for England, selection for the Lions and signing for French Top 14 side Brive © Getty Images
Brian Black Grahame Budge Mike Catt Brent Cockbain Riki Flutey Pat McEvedy Ian McGeechan Cuthbert Mullins Arthur O'Brien Rusty Richards Ian Smith Matt Stevens
England's Riki Flutey is set to join an exclusive club this summer when he adds his name to those who have played for and against the British & Irish Lions.
Flutey, who faced the Lions in Wellington colours during the 2005 tour of New Zealand, will also join another elite group when he becomes one of the latest overseas-born players to pull on the famous red jersey.
The Irish forward Tom Reid was the last man to turn out for and against the Lions. He toured with the Lions in 1955, playing one Test as a No.8 and another as a lock in the drawn series against the Springboks. He later toured Canada with the Barbarians, settled there and in 1959 lined up for Eastern Canada in the back-row against the Lions.
The 29-year-old Flutey, a former New Zealand Maori international who qualified for England on residency grounds, has been the subject of much debate after forcing his way into the reckoning with a string of eye-catching displays for his adopted country since his 2008 debut. Many argued that it would not be right to select him - but importantly head coach Ian McGeechan was not one of them.
A keen student of the game, and especially the Lions, Geech would have been well aware that the naturalisation road was one well-travelled by Lions squads of the past and will have had no qualms about offering the multi-talented Flutey a much-prized invite to South Africa.
Born in Featherston, just south of Wellington in New Zealand, Flutey arrived in England in 2005 having played for Wellington and the Hurricanes as well as the Maori. He quickly settled in his new home and went on to become one of the stars of the Premiership - scooping the Player of the Year award in 2008. A stand-out contribution to England's 2009 Six Nations campaign saw him rewarded with a ticket to South Africa and a place in the history books.
Flutey will be joined on the list of overseas-born Lions by two fellow tourists - Ireland's Jamie Heaslip (Tiberias, Israel) and Scotland's Nathan Hines (Waga Waga, Australia). In addition, Ireland fly-half Ronan O'Gara (San Diego, USA) and England's Simon Shaw (Nairobi, Kenya) are already in the club following their previous Lions appearances.
Seven more of the many globe-trotting Lions make our latest list:
Born in Grahamstown in South Africa's Eastern Cape, the superbly-named Reginald Cuthbert Mullins was an early entry on the list when he toured South Africa with the British Isles in 1896. The lock forward featured in two of the four Test clashes with South Africa including the series-clinching 9-3 victory in Kimberley.
McEvedy, a native of Taumata in the north island of New Zealand, was the first Kiwi to appear for the Lions when he toured his homeland and Australia in 1904. A student at Guy's Hospital in London and a member of their rugby club, the oldest in the world, played in the second and third Test victories over Australia as the tourists wrapped up a 3-0 series triumph. He also featured in the victory over New Zealand the following month.
He was back on Lions duty in 1908 when he returned to New Zealand with an Anglo-Welsh side, playing in the drawn Test in Wellington and the defeat in Auckland. Dr Patrick McEvedy as he would become would go on to serve as president of the New Zealand Rugby Union in 1934 and his name also adorns the McEvedy Shield - an annual athletics competition held in Wellington.
O'Brien, like McEvedy was a student at Guy's Hospital, one of nine players the club have contributed to the Lions. Born in Westport on New Zealand's south island, he joined McEvedy on the 1904 tour. In a move that would have outraged the personnel-friendly Clive Woodward he also doubled as the tour manager. He featured in all four Test matches - becoming the first overseas player to score for the Lions with a conversion in both the Sydney clashes and a try in the match in Brisbane.
Born in the delightfully named Vegetable Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 'Rusty' Tom Richards not only has the best nickname amongst our list but can easily lay claim to the most fascinating of careers. An international rugby legend having played for the Wallabies and the Lions, he was blessed with a life story out of the pages of the Boy's Own Annual.
He spent a couple of years prospecting in South Africa in 1905, and although he impressed for Transvaal in the Currie Cup he was ruled ineligible for a Springbok cap because he hadn't been in the country long enough. His rugby travels then took him to Europe where he played for Biarritz before moving onto Bristol in England. He made a try-scoring debut for Australia in 1908 following which The Times famously wrote, "If ever the earth had to select a rugby team to play Mars, Tom Richards would be the first player to be selected."
When Australia beat Cornwall to win gold in the 1908 Olympic Final, Richards was again the dominant player and scored a try. He returned to South Africa in 1910 and was asked to play for that year's injury-hit Lions - qualifying as a member of Bristol Rugby Club. He went on to play in two of the three Test and nine of the last 11 matches on tour. On his return to Australia he would garner more international honours, touring with the Wallabies to North America in 1912.
He would later distinguish himself in military action as one of the first Anzac troops onto the beach at Gallipoli then winning the Military Cross by leading the group of soldier which broke the Hindenburg lone at Bullecourt. Sadly, he was gassed in France and died at the age of 52 - but his name lives on - the Wallabies and Lions now contest the Tom Richards Cup.
South African-born prop forward Black made his England debut in 1930 and went on to play for the British Isles during that year's tour of New Zealand and Australia. He featured in all four Tests against the All Blacks as the hosts notched a 3-1 series victory.
Black was the Lions' leading scorer in the series with four tries and surprising for a prop - two conversions. The Lions' victory in Dunedin is one of only six Test successes the tourists have ever secured in the Land of the Long White Cloud. A member of the side that also lost to Australia in the last Test of the tour, he was killed during the Second World War.
England stalwart Mike Catt was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and played for Eastern Province as a student before joining English club Bath in 1992. His England debut followed two years later against Wales as a replacement fly-half but he came to international prominence as a fullback. Indeed, Catt's international career took in caps at fly-half, fullback, centre and wing.
Catt made one Test appearance for the British and Irish Lions in 1997, starting the third Test at fly-half with the series already won. He was selected for his second Lions tour in 2001, but injury meant that he was replaced by Wales centre Scott Gibbs. Catt has yet to hang up his boots and is currently a player-coach with Premiership side London Irish.
Another South African to have gone into battle for the Lions is prop Matt Stevens who toured New Zealand in 2005. Born and raised in Durban, he moved to England to continue his studies and having played representative rugby for Western Province, he soon came to the attention of Bath Rugby.
He made his first Test appearance as a replacement against the All Blacks in 2004 and some eye-catching displays in the following year's Six Nations led to his selection for the 2005 Lions tour to New Zealand. He played in six games for the unbeaten midweek team, but was unable to force his way into the Test side.
A Rugby World Cup appearance would follow in 2007, but his career was left in tatters in 2009 when he tested positive for a banned substance - later revealed as cocaine - and was subsequently handed a two-year ban.
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White House Correspondents Dinner: Obama's the star
Politicians, stars, and journalists mingle on the red carpet at the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington.
There are lots of A-list celebrities at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. But there's only one president.
WASHINGTON — What makes even an A-list celebrity jump up from their dinner table to snap a photo?
President Obama and the first lady, of course. Because at the roughly 3,000-person affair that is the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, which took place on Saturday, they are the night's biggest draw.
After food was served and an introductory video featuring Kevin Spacey in a spoof of House of Cards was presented, the president of the White House Correspondents' Association, Ed Henry, took to the podium. And then, finally, it was Obama's turn.
"I recognize that this job can take a toll on you. ... We borrowed one of Michelle's tricks," said Obama, as a photo of himself with Photoshopped bangs was displayed across the screens at the dinner.
President Obama jokingly suggests he's open to trying new things to connect with people in his second term, including growing bangs like Michelle Obama. VPC
It's a tradition for the sitting president to speak — and usually be funny, or at least try — at the dinner.
"Maybe I have lost control. This whole controversy of Jay-Z going to Cuba. I got 99 problems and Jay-Z's one of them," joked Obama, referencing the rapper's lyrics.
"Speaking of presidents and legacies, I want to acknowledge Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis, both of whom are here tonight," said Obama, introducing a spoof of Spielberg's next project, Obama, starring the Academy Award-winning actor. "Without him, I never could have played Joe Biden," said Tracy Morgan of Day-Lewis during the clip.
"I know Republicans are still sorting out what happened in 2012, but they need to do a better job figuring out what to do with minorities. I can think of one they can start with," joked Obama. "Think of me as a trial run."
Ending on a serious note, Obama addressed the nation's recent tragedies. "Our thoughts are not far front the people of Boston, or the people of West, Texas." He went on to thank journalists for their hard work covering the events, and members of the military for serving the country.
With the president as his opener, Conan O'Brien, the evening's headliner, had a tough act to follow. "It's an honor to share this stage with the president," began O'Brien. "We both went to Harvard, we both have two children, and we both told Joe Biden we didn't have any extra tickets to tonight's event," he jokes. The late-night TV host was among many other celebrity repeat attendees, having served as the dinner's host in 1995.
"My prior experience has taught me how these dinners work," said O'Brien. "If the president laughs, everyone laughs. And if the Fox News table laughs, a little girl has just fallen off her bike."
He also took a jab at print media, saying they "are here for two reasons: food and shelter."
O'Brien highlighted the fact that Obama has added many jobs during his presidency. "Since he was elected, the number of popes has doubled, and the number of Tonight Show hosts has tripled."
Celebrities descended upon the nation's capital in droves for the annual mix-and-mingle. It's the one weekend a year when Washington media turns itself upside down to entertain a cadre of glamorous guests, all clamoring for a chance to experience dinner with the Obamas — and network to the max.
O'Brien was the headlining entertainment, but people-watching came in a close second.
Fans situated inside a cordoned-off area of the Washington Hilton were treated to starry sightings including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Amy Poehler, Katy Perry, Michael J. Fox, Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara, Olivia Wilde, Jason Sudeikis, Steven Spielberg, Matthew Perry, Tony Goldwyn and Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas. Korean pop star Psy, Australian comedian Rebel Wilson, who was host of the recent MTV Movie Awards, and Britain's Downton Abbey actress Michelle Dockery also attended.
The dinner, which raises money for journalism scholarships and honors the professional recipients of the WHCA's journalism awards, has turned into quite the see-and-be-seen affair. Stars come for the experience — it's a chance to hobnob with fellow celebrities, political figures, other power players and yes, even journalists — some who are celebrities in their own right.
USA TODAY's own guests include actresses Megan Hilty of TV's Smash and Broadway star Josh Gad. And for first-timers, the event can be a bit overwhelming. "I don't remember going to any party in L.A. where I was sniffed by dogs," says Gad, who mingled with other celebs at a reception before the dinner. "This is my first time (at the dinner) and I'm excited to be here. ... I'm a big fan of the president's humor, and I can't wait to hear what he has to say."
Things turned into an impromptu class reunion when Hilty arrived. "We went to college together," explained Gad, as the two exchanged hugs and hellos. "Oh my gosh, I love your show!" exclaimed Hilty to the 1600 Penn and Book of Mormon star. "I love your show!" said Gad.
"It's a lot of fun to come and hang out with journalists and people of the media and politicians," said Kate Walsh, another guest of USA TODAY who has attended the dinner before. "We don't get to do that a lot in Hollywood. We always say D.C. is sort of like Hollywood for grownups. We get to look around and we get to 'ooh' and 'ahh.' We're fans too."
As for the evening's entertainment, Walsh says she and O'Brien "go way back. I love Conan. I used to do sketches on his show years ago when I lived in New York and was an up-and-coming actor."
Preparations for the dinner ran up until the last minute for some. ABC's Scandal star Kerry Washington tweeted about getting her fitting earlier in the day. "Just had my fitting with @Stephendatailor - my awesome go to tailor in DC! - getting EXCITED about tonight," she announced to followers.


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Ottawa - Brad Gushue will do anything to keep his mind off curling during the days this week, even watching some admittedly lame "Hunting Nazi Treasure" show on TV.
"And they never find the treasure," he shrugs. "I'm kind of done with that one.
"The boys watch curling, but I find you get caught up in the emotions of the game, and you kind of start cheering for certain things. And that emotion takes away from what you can give later that night," he explained.
Hey, whatever works.
And, believe me, it's working for Gushue at the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, where he, along with Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker from the Bally Haly and St. John's curling clubs made it four straight wins Friday night with a 6-3 victory over Calgary's Kevin Koe.
It was the first glitch in Koe's record this week, who suffered his first loss against seven wins.
In terms of standings, the game meant nothing. Koe had clinched first place and will relax Saturday as he and Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing and Ben Hebert prepare for Sunday night's final (8:30 p.m., NL time, TSN).
At stake at these Roar of the Rings is a berth in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
While Koe and Co. look to be sitting pretty, they might want to keep an eye to a hard-charging Gushue group, who appear to be in the same form that won them the Tim Hortons Brier championship last year.
That came at Mile One Centre in St. John's, where Gushue beat Koe on the last shot in the last game. Since then, Gushue has won three straight games against Koe's team, who, like Gushue, can lay claim to be being Brier and world champions.
Gushue entered Friday's matchup with a spot in Saturday night's semifinal (8:30 p.m. NL time, TSN) already secured.
The only question was who he'd play. Winnipeg's Reid Carruthers and Edmonton's Brendan Bottcher were playing two sheets to the right Gushue, and Carruthers needed a win to force a tie-breaker.
Alas, Bottcher, the youngest skip in the field of nine at 25, won out, by an 8-7 extra-end decision.
That means Gushue (6-2) will play another Winnipeg skip, Mike McEwen (5-3), in the semis.
Gushue beat McEwen in round-robin play 8-3 Wednesday night.
Those two skippers have a bit of history, dating all the way back to 2001 when Gushue beat McEwen 8-3 in the final of the Canadian juniors in St. Catharines, Ont.
Gushue went on to win the world juniors that year in Ogden, Utah.
Last spring at the Brier, Gushue bested McEwen 7-5 in the Page playoff at the Brier.
"I have a lot of respect for Mike," Gushue said following the Koe tilt Friday, played in front of 7,800 Ottawa fans, the largest crowd at Canadian Tire Centre this week. "He's definitely going to win one of these big ones, but hopefully not this week."
This is a different Gushue team than the foursome which opened the Trials last Saturday night with a 6-4 loss to John Epping, the Toronto skip who would suffer through a 2-6 showing in Ottawa.
Like the Brier last March, Gushue started slowly in Ottawa, but has been progressing to the point where that team is now considered a favourite, despite Koe's domination through the round-robin.
The four curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador are playing with the confidence that won them the 2017 Brier and the world championship, the latter bonspiel where they sailed through unbeaten in Edmonton.
"I feel like that when we play our best, we're the best team in the world," he said. "I feel we're ready, and it's just a matter of performing and having that game.
"It's not a given, but if we go out and perform like we did the last couple of days, I love our chances."
No kidding.
Against Koe, Gushue curled 92 per cent to Koe's 78. As a team, the Gushue group were 90 per cent vs the 84 per cent Koe and his teammate curled.
Here in Ottawa, one can't help but think back to Halifax a dozen years ago when Gushue, then a snot-nosed 25-year-old skip, shocked the curling world and won the Trials, beating a field that included some of the game's greatest performers, like Kevin Martin, Jeff Stoughton, Randy Ferbey and Glenn Howard.
The only difference now, compared to then, if Gushue came into these Trials as the favourite, having dominated the World Curling Tour so far this season.
He arrived in Ottawa with a 32-5 record on the World Curling Tour, and winner of a pair of Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling events.
"Back in 2005," he said, "we got into this zone. It didn't matter what happened around us, we were focused on one single thing.
"We went 8-1 that week," he said of the team that included Nichols, Russ Howard and Jamie Korab, along with fifth man Mike Adam, "in an incredible field, some of the greatest to ever play. It was like, 'Wow, we just did that?'
"There was a lot of pressure, nothing like we had experienced before. So we learned as we went.
"Similar to this week and the (2017) Brier, we started off real slow and kind of got our feet under us and went on a pretty good roll."
Of course, Gushue and the gang went to Torino, Italy and won the Olympic gold medals, the first Canadian men's team to do so.
So couple that experience with the pressure-cooker that was the 2017 Brier in front of the hometown fans, and these Trials seem like a cakewalk.
Even to Gallant and Walker, who weren't around for the 2005 Olympic run.
"The pressure we felt last year was way more than this week," Gushue said. "And we're probably the only team that can say that coming in here. It's a sigh of relief compared to what we felt last year, actually.
"That pressure was intense and at times uncomfortable. We feel the nerves here, we feel the jitters but this is what we're used to feeling in Briers or Grand Slams or other big events.
"I'm not worried about those guys (his front end of Gallant and Walker). They performed well in that pressure last year, and I expect them to continue to play well in the next couple of days."
The run at the 2005 Trials and Olympics seems like a million years ago now. It was a whirlwind time, and Gushue, looking back, regrets not taking the time to stop and experience the whole thing.
"If we're fortunate enough to win two more games here, it's going to mean a whole lot more to me, just because of where I am in my life and everything that I have at this point. Whereas back then, I was 25 and so singularly focused on curling that I didn't understand the magnitude of what we did, and the significance of it, and the impact it had on the people around me.
"I'd certainly embrace that a whole lot more if we win the next two games."
So hang on now. Is he saying a win this time around would mean more than his first? Don't all great athletes, including Wayne Gretzky and Michael Jordan, acknowledge the first championship is always the sweetest?
"Geez, I haven't won two of anything yet," Gushue said with a hearty laugh. "Well, maybe Grand Slams. But everything else I've won only once. So I can't really comment on that.
"If I'm fortunate enough to win two of them, I'll let you know."
When he finds his golden treasure.


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With a week remaining until the June 25 special election for John Kerry's former US Senate seat in Massachusetts, the two candidates met Tuesday night in a debate that set the tone for the final days of the campaign: energetic, divisive, and at times downright petty.
As the conversation swept from NSA secrets leaker Edward Snowden to the candidates' tax returns to the merits of affirmative action, Democrat Edward Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez bickered over policy nuances that in other states might be reserved for a Democratic Party primary.
Mr. Markey told Mr. Gomez, for instance, that he was galled by the fact that the Republican did not support a ban on the sale of assault weapons or high-capacity magazines.
"You've been completely misrepresenting my view on gun control," Gomez shot back, citing his own support for legislation requiring extended background checks for potential gun owners – a bill that only four Republican senators voted for earlier this year. "I'm the one who's going against the NRA," he added.
And when the debate turned to affirmative action, both candidates rushed to support the policy.
"I don't think we've reached the day yet where we can say that race doesn't play a role" in public life, Markey said, while Gomez told the audience that "everybody should have equal opportunity to achieve the American dream."
That provided a strange twist to the debate, says Marc Landy, a political scientist at Boston College, because even many Democrats are skittish about supporting affirmative action and the topic has not been heavily discussed in this campaign so far. "It's been a very long time since I've heard a Republican express that kind of support," he says.
But if the candidates' messages were sometimes hard to parse, the stylistic differences between the two were prominent. Gomez was the charmer, tugging his personal story – as a businessman, a Navy SEAL, and an immigrant – toward center stage on nearly every question. Meanwhile Markey, an 18-term congressman, played the policy wonk – unshakeable in his positions, encyclopedic on his knowledge of Beltway politics.
But Gomez also displayed a new nimbleness on issues of policy, particularly national security, says Peter Ubertaccio, chairman of the political science and international studies department at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass. "If you've been watching him progress since the primaries, you see there's been a huge amount of improvement as a candidate in his ability to answer questions and not rely on canned one-liners."
The candidates had substantive exchanges on National Security Agency surveillance – both support prosecution of self-described whistleblower Edward Snowden – and how best to wind down the long US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Still, the moderator's efforts to direct the conversation to a wide variety of policy areas didn't stop the two men from deploying familiar refrains throughout the evening.
Markey worked to paint Gomez as wealthy and secretive, digging into him for his low tax rate and for refusing to release a list of clients he'd worked with during his career in private equity.
"Mr. Gomez makes 10 times more than I do per year, and he paid pretty much the same tax rate," he said.
Gomez, meanwhile, played to voter fatigue with career politicians.
"I think 37 years is enough time," he said, referring to the nearly four decades Markey has spent in Washington as a congressman. "I ask you to give me 17 months to see if I fit this role. If I have, reelect me, and if I haven't vote me out."
That's a popular message among Gomez's supporters as well, dozens of whom gathered outside the studios of WGBH-TV in the Boston neighborhood of Brighton, where the debate was held Tuesday afternoon. As a drizzle splattered Gomez campaign signs reading SEAL THE DEAL and NO EASY DAY, Victor Navarro, a young financial analyst and Peruvian immigrant, said he appreciated Gomez's fresh take on Washington politics.
"This is the future of the Republican Party," he said. "He appeals to younger people. Ed Markey has been in Congress longer than we've been alive."
Across the street, Markey campaigner John Gates said his main concern in the week leading to the election is turning out the masses of voters who have tuned out election coverage so far.
"It's been tough to get people involved," he said. But as he canvassed and phonebanked, he has been regularly deploying a key phrase to spook Democrats into hauling themselves to the polls next week: Scott Brown. Mr. Brown, a Republican, snatched a surprise victory from Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley in a 2010 special election for a Senate seat.
Brown's victory shocked Democrats in part because a Boston Globe poll the week before that election showed him down by 15 percentage points. That's heartening news for Gomez, who trails by 13 points according to a Globe poll released over the weekend.
In fact, the Gomez campaign has already begun to spin that down-but-not-out message to its advantage. In a memo to Gomez's staff Tuesday, Republican political strategist Curt Anderson said the candidate has been a tenacious fighter against an opponent with four times his funds and three times the number of registered voters in his party.
"With the tonnage of negative advertising that Cong. Markey and all these outside interest groups have poured into Massachusetts, one would think Markey would be running in the clear at this point," Mr. Anderson wrote. "But he's not."
Gomez himself didn't shy away from that message. Addressing the debate's significance, he told reporters it was a turning point for his campaign.
"You saw the beginning of the comeback of the underdog guy," he said.


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I have the sprint iPhone 4 but there is no sim card slot on the side of the phone. Why is that.
You should see the slot on the right side of the phone. It is opposite the volume keys.
The reason the device doesn't have a SIM card is because the iPhone 4 utilizes the CDMA network where as the iPhone 4s is a GSM phone and a SIM card is needed.
The iPhone 4S is a CDMA and a GSM phone. You need to have an international plan activated for the sim to be active in our network. If you don't have an international plan the card is really just a piece of plastic and does not have provisioning/programming on it. If you plan on international travel you can contact international services at 888.226.7212, option 2 to have it activated.
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All he wanted to know is why the iPhone 4 didnt have a SIM card, since the iPhone 4 on Sprints network doesn't have GSM capabilities it doesnt use a sim. It is internal and not somthing that can be removed as it is programmed into the logic board.
Your answer is incorrect, imoddr.
Both Sprint and Verizon phones actually have SIM card slots. If you ask anyone who has a CDMA iPhone to show it to you, you'll find the slot in its usual place. They are there for those customers who travel overseas. Both Sprint and Verizon have international roaming plans for the iPhone. These would be pointless if the device didn't support GSM networks (as vast majority of mobile telephony overseas is on GSM).
In other words, every CDMA iPhone actually has two radios: CDMA and GSM. For GSM, radio, there is also a micro-SIM slot, together with a Sprint-issued micro-SIM card. Normally, this does nothing when within the US. However, once the phone is taken overseas, the GSM radio will discover a network and, if there is a roaming agreement, connect to it.
When Sprint first started selling iPhones, they didn't bother locking the micro-SIM slot, which allowed people to use micro-SIM card from ANY operator (including AT&T and T-Mobile). Later on, they begin locking the slot for the US-based GSM operators. I'm not sure, but I believe the slot is still unlocked for foreign micro-SIM cards.
I agree with imoddr because there is LITERALLY no slot whatsoever on the iPhone 4. So, I'll go with immodr's explanation - makes more sense.
Sharon, you are correct. The CDMA iPhone 4 is NOT a world phone. It does not have a SIM tray for GSM.
You can only use it internationally where Sprint/Verizon have CDMA roaming partners.
The iPhone 4S is a world phone.
The iPhone 4 on Sprint's network is not a GSM/World phone, therefore does not have international capabilities. For that reason, it does not need a SIM card and does not have a SIM card slot. The iPhone 4s, however, has a SIM card/slot because it is a GSM/World phone.
I think Sprint is junk and I am going to move my service to another service that will serve me better because Sprint never able to help anything with their customers.. they should always put their customers first.. I just bought Sprint iphone 4 and trying to send over sea but when I look at it, there is no sim card which just pissed me off so bad. Thanks to Sprint I wasted another $$ to buying their products.
I'm very sorry to see that you feel this way, I assure you that we would hate to lose you. Unfortunately the iPhone 4 is not an international device, however we do have other device capable of international use. Have you looked into any of our other options to use overseas? Please let us know, we are here to help.
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Awesome. That only took sprint 3 months to reply to. I like sprint. Never had an issue but I am quite upset I have an iPhone I paid for and it's basically worthless. A fancy iPod. What a [inappropriate word removed] we all took on the sprint iPhone.
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A Link To The Past
Dec. 7, 2005
Editor's Note: Much of the information for this story was taken from the Pearl Harbor memorial website (pearlharbormemorial.com) and the National Parks Conservation Association website: www.npca.org. Today is the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. This story is dedicated to the memory of those that survived, and those who gave their lives, that day 64 years ago.
USS Arizona survivor Donald Stratton has a simple message.
'I want to keep the Arizona in the history books so young people do not take it for granted. I want it to be brought up in history classes. I do not want people to forget.'
A representation of those young people - the Washington State women's basketball team - recently visited Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial. One member of the team, who was making her first visit to the site, needed no reminder of the significance of Pearl Harbor.
Because Donald Stratton is her grandfather.
When Nikki Stratton, a redshirt sophomore guard with the Cougars, stepped on to the USS Arizona Memorial, Monday, Nov. 28, she was visiting the site of her grandfather's survival from the ship nearly 64 years to the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Donald Stratton was one of six badly burned sailors from the USS Arizona who made their way -- 60 feet, hand-over-hand along a thick, hemp rope -- from the Arizona to the relative safety of the neighboring USS Vestal.
Now a resident of California, Donald Stratton is one of the dwindling number of USS Arizona survivors alive today.
His granddaughter's visit to the memorial surely would have occurred at some point, but this specific visit was due to happenstance, as the team was in Hawaii to play in a basketball tournament over Thanksgiving weekend.
Stratton joined her father Randy (Donald's son) and her mother Kathy (who was also making her first visit), the team and coaching staff for the visit. Stratton's sister Jessika, then a player with Baylor University, was able to visit Pearl Harbor several years earlier with her grandparents.
'There are no words to describe the experience,' Nikki Stratton said. 'There were so many emotions running around my head at once. Being on my grandpa's ship, knowing the story behind what he had to go through at such a young age, and being forced to make amazing choices of trying to climb all that way just to survive. It is amazing to me. I was really glad I was able to see it with my family.'
Because of the connection between the Strattons and Pearl Harbor, the team was treated to a presentation from Daniel Martinez, National Park Service historian for the USS Arizona Memorial, in addition to viewing the 23-minute documentary film on the Pearl Harbor attack and the Navy shuttle boat trip to and from the USS Arizona Memorial.
One of the many aspects of Martinez's talk with the team was that he stressed the average age of the Arizona crew was lower than the average age of the team.
'I am a year older than my grandfather was at the time,' Nikki Stratton said. 'Even now, I can't imagine making the decisions that he had to make facing such a life-changing event and life tragedy. I'm not sure if I could have done the same thing he did.'
Furthermore, Martinez pointed out that 64 years after the attack oil from the USS Arizona still comes to the surface, as the players witnessed on their visit.
'He really explained the memorial as still living,' guard Katie Appleton said of Martinez's talk. 'It gave us an opportunity to respect and never forget about what happened.'
Martinez has written, 'We live in a fortunate age. Imagine if we could hear the recordings of those who served with Washington at Valley Forge, or listen to soldiers who stood at the stone wall along Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg. How lucky we are to have the voices of Pearl Harbor preserved forever. They will always be here to reach out to us. All we have to do is listen.'
The USS Arizona is the final resting place for many of the ship's 1,177 crewmen who lost their lives, Dec. 7, 1941 in Pearl Harbor. The attack claimed 2,390 lives, with nearly half of these casualties from the battleship Arizona. The 184-foot-long Memorial structure spanning the mid-portion of the sunken battleship consists of three main sections: the entry and assembly rooms; a central area designed for ceremonies and general observation; and the shrine room, where the names of those killed on the Arizona are engraved on the marble wall.
'I want to keep the Arizona in the history books so young people do not take it for granted. I want it to be brought up in history classes. I do not want people to forget.'
Donald Stratton
Arizona was the most heavily damaged of all the vessels in Battleship Row, suffering three near-misses and four direct-hits from 800-kilogram bombs dropped by high-altitude Kates. The last bomb to strike her penetrated her deck starboard of turret two and detonated within a 14-inch powder magazine. The resulting massive explosion broke the ship in two forward of turret one, collapsed her forecastle decks, and created such a cavity that her forward turrets and conning tower fell thirty feet into her hull.
Much of the above information on Pearl Harbor is found in the history books. Reading about it is one thing. Witnessing it first hand is another matter.
'The team said you could take every history class that could be taken, and within the hour or two that we were there, they learned more in that time than they ever did in history class,' WSU Head Coach Sherri Murrell said.
'It's totally different than reading about it in the history books,' senior guard Crystal Blue said. 'It was much closer to me because of Nikki's grandfather. After seeing the actual footage it was amazing that anyone survived that bombing or impact.'
On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Donald Stratton was finishing breakfast on the USS Arizona. Spying loose oranges on the table, Stratton quickly scooped them into his white hat to take to a friend in sick bay. But as he walked on to the forecastle, he saw men yelling and pointing toward Ford Island, the Naval Air Station at the harbor's center. There, Japanese bombs were falling like rain.
Spilling the oranges, Stratton quickly manned an anti-aircraft station. Then, without warning, the Arizona took a bomb near its No. 2 gun turret, detonating a massive explosion of the ammunition and gasoline stored in the ship's hull. Stratton and a few others shimmied down a line to the Vestal, a repair ship tied to the Arizona. Although burned over 60 percent of his body, Stratton had escaped the dying ship.
In addition to offering a living account of what happened on the Arizona that day, Donald Stratton is immortalized as an action figure that is sold at the Pearl Harbor Memorial gift shop.
Calling it 'quite an honor,' of having a figure made of his likeness, Donald Stratton made sure that his family received the figures before the public did.
'We got them before it hit the stores,' Nikki Stratton said of the action figure. 'He signed it for me. It was really cool when I actually saw them on sale and people buying them.'
Apparently, people are buying them at such a rate that Donald Stratton said more figures are being ordered.
But for Nikki Stratton, Murrell, and the team, more than an action figure was taken away from the team's visit to Pearl Harbor.
'I hope they have a better understanding of what times were like back then,' Nikki Stratton said of what she hopes the team took out of the visit. 'They got to see where the vessel was parked, where my grandfather had to go from point A to point B, and how far it was just to do that. I just hope they have a better understanding of what happened that day and how many lives were lost.'
'As a coach, I want to try to make sure that we educate our kids in places that we go to that are historic,' said Murrell, who was making her second trip to the memorial. 'Being a student-athlete is not just what you see on the floor. It is also gaining an educational experience out of an athletic avenue. That's been something I think is important for them, as well as for us as coaches, to make sure that we have that responsibility.'
And the lesson from Pearl Harbor?
'Keep America alert so this does not happen again,' Donald Stratton said. 'It was a miracle that I got off; so many didn't. They are the heroes and they are still there.'
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As a federal judge began hearing arguments Monday in a request for a new trial from a man who was sentenced to death after killing three people, the son of one of his victims said he wished the family members could be watching a different proceeding -- an execution.
As a federal judge began hearing arguments Monday in a request for a new trial from a man who was sentenced to death after killing three people, the son of one of his victims said he wished the family members could be watching a different proceeding.
"We should basically be going down to watch his execution, not going through this again," said Scott McCloskey, the son of Philip McCloskey, 69, of Taunton, who was killed by Gary Lee Sampson during a weeklong crime rampage in July 2001.
"I think it's a big waste of time," McCloskey said, of the hearing being conducted by U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf.
McCloskey was joined in court by a brother and two sisters, and family members of Jonathan Rizzo, a 19-year-old college student from Kingston who was also killed by Sampson.
Sampson, a drifter who was raised in Abington, argues 18 grounds for a new trial in a petition that centers on his claim that his former lawyers were ineffective and did not give jurors a full picture of his troubled life. If they had, Sampson's new lawyers argue, jurors may have spared his life and sentenced him to life in prison.
Sampson pleaded guilty to carjacking McCloskey and Rizzo after each man picked him up hitchhiking. He said he forced both men to drive to secluded spots, assured them he only wanted to steal their cars, then stabbed them repeatedly and slit their throats.
Sampson then fled to New Hampshire, broke into a house in Meredith and strangled Robert Whitney, 58. He received a life sentence in that killing.
During the sentencing trial, Sampson's lawyers said he suffered from bipolar disorder, damage to the frontal lobe of his brain, drug and alcohol addiction and was abused as a child.
Sampson lost an appeal to 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case.
On Monday, Wolf listened to arguments from prosecutors that Sampson's latest appeal should be dismissed without further hearings.
The judge said he may dismiss some of the claims in Sampson's petition, while he may call for a full hearing on some of the other claims.
One of the arguments made by Sampson's new lawyers is that his former lawyers did not call anyone from his family to testify on his behalf.
Prosecutors maintain that Sampson's former lawyers attempted to get Sampson's family to testify for him, but they did not respond to repeated requests.
"There were available options to break down the wall ... of the family," said William E. McDaniels, one of Sampson's new lawyers.
After listening to arguments, Wolf said he would not dismiss several claims immediately and may ask for additional information or may hold a full hearing on the claims at a later date. Those include claims that Sampson's former lawyers did not present hospital records at his trial showing that he suffered head trauma when he fell 10 feet down a set of stairs at age 4.
Prosecutors said a defense mental health expert testified that Sampson suffered 10 to 12 brain traumas during his lifetime, caused by physical altercations and a 1979 car accident.
"It's our position that one more incident of this would not have changed (the defense) approach," said Assistant U.S. Attorney George Vien.
Wolf said he could not dismiss the claim at this point, saying it's possible a jury may have considered that a mitigating factor.
"It doesn't plainly appear that the claim is without merit," he said.
"All it means is that at this stage, I need more evidence."
Wolf said he also would not immediately dismiss the defense claim that Sampson's old lawyers should have investigated more thoroughly reports that Sampson was physically abused by his father as a child.
The hearing was expected to continue Tuesday.
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"Mind in Life" with Evan Thompson (BSP 89)/
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Embodied Cognition is a movement within cognitive science that argues that the mind is inseparable from the fact that the brain is embedded in a physical body. This means that everything that the brain does, from the simplest perception to complex decision-making, relies on the interaction of the body with its environment. Evan Thompson's book, Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind, is an in-depth look at what he calls the "enactive" approach to embodied cognition. The enactive approach was pioneered by Thompson's mentor Francisco Varela, and it emphasizes the importance of the body's active engagement with its environment.
In a recent interview (BSP 89) I talked with Thompson about some of the key ideas in Mind in Life. Unlike most episodes of the Brain Science Podcast, this is not really a stand-alone episode. It is part of my ongoing exploration of both embodied cognition and the controversial topic of emergence. It is also intended as a follow-up to my recent interview with Terrence Deacon.
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Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter, by Terrence W. Deacon (2011).
Dynamic Patterns: The Self-Organization of Brain and Behavior, by J. A. Scott Kelso (1995).
Friston, K.J. (1995) "Transients, Metastability, and Neuronal Dynamics."Neuroimage 5 (164-171).
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A loveless gamer on Craigslist defines compatibility in terms of Tetris.
This witty personal ad is still up:
You know how in Tetris you keep getting all these pieces you don't want and you keep piling them up on right side of the screen, wondering how many squares you can get in a row when suddenly the long piece comes out of nowhere and for a moment makes everything disappear? Sometimes I feel as if my dating life is like that. I am waiting for my long piece.
Note that this is in "men seeking women." If a woman put out a Craigslist ad for a long piece, she'd have been overrun by 627 horndogs in the first four minutes. In case the ad's been removed, here's a screencap.
Which is your perfect piece? I don't need a line, that kind of shape is just unrealistic to expect. An L-block who can cook is all I need. Just no squigglies.
The Long Piece In Tetris [Philadelphia Craigslist, via Hawty McBloggy]


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