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Obama launches mobile app
It is a digital age and there are few campaigns as tech savvy as Obama for America. The president's re-election team has taken that effort to new heights with the launch of a new mobile phone application that will put volunteer coordination and campaign spin in the hands of anyone interested.
"We designed our new app to help break down the distinction between online and offline organizing," said Stephanie Cutter, the Deputy Campaign Manager. "Giving every supporter the same opportunities to get involved that they would find in a field office."
The app is already available for iPhone on the Obama website. The site says that an andrioid version will be available soon. The app features simple navigation among 5 different tabs. Each tab offers an Obama supporter specific information about campaign activities and the candidate's stance on the most important issues of the day. Within each category the app offers more options depending on what the voter is interested in. For instance on this "Issues" tab a prospective voter can get detailed information about the most talked about topics of the campaign. It also sets the record straight on what the campaign considers misconceptions about the Obama record.
For volunteers looking to get heavily involved in the campaign the app provides up to the minute information about canvassing opportunities, phone banks and other ways to get the vote out. Like most mobile apps, the software can determine your exact location. That feature allows the app to tailor GOTV efforts to wherever the user may be.
It also allows the person to RSVP to the events with one click.
The app though is not confined to itself. It syncs directly to a variety of social media and digital communication tools like facebook, twitter email and SMS.
Among the features the campaign is touting:
- Find and RSVP for events using a full, detailed map that makes it easy to share with friends;
- Connect to hotlines for reporting voting issues and abuse when we get near Election Day – a tool that will be especially helpful for people in states with new voter ID laws;
- Join Dashboard, the campaign's other cutting-edge organizing tool that connects folks neighborhood by neighborhood;
- Access information on issues as they speak with voters, including localized information on how President Obama's policies have benefited families in their state;
- Canvass their neighborhood, entering feedback and responses in real time; and
- Access direct links to donate to the campaign
Of course volunteer opportunities and campaign spin is helpful, but money drives the machine and there is a place to contribute as well. One click of the donor button brings you to a page that can quickly accept your donation of just about any level.
The campaign is expected to go full launch with the application this week. They already have a page set up on their web site which includes a "how-to" video and links directly to the app store of your choice to download it directly to your phone.
The download is free.
The Romney campaign already has two mobile applications. One is designed to track the candidate's search for a running mate the other is a photo app called "With Mitt". The latter caused the campaign a bit of a problem a few weeks ago because one of the images on the app misspelled "America".
Apparently when I came across the Romney VP app last night it hadn't "officially" been launched. This morning several stories about it's features are out as both campaigns battle for the mobile digital space.


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text: Native Californian. Born and raised in the greater Bay Area. After my duty in the Marine Corps, I enrolled in the College of the Arts in Oakland, Ca. and studied art at Chabot College in Hayward, Ca. During my 40 years as a business man I rarely had the time to draw or paint. Now that I'm retired I truly am doing what I love to do and that's drawing.


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has anyone traveled somewhere, (Santa Fe NM) and tried to line up someone ahead of time to perform their bowel program? Instead of traveling with an assistant? If you have what kind of advice do you have? Thank you in advance
Quick question...
has anyone traveled somewhere, (Santa Fe NM) and tried to line up someone ahead of time to perform their bowel program? Instead of traveling with an assistant? If you have what kind of advice do you have? Thank you in advance
At this Yelp site (https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=hom...Santa+Fe%2C+NM) you will find a list of home healthcare agencies in Santa Fe. Some of these are national franchises and you might be able to arrange something in Santa Fe through an affiliate company in your area. Or you could email/call these companies and inquire how you might go about hiring someone while you are visiting Santa Fe. Keep in mind that agencies may require you to fill out paperwork in advance so that they know your needs, provide doctor's orders for the bowel program (some states require a registered nurse or an licensed practical nurse to do a bowel program because it is considered a procedure - and agencies will follow that requirement), and have a credit card on file.
I think this would be your safest way of finding help with your bowel program for a short term visit. Agencies do background checks and employees are bonded and insured.
If a licensed practical nurse or a registered nurse is required to do the bowel program, charges can run about $60-$100 per hour, generally with 2 hour minimum.
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If you have an assistant working for you, is it possible to negotiate with them about accompanying you? That is, allow time for them to "vacation" on their own at the site, perhaps even meet a friend there. In this way they would benefit from the trip in addition to providing your needed care. It seems you could agree on your payment to them in light of them getting free time to vacation. Don't know if this would make your costs less than hiring an unknown person at your destination.
I would also add that hiring a person, even from an agency, does not guarantee that they will know what to do for your bowel care. For example, if you require digital stimulation, most agency nurses are clueless. They may or may not take instruction from you and do it properly.
I would second the suggestion about taking your own personal care attendant with you if possible.
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I arranged ahead for an assistant through an agency in Florida on a winter get away once. I was lucky enough to speak with the agency owner. Explained my disability and asked if they have a staff member that looks after ADL's of a C 5-6 quad. He had a person in mind - Gave her my phone number and we had a discussion where I was able to determine her significant experience in quad care. Hired her through the agency and it all worked lout well. I was nervous at first, but she was a real gem.


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First Patient Treated in Angion Biomedica's Phase II BB3 Heart Attack Clinical Trial
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Angion Biomedica Corp. announced today that the first patient was dosed in a Phase II multicenter clinical trial evaluating BB3 for the treatment of heart attack (acute myocardial infarction). The first patient, a 69-year-old man, was treated at Yale-New Haven Hospital, CT. This double-blind, placebo-controlled study is designed to enroll 80 patients following a first heart attack.
BB3 is a proprietary small molecule mimetic of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). During a heart attack, the blood supply to part of the heart is interrupted, causing the surrounding cardiac tissue to die, impairing cardiac function. Subsequently, the healing process leads to chronically diminished pump function as scar tissue replaces damaged muscle. In preclinical studies, BB3 has the ability to not only protect healthy cells from dying, but also the ability to promote tissue regeneration following a heart attack.
"We are delighted to be part of this study and to have enrolled and treated the first patient," said Frank Giordano, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine and Principal Investigator at Yale New Haven Hospital. "We believe BB3 to be a promising therapy for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. This trial will provide valuable data not only on the safety of BB3 in this population, but also whether this molecule can preserve heart muscle, promote beneficial healing of the heart, and improve clinical outcomes in patients suffering acute myocardial infarction."
"There is strong experimental evidence that the growth factor HGF can act as a modulator of cardiac repair", said Dr. Alexandra Lansky, MD, FESC, FACC, Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. "We are optimistic about Angion's approach."
"Initiating this heart attack trial is a very important milestone for Angion," said Itzhak D. Goldberg, M.D., F.A.C.R., CEO of Angion Biomedica. "This exciting study will provide key insights as to whether the encouraging data we generated in preclinical models will translate to patient benefit."
This Phase II double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial will evaluate the safety of BB3 in conjunction with standard-of-care and its efficacy in improving heart function in patients who have experienced a first heart attack. The trial will be conducted at leading clinical centers in the United States. The target enrollment is 80 patients, and patients will be randomized 1:1 to either BB3 or placebo. Efficacy endpoints include myocardial infarct size, end diastolic volume, and left ventricular ejection fraction. More details about the trial can be found at .
BB3 is a small molecule mimetic of HGF that has been formulated for intravenous infusion and oral administration. BB3 has been granted Fast Track and Orphan Drug status by FDA for renal transplantation. It is currently being evaluated in two Phase II clinical trials in renal recipients in the United States and Europe, as well as a Phase I study in patients with liver fibrosis. The enrollment of healthy volunteers in a Phase I clinical trial designed to look at the safety and pharmacokinetics of BB3 oral formulation has just been completed.
Angion Biomedica Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company founded in 1998 focused on discovery and development of drugs that harness the body's protective, reparative and regenerative systems for therapeutic benefit. The Company's fully integrated, multidisciplinary research and development facility is located in Uniondale (Long Island), NY. The Company's drug discovery and development platform utilizes state-of-the-art, fully-integrated molecular modeling, medicinal chemistry and preclinical biology capabilities to identify and optimize small molecule and peptide-based drug candidates. Angion Biomedica's efforts have yielded a rich and diverse clinical and preclinical pipeline comprising novel HGF and other kinase modulators, PARP-1 inhibitors, retinoic acid signaling modulators and anti-fibrosis therapeutics. Issued and pending U.S and international patents allow Angion Biomedica to retain worldwide rights to its proprietary molecules and uses for clinical benefit. Please obtain further information at or contact Angion Biomedica at .


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Link Anatomy - Understanding The Value Of A LinkBlog Post: March 30, 2011
Great post Dan - very relevant and always love the infographics :P
There is one point however dominating my mind lately - and that's how recent sites have suffered from "over seo" link building. From what I've read and heard from friends and even a few clients was that they saw a significant decrease on their most optimized pages as a result of "over-seo." From what I have learned, this seems to be a result of too many links including the exact same link text (whereas organically there would be a few with "click here" or "visit this site" and not always keywords.)
Basiaclly, while everything in your post is amazingly relevant to link building in general - I've lately questioned the methodology behind "SEO" and link building in general. White, grey, or black hat - the goal is ultimately to draw in qualified traffic and position yourself for those leads to convert consistently. With the way search seems to be evolving, I question my own methodologies and when looking to the future it would seem that we need a new perspective for the long-term centered most around optimizing the experience (from search to answer).Great post and definetly a valuable link building insight!
Comparing SEO & Social Media as Marketing ChannelsBlog Post: November 16, 2010
Excellent post - finally someone who agrees Social "vs" Search is like comparing apples and oranges. I'm not at all suprised by the results for reasons you basically described as well. Social Networks are there for interacting, connecting with friends, chatting and playing games and is not an environment that motivates users to engage in the purchase process.
Search on the other hand is already part of the purchase process, and user's "searching" are motivated to get answers or solutions. In my opinion businesses can define which strategy appeals to them by asking a few questions about their goals.
If your business wants to make friends, support a cause or has an extremely specific target audience (ie. age 18-25 who parasail) then give Facebook some time and effort.
If your business wants to bring in new and qualified leads, and drive sales - then search is absolutely something worth looking into.
Thank you Rand for shining some real light on this somewhat irrelevant battle that I'm sure many working SEO's have had to deal with!


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Fra: Horace E. Scudder Til: H.C. Andersen
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Riverside, Cambridge, Mass. 12 June 1868
To PROF. HANS CHR. ANDERSEN
Dear Sir:
I beg pardon for delaying so long an answer to your esteemed favour of the 21 April, but I have wished to be able first to write more definitely with regard to Messrs. Hurd and Houghton's proposition, and I have hoped also to receive the three stories which you have been so good as to send through Miss Raaslöff.
They have not yet arrived but we have no doubt they will soon be in our hands.
I cannot help thinking that a more full examination of the Riverside will show you that your tales would not be out of place. N o doubt a magazine for American children would differ somewhat in its character from one published in Denmark or in Germany or even in England. lt is our effort to adapt the magazine to the wants of children in a new country, where European civilization is found, modified by the circumstances of nature and government. But there is always place in such a magazine for your stories, because there is always room, in the varied little public which we regard, for your books and especially for any thing new. Indeed I thought there could scarcely be higher praise given to one story than that pronounced by one of the most eminent of our literary journals, when it said, "Good and Bad Apples" in the March number might almost be attributed to Hans Christian Andersen without fear of dispute," and other stories by the same writer have appeared from time to time.
However, let us pass this subject on which I think we shall not fail to agree, and come to the other, more important one of our correspondence, namely, the publication here of a complete and authorized edition of your works, both of those like the Improvisatore, distinctively for adult readers, and of those like the Märchen in which children have the first interest, while their elders do not fail to find something deeper and beyond. It is the wish of Messrs. Hurd and Houghton to publish such an edition of your works, and to this end they submit the following proposition.
l. That you should furnish a complete list of all your writings, dividing them into the two classes indicated above.
2. That you furnish your published autobiography with the proposed addition of the last thirteen years of your life and the account of the interesting Odense festival. This may be in Danish or in German. And here let me say that it will not be necessary to send the old portion of the autobiography li that agrees with the edition in English, translated by Mary Howitt and published in London in 1847: dated at Vernet, July 1846, as I have a copy of that complete.
3. That the list of writings be accompanied, if you think best, by such notes, dates of composition, occasion of composition &c &c as may seem to you likely to interest your readers here. These comments will help to distinguish this edition and make it pre-eminently the authors edition. It is important also that a preface be furnished.
4. It seems desirable in sending us occasional new tales for the magazine and for publication in book form, that these should be sent in advance of their publication in Denmark or Germany, say three months in advance, to enable us to bring them out simultaneously, as there is much delay necessary to publication even after the stories are in our hands, and if they were to come over shortly after in their German or Danish dress, newspapers and similar publications would be able to give them publicity and destroy their peculiar value to us.
In return, Messrs. Hurd and Houghton propose to manufacture and keep always on hand, in the best style of art, a complete and authentic edition of your works, many of which are not now in print here: to advertise and circulate them widely all over our great country and to use every means in their power to make this edition the prevailing one in the United States. They repeat their offer conveyed to you in my former letter of $500.00 for twelve stories, and the same rate for occasional contributions, and in addition invite you to share in the proceeds of the sale of the standard edition of your complete works. They will pay you 5 per centum on the retail price of every copy sold. If the whole matter is thrown, as I presume it will be, into two large volumes, the price of each volume will be $2.00 probably, and your return will be ten cents on every copy sold. Such an arrangement seems to me one most reasonable for both parties, since you have a direct interest in the sale of every copy, and they are able to advertise the books freely and to secure a large sale. It is proposed that this agreement shall hold for five years after the date of publication of your works.
It should be stated, as doubtless you already understand, that the prices named above are in American currency, and while this is a little depreciated, it is also true that the price set upon books is higher, so that the proportion is equalized.
I trust that we may hear from you at your early convenience upon these points and that it may be our pleasure and our honor to be your publishers in America. I ought to add that in all cases translation can speedily and accurately be made here.
With many thanks for your friendly letter and renewed assurances of my great respect, Believe me, dear Sir,
Truly yours
The above proposition is made, agreeable to our wishes
New York June 15th 1868. HURD & HOUGHTON


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The terrorist attacks of 7 and 9 January against Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket in Paris have caused deep emotions and hurt feelings. Those events were experienced almost live by many Africans via the media. Across Africa fundamentalism allows and justifies unbearable violence. We must have the audacity to denounce it.
Iran is reported to have freed at least 11 political prisoners, including noted human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh.
The eight women and three men are said to also include the reformist politician Mohsen Aminzadeh.
The move comes just days before Iran's new President Hassan Rouhani visits New York for the UN General Assembly.
In another development, Mr Rouhani described a recent letter sent to him by US President Barack Obama as "positive and constructive".
In an interview with US broadcaster NBC, he said he had full authority to negotiate a deal over Tehran's controversial uranium enrichment programme with the West.


text: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 Functional Limitation Reporting Under Medicare: Get Answers to Your Questions As of yesterday, all providers billing outpatient therapy services under Medicare Part B must begin or continue submitting functional limitation data (G-codes) for any Medicare beneficiary, or claims will be returned unpaid. Therapists must report functional limitation data on the beneficiaries' current functional status and the projected goal to Medicare at scheduled intervals throughout the episode of care, including at the outset of the therapy episode, no less frequently than every 10th visit, and at discharge. APTA will host a Q&A call for members on Tuesday, July 9, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm ET, to answer questions about the reporting requirements. Space is limited. To register for a spot please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com with "July 9 Call" in the subject line. Based on demand, we will host future calls throughout the month of July. For more information and resources on functional limitation reporting, please visit APTA's Functional Limitation Resource Page. Comments I see that the Q and A from CGS states to report G codes for unplanned discharges but you say do not do it. What is the correct information? Thank you. Posted by Robin Boyle on 7/3/2013 8:20 AM I am sure that, for one reason or another, many may not be available to attend the July 9 call. Will that Q&A be recorded and archived? If so, will it be posted on the Functional Limitation Resource Page? Posted by Jeff on 7/8/2013 8:31 AM If a patient does not finish their PT visits(doesn't get to 10) or decides to self discharge without the final G codes reported, what do you do? Posted by Catherine Hughes -> @GT`E on 7/8/2013 6:44 PM I would also like to know what to do with patients who are an unexpected DC. Particularly if you used a functional assessment tool to measure their original statuse. Do you estimate their functional status at the time of the last visit with the patient? Posted by Mike on 7/9/2013 10:27 AM @Jeff: APTA is planning additional calls in upcoming weeks. (Look for another story in News Now as the call information becomes available.) Posted by News Now Staff on 7/9/2013 3:28 PM @Catherine and Mike: If a patient does not return for their discharge appointment or discontinues therapy prior to formal discharge (regardless of the reason), the therapist is not required to report the functional limitation G-codes. Discharge reporting is required only in cases where the beneficiary has a planned discharge visit. You can find answers to many questions about functional limitation reporting on our FAQs: http://www.apta.org/FLR Posted by News Now Staff on 7/9/2013 3:29 PM Our OT saw a medicare patient one time while I was away. Do we need to use G codes for this billing? Keith Glasser Posted by Keith Glasser -> =HX_EL on 7/25/2013 1:23 PM I am part a provider servicing part b I just find out I am not suppose to report PQRS .anybody in my place do we report g codes and got paid .please exchange information thanks Posted by Yalcin on 8/23/2013 8:23 PM If a Medicare patient is a self discharge and they return for therapy at a future date how do you report the G-codes to discharge the prior diagnosis? Posted by Julie Snowden on 3/18/2014 9:24 AM


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I have decided that I need to do another lesson that has something to do with dragons. So what I did was, come up with an idea that will help artists learn "how to draw a dragon face" step by step. For a long time, drawing dragon faces has been a really hard thing for me to accomplish. In this tutorial not only will you learn "how to draw dragon faces", you will also learn "how to draw dragon eyes", dragon teeth, dragon noses, a dragon's mouth including the fangs and canine teeth. I did such an awesome job with this tutorial that I really want to hurry up and submit this lesson because I know a lot of you members out there will benefit from this lesson. Drawing dragon eyes is another problem area for some people too because it is hard to distinguish what type of eye to draw (a void eye or slit pupil eye), and how far apart or big the dragon eyes should be. Drawing dragon fangs can also be difficult to do because you have to make sure they come out even and powerful looking. All in all this tutorial will show you all the ins and outs to learn "how to draw a dragon face step by step" properly and evenly. I hope you guys like this tutorial, I will be back with some more lessons that are out of this world. Peace out!
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In 2011, where medicines are available, HIV/AIDS has become a chronic disease instead of a death sentence. That's progress to celebrate, no question. However, the Hawaiʻi Center for AIDS has found HIV appears to lead to 'premature aging,' which is presenting a new set of challenges.
To mark the upcoming World AIDS Day, the Hawaiʻi Center for AIDS will host a public forum on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, 651 Ilalo Street, Medical Education Building Room 315.
The most recent research by the Hawaiʻi Center for AIDS scientists will be discussed, including:
- The Hawaiʻi Center for AIDS has demonstrated conclusively through "fat biopsy studies" that early-generation AIDS drugs damaged parts of fat cells, leading to the disfiguring pooling of fat around the abdomen or upper back, for example, of some AIDS patients. This discovery led to the development of better drugs without this toxicity.
- From our 'Memory Study,' we have learned that over half of our HIV infected population has some degree of cognitive impairment and that the risk is increased in our older HIV infected patients. Diabetes also is a risk for individuals with HIV cognitive impairment. Cognitive impairment includes reduced ability to think, concentrate, reason and remember.
- From our 'Healthy Heart' series of studies, we have learned that cardiovascular disease is higher than it should be in our HIV infected population, that those with heart disease have lower vitamin D levels (and that Niaspan, a common cholesterol medication, does appear to have a beneficial effect against hardening of the arteries).
"We want, more than anything, to thank the people of Hawaiʻi and the many individuals who unselfishly participated in our HIV/AIDS clinical research and trials," said Dr. Cecilia Shikuma. "Their participation has contributed to these significant advances in our understanding of HIV and its complications." Shikuma also thanked the Hawaiʻi State Legislature for supporting the research program.
Next Steps
"As we look to the future, we will continue to participate in clinical trials intended to bring better and improved HIV medicines to our HIV infected patients," said Shikuma.
The Center anticipates its major research efforts will concentrate on understanding why HIV leads to dementia, heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, kidney and liver disease and cancers.
"We suspect that these increases are due to the fact that HIV infected cells continue to circulate in the bloodstream, despite potent HIV medications that appear to mask the free virus in the blood," said Shikuma. "We also believe the HIV virus has detrimental pro-inflammatory effects on various organ systems."
By joining forces with scientists interested in studying the pro-inflammatory and 'immune activation' aspects of HIV, the Hawaiʻi Center for AIDS hopes to discover why chronic complications are increased in HIV. The Center hopes to conduct a series of clinical trials focused in particular on HIV cognitive impairment and cardiovascular disease, with the goal of finding treatments and therapies to counter the increase in chronic complications.
An estimated 2,500 people in Hawaiʻi are infected with HIV. UH Mānoa medical school doctors treat more than 400 AIDS patients in clinics on Oʻahu, Maui and Hawaiʻi Island.
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Troy "Escalade" Jackson, the younger brother of NBA guard Mark Jackson, was found dead in Los Angeles on Sunday morning. The Jamaica, Queens native was 35 years old. At 6'10" and 400 pounds, Jackson wasn't quick and he didn't really have leaping ability — two near requirements for streetball — but he was a beloved presence and something of a legend on the AND1 Mixtape Tour, which he joined in 2002. And what a falsetto! He played for the University of Louisville from 1996-1998 and had played with the Harlem Globetrotters and, most recently, the Ball Up streetball team.
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Now, I know he reads the bible, and I know he goes to church
He denounces sinful nature from his high and mighty perch
He says gays and their supporters will be going straight to hell
But he isn't really Christian—I can tell.
He's a stern and forceful father, with a father's iron hand
He controls his wife and children; they all bend to his command
He's abusive, to be honest; it's behavior I despise
So it isn't really Christian, in my eyes
He's consistent with the scriptures, or at least that's what he claims
And his loving congregation all support him in his aims
Though he says he follows Jesus, he and I, we disagree
So he isn't really Christian, not to me
There are lots of true believers, but what really makes me mad
Is, they credit Christianity for things I think are bad
It's a beautiful religion, but their actions really stink
So it isn't really Christian, don't you think?
I have always been a Christian, and I've tried to do what's right
And I know that what is good and true is Christian in God's sight
What is evil, though, is Man's alone, eternally his shame
Cos it really can't be Christians are to blame
What is evil, though, is Man's alone, eternally his shame
You could never really sin in Jesus' name.
This verse could have been inspired by any number of comments, but was in fact inspired by a comment (at this story) that doesn't really deserve to be snarked at. I did, though (there, not in this post), and I'm a bit sorry I did. The commenter did not mean to excuse Christianity for the evils it does–near as I can tell, he or she is absolutely in the right, and used the phrase "they're not [Christians] in my book" as a way of decrying the actions of some bigoted Christians. So, T. G., whoever you are, I did not mean to accuse you of letting Christianity off the hook.
The phrase, though, does serve as teflon for Christianity. Good behavior is seen as Christian, and Christians (even clergy) behaving badly are "not Christians in my book".
Christianity is a puddingstone of diverse sects that sometimes seem to share as many similar beliefs as dictionary atheists do. Do Christians support same sex marriage? Several churches near here certainly do. Others do not. Do Christians speak in tongues? In high school, I had Christian friends who did; now, in a different decade and different area of the country, my Christian students are astonished that such a concept exists. Do Christians handle venomous snakes to show their faith? Where my parents lived, several churches did (and people died on a regular basis… of lack of faith, apparently); I think I'm safe in calling this a minority practice. Knowing only that someone is "a Christian" actually tells you very little about the particulars of their faith.
You may fight against discrimination and bigotry because you are inspired by your Christian beliefs, but that does not stop others from engaging in discrimination and bigotry because they believe the bible, and their Christian faith, demands it. And they are every bit as much entitled to use the label "Christian".


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A time-honored example of kitchen thrift, using leftover chicken carcass to make stock not only makes richly flavoured broth, but is the culinary stepping stone to creating delicious homemade soups and sumptuous braises. Every time we have a roast chicken dinner, the leftovers — lemons, string, skin and all — go into our freezer until there are 3 or 4 carcasses, enough to make a batch of homemade stock. I have even been known to disappear with the Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey carcass from other people's homes! The aromatics for both stocks are exactly the same: onions, carrots, celery, garlic and a handful of herbs — parsley, thyme, rosemary and bay leaves — plus a few black peppercorns. The leftover carcasses are added, chopped up if necessary, and thrown into a deep heavy pot. Covered with cold water and brought to a boil, then gently simmered for 3 to 4 hours, or even longer if you wish. The longer the simmer, the richer the stock. Chilled overnight and defatted in the morning, the rich tasty stock is set to go.
Roughly chopped onion and carrot with parsley, thyme, rosemary, smashed garlic and whole peppercorns
The leftover chicken carcasses — lemons and string too — are added to the pot and covered with cold water, then set over high heat until it comes to a boil
Once it comes to a boil, reduce the stock to simmer uncovered for 3 to 4 hours
Simmering after 3 hours...
Simmering after 5 hours...
Allowed to simmer gently overnight, the stock has become richer and much darker in colour
Poured into a colander, the stock is then drained of all the bones and vegetables
The stock is left to cool for about 30 minutes before being chilled overnight,
then defatted in the morning
Makes 10-12 cups
3 lb leftover chicken carcasses, including skin
1/2 head of garlic, unpeeled and bashed
5 sticks of celery, roughly chopped
2 medium onions, roughly chopped
2 large carrots, roughly chopped
5 bay leaves
2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
5 sprigs of fresh parsley
5 sprigs of fresh thyme
10 whole black peppercorns
Place the chicken carcasses, garlic, vegetables, herbs and peppercorns in a large, deep-bottomed pan and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil and skim any scum that has formed. Simmer gently uncovered for 3-4 hours, skimming as necessary. Strain the stock into a large bowl and allow to cool for about half an hour, then refrigerate overnight, and the next day, remove any solid fat that has formed on the surface. The stock can be used immediately or stored in resealable bags or small plastic containers and frozen for up to 2-3 months.


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Christopher Edley, Jr., dean of the law school at UC Berkeley, is one of California's foremost public intellectuals (and easily its funniest, as was apparent to anyone who watched him joke his way through service on an ill-fated state tax reform commission last year). In today's New York Times, he offers an intriguing solution to a fundamental problem facing California and other states: how to balance their budgets in bad economic times without the tax hikes and spending cuts that can make such bad economic times even worse.
Edley's idea? Grant California and other states far more economic and budget autonomy. Since states can't print their own money (forcing them into economyically depressing tax hikes and spending cuts), states should be permitted to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, which can print money. The federal government would be able to mandate repayment in future years by deducting the loan amounts from federal matching funds for programs such as Medicaid.
The goal: states could protect programs in bad times with such borrowing--but would be forced to make cuts in response to diminished federal money when times got good. That's the way government budgeting is supposed to work--spend and help people in bad times, stay lean in good.
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In other words, Edley is suggesting that California, the world's eighth largest economy, be able to behave more like its own country, with the ability to make macroeconomic decisions including the management of its money supply. Edley writes:
"Here in California, where people tiresomely boast that the state's gross domestic product exceeds that of all but seven nations, I keep expecting a ballot initiative demanding admission to the Group of 8 industrialized nations. I'd consider voting for it, too; then maybe Washington would work as hard to synchronize its economic policy with Sacramento as it does with Tokyo and Bonn. The lack of coordination within the United States — and, equally important, the failure to recognize the states as macroeconomic players — helps explain our sluggish recovery.
"To make matters worse, several states have country-sized G.D.P.'s, but none has the macroeconomic tools of an independent country."
Edley notes that the auto companies and banks were permitted to borrow from the treasury. Why not states?
Here's a Zocalo Public Square panel I moderated on the topic of California independence this spring.


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text: JP1 Remotes :: View topic - Please educate a newbie JP1 Remotes FAQ Search 7 Days Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in File Section File Search Lookup Tool Wiki Please educate a newbie Goto page 1, 2 Next JP1 Remotes Forum Index -> Discrete Codes View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message benkeserJoined: 25 Feb 2014Posts: 10Location: United States Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:18 pm Post subject: Please educate a newbie All, I have read quite a bit of the posts on the forums. I am looking for some information and some validation of what I think I know. I have a URC remote control and, for starters, want to program the single PWRON and PWROFF buttons with discrete IR codes (if they exist) for : Samsung 7000 series plasma, FIOS CHS435 (Cisco I believe) and Onkyo HTRC320. I have more devices, but this is for starters. As I understand I should: - Buy the RCA learning remote (some say > $20) - Find the discrete IR codes for ON/OFF - Teach the URC Is this accurate? Also - I still am not clear how I find the discrete IR codes on this site. Thank you_________________DB Back to top vickyg2003Site AdminJoined: 20 Mar 2004Posts: 7055Location: Florida Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 4:25 pm Post subject: Your understanding is a little murky, but you kind of get the idea. In order to teach your remote what it wants you need to know the code. I don't know anything about your cisco fios but your TV is a pretty comon If you get your hands on any UEI remote that handles EFCs you should be able to handle that one. Do you have a Cable remote, they are often UEI remotes. Or an RCA RCR05B for less than $20 can do the trick. The TV code needs to be Discrete off Necx2 7.7 153 EFC = 00253 Discrete on Necx2 7.7 152 EFC = 00001 For the Onkyo you'll need a remote that handles 5 digit EFCs, and has Audio 1298 built in. The RCA has that, and so do cable Atlas remotes. They are the remotes that have a big bulge near the top and look like they swallowed something. The Discrete On is PROBABLY Nec1 210.108 71 EFC would be 31960 and Discrete Off is Probably NEC1 210.109 4 EFC would be 32794 Anything else and you will probably need a cable._________________Remember to provide feedback to let us know how the problem was solved and share your upgrades. Tip: When creating an upgrade, always include ALL functions from the oem remote, even if you never plan on assigning them to a button. Complete function lists makes an upgrade more helpful to others. Back to top benkeserJoined: 25 Feb 2014Posts: 10Location: United States Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:54 pm Post subject: your reply Your reply is a bit murky, but my set top box is a Verizon CHS 435. I think I get your explanation. I have to purchase the learning remote - so I will reply again when I have taken the next step. Thank you for replying !! Don_________________DB Back to top benkeserJoined: 25 Feb 2014Posts: 10Location: United States Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:09 pm Post subject: Programming RCRP05BR So, I have purchased the remote. What is the sequence for programming a button with an EFC? The EFC code provided from the last post was "00001" for a discrete ON on the Samsung Plasma 51" TV noted in the prior post. Can somebody help on this? Don_________________DB Back to top vickyg2003Site AdminJoined: 20 Mar 2004Posts: 7055Location: Florida Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:02 pm Post subject: Don, Did you setup the remote to work with the samsung 7000? That is the first step. Once that TV mode is setup you can test the EFC Select TV mode point the remote at the tv tap setup, 0 0 0 0 1 did the TV turn off? If so you can keymove the EFC to a key Keymover Instructions Back to top benkeserJoined: 25 Feb 2014Posts: 10Location: United States Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:26 am Post subject: Not Working So I programmed the remote with device code 0812 for the Samsung TV. That appears to be the right code as all the buttons work. I then hit the TV device button, Hold Setup until it blinks twice and release, then I enter 00001. The TV responds with "Not Available". If I do a Table Lookup, I can't find the 00001 EFC code. Where do you get this from? What am I doing wrong? Don_________________DB Back to top mdavejExpertJoined: 08 Oct 2003Posts: 4039 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:36 am Post subject: Vicky said TAP not HOLD. All you did was assign TV code 0000 (Sony). Change it back to 0812 and try again. Setup codes and EFCs are not the same thing. A setup code represents an entire device. An EFC is a single command. After you find a setup code in the tool, click EFC in the results to see the EFCs. Back to top mdavejExpertJoined: 08 Oct 2003Posts: 4039 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:18 pm Post subject: That's our only guess for discrete on. Was the TV on when you tried it? How about 00253, does that turn the TV off, if it is off to start with? How about 00183, that should do a power toggle. Press setup followed by the numbers as quickly as you can. To use the lookup tool, do seach by setup code, TV, 0812 and pick your RCA remote. In the results, click EFC, and you'll see a big list. For 3 digit numbers, add 00 in front. So EFC 058 for example, becomes 00058 (which should be MUTE by the way). Try a few others and see if you can get anything to work. The discrete on/off commands aren't in the lookup tool. They come from device upgrade files like this and can only be read using Remote Master: http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=11930Last edited by mdavej on Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:12 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top benkeserJoined: 25 Feb 2014Posts: 10Location: United States Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:47 am Post subject: AHHH .. I'm getting there Thank you for the clarification and detail. I can now tap Setup and use the EFCs to power cycle the TV, open the TV menu, etc etc. That all seems to work fine. As you implied, the discrete codes for ON/OFF don't work, so I will now dive into Remote Master and the link you provided to see if I can find the discrete ON/OFF EFCs for the Samsung Plasma. That's for tonight. Thanks for the continuing support all! D_________________DB Back to top mdavejExpertJoined: 08 Oct 2003Posts: 4039 Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:24 am Post subject: Glad you're getting somewhere. As far as discretes, unfortunately the ones posted already (00001 and 00253) are the same ones you'll find in the file linked. I don't know of any others. However, if they do exist, there is one sure way to find them. With codes like this, there are only 256 possibilities. So you can simply try all 256 (00000 through 00255) and see what happens. Once you get a good rhythm going, it takes about 15-20 minutes. There is a small risk you could run across some code that resets your TV or puts it in some kind of test mode, but I've never seen that on a Samsung, so you're probably pretty safe. If you go through all 256 codes and none are discrete on/off, then you can be certain that they don't exist. When you get to the point of teaching, be aware that the command is sent when the final digit pressed and continues to be sent as long as that button is held. If you do find anything new, please post the codes so we can add them to our library for the benefit of others. Back to top pH7_jp1Joined: 14 Sep 2003Posts: 463Location: Sterling Heights, MI Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:30 am Post subject: I have a working Samsung (different model) and I think the problem may be that in my files ON is 00001 and OFF is 00253. If you were testing as described above then the ON or OFF would appear to not be working, because you only tested what you thought was OFF if the TV were on and vice versa. Try both commands one after another and see if either work. Back to top mdavejExpertJoined: 08 Oct 2003Posts: 4039 Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:38 pm Post subject: Good catch ph7! Vicky's post is backwards, as are my subsequent instructions. Swapping codes should do the trick. Benkeser, when you confirm they work, I'll fix the other posts and clean up the thread so nobody gets confused later. EDIT: I fixed the other posts in the thread so all the codes are correct now.Last edited by mdavej on Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:13 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top vickyg2003Site AdminJoined: 20 Mar 2004Posts: 7055Location: Florida Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:17 pm Post subject: Thanks for catching that Phil. Back to top pH7_jp1Joined: 14 Sep 2003Posts: 463Location: Sterling Heights, MI Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:41 pm Post subject: No problem. My Samsung is 1,300 miles from me right now, so I couldn't test it to be sure, but I know what my RM file says. Back to top benkeserJoined: 25 Feb 2014Posts: 10Location: United States Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 5:39 pm Post subject: BINGO PH7 ... Roger that ... Codes were reversed. Can now power on and power off with discrete codes. All is well. Will continue this dialogue if I run into further stumbling blocks with my other devices. Thank you! 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It seems this week's question for our, "A Quick Nine," feature was such a hit with our dedicated PGA.com Facebook fans, that we had to make a little adjustment.
Trimming the best answers we got down to just nine isn't possible with all the great responses we received to the question: Do you employ any superstitions in your golf game?
Plus, I'm feeling generous. You see, up here in the Northeast, the weather is finally taking a turn for the better and slowly but surely, golf courses are beginning to open for the 2011 season. Because of that, here's, "A Quick 18," to help scratch the itch of the 18 holes I'm dying to play!
Let's see what you offered up (and, by the way, many of you have issues -- we love it!):
1. "My lucky 1881 large US Penny. I use it as a ball marker because it reminds me of my goal to play "18" holes in "81" strokes." -- Walt Shuler
2. "Before I tee off, I'll slap my driver out of my bag and catch it in mid air. If I don't do that, I shank it left or right. But a perfect catch results in a drive." -- Justin Jj Collums
3. "I carry and use my late father's St. Andrews divot repair tool, and carry a Canadian "Loon" as a ball marker." -- Glenn Forsyth
4. "I hit a bucket prior to the round and ALWAYS tee up the last ball and walk away without hitting it. It all started because I wanted a way to recognize all the fallen heroes that fought and died for my freedom and will never hit another ball, to remind myself that it's OK to walk away from the game, and finally that it's not the last shot that matters but the next one. TOTALLY improved my mental game." -- Brian Duffee
5. "I always carry the broken shaft from the first driver I used when I first started playing. The head is on my fireplace mantle in rec room." -- GeorgeDebbie P. DeCota
6. "I mark my golf balls with the initials of whatever girlfriend I have at that time. It reassures me that no matter what I shoot, I'm getting a kiss at the end of the round." -- Justin Mattheis
7. "I pencil my desired score before I tee off. I feel if I have a target and keep thinking about it, I will acheive it. Also keeps my ambitions in check." -- Upen Sachdev
8. "I always fix at least one extra ball mark on each green -- I figure if I am good to the greens they will be good to me and maybe I'll sink a few more putts -- so far so good." -- John Davis
9. "If I hit my first ball in the woods, I call it a day!" -- Carlos Avila
10. "Never wash your ball on a 'water hazard' hole." -- Larry W Lindstrom
11. "I always approach the tee box from behind the markers, never walk through the front of them." -- David White
12. "If I play well in a round, I won't wash my ped socks and will wear the same unwashed pair for the next round." -- Ric Pomeroy
13. "Never say, "good putt," until the ball drops in the hole." -- John Keefer
14. "I never use a ball I made a double with on the next hole. It's either back in the back or out for a swim." -- Holden Crago
15. "Delete my number off her phone." -- Alan Kielan
16. "Little nod to the Gods... and then Grip it n Rip it!!! Just on the first tee." -- Gina Clark-Linna
17. "Lucky ball mark from my commanding general from when i was in Bosnia 11 years ago... BIG RED ONE... HOORAH!!!!" -- Jeremy Mathews
18. "I always make five 3-footers in a row on the practice green before I play. If I don't or I forget, I tend to have a bad putting day." -- Kevin Blue
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Matthew Barnes-Homer scored twice in the late stages as minnows Macclesfield pulled off a stunning late turnaround to beat Cardiff 2-1 and reach the FA Cup fourth round.
The Blue Square Bet Premier side were trailing before Barnes-Homer fired home at the far post in the 85th minute, and he powered a penalty past Joe Lewis three minutes later to spark scenes of wild celebration at Moss Rose.
Cardiff full debutant Nathaniel Jarvis looked to have given the much-changed Bluebirds victory when he scrambled the ball home in the 57th minute.
And the visitors, who finished the match with seven teenagers on the pitch, had chances to kill off their hosts before Barnes-Homer took his goals haul to 20 for the season and send the underdogs through at the expense of the npower Championship leaders.
Cardiff manager Malky Mackay made 11 changes to the side that beat Millwall, and Jarvis, having already played against Macclesfield this season for Forest Green, had the ball in the net early on. But play was called back for a foul by strike partner Etien Velikonja, who was given a rare chance to impress.
In an even opening to the match Macclesfield had sight of goal themselves with Charlie Henry warming Lewis' palms from 20 yards before Keiran Murtagh shot wide.
As the game reached the half-hour mark Cardiff defender Ben Nugent, who celebrated signing a new deal with the club on Friday, had a header saved by Lance Cronin after Adedeji Oshilaja's cross found the centre-back.
Three minutes later Henry missed a glorious chance to open the scoring when he found himself unmarked but failed to test Lewis, making his second start of the season, from six yards.
Macclesfield were getting to grips with their opponents in the first meeting between the sides since 2005 and felt they should have had a penalty just before half-time. Midfielder Sam Wedgbury believed he was fouled when he went shoulder to shoulder with Oshilaja.
Macclesfield, who had already knocked out npower League One side Swindon in this season's competition, started brightly in the second half, Amari Morgan-Smith having a shot blocked by Nugent two minutes after the break.
Against the run of play the Bluebirds took the lead with a fine move finished off by Jarvis from close range after great work from Declan John. The Welshman, making his full debut, pulled a pass back into the path of Jarvis at the end of a fine run down the left.
Stephen McPhail, captaining Cardiff in only his second appearance of the season, went close to making it 2-0 a minute later but Cronin pulled off a fine stop to deny the former Leeds midfielder's 20-yard effort.
Just when it looked like Cardiff were easing through, Jack Mackreth crossed from the right wing and Barnes-Homer met it with a left-footed finish from six yards out with five minutes left.
The match was decided in the 88th minute in controversial fashion when referee Andrew Madley pointed to the spot for a foul by Jarvis on Barnes-Homer.
The club's top scorer composed himself before knocking Cardiff out of the competition.
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Maddon: Rays miss Price, but bats must produce
OAKLAND -- The Rays have completed one full turn of their rotation without David Price, and his absence has, of course, been obvious. In five Price-less games, Rays starters have lasted under five innings on average. Price, meanwhile, went 8 2/3 in his first outing for Detroit.
But Tampa Bay's bullpen has been sharp, and the pitching staff -- which became the fastest ever to 1,000 strikeouts on Tuesday -- is not giving up many runs. The greatest concern remains the offense, which can't seem to buy a hit with runners in scoring position.
Entering Wednesday's series finale against the A's, the Rays were averaging 3.2 runs per game over their last 10. They ranked 12th in the American League with men in scoring position (.243), 13th with men in scoring position and two outs (.196) and 14th with the bases loaded (.220).
"I don't think it's a matter of David not being on board. Primarily, we've had opportunities offensively, and David doesn't hit," said manager Joe Maddon. "For us to really get where we want to get to, we have to be better in that moment."
Bases-loaded spots, especially, have plagued the Rays.
"I think sometimes [we] try to get too much out of that play," Maddon said. "With two outs, of course, you've got to get a hit. With less than two outs, I think sometimes we try to get them all home, as opposed to just one of them home. Overall, throughout this whole season, we just haven't been very good."
In their first two games in Oakland, the Rays went 1-for-15 with men in scoring position.


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Hastings Mill Park
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Located in the existing Hastings Mill Park, the new Hastings Mill Park Playground will replace the existing one that is nearing the end of its life cycle. The design of the new playground is inspired by the Hastings Mill Store Museum which is located in the park, and Vancouver's early pioneer logging history. Materials such as logs and timber recall Vancouver's logging history, while more traditional playground favourites such as swings and net climbers provide fun and challenge.


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- A small collection of family papers of American painter John Gadsby Chapman, consisting mostly of letters to Chapman from colleagues and associates, and correspondence with his son, Conrad Wise Chapman, who served in the Confederate army in the Civil War.
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The contributions of Al Mandell to the business of professional wrestling are harder to classify than those that held title belts or made others look good in the ring. Mandell, who died on Wednesday at the age of 92, was a jack of all trades, friend of all, with a long, deep reach into history.
Or, as Davey O'Hannon once cracked: "He's been in this business longer than sweat."
Perhaps it is best to sit back as this tale might take a while, and it jumps around -- a lot. In many ways, it's almost like a Forrest Gump story for wrestling, a man who was witness to so much.
Albert H. Mandell was born on May 12, 1920, in Barberton, Ohio, to a father, Ben, who was from Russia, and a mother, Dora, from Lithuania. After high school, he worked as a cook in the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal-era program for youth.
He served his country for almost 25 years in the Air Force. During World War II, he was stationed in England, and one of his duties was chairman of the entertainment committee at the base. A long-time fan of professional wrestling, naturally he made a deal to put on some wrestling shows on the base.
After the War, Mandell went back twice on "temporary duty," and did two four-year tours, 1954-58, and 1961-65.
As a result of his dedication, he will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC. According to long-time friend and Executive Vice President of the Cauliflower Alley Club, Karl Lauer, Mandell "was a highly decorated airman, with a chest full of ribbons, but rarely ever talked about his military days."
He also met his wife, Jill, in England, and befriended grapplers like Ricki Starr, Al Hayes and Jack Laskin.
Jumping back in time, Mandell had already met a lot of wrestlers in Akron.
"I broke into the business working in the office after school," he once told this writer. The Akron promoter was Carl A. Singleton, and "he was one of Al Haft's prot�g�s from Columbus."
When historian J Michael Kenyon asked about Singleton promoting "the first women's mud-bath wrestling match in the history of the mat game," Mandell screeched: "Yessir! I helped mix the mud." (For the record, Mildred Burke of Kansas City beat Babe Gordon of Chicago in this epic struggle.)
Mandell also wrestled, though for anyone who knew him, that might be a bit of a surprise. The lanky Mandell admitted he never weighed more than 165 pounds.
"I didn't work that much. I filled in spots in Akron, when the first match guy wouldn't show. I worked maybe a dozen matches all told," he said in 2008. "The last match I worked was in 1940. I was in the army then, and I came home on leave. I went up to the office to see what was going on. The promoter said, 'Do you want to work this week?' I said, 'Sure, why not? I can always use a couple of bucks.' That night I worked a match and it went to a Broadway with another local kid there in town. That was my swan song."
It wouldn't be wrong to say he had a story about everybody, and many of his friendships went back to those early days.
Like Orville Brown, who was the first choice of the fledgling National Wrestling Alliance to be its World champion in 1948 until a car accident derailed those plans, opting for Lou Thesz instead.
"Now, personally, I don't think Thesz could have beaten Orville in a shoot," said Mandell. "I've seen them both work many times, and Thesz was good, but again, I quote Bobby Bruns, that when Brown was in his prime, nobody could beat him."
Bruns, who was one of the most talented wrestlers of the 1940s and 1950s, and later a key behind-the-scenes figure in St. Louis, Buffalo and Oklahoma, was one of Mandell's great friends through the years.
"Right before I went to Japan in 1951, I met him in San Francisco for lunch one day. Because he knew I was going to Japan, he said, 'Al, I'll see you over there.' I said, 'You're kidding me.' He said, 'No.' We corresponded after I left California. So I'm working duty at the NCO one night at the headquarters building. My office phone rang, and here's Bobby Bruns on the phone. He was calling me from the Haneda Airport in Tokyo. He'd just landed."
And so Mandell was a party to the initial invasion of American talent into Japan to wrestle in 1951. Mandell was the type who could remember details -- in detail. He started to name the other wrestlers who opened Japan up to foreign talent: Ovila Asselin, Andre Adore, Hal Sakata, Doc Len Hall, and Casey Burger.
"I knew them all personally," he established. "Then Casey got hurt, and Bobby brought Gino Vagnone in, and he worked under the name of Red Vagnone. While they were there, Bobby discovered Rikidozan. He made a contract with him, and sent him back to Hawaii to get trained, and then he came back to California and made a lot of money. ... Bobby was the one who found him in Tokyo. And he trained down, he was a sumo wrestler. He trained down and became quite good."
In 1953, Mandell had been in Japan for about a month on a second tour of duty when he learned that his mother was dying in Pittsburgh. Given a leave, Mandell landed in San Francisco, and called Bruns in the middle of the night, whereupon Bruns arranged to loan his friend money. In Pittsburgh, Mandell picked up the wire and the $500 -- the secret code word was "kayfabe."
Around 1965, Mandell was stationed in Omaha, Nebraska with the Air Force, and served as the timekeeper at the wrestling shows.
Following his time in the armed forces, Mandell worked for the Charlotte, North Carolina Sheriff's Department for a quarter century. He was also a long-time member of the North Carolina Boxing Commission.
He would become a key figure in the IWA, the expansionist-minded promotion that Chicago sports mogul Eddie Einhorn started in the 1970s. In late 1975, Einhorn bailed on the project, and Buffalo promoters Pedro Martinez and Johnny Powers assumed control, basing the effort out of Charlotte.
Mandell was called upon by the IWA to try to book venues around the area. The Crocketts already controlled the area, and arenas and ballparks refused the newcomers. An anti-trust suit was filed in Charlotte court.
"We got our hearing in front of city council. Nobody was there from the parks and recreation commission, so they adjourned it for a week," recalled Mandell. "The next meeting was the following week, and it went back to court. Here was the chairman of the parks and recreation commission sitting in there. The attorney grilled him. Several members of city council were really concerned about that. They asked this guy all kinds of questions, and he's hemming and hawing, sputtering and coughing."
It was decided that the buildings should be open for bids, but Powers and the IWA opted against putting in a bid, feeling they would only be outbid by Crockett. "If a bid had been submitted by IWA, that would have shown something in good faith and they would have won the case," Mandell claimed. "But the Crocketts won the case. That was almost the end of the IWA. ... I had to give testimony in court. They subpoenaed me. Crockett brought a big attorney out of Chicago to handle the case, because the local attorney said they felt out of place."
In his line of work with the Sheriff's department, Mandell helped wrestlers around town, including Johnny Weaver, who he lined up for a job with the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office.
Despite all the accomplishments and accolades, Mandell's greatest contribution to pro wrestling was probably through his unwavering commitment to the Cauliflower Alley Club. He was a board member for many, many years, and spread the gospel of the CAC and its charitable ventures wherever he travelled.
"Al also holds the record for getting the most CAC guy to join the club, over his 70 plus years in the wrestling business he has got close to 100 members over the years," said Karl Lauer of the CAC. "He up until a few years ago would attend every Indy show in North Carolina and always had a pocketful of membership forms.and would pass them out."
Jason "Wolfman" Sanderson, another CAC board member, paid tribute to Mandell on his Facebook page: "In addition to helping recruit members, he helped keep the memories of some of the 'Old Timers' alive, as evidenced by his dedicated championing to get the CAC to honor the Orville Brown before his death. He helped keep in touch with some of the past members and encouraged many to return to the reunions. One of the ones that helped bring, and was kind enough to introduce me to, was the late Lord Alfred Hayes. To be around them when the brandy flowed, you needed a good pair of boots and had to be prepared to laugh!"
Al Mandell passed away on Wednesday, December 26th from natural causes.
-- with files from Steven Johnson and J Michael Kenyon
Greg Oliver, who managed to hook up Johnny Powers and Al Mandell again after many years, can only say, "Rest in peace, Al. Thanks for all the stories over the years." Greg is the Producer of SLAM! Wrestling and can be emailed at email@example.com.


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Vets Are the Last Line of Defense Against Tyranny
Dave Hodges
Activist Post.com
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Veterans are now receiving letters from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) which are telling them that they have been deemed, without a mental status examination, to have a physical or mental condition due to their combat experience, which has rendered them to be ineligible to possess a firearm. Further, under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, Pub.L.No. 103-159, as implemented at 18, United States Code 924(a)(2), if the veteran possesses, receives, attempts to purchase, or purchases and transports a firearm they may be fined and/or imprisoned.
On December 31, 2012, when he thought nobody would be looking, President Obama signed the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Pursuant to Obama's implementation of a police state, thousands of veterans are receiving letters from the government declaring them to be mentally infirm. The sole basis for many of these determinations which are purporting to be diagnosing mental incompetence is solely based upon the fact that the veteran has seen combat. Further, if the veteran has been wounded or suffered a traumatic brain injury, they are considered to be potentially violent, mentally infirm and, therefore, ineligible to own a gun.
America, you better sit up and take notice. Our veterans are being disarmed in total and the process is emanating from executive decree through our federal bureaucracies. No judge, no jury, has declared these veterans, who received the disarmament letters within the past week, to be mentally infirm. This is a thinly veiled draconian effort to take guns out of the hands of people who know how to use them.
There can only be one reason the government is hell-bent on disarming veterans. Armed veterans would form the vanguard of any resistance movement. The globalists who have hijacked our government are attempting to take away America's front line of civil defense by disarming the veterans.
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My phone (a HTC hero) has given me nothing but grief over the 18 months I've had it – it's been difficult to use but to be fair, being on Orange doesn't help.
It's a patchy network – phone calls are always cutting off and I randomly get texts failing but I have been too lazy to change, instead faithfully paying my phone bills which vary from £40-£85 for the last seven years.
Well enough is enough! I've been experiencing extremely poor 3g/2g connectivity whilst I am work – which is about 9-10 hours a day and it went from me missing out on a few emails (so having to come home and trawl through my inbox to see what was missing) to total blackout.
Calls and SMS are now also difficult whilst I'm at work. I have to walk 15-20 minutes in order to get some connectivity…needless to say, this is hardly workable!
Obviously, it's quite a specific problem; I don't have the connection problems anywhere else, so it's been difficult to diagnose what's wrong. This is where you can separate a network worth their salt and one that isn't.
I have tried a few things, like using another phone to see if that helps, but it doesn't so it is a network problem. My friend is new to Orange and has an iphone – sure enough she gets no emails whilst in the office.
I have called up customer services, emailed, twittered, asked over the phone, emailed their executive office.
Customer services over the phone, though polite, diagnosed in 5 minutes that is must be "my office building".
Ah yes, but it worked until a month or two ago.
"You can have poor network in built up areas" she continued…
"But I didn't have this problem before" I pleaded
"Then, I don't know." she concluded.
The executive office basically told me off for emailing them (they offer a senior level of customer service, basically it's not an office of plebs who don't have authority, this lot can generally make things happen) and told me to go back to customer services, and if I wasn't happy with the response, ask to be diverted to the Team Manager and if the issue wasn't solved could forward the problem on…to them.
Great. Because I have a whole year to sort this problem out.
Email customer services told me to call customer services (see a pattern) and they would do a network check (I've told them a million times, it's mainly the mobile internet I have an issue with NOT the phone reception so how the hell do they check for that?). I would have to do this check whilst I was suffering the problem…can I be on the phone for an hour whilst I am at work, diagnosing a problem with my phone? Bearing in mind I'd have to use another phone (ie. work phone?!). NO.
In Store customer services; one told me there was a 3G issue in my town (apparently a lot of iphone users going in store to complain – boy would I be pissed if I spent a fortune on an iphone that can't connect to the internet!) and it would be reset on October 14th (has made no difference to me).
The second in store guy I saw said he didn't know because he's "from Sheffield" and admitted that Orange were "a bit crap" but were "getting better" but "that doesn't help you, I know".
Orange's Twitter help was at least short and painless; they asked for my affected post code and responded with "There are no issues with masts in the area, does it happen at peak periods as it may be down to congestion ."
8 week congestion? I don't think so. I've used their online network coverage checker (I am in a very central area which should have full connection) – trust me here, it lies. Apparently my affected area is "excellent" !!!
I don't get it – I'm not some pleb who doesn't pay bills, I am a current customer whose contract – thank god – is up in 3 months and then I don't care if they offer me a free iphone for £10 a month – I won't stay with them. Think about it – a phone that doesn't work 50% of the time is as useful as a pig with a spanner.
(Despite the phone not working, I must add that my bills are higher than ever).
Sorry, I could rant all day. It's clear to me now that no one at Orange is going to take full responsibility for this so all I can do it sit out the contract and meanwhile find a better network to go on. I'm just thankful I didn't sign up for another 24 months with them.
So anyway, here are my 5 reasons to avoid Orange (as if the previous rant wasn't enough to put you off Orange!).
1. They are tyrants: Orange phones are always locked to their network
Even though people pay out a fortune over the 18-24 months they have a contract (the therefore have already paid out for the phone many times over) Orange seem to think it's ok to lock their phones to their network.
As far as I am concerned, once you have completed your contract, that phone is your property and is there for you to do with as you wish.
I always pass on my old phones and it's so irritating when I have to fork out another £20 to get it unblocked (I don't see why my friends and family have to move over to Orange to use a phone I've paid over £1,000 for).
T-Mobile also do this (T-Mobile and Orange have recently merged, so it's a match made in tyrant heaven). Vodafone and O2 have provided unblocked phones since forever – and rightly so.
2. They are tyrants: They will not upgrade your sim card no matter how much you beg
Orange for some reason, always makes odd little rules for itself that other networks do not.
One thing I found was that they will not upgrade your sim card no matter what.
Well, why would you want to upgrade your sim card you ask?
Well, say you want to change your phone, because it it's broken, or you need something with more functionality but you can't upgrade with Orange yet. In my case, I had a 2G Blackberry and bought a new 3G one because I needed something faster.
It turns out that Orange will only give you sim card relevant to the phone they sold you.
So I ask them if they can upgrade my sim to a 3G one (it's not a difficult job – ALL of the other networks will do it for you, my aunt even got an upgraded sim card in store with O2 for no charge).
Bear in mind I am still paying £70 per month on my phone bills at the time – but Orange say no way.
Orange are extremely strict with this – you get a sim card which matches the phone THEY sold you only. No negotiation.
I think that as long as you are paying your bills why do they care what phone you are using? It will probably make them more money anyway…
Why does Orange have to be so awkward and difficult, instead of helping a customer out?
3. Their 3g/2g/network connection is piss poor
See previous rant. My friends on Vodafone don't complain about their connectivity – when I say, "My phone always cuts off" their response is, "Oh, on Orange are you?"
4. They have the worst deals
A network that locks your new phone and won't give you a new Sim Card that is worth about 5p is hardly going to be generous now, is it?
Check out Cnet's comparison, for example, of iPhone 4 deals. Orange isn't the best value in any of the categories (neither if Vodafone to be fair, but at least Vodafone works).
Infact, Orange gets the crown for having the most expensive deal for the iPhone 4:
Imagine having that deal and not being able to use the phone fully!
I have just generally found Orange an expensive network to be on – I don't mind paying premium for a PREMIUM service.
5. Their customer support is….
Once again, read my original rant! You get diverted back to the customer call centre and the thing is, they will not do anything for you! Anything remotely complicated is ignored. Simple stuff, they can do. They don't seem to have a problem setting up direct debits, for example -_-
And their website never works properly – I've still never managed to do payments on it after 7 years!
Listen up Orange! I am that sort of easy going, just-let-it-renew kinda gal that is worth holding on to. All the times you have screwed up my upgrades, screwed me about with sim cards and send me faulty phones and yet I've stayed with you cos it's been easy. If I can avoid your customer services and sort things out myself, I do.
Not any more! You can wave goodbye to my excessive internet usage I am skipping over to…well I don't know yet. But there most definitely won't be a hint of orange in sight.
Any network recommendations ladies?!


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The Red Baron Feature Trailer (2008)
A second trailer for Red Baron.
Europe, 1916. Baron Manfred von Richthofen (MATTHIAS SCHWEIGHÖFER) is, at the age of just 24, the crack pilot of the German aerial combat forces - a legend in his own time, a hero at home and a man both feared and respected by the enemy, including Allied Forces' Canadian pilot, Captain Roy Brown (JOSEPH FIENNES).
Von Richthofen and his fellow officers, Lieutenants Voss (TIL SCHWEIGER), Sternberg (MAXIM MEHMET) and Lehmann (HANNO KOFFLER) see their duels in the sky as tactical, almost sportsmanlike, challenges that, at least at first, obscure their view of the horrors of the battlefields below.
The provocative red paint job of his Fokker aircraft earns him the nickname "The Red Baron" and makes him famous the world over. For millions of his countrymen, he becomes an idol, a symbol of hope and pride.
But the German high command increasingly misuses him for propaganda purposes - until the young pilot falls in love with Käte (LENA HEADLY), a beautiful and resolute nurse who opens his eyes to the fact that there is more to war than dogfights won and adversaries downed. Manfred von Richthofen finally becomes aware of his role in the propaganda machine of a senseless and barbarous war.
On another, more personal front, his ambitious and patriotic brother Lothar (VOLKER BRUCH) questions his chivalrous code of honor. But despite the heavy losses in his squadron and torn between his disgust for the war and his responsibility to his fighter wing, von Richthofen cannot stop flying. But even for this living legend, each new combat mission could be his last.
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January 16, 2010
Nikolai Müllerschön
Nikolai Müllerschön
Monterey Media
April 10, 2008
Matthias Schweighöfer
Til Schweiger
Lena Headey
Joseph Fiennes
Volker Bruch
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James Arthur was the victor of the British X Factor's ninth series in 2012, winning the public vote with a rendition of Shontelle's rousing ballad "Impossible." Born in Middlesbrough, England, Arthur had written and performed in various bands since the age of 15, as well as performing solo in pubs and bars in his hometown. Many early recordings of the singer/songwriter illustrate the pop/rock and hip-hop influences that helped to shape his unique voice and style. Before he entered The X Factor, Arthur made it into the final 200 contestants of the U.K.'s The Voice TV series in 2011, without managing to progress any further. A year later he auditioned for The X Factor, where he sang judge Tulisa Contostavlos' song "Young" and subsequently made it through the bootcamp round and into the live shows. From here on in, Arthur showcased his considerable talents and slowly improved under the watchful eye of mentorNicole Sherzinger. He was pitted against Jahméne Douglas and Christopher Maloney in the final round of the contest, where he impressed the audience with performances of Cy Grant's "Feeling Good,"Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love," and Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On." The final song of the evening -- the version of Shontelle's "Impossible" -- was released immediately after Arthur was announced as the winner and made it to number one in the U.K. and Ireland, while also charting across Europe. He then went on tour with the X Factor show, playing across the U.K. in huge, sold-out arenas such as Wembley and the Birmingham LG. After his X Factor success, Arthur worked alongside singer/songwriter Labrinth and Graham Stack (JLS, Take That, Westlife) in preparation for his debut album.
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