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Actor Matt Bomer has revealed he and his partner have been married for three years in a new magazine interview.
The Magic Mike star 'came out' at the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards in 2012 and now he tells Details he and publicist Simon Halls wed the year before.
The couple shares three kids, six year old twins and an eight year old.
Meanwhile, Bomer will portray a gay man dying of AIDS during the early days of the epidemic in Ryan Murphy's adaptation of the play The Normal Heart, which will premiere on HBO next month.
Larry Kramer's play was important to the actor when he was a teenager – because it helped him understand the health crisis that has since claimed so many gay lives.
He tells Details, "At that time, I was clueless and obviously in a different place in relation to my sexuality. I was in romantic relationships with girls – whatever that means at 14. And it completely rocked my world… It's just an amazing call to arms. On some level, Larry (Kramer) probably saved my life… I wouldn't have a lot of the rights I have today if it wasn't for people like Larry."
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In 1949-09-08 Émilien made profession in the religious community of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC: Missionaires du Sacré-Coeur). In 1955-06-24, he was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in Rapide-Danseur. In September 1956, he left for the Dominican Republic where he taught at the Minor Seminary of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, worked for the Amigo del Hogar magazine, was named "superior" of the mission in the Dominican Republic, and in 1971 he became Administrative Provincial of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in that country.
Later, Father TARDIF founded the community of lay persons known as the Servants of the Living Christ (Serviteurs du Christ Vivant), which, in 1999, had more than 300 members. He opened several community homes in the Dominican Republic as well as in the state of Florida in the U.S.
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) -- Joseph Kennedy III is taking the first steps toward a run for retiring Rep. Barney Frank's seat in Massachusetts.
The 31-year-old Kennedy said Thursday he is forming an exploratory committee and is resigning his prosecutor's job in Middlesex County outside Boston. He is the son of former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II and a grandson of the late Robert F. Kennedy.
The Kennedy family has seen its influence in Washington fade in recent years as its younger generations have largely shunned public office.
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Qatar's construction industry is rife with abuse of migrant workers, who are "treated like cattle" and live in squalid accommodations, Amnesty International (AI) said on Sunday while calling on world soccer's governing body to help with the situation.
Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup and Amnesty asked FIFA to work with the Qatari authorities to stamp out abuses of workers, who mainly come from South Asia.
"Our findings indicate an alarming level of exploitation in the construction sector in Qatar," Amnesty secretary-general Salil Shetty said. "FIFA has a duty to send a strong public message that it will not tolerate human rights abuses on construction projects related to the World Cup. It is simply inexcusable in one of the richest countries in the world that so many migrant workers are being ruthlessly exploited, deprived of their pay and left struggling to survive. Construction companies and the Qatari authorities alike are failing migrant workers. Employers in Qatar have displayed an appalling disregard for the basic human rights of migrant workers."
Amnesty is the latest organization to focus on treatment of migrant workers in Qatar, following similarly scathing reports by Britain's the Guardian newspaper and the International Trade Union Confederation.
Amnesty said it had carried out interviews with about 210 migrant workers in the construction industry during two visits to the country in October last year and in March.
It also held meetings with 22 companies involved in construction projects and met government representatives on more than a dozen occasions.
The report said abuses included "non-payment of wages, harsh and dangerous working conditions and shocking standards of accommodation."
Earlier this month, a UN official called on Qatar to abolish the kafala, or sponsorship system, under which employees cannot change jobs or leave the country without the permission of their sponsors.
Many sponsors — often labor supply companies or wealthy individual Qataris who provide workers to businesses for personal profit — confiscate the passports of guest workers for the duration of their contract.
Shetty said the authorities had not committed to replacing kafala.
"We have met with the prime minister, labor minister and other officials and they all have not denied that there is a problem, but they haven't made any commitment and this is what we need," Shetty said.
No one was immediately available to comment from the Qatari Ministry of Labor. However, last week, the ministry had already taken a positive step by recruiting more labor inspectors, Shetty said.
Amnesty also said its researchers met dozens of construction workers who were prevented from leaving the country for many months by their employers.
In one case, Nepalese workers employed by a company delivering critical supplies to a construction project associated with FIFA's planned headquarters for the tournament said they were "treated like cattle," the report said, adding that they were working up to 12 hours per day and seven days a week even during Qatar's summer heat.
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(CNN) -- Shia LaBeouf isn't the only sorry actor in Hollywood.
After the 27-year-old announced that he's performing in an art piece called "#IAmSorry" this week in Los Angeles, actors such as Jerry O'Connell and Emile Hirsch are turning LaBeouf's apologetic saga into a punchline.
On Wednesday, O'Connell actually opened his own exhibit right next to LaBeouf's called "#IAmSorryToo" for Funny Or Die.
Shia vs. @MrJerryOC #IAmSorryToo pic.twitter.com/nHw22h7VvA— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) February 12, 2014
BuzzFeed stopped by both LaBeouf's performance -- during which visitors take an "implement," such as a "Transformers" toy or bottle of cologne, into a small room where LaBeouf sits silently with a bag over his head -- and O'Connell's, and found that O'Connell could be guilty of plagiarizing LaBeouf's show.
Considering that LaBeouf is facing accusations of plagiarism with his "#IAmSorry" show anyway, O'Connell's rip-off of LaBeouf's exhibit is "is obviously the point," BuzzFeed notes.
Like LaBeouf, O'Connell's set-up involves a table of items that occasionally reference his career: where LaBeouf had nods to "Transformers," "Indiana Jones" and a copy of Daniel Clowes' book, "The Death-Ray," O'Connell included a DVD of "Stand By Me" and a toy kangaroo (2003's "Kangaroo Jack," anyone?).
But unlike LaBeouf, who never clarifies exactly what he's apologizing for, O'Connell was an open book. He, too, wore a paper bag over his head -- one saying "SUPER FAMOUS" instead of LaBeouf's "I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE" -- but eagerly apologized for "all the world's ills" and even offered one guy a taste of his sandwich.
O'Connell explained to BuzzFeed that he wasn't doing it to upset LaBeouf -- in fact, he found the actor's exhibit pretty inspiring.
"Everyone's talking about it, whether you want to call it art or a real apology, it's hilarious," O'Connell said. "He's getting people talking. I'm all for this artsy gallery thing. It's fun to parody because all I have to do here is sit with a bag on my head, crying, and saying, 'I sowwy.' But I have to tell you; it's freeing to continually apologize like he does. I get it."
Emile Hirsch does too. The "Lone Survivor" actor went on a tweet-spree Wednesday airing all of his regrets.
"I AM NOT FAMOUS TO BEGIN WITH," Hirsch joked. "I AM BEGINNING TO FEEL SLIGHTLY MORE FAMOUS. ... I TAKE IT BACK, STILL NOT FAMOUS."
And then: "I AM...CONFUSED ABOUT HOW FAMOUS OR NOT FAMOUS I MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE...ANYMORE... I AM...ACCIDENTALLY ON CAPS."
Just in case LaBeouf thinks Hirsch is laughing at him instead of with him, the actor clarified that "IN ALL FAMOUSNESS THOUGH, I LOVE SHIA, WHETHER OR NOT HE'S FAMOUS. ... I AM SORRY I EVEN SAID SORRY. NOT GONNA LIE, I AM ONLY ABOUT FIFTY PERCENT SURE OF MY ORIGINAL (FIRST) SORRY."
In December, LaBeouf was accused of plagiarizing Daniel Clowes' "Justin M Damiano," in his short film, "HowardCantour.com." The actor at first said that he'd been so absorbed in the creative process he neglected to give Clowes proper accreditation, but then he was also accused of plagiarizing his apologies.
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I know this is random, but wasn't there a post on this topic suggesting Seattle was a really tough legal market? I've not heard that before, so I'm curious.
. . . and i can't believe there's now a LSN-type Web site for associate jobs. we wannabe lawyers seriously stop at nothing to calculate risk.
Rainyday- I'm just another 1L too (were you in Section 6, btw?) so I guess my thoughts need to be taken with a grain of salt, but here they are:Yes, your grades are likely below the median at HLS. Ten years ago the median was between a B and a B+, and I'm guessing that has gone up to around a B+ just based on my observations. Still, a 3.1 is by no means terrible. There are people who get C's here, and they still get jobs. That being said, with the economy as it is, you may have a tougher time than some getting a BIGLAW summer job, but you WILL get one, especially if you want to be in NYC. While the top firms are more picky, the consensus is many of the middle to lower Vault 100 won't even look at grades, or just give them a passing glance, especially if you interview well and they like you. Of course, OCS may be lying to us, but they likely aren't, and I've never heard of someone not getting BIGLAW who wanted it. Have you looked at the spreadsheets of who's going to these firms from HLS (they're on the OCS website)? Many, many very good firms do not even get one 2L for their summer program. These firms want people from Harvard, if only to make the other summers at the firm think "oh, this firm must be good, people from Harvard come here!" We get a lot of bids for OCI, and as long as you bid strategically (ie. not putting down the top 20 firms) you should be just fine.
I know people with B/B- averages who didn't have trouble getting a job in NY last time around (albeit not at the V20).
well, the OP is sought after, even if her grades are below the median. There really isn't reason to worry, unless she does something silly like only applies to firms in San Diego (for example). There are a ton of firms that come to Harvard and will take whomever they can get, eg Cadwalader, Strook. But it's also really important to make sure that resume/writing sample are well edited and the interview presentation is polished. We have an amazing career office, and if the OP asks, they will make sure everything is in order. Although I was optimistic, it would be a mistake to only apply to elite firms or only to apply to hard markets (DC, SF, SD, etc.). Someone said that it's not worth it for the OP to bid on some of the V20. That is simply bad advice. People regularly get jobs in the V20 with below-median grades at HLS. I know people with B/B- averages who didn't have trouble getting a job in NY last time around (albeit not at the V20). Obviously, it's possible to blow OCI, but if the OP is reasonably prepared, there's no reason to worry esp. in New York. It remains a true whether the economy is in recession or not that there is far more demand for HLS students than there is supply.
You should totally try Atlanta.


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Dr. Richard Bodmer's travels for Earthwatch by riverboat into the heart of the Amazon region to help preserve the incredibly diverse rainforest habitat.
Dr. Bodmer has worked in this reserve for over 20 years and is passionate about fostering comanagement of the land between native inhabitants and government agencies. "Bushmeat hunting is an important economic activity that has been traditionally used by rural poor of the Amazon. If well managed, bushmeat hunting can provide long-term socioeconomic benefits to local communities and help conserve Amazonian biodiversity through maintaining intact rainforests," he has written. "If poorly managed, bushmeat hunting will lead to the extirpation of animal populations, reduced socioeconomic benefits that rural people obtain from wildlife, and a decreased value of intact forests."
Says Dr. Bodmer of the most recent Earthwatch volunteer group: "The volunteers were truly helpful in monitoring the wildlife populations. New areas of research were initiated with the help of the volunteers, including a wading bird survey and mist netting. But it was the assistance that many volunteers provided to the local communities that was truly unexpected. Many volunteers provided health and education materials to the local communities who are involved with community-based conservation."
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Killyleagh Plantation Lecture
On the 8th March 2013, Killyleagh Library is hosting a talk "A Background to Charters and the role of Charter Towns".
PRONI's Ian Montgomery will be delivering a talk on the topic which will feature as part of the 400th Anniversaries taking place over 2012-2013 and will focus on the history of Killyleagh and its Charter in 1613.
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The Ulster Committee for Irish Historical Studies and Belfast City Council present the Belfast 400 History Forum. This day of public lectures from leading historians and archaeologists looks at events leading up to the signing of the city` first charter on 27 April 1613 and the development of Belfast from town to city.
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PRONI will be contributing to the events by holding an exhibition stall at Belfast City Hall on the 15th and 16th March where a representative from PRONI will be on hand to offer help with any queries you may have.
St Patrick's celebrations will also be taking place in St George's Market, Ulster Hall and the Waterfront Hall, as well as an annual parade.. You can find further information on www.gotobelfast.com
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A choreographer, a cultural festival and a youth "cafe" are among the 2013 winners of the Denver Mayor's Awards for Excellence in Arts & Culture, the city announced today.
The program, which began in 1986, recognizes people and organizations "that make significant and lasting contributions to the artistic, cultural and creative landscape in the City and County of Denver," according to Arts & Venues Denver.
This year's winners include Wonderbound artistic director Garrett Ammon (Arts Innovation Award), known for his genre-defying collaborations with musicians, poets and even magicians, the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival (Impact Arts Award), which draws crowds to Sloan's Lake each year to celebrate Asian culture, Café Cultura (Youth Arts Award), a youth-poetry organization that encourages rediscovery of indigenous cultures, and Darla Rae of Film It Productions (Global Arts Award), a Denver-based and community-minded documentary filmmaker.


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HI: I need some help. I had my prostate removed due to prostate cancer. I feel I have lost my man-hood. I don't experience hard-ons anymore. My penis is dead. Can you recommend something to help me?
It's truly uncanny; in the past week alone I've received similar email from four different people. Each had a very different presenting problem, but all were experiencing very similar sexual issues. Get this, I heard from a woman in Japan who is recovering from a radical mastectomy. I heard from a guy in San Francisco who is recovering from a serious meth addiction. A young wife and mother in North Carolina whose husband, and father of her two kids, has returned from Iraq a basket case…and now you, Doug.
Its astonishing that, despite the dramatic differences in each of your life stories, all of you report pretty much same thing — you feel less than whole, disconnected from your sexuality and devoid of any real intimacy or meaningful sexual outlet. It is so amazing how, despite our unique individual difficulties, there are often a universal response to life's troubling complexities.
Regaining a sense of your sexual-self after prostate surgery, or any of the other problems I mentioned above, is an arduous, but rewarding task. With your self-confidence in the toilet and zero libido to boot, I suggest that you begin your rehabilitation by connecting with others similarly challenged as you. In your case, it will probably be other cancer survivors. More likely than not, they will be a whole lot more sympathetic to your issues and attuned to your predicament. Sometimes, people who have yet to experience a life threatening disease or a disfiguring surgery don't have a clue about how to interact with those that have. It's not their fault, it's just the way things are.
I suggest looking into a support group, if you haven't done so already. Once you make that connection, you will find, that you are not alone. Other people similarly challenged as you are experiencing many of very same things you are. And to my mind, it's way much easier to face and handle life's difficulties when surrounded and supported by others.
One word of caution; my experience is that many disease-based programs and support groups shy away from intimacy concerns. This is a real tragedy, because this is the one aspect of healing that consistently remains unaddressed by the medical profession. That is way I included an entire chapter about the intimacy and sexual needs of chronically ill, elder and dying people in my book — The Amateur's Guide To Death and Dying; Enhancing the End of Life. I encourage you to check out the book; it's loaded with amazing sex-positive information.
Next I suggest that you first try connecting with people on a sensual level as opposed to a sexual level. I firmly believe in massage as the best say to accomplish this. Think about it. Imagine the good you'll be able to do for others, as well as yourself with therapeutic touch. And, to my mind, therapeutic touch also includes sensual touch. It will soothe so much more than the jangled nerves and disrupted muscle tissue caused by radical invasive surgery. It gives the one doing the touch a renewed sense of him/herself a pleasure giver, which is totally important to us all. And when you receive the touch, it will begin to reawaken sensory perceptions you thought were lost for good. And your libido as well as your erection will bloom again. I promise. Here's a tip: to keep that stiffy goin, I encourage you to use a cockring.
Now if you feel your massage skills aren't up to par, why not take a class or workshop in massage. You might want to look to something like the Body Electric School Of Massage. They have load of training options. And learning is a hands-on experience. What could be more liberating than that?
If a class is a bit too intimidating at first, you might consider purchasing a book on massage. A great primer is: Male Erotic Massage by Ray Stubbs, Ph.D. This is a holistic approach to bodywork, including the sexual and the spiritual aspects of Male Erotic Massage. There are over 200 photographs in this volume that reveal both massage techniques and the beauty of the male body embracing the male body. The strength, the joy, the gentleness, the ardor, the tenderness, the equanimity, the pleasure — they are all included.
Another title is: Erotic Massage, The Touch of Love also by Ray Stubbs, Ph.D. This is a more inclusive volume of erotic massage. It describes long, flowing strokes for the whole body, including female and male genitals. By the way, this was the very first massage book to explicitly illustrate genital massage. The techniques described are simple and easy to perform. It's superbly illustrated, and the text is both tender and playful.
Finally, your gift of massage is the ideal way to connect with another human, be it a friend, a family member, lover, or even a stranger. Your touch can be either seductive or non-seductive, or maybe a little of both. You can count on this purposefully touching to open new doors. You'll discover new pleasures, both subtle and profound, as you give as well as receive touch.
I encourage you to push beyond the isolation I know you are feeling, Doug. Purposeful touching, like massage, will change your perceptions about sex, sensuality, and intimacy. And like I said, it will also resurrect your boner. I know this can happen. I've seen it happen. Doug, now it's your turn to make it happen!
Good luck
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Shapeling cggirl shared a story in the comments to the self-esteem thread that I imagine will sound familiar to many of us.
when i was like 20, i was talking to my mother (who is a wonderful person and who i don't blame for the culture into which she was born, which caused her to have these attitudes and inflict them on me). i was trying to get her off my case, because she was horrified that i had decided to accept my own body as it was and was no longer willing to tolerate her saying anything about what i eat, or my weight, or anything.
i said to her, "look, you've spent your whole life worrying about your body and trying to diet and still you never reached a point of feeling good with your body."
so she said to me, deadpan: "but at least i was TRYING".
At least she was TRYING to hate herself into being smaller! At least she was desperately wishing she could shrink her body to a more socially acceptable size! We've all heard it before: if you're going to be fat, the least you can do is try to be less fat, even if you know it won't work — because if you don't try, then you've failed everyone else.
There's an insidious logic here that usually remains unarticulated (as there so often is in fatphobic arguments), which is that if you accept yourself as you are, then you're undermining the effort of those poor suckers who are trying to fit in. Saying you're "trying" to not be fat is agreeing to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, whereas if you decide NOT to perpetuate the cultural illusions of fatphobia, then you make the people who DO obey those maxims look, well, kinda stupid. There you are, dressing fabulously, enjoying food, and feeling good in your body, while all those other people are trying to hide, avoiding gutbusters like carrots, and desperately trying not to be in their own skins. No wonder you make them mad. If you're not trying, then what the hell have they been doing all this time?
I've noticed that evangelical dieters and anti-feminist women often whip out this type of response to suggestions that people's (especially women's) bodies and desires should be accepted, recognized, and even celebrated. This is why dieting kerfuffles happen periodically within FA; this is why debates over makeup and high heels will never be resolved in feminist circles. We all make certain concessions to our dominant culture to get ahead or stay afloat, so when we see others who don't feel forced to make those particular concessions, we get jealous, and we get angry, and then, too often, we get desperately mean. This is why you often hear people say things like, "But men don't notice how women dress! Women only do it for other women" — complete bullshit, of course, but the truth is, groups do tend to police themselves. It's what we've all been trained to do, every single one of us, and it's one of the most important habits to break on your way to self-acceptance.
Remember, self-esteem is not a zero-sum game. Your self-acceptance does not magically negate someone else's conformity; instead, it threatens to show that conformity for what it is (a punishing survival strategy in an oppressive culture) instead of what it's idealized as (moral superiority, work ethic, individualism). It is much, much easier intellectually to blame yourself for not fitting in than to realize that the whole system has been rigged all along. No matter what your culturally "undesirable" characteristics are — your body shape, your race, your gender presentation, your sexuality, your level of ability — you can't actually rack up "social acceptability" Brownie points by hating yourself. At the end of the day, you're still you, with those same characteristics, and people still perceive you as a person with those characteristics whether you're hating yourself hard enough or not. There's no permanent record that says you were on Weight Watchers for three years so you don't really count as fat anymore; there's no aura around you that says "I'm really a thin person waiting to get out."
Pay attention to the man behind the curtain. Don't apologize for who you are. Don't feel bad about making those poor suckers look foolish — they only want to blame you because it's so painful to blame the whole damn culture. "Discipline" and "hard work" are not moral absolutes; they're only worthwhile if the goal you're pursuing is worthwhile. Hating yourself is not.


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Swim to the Moon Lyrics
It's been a long night… away from it all
The grabbing authority of my peers…
The rusty cage that never seems to open…
When can I escape? When can I swim to the moon?
I've heard this expression my entire life… never realized how peaceful a statement it is.
All alone on the worlds waters... here I am.
The sun's slowly drifting past the edge of the world… (can't blame our ancestors)
I'm the loneliest boat on this entire body of water.
Rest will give my awakening purpose... this is why I have come here in the first place.
A peace I have never felt… a life I did not want to live.
I will awake through sleep…
The drifting drifter… look into the picture…
(The Foreshadowing)
No more panic, no more regret.
No more hoping for a new mess.
Slide into the water.
Become one with the sea.
Life seems so much smaller.
Swim to the moon.
I awake with a cool breeze blowing through my dirty hair. Rested, stable... a first. A caffeine junkie's longest wish: peace and quiet…
No wake-ups, no expectations…
A strange feeling… suddenly drifting…
This "as seen on tv" anchor is just another lie I guess... hoping for something not there. Filling a void that I can't quite put my finger on.
This loneliness I always seek.
I'm in the middle of black water. No sign of human life in any direction… the most peaceful event of my life seems to have typically turned into a struggle. I'm in the middle of black water… no sign of human life.
Panic takes over my body.
I have indeed floated due to a non-reversible decision to flee.
Just for a day I told myself...
My survival skills were lost years ago.
Here I am: no food, no clean water, and this extremely embarrassing attempt at a "get away outfit". This is an inevitable death.
Slide into the water.
Become one with the sea.
Life seems so much smaller.
Swim to the moon.
…Look into the picture…
(Worry leaves my body)
This is what I lived to be. This very moment is the first time in my life that I've felt pure joy.
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Standup Media had een nieuw gecodeerde website ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
2 winnaars werden geselecteerd uit 33 ontwerpen ingezonden door7 freelance designers.
Right what i need are 2 headers making along with abit of html. PLEASE READ THE LONG DESCRIPTION ABOUT WHAT IM AFTER.
If you wish to contact me you can do on +44161 408 1212
Free Refresher Bars & Free Maltesers
Desired Color Scheme:
Must Fit With the Product
Desired Style:
Style of the site must go with the product.
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Right well what i need are 2 headers for a site where people will be able to get free things, the first header must be about maltesers, the header must say "Free Maltesers" and the font and colour must look the same like the original. Also in the header its must be the same colour style as packets of maltesers and must contain the actual product of the maltesers aswell.
The second header must be about refresher bars. Like i said above it must be the same colour rang as the product and must have a picture of the product.
Size must be 612x275
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The Headers MUST be made professionally. If you do a header and i dont like it i will give you feedback on ways to improve to give you all a better chance of winning and making it just how i like to.
The design MUST come with a html file and i ask you to do a LITTLE Tiny Bit of html to go with the headers.
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(This post originally ran on Huffington Post Parents)
The days of bottles, potty training, snotty noses and sippy cups are far behind me. I now have two kids in elementary school and, like so many parents of similar-aged kids, find myself pondering about how much my life has altered as I cruise around the grocery store at 9 p.m. on a Saturday evening. One on the one hand, my kids are more independent: they can read, they can write, they can tie their shoelaces (well, almost) and I've even been paying them to sort, fold and put away their laundry! But on the other hand, the sheer volume of school/PTO requests, homework and social activities threaten to overwhelm and quite frankly, erode any chance of quality me-time (other than grocery shopping late at night). Does any of this sound familiar?
Here are many ways to know when you, too, are the parent of elementary school kids:
- You find out about a school project/permission slip/photo day at 8 a.m. the day they are due.
- Play dates and parties are drop off… and you are thrilled.
- You proudly wear rainbow loom bracelets (while muttering under your breath about the chaos of rubber bands littering your house).
- Math homework makes you quake with fear.
- You manage to squeeze your lower half into those tiny seats during parent-teacher conferences.
- The days of the week take on new meaning: Monday is "you have PE, don't forget your sneakers day!", Thursday is "return library book day", Friday is "pizza day!"
- Minecraft.
- You are scared to put your hand inside their backpacks.
- Your second job is peddling wrapping paper, raffle tickets and other fundraisers (and your friends and family deftly avoid you).
- Ninety percent of the morning mayhem in your house is created in the last 10 minutes before school drop off.
- Your iPad/laptop is no longer your own.
- You have to explain why Miley Cyrus is really not that cool.
- You are adept at stealthily throwing away the latest 'art project' in the trash can outside, making sure to hide it underneath other stuff.
- You find yourself singing along to Kidz Bop (even when there are no kids around…).
- Gloves and hats and socks get lost with uncanny frequency.
- Pokemon.
- Your toddler knows to yell "BUS" as it approaches the end of your driveway.
- Your weekends are a complex logistical challenge — full of parties, play dates, sports and errands.
- You are not beneath drying papier maché volcanoes in the microwave.
- You know that the day when you'll have to explain the birds and the bees is inching closer and it terrifies you.


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just got one of three machines in the country that will give professors an affordable way to produce on-demand textbooks and frustrated authors a quick way to turn their novels into print.
The university has teamed with
an online self-publishing service, to set up a print-on-demand machine called Odin Ink. The sophisticated small roll press cranks out books behind a counter on the upper floor of the university's bookstore.
Anyone can publish a 300-page paperback book with a color cover for $11.95. The bookstore will publish anywhere from a single book to thousands of copies. Books with color pages cost more, starting at $18.95 for the first 100 pages.
The machine will allow professors to produce textbooks tailored to their needs at lower costs because the book store does not have to pay for shipping, said Kenneth Brown, president and chief executive officer of the bookstore.
During a gathering to introduce the printing machine earlier this month, Brown had on hand dozens of copies of a paperback book featuring "Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe." Portland State employees designed and produced the book on the printing machine in a day, he said.
He also held up a glossy-covered, paperback textbook called "Microprocessor System Design –Hardware, Programming and Interfacing" by Douglas V. Hall, professor of electrical and computer engineering at PSU. The book, printed by Odin Ink, will cost students $15, or 40 percent less than what they would pay if the book was shipped, Brown said.
Hall said the book is a draft copy of a textbook that he can try out on his students before making final revisions for the hard-bound version that will be published and distributed by McGraw-Hill.
The machine can produce the 100 copies he needs for his classes, and he can quickly print more as needed. Other professors can use it to produce their course packets, he said.
"The key thing is it allows me to give the students the latest, greatest material from my computer and use it in class," he said.
Publishing at PSU
Publish your book at the Portland State University Bookstore in three steps:
your book to format it on the Lulu site:
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Take the storage device
to the Portland State Bookstore, 1715 SW 5th Ave., to be printed. Email:
or call (503) 226-2631.
The publishing machine is being piloted at Portland State University at no cost to the bookstore, Brown said. Two other machines are being tested at Arizona State University and the University of Kansas, he said.
To produce a book, authors first need to go to a Lulu website --
-- where they can digitally format their book and design its cover at no cost. They then must download that information onto a portable storage device such as a thumb drive and take it to the PSU Bookstore, where it is loaded into the machine for publishing. Lulu gets a small commission for each book produced on the press.
During the presentation of the new machine last week, an urban studies professor offered a thumb drive containing the textbook he's been working on. Lulu representatives quickly formatted the book and fed it into the press, producing a book for him in 30 minutes, Brown said.
Professors will be able to use the press to print at least some books and offer them to students at a lower price. An English professor, for example, could use the machine to produce copies of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," which is available in the public domain, for less than it would cost to ship the book from another publisher. In addition, the professor could tailor the book to his class by adding questions, critical essays and study guides, Brown said.
The bookstore has heard from several professors interested in using the machine to produce their textbooks, Brown said. At least three members of the public have used Odin Ink to self-publish in the last two weeks, he said.
, the company operated by students in PSU's master's degree book publishing program, also is exploring ways to use the machine as is the university library.
The new technology will contribute to "the way we learn and the way we entertain ourselves," said Glen Hopkins, Hewlett-Packard's vice president for printing technology platforms, during the machine's introduction last week.
"We just can't wait to see how you use it here in the coming months," he said.


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Lost in all the talk about ballot initiatives this time around is Proposition 22, the Local Taxpayers, Public Safety, and Transportation Act. That's a long title, but what's it about?
In a nutshell, Prop 22 focuses on the deteriorating fiscal relationship between the state and local governments. Since the days of the famous (or infamous, depending upon one's point of view) Proposition 13 in 1978, local governments have lost more than $200 billion in revenues. The state has made up much of the difference by providing funds for county hospitals, police, fire protection and the other basic local government services.
Until now.
Because of the budget crisis in recent years, state legislators and the governor have withheld funding for many local government programs. For the current fiscal year, state policymakers kept $5 billion otherwise designated for cities and counties, leaving local governments in a lurch.
Which takes us to Proposition 22.
If passed, Proposition 22 will force the state to share revenues for transportation, community redevelopment, and all the other local government services already established by law. Once again, local governments would have stable sources of revenue.
But there's a catch--if the state has to fork over those funds, what about current commitments? Won't California be $5 billion short, thereby increasing the perennial budget deficit? The answer is "yes" unless the legislature finds new revenue sources.
And that's the rub. Opponents cry that if Prop 22 passes, major spending areas such as public education, prisons and social services will be denied funding at a time when they have been cut beyond reason.
Some proponents counter that state government should have to learn how to do with less; other proponents hope that passage of Prop 22 will force legislators to collect more revenue.
That's what makes Proposition 22 so interesting. If it passes, the next fight will be between those who want to stretch paltry state resources without increasing taxes and those who believe that the state will have no choice but to find new revenues.
Now that should be interesting.
State vs. Local Duke It Out in Prop. 22
Lost in all the talk about ballot initiatives this time around is Proposition 22, the Local Taxpayers, Public Safety, and Transportation Act. That's a long title, but what's it about?


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|Ohio State Buckeyes
|Saturday, March 31, 2012
|1:00 p.m.
|Baltimore, Md. | Ridley Athletic Complex
|TV | Radio
|Hounds Unleashed
|Series Record
|Loyola leads, 5-0
|Last Meeting
|Loyola 12, Ohio State 9 – April 2, 2011 at Ohio State
Game Data
Loyola University Maryland returns to Ridley Athletic Complex to start a stretch of four-straight ECAC Lacrosse League games. The Greyhounds take on Ohio State University at 1 o'clock on Saturday, March 31.
Series History
Loyola and the Buckeyes will be meeting for the sixth time in series history and third time as ECAC opponents. The Greyhounds have won all five prior meetings, although the last two have come by just five combined goals.
The Greyhounds led last year's contest 9-4 when Patrick Fanshaw scored a man-up goal in transition off a Josh Hawkins assist with 5:17 to go in the third quarter, but Ohio State scored five of the next six goals to pull within a score, 10-9, on Tyler Fredericks' tally with 3:57 left in regulation.
Mike Sawyer and Chris Palmer, however, scored after that for Loyola, and the Greyhounds held off the Buckeyes for an 11-9 victory in Columbus. Chris Palmer finished with five goals, and Matt Langan had three goals and two assists. Hawkins scored a goal and had two assists, all coming in transition.
In The Polls
Loyola moved up to No. 4 in the USILA Coaches' Poll this week, its highest ranking since the Greyhounds checked in at third in the April 1, 2002, poll with a 7-0 record after downing Towson, 15-7. The Greyhounds held steady at No. 5 in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse media rankings.
Ohio State is receiving votes in the Inside Lacrosse poll.
Ten Or More
The Greyhounds have scored at least 11 goals in each of their first eight games of the 2012 season, marking the longest stretch of games with 10 or more goals they have put together since March 24-May 12, 2001. The Greyhounds went 7-2 during that 2001 stretch where they averaged 14 goals per game. That team was coached by Dave Cottle who will be the color analyst on Loyola's broadcast Saturday.
The last time Loyola opened the season with seven or more games with 10-plus goals was the 1995 season when they reeled off 14 or more before scoring five in an NCAA game.
The Only Ones
Loyola is the only team to score 10 or more goals in every game of this season throughout all of NCAA Division I.
As of Monday, the Greyhounds were tied for fifth in Division I with a 13 goals per game average.
Topping Out
Loyola's success on offense this year has been well complemented by the Greyhounds' defense. In addition to offense being tied for fifth in Division I in goals per game, Loyola's defense is fifth with 7.13 goals allowed per contest.
The Greyhounds lead Division I through Monday in scoring margin, outscoring opponents by an average of 5.88 goals per game, 0.59 more than second-place Cornell.
Sharing The Rock
No Loyola player has more than 13 assists (Justin Ward) through eight games, but nine players have at least four assists, and 12 have two or more. In addition to Ward's 13, Davis Butts, Eric Lusby and Sean O'Sullivan have eight assists, Mike Sawyer has seven, Chris Layne and Nikko Pontrello have five and J.P. Dalton and Pat Byrnes have four each.
With 72 assists this season, the Greyhounds lead Division I with 9.0 per game.
Eleven of Loyola's 13 goals last Saturday night at UMBC came with assists.
Already Outpacing Last Year
This year's team has already eclipsed last year's total of 62 assists in just eight games. Also, with 104 goals, the 2012 Greyhounds are six short of matching the total put up last year.
Big Runs
Loyola used runs of three-plus goals at important junctures of its first eight games, helping the Greyhounds to wins each time. In all, Loyola has scored three or more in a row on 17 occasions this season.
Loyola used four three-goal runs against Duke, including one three-goal streak that put Loyola up 4-1 at the beginning of the second quarter. The Greyhounds never trailed after that initial three-goal run and extended their lead to 13-5 after its fourth three-goal spurt of the game.
The Greyhounds had their longest run in almost two years against Air Force, scoring 10 in a row to open the second half. The last time Loyola scored 10 or more in a row was on March 20, 2010, when it had 14 straight against Air Force.
Loyola then used a 6-0 run to break a 5-5 tie early in the third quarter with Georgetown on the way to a 11-6 victory.
The Greyhounds then scored seven in a row on the back end of a 10-1 run last Saturday at UMBC.
Second-Half Success
Loyola continued a trend of strong second-half play this season by outscoring UMBC, 6-1, after halftime after not allowing the Retrievers a goal until 11:25 was left on the fourth-quarter clock.
The Greyhounds have now outscored opponents 34-10 in the third quarters of games and 58-25 overall this year in the second half.
The second-half scoring continues a trend from the last two seasons. Last year, Loyola outscored opponents, 69-52, after halftime (including two overtime goals), and 77-56 two years ago.
Lusby Matches Career-High
Eric Lusby scored three times during Loyola's second half run and finished the Georgetown game with five goals, matching his career-high set on March 3 at Bellarmine. He followed that with his fifth hat trick of the season, scoring three at UMBC.
Lusby has scored at least one goal in each of Loyola's eight games this season. The graduate student returned to game action in the season-opener after missing all but two games of the 2011 season. Now a graduate student, Lusby tore his right ACL in the 2010 NCAA First Round game against Cornell. He attempted to come back last year, but he saw limited action against Navy and Towson and was shut down to rehab the injury for the remainder of the season.
Lusby burst back onto the scene against Delaware, scoring the Greyhounds' first goal of the game on an extra-man opportunity, and the 2010 All-ECAC First Team member tallied three more in the second half.
Lusby reset his career-high at Bellarmine, tallying five goals in the victory to go with one assist, and added two more at Michigan.
Through Loyola's first eight games, Lusby is second on the team with 24 goals and 36 points.
Sawyer, Runkel Honored Again
For the second time this season, Mike Sawyer and Jack Runkel earned ECAC Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week honors on the same day, as the pair was honored on Monday following the Greyhounds' wins over Georgetown and UMBC.
Sawyer scored three goals against the Hoyas, and he then scored four-straight Loyola goals and finished with five at UMBC. Sawyer also matched his career-best with two assists against the Retrievers.
Runkel paced the Loyola defense in the two games, playing to a 5.50 goals against average. He made a career-best 13 saves in the win over UMBC.
Shot Advantage
Loyola has outshot its opponents in every game this season by a minimum of nine. The game against Duke (37-28) is the only time this season a Greyhounds' opponent has been within 10 shots of Loyola.
In all, the Greyhounds have taken 358 shots while holding opponents to 202.
Second Midfield Scoring
All three members of Loyola's second midfield unit scored at least one goal against Air Force, and the unit combined for three goals and two assists. Pat Byrnes led the way with a goal and a career-best two assists. J.P. Dalton and Phil Dobson each added goals of their own.
This season, all three members of the second line have five goals, while Byrnes and Dalton each have four assists. Dobson recorded the first two assists of his collegiate career last Saturday against UMBC. The unit has already scored more goals than it did last year when it had 10 goals and two assists during the season.
Toomey Wins 50th
Head coach Charley Toomey earned his 50th-career win Wednesday, March 7, as Loyola beat Michigan, 15-8.
Toomey, who is in his seventh season, has led Loyola to eight-plus wins in each of the last three seasons and has had the Greyhounds finish .500 or better in all seven seasons since coming to the Evergreen campus.
Sawyer Shows Same Form
Mike Sawyer has picked up where he left off a year ago, leading the team with 29 goals and 36 points through the first eight games. Sawyer led Loyola last season with 31 goals and 36 points.
Sawyer tied a then-career-high with five goals in the team's, 15-8, win at Michigan, before scoring a new personal-best six goals against Duke.
After scoring five goals against UMBC, he now has 16 career multi-goal games and the 19 multi-point effort of his tenure at Loyola.
Before the season, Sawyer was named to the Preseason All-ECAC Team and was named to the Face-Off Yearbook Preseason All-America Honorable Mention.
Dominant At The 'X'
In his first year as the Greyhounds' primary face-off man, senior J.P. Dalton has continued Loyola's tradition of excellence at the 'X'.
Through eight games, Dalton ranks eighth nationally in face-off percentage, winning restarts at a .619 clip (112-of-181). As a unit, the Greyhounds entered the week third-best in the nation at .611.
Dalton is second on the team with 34 ground balls, while one of his primary wings, Scott Ratliff leads the team with 37. Josh Hawkins, who returned from injury to make his season-debut on March 10 against Duke, has 19 in four games, and Pat Laconi has 13. Davis Butts has also seen time on the wing and has 20 ground balls this season.
Ward Dishes Five
Justin Ward played the role of feeder in Loyola's 13-6 win over Towson, finishing the game with five assists. Just one week previously, the sophomore recorded his first collegiate assist against Delaware.
Ward became the first Loyola player to record five or more assists since Shane Koppens had six in a March 10, 2009, win over Bryant.
Scoring In Two Straight
Loyola posted 13 goals in back-to-back games to open the season, marking the first time since April 2007 that the Greyhounds scored 13 or more in two games in a row.
The last time it happened, Loyola defeated Fairfield, 19-2, on April 21, 2007, and Hobart, 17-10, on April 28.
Through just two games, the Greyhounds rank eighth in NCAA Division I in goals per game (13.0).
Ratliff Honored For Second Time
Loyola long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff was named the ECAC Co-Specialist of the Week on Monday after turning in impressive numbers in last Saturday's win over Air Force. Ratliff scored twice and had an assist while picking up seven ground balls against the Falcons.
Earlier this season, Ratliff earned ECAC Defensive Player of the Week laurels after the Greyhounds' opener against Delaware.
Ratliff is currently sixth among active long poles in career scoring. He has seven goals and five assists for 12 points. This year, he has three goals and two assists, as well as a team-leading 32 ground balls.
Sawyer, Runkel Earns ECAC Honors
Mike Sawyer and Jack Runkel were honored as ECAC Lacrosse Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week on March 12 following wins at Michigan and against Duke.
Sawyer scored 11 goals and had 14 points, setting career highs in both categories. He scored five goals and had six points in Michigan's first-ever home game, before breaking those personal records with six goals and eight points in a win over Duke. He also picked up a career-high six ground balls, finishing the week with nine ground balls.
Runkel made the first two starts of his collegiate career, posting an 8.00 goals-against average and .515 save percentage to help the Greyhounds in two wins. Playing less than three minutes between the pipes as a freshman last season, he started the Michigan game and held the Wolverines to eight goals, while making five saves. He then made a career-high 12 saves against a Duke team that has played in the last five Final Fours.
Bonitatibus, Runkel Both Win First Starts
Junior Michael Bonitatibus made his first collegiate start in goal for the Greyhounds against Delaware after having played less than two minutes prior to this season.
Bonitatibus, who played 65 seconds in his collegiate debut last year at Duke, made seven saves for the Greyhounds and allowed just eight goals. He also picked up five ground balls and caused two turnovers.
Bonitatibus became the first Loyola goalkeeper to win his starting debut in nearly 11 years. The last was Mark Bloomquist who also defeated Delaware, 8-7, on February 24, 2001.
Jack Runkel made his first career start against Michigan and also won his initial outing as a starter. He tallied five saves against the Wolverines, and he then posted a career-high 12 against Duke.
Record At Ridley
After going 4-1 at Ridley Athletic Complex last season, the Greyhounds have opened their third year at the stadium with five wins at home. Loyola is now 13-3 all-time at Ridley.
What's Next
The Greyhounds head on the road for their next three games, all contests at ECAC Lacrosse League opponents, starting with an April 7 date at Fairfield University.


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WORCESTER — If the bundled-up pedestrians hustling miserably across City Hall Plaza this week happened to look up, they may have noticed an unfamiliar flag flapping in the icy wind.
On a special pole, the city hoisted a national flag more commonly seen rustling in the sultry sea breezes of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.
Thursday was the Caribbean nation's Independence Day.
At other times of the year, you'll find the national flags of Greece or Ghana or Kosovo flying from the pole in front of City Hall. The flag of the United Nations has flown there in honor of World Refugee Day, as has the rainbow banner for the Worcester Pride Parade.
The American and Massachusetts flags always fly high over City Hall Plaza on their own poles, but any cultural group in the city can apply to have their home country's banner hoisted for a few days as well.
Flags from South America, Africa and Asia all have been featured, according to city records.
"We adopt the city as part of our own culture, and the city becomes part of us. By the city allowing us to have the flag there, we feel acknowledged, included," said Nestor Chevalier of Casa Cultural Dominicana de Worcester.
In June, the Liberian flag flew over City Hall Plaza in recognition of the independence of the West African nation, which was founded by former American slaves.
"It made us proud. It meant a lot to have our flag there. It's something we really appreciated as Liberians, and it's a lot of help in people here getting to know us," said Joshua Bing, president of the Liberian Association of Worcester County.
The foreign flags often arouse the curiosity of passersby, but the Liberian flag, especially, was met with head scratching and questions because it looks so much like the American flag, but with only one large star.
"The first time the flag went up, we had a lot of calls. People wanted to know what was this flag because of the similarity. They wondered about it, so we got to talk about the country of Liberia with them," Mr. Bing said.
Worcester's large Vietnamese community also fielded some questions when the city hoisted their yellow flag with three horizontal red stripes, a banner older Americans might recognize as the flag of the former South Vietnam. The official flag of communist Vietnam has been yellow star on a red background since the war ended in the 1970s.
"Worcester has the second largest Vietnamese population in Massachusetts after Boston, but I don't know if people here recognized our flag or not," said Minh Mailloux, who fled to Leominster and then Worcester shortly after the Vietnam War ended.
"To us, we lost a war, but we didn't lose our identity. For our flag to be recognized by the city is significant to us," Ms. Mailloux said. "It represents the country we knew and the freedom and democracy our fathers and brothers fought for."
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It's the brightest of the flashlights I tested in this roundup. And although it weighs a full pound (due to its eight AA batteries), it actually feels lighter, thanks to the rhombic knurling along its barrel. The grooved pattern also provides a more solid grip. Using a pair of switches on the side, you can quickly select between four different brightness levels and two strobe functions. The "turbo" mode pushes out 860 lumens, which is bright enough to be seen 1,600 feet away. Even what Fenix calls its "high beam mode" delivers a robust 365 lumens. The middle level illuminates at 120 lumens, which Fenix claims can last up to 27 hours on a single charge. A low-power mode produces a 15 lumen beam that can last for 10 days. Hold down one of the control switches and a turbo-powered strobe flashes. Continue to hold the switch and the strobe transforms into an S.O.S. signal that can flash for more than a day on fresh batteries. Adding to the survival features is a scalloped tail cap that's strong enough to break glass -- just what you need to escape through your car window after catapulting off the icy bridge and into the river. Bonus: the TK41 has earned an IPX-8 waterproof certification, so it can be used continuously underwater. WIRED Solid, fully waterproof construction. Several illumination levels and strobe modes. Blasts up to 860 lumens on the highest setting, and can run for 10 days on its lowest setting. Easy adjustment with dual switches on barrel. TIRED One-pound weight and over 8-inch length is overkill for most applications. Eight AA batteries, while universally available, can be considered excessive. Rating: 8 out of 10Photo by Alex Washburn/WiredStreamlight ProTac HL Don't let the diminutive size of Streamlight's ProTac HL ($130) fool you. The 5.4-inch, sub-6-ounce flashlight pumps out a brilliant 600 lumens at max output, and has plentiful (maybe too many), programmable light settings. Controlled by its multi-function, push-button tactical tail switch, the anodized, machined aircraft aluminum flashlight fits securely either in its included canvas holster, or in its removable pocket clip. The ProTac HL has a considerably shorter runtime than I expected, lasting just over an hour at its maximum setting. Switch it to its lower 33-lumen output, however, and it can last a full 18 hours. In an emergency, the strobe light can flash at full strength for 2.5 hours. It uses a pair of 3-volt CR123A lithium batteries, which look like shrunken C-cell batteries, and which are included with each purchase. To dial in the different light settings, you use Streamlight's Ten-Tap switch, a rubberized spongy button of the company's own design. It's a programmable switch for flipping between ten different light settings -- that is, if you're agile enough to figure out the speed and force at which to push the button. A solid, single push (the default) turns on the high beam. 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KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaica's world 100 metres champion Yohan Blake could miss the Jamaica International Invitational on May 4 and the Shanghai Diamond League meeting a fortnight later because of a hamstring injury, his coach Glen Mills said on Tuesday.
Mills told Reuters that the right hamstring injury sustained by Blake during a 100 metres race on Saturday at the UTECH Track and Field Classic in Kingston was more serious than originally thought.
"An MRI done Monday afternoon revealed the hamstring injury sustained was more serious than first thought," he said. "Blake could be out for several weeks as he recuperates."
Blake, who finished second to training partner Usain Bolt in last year's London Olympics 100 and 200 metres final, trailed former world champion Kim Collins of St Kitts & Nevis after 40 metres following a less than impressive start in his first 100 of the season on Saturday.
The joint second fastest man ever then pulled up, favoring his right hamstring as he tried to power past Collins.
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