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The Eagles' off-season turned more curious when Sheldon Brown became the latest casualty in the team's "Benjamin Button" transformation.
The 31-year-old cornerback was dealt to the Browns today, along with linebacker Chris Gocong, in exchange for two draft picks and 24-year-old linebacker Alex Hall.
While there appears to be evidence to the contrary, the Eagles say they aren't rebuilding.
"The word rebuilding will never enter our vocabulary," Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said, according to the team's Web site. "We're trying to win. We're trying to win right now. I think we're just trying to get better in all areas. We're trying to build a team that this city can be proud of. We're excited about that. We've got a lot more work to do."
Roseman expressed similar sentiments in an earlier conference call with reporters. Here's the transcript of that interview.
The Eagles are getting younger and younger.
A closer look at the team's moves since late February, when they announced the release of running back Brian Westbrook, reveals a sharp contrast in age between those coming and going. In a five-week span the Eagles have shed 11 players and added six. If you add unrestricted free agent linebacker Jeremiah Trotter to the 11 -- coach Andy Reid said he would not return -- the average age of the departed is 29.5. The average age of the six new players, on the other hand, is 25.3.
And, of course, 33-year-old quarterback Donovan McNabb is on the trading block with 25-year-old Kevin Kolb waiting in the wings.
The Eagles typically subtract aging players for younger ones, but this off-season seems more drastic than other ones. Last week at the NFL owners' meetings, Reid was asked if the off-season turnover was a matter of getting younger and reloading or getting younger and rebuilding.
"We expect to win games," he said. "When we bring young guys in we bring them in with that in mind. We want the best ones we can find and expect them to hold up the tradition that we've built."
The Eagles won't say it publicly, out of respect to the veteran players that left, but they viewed each as declining. Of course, there's something to be said for experience and having leaders on the roster. Brown and Westbrook, for example, were lead-by-example vets.
Here are the players that have left, along with their ages: Defensive end Darren Howard (33, Trotter (33), wide receiver Kevin Curtis (31), Brown (31), Westbrook (30), linebacker Will Witherspoon (29), wide receiver Reggie Brown (29), defensive end Jason Babin (29), defensive end Chris Clemons (28), safety Sean Jones (28), guard Shawn Andrews (27) and Gocong (26).
And here are the Eagles' additions since March 5: Wide receiver Hank Baskett (27), running back Mike Bell (26), safety Marlin Jackson (26), defensive end Darryl Tapp (25), linebacker Alex Hall (24) and wide receiver Chad Hall (23).
Click here for the earlier post on the Brown/Gocong deal.


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Speed stacking, cup stacking, sport stacking, speed cup sport stacking – no matter how many times the official association (yes, the WSSA – World Sport Stacking Association — to be exact) decides to change their name, it will always be the game of stacking cups as fast as possible. It isn't just about creating a large tower of cups. There are set rules, competitive sequences, special cups, and timers.
We'll leave the details of the rules and sequences for another blog to cover and we'll focus on what we know: education toys! It might be difficult to think of a cup as a toy—much less as an educational toy—so we'll break it down.
The Cups
We'll stick with the cups made by Speed Stacks, since they fly off our shelves. For starters, Speed Stacks are actually endorsed by the WSSA and are the only cups allowed in WSSA-sanctioned events. These cups are designed for ultimate stacking speed with ribs to allow them to separate easier, smooth insides, and even a ventilation hole to prevent sticking. That's not your average cup!
The Educational Part
Believe it or not, there have been several scientific studies on the effects of sport stacking, as well as educational systems referencing the benefits of sport stacking. Here are a few of the highlights:
- After 5 weeks of sport stacking, second graders showed an increase in both eye-hand coordination and reaction time
- An experimental group of students performed higher on a reading test after doing cup stacking twice a week for the four weeks before the test
- Colorado state standards use cup stacking as an example of showing proficiency in the ability to cross the mid-line of the body
(Source: http://www.jmu.edu/kinesiology/hpainstitute/documents/SpeedStackingRationale.pdf)
Where To Buy Speed Stacks
Speed Stacks Set with DVD (Cool Blue)
Item #20770, $19.95
also available in neon green, neon orange, neon pink, really red, and royal purple
Speed Stacks Sport Pack – 15 Set
Item 20771, $354.95
How to do it!
The video that opened the 2010 World Sport Stacking Championships.


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Are 2 days enough to explore Carndonagh?
It is slightly difficult to explore the entire city in 48 hours time, but you can easily visit the hand-picked 8-10 points of interest in Carndonagh on your trip. You will have to travel a bit if you want to cover all the popular places in Carndonagh within 2 days. So, if you have any particular place in mind, then plan your Carndonagh visit accordingly. If it is a weekend trip, check for special events happening and plan accordingly.
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With so many things to explore, Carndonagh is a place to be. Walk along the streets of Carndonagh and soak in the very essence of its people, and culture, dine at its attractive restaurants; shop at its ambient stores, and unwind at one of its many green spaces. Wondering what to see in 2 days in Carndonagh? Triphobo offers you perfect itineraries that will cover all the must see places in Carndonagh. Start your day 1 in Carndonagh by visiting St. Patrick's High Cross, Carndonagh Presbyterian Church in the morning. Experience the good food in the afternoon at local restaurants in Carndonagh. The best way to see Carndonagh and absorb its culture is by visiting Monreagh Heritage Centre and spending some time there. Afterwards take a cab or walk to the Nerve Centre which will take up the afternoon. In the evening, head to the Bocan Stone Circle before wrapping up the day where you can stroll, eat and shop in peace. On the day 2, we suggest you visit the Newmills Corn & Flax Mill, followed by Malin Head and North Coast Open Topper. With these Carndonagh weekend itineraries and 2-day trips, we can make sure you will not miss out on any fun!
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Okay - Are we in agreement that WITHOUT the anti-abortionists, there is no "Republican Party"?
The separation of church and state is the distance in the relationship between organized religion and the nation state.
The Republicans real fight: Get back their constituents.
Okay - Are we in agreement that WITHOUT the anti-abortionists, there is no "Republican Party"?
I don't believe abortion is primarily a religious issue.
If in fact God thinks its wrong or immoral, then its a issue between the woman and God. Nobody else should be involved.
Personally, I'm pro life to an extent, not because I think life begins at conception; I don't, but because no matter how you look at it, it's denying an eventual person the opportunity to live. Up to a point, they don't exist yet as a person as far as I'm concerned. I don't know when exactly that point is, but either way, it's a choice to allow them to exist or not.
That said, I'm pro choice because I think it should be a personal decision that I don't think the government should make for anyone. Plus I'm a dude and consider it a woman's choice. If the vast majority of women ever come out in droves asking for it to be made illegal, then maybe I'll switch sides.
All fine and dandy. I am not going to get into "when life begins". BUT.
Why do I have to pay for your abortions? THAT is the double standard. You don't want religious people to tell you what to do with your body but why do those religious people have to pay for your abortions?
Oh, and BTW. "Women's health issues" and "contraception" = "abortion". Every time you hear a Dem talk about women's health they are talking about abortion. Don't get it twisted. Lets call it what it is and not hide behind semantics.
Also, lets take the 20,000 "rape pregnancies" and other extreme cases out of the equation. Do you guys think it is good for society to make getting an abortion easier? What message does it send?
BTW, technically I am "pro-life" but I do not want to overturn Roe v Wade. It has been decided and is done as far as I am concerned. I just think the rate of abortions says something about our society.
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I can see that you guys are heading over the cliff, as anyone does.
Someone pointed out to me that "Nobody is ever WRONG on this issue". Resolution, at the level of the Nation, seems impossible.
Check this: the polls showed that many people voted Dem because of the hardline anti abortion stance.
Then they cut to the hard-core Anti Abortionists, shown chiding the Republicans that they should have campaigned HARDER and MORE STUBBORNLY on Pro life issues, and since they DID NOT, that's why they lost to Dems.
Are we going to allow this to take down our two party system?
To try to gather these votes, the (R) are treading a fine line that may have shifted. The Moral Majority seems to be having trouble defining morality for 2012.
I am pro life personally but am not anti abortion. The state should stay out of the matter. It's settled law anyway and will never be overturned.
You want an abortion? Get an abortion. But don't expect someone else to pay for it. Pay yourself or get a "pro bono" doctor or clinic to handle it without taxpayer or health plan funds. (Rape or incest exclusion). The same applies to birth control. Your decision, you pay. Same with drugs like Viagra. Same with elective surgery (nose job, boob job).
Weight reduction - run 20 minutes everyday. And a myriad of other personal "medical" issues.
Personal responsibility and accountability.
It seems that the Republicans are acting as mere shills for the group that wants law overturned, and that it's okay for the AA to slow down civic process, preventing it from operating at it highest and best order.
I don't see the defiance slowing, but growing.
I am an "economic" Republican. That means pragmatic and willing for SOME compromise. Certain things the government needs to help with financially, many not. THe abuses and overkill are astounding and too numerous to list.
I fully endorse some chanages in taxation. We already have a progressive system which is abused. Some need to pay "modestly" more. If the change is severe, jobs will be lost. I also think everyone should pay something - even a very modest amount - skin in the game.
I beleive there needs to be a path to immigration. But we can not have rampant overrunning of the borders without any control. That IS a crime. And criminals from elsewhere should never be allowed to become citizens or even stay here.
Frankly, neither side is exercising common sense. And neither side is moderate, middle of the road which is exactly what is needed.
There is no method to dispose of the excess embryos that is morally acceptable to everyone. Occasionally, an infertile couple will need to go back for a second try at achieving a pregnancy. This happens when the first procedure did not produce a pregnancy, or when the couple wants to have an additional child. One or more additional embryos are then removed from storage, thawed out, and implanted. But even when that happens, perhaps 16 of the couple's embryos will still remain frozen. These surplus embryos will almost inevitably be destroyed:
- Perhaps 50% do not survive the freezing or thawing process.
- Others will die during storage.
- Equipment malfunction, perhaps after decades of storage, might destroy hundreds of embryos.
- Some parents ask that the surplus embryos be destroyed in order to save the cost of maintaining them in storage.
- Some clinics simply dispose of surplus embryos without freezing them.
So, thus far post election, the key to a Republican return is:
-End all efforts at immigration enforcement. Promote and support illegal immigration and call it "immigration" until all immigration restrictions can be repealed and called "reform".
-Pander, in every way possible, to the African American Community, apparently by ending any effort to curb social welfare, and by cutting all ties with the "Religious right".
-End all efforts to oppose abortion. Period. Agree to pay for any and all abortions, contraceptives and fully fund planned parenthood, even if Obamacare already covers everything Planned Parenthood does via other providers.
-Never, ever, put up for office a wealthy man. Or a white man. Middle-class or lower, women or "peope of color" only.
-Cut the Millitary by 75% minimum. Spend every penny cut on social programs and "social justice" programs to set right the discrepancy between white men, and women and people of color in all aspects of society.
So, there we have it, the winning (R) ticket for 2016.
My post is 100% on-topic, given that one major key you're clearly pushing is that (R) needs to cut loose it's Religious base, something we both know isn't going to happen, and is a core difference (in real policy terms) between (R) and (D).
Your thread is simply another example of smug patronization suggesting that (R) wins by becoming (D-light). It's a consistent theme here now, in thread after thread. Moderate by kicking out each group that supports one pillar of (R) policy.
I don't even like Religion, as my posting record clearly shows, and even I can see this is a laughbale idea for (R) to follow. As you say, without the Anti-abortionists, i.e. the Christian Vote, there is no (R). So why would you expect (R) to dump them?
Our country was founded on compromise. NONE of the founders got what they wanted. EXCEPT A NEW COUNTRY.
We have no place for bozos like Grover Norquist. Or Nancy Pelosi or Jesse Jackson Jr. or Sarah Palin. All fringe players.
Everybody has to give a little and that means in all areas. Spending AND revenue.


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Ok; am I the only one preturbed about the "New" products that PepsiCo has been bringing out? The reason I bring this up is; I asked a question if Pepsi Holiday Spice would be out this year? This is the answer I got from PepsiPimp: "It looks as if we will be pushing Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash this year"!....WHAT?!?!? You expect this to be a BIG seller?!?! First of all if you intended this to be a "Holiday" flavor; you should've labeled it as so. Second..Its been done before! Mixing a lemon-lime pop with another fruit flavor has been done a BILLION times. BRING BACK HOLIDAY SPICE!!!!!
Now on with the other mistake; JAZZ! Why did they only bring it out in DIET? Everybody that know me (family and friends) knows that Im a PEPSI FREAK, know that I DON'T DRINK DIET! When they came to me and asked if I knew that Pepsi had two new flavors? Then I have to tell them "Yes, but its Diet Pepsi". You dont know how many arguments with people that it was Diet Pepsi. Then I have to bring up the website and show them that DIET PEPSI is very small in the middle of the label.
This was Pepsi's plan, so that people dont recognize that its Diet...Until they drink it, or stare at it! Its not even emphysized in the commericial that it's a diet cola. As I said in another thread; the flavors are good, but with it being diet they are bland and have a bad after-taste! I know they think they are doing the HEALTHY thing, but HEALTHY DOESNT SELL...especially with us die-hard fans!
[ 10-03-2006, 03:37 PM: Message edited by: DakotaDave ]PepsiCo...BRING BACK SLICE!
First off, "healthy" does sell, whether you like it or not. You may be right in that diet sodas don't appeal to a lot of diehard soda fans, but believe me, there's definitely a market for them. I don't think the Jazz flavors have much of an aftertaste either, but that's just me.
And I can understand that you might miss Holiday Spice, but let's face it, Cranberry Splash will probably appeal more to the masses.
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Hate to burst your bubble Dave but I think Pepsi's marketing department knows what it is doing. I know down here in S Fl. the Pepsi Holiday Spice was still in the stores February 1st. Perhaps it didn't move that well in other places as well.
Furthermore, I think the Sierra Mist with Cranberry is a great idea. Very seasonal to say the least. I'm sure it will make a great alcholic and non alcoholic mixer.
Pepsi Jazz is an attempt to gain wide spread acceptance of diet sodas without using the "diet" moniker. Studies show that men, more than women stay away from diet sodas due to the name alone. Pepsi Jazz is supposed to be an alternative to the "diet" drink.Whether you think can or think you can\'t, you\'re probably right!
Good,well designed,well flavored soda pops will sell whether they be diet or sugar! There is a healthy (major) market for diet soft drinks. Take Diet Doctor Pepper; now that is perhaps one of the all time best diet soft drinks.
My point is that just because your individual tastes are for sugar soft drinks does not negate the mega demand for the diet catagory.
By the way,I only drink sugar soda pops after years of drinking only diet soda pops. I do understand not enjoying diet soda pops. [img]smile.gif[/img]Don't worry, be happy. Meher Baba
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I enjoyed pepsi spice but it didn't sell worth a damn - we had to cut the price to a $1 a 12 pack just to get rid of it. Pepsi is doing the right thing getting in and out of flavor extensions like it will do with sierra mist cranberry splash. as for pepsi jazz, it is selling pretty good, which is fueled by the diet soda craze that is out there.
and i agree diet soda is gross - i'd rather drink waterVault Sucks, Do The Dew
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First of all I think Pepsi made to much of "Holiday Spice" thats why they couldnt get rid of it. Most generally people dont Christmas flavored anything after the Holidays. Thats why it was hard to sell (granted I would drink Holiday Spice all the time). Just make enough for the general Holiday Season. Cranberry Splash sounds ho-hum to me, and as I said earlier; if its intended to be a "Holiday" flavor..Label it as such. Who cares about the mixed drink thing; there's Ocean Spray for that!
[ 10-03-2006, 09:30 PM: Message edited by: DakotaDave ]PepsiCo...BRING BACK SLICE!
Not to be a smart ass but just like myself,we are both "arm chair lovers" of the soda pop industry. Why not state your notion as a question to the industry experts who lurk on this board?
You might be surprised to hear how other regions of the country have sold the various holiday soda pops. Just my two cents. [img]smile.gif[/img]
[ 10-06-2006, 10:22 PM: Message edited by: Mr Zabe ]Don't worry, be happy. Meher Baba
Jazz is doing well in all the points I ahve talked to- though it has slowed down a bit since intro. Furthermore just like the rest of the board said, Diet is here to stay. Still I think the Mist xtension is at best a so-so idea and at worst a modertly bad choice concidering the stagnation in the brand (and you must remember this is Pepsi's #3 most promoted brand, and has seen even further expansion recently- despite very flat sales). I expect that some of the Jazz lineup will stabilize and create a solid market but needless to say this is- like many recent big 3 spinnioffs- a short term product which will be gone by the end of the the decade at the very latest.<b>Hey Pepsi, Shasta called, they want their lemon-lime back.</b>
There are almost 300 million people in this country - Pepsi would lose tons of money if they kept products around that only a few people bought.
With the recent product launches, most diet versions have done better than their HFCS counterparts. Near the end, Diet Vanilla Coke was way outselling regular. Coke w/ Lime can't hold a candle to Diet Coke w/ Lime. And I'm sure that Pepsi's counterpart products had similar sales results.
Canada Dry sells a ton of Cranberry Ginger Ale around the holidays around here - they build these massive displays and it's included in them. And in some areas, the CSAB bottler brings out the cranberry just for the holidays (it's year 'round in these parts). I think Cranberry Sierra Mist is a good move.
Apparently, you are the only one who's "preturbed."
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What does it mean to be a liberal arts university? At AU, it means that we believe students need to graduate with a thorough knowledge of their chosen field and a broad understanding of the world around them.
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First-year students get started with their liberal arts requirements with two courses. During the fall semester, every first-year student takes LART 1050 First-Year Seminar. The hallmark of this first course is the establishment of a mentoring relationship with a faculty member and with an upper-level student. These mentors become resources for the students during their first year and beyond.
The second semester course, LART 1100 Critical Thinking Seminar, focuses on building the critical thinking skills and independent voice that students will need to be successful throughout their time at AU. Students stay with the same cohort through both semesters.
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According to published reports in Denver, the Colorado Rockies aren't expected to bring back pitcher Jason Marquis (won 15 games and averaged 6 2/3 innings per start) or outfielder Brad Hawpe (who is scheduled to make $7.5 million next year).
Hawpe, who hit .285 with 23 homers and 86 RBI, would be more than a capable replacement in left field for Angel Pagan/Fernando Tatis. A definite upgrade. Hawpe is a productive player who doesn't make considerable money, but I'm not so sure the Mets will want to deal for him if they can sign somebody else.


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Human beings over the centuries and across cultures have long been fascinated with and captivated by angels. We seek their protection and pray for their guidance. We both fear and crave their presence. We put them on necklaces, coffee mugs, mouse pads and more. When it comes to angels, our expressions of love run from the ridiculous to the sublime, inspiring everything from a wildly inappropriate Victoria's Secret ad campaign to the strikingly beautiful film "Wings of Desire."
Although Catholics often begin their prayer connection to angels in childhood, with the sing-song words of the Angel of God prayer — "Ever this night, be at my side to light and guard, to rule and guide" — angels are by no means child's play. They are complex spiritual beings, often misunderstood by us humans who try to give them features and attributes that are more akin to existence on earth than heaven. Chubby little babylike cherubs sporting wings and harps cannot begin to do justice to the reality of angels in our midst.
So, what exactly are we dealing with here, and what role do angels play in our personal prayer lives?
"Angels are purely spiritual personal beings. They're persons like us. They have intellect and will. They're capable of love. They're spiritual, as we are," said Mike Aquilina, author of "Angels of God: The Bible, the Church and the Heavenly Hosts" (Servant Books, $12.99). "Unlike us, however, they don't have a physical, material component. As [Van Halen singer] David Lee Roth used to say, they 'ain't got no body.' So they're not limited in many of the ways we are."
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The Bible lists so many different types of spiritual beings in the angel category — angels, archangels, cherubim, seraphim, principalities, powers, thrones, dominions, watchers and holy ones — it's no wonder humans get a little confused about who's who and resort to thinking of angels as little more than friendly ghosts. But don't be fooled by the seemingly sweet demeanor; these are serious beings with a serious job.
Matthew Bunson, author of "Angels A to Z: Who's Who in the Heavenly Host" (Random House, $16) explains that "angel" is really a description of their "office," not the name of their nature. "We know that they're spirit but also what they do," he said. "Their essential function, as St. Augustine put it, is attending the divine throne. They are messengers … somebody who brings word, someone who acts as a carrier of a message. Angels deliver into our lives messages from God, messages from the divine that have great importance in our lives."
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So angels are mediators between God and humanity, as evidenced by what we read in Scripture. The same archangel Gabriel who brings a message to Daniel in the Old Testament appears to Mary in the New Testament. An angel appears to the shepherds in the field to bring them "good news of great joy," and we know from Luke's Gospel that they were "struck with great fear." Angels surprise us, encourage us, assist us, teach us and, according to Bunson, "rebuke" us. That certainly goes against the cherubic image their PR people have been promoting.
"There is that fraternal correction that all of us need, and that's something we need to mindful that angels can also be told to do," Bunson told OSV, explaining that the "rebuke" may come in the form of a quiet gnawing at our conscience for something we know we've done wrong. "The thing I come back to with that is the spiritual power of angels. … Their power, their beauty is almost beyond our imagining. We have long sold the angel short. We try to reduce them to our level. In doing that we undercut who they are, but we also undercut a little bit God's magnificence and the beauty of his creation because he made them, and he made them with a specific purpose."
As powerful and as magnificent as the angels are, that "specific purpose" is to serve humankind, demonstrating God's immense love for us and putting humans and angels into in constant contact and, even, constant tension.
My guardian dear …
As a Catholic who grew up saying the Angel of God prayer every night, I have to admit that I figured I'd outgrown angels by the time I reached young adulthood. When the angel craze hit in the 1990s, well, that was just one more reason to avoid the subject of angels entirely. It was only later, in more recent years that the presence of a guardian angel has become palpable in my life. As I pray for my children, my husband, myself and my friends, I find more and more that I appeal to the guardian angels, trusting completely in their presence in our day-to-day lives, and sensing their presence on more than one occasion, not in the "struck with great fear" fashion, but in a subtle feeling that God is at work through someone or something that has been placed in my life at just the right moment.
"The fact that we have guardian angels is evident in the Scriptures, both the Old Testament and the New. Devotion to the guardian angels was a basic element in the piety of the early Church Fathers and all the saints in subsequent ages. It's part of being Christian," said Aquilina, whose latest book, "A Year with the Angels" (TAN Books, $44.95) will be released in November.
"I don't know how people survive family life without a deep devotion to the guardian angels. The angels are expert at interpersonal relations. I ask my guardian angel about the best ways to deal with my wife — who is, after all, from Venus, while I'm from Mars. For the angels, that's no great distance," Aquilina told OSV. "I also go to the guardian angels of each of my children, asking them to help me know the best things to say and do for each kid. Family life can and should be a grand conspiracy of love. From one of the saints, St. Josemaría Escrivá, I picked up the habit of greeting the guardian angel of everyone I meet — silently, in my heart. I try to be faithful to this. It seems to make life a little easier."
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And yet praying to your angel is not a guarantee that life will go along without pain or problems. For every person who can recall a time when he or she made the right move at the right moment and averted disaster, there is another person who landed in the wrong place at the wrong time, guardian angel and all. So what's the point of praying to an angel who can't necessarily change the outcome of our lives?
"The guardian angel's job description is to get us to heaven — not to minimize our pain or even keep us from dying, unless that helps to satisfy their primary mission from God," Aquilina said. "Sometimes our greatest spiritual growth will come through pain, which we never would have chosen for ourselves; and dying is the only doorway to everlasting happiness. Our angels will not prevent these things, even if we think we want them to!"
Aquilina explained that while our guardian angels may at times help us find a parking space or avoid serious danger, the angel has a "providential purpose" that supersedes the earthly stuff we tend to focus on.
"We're all going to suffer, and we're all going to die, even though we all have guardian angels. But we all want to get to heaven, and that should be what we want more than anything else," he added. "Our guardian angels are here to help us get there."
Mary DeTurris Poust writes from New York. Her latest book is "The Essential Guide to Catholic Prayer and the Mass" (Alpha, $16.95).
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Grove Veterinary Practise in Fakenham, having examined the body of YT, the fourth and final peregrine chick to fledge from the nest box at Norwich Cathedral and who was found dead in the Cathedral grounds.
Grove have reported that there is a crack in one of the neck bones of the bird. This suggests, as happens with many young peregrines during the early days after leaving the nest, that YT has suffered a collision with an object.
These birds travel at high speed during flight and as inexperienced youngsters, there is just not room for mistakes while they are learning to fly. The average survival rate for a brood is two so unfortunately fatalities are a natural occurrence and to be expected.
Here is a lovely clip of YT a couple of days previously playing with the unringed sibling:
The good news is that the surviving three chicks are very active and their hunting and flying training with the parents birds is proving quite spectacular. Now is an excellent time to visit the Cathedral to watch them.
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Un-walled Sparta... home to legend and stories of the greatest heroism. The finest hoplites in the entire world train together day and night, living for battle. Striving to conquer their neighbours to support their unorthodox regime the Lakedaimonioi lust for new lands cannot be quashed easily. The Messenioi have fallen and become helot slaves to the Lakedaimonioi. With them preparing for war almost constantly it could only be a matter of time before all Greece is held under her hegemony.
Lakedaimon's mainstay of battle are the Spartiatai - The most formidable Hoplites to ever grasp a spear stand unflinchingly in the face of any danger. Whilst the Krypteia might infiltrate the enemy camps and wreak havok among the terrified victims. Their cavalry is limited but the Lakedaimonioi need no prissy horsemen to win their battles. All they need is a strong right arm and the will to stand and fight!
Their lands are mountainous and not suitable for much agriculture which forces the Lakedaimonioi to expand and conquer new richer territories. With Athens only a few Stadia away an explosive war is soon to erupt and only the most cunning of commanders will be able to come out on top. With Greece being desperately fought over the armies of the east may soon take their chance to strike at the vulnerable Hellens. The Lakedaimonioi no doubt will be there to raise a Spear and stand for the freedom and Glory of Greece!


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Wax anatomical model of thorax, by Joseph Towne, London, England, 1825-1879
Wax anatomical models such as this were for teaching purposes. They were created by skilled craftsman and had to be realistic. This example was almost certainly modelled on a dead body because the word 'autopsy' features on the label. This example shows the thorax, or chest area, covered in pus-filled boils caused by the skin disease ecthyma luridum. This causes inflammation and spots to form on the skin. During the 1830s, physicians believed it was associated with people with 'broken constitutions' and was treatable with warm sulphurous baths. It is now easily treated with medicated creams. Joseph Towne was a wax modeller for Guy's Hospital, London for over 50 years, He completed several hundred models. In 1826, aged just 18 years-old he submitted his first model to the Royal Society of Arts and was awarded a silver medal. He won a gold medal from the same institution in 1827. Many of his models were based on direct observation of the human body via autopsy specimens. They are still useful teaching resources.
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I cracked open a copy of Bradley's Arnold last night, read through the introductory sections, and then came to the first exercise, which is just a group of English sentences.
As I read through the English, I realized that I know very few of the Latin equivalents. And even when I do track down the right words, I'm not sure that the sentence composition I come up with will use the preferred constructions. My questions, then, are two.
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"The ongoing popularity of Sony's first handheld system stands as a testament to its success in Japan. The PSP has now grown up alongside a fresh generation of gamers, and the system has proven to Japan that someone other than Nintendo can make a great portable. This market is ripe, and I'm gonna come right out and predict that Sony uses its upcoming PlayStation event to unveil the future of handheld gaming with its second portable system: The PSP2." -The Most Interesting Gamer in the World
I know, seriously. I am SO ready for another Sony handheld.
Now Feb 20th makes total sense!
Really, you think they are releasing an entirely new PS Vita when it's only been out a year. With practically another 9 years left in it's cycle?
Where do you people come up with these wild accusations.
This crap is getting old, first people are assuming it's about the PS4 now people are assuming they are already releasing a new PS Vita, which in fact the PS Vita is the PSP 2.. which is even more stupid to think about..
I thought this article was just talking about how Japan is finally buying PS Vita's but then it turned into another huge assumption just pulled out of someones ass or magic 8 ball.
are you sheldon? and can i have your autograph?
srsly though, the comments and the article are in jest. people aren't that stupid dude.
if true... here you have a PS Vita mad user...
to be fair, the psp 2000 series came out roughly 2 years after the original 1000 series. With that they made some important improvements. Such as a better screen, doubled the internal RAM and changed the placement of the speakers to make it sound better. They also added TV out.
If sony were to revise the Vita, why is it so hard to believe that it would be a year after the initial release? They could do some similar improvements (especially TV out) while at the same time, reduce production costs like 'possibly' removing the 3G support.
Looking back at the adoption rate of the PSP 1000 vs the 2000 we can see the 2000 (and 3000) sold to a higher number than the original 1000. Sony making a Vita slim could lead to increased sales of the newer unit over that of the original.
IMO a big disappointment in the Vita was lack of direct UMD compatibility. But hey, sony had their reasons for dropping the format in favor of the Vita's.
Indeed Vita is still in its infancy theres not way Sony can afford anew handheld right now since they made ZERO profit from Vita yet.
I miss the big red "/s" in that article. Reading through that seems they are serious. Seriously? BTW: Did you know that Vita devkits are internally referred to as PSP2?
your article is bad you should feel extremely bad
an interesting thing to point out, this is not an image of a PSP2 (playstation portable 2), rather a PS2P (playstation 2 portable)
maybe its a ps vita 2000 with a price cut to 199.99? kina like psp 2000????
Keep being ready handheld sales are trash nobody wants to develop for a dying market.
The Vita just needs a Monster Hunter to do well in Japan.
thanks now I dont have to say it for the umpteenth time. Sadly nintendo has exclusive titles so they are going to have to come up with monster hunter 5. Dont know how long exclusive lasts. We will have to see how long before minecraft hits sony to figure that one out.I bit the bullet and bought a 3dsxl for MH. I figure if sony did have a title it would be portable 3rdG or something and Im so sick of that game after playing it to death on ps3 import. The question is do I hold onto my vita now. We have phantasy star 2 which is free to download and play coming but its also on pc. Im not sure what to do. I would hate to sell it and regret it but all I have played since launch is freedom unite and dracula x psp on it.
I think there was an article on here stating that Nintendo will get MH exclusives until 2014. HOWEVER, we have Soul Sacrifice coming out! This game is supposed to be similar to MH but it is rumored to be even better since there is more depth to it. If I were you, I would not sell my Vita because we are only just starting to see quality games come out for it.
JP also needs new IP´s. My point is it does not have to be MH that does the job, Soul Sacrifice might be a big booster for the PS VITA in JP.
Your article is bad and you should feel bad.
I liked the article. It's hard to be a Vita owner, and really the performance of the handheld is a joke. Might as well have fun with it.
The Vita's performance is far from a joke, sales and games, however are lacklustre compared to what it deserves.
The tools are there,the hardware is definitely there, but the games in amount and quality are lacking. There are some gems out there for the little powerhouse, but not enough, I fear.
Dude have you seen the new PSV Killzone? Have you played Uncharted? The PSV is a powerhouse...there are two things needed for it's success and revival.
1. Price Drop.
2. Price Drop...on memory
That's it.
PSP got its own original Metal Gear close to launch, and had its own original Final Fantasy announced and with screenshots within about a year of release. I hope the same thing happens with the next PSP, because I like those series.
I know this is all in jest but as a Vita owner it makes me quite sad.
"Japan Is Ready For The PSP2"
it's called the PSvita, you fool.
The Vita already has more must-have titles than the PSP had, throughout its lifetime. I don't understand the gripes.
"The Vita already has more must-have titles than the PSP had, throughout its lifetime"
WTF, no it doesn't.
No it really does not.
Not yet at least. Psp saw similar hardware sales and got a lot of support. I dont think the devs would pass on a system like the vita. Once it gets a price drop hardware sales will pick up thwn we will see games like gta and mgs *if phantom pain isnt for vita* and the others...not to mention the multiplayer aspect of the sports games and fighting games (I really want tekken). The psp had a great amount of support better games but just wait like we did with the psp, the vota will have its day
Really? I can only think of like 3 Must have tittles:
1. P4G (Altough i have the PS2 version so im not totally interested).
2. Uncharted Golden Abbyss
3. Gravity Rush
After that there arent too much games that a gamer must have.
I have nothing agaisnt the Vita is just that i love my PSP more.
PSP didn't had titles that strong in its first year. Not to mention other good games like Assassin's Creed Liberation, LBP, Zero Escape, Ninja Gaiden, Unit 13, a bunch of good fighting games and some others.
"After that there arent too much games that a gamer must have"
Are you Pachter? please stop telling what gamers "must have" and talk solely for yourself.
I personally want most of the 60+ and upcoming PS VITA games.
I have P4G and Gravity Rush both are really awesome. I played the Ucharted demo and hated it.
I don't know about throughout it's lifetime, but it's definitely off to a better start than the PSP was game wise. I barely had anything to play on my PSP the first year or so. The Vita however is a completely different story, it's got more good games than I can keep up with. All the bitching about the Vita's library is really uncalled for. It's got a great library.
Good PS Vita games I own:
Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation
Lumines: Electronic Symphony
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Gravity Rush
WipEout 2048
Persona 4 Golden
Mortal Kombat
Ragnarok Odyssey
LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
Super Stardust Delta
Mutant Blobs Attack
Escape Plan
PlayStation All-Stars
Jet Set Radio
Frobisher Says
Retro City Rampage
MotorStorm RC
Sound Shapes
Foosball 2012
Jetpack Joyride
Stardrone Extreme
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus
Good looking PS Vita games I don't own yet:
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Smart As
Sine Mora
MGS HD Collection
Unit 13
Touch My Katamari
Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
New Little King's Story
Silent Hill: Book of Memories
Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed
Street Fighter X Tekken
Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Sumioni: Demon Arts
Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
When Vikings Attack
Knytt Underground
Big Sky Infinity
Rayman Origins
Army Corps of Hell
DJ Max Technika Tune
Upcoming PS Vita games I'm getting:
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Killzone: Mercenary
Soul Sacrifice
Warrior's Lair
Phantasy Star Online 2
There's more than enough good games to play on the Vita. Some people are just too hard to please or don't know what they're missing.
From your list it looks like the Vita is in serious need of some RPGs. Maybe they just aren't listed because of your particular gaming preference though?
I didn't see any good PSN games for Vita and I'm not buy console ports for Vita(I can play them on my PS360). When it come to actual Vita only games theirs not alot right now.
And im ready to see the psvita future on the 20th, i know i already saw a glimpse (Sly, Soul Sacrifice, Tearaway, Killzone Mercenary) but i think sony needs to announce new vita games at the event, a price drop wouldnt hurt either.
This article is terrible it's like it was written before the vita was released...
The vita is the psp2 just sony seems to have forgotten how to market the system as well as make decent games like the psp. 3ds was just the same in the first year before the price cut and the stream of games! So sony if you read this take the opportunity to make better games for the vita and make people buy it like the psp!
WTF?? I dont think sony would do this, that would mean R.I.P vita :( and also alot of angry PS Vita owners. Feb 20 is going to be Gaikai and maybe a little ps4 tease
This article's a joke right? He's like pretending the Vita never came out to make points about how a PSP successor aught to be... I think.
I'm barely bothered to read this. I suppose it makes all the points we're familiar with.
wow why do people think if a system is not selling well the company should kill it and make a new one news flash it didn't work out so well when sega did it
1 Sony announcing "PSP 2" would kill their market entirely. You don't put out Vita and market it, then randomly abandon it.... Vita IS PSP2, buy it or don't. Sony also stands behind their product for years before letting them go completely. Several MP3 players and so on in their history totally bombed, but they kept support behind them for at least 5 years.
2 Why would Sony host an event and fly everyone out for game announcements to Vita? like I've been saying, game announcements would be held at Destination PlayStation or around E3 for convenience of PR. Especially for Vita unless it's confirming MGS5 on it lol
LMAO! That must have been ghost written by Darth Clark from the Game Infarcer magazine!
Seriously, take it down a notch guys, he is clearly joking.
Was it hard to tell, either way it's really not that funny. If you want hits to your site write good articles then not nonsense jokes.
There articles are getting ridiculous just completely random assumptions now.
Also the PS Vita is the PSP 2.. It would be completely moronic for Sony to start making a completely new handheld when currently it isn't selling well now as it is. From a business perspective you would want to sell the first version well before even attempting losing money on a new one.
And no I am not hating on the Vita, I bought one and couldn't be happier with the purchase I just think these articles about this Feb 20th event are getting completely out of hand.
Something someone could've wished up with a Magic 8 ball.
Shake, shake, shake "Will Sony release a new handheld on the 20th?" Magic 8 ball says yes, it must be true!
I think the world is ready for the PSP2, we've been waiting way too long for a successor to the great PSP.
I also think Nintendo should announce the Wii 2 at E3 this year and catch Sony and Microsoft off-guard. Maybe they can find some way to combine the DS and Wii so you're gaming at home on two screens with optional motion control. That would be awesome.
Speaking of successors, when is Microsoft going to release the sequel to Windows 7? I love that OS, I just wish it was more tablet-y.
Sony should also give us some more information on that NGP thing they told us about a while ago. Maybe they'll do a full reveal of that right after they announce the PSP2.
I'll be interested to see the responses to this post. Judging by the above responses to this article, they should be pretty amusing.
There is nothing wrong with psp vita they just need to drop the price look at nintendo 3ds when they dropped the price is when the sales exploded.
sony at playstation meeting, we will like to annonce that their will not be a new home console due to the lack of fans intrested in sony preoducts we will be using gaikai to stream new games onto the ps3. everyones eyes wide open O_______O
what? why? the vita is a dream machine. the thing just barely released. like sony said it best, sony products run marathons not sprints.
Vita is not PSP2, it's not a replacement for PSP, I wish it did have a UMD slot, at least the initial version...
There is a PSP2 --- its called the PS VITA.
What a joke of an article. Time to down-vote this article and site!
Are you really getting your panties in a bunch over an article about how the Vita sales in Japan could improve? Vita sales in Japan are LOW and that's just a fact. The PSP is outselling it almost constantly -- in December, PSP sales tripled Vita sales. It's almost as if the system doesn't even exist; that's the subtle message of this article. But apparently it's a little *too* subtle for you, since you didn't get it. ;)
It's not because of the difference in hardware.
It's because that Japanese developers are supporting more PSP games than vita.
Bingo. And that's exactly what the article says -- in so many words.
If such a mythical creature existed, with a UMD drive for my mountain of PsP games I need to catch up on, with memory stick pro duo support, and all the features of vita - and maybe even with a less android-y, better integrated OS/UI, I'd go buy one at launch. I rate the vita, but there are a number of reasons I haven't rushed out and bought one yet. A PsP2, that does all that, would leave me, and a great many psp owners who haven't yet jumped to Vita, almost no reasons not to go out and get one straight away.
By doing this, they'd most likely annoy Ps Vita owners (around 3 million people) , and delight and entice PsP owners (around 70 million people). Surely the numbers make sense. They'd double the Vita sales in 3 months. 10 million worldwide by 2014 - at the least. And with new games basically being vita games (and %100 compatible with existing Vitas), Vita fans of today could look forward to a bigger stream of games to be released than the current user base could support - so really - everybody wins.
Original phat DS, Chunky psp 1000, Original GBA (non sp), lynx 2, even the gameboy colour and mini to a certain extent - not to mention pspgo - the handheld platform has always been one of newer hardware superseding the original model, often a great deal - so it could hardly be seen as reckless. Just follow the handheld success golden rules (copyright Nintendo) 1) It's ok to release a new model, with new features, in the same Gen, as long as the software remains compatible. 2)Always keep backwards compatibility at least one Gen previous. Simple! They dropped the ball with rule 2 with the Vita, and they'd have a great chance to correct this oversight.
Shame it's a joke article, because seriously, this would be great for - 1) everyone who owned/owns a psp and haven't upgraded yet 2)everyone who owns a Vita who is worried about the medium to long term viability of the platform receiving numerous quality releases on a platform with very low sales. 3)The devs who have supported/and/or want to support Vita but are worried about sales/size of potential market for their games. 4)Sony, who sell (easily) 10 million PsP 2s in the first 12 months, and can put Vitas difficult first year behind them. 5) Me. I'd get one straight away!
nope.. Price cut for both vita & ps3 will happen as well as some game announcements for both.. Then vita sales will surge in japan just like 3DS did.. Then vita will get even more games
"I liked the article. It's hard to be a Vita owner, and really the performance of the handheld is a joke."
no the vita is a joke just like the psp was, but these idiots who wasted their money on it aren't going to agree with you either.
Jesus christ people, READ THE WHOLE THING!
This article is about the PS VITA and how it needs to be a true successor to the PSP.
Yeah, the amount of head this went right over is astonishing, really.
The SECOND sentence even gives it away:
"He doesn't see things that are, and asks, 'What?'"
It makes good points about what the Vita needs to do to be successful in Japan, and does so with an article as if the Vita hasn't been announced -- because for all purposes, it's a ghost in Japan.
People really fail at reading though.
As much as I love my First Edition Bundle 3G Vita the 3DS is dominating in ever reign including here in the US. I wish that were not true, but it is and I think the only reason Sony is not worried is because the PS4/Orbis will make the Vita way more appealing once people see how integrated it will be with the PS4/Orbis.
One things for sure I think the Obis name is out and the PS4 name is going to be the name of the next gen console and if Sony could go back in time the Vita would of been called the PSP2. Who knows maybe Sony will try to re-brand the Vita the way they did the Spiderman print FAT "PLAYSTATION3" to the slim alphanumeric "PS3". Could the Vita be slimmed down and called the PSP2......maybe.
Someome must have overlooked something called the Playstation Vita...
The PSP2 is already out. It's called the PS Vita. Duh. Now buy it. And why did I have to sit through a stupid video ad? It had an option to skip the ad in so many seconds but that was longer than the ad. We don't need those things N4G.
Sony messed up the vita from the start. The joysticks were poorly located, the back touch screen has not been practical gameplay use, the 15 minute gaming session idea is not even an idea for gaming, and they don't have shoulder buttons. They wet themselves up for failure, and marketed the s*** out of this horrible device. Complete waste of money


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From 1985 through 1999 there was a Beukeboom patrolling NHL blue lines and wreaking havoc for opposing forwards as a member of the Edmonton Oilers and the New York Rangers. In the not too distant future, a Beukeboom will be on the horizon looking to hunt down enemy forwards.
No, Jeff Beukeboom is not making a comeback. Rather, it is his son Brock Beukeboom who may be coming to a NHL defense corps in the coming years. The 2010 draft eligible defenseman was one of 40 players invited to tryout for Canada's Under-18 team during this summer.
Beukeboom was a member of the 2009 Ontario team that won the 2009 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge which featured five Canadian provincial teams and fine international teams (including the United States and Russia). In 6 games, Beukeboom registered an assist.
While the 17-year-old does not resemble his father's playing style (Brock is more of finesse player than a physical player), there is one trait that father and son both share.
"I'm still hoping to grow a couple of inches and gain a couple more pounds and get to that size my dad was," the 6-2 and 200 pound youngster told Donna Spencer of The Canadian Press. "He put on two more inches at my age.
"But other than that, I think he and I are completely different players."
Brock is looking to follow in father's famous footsteps. Papa Beukeboom played for Sault Ste. Marie from 1982-1985 – earning OHL First Team All-Star honors in the 1984/1985 season.
Brock Beukeboom was the Greyhounds' 2008/2009 nominee for the OHL's Bobby Smith Trophy which is awarded to the league's Scholastic Player of the Year.
Brock's pedigree does not make a lock to make the team, but he the fact that is in the fix does speak well for him according to Al Murray (head scout for Hockey Canada).
"You wouldn't have known it was his first season as a defenceman," Murray said to Spencer. "He was well-positioned and very calm with the puck and made smart decisions and moved it. He's a big defensive defenceman who has some bite.
"He's certainly not a lock to make the team. Very few guys come into this camp that are a lock because at this age there are a lot of players very close together."
In his rookie OHL season with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, Beukeboom played in 55 games and scored two goals and 9 assists to go along with 26 PIM. The younger Beukeboom was the Greyhounds first round selection in the OHL's 2008 Priority Selection draft.
Brock Beukeboom is one of four invitees who have a connection to the NHL: Forward Christian Thomas's father is former NHL forward Steve Thomas, forward Brandon Ranford is the nephew of former NHL goaltender Bill Ranford, and goaltender Calvin Pickard is the brother of Nashville's 2008 first draft pick goaltender Chet Pickard
As we approach the start of June, my attention turns to the 2009 NHL Draft. While I am in the process of taking a look at the 2009 draft eligibles – and it is a bit early for me to make any predictions – I tend to be leaning towards a position that will see the Rangers reverse their mistake of 2003.
For the uninitiated, that was the year that Glen Sather and the Rangers front office rolled the dice and came up snake eyes as they selected Hugh Jessiman with the 12th overall pick. In the process, they passed over the likes of Dustin Brown 913th), Zach Parise 917th), Ryan Getzlaf (19th), Mike Richards (24th) and Corey Perry (28th). Each of these players are power forward types or smallish goal scorers.
Looking ahead to the 2009 Draft, the Rangers might want to do what they didn't do in 2003 – draft the son of a former NHL player. Imagine the Rangers fate if they had selected Parise (son of Rangers 1975 playoff tormenter J.P. Parise). There are two sons of former NHLers who fit into one of the two above-mentioned categories. The first is Carter Ashton (6-3/200) whose father Brent was a veteran of 998 NHL games. As you might imagine, Ashton is a power forward.
The other player is Landon Ferraro (6-0/170) whose father Ray (a former Ranger and Islander) played in 1258 NHL games. Ferraro is one of the better snipers in the draft.
It is still way too early to talk more in depth about the Draft – that is left for later articles in the coming weeks. Heck, it is even possible the Rangers will trade up or down out of the 19th spot. A lot of fans have been chatting on various blogs about the Rangers moving up to the third pick to draft center Matt Duchene so that the Blueshirts can reunite him with his Canadian Junior teammate Evgeny Grachev.
There are a couple of things working against the Rangers. First off, the Colorado Avalanche still have not replaced GM Francois Giguere. Secondly, it is doubtful a new GM is going to want to trade out of the third spot and drop down to the 19th spot – and if he did – the rangers would be giving away a large chunk of their prospects.


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U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on Tuesday that the CIA illegally accessed committee computers. Feinstein said the spying, which the CIA denies, was an obvious violation of the Fourth Amendment's guarantee against unreasonable searches.
When citizens made that same claim regarding NSA collection of phone, Internet and email records, Feinstein dismissed the concern. Now that she believes the government is spying on her, suddenly the Fourth Amendment applies.
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Lindsay Lohan has checked into a California rehabilitation facility to begin a court-ordered 90-day treatment program.
The Mean Girls star was expected to enrol in the luxury Seafield Center in New York's Hamptons, which had been approved by the court, after pleading no contest to charges relating to a car crash in California last summer.
However, she left the Big Apple on a flight bound for Los Angeles late on Wednesday night and instead made her way to the Morningside Recovery clinic in Newport Beach, California. The last-minute change prompted her lawyer, Mark Heller, to head to a Los Angeles court early on Thursday in a bid to get the new treatment facility approved by the star's judge – even though Lohan had already checked in.
Prosecutor Terry White objected to the late alteration, arguing that he had only learned about Lohan's decision to switch programs from the media and had not been given enough time to investigate the treatment center.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – For the second consecutive year, the Florida State women's basketball team's schedule will feature every Atlantic Coast Conference home game broadcast on an ESPN Network or a regional sports affiliate.
Florida State head coach Sue Semrau released the complete 2013-14 schedule on Wednesday.
Overall, FSU will have at least 10 games broadcast by ESPN or by a Regional Sports Network. Additional games may still be added to television or ESPN3.
This season, the Seminoles will face 11 opponents who played in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, including 2013 Final Four participants Notre Dame (at home) and Louisville (on the road).
"I'm always excited to announce the schedule and this year is no different as we are able to have nearly all of our home games on either an ESPN Network or part of the ACC's TV package," Semrau said. "We'll host Notre Dame, Duke, North Carolina, Michigan State and some other great opponents at the Tucker Center.
"In addition to Notre Dame, we are looking forward to playing the other two ACC newcomers, Syracuse and Pittsburgh, this season. Our conference continues to solidify itself as the best league for women's hoops in the country."
Florida State will host "Big Dance" participants Prairie View (Nov. 17), Stetson (Nov. 29), and Michigan State (Dec. 4) as part of its non-conference schedule and North Carolina (Jan. 12), Duke (Jan. 23), the Fighting Irish (Feb. 6) and Miami (Feb. 16) in the ACC slate.
FSU will also host UNCG (season-opener; Nov. 8), Jacksonville (Dec. 8), North Florida (Dec. 16) and UT-Martin (Dec. 28) in the non-conference play and Virginia Tech (Jan. 26), Boston College (Feb. 9), Georgia Tech (Feb. 27) and Virginia (March 2) in ACC play.
The Seminoles will hit the road for games at Cincinnati (Nov. 13), rival Florida (Nov. 21) National Runner-Up Louisville (Nov. 24), Miami (Ohio) (Dec. 1) and the Long Beach State Classic (Dec. 20-21).
Florida State will open the ACC slate at Pittsburgh (Jan. 2) and will also travel to Miami (Jan. 9), NC State (Jan. 16), Virginia (Jan. 19), Wake Forest (Feb. 2), Syracuse (Feb. 13), Maryland (Feb. 20) and Clemson (Feb. 23).
"This is no doubt a challenging schedule," Semrau said. "We will be tested early during our non-conference games, but hopefully ready to make a run in the ACC come January. We have a couple of seniors in Natasha (Howard) and Cheetah (Delgado) who will be great leaders and a great group of newcomers that we will have to lean on right from the start. I really enjoy this team – it's just a incredible bunch of young women – and I'm looking forward to another great season for the Garnet and Gold."
The Seminoles will look to ride the momentum of last year's 23-win season into the 2013-14 campaign behind First Team All-ACC senior Natasha Howard, senior point guard Yashira "Cheetah" Delgado and versatile redshirt sophomore guard/forward Morgan Jones.
Howard is the ACC's active leader in career double-doubles (26) and she has career averages of 11.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks in 96 career games.
Delgado shared floor general duties last season and dished 148 assists (4.5 per game) – the most of any returning player in the ACC.
Jones, a former McDonald's All-American from Lake Mary, Fla., sat out last season after transferring to Florida State from Northwestern, where she averaged 13.9 points, 6.0 boards and 3.3 assists and captured honorable mention All-Big Ten honors.
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A bird's eye view from behind the lens
Picture the majesty of a bald eagle, soaring above the bay, searching for a fish. Or imagine a crow, black as night, silhouetted against a bright orange sky. These are just some of the images David Chartier has managed to capture with only his digital camera, a passion for wildlife and patience.
"I like birds in flight, mostly," said Chartier, a retied postal worker who now spends several days a week taking wildlife photos.
Chartier's passion for birds began at an early age, when he owned homing pigeons. As an adult, Chartier trained and raced the birds, driving them as far as 100 air miles away to test their homing skills.
Chartier said the pigeons' training began around the house, where they learned to use their wings and get their strength. Once they were old enough, Chartier said he would drive them a short distance away to see if they could find their way home.
"I would take them the first time 20 air miles away," he said.
Unfortunately, some pigeons didn't always make their way home, but most of the time, they found their way.
"Don't fall in love with them," advised Chartier, who said his pigeons were more for sport than companionship.
At one time, Chartier had 100 specially-bred racing pigeons in a large coop behind his Warwick home. After 14 years in the sport, Chartier eventually gave it up and let the pigeons go - but not literally.
"You can't do that, because they just keep coming back," he said with a smile.
Though he doesn't still own birds, Chartier will always have a love for them. His zeal for nature and wildlife is what spurred him to turn his lens to the sky.
Chartier took up photography in the 1970s, though he's never been formally trained.
"It was just a hobby," he said. "It's still a hobby."
In January of 2006, Chartier was diagnosed with lung cancer. For his birthday that year, Chartier's daughter got the rest of the family to pool together money to buy him a used digital camera, a Cannon 10D.
"I started taking photos of the grandkids," he said. "And then I started taking pictures of wildlife. I've always been into wildlife since I was a kid."
His knowledge of various species helps him to get the perfect shot. Knowing what certain birds feed upon, and finding that prey, almost always guarantees he'll be able to capture a shot of a specific bird.
"Practice and know the wildlife," he said. "If you know wildlife, it makes it a lot easier."
During a visit to the Beacon earlier this week, Chartier flipped through several of his favorite photos. He carefully identified each species, pointing out the difference between a heron ("They have black feet," he said) and a snowy eagle, which have black bills. He pointed to a Pacific brown pelican, noting it displayed its breeding plumage. He explained that young bald eagles don't get a white head or tail until they're 5 years old; young ospreys have orange eyes, he said, which turn yellow as they age.
So how does Chartier know so much about these various aviary species?
"I read," he said plainly.
It's his deep understanding of the birds that allows him to capture such incredible images, but it's also a general understanding of flight mechanics. Chartier sets up his camera facing away from the wind because birds need wind resistance to land; by using this technique, Chartier guarantees he'll get a picture of the bird's face.
"They can't land with wind on their tail because they'll get pushed on their face," he said. "Just like an airplane."
Chartier said he typically sits and shoots for about an hour.
"Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don't," he said. "There's a lot of luck involved, and there's some skill."
He remembers sitting outside on a particularly cold winter's day in Middletown.
"It was so cold our faces hurt," he said.
But the pain was worth it - Chartier captured a photo of a snowy owl that day, which Chartier believes might have been the only snowy owl in the state at that time.
Chartier doesn't know how many hundreds of photos he's taken over the years - he's lost count. Though his photos are routinely used in the Beacon and also in the city of Warwick calendar, he doesn't have any plans to start selling his pictures.
"People say, you're crazy, why don't you make some [money]?" he said. "If I started doing it for money, it wouldn't be fun for me. I do it because it's what I like to do."
Chartier prints his photos himself, using a high-quality printer and glossy paper. He keeps most, but also gives many away.
Despite the sheer volume of photos he's taken, Chartier can quickly identify his favorite: a photo of a swooping eagle, a menhaden in its talons, taken on Nov. 9, 2011 at Arnold's Neck.
"That's a once in a lifetime photo," he said.


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Hello, I'm Dr. Alveda King, Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life and Founder of Alveda King Ministries.
This is 2013, summer, we're about to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington and the famous "I Have a Dream" speech by my uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
My father, Rev. A.D. King and my uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whom I call Uncle ML, worked together in the Civil Rights Movement.
Today, in the 21st Century, during this long, hot summer, we've had a verdict for George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin. We grieve the passing of young Mr. Trayvon Martin. His dreams have been deferred and buried with him. He no longer has a dream here on this earth. However, America again is in turmoil as we look at that verdict. I'd like to put it this way. We have given justice its due, now let's give God His due.
We should join together in prayer during this tumultuous season and bring America together so that historically we can remember when a young man was slain in America, Trayvon Martin, America was saddened and grieved and came together and prayed.
Politically, I have been called and termed a Conservative. My cousin, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s daughter, Dr. Bernice King, can be called a Moderate. And our cousin, Dr. Angela Farris Watkins, the daughter of Dr. King's sister, can also perhaps been termed a Liberal.
However, we may have differing political viewpoints but one thing is not debatable: violence will never be the answer in solving the problems of a society. We must now turn to our knees, fall on our knees, and ask God to bring us together as one human race. No longer will we accept the lie that we are separate races. Acts 17:26 says, "Of one blood we were all created together. "
As brothers and sisters, let us move forward together ,racially, reconciling to the fact that we are one human race, not divided but together, in need of help, in need of guidance, in need of love.
God bless you all,
Dr. Alveda King