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text: Love it or hate it, here it is: (from reddit) Okay, explained like you're a five year-old (well, okay, maybe a bit older), without too much oversimplification, and (hopefully) without sounding too biased: What people call "Obamacare" is actually the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (abbreviated to PPACA or ACA). However, people were calling it "Obamacare" before everyone even hammered out what it would be. It's a term that was, at first, mostly used by people who didn't like the PPACA, and it's become popularized in part because PPACA is a really long and awkward name, even when you turn it into an acronym like that. Barack Obama has since said that he actually likes the term "Obamacare" because, he says, "I do care". Anyway, the PPACA made a bunch of new rules regarding health care, with the purpose of making health care more affordable for everyone. Opponents of the PPACA, on the other hand, feel that the rules it makes take away too many freedoms and force people (both individuals and businesses) to do things they shouldn't have to. So what does it do? Well, here is everything, in the order of when it goes into effect (because some of it happens later than other parts of it): (Note: Page numbers listed in citations are the page numbers within the PDF, not the page numbers of the document itself) Already in effect: It allows the Food and Drug Administration to approve more generic drugs (making for more competition in the market to drive down prices) ( Citation: An entire section of the bill, called Title VII, is devoted to this, starting on page 766 ) It increases the rebates on drugs people get through Medicare (so drugs cost less) ( Citation: Page 235, sec. 2501 ) It establishes a non-profit group, that the government doesn't directly control, PCORI, to study different kinds of treatments to see what works better and is the best use of money. ( Citation: Page 684, sec. 1181 ) It makes chain restaurants like McDonalds display how many calories are in all of their foods, so people can have an easier time making choices to eat healthy. ( Citation: Page 518, sec. 4205 ) It makes a "high-risk pool" for people with pre-existing conditions. Basically, this is a way to slowly ease into getting rid of "pre-existing conditions" altogether. For now, people who already have health issues that would be considered "pre-existing conditions" can still get insurance, but at different rates than people without them. ( Citation: Page 49, sec. 1101, Page 64, sec. 2704, and Page 65, sec. 2702 ) It forbids insurance companies from discriminating based on a disability, or because they were the victim of domestic abuse in the past (yes, insurers really did deny coverage for that) ( Citation: Page 66, sec. 2705 ) It renews some old policies, and calls for the appointment of various positions. It creates a new 10% tax on indoor tanning booths. ( Citation: Page 942, sec. 5000B ) It says that health insurance companies can no longer tell customers that they won't get any more coverage because they have hit a "lifetime limit". Basically, if someone has paid for health insurance, that company can't tell that person that he's used that insurance too much throughout his life so they won't cover him any more. They can't do this for lifetime spending, and they're limited in how much they can do this for yearly spending. ( Citation: Page 33, sec. 2711 ) Kids can continue to be covered by their parents' health insurance until they're 26. ( Citation: Page 34, sec. 2714 ) No more "pre-existing conditions" for kids under the age of 19. ( Citation: Page 64, sec. 2704 and Page 76, sec. 1255 ) Insurers have less ability to change the amount customers have to pay for their plans. ( Citation: Page 66, sec. 2794 ) People in the "Medicare Part D Coverage Gap" (also referred to as the "Donut Hole") get a rebate to make up for the extra money they would otherwise have to spend. ( Citation: Page 398, sec. 3301 ) Insurers can't just drop customers once they get sick. ( Citation: Page 33, sec. 2712 ) Insurers have to tell customers what they're spending money on. (Instead of just "administrative fee", they have to be more specific). Insurers need to have an appeals process for when they turn down a claim, so customers have some manner of recourse other than a lawsuit when they're turned down. ( Citation: Page 42, sec. 2719 ) Anti-fraud funding is increased and new ways to stop fraud are created. ( Citation: Page 718, sec. 6402 ) Medicare extends to smaller hospitals. ( Citation: Starting on page 363, the entire section "Part II" seems to deal with this ) Medicare patients with chronic illnesses must be monitored more thoroughly. Reduces the costs for some companies that handle benefits for the elderly. ( Citation: Page 511, sec. 4202 ) A new website is made to give people insurance and health information. (I think this is it: https://www.healthcare.gov/ ). ( Citation: Page 55, sec. 1103 ) A credit program is made that will make it easier for business to invest in new ways to treat illness by paying half the cost of the investment. (Note - this program was temporary. It already ended) ( Citation: Page 849, sec. 9023 ) A limit is placed on just how much of a percentage of the money an insurer makes can be profit, to make sure they're not price-gouging customers. ( Citation: Page 41, sec. 1101 ) A limit is placed on what type of insurance accounts can be used to pay for over-the-counter drugs without a prescription. Basically, your insurer isn't paying for the Aspirin you bought for that hangover. ( Citation: Page 819, sec. 9003 ) Employers need to list the benefits they provided to employees on their tax forms. ( Citation: Page 819, sec. 9002 ) Any new health plans must provide preventive care (mammograms, colonoscopies, etc.) without requiring any sort of co-pay or charge. ( Citation: Page 33, sec. 2713 ) 1/1/2013 If you make over $200,000 a year, your taxes go up a tiny bit (0.9%). Edit: To address those who take issue with the word "tiny", a change of 0.9% is relatively tiny. Any look at how taxes have fluctuated over the years will reveal that a change of less than one percent is miniscule, especially when we're talking about people in the top 5% of earners. ( Citation: Page 837, sec. 9015 ) 1/1/2014 This is when a lot of the really big changes happen. No more "pre-existing conditions". At all. People will be charged the same regardless of their medical history. ( Citation: Page 64, sec. 2704, Page 65, sec. 2701, and Page 76, sec. 1255 ) If you can afford insurance but do not get it, you will be charged a fee. This is the "mandate" that people are talking about. Basically, it's a trade-off for the "pre-existing conditions" bit, saying that since insurers now have to cover you regardless of what you have, you can't just wait to buy insurance until you get sick. Otherwise no one would buy insurance until they needed it. You can opt not to get insurance, but you'll have to pay the fee instead, unless of course you're not buying insurance because you just can't afford it. (Note: On 6/28/12, the Supreme Court ruled that this is Constitutional, as long as it's considered a tax on the uninsured and not a penalty for not buying insurance... nitpicking about wording, mostly, but the long and short of it is, it looks like this is accepted by the courts) ( Citation: Page 164, sec. 5000A, and here is the actual court ruling for those who wish to read it. ) Question: What determines whether or not I can afford the mandate? Will I be forced to pay for insurance I can't afford? Answer: There are all kinds of checks in place to keep you from getting screwed. Kaiser actually has a webpage with a pretty good rundown on it, if you're worried about it. You can see it here. Okay, have we got that settled? Okay, moving on... Medicaid can now be used by everyone up to 133% of the poverty line (basically, a lot more poor people can get insurance) ( Citation: Page 198, sec. 2001 ) (Note: The recent court ruling says that states can opt out of this and that the Federal government cannot penalize them by withholding Medicaid funding, but as far as I can tell, nothing is stopping the Federal government from simply just offering incentives to those who do opt to do it, instead) Small businesses get some tax credits for two years. (It looks like this is specifically for businesses with 25 or fewer employees) ( Citation: Page 157, sec. 1421 ) Businesses with over 50 employees must offer health insurance to full-time employees, or pay a penalty. ( Citation: Page 174, sec. 4980H ) Question: Can't businesses just fire employees or make them work part-time to get around this requirement? Also, what about businesses with multiple locations? Answer: Switching to part-time only won't help, as the Affordable Care Act counts the hours worked, not the number of full-time employees you have. So if your employees worked an equivalent of 50 full-time employees' hours, the requirement kicks in. Really, the only plausible way a business could reasonably utilize this strategy is if they currently operate with just over the 50-employee number, and could still operate with under 50 employees, and have no intention to expand. Also, regarding the questions about multiple locations, this legal website analyzed the law and claims that multiple locations in one chain all count as a part of the same business (meaning employers like Wal-Mart can't get around this by being under 50 employees in one store - they'd have to be under that for the entire chain, which just ain't happening). Independently-owned franchises are different, however, as they have a separate owner and as such aren't included under the same net as the parent company. However, any individual franchise with over 50 employees will have to meet the requirement. Insurers now can't do annual spending caps. Their customers can get as much health care in a given year as they need. ( Citation: Page 33, sec. 2711 ) Limits how high of an annual deductible insurers can charge customers. ( Citation: Page 81, sec. 1302 ) Health insurance cannot discriminate against women on pricing or plan availability ( [Citation: Page 185, sec. 1557(https://housedocs.house.gov/energycommerce/ppacacon.pdf#page=185) ) Reduce costs for some Medicare spending, which in turn are put right back into Medicare to increase its solvency. Most notably, this bill reduces the amount that Medicare Advantage pays to be more in line with other areas of Medicare ( Citation: Page 384, Sec. 3201 and Page 389, Sec. 3202 ), and reduces the growth of Medicare payments in the future ( Citation: Page 426, Sec. 3402 ). The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that between 2012 and 2022, this will amount to $716 Billion in reduced spending ( Citation: CBO Estimate ). Also being cut is $22 Billion from the Medicare Improvement Fund, most likely because the PPACA does a lot of the same stuff, so that spending would be redundant ( Citation: Page 361, Sec. 3112 ). Place a $2500 limit on tax-free spending on FSAs (accounts for medical spending). Basically, people using these accounts now have to pay taxes on any money over $2500 they put into them. ( Citation: Page 820, sec. 9005 ) Establish health insurance exchanges and rebates for the lower and middle-class, basically making it so they have an easier time getting affordable medical coverage. ( Citation: Page 107, sec. 1311 ) Congress and Congressional staff will only be offered the same insurance offered to people in the insurance exchanges, rather than Federal Insurance. Basically, we won't be footing their health care bills any more than any other American citizen. ( Citation: Page 100, sec. 1312 ) A new tax on pharmaceutical companies. A new tax on the purchase of medical devices. A new tax on insurance companies based on their market share. Basically, the more of the market they control, the more they'll get taxed. Raises the bar for how much your medical expenses must cost before you can start deducting them from your taxes (Thanks to Redditor cnash6 for the correction!).


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Source: http://blackhistory.harpweek.com/7Illustrations/Slavery/InstrumentTorture.htm
Civil War Emancipation has twice posted on the motives of slaves for fleeing to Union lines during the Civil War, on June 29 and again on August 22 of last year. In the February 15, 1862 issue of Harpers' Weekly, there appeared another reminder of why slaves were willing to risk their lives to escape. It highlighted the sadism of some slaveholders that made the lives of slaves a living hell. One such unfortunate sufferer was profiled in a letter from a Harpers' correspondent, a Union soldier from Iowa named Charles O. Dewey, then in Missouri, dated January 24, 1862. The letter read:
I send you the sketch of an instrument used by the secession slave-masters of Missouri to punish their negroes.
Not long since one of these wretched victims came within our lines with an instrument of this description round his neck. It was securely riveted there, and required an hour's filing before it could be removed. This proved to be a very painful operation to the poor "contraband;" for his neck was so snugly incased by the iron band, and the instrument was of such a peculiar shape, as to render the operation difficult of accomplishment. The negro stated that he had worn it two months, and this statement has been corroborated by reliable Union men of the same county. The form of the instrument prevented him from lying down and taking his rest at night; and its weight and close fit rendered it very burdensome during the day. It consisted of a heavy iron ring, fitting closely round the neck, from which extended three prongs, each two feet in length, with a ring on the end. I suppose the design of the instrument was that a chain should be attached to it, and thus secure the victim beyond all possible hope of escape; but this negro had been running loose, with the thing round his neck, for two months; and finally, ascertaining that Federal soldiers were near, speedily repaired to them for deliverance from his tormentor. Of course he found the deliverance which he sought, and the instrument of torment is preserved by us as a mournful example of the deep degradation to which the soul, tainted by secession, may descend. It is needless to say that we did not send the negro back to his master, but so far as we were concerned, left him perfectly free to do his own will. The name of the person who has thus proved himself destitute of all humanity is Dudley Wells, of Montgomery County, Missouri. He is now a prisoner, held as a traitor to his country, and awaiting the punishment due his crime; and if he does not receive it at an earthly tribunal he certainly will at the tribunal of an outraged conscience.
I had been planning to make this post for a while, but had been too busy at work last week to write it. I received new motivation to do it finally when an article from The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee, dated January 13, 2012, came to my attention this morning. Evidently, Tea Party activists in Tennessee are demanding that state legislature require the state's teachers to soft-pedal the fact many Founding Fathers were slaveholders. The article states:
Fayette County attorney Hal Rounds, the group's lead spokesman during the news conference, said the group wants to address "an awful lot of made-up criticism about, for instance, the founders intruding on the Indians or having slaves or being hypocrites in one way or another.
"The thing we need to focus on about the founders is that, given the social structure of their time, they were revolutionaries who brought liberty into a world where it hadn't existed, to everybody — not all equally instantly — and it was their progress that we need to look at."
How can a person look at the image above and not be sickened by people who try to write out slavery from the history of the United States? There was nothing "made up" about the crimes of American slavery, and that the founders of this country participated in them is essential for students to know. Indeed, one cannot understand the motives of some Founding Fathers for supporting independence, the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention, and many other issues of the Early Republic without understanding slavery because it was absolutely integral to how they developed.
This problem of historical censoring regarding slavery in the public school curriculum is unfortunately not limited to Tennessee. Trymaine Lee's recent and scary article in The Huffington Post describes efforts from the Tea Party and other conservatives around the country to down play or even write out slavery entirely from what K-12 students learn in the classroom.
The picture above should be a reminder not only that it existed, but that American slavery ultimately was a system that survived on force and the threat of force. So even the slaves of kind slaveholders fled during the Civil War because they knew an iron fist lay beneath the velvet glove of their owners' benevolence.
Source: 1) http://blackhistory.harpweek.com/7Illustrations/Slavery/InstrumentTorture.htm; 2) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/tea-party-tennessee-textbooks-slavery_n_1224157.html; 3) http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jan/13/tea-parties-cite-legislative-demands/.


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Eau Claire, Wi — Unity Health & Fitness, formerly known as Eau Claire Athletic Club, closed its doors last month after 22 years of operation in Eau Claire, WI. Owner Jeff Sauter closed the club for financial reasons.
"We found ourselves doing more for less of a return," Sauter says.
After opening as the Eau Claire Racquetball and Fitness Center in 1981, the club closed after four years and sat empty for a year before Sauter and his wife, Donna, took over the club in February 1986.
The Sauters changed the name of the club to Unity Health & Fitness in February 2006 and changed its business model from an athletic club to one that focused on wellness. The goal was to attract the non-traditional exercise market, and initially, that market responded, Sauter says. But what hurt the club was the lack of a strong marketing plan, he says.
The cost of utilities also became a burden. Sauter says that utilities doubled from more than $40,000 in 2003 to more than $80,000 in 2006.
Sauter notified the 1,100 members in August that the club was up for sale and that it might close. Membership opportunities for remaining members were arranged at another local health club as well as the local YMCA, says Sauter, who is now a member of both.
Sauter will try to sell his wellness program to other health clubs but has no plans to own a club again.
"Clubs are in a perfect position to be delivery vehicles for a health care solution," Sauter says. "But we have to get people active."


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Anyone have a microfiber couch? You know how dirty they get. I used an enviro cloth and hot water. Just rub one direction, back and forth and viola! You'll be grossed out at how dirty your water gets!
Yep, that's it!
Using 1 C of kombucha tea either from your own batch, from a friend or you can even use store bought in the refrigerator section, allow it to come to room temperature if it was refrigerated.
Pour it into a glass jar(s) of your choosing. Whatever the size of the width of the jar, is the size your scoby will become.
Cover with a thin cheese cloth or paper towel and secure it with a rubber band. Your kombucha needs to breathe for the yeast to form the scoby. If it can't breathe, it will die and no mother scoby will form.
Allow this to sit at room temperature undisturbed for a minimum of 14 days. It will form layers. The longer it sits, the bigger it grows.
Check out my other links of sharing your scoby and how to brew more.
WHAT WE'RE MAKING? NEW KOMBUCHA BATCHES & SHARING MOTHER SCOBYs
To brew 1 gallon: Using a large glass jar & Mother scoby (the yeast film layers on top of the tea), carefully pour out all of the kombucha into a mason jar(s) accept leave approx. 2 cups in the jar of kombucha, this is called starter tea.
Feel free to filter the kombucha that you poured out. Put the mason jar(s) in the fridge to prevent continued fermentation. Of course you can flavor it with fruit juices, almond or other flavorings if you wish.
Brew 1 gallon of black, white or green tea (not herbal tea). While still hot add 1 1/3 C sugar or honey or brown sugar. Stir until dissolved completely. Allow to sit until it's at room temperature. If it's too hot, it could kill the yeast/scoby.
Now in the jar with the mother scoby, add the sweetened tea slowly. Allow to sit undisturbed for 7-21 days, tasting with a straw each day after 7 days until it's to your "brewed" taste.
And then start the process over again. With every batch of kombucha tea you brew a new scoby will form. you can just leave the scobys together or separate them and give one to friend. The older your scoby gets, the darker and thicker it will become. Your scoby will last for years if properly taken care of. You can also carefully peel the mother scoby in half or in thirds, place carefully flat in a gallon Ziploc bag with 1 C room temp kombucha to share with a friend. The scoby and kombucha because of the yeast need to breathe so your friend(s) will need to carefully use their own jar to start brewing with their new mother scoby within 12 hours of the scoby being sealed in the Ziploc.
Your scoby may get air bubbles or "strings" or brown things, that's all ok. If it ever forms mold, throw it out!
If your original scoby was small like from a wide mouth mason jar, it may float sideways or others. That's ok too!


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At tonight's Saturn Awards here in Los Angeles I had the chance to talk to Sam Raimi on the red carpet. While he's been rumored to be doing Oz as his next project, when I spoke to him, all he wanted to talk about was World of Warcraft. From the way he spoke, the man is really into the game and it sounded like that's the project he really wants to do as his next film. I also asked him about the rumors that he could be directing The Hobbit. He seemed to think those were just online rumors and nothing more.
Since I have so much to post, for more info you should watch the interview after the jump. I've time indexed the entire interview so you can read the questions. For fans of the World of Warcraft game, make sure to watch his answer six minutes in. You'll love it. Also, make sure to check back for a ton of other red carpet interviews. I have so many it's crazy.
Sam Raimi
- How has the last few months been for him. Says he has been reading scripts and working on a treatment for the World of Warcraft
- :35 Does he pay attention to the online rumors about what he is attached to
- 1:00 – Lots of talk that he might do The Hobbit.
- 1:25 – What will be his next film. Says he has read the script Oz. Not sure he will do the film
- 2:00 – World of Warcraft. What most excites him as a filmmaker – talks about the monsters, landscapes, performing spells.
- 2:45 – Does the film take place in the real world or just in the game. Says they have a 40 page treatment for the film
- 3:30 – Why is video game to film such a tough transition
- 4:15 – he really knows his characters
- 4:40 – Will the movie just take place in the World of Warcraft or will people be in the real world. Says it is ALL in the World of Warcraft
- 5:40 – How does he decide what he wants to do as his next project. Says he LOVES playing the game.
- 6:00 – Has he ever sat and played the game from morning to night. Tells a great story about his characters and the game. Fans are going to love what he says.
- 6:50 – Is the studio enthusiastic about the movie. Says it's Legendary Pictures/Warner Bros.
- 7:30 – Does he have other projects he is thinking about or is it just WOW and OZ?
- 8:15 – Will he make another film like Drag Me to Hell or is he done with that genre


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In a blog post published Saturday, February 15th, Strickler announced that hackers had obtained unauthorized access to Kickstarter, the popular crowdfunding platform. Kickstarter was contacted by law enforcement officials on Wednesday night, alerting them to the hack, and they subsequently locked down the service and sent an email to the user base notifying them of the incident.
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A Tale of Two Children
When the couple came to register their three-year old child in the Talmud Torah in Bnei Brak, the principal noted that they were far more excited than ordinary parents who make a routine application.
"Don't you remember us?" they inquired of the principal as tears streamed down the face of the mother.
When he replied in the negative, they reminded him of what took place four years earlier. Childless for many years they had approached the rav of the Ramat Elchanan community in Bnei Brak, Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein, for advice in how to seek Heavenly help. He relayed to them that the Chafetz Chaim had suggested that raising someone else's child could bring the Heavenly blessing of raising a child of their own. He therefore suggested that they offer to pay the tuition of a child in the local Talmud Torah whose parents couldn't afford to do so and this would be tantamount to raising that child.
They followed this advice and made an arrangement to pay a year's tuition for a poor child in the Talmud Torah they were now visiting. It was in that year that they were blessed with a son. Even though they lived a considerable distance from this particular school, they insisted on registering their son in the school where their miracle began.


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The Scoop: New Jersey-based 12-year-old, Grace Nevin (Grace Happens), has been working with vocal coach/artist mentor Deborah "Zuke" Smith for several years. This Maple Road Elementary School 6th grader is not only a talented singer-songwriter, but also has a heart of gold. She has taken Zuke's advice to use her talent to make the world a better place by combining her passion for singing with her love and respect for the West Milford Special Olympics Team. This weekend Grace will be putting on a special fundraiser event with all proceeds benefiting the team. She'll be performing a 10-song set, including an original song, "I Found An Angel," she wrote for her favorite Special Olympian and friend, Ben Weiss. Grace and Zuke teamed up with Mecurio-Nadel Music (Lee Nadel & Rich Mercurio – Lana Del Rey, Regina Spektor, Idina Menzel), Marc Ribler (Jethro Tull, Carole King), and Tabitha Fair to write and record the song.
The Spin: Grace's inspirational work is catching all sorts of attention, last week the Mayor bestowed a Proclamation of the Township of West Milford to Grace for all her hard work, claiming July 12th "as a day of recognition of the selfless contributions made by Grace to the West Milford Special Olympics Team". Tomorrow morning (Wednesday, July 9th) Grace will be live on Good Morning America talking about her benefit concert and performing her original song! Tune in to GMA tomorrow morning to watch and follow Grace online here: https://www.facebook.com/GraceHappensOfficial
Event Info:
Date/Time: Saturday, July 12th, 5pm
Location: West Milford PAL
Featuring: West Milford High School Varsity Dance Team, fun family event with kid friendly activities, a BBQ with gourmet delights donated by John Miller of Gourmet Grill, concessions, cotton candy and other summertime treats.
"Like" us on Facebook "West Milford Special Olympics" and hit the PayPal button
Send a check, payable to West Milford Special Olympics to:
Grace Nevin
2 Vanessa Court
West Milford, New Jersey 07480
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Consul L. Aurelius Curio Ominibus in foro.
As per my established promises during the last elections, I have worked with our honorable Aranearius, P. Iunius Brutus, to establish a Consular email address for the citizens. This is where you can send any questions, comments or concerns that we will answer at our earliest convenience. Myself and Consul Philo both strive for an open door, always striving to answer any questions and alleviate any concerns the citizens of our great Republic may have.
The email address is as follows: firstname.lastname@example.com
Di vos incolumes custodiant!


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Nola_Lifer wrote:You need some consistency. You use Latin names on the map and english translation on the legend. Everyone isn't going to know what via or porta mean in english.
Minister X wrote:...
Yes, I know the symbols are Greek, not Roman, but can you think of better ones? Any suggestions would be welcomed.
Minister X wrote:I tried columns, eagles, helmets, laurel wreaths, and a few other things. I can't make them work - not in the tiny spaces I have. I need letter-sized icons, which pretty much means... letters. Or colored dots.
sannemanrobinson wrote:It looks like all adjacent regions connect to each other. Some impassibles like the river or walls would be welcome.
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text: On Saturday, March 31, between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. (local time) Earth Hour will once again cascade across the globe. Sponsored by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Earth Hour asks individuals, businesses, and government leaders to turn out all non-essential lighting for one hour as a movement to demand action on climate change. The National Aquarium is working with staff at both venues to turn off all unnecessary lighting and other electronic devices during that time. We will stand in the dark alongside other international cities and iconic landmarks, from the Las Vegas Strip to the Eiffel Tower to the Great Pyramids of Giza. Here's a quick video clip of the Aquarium going dark for Earth Hour last year: This year WWF is asking people, What are you willing to do to save the planet? People all over the world, including lots of celebrities, are really getting into the spirit by making commitments saying what they'll do if other people will take action to protect the planet. The commitments range from inspiring to borderline-dangerous to hilarious! Check out all the "I will if you will" dares on Earth Hour's YouTube channel and accept someone's challenge or submit your own! And then make plans to embrace your dark side on Saturday night—light some candles and play a board game with your family or enjoy a romantic candlelit dinner. This one hour of darkness may result in a small reduction of energy consumption, but it paints a powerful picture of behavioral change needed to combat climate change. Join us as we stand among hundreds of millions of people to call for action on climate change! Learn more about Earth Hour at earthhour.org. Tags: baltimore, climate-change, Conservation, earth-hour, washington-dc Categories: Conservation Previous Post Next Post


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Saturn wrote:It's by Severn. Probably a sketch for one of his posthumous paintings of Keats.
Saturn wrote:This is the best version I can find.
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Saturn wrote:All I know for sure is that Keats didn't look anything like Ben Wishaw.
Saturn wrote:Oops you're right, I had the wrong one; they're both interesting in their differences and compared to the other pictures we have of Keats.
I still think Brown's sketch is the most accurate and realistic. It looks more like a real person than some of the other more ethereal, transparent almost images of an idealised, saintly Keats figure.
All I know for sure is that Keats didn't look anything like Ben Wishaw.
Malia wrote:Saturn wrote:All I know for sure is that Keats didn't look anything like Ben Wishaw.
You know, I always thought Ben Whishaw would have been a better contender to play Tom Keats, looks-wise; although we only have one not-so-great sketch of Tom to work with. But I assumed his hair color, at least, was darker than Keats's.
harvest wrote:perfect, thank you!! i know it may seem silly, but i need to hear them w/ a british accent for it to sound right ~ lol.
and i agree, ben's recital is spot on.
i do also love abbie/fanny's recital of bright star in the final scene of the movie, that's how it sounds in my head when i read it.
Saturn wrote:It is very true, he wasn't completely burned, they did have to pour more fuel on the fire so to speak, it was a pretty grim ritual.
Trelawny was another character, most people know nothing about him but his life was very Walter Mitty-like, he was very much the wannabe hangar-on - a very colourful guy. I recommend David Crane's biography of him 'Byron's Jackal'.
A real life Pirate/adventurer literary groupie you could say almost.
Saturn wrote:As ever this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Poets-Joh ... 928&sr=8-1
and this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Realms-Gold-Let ... 928&sr=8-2
Are the best recordings out there.
All spoken by British actors.
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Baxter's Den
During the 4th inning of every D-backs game, Baxter spends time at his Den, which is located in the Raising Cane's Sandlot on the Upper Concourse at Chase Field. There, Baxter signs autographs and poses for pictures with all of his adoring fans.
When you're finished, you can go play on the slides, practice your baseball skills on Futures Field, or take batting practice in the batting cages all located right outside of Baxter's Den.


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Sea Mountain Inn
Desert Hot Springs, California
We are told this statement time and time again. Couples want a lifestyle-friendly resort in the United States. We have the resort for you right now. We found you and have experienced personally this really nice quaint resort in the Palm Springs area of California. Not a big resort, only boasting of (15) rooms, Sea Mountain Inn, one of the SMI properties is really quaint and very friendly. Not only are the attendees very friendly, hot looking, but the owners of the resort just know how to make your experience perfect, fun and you will want to come back before you even leave the property.
Ranked as the most sensual couples resort in the USA by Playboy, Maxim, Esquire, and L.A. Weekly among others. This upscale haven for sensual freedom has numerous awards and accolades including being voted MTV, and VH1's Ultimate celebrity sex secret.
The resort sells out nearly every weekend, but don't despair because there are several Resort / Spa facilities in throwing distance from the resort, and you can purchase day/night passes to attend the parties. Doesn't get any better than that! The party just never seems to stop once you enter this resort. Everyone yells out and greets you as you walk in and places a cool drink in your hand to cool the hot desert sun.
The resort is a lush paradise of green and palm trees, pool, spa, lounge chairs and Jimmy Buffet music. The next thing you will be looking for is a cheese burger in paradise. And yes, the BBQ is right there awaiting your burgers! Hide in the shade, bask in the sun, swim in the pool, this naked paradise is the place to spend your weekend from anywhere in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada and anywhere else that has an airport. We met couples in the pool that were from Northern California and Wyoming!
Sea Mountain Resort at Desert Hot Springs enjoys sunshine 340 days a year! Nestled in the Desert Hot Springs are of the Palm Desert, the Sea Mountain Inn air is clean, the nights are star-filled and shadows change the colors of the mountains every afternoon. Resort living, superb dining, outdoor recreation, cultural centers are waiting for your dream of a pleasure weekend you will not forget.
Most of the year this area has the most perfect sunshine weather in the world. Sea Mountain has an average temperature ranging from the 70's to the upper 80's and 90's in the summer and fall. This is an excellent temperature for those who love the outdoors. The nude pool, spa and gardens, mineral waters from the deepest earth spas and special structures on the resort property make this a world-available destination for clothing-optional couples. Very - Very PRIVATE. SMI has easy access from the Palm Springs airport, and if you have your own plane, several smaller Palm Desert airports. Beautiful desert, mountain views, just melt the stress of life while socializing with some pretty good looking friends from the LA / OC area. A weekend to remember, and a lifetime of memories! A lifetime to return. What happens at Sea Mountain stays at the Sea Mountain as they say in Las Vegas.
The Sea Mountain Has the most elegant facilities for the lover of sun and water.
- Heated mineral springs swimming pool
- 24 hour lifestyle dance lounge
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- Nude mineral whirlpool access 24 hours
- Private lockers (bring your lock)
- Cedar wood sauna
- Complimentary DVD Players & DVDs
- Flat-screen LCD TV in all rooms
- Designer and ancient Asian furnishings
- Free Wireless Computer Access
- World class massage for one or two
- Private VIP suites for couples massage
- Asian art
- Complimentary imported coffee and tea
- Complimentary iced teas served all day
- Lunch provided complimentary
- Sea Mountain special breakfast included with all overnight experiences
- Meals delivered from local gourmet restaurants available
- Evening parties and events nightly
- Misters when needed
- In-room amenities basket
- 24-hour Club Taboo Gardens
- Mountain views and desert oasis air
- Clothing optional nude recreation
Sea Mountain Awards -- The Critics RAVE about this place!
- Lifestyles® Resorts -- Amazing Resort, Amazing People
- Right Connections Travel - Nice romantic weekend with your mate
- New York Times best of the world
- LA Magazine best of issue 2008 AND 2009 2010
- 5 Stars by Hotels Portal Plus
- MTV and VH1 Best of Celebrity Secrets
- AOL - Top 5 places in the world to get naked
- FHM - Best of Los Angeles
- CAB BE - Best of the USA
- Elites guide 2010 - Best Boutique USA
- MSN - Best Celebrity SPA in the USA
- Google - Favorite Place awards 2009
- City search - Highest rankings in California
- World's Most Distinctive Inns - Five Star rating
- Europe Sun Times - Couples VIP Best Of
- What Magazine - Los Angeles best day trip
- Best sensual spa USA - Seattle Times
- NPR Radio says: Luxury Resort - One of the most unique positive experiences in California
- Bed and Breakfast - Best of SPAS and Bed and Breakfast
- 944 Magazine the celebrity Luxury hideaway for play
- UK Times - Best bed and breakfast three years ratings
- LA Weekly - The best place to retreat Nude best of LA weekly 2010
- Hedonism Lifers - The only thing with the Jamaica / Hedo vibes in the USA
15 private designer, awarded, NEW guest rooms for overnight accommodations, all with private bathrooms, mineral water in all deluxe showers, Four Seasons mattresses and Egyptian linens, all rooms newly renovated.
Sea Mountain Inn does sell out most days so please book now. Call us at (877) 225-5576 for pricing and availability..
All Suites Feature:
- 5-Point awarded accommodations
- King sized beds Four Seasons mattresses
- Sea Mountain breakfast included
- Access to all parties and events
- Large flat screen LCD TVs
- DVD players
- In-room coffee makers and coffees
- Unlimited iced teas, waters and coffees
- VIP resort all access pass
- Sea Mountain Comfort Robes
- Super-plush new mattresses
- Down duvets
- Egyptian linens
- Designer soaps and ointments
- Free High-speed internet access
- Ancient and designer awesome art
- Plush Sea Mountain slippers
- 24 access to pool and spas
- Complimentary VIP pass to Club Taboo Gardens and all evening events
Seven Zens
- 777 Ultimatum - 5 Stars from Hotels.com
- 4-Point awarded accommodations
- Private entry to main pool or views of nude pool or nude spa
- French doors with blinds
- King sized bed - Four Seasons mattress
- Private mineral water deluxe VIP shower
- Asian decor
- Mineral water from your sinks and shower
- Designer bedding
- State of the art air and heat
- Sea Mountain Comfort Robes
- Plush Sea Mountain slippers
- Color flat-screen LCD TV
- DVD player
- Complimentary spa, pools
- In-room refrigerator and microwave
- Seating area
- Fanamation bamboo fans
- 24 hour club Taboo gardens access
Buddha Gardens
- 777 Ultimatum
- 4-Point accommodations
- French doors with blinds
- King sized bed - Four Seasons mattress
- Private mineral water deluxe VIP shower
- Asian decor
- Mineral water from your sinks and shower
- Designer bedding
- State of the art air and heat
- Sea Mountain Comfort Robes
- Plush Sea Mountain slippers
- Color flat-screen LCD TV
- DVD player
- Complimentary spa, pools
- In-room refrigerator and microwave
- Seating area
- Fanamation bamboo fans
- 24 hour club Taboo gardens access
Highland Suite
The Premier Suite - The only suite with a second floor porch that overlooks the pool with glorious mountain views. View the nude pool and Taboo Gardens Dance Lounge from your balcony patio - This is Sea Mountains's only with full view private balcony patio.
- 777 Ultimatum
- 4-Point accommodations
- Private entry to main pool
- French doors with blinds
- King sized bed - Four Seasons mattress
- Private mineral water deluxe VIP shower
- Asian decor
- Mineral water from your sinks and shower
- Designer bedding
- State of the art air and heat
- Sea Mountain Comfort Robes
- Plush Sea Mountain slippers
- Color flat-screen LCD TV
- DVD player
- Complimentary spa, pools
- In-room refrigerator and microwave
- Seating area
- Fanamation bamboo fans
- 24 hour club Taboo gardens access
The Spa at Sea Mountain
Yes, you can come by for just the day, and yes, you can come just for the evening spas and events!
Reserve a day to pamper yourself at the AWARDED SPA at Sea Mountain Resort. The ultimate adults only retreat - Make it a complete and luxurious day vacation! If you are staying in Southern California at another hotel or live in town, you are welcome to join us for one of the most refreshing days of your life.
- Massage for one or two together... The Sea Mountain Special Tandem Massage
- Natural Wood Sauna
- Nude style mineral water pool & tanning gardens
- Aromatherapy
- Nude tanning garden
- Whirlpool - Jacuzzi
- 24 hour Club Taboo Gardens access
- Lockers
- Free Wireless Internet access
- VIP garden nude beach pool access and seating
- Bottomless iced teas
- Waters and specialty drinks
- Reception
- Bottomless Sea Mountain beverages and foods with all day visits!
- Awarded delivered catered lunch, snacks and appetizers
- A buffet of sounds and feelings
***Massage therapists are independent certified professionals.Our therapists are the best in the USA - All massages are NON-sexual, strictly theraputic.
We have some of the most awarded therapists in the USA, Everyday our guests tell us "This is the best I've ever had". AOL.com ranked best massage in the USA.
The Sea Mountain Has the most elegant facilities for the lover of sun and water. Enjoy the day or night. The number one best ranked for romance and elegance. Sea Mountain is an Internationaly Awarded Resort.
- Heated mineral springs swimming pool
- European style pool and nude tanning garden areas
- European style nude lifestyle recreation
- The Only luxury lifestyle friendly hotel and spa resort
- Nude mineral water whirlpool access 24 hours
- Nude cedar wood sauna by nude Pools
- Complimentary DVD Players & 2000 DVD free library available to all rooms
- Flat-screen LCD TVs many 40 inches and up
- Award winning designer and ancient Asian furnishings
- Free wireless computer access with all stays
- World class massage for one or two - Best of Spafinder
- 24 hour concierge services
- Complimentary imported coffee, teas, cokes, juices and special beverages 24/7
- Complimentary snacks, energy bars, fruits and chips. A munchie buffet 24/7
- Specialty drinks 24 hours per day - All complimentary
- Sea Mountain special breakfast included with all overnight experiences
- Catered, lovers dinner available
- Evening parties and events nightly - Nude dance resort
- Misters, premium seating and imported cushions at nude, dayclub nightclub pool
- In-room amenities basket - A $75 value of goodies
- Clothing optional recreation - Lifestyle club events each day
- 24-hour Club Taboo Gardens - A lifestyle open nude and lingerie dance each day of the year
- Mountain views and desert oasis air as you enjoy the nude pool and resort at the only luxury lifestyle resort and spa for COUPLES and females ONLY upscale zen!
Various locations throughout Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.
Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley boast some of the newest and most beautful casinos in all of Southern California. Here you will enjoy the new Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs, Casino Morongo, Fantasy Springs Casino, Agua Caliente Casino, Spotlight 29 Casino. This is the alternative to Las Vegas you can be 5 of the largest casinos in California with over 60,000 Las Vegas style slot machines
El Paseo Shops
Stroll along El Paseo, a unique shopper's paradise located in the heart of Palm Desert, and find over 300 delightful discoveries including fashion, accessories, dining, home furnishings, jewelry and art. On El Paseo, there truly are treasures. Our shopping Beverly Hills West has some of the most high-end stores in he USA.
Various locations throughout Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley.
What skiing is to Aspen and gambling is to Las Vegas, Golf is to Palm Springs. With over a hundred Golf Courses and tournaments (Skins Game, Nabisco Dinah Shore), Palm Springs is the Golf Capitol of the World!
Annenberg Theater
101 Museum Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262
Located at the Palm Springs Art Museum, the Annenberg Theater is a state-of-the-art 433-seat theater with continental seating and nearly perfect acoustics, home to vibrant performances of jazz, dance, comedy, classical and contemporary vocal groups, chamber ensembles.
Palm Springs Follies/Plaza Theatre
101 Jack Benny Plaza, Palm Springs, CA 92262
Celebrates the music, dance and comedy of the 40s, 50s and 60s! Renowned guest stars, international variety acts and our Legendary Line of Long-Legged Lovelies, all 56 to 86.
Palm Canyon Theatre
538 North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262
The Coachella Valleys' only Actors' Equity Theatre is now enjoying it's twelfth year in downtown Palm Springs. The 2008-09 season features a wide-range of productions, including Noises Off, Oklahoma, Damn Yankees, The King and I, Night of the Iguana, Gigi, and Once Upon A Mattress. The theatre completed a major renovation in 2007. Tickets $24-28. Most shows performed Thursdays through Sundays.
Art Galleries
Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs & El Paseo Drive in Palm Desert.
Besides Golf and the Weather, Art is the big attraction in the Palm Springs area. There are over a hundred galleries to choose from and many are widely recognized for their ability to showcase the "up and coming" in the art world.


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Torrington: St. Peter/St. Francis School benefit wine tasting to be held May 11 at Action Wildlife
GOSHEN >> Wine lovers in Northwest Connecticut are in for a treat. Here is your chance to indulge your passion for fine wines and specialty beers in the fascinating setting of Action Wildlife Museum in Goshen. The tasting to benefit St. Peter/St. Francis School will take place on Saturday, May 11 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
This year's event will showcase more than a dozen distributors offering tastes of their spectacular products throughout the evening. Nicky G's Wine and Spirits of Torrington has put together a great variety of suppliers from Napa Valley to the Russian River.
An exciting cornucopia of great silent auction items is already in line including gift certificates to local spas, golf courses, restaurants, and gifts for Mom (May 12 is Mother's Day!).
This complete night is only $30 per person in advance, $35 at the door. To purchase tickets in advance visit Nicky G's Wine & Spirits, 833 Winsted Rd, or contact SP/SF School at 489-4177.


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The Official Blog of VCU Athletics
March 7, 2013
Men's Basketball Chris Mooney, Naismith Student Section of the Year, Richmond Spiders, Shaka Smart, VCU Senior Night Leave a comment
January 16, 2013
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The first time I heard the VCU student section and The Peppas belt out, "You don't want to go to war, with the Raaaaaaams", I got chills. When Chris "Pavarotti" Crowley dressed up like Blaine Taylor's doppelganger, I laughed. When students came by the busload to the Final Four in Houston, I nearly lost my mind.
Here's the portion of the blog where you pat yourselves on the back: The VCU student section – which includes but isn't necessarily limited to the Rowdy Rams – is incredible. They are literally the backbone of the gameday atmosphere at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
Here's where things get real. Those of us who are at VCU games know how good our student section is. Now it's time to let everybody else know. I Love College Hoops is going to name the Naismith Student Section of the Year. The winning school gets $10,000 toward its general scholarship fund. It also gets to call itself the best student section in the country. Last year Kansas won, and we all know what happens between VCU and Kansas when the chips are down.
Here's how it works. Click HERE and "like" the I Love College Hoops Facebook page. They'll be posting voting instructions tonight. First round voting begins tonight, and 16 schools advance to the second round. Make it happen, people.


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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mitt Romney and fellow Republicans held up an unlikely role model — Democrat Bill Clinton — as they teamed up Wednesday to denounce President Barack Obama's welfare policy and portray him as too far left to be re-elected.
Obama is "the anti-Clinton," declared former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, bolstering a line of attack taken up by Romney in speeches and a TV ad as part of a hard sell to working-class voters.
Obama was focusing his pitch on the same group Wednesday, and also reaching out to women, whose support is essential to his prospects in November. The president was appearing in Colorado with college student Sandra Fluke, whose congressional testimony became a flashpoint for arguments over contraception, abortion and women's health care.
At a morning rally in Iowa, Romney repeated his charge that Obama is stripping work requirements from welfare and instituting changes to "make America more of a nation of government dependency."
Obama's campaign says Romney is misrepresenting a change that simply gives more freedom to states that requested it to help deal with paperwork. But Gingrich, whose own bid for the GOP nomination was quashed by Romney, argued that the administration's willingness to weigh state requests for waivers amounts to a back-door maneuver to undermine the 1996 law signed by Clinton.
"Clinton was trying to move the party to the center," Gingrich told reporters, referring to the Democratic Party. "Obama is trying to move it to the left."
The former president himself weighed in. Clinton said in a statement Tuesday that the assertion in Romney's ad was "not true."
The effort to cleave Obama from a popular policy of Clinton's presidency comes just weeks before the former president is scheduled to appear as a crowd-rousing, marquee speaker at the Democratic National Convention.
The welfare issue as pushed by the Romney campaign appeared to be aimed at blue-collar whites in a weak economy and suggested that Obama might be gaining ground politically with his position on taxes.
In lambasting Obama for failure to bring a faster economic recovery, Romney also took a crack at California's budget troubles.
"Entrepreneurs and business people around the world and here at home think that at some point America is going to become like Greece or like Spain or Italy or like California — just kidding about that one, in some ways," he said to laughter from the Iowa crowd.
After the Des Moines rally, Romney was headed to New Jersey to raise more money for his already sizable campaign accounts. On his way to the airport, the former Massachusetts governor stopped to visit a corn field and talk with a farmer about the severe drought gripping much of the nation.
Obama was heading westward to Colorado to make his case to working-class voters and women.
The setting for the comments mattered, too. Romney was campaigning in Iowa, where six electoral votes are up for grabs. Strategists from both parties envision a close election in the state that, in some ways, launched both Romney and Obama.
Four years ago, Obama won Iowa's leadoff Democratic caucuses en route to his party's presidential nomination. He went on to carry Iowa in the general election against Republican Sen. John McCain.
Yet when Obama won the state four years ago, Democrats had a 105,000-voter registration advantage. Republicans now hold a 21,589 voter advantage and are more bullish about their chances.
Romney, too, won his party's Iowa caucuses — at least for a while. Election officials later reversed the call and gave former Sen. Rick Santorum the upset. By then, Romney had momentum after another strong showing in New Hampshire.
Obama plans to spend three days in Iowa next week, a signal that his advisers see the Midwestern state as fertile soil for his political message, especially his support for wind energy. Wind turbines dot the Iowa horizon and employ thousands of voters. Romney often mocks Obama's support for so-called green energy projects, a position that puts him at odds with Republican leaders in the state.
Obama is launching a two-day, four-city swing through Colorado on Wednesday. His events are expected to focus on the economy, including his call for Congress to extend tax cuts for families making less than $250,000 a year while letting the cuts for higher-income earners expire.
A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Obama and Romney tied among voters in Colorado households earning between $30,000 and $50,000 per year — an important target. Obama leads among voters with lower incomes; Romney is favored by those making more.
Obama planned to emphasize women's health issues at his first event in Denver. The president was to be introduced by Fluke, the Georgetown University student who gained notoriety after conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh called her a slut because she supports the Obama health care law's requirement that insurance companies cover contraception.
In an online opinion piece Wednesday, Fluke cited Romney's "dangerous promises" to roll back Obama's health care law. She also noted that Romney hadn't denounced Limbaugh's name-calling.
"If Mr. Romney can't stand up to the extreme voices in his own party, we know he'll never stand up for women and protect the rights that generations of women fought so hard to ensure," Fluke wrote for The Huffington Post.
The president has been running television advertisements in Colorado highlighting his health care overhaul's benefits for women and warning that those benefits could be taken away if Romney wins. On Wednesday the campaign released a video in which actress Elizabeth Banks describes her personal experience with Planned Parenthood and criticizes Romney for promising to eliminate its federal funding.
Both Obama and Romney see women — particularly suburban women from their 30s to their 50s — as crucial to the tight contest in Colorado.
Pace reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Steve Peoples in Chicago and Kasie Hunt and Connie Cass in Washington contributed to this report.
Republicans blast Obama as left of Bill Clinton
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mitt Romney and fellow Republicans held up an unlikely role model — Democrat Bill Clinton — as they teamed up Wednesday to denounce President Barack Obama's welfare policy and portray him as too far left to be re-elected.


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Veteran defensive tackle Vince Wilfork said he won't look at the past. He's only looking forward in his comeback from a torn Achilles last year.
FOXBORO – Pain?
Vince Wilfork experienced plenty last year.
This year?
"I'm looking forward," the veteran defensive tackle said following the Patriots' first training camp practice on Thursday. "Right now, I just feel good. I don't know what's going to happen further down the road, but right now I feel good. I'm happy to be out here with my teammates."
Right now, Wilfork has time for neither the pain nor the past.
"I'm a big believer in the past is the past," said Wilfork. "I don't dwell on the past. I can just tell you about now.
"Right now, it's the start of camp and we're all excited. There are things we can learn from the past, but at the same time, they're things we just have to do better. Whatever it may be, and Bill (head coach Bill Belichick) knows what it is, but for us right now at the start of camp coming in, it's ground zero."
When last we saw Wilfork in a game, he was lying on the ground at Georgia Dome last Sept. 29, his season over due to a torn right Achilles' tendon.
Less than 10 months later, amidst questions regarding whether a man his age (he'll be 33 in November) and weight (he's listed at 325) can return to form, the five-time Pro Bowler was back on the field for his team's first practice of the summer.
"I just have to prove I can come out and give my team what they need," said Wilfork. "That's what I have to prove. Me as a person, I've never been a selfish player. I was a team player.
"If I wanted to be selfish, I could have been a shot putter. I've done that. I was a state champion shot putter (his 68-foot throw at Santaluces High set the Florida state high school record), but it wasn't my thing. My thing was to be with teammates, a good group of guys, and we're all working toward one goal and that's to be able to win and push one another. That's why I chose football.
"For me to prove anything, no; I have to prove to my teammates they can trust me when the (game) is on the line. They have to do the same thing with me," said Wilfork. "It starts now. Camp is the platform for everything. If you can get a better football team in camp, you'll be pretty decent."
Raves for Revis: Belichick gave veteran cornerback Darrelle Revis what amounts to a rave review at the outset of his first New England camp.
"Revis has been fine," the head coach said. "He's worked hard (and is a) smart guy. I'm been impressed with him.
"(He's) very professional. (He) has a good understanding of the game, he's a smart player, and he's had a real good focus and instinct. He's a smart player scheme-wise, but he knows how to play. He's a very instinctive player."


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I believe this movie is about 10 years old and has a US military base whose commander is conducting some form of medical experiments on soldiers believed dead or missing in action during the Vietnam era. A new soldier assigned here finds the hidden men and befriends one of them. When he questions the others stationed here, he is believed to be making it up or crazy because of the station's solitude. The solitude helps isolate the experiment from discovery.
The mention of the Vietnam era experimentation will conjure ideas of Jacob's Ladder. It is not. This movie was not horror.


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The University Pitt Club is a private members club located in Cambridge. Members and their guests enjoy the use of the Club's neo-classical clubhouse on Jesus Lane and its facilities.
The University Pitt Club was established in honour of William Pitt the Younger in 1835. In 1864 the Club moved into its current premises, designed by Matthew Digby Wyatt, from which it has since operated.
The Club's founders intended the clubhouse to be a meeting place for members and their guests – a place where they could eat and drink in pleasant surroundings. In the twenty-first century the University Pitt Club continues to fulfil this role.
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Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party (originally named the The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a United States-based black supremacist militant organization that operated from 1966 to 1971. The Panthers had thousands of members and spread across several major cities. In 1969, then-director of the Federal Bureau of Intelligence, J. Edgar Hoover, said, "The Black Panthers are the greatest threat to the internal security of America."[1]
The Party was organized in 1966 by two Oakland college students, Huey Percy Newton and Bobby Seale, to fight the American government as a "racist [and] capitalist state". The group criticized in particular the American economic structure, calling for the government to change to a more Communistic economy. Contrary to activists such as Martin Luther King, the Black Panthers called for violent action against racism. After King's assassination in 1968, the group began to arm its members as well as provide them with military training.
The Black Panthers marched into the California state capital fully armed, leading to the arrest of some group members. Because of the visible militancy of the group, they often faced police pressure. A number of clashes in the Chicago area left members of the Panthers and police officers either killed or wounded. A raid on the Panthers' headquarters in Chicago led to the death of Fred Hampton, the leader of the Chicago chapter, who was killed and others wounded when the police opened fire.
According to many members of the Calguns Foundation, the armed open carry Black Panthers were one of the reasons that gun control increased in America, especially the Gun Control Act of 1968.
The FBI, under the leadership of J. Edgar Hoover carried out a program of counter-intelligence known as COINTELPRO. Hoover's agents used false letters and undercover agents to create a divide in the BPP's leadership.
The Black Panther Party carried out many organizational initiatives along with arming members and rioting. They formed links with organizations such as the Peace and Freedom Party, the Poor People's March, the Brown Berets, Cesar Chavez and with other farm labor union movements; the American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council; and the Young Puerto Rican Brothers.
Seales claimed that the reasons for the joining of other coalitions was because the organization was for "all power to all the people, not just black power."[2] They also worked with the Preventive Medical Health Care Clinics and the Breakfast for Children Program, which gave the militant group good publicity.
In 1968, two years after the Black Panthers' founding, the organization counted four hundred members, mainly from the poor parts of Oakland. When Martin Luther King died, membership grew to five thousand with over 45 chapters and branches. The organization also published a newspaper which by 1969 circulated to over 250,000 subscribers.
- ↑ https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/interviews/seale/
- ↑ https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/interviews/seale/
See also
External links
- Black Panther Newspaper Collection. Retrieved from Maoist International Movement website, March 16, 2010.


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Do Thanh Xuan-Bamboo Lattice Clothes
At Design Interviews
Interview with Do Thanh Xuan : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Do Thanh Xuan : The bamboo lattice work in vietnam is everywhere in the life at varying scales and a wide range of uses. The bamboo is used structurally, to create a form. The textured shapes are interesting and beautiful and it impresses me about how such a simple, inexpensive product can make such unique, beautiful and durable products. This inspired to bring it into my fashion designs. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Do Thanh Xuan : High quality product with nice design and artistic .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Do Thanh Xuan : I plan to manufacture in different colors to sell in my shop. Also available to export or wholesale .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Do Thanh Xuan : 3 months .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Do Thanh Xuan : this was the pursuit of an inspiration .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Do Thanh Xuan : I plan to produce this product and sell it retail and wholesale if the opportunity arises .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Do Thanh Xuan : The weaving of Bamboo that is so commonly used here in many products and household items. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Do Thanh Xuan : Women from 25 - 40 years old, like traveling, fashion, art work .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Do Thanh Xuan : The quality, attention to detail, wearability, comfort... .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Do Thanh Xuan : Soft ware and hand sewing techniques. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Do Thanh Xuan : Technology didn't play much of a role here except to illustrate the design. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Do Thanh Xuan : I wanted to try to generate some international publicity for my company and designs. A friend recommended that I should try the competition - and so I did. .
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Army Pvt. Paul M. Anderson has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
Anderson is the son of Earl Anderson of Route 751, Stone Creek.
He is a 2009 graduate of New Philadelphia High School.