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Ex-Hijabis Reflect on Decision to Remove Veil

Monday, June 23, 2014

"I used to think that wearing a scarf on my head was my highway ticket to paradise," says one woman. But then she found it weighing her down with role-model pressures. For Ramadan, she and two others reflect on a personal nexus of culture and religion.

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NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)-- Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar year, which Muslims observe with fasting, worshipping and family gatherings, starts this year on the evening of June 28. The month-long holiday is also a time of self-reflection.

Looking ahead to that, three Muslim women reflect on their often attention-getting decision to stop wearing the hijab, the Islamic veil that covers the hair and chest of a woman past the age of puberty. Presented as a cloth of modesty, the hijab is worn by Muslim women in the presence of adult men outside of their immediate family.

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Assma G., 23, is a psychology student living in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. She wore the hijab for 14 years starting at the age of 9 "to please Allah." In September 2011, she launched a Youtube channel to show "girls they can still feel beautiful in their hijab and not have to take it off." Last month, Assma G., who didn't want to give her last name, decided to stop wearing the Islamic veil.

"I used to think that wearing a scarf on my head was my highway ticket to paradise. I looked down on others who were not dressed as modestly."

"Then I began to dress in a way that was not Islamically correct and my behaviors contradicted with the way a 'hijabi' should behave. Whether we like it or not, a hijabi is forced to be a representation of Islam and a role model for younger Muslimahs. Hijab was supposed to be a decision between me and God, not for people. I was shunned from the Muslim community for not abiding by what they thought hijab should be and I was shunned from my Canadian community, as I was still seen as an outsider. My religion and my choice of what I put on my head became other people's business."

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"I was lost for a year. I was confused and scared and I thought I was good for nothing, only good for 'fuel for hell fire' as I was told repeatedly. I became sick and suicidal at one point and did not understand why these things were happening. I met up with a friend who has also taken the decision to remove her scarf and she explained to me why she removed it and for the first time in a long time I felt understood. I felt like I was not alone and I was not crazy."

"My family is supportive and understands this is what I need to do for myself and inchallah [God's will] when I return to wearing it (because I am planning to) I will return wearing it when I value it and appreciate it. My biological father came to visit me when I was sick and he was upset but open minded. He told me I need to wear it again, but we have not communicated since then. My friends were very supportive and encouraging. But one friend whom I thought was very close to me--the one who was supposed to be there for me through thick and thin--cut ties with me and told me I have changed a lot. I get a few random messages calling me a whore or prostitute or b*tch from my Youtube viewers, but I disregard those and don't even care to let them get to me."

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Sharmin Hossain, 21, is a political educator and youth trainer at the YaYa network in New York, which describes itself as "a citywide anti-racist, anti-sexist organization and allies with the LGBTQ community." Hossein started wearing the hijab in middle school at age 12. Last year, at 20, she took it off. She submitted a photo of herself wearing hijab because, she says, "I think I look beautiful in it. I don't mind posting one with it and just wanted to remind myself I can still rock the hijab."

"The hijab for me . . . in many (not all) experiences was a statement against the traditional male gaze that owns the femme/queer/gender non-conforming body. And it represented my relationship to Islam in a world filled with islamophobia and the hatred of women who were making decisions for their own body. Growing up in New York, I still experienced cat calling and relationships with sexist misogynist men who used patriarchal notions of modesty and honor to perpetuate oppression. Many of my relationships were tied to these notions of sanctity that created the virgin/whore dichotomy, while also creating a hidden space to explore/discover sexuality and the freedom to define these experiences before committing myself to someone 'forever.'"

"Since I took off my hijab, I have been navigating and negotiating my Muslim identity without the hijab defining it for me in the Western reductionist complex, nor in the Arab-centric definition that alienated my Bangladeshi-South Asian body. Taking off the hijab allowed me to think of my values beyond the external, and let me get comfortable with skin and the idea of hair not necessarily being a hyper-sexualized object that needs to be covered in order to justify a mandate from the Most High."

"The turning point was being honest with myself, being honest with my needs and the ways in which I have internalized and normalized a practice that I never questioned. It became such a norm for me that taking it off became scary since I couldn't imagine what people would think of me/my honor/my self-respect/relationship with God. It was a turning point to just go to the gym regularly and take off my hijab while I worked out, since I get over-heated and irritated easily. It was a climactic point to just walk to work, a safe space and ask what was changed about who I was. I decided to change my style up a bit, since I never experienced my sexuality, gender and romantic life without the hijab."

"My mother said, as soon as I told her I wasn't going to wear hijab, 'That doesn't change your Islam. Your prayers, heart and insides are what count as hijab.' My friends allowed me to grow, challenged me to question where I found beauty and what felt the realest. My father still refers to it as a beautiful period in my life, but never fails to acknowledge I still embody greatness and beauty without it."

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Aminah Sheikh, 29, was born and raised in Toronto. She recently graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies at York University where her research focused on faith-based organizations, women and socio-economic development in Pakistan. She was one of 12 women featured in the viral Mipsterz' video, "Somewhere in America," released online in December 2013. Six months ago, Sheikh stopped wearing the hijab.

"I feel more confident in spaces. I feel I can blend in and not question my own belonging. Hijab is to be celebrated and we see that happening globally. But in secular spaces, it can be a constant battle against huge discourses and cultural hegemony. I found it mentally exhausting after 10 years. It is a fight in many ways, and I have so much respect for women who continue that struggle against the normative discourse on how women should dress and present themselves."

"Men harass me more now in a very different way. Hijab does not serve as a barrier, it does not prevent sexual harassment from happening or (assault/rape) as some would claim. But, I feel now without hijab the number of men bothering me has increased and it is rather annoying. However, with hijab men would still approach me, especially old white men. It is kind of peculiar but made sense. Hijab is often fetishized, and this is not discussed at all. A lot of older white men would always reach out to me in public places and ask me out. I would be stared at a lot more and I often felt like a zoo animal, is that rude? I guess that is the truth. I felt like an exotic carpet from the Orient that would be stared at in spaces like I was on display in a museum. I started feeling a huge desire to just blend in and I felt I would lash out at people. I had to be on offense and defense all the time, to show people that Muslim women were not weak."

"In hijab, you are a constant role model and teacher, whether you want to be or not. I give a lot of love to my sisters in hijab. But you really need to tell the world to shut up on how you perform your gender role. Practice saying 'shut up' in the mirror."

"The turning point was when I was thinking about taking it off more than an hour a day. I was thinking about it three hours minimum a day. When you start crying consistently and hating yourself; when you wake up and think you are hideous creature and resent people. I did analyze the pain and knew much of this self-loathing would not disappear. Honestly, it has really reduced. I feel a lot happier, comfortable and safe in my existence."

"My family is super supportive. I am also a grown woman with a strong voice. They know how I dictate my own life. They respected my decision when I wore it and now respect me without it."

"I became scared that I lost a whole community of friends and thought that I could no longer be close to other hijabis. But I started realizing most hijabis go through phases. I did not do an ethnography on this but most hijabis wear it and take it off. Like I said, maybe our community has a hard time grappling with this, but it is a fact. At least 80 percent of the hijabis or non-hijabis take it off and put it on in transitions of their lives. For me and I am sure others, it has become normal."

"I do not wear hijab now and in many ways I feel more closer to my faith than ever."

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The last contributor noted the comparative advances of men both with and without hijab.

She remarks that the number of men bothering her now has increased but that outweighs the previous advancements of 'old white men' towards her.

By saying "When you start crying consistently and hating yourself; when you wake up and think you are hideous creature and resent people" it sounds like you felt ugly/unattractive in hijab and linked the quality of men approaching you (undesireable 'old, white men')to wearing the veil. Now that you have removed it, you say that you have more male attention possibly with a different demographic but you feel 'more comfortable' and happy.

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Is there any way to put some instructions for a custom post type inside the post admin at the top of the add/edit page?

I know you can put the instructions inside of a meta box, but at the top would be easier for the user to read....

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You should be able to add help tabs with add_help_tab(). You'll need to filter which page you add it to based on the data returned by get_current_screen(), but that's simple.

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I am working on a Wordpress theme that has a homepage slider. I have a table in Wordpress database that stores post view counts and I would like to make my slider show the top viewed posts.

This is the SQL to get the top post, Post ID's

SELECT `post_id`, `single_views`
FROM `wp_ak_popularity`
ORDER BY `single_views`

And below is my current Wordpress DB query that is currently in use.

$featured = new WP_Query(
        'no_found_rows'             => TRUE,
        'update_post_meta_cache'    => FALSE,
        'update_post_term_cache'    => FALSE,
        'ignore_sticky_posts'       => 1,
        'posts_per_page'            => wpb_option('featured-slider-number'),
        'cat'                       => wpb_option('featured-slider-category')

I was looking at the WordPress documentation site and saw that I could use something like this to only query the posts that I need...

$featured  = new WP_Query(
        post_type' => 'post',
        'post__in' => array( 2, 5, 12, 14, 20 )

Where I need help is how I can make the first Database query and get those results into a variable like this

$post_ids = '2, 5, 12, 14, 20';

So I can then make the main Database query by simply passing in the Post ID's that I need.

Can someone show me how to get the first list of ID's?

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if I understand you correctly, you might want something like this:

global $wpdb;

$number=30; // EDIT this to your needs

$sql="SELECT post_id
FROM `wp_ak_popularity`
ORDER BY `single_views`

$my_top_posts = $wpdb->get_results($wpdb->prepare($sql,$number),ARRAY_N);

to get an array of the top posts id's.

You could then use this in your WP_Query:

'post__in' => $my_top_posts
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Have a look at the wpdb class in Codex, this is what you should be using to run your SQL queries.

First, you should be using the $wpdb->prefix with your table name. The prefix can be changed by the user, and multiple sites can share the same database with different prefixes.

So here we query the database and then loop over the results, putting the post ids in an array. Note that in your example, creating a string like $post_ids = '2, 5, 12, 14, 20'; wouldn't work unless you first exploded it into an array.

$table = $wpdb->prefix . 'ak_popularity'
$query = "SELECT post_id, single_views
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$results = $wpdb->get_results( $query, ARRAY_A );
$post_ids = array();
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Recent U of S graduate veterinary pathologist Marc Cattet works on an anesthetized grizzley bear during a recent field research trip.

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By Joel Deshaye

For a researcher whose job sometimes entails chasing polar bears or grizzly bears by helicopter, Marc Cattet is careful to explain that the glamor of the job is superficial.

Cattet is a recently graduated veterinary pathologist at the U of S who specializes in bear biochemistry and bear handling. For Cattet, the helicopter chase is an unfortunate necessity.

"I still get a big thrill getting into the helicopter and it’s a great way to see the world," says Cattet, who has traveled the Arctic by air to get blood samples from polar bears. "And it’s really neat to see the animals from that perspective. But the reality is that there’s a particular animal that you’re going to dart. It’s really stressful for the animal ... You can imagine yourself in that situation. And they don’t know what a helicopter is. That’s not a pleasant part of the job ... It’s always a big relief when you’re leaving and you see the animal get up, and it’s an even bigger relief when a few weeks later you encounter that animal again."

Cattet collects blood samples from polar bears to understand their physiology, which has adapted to tolerate the stress of food deprivation in the Arctic. A polar bear’s metabolism allows it to survive long periods of fasting followed by high-fat feeding when food is available.

Relative to humans, polar bears are "insulin-resistant-C" – a condition that has prompted comparison between bears and diabetic humans. The bears do not develop diabetes, however. Cattet says it is premature to hope that the study of bears will help cure a human disease; rather, his approach emphasizes the bear’s well-being.

With the health and safety of bears in mind, Cattet and Nigel Caulkett, an anesthesiologist at the veterinary college on campus, have developed an anesthetic drug that is reversible by an antagonist drug and that has effective painkilling properties for the bear. The current drug most commonly used to immobilize bears, Telazol, wears off slowly and does not effectively stop the pain caused by procedures such as tooth extractions – which allow the researcher to determine the age of the bear by counting the tooth’s tree-like rings.

Cattet also works with a large-scale conservation project called the Foothills Model Forest Grizzly Bear Research Project, based at Hinton, Alta. He was hired in 1999 as the project veterinarian, whose job is to oversee the safety and the health of captured animals. He has also used this position as an opportunity to further test the newer anesthetic drugs for use on free-range bears.

"The animals are different in that setting," he says, comparing wild bears to the domesticated ones in zoos. "There are a lot more opportunities for adrenaline [a stress response] to manifest itself and override the effects of the anesthetic drug."

The study of the grizzly bear is important because, as omnivorous animals at the top of the food chain, they are "an indicator of ecosystem health." If the grizzlies are sick or in distress, it is likely that other animals in the ecosystem are experiencing increased stress.

Cattet and a team of co-investigators have recently proposed a research program to the U. S. National Science Foundation to examine grizzly bears’ "stress and health and how it ties in with population dynamics, human activity, and landscape change."

In Cattet’s research on polar bears and grizzly bears, the recurring question is about how bears respond to stress. "In the case of the polar bears, there was a stressor, and the stressor was food deprivation ... This is a stressor that polar bears have evolved and adapted to. With grizzly bears ... the stressor is human activity (industry, recreation, etc.) and the feeling is that this could be a stress that these animals can’t adapt to."

Cattet explains that there is a point when stress irreversibly injures an animal. "Stress is a normal response. But there is a point when the duration and severity of stress gets higher and higher and longer and longer and the stress response basically sucks up the resources from other biological functions. And generally at that point it becomes distress. The response becomes non-adaptive."

Much of Cattet’s current work is with the Canadian Co-operative Wildlife Health Centre, whose mandate is to integrate broad aspects of veterinary medical science with wildlife management and wildlife conservation in Canada.

"Stress is a health issue," Cattet says. "Given that these animals are going to be handled, how can we reduce stress? The bottom line is that capturing animals is another form of exploitation. There are arguments for it and arguments against it. But it’s going to be done regardless. If there are ways of doing it better and safer, let’s investigate and let’s do it."

Joel Deshaye writes profiles of U of S graduate students as part of a fellowship with the College of Graduate Studies and Research.

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(CNN) — The jackpot in Friday’s Mega Millions lottery drawing has risen to an estimated $500 million, the largest in the game’s history, after Tuesday night’s drawing produced no jackpot-winning ticket.

The latest estimate, announced around midday Wednesday, is even larger than lottery officials had announced just hours earlier. The initial estimate for Friday’s drawing was $476 million, which also would have been a Mega Millions record.

Tuesday’s numbers were 9, 19, 34, 44 and 51, with a Mega Ball of 24. That drawing was for an estimated $363 million jackpot, which would have been the game’s third-largest.

Forty-seven tickets earned a pre-tax prize of at least $250,000 each by matching five numbers without matching the Mega Ball. Nine California winners will get $308,573 each because of parimutuel rules in that state.

The game’s previous biggest jackpot was $390 million in a March 6, 2007, drawing. That jackpot was split by winners in Georgia and New Jersey.

The growing jackpot has drawn plenty of interest from would-be millionaires. On Monday, lottery officials announced that “stronger than expected sales” prompted them to push up Tuesday’s jackpot up from an initial estimate of $356 million to $363 million.

“I see so many different faces every day, and it’s not just Tuesday and Friday that they come in. It’s every day of the week,” Latasha Allen, a manager at a Columbus, Georgia, convenience store, told CNN affiliate WTVM-TV this week about the growing number of lottery players in recent days.

In Virginia, one of the 42 states where Mega Millions is played, lottery officials expect to sell about 5.8 million tickets on Friday alone, Virginia Lottery spokesman John Hagerty said. Two Fridays ago, on March 16, the state is believed to have sold about 1.3 million tickets for a jackpot that was, at the time, $200 million.

“Sales are very, very strong in Virginia. It looks like we’re seeing a lot more people who don’t normally play want to get in the game,” Hagerty said Wednesday afternoon.

Friday’s $500 million prize is payable as an annuity over 26 years. If a winner prefers, he or she could choose a one-time, lump-sum payment, which in this case would be $359 million. Both figures are before taxes.

This prize has been building since January 24 when a Georgia woman won a $72 million Mega Millions prize. She chose a $52 million lump-sum cash option.

Last year, the game stopped just short of breaking its record. A $380 million jackpot was split by two winners, one in Idaho and another in Washington, on January 4, 2011.

The biggest single-ticket win in the other nationwide lottery, the Powerball, was in February 2006 when a ticket held by eight workers at a Nebraska food plant paid a $365 million jackpot.

Mega Millions is played in 42 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Rock Island Police have arrested four people connected to the death of 51-year-old Alan Porter. The four, who are all in their twenties, were taken into custody late Wednesday night, June 13, 2012.

Investigators say on Monday, June 11th, a bicyclist riding along the bike path between the Centennial and Crescent Brides found a man’s body along the trail. Police say the man died of suspicious traumatic injuries and launched a homicide investigation.

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On Wednesday, June 13th, Rock Island Police Deputy Chief Jeff VenHuizen said four people are now in jail in relation to the homicide.  Twenty-year-old Ryan Mosher is charged with homicide, while 23-year-old Jessie Martin, 26-year-old Patrick Watts, and 27-year-old Melinda Burkhardt are all charged with concealing a homicidal death.

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ATLANTA, Feb. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — There will be plenty of action outside the ring this spring at WWE’s Wrestlemania- thanks to 3-time WCW Professional Wrestling Champion Diamond Dallas Page. Page will be bringing his revolutionary fitness system DDP YOGA to New Orleans April 4th and 5th, to coincide with the biggest weekend in wrestling.

Page will be hosting his intensive DDP YOGA workshops at the Holiday Inn New Orleans Westbank, where attendees will learn how they can tap into the power of dynamic resistance and take control of their health – and their lives.

As a former pro wrestling superstar, Page has reinvented himself as a maverick fitness guru, with the creation of his own workout system that combines dynamic resistance, flexibility, and cardio. DDP YOGA has become hugely popular among current and past athletes, as well as regular people who are seeking to overhaul their health and fitness with a low-impact but amazingly effective calorie-blasting, muscle-building workout.

WWE Wrestlemania will be a particularly poignant weekend for Page, as he will also be making a special appearance in support of his friend and fellow wrestling star/ former mentor, Jake “The Snake” Roberts. Roberts will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 5 and Page will introduce Roberts, who has become one of the most inspiring DDP YOGA success stories to date.

Over the past year, Page has revitalized Roberts’ health and rescued him from the throes of addiction, helping Roberts resurrect his career and reclaim his life through DDP YOGA. With intensive coaching and round-the-clock care, Roberts – who been living with Page – has maintained sobriety and is now in the best shape of his life.

Roberts has said that if he could regain his health through DDP YOGA, anyone can: the program empowers people at any fitness level to take charge of their health and take control of their lives through fitness. At the DDP YOGA workshops, Page will share the inspiring story behind DDP YOGA, the secret of dynamic resistance, active breathing techniques, correct alignment, and a special Q&A on Owning Your Life. There will also be a raffle drawing for DDP YOGA prizes.

The New Orleans workshops will take place Friday (April 4th) 5:00pm-8:00pm and Saturday (April 5th) 11:00am-2:00pm. Entry fee for each 3-hour session is $99.99 and both are open to all levels. Hotel guests at the Holiday Inn New Orleans Westbank will receive 10% off entry fee and 10% off their purchase of the Max Pack DVD set.

Space is limited, so attendees should register for the DDP Workshops early at: http://www.ddpyogaworkshops.com/events/holiday-inn-new-orleans-westbank-hosts-ddp-yoga-wrestlemania-workshop-with-ddp/

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Home » WWE News » WWE Releasing WrestleMania XXVIII Chair, WWE Looks At Masked Wrestlers

— Kmart announced Friday that they are offering a Limited Edition Commemorative WrestleMania® XXVIII Chair “to the delight of shoppers and WWE fans everywhere.” Customers can purchase the $75 chair after spending $30 or more on WWE items at Kmart stores across the country or online.

“We are thrilled to provide this exclusive limited edition chair as a way to reward our devoted customers and offer them premium products that touch on their passion points,” said Andrew Stein, VP and Interim CMO, Kmart. “Knowing that these chairs will never be available again makes them collectibles, which we know makes them even more highly valuable to our shoppers.”

— WWE.com has published a photo gallery highlighting masked wrestlers from throughout history. Besides Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio, those featured include Avatar, Battle Kat, CM Punk, Dos Caras, El Santo, Golga, Great Sasuke, Jushin Liger, Kim Chee, La Parka, Max Moon, Mil Mascaras, Mr. America, Mr. Wrestling II, Psicosis, The Destroyer, The Patriot, Tiger Mask and Ultimo Dragon.

— Jim Ross was asked on Twitter if the feud between CM Punk and Chris Jericho feud is getting personal following Jericho’s harsh words on Monday’s Raw SuperShow. He responded, “That’s what sells.”

  • shawn

    Mr. America? Hulk Hogan wore that. then got in trouble for revealing his face on Smackdown? anyways, not on that list.

  • moo

    that was a lame ass description of Tiger Mask, when is he gonna be in the hall of fame anyway!, he deserves it more than Antonio Inoki.

  • shawn

    dont encourage them, they need space for more wrestling.

  • heyfit

    No Undertaker on the list too. (Phantom of the Opera mask)

  • SusyRko

    Juan cena, Charliee Hass, Cody Rhodes

  • Ryan

    wwe fans everywhere….within the united states

  • Ron

    Mick foley, Aldo kontoya, kwang, blue blazer, spider lady, masked executioner,

  • D2K

    How about the Machines? The Killer Bees? Even Demolition for awhile.

  • Chuva

    Aguila anyone? Avatar/Shinobi? Mr JL? Tisk tisk tisk.

    Even Kane and Vader, while not Lucha style “hoods”, they’re still masks.

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WWE SmackDown Report – 8/1/14

by Amish Patel - Aug 02, 2014

We are in Corpus Christi, Texas and your announcers are Michael ‘Have you seen my Totino’s videos yet’ Cole and John ‘Cashin’ In’ Layfield.

Match Number One: Jack Swagger (with Zeb Colter) versus Cesaro

They lock up and Swagger with a waist lock. Cesaro with a take down and he floats over and slaps Swagger on the head. Swagger with a waist lock take down or two. Swagger goes for the ankle and Cesaro gets to the floor. Cesaro with a kick and punches to Swagger. Swagger blocks a punch and he punches Cesaro.

Swagger with an Irish whip and splash into the corner. Swagger punches Cesaro but the referee pulls Swagger out of the corner and Cesaro with a thumb to the eye followed by a boot. Cesaro with a dead lift side salto for a near fall. Cesaro with a reverse chin lock. Cesaro with a kick and power slam followed by a double stomp to the chest for a near fall.

Cesaro punches Swagger followed by an elbow drop for a near fall. Cesaro with a reverse chin lock and kick followed by a punch. Cesaro slaps Swagger but Swagger with an elbow and clothesline. Swagger with a splash into the corner followed by an Irish whip and boot to the chest as Cesaro comes out of the corner. Cesaro gets up when Swagger goes for the double jump Swagger Bomb and Cesaro sends Swagger over the top rope to the floor as we go to commercial.

We are back and Cesaro is on the top rope and he tries for a superplex but Swagger with punches to stop Cesaro and Cesaro goes to the mat. Swagger comes off the turnbuckles and he is met with a European uppercut. Cesaro gets a near fall. Cesaro runs into a boot in the corner but Swagger is met with a boot and Cesaro with a punch. Swagger with an Irish whip and he runs into a boot. Cesaro comes off the turnbuckles and Swagger catches him and hits a power slam for a near fall.

Swagger sets for the double jump Swagger Bomb and this time he hits it and he gets a near fall. Cesaro goes to the apron and Cesaro drops Swagger on the top rope. Ceasro with a Gibson Driver for a near fall. Cesaro with boots to the head and Cesaro says something to Colter. Swagger blocks a boot and Swagger with the ankle lock and Cesaro taps out.

Winner: Jack Swagger

After the match, Swagger and Colter have their hands over their hearts in the ring and Rusev’s music plays.

Rusev and Lana arrive on the stage and Lana says that we have the real red, white, and blue. The flag of Mother Russia. On behalf of Rusev and the greatest leader in the world, Vladimir Putin, they challenge America and Mr. Colter to a flag match at SummerSlam against your so called Real American Jack Swagger.

Colter says Real Americans never run from two things. One is a party and the other is a call to action to defend the fifty stars and thirteen bars of Old Glory. Zeb says that they accept. It won’t just be him and Jack Swagger. It will also be every Real American in the sound of his voice who will say “We The People”.

We go to commercial with Randy Orton walking in the back.

We are back and Randy Orton makes his way to the ring.

Randy says that last week on Raw he was informed that Brock Lesnar would be facing John Cena with the World Title. He has no issue with Lesnar, but Randy says that he deserves to be in that match. He is not in that match because of Roman Reigns. Roman stands in the way of his legitimate right to be the champion. As long as Roman is around, he will not be able to get what he so rightly deserves.

That is why on Raw, he left a very distinct message for Roman Reigns. We see the footage of the attack by Orton on Reigns on Raw.

Randy tells Roman that he dares him at SummerSlam to step into the ring with the venomous cold viper who will inject his venom into Reigns’ veins and Roman will ball up in the corner like he did on Raw. Randy tells Roman that he can believe in that.

Michael and John start us down the Road to Brie versus Stephanie, when Brie Bella quit at Payback and slapped Stephanie.

We go to commercial.

We are back with the WWE Rewind: Bo Dallas’ streak ending against R Truth on Raw.

Match Number Two: R Truth versus Bo Dallas

Bo offers his hand and Truth with a take down and Bo rolls to the floor. Truth goes to the floor and Bo returns to the ring. Bo is pulled down by Truth and Truth sends Bo into the ringside barrier followed by a punch. Truth returns to the ring and he misses a Stinger Splash into the turnbuckles. Bo with a series of back elbows to Truth. Bo misses a short arm clothesline and Truth with a rollup for a near fall.

Truth with a back slide for a near fall. Truth with a cross body for a near fall. Bo with knees and clotheslines in the corner. Bo with a kick to the head and then he punches Truth and the referee gets to five and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner: R Truth (by disqualification)

After the match, Bo continues to punch Truth out of frustration for the end of the streak last Monday. The referee eventually pulls Bo off Truth.

Bo says that he BOLIEVES that R Truth got exactly what is coming to him. BOLIEVING is a spiritual experience. He knows that all of you have not lost faith. Because he knows that all of you deep down inside . . . truly . . . BOLIEVE in me.

AJ Lee skips in the back as we go to commercial.

Match Number Three: AJ Lee versus Rosa Mendes in a Non Title Match

Rosa says that she wants a title shot. AJ with a back heel kick and AJ applies the Black Widow and Rosa taps out.

Winner: AJ Lee

After the match, AJ skips up the ramp and she stops on the stage with her back to the entrance. That means that Paige attacks AJ from behind and she pushes AJ off the stage. Paige says that she still loves AJ and she tells everyone that AJ is okay. Paige says that is her best friend. Paige tells AJ to call her when she is feeling better.

Dean Ambrose is in the back and he says that Seth Rollins says that he feels safe tonight because he has Uncle Kane to chaperone him in a handicap match. It is probably Triple H’s idea because they are putting obstacles to protect Seth.

Dean says that he knows about demons. He will get past Kane to go after Seth Rollins. When he is done with Seth Rollins tonight, Seth will need one of Kane’s masks.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a Moments Ago Moment of Paige’s attack on AJ, who had her back to Paige. We see AJ being put into a neck brace and then onto a stretcher.

Match Number Four: Kane and Seth Rollins versus Dean Ambrose

Kane starts off and Ambrose goes after Rollins on the apron and Kane hits Ambrose from behind. Kane with a punch followed by Irish whip and he misses a charge into the corner. Ambrose with punches but he runs into an uppercut. Rollins wants to be tagged in but Ambrose with punches. Kane with a big boot and Rollins is tagged in. Rollins kicks Ambrose and he applies a wrist lock while also working on the injured shoulder. Rollins punches Ambrose.

Rollins kicks Ambrose in the corner and he chokes him. Ambrose sends Rollins to the mat but Ambrose holds his shoulder. Kane tags in and he connects with a clothesline. Kane kicks Ambrose. Kane with an arm wringer. Kane with a hammer lock and he sends Ambrose shoulder first into the ring post. Rollins tells Ambrose he will never get through Kane. Kane wrings Ambrose’s arm into the ring post and Kane punches Ambrose.

Rollins tags in and Kane holds Ambrose for Rollins to slap Dean. Rollins with more slaps to the face. Ambrose with a forearm and Rollins is down. Rollins with a running knee to the head and he kicks Ambrose. Rollins runs Ambrose into the corner and he punches Dean.

Kane tags in and he punches Ambrose. Kane with an Irish whip and splash into the corner. Kane with an Irish whip but he runs into a boot. Ambrose with punches but Kane with a side slam. Rollins tags back in and Rollins tells Dean he will give him one last chance. Rollins sets for a buckle bomb but Ambrose with a back body drop and then he sends Rollins over the top rope to the floor. Kane goes after Ambrose but Dean drops down and Kane goes to the floor. Ambrose with a suicide dive.

Ambrose sends Rollins into the ring and Ambrose with a drop toe hold that sends Kane face first into the ring steps. Ambrose with a double leg take down and he punches Rollins. Ambrose with punches and kicks in the corner. The referee warns Dean but Dean is not listening to the referee. Ambrose tosses Rollins across the ring. Kane pulls Ambrose out of the ring and sends Dean into the Garcia Quadrant. Kane and Rollins are in the ring together and Ambrose has a chair and he hits Kane.

The referee calls for the bell.

Winners: Kane and Seth Rollins (by disqualification)

Ambrose hits Rollins with the chair but Kane with a boot to Ambrose and then he tries to choke slam Ambrose onto the chair but Ambrose counters and hits a DDT on the chair. Rollins leaves the ring before Ambrose can get to him.

Ambrose hits Kane a few times with the steel chair before Kane can get out of the ring.

Renee Young is with Chris Jericho in the interview area. Renee brings up what happened between him and the Wyatt Family over the last few weeks.

Chris says that Battleground was one of the greatest nights of his career. He beat Bray Wyatt. Since that night, he has paid the price. Beatdown after beatdown. Attack after attack. He cannot beat the three on one odds. That is why he has set the stipulation. If he can beat Erick Rowan tonight, Rowan will be banned from ringside at SummerSlam. Chris says that he will win tonight. He will do whatever he has to do to beat Erick Rowan. He says that if they Wyatts want to get crazy, let’s get crazy. He says that the Wyatts will never . . . ever be the same again.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Stardust says that by day they are lost without being stolen. They shine like diamonds in the sea lighting the way.

Goldust is in a cowboy had and Stardust says the cowboy with the red sash rides into sunset. He asks Goldust what color is the cowboy’s saddle. Goldust asks if it is brown. Stardust says no. The answer is always written in star. . . dust.

Match Number Five: Fandango versus Diego (with El Torito, Summer Rae, and Layla El)

Fandango attacks Diego while the bell rings and he punches Diego followed by a clothesline. Diego with a punch but Fandango with a knee and he sends Diego over the top rope but Diego lands on the apron. Diego with a punch and he slingshots into the ring but he lands on Fandango’s knee and Fandango gets a near fall. Torito distracts Fandango and Fandango chases him around the ring until Summer and Layla tell him to stop.

Fandango drops Diego on the top rope and then Fandango’s music plays and Summer and Layla dance with Torito. Diego with a lungblower and he gets the three count.

Winner: Diego

It is time to take a look at Raw when John Cena talked to the crowd in Houston.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Miz is at the announce table for the next match.

Match Number Five: Alberto Del Rio versus Dolph Ziggler

Del Rio attacks Dolph as the bell rings and he kicks Dolph. The referee warns Del Rio. Ziggler with a drop kick and elbow drop followed by punches. Ziggler with a kick and then Del Rio sends Ziggler into the air and he lands face first on the mat. Del Rio with a boot to the chest for a near fall. Del Rio with a reverse chin lock.

Ziggler with a jawbreaker and then he avoids a splash in the corner by Del Rio. Ziggler with a clothesline followed by a splash in the corner and a neck breaker. Del Rio avoids a Fameasser and Del Rio with a German suplex and bridge for a near fall. Del Rio misses a super kick and Ziggler with a hesitation DDT for a near fall.

Miz gets on the announce table and he has a mic. He wants to interrupt the match so he can thank a few more people. He thanks his mom and dad. He thanks his dogs and cats and wife.

Del Rio with a rollup for a near fall. Del Rio misses a step up enzuigiri and Ziggler with a Fameasser for a near fall.

Miz thanks Dolph for giving him the opportunity to beat him for the Intercontinental title. Miz says that Dolph isn’t as good as him.

Dolph goes after Miz but Miz goes into the crowd. Del Rio with an enzuigiri when Dolph gets on the apron. Del Rio with the cross arm breaker and Dolph taps out.

Winner: Alberto Del Rio

We go to commercial.

We are back and Michael says that AJ Lee has been transported to a local medical facility for observation.

We go to the Raw Rebound with a look at Stephanie McMahon and Brie Bella from Raw.

Michael Cole interviewed Brie Bella and she was asked about the match. Brie says that she does not care about the night after SummerSlam because if she wins, she gets to reflect on that. If Stephanie fires her or tries to torture her, she will remember and smile about the fact that Stephanie McMahon will look at SummerSlam as a time that she was beaten and embarrassed by Brie Bella.

The Wyatts are here for the main event.

Bray asks Chris why does he keep coming back. Is it for the thrill? Is it for all of the bright shining lights? Is it for the rush you get when people chant your name? Perhaps maybe it is because you knew that Bray would be right here waiting for him to tell him that he is dirty. After SummerSlam, you will just be dirt. She warned him about you. She said that you would wear the mask of deception.

Every word out of your mouth would be an empty promise. You would ride in on your white horse to tell us that you would save us all. You lied to us all Chris. Now, they see right through you Chris. They only hear his words. They only see his visions. They will see their savior Bray Wyatt destroy the impostor that is Chris Jericho. There is only Chris’ demise. At SummerSlam, you will save no one, especially yourself.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Seven: Erick Rowan (with Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper) versus Chris Jericho in an If Jericho wins, Rowan is banned from Ringside at SummerSlam Match

They lock up and Rowan backs Jericho into the corner and he connects with a head butt. Rowan sends Jericho to the floor and Jericho gets away from Wyatt and Harper on the floor. Jericho goes to the other side of the ring and Rowan with a forearm to the back and he brings Jericho into the ring. Rowan misses a clothesline in the corner and Jericho with kicks.

Rowan sends Jericho to the mat and Jericho returns to his attack but Rowan sends Jericho to the mat. Rowan with punches and forearms. Rowan charges at Jericho and Chris drops down and Rowan goes over the top rope to the floor. Jericho with a springboard drop kick to knock Rowan off the apron. Jericho with a baseball slide and then he rolls Rowan back into the ring. Harper trips Jericho when the referee is not looking but the referee has an idea of what Harper did so he sends Harper to the back.

Wyatt tells Rowan what to do and we go to commercial.

We are back and Rowan with the double atomic noogie. Rowan with a forearm and a pump handle back breaker for a near fall. Rowan with an elbow drop for a near fall. Jericho with chops but Rowan puts Jericho in the corner and connects with a forearm to the chest. Rowan with a hard Irish whip. Rowan sends Jericho into the apron and then Rowan with a forearm to Jericho.

Rowan picks up Jericho and runs him into the ring post. Rowan gets a near fall. Rowan works on Jericho’s neck. Jericho with punches and chops followed by a cross body attempt but Rowan catches Jericho. Jericho counters into a DDT and he gets a near fall. Jericho with a kick to Rowan and then he kicks Rowan again in the ribs. Jericho goes to the turnbuckles and hits a missile drop kick for a near fall.

Rowan with a spinning heel kick for a near fall. Rowan with a knee and a boot to the head. Rowan with a head butt to Jericho but Jericho avoids a kick and he gets a near fall with a rollup. Jericho avoids a clothesline and he hits an enzuigiri that staggers Rowan followed by a drop kick to the temples and a Lionsault to the back. Jericho gets a near fall.

Jericho runs into an elbow and Rowan with a running body block to Jericho. Rowan puts Jericho on the top turnbuckle and then Rowan climbs the turnbuckles as well. Rowan tries for a super Fallaway slam but Jericho stops Rowan. Rowan sends Jericho to the apron but Jericho with a forearm and then Jericho goes up top but he comes off and is met with a boot to the head. Rowan with a near fall.

Rowan pie faces Jericho and then he picks up Jericho for a bear hug as he rag dolls Jericho. Rowan tries to send Jericho into the corner but Jericho avoids Rowan and sends Erick into the turnbuckles followed by a codebreaker for the three count.

Winner: Chris Jericho

Wyatt gets up from his rocking chair after the match and Jericho is ready for a fight with Wyatt. Bray does not move any closer to the ring and Wyatt goes up the ramp as we go to credits.

Credit: PWInsider

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Lakeshore septic inspections continue as county puts ordinance on hold

Recent changes in Minnesota Pollution Control Agency rules have put a halt to Cook County’s efforts to revise the septic system ordinance. The process may be on hold, but lakeshore septic inspections will continue, according to Planning Director Tim Nelson.

At last week’s Cook County board meeting, commissioners decided to hold off any further action on the draft septic system ordinance until new MPCA rules are vetted against the county’s existing draft.

In the meantime, it’s business as usual for septic inspections. Nelson said the lakeshore inspection program started in 2001 and system inspections around seven lakes have already been accomplished. Nelson added that the inspection program aided by a clean water grant is ahead of schedule. He said the original projection was for five lakes in ten years.

Nelson said an inspection consists of first pumping the tank and checking it for leaks. If no leaks are detected, the second step is to bore holes in the soil around the drain field perimeter – soil needs to be unsaturated to a depth of three feet. System failure rates average around 30 percent according to Nelson.

The lakes where inspections have taken place so far include Pike, Devil Track, Caribou, Poplar, Gunflint, Saganaga and Seagull. The county has also participated in Lake Superior property inspections in the Tofte-Schroeder Sanitary Sewer District.

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Suds of the South 5 Beer Festival – Tomorrow

Breweries from all over the south will present their finest beverages to Tuscaloosa’s growing craft beer scene this Saturday!

‘Suds of the South V’ will be held Saturday at Wilhagan’s downtown. Tickets are available now for $30, which grants you access to samples from all the breweries from 4p to 7p. For $50, VIP tickets include access an hour early (at 3p) and a complimentary t-shirt.

Bob Baker who handles marketing for Tuscaloosa based Druid City Brewing Company and one of the organizers of the event says, “This year there will be a total of 23 breweries, coming from all over the southeast. We’ll also be highlighting this year’s “sympathizers”, which will be Southern Tier and New Belgium. Participants can also look forward to trying limited edition batches from several different breweries the day of the event.”

When asked what they’re trying to accomplish each year with SOTS Bob explains, “We try to introduce more beer novices to the burgeoning world of craft beer. Suds of the South participants can always expect a generous selection of choice brews from around the southeast, as well across the country!”

I then asked him how the craft beer landscape changed in Alabama in recent years? “We’ve reached Suds of the South V, and the event organizers have noticed quite a change in how people in Tuscaloosa choose their drinks,” he continued, “People are beginning to appreciate  what their beer tastes like, where it’s from, and who manufactured it. A series of informed decisions (and a few pints!) have really encouraged Tuscaloosans to step out and try something new.”

Below is a comprehensive list of featured breweries, by state, and the beers they’ll be showcasing on Saturday.

Druid City Brewing Company – Tuscaloosa
Featured beers: DCBC Wheat, DCBC Saison, Double Downtown North Porter, Solitary Refinement and Northporter Cask with Peppers and Chocolate.

Good People Brewing Company – Birmingham
Featured beers: IPA, Snake Handler Double IPA, Coffee Oatmeal Stout and Hitchhiker IPA

Avondale Brewing Company – Birmingham
Featured beers: Pachyderm Porter, Spring Street Saison and Vanillaphant Porter

Cahaba Brewing Company – Birmingham
Featured beers: Liquidambar, American Blonde and Oka Uba IPA

Trim Tab Brewing Company – Birmingham
Featured beers: Rye Brown, Trim Tab IPA, Trim Tab Olde Ale and Cucumber Saison

Rocket Republic Brewing Company – Huntsville
Featured beers: Astronut Brown, Mach I IPA, Terrestri-Ale Tripel and Vapor Trail Cream

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Featured beers: Kickerbocker Red, Amber Waders of Grain, Spare Pair IPA, Pinstripe  Stout and Rose Strawberry Saison

Old Black Bear Brewing Company – Huntsville
Featured beers: Cave City Lager and Speckled Trout Wheat

The Brew Stooges – Huntsville
Featured beers: XX Double Wrong Rye, Knuckle Head Porter, Gnarly Gourd and Vanilla Knuckle Head Porter

Straight To Ale – Huntsville
Featured beers: Monkeynaut IPA, Lilly Flag Milk Stout, Rocket City Red and Montesano Maibock

Yellowhammer Brewing – Huntsville
Featured beers: Miracle Worker Tripel, Belgian White Ale, Yellowhammer 1819, Yellowhammer Dark Hammer

Back Forty Beer Co. - Gadsden
Featured beers: Truck Stop Honey, Naked Pig Pale Ale, Fence Post Session Ale and Frecklebelly IPA

Fairhope Brewing Company – Fairhope
Featured beers: Fairhope 51 Pale Ale, Paint it Black IPA, Take the Causeway IPA and I Drink Therefore I Amber

French Broad Brewing Company - Ashville
Featured beers: Barleywine and 13 Rebels ESB

Terrapin Beer Company - Athens
Featured beers: Hopsecutioner, Mosiac Red Rye IPA, Pineapple Express and Wake N’ Bake Coffee Oatmeal Stout

Sweetwater Brewing Company – Atlanta
Featured beers: Sweetwater 420, IPA, Blue and 17th Anniversary Saison

Abita Brewing Company – Abita Springs
Featured beers: Amber, Strawberry, Abita Spring IPA and HopGator

Southern Star Brewing Company – Conroe
Featured beers: Bombshell Blonde and Buried Hatchet

Southern Tier Brewing Company – Lakewood
Featured beers: Crème Brulee, Pumpking – Aged, 2XOne and Unearthly IPA

New Belgium Brewing – Fort Collins
Featured beers: Fat Tire, Ranger IPA, Spring Blonde and Snapshot Wheat

For additional information about the event, please contact Bob Baker via phone at (205) 270-8753 or e-mail at

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Book News: Author Says Dave Eggers' New Book Rips Off Her Work

Originally published on Tue October 1, 2013 10:07 am

(This post was updated at 10 a.m.)

The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.

  • Kate Losse, author of The Boy Kings, a memoir about working at Facebook, has accused Dave Eggers of "ripping off" her story in his new novel The Circle, which is also set in the tech world. She wrote in a blog post, "From all appearances, it is an unnervingly similar book, and I wrote it first (and I imagine mine is more authentic and better written, because I actually lived and worked in this world and am also a good writer)." Her claim has attracted a fair amount of attention, including a sympathetic article on Jezebel arguing that it "illustrates industry bias in terms of what and who the media thinks is worthy of coverage." Losse told The Atlantic Wire that she hasn't actually read Eggers' book — which has not yet been published, though an excerpt appeared in The New York Times -- but that several plot points appear to match up. She added (not, perhaps, helping her case), "If you say 'Mae Holland [the protagonist of Eggers' novel]; out loud it sounds like the same phonetic structure as my name. Just similar enough to echo my name without using the same letters." So far, Eggers hasn't publicly commented on Losse's allegations.
  • Monthly ebook subscriptions in the vein of Netflix (for movies) or Spotify (for music) give readers access to a huge variety of content for a flat monthly fee, and they're beginning to catch the attention of retailers and publishers. Last month saw the launch of Oyster, which gives readers access to around 100,000 ebooks for a monthly fee of $9.99. On Tuesday morning, the digital library and document sharing platform Scribd announced it is partnering with publisher HarperCollins to start a monthly subscription service that charges $8.99 a month and provides access to "the majority of the HarperCollins US and HarperCollins Christian backlist catalog for Scribd's digital book subscription service," according to the press release. (Of course, readers often can borrow thousands of ebooks through local libraries, and books in the public domain can be downloaded for free.) In a prescient post last spring titled "Prepare Your Eyeballs: E-Book Subscriptions Are Coming," Roberto Baldwin of Wired wrote: "As the sale of e-readers and e-books continues to rise, demand for all-you-can-eat streaming services will grow. The publisher and bookseller who gets to market first will have the advantage of tying bibliophiles to its ecosystem."
  • Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian author and erstwhile enemy of ebooks Sherman Alexie announced in a YouTube video that he would be releasing his entire backlist electronically. He said, "I still have serious issues with the politics and economic philosophies involved in much of the electronic book world but I'm also vitally interested in reaching more of my readers and reaching a younger generation of readers who are more technologically savvy and tech addicted, and in order to reach them I have to do this."
  • Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, spoke to The New Yorker about being awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant: "Every day, I am mystified and grateful that my books have found any readers whatsoever, given that they feature alligator-wrestlers, wolf-girls, and ghosts. I take that monstrous crew seriously, of course, and really labor to use elements of the fantastic to explore some of the terrors and fantasies that govern our lives, and that have shaped our history and our interactions with our families and our environments, but I do find that I blush when telling polite strangers my own book titles. Not infrequently, people assume that I am either a children's author or the author of monster erotica (never both at once, though, at least so far ... although when this grant runs out, maybe that's a plan)."
  • For NPR, Marcela Valdes writes that themes of unemployment and economic crisis have "invaded" young adult literature: "Financial stress in young adult novels may be nothing new: Louisa May Alcott's 1868 classic Little Women opens with 'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents.' But to me it seems clear that the economic anxieties keeping today's adults awake at night — income inequality, food insecurity, downward mobility, winner-takes-all competition — have also invaded the literature of their children."
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A woman was arguing with her boyfriend just moments before she walked into traffic on Interstate 64 in Huntington, police said.

Investigators said Katrina Taylor, 36, and her boyfriend when in the backseat of a car at around 11:30 p.m. Friday near mile marker No. 9 on I-64. Taylor asked the driver to stop the car.

Police said she exited the car, walked into eastbound traffic and was struck and killed by a vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Huntington Police were continuing their investigation Saturday.

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      Looks like she did find a cure...

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    Not real swift no argument is worth that!!

    • sam

      she wasnt stupid its what the driver gave her that mad her do what she did probably didnt even know where she was thats why she was arguing with the boyfriend so it was the driver that was stupid an she didnt go strait into the road she got out of the car got back in then got out an then went into the road her son and the boyfriend tried to get her back in the car but then came that car an hit her the little arguing was not what made her go in the road it was what someone gave her i know how it was wrote sounds like they were arguing driver stopped she jumped out into on coming traffic an got hit an the news needs to get the story right she was arguing with him


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Brandon Hogan and the Carolina Panthers had an amicable split. The Panthers drafted Hogan with the 1st pick of the Fourth Round of the 2011 NFL Draft knowing he was recovering from ACL surgery.

  He spent the first half of last season on the Panthers’ PUP list while healing. He appeared in 3 games toward the end of the season and tallied 4 tackles, showing along the way that he had a good head for the position.

  Coming into this season, a healthy Hogan was expected to compete for the Panthers’ #2 CB position. However, Hogan and his knee suffered a setback, landing him on IR reserve, ending his season with the Panthers.

  The Panthers, without Hogan, had high expectations for this season after QB Cam Newton had one of the best rookie seasons in the history of the NFL. However, Newton appears to be in the middle of a ‘sophomore slump’ and with several season-ending injuries to key players on the team, and a 1-5 start led to GM Marty Hurney’s dismissal.

  Shortly following that, the Panthers released Hogan.

  Now he is a free-agent, and according to David Fawcett of

  Hogan has one week left of rehab before he can work out for NFL teams. There are already a few teams who have expressed interest in the Mountaineer standout.

  “They’ve just said, ‘When he’s ready, let us know,’ ” Hogan’s agent, Drew Pittman said.

  If a team likes what they see in Hogan when he works out for them, he could be signed to their 53-man roster or to a practice squad.

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I like the play of savory and sweet together in this dish. I also love the earthy herbs with the dried fruit and fresh apples. Baked apples with stuffing make a pretty presentation and can be made up to two days before serving. The apples can be stored, covered, in the refrigerator.

3 shallots, sliced thinly
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
3 fresh sage leaves, chopped
2 tablespoon fresh rosemary-chopped
1 cup fresh whole wheat bread, crust trimmed off and cubed
1/4 cup pitted dates
1/4 cup dried apricots
1 tablespoon pomegranate paste
1/4 cup chicken stock
1/2 cup white wine
3 tablespoons honey
6 large firm apples, cored (I like Honey Crisp)

Sauté the shallots with a small amount of olive oil until lightly browned and caramelized (about 7 minutes). Add the garlic and fresh herbs and cubed bread. Continue cooking until the bread has toasted slightly and the garlic has softened and is very fragrant – about 5 minutes.

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place the dates and apricots in a food processor and pulse 10-12 times until the dates and apricots are chopped and are clumping together.

Remove the fruit to medium bowl and add the pomegranate paste, the chicken stock and shallot mixture and stir until well combined.

Stuff the mixture into the cored apples. You should have enough stuffing to generously stuff the apples and have some of the stuffing “pop” out of the top of the apples. (I love this part as it gets crispy on top!).

Place the apples in a baking dish and pour white wine and honey around the apples. Bake the apples until they are soft and wrinkly (about 30-45 minutes).

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Yao Ming, the majority owner of Yao Family Wines which is sourcing wines from Napa Valley grapes. photo from Yao Family Wines website

There’s a new player in Napa County this week: Yao Family Wines. Yup, that Yao. Billed as “Napa’s Tallest Winemaker” on the company’s official website, the Chinese basketball star Yao Ming is poised to capitalize on the Chinese wine boom.

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal today, the former 7-foot-6-inch Houston Rockets center has been working on the venture since 2009.

The wine, made from cabernet sauvignon grapes harvested in 2009 from California’s Napa Valley, is priced at 1,775 yuan (US$289) a bottle. (The price includes a 27% import duty and a 17% sales tax.) A second wine, called Yao Family Reserve, will be released later this year, and its small 500-case production will be even pricier.

“I really like Napa Valley,” said the former center. “California represents vacation, casual [living], sunshine—everything related to a good quality of life.”

Yao Family Wines currently doesn’t own any vineyards in California, but is aiming to acquire land in the next few years.

The article says the wine market in China has doubled from 2005 to 2009.

French wines have received the most interest from Chinese connoseiurs, while Australian wineries have been working on making in-roads. Now maybe California will sip away at that.

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CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) — AT&T says it’s looking to fill more than 400 openings in North Carolina, including more than 250 new jobs in dozens of locations statewide.

The telecommunications company says Monday that it’s expanding wired and wireless service. The company is seeking wire installation technicians, network testers, and managers.

AT&T plans to increase the density of its wireless network with tens of thousands of small cells and other network sites. The company also is on a mission to install the wires that carry data for businesses and other customers.

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Diana Ross Rocks the Louvre

The diva capped off a gala night to benefit the French museum.

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Becca Cason Thrash, the force-of-nature Houston philanthropist, requested “extremely formal attire” for her third Liaisons au Louvre benefit gala Tuesday night in Paris — and the swanky crowd went in heavy. Thrash herself, in a Jean Paul Gaultier couture skirt that weighed 40 pounds, whisked through the sprawling museum greeting a flotilla of Texas millionaires and designers including Giambattista Valli, Bruno Frisoni and Andrew Gn.

“It’s embroidered on metal mesh,” she said breezily.

“My feet are going to pay: It’s pulling me to the ground,” Milla Jovovich said of her glittering Saint Laurent T-shirt gown, paved in dense silvery crystals. She let a reporter hoist a bit of its skirt to prove she wasn’t exaggerating. The actress said a heavyweight role awaits her — portraying controversial German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl in an independent movie called “Flicker of Light,” due to start filming this fall.

“How often does one dine at the Louvre?” enthused Bond girl Olga Kurylenko, her curves packed into a densely knit bustier dress by Azzedine Alaïa. The French actress is on a break from filming “Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters,” and therefore bore no fangs or claws. “In the film, I have nails that are like this long,” she said, extending her slender fingers to demonstrate.

Bianca Brandolini, who arrived on the arm of Valli, said she would be treading the boards in Paris next spring, playing a student in the French adaption of Jenny Lyn Bader’s play “None of the Above.”

During the extended cocktail gathering, as guests roamed amongst heroic statuary, Juicy Couture cofounder Gela Nash-Taylor and vbeauté’s Julie Macklowe stood furiously discussing their Alexander McQueen gowns, their skirts in creamy tulle puddled together on the floor.

“We’ve decided we’re only going to parties thrown by Texans,” Macklowe enthused. “They’re the most fun.”

As if on cue, Thrash related details of one of her pre-gala parties.

“Honey, last night we had The Gypsy Queens playing at the Senate,” she said, describing dancing-on-tables euphoria. “I think we can safely say that’s a first.”

Surely hearing Diana Ross perform a medley of hits under the I.M. Pei pyramid ranks up there, too.

Ariane Dandois and her daughter, Ondine de Rothschild, busted moves in look-alike Oscar de la Renta gowns and Vanity Fair France’s Virginie Mouzat waved her hands in the air as Ross fluffed her hair and flouted the batwing sleeves of her red sequined gown.

“Do you remember this one? Are you too young to remember this song?” Ross said to the rapt audience just before breaking into “Stop! In the Name of Love.”

The event, organized by the American and International Friends of the Louvre, raised just less than $3 million, designated for the restoration of the Roman-Greco antiquities galleries.

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Karan’s Secrets… Jasmine di Milo Shuttering… Trumped Up…

Donna Karan discovered the key to New York City long ago, and she keeps digging into its treasure trove for design inspiration.

GOTHAM SECRETS: Donna Karan discovered the key to New York City long ago, and she keeps digging into its treasure trove for design inspiration. Starting today, many others can go on a city scavenger hunt courtesy of artist Paul Ramirez Jonas, with nonprofit public art organization Creative Time and The City of New York. Jonas is unveiling city secrets with new art project “Key to the City,” which DKNY helps sponsor. New Yorkers and visitors can pick up their keys at a special kiosk in Times Square, which will allow them to literally unlock things across all boroughs, from a door on the George Washington Bridge’s pedestrian walkway to a Bryant Park lamppost light switch and a master bedroom closet door at Gracie Mansion. Those who don’t have the time for such an extensive tour need not fret, however. “DKNY PR Girl” — the Twitter alias of a DKNY publicist — will go on her citywide trip on Monday and plans to tweet about each discovery.

SHUTTERING: Jasmine di Milo, the clothing label designed and owned by Jasmine Al Fayed, is closing. An industry source in London said that Al Fayed, a daughter of Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods, wanted to leave the fashion business and pursue other interests and challenges. A spokeswoman for the company did not return phone calls at press time. The source said the business would be wound down in an orderly fashion and the company would honor all of its contractual commitments, including delivery of the fall collection. The label, which had sales last year of 5.5 million pounds, or $8 million, is stocked at Harrods, as well as at Maxfield, Intermix, Le Bon Marché in Paris, Liberty of London and Luisa via Roma in Florence. Al Fayed unveiled the label, which is known both for its figure-hugging silhouettes and draping, on the trade show circuit in 2005 and made her runway debut in March 2006 in Paris at the Ritz, another one of her father’s properties.

TRUMPED UP: Burgeoning accessories mogul Ivanka Trump is adding handbags to her namesake lineup. The real estate executive, who outlined in January a plan to partner with Marc Fisher Footwear on a line of shoes, will collaborate with Mondani to create a bag collection available in stores in the spring. “Ivanka Trump is quickly becoming one of the world’s most recognized young businesswomen and entrepreneurs,” Mondani president Steven Hedaya told WWD. Trump, who has over 700,000 followers on Twitter, used the Web site to break news of the partnership Wednesday morning: “I just signed a huge handbag deal…very exciting!” she tweeted. “Come next spring you can own Ivanka Trump shoes and bags in addition to my jewelry!” Although Trump has not yet finalized prices for the bag and shoe collections, she said she would like to take a democratic approach to the cost of the categories. “I would like consumers to be able to connect with the Ivanka Trump brand in a wide range of price points while maintaining the integrity of the brand from a quality and design perspective,” Trump explained. “My overall goal is that every consumer will have the opportunity to grow with the Trump brand, from the purchase of Ivanka Trump shoes and accessories to ultimately staying in Trump hotels, playing our golf courses and living in our condominium buildings.”

RODEO REVELRY: During the next Fashion’s Night Out, Rodeo Drive shoppers are being taken for a ride — but only the fun kind. As part of the Sept. 10 shopping event, the street will feature its first Ferris wheel on the boulevard’s 200 block, and those who produce shopping receipts from the night are granted a ride for two. The Ferris wheel is expected to be just one of several highlights that night, which also has almost 50 participating boutiques, including Chanel, Prada, Giorgio Armani, Gucci and Salvatore Ferragamo. “We hope to produce a fantastic block-party atmosphere on the street,” Rodeo Drive Committee president Tom Blumenthal said.

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It looks like Hollywood executives can sleep a little easier at night, once again content in the knowledge that they can solve a problem by throwing enough money at it. Thanks to $20 million in reshoots, Marc Forster's World War Z has managed to conceal most of the cosmetic evidence of its clusterfuck production and emerge as an eminently watchable summer blockbuster. That said, it remains fundamentally flawed. Billed as “an oral history of the zombie war,” Max Brooks' inventive 2006 novel-turned-source material saw dozens of characters sharing their horrific accounts of humanity's annihilation at the rotting hands of the undead. It’s disappointing, then, that this adaptation centers on just a single character. Brad Pitt plays Gerry Lane, a former U.N. investigator whose family is set upon by agents of the zombie apocalypse. With this brand of walking dead more akin to rabid sprinters than somnambulists, humanity is quite literally overrun in record time. Forster's previous work on Quantum of Solace and Machine Gun Preacher hasn’t instilled much faith in his aptitude for directing action, and he lives down to his reputation here. The best that can be said is that his lack of spatial awareness occasionally serves to heighten the frantic chaos of the large-scale skirmishes. What World War Z most glaringly lacks, though, is any unique sensibility. The screenplay has no interest in subtext—the lifeblood of any great zombie film. Ultimately, such a product can only satisfy the most mindless of hordes.
  • Genres: Action, Horror
  • Running Time: 115 minutes
  • Release Date: Friday, June 21, 2013
  • Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: PG-13 [ Disturbing Images, Intense Frightening Zombie Seq, Violence ]
  • Critic's Score: C
  • Starring: Brad Pitt [Gerry Lane], Mireille Enos [Karen Lane], James Badge Dale [Speke], Daniella Kertesz [Segen], Matthew Fox [Parajumper], David Morse [Burt Reynolds], Fana Mokoena [Thierry], Abigail Hargrove [Rachel Lane], Sterling Jerins [Constance Lane], Ludi Boeken [Warmbrumm], Fabrizio Guido [Tomas]
  • Directed by: Marc Forster [Director], Matthew Carnahan [Screenwriter], Brad Pitt [Producer], Dede Gardner [Producer], Jeremy Kleiner [Producer], Ian Bryce [Producer], Marc Forster [Executive Producer], Brad Simpson [Executive Producer], David Ellison [Executive Producer], Dana Goldberg [Executive Producer], Paul Schwake [Executive Producer], Graham King [Executive Producer], Tim Headington [Executive Producer], Ben Seresin [Cinematographer], Nigel Phelps [Production Design], Roger Barton [Film Editor], Matt Chesse [Film Editor], Mayes Rubeo [Costume Designer], Marco Beltrami [Original Music], Jon Billington [Supervising Art Direction], Alan Gilmore [Senior Art Director], Julian Ashby [Senior Art Director], Ben Collins [Art Director], Matthew Gray [Art Director], James Foster [Art Director], Jennifer Williams [Set Decoration], Kathleen Chopin [Casting]
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The New Best Secret Spot to Watch Sports in Portland

The cover for last night's fight was $5 and they had fish sauce wings and Vietnamese soup.

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After last night's underwhelming matchup between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, chances are you're not looking to watch a big boxing match again anytime soon.And maybe you weren't interested in watching this "Fight of the Century" given the champ "Money" Mayweather has a long history of abusing women and fights in a fashion so boring as to be called cowardly by some while Pacquiao is an ...   More
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Two East Portland secessionists explain why they want voters to sever their neighborhoods’ ties to the city.

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Collene Swenson and Pat Edwards want out of the city of Portland. What they really want is the city to get out of where they live, East Portland, and leave the residents of this often overlooked    More
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East Portland Residents File Ballot Petition to Secede from Portland

Residents of East Portland have complained about living in a different city—poorer, less healthy and with fewer services—since their neighborhoods east of Interstate 205 were annexed starting in 1983.Now some of them are seeking a public vote to make it official, by pulling East Portland out of Portland.Three East Portland residents filed a ballot initiative petition Feb. 27 to de-annex neighborhoods ...   More
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Last month’s vote on immigration shows a deep political divide in Portland.

We’ve long known voters in East Portland tend to be more conservative than their inner-city neighbors. But the Nov. 4 election highlighted the city’s political divide between voters on eithe   More
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Razed & Confused

The city poured $96 million into reviving Lents. Where’s the rebirth of this East Portland neighborhood?

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In the past few months, Mayor Charlie Hales has talked about changing the way the city of Portland tries to bring struggling, rundown neighborhoods back to life. He calls it “place-making.”   More
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Hotseat: Shemia Fagan

East Portland’s new champion pushes back against City Hall.

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Shemia Fagan insists she is not the new mayor of East Portland. That unofficial title, Fagan says, still belongs to East Portland ex-legislator Jefferson Smith.  But Fagan, 31, is arguably    More
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How Did Your Neighborhood Vote? Portland's Mayoral Election Results Mapped

The final election results by precinct are out, so we've compiled them into a handy map. This is a pretty rough version—we'll have an interactive one with all the candidates and other fancy features in the next day or two—but this one shows which of the top three candidates won which precincts.Things to note: Charlie Hales won all of west Portland as well as the battle for the Kremlin—the ...   More
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Bus Boy

Jefferson Smith built a political machine. Now he’s trying to drive it to City Hall.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 NIGEL JAQUISS

Portland Crime Charts Of The Day Show Shifts In Gun Crime

A Portland Police Bureau report prepared this week for the Multnomah County Local Public Safety Coordinating Council illustrates the migration of gun and gang crime over the past decade and a half. The maps below, for some reason marked "do not disseminate," are reproduced from the report, which was posted online.Gang violence is in the news again after a wave of recent shootings, including the arrest ...   More
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«Global reddit Meetup Day & Arbitrary Day»

Circle your calendars & start planning the ultimate gift. The galactic tumblers have aligned, and this year, Arbitrary Day and Global reddit Meetup Day, are both going down on June 25th.

It's the second annual installment of both of these reddit holidays, and to make this year even more glorious, the folks at reddit gifts have launched a new section to help plan, organize, and attend meetups. If you don't see your city on the list, don't worry. The list will be constantly growing, and we expect to have meetups in all the major cities. You could even start planning it!

Almost 4,000 redditors in 50 countries participated in last year's Arbitrary Day gift exchange, and we're hoping to triple that number this year.

reddit Gifts says: "What's Arbitrary Day, you ask? It's really simple. Arbitrary Day is a holiday that celebrates nothing in particular. It's about making a stranger happy. It works just like Secret Santa but with less meaning! Sign ups are open from now until May 27th."

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Conditions in Jamaica in the 1860's

In the 1860's the conditions in Jamaica were very bad. The small
farmers and plantation owners were affected by drought. The small
farms also had to pay greater taxes and were only allowed to farm poor
soil because no one would sell fertile land to black people. They were
victims of injustice from the government and planters. A petition was
sent to Queen Victoria in Britain because of the amount of protests.

Bogles Response

Paul Bogle was a farmer, Baptist lay preacher and an election agent
for George William Gordon, who was a spokesman for the poor people who
had no vote and spoke against Governor Eyre and his policies. Paul
Bogle led a delegation to see Eyre, who refused to see him. Gordon
began to collect money to send a delegation to England. The governor
told the Custos to send 8 policemen to arrest Bogle when he heard a
rumour that he was forming an army to drive the Europeans out of the
district. Bogle and his friends captured 3 of the policemen and sent
them back with a message that they would to Morant Bay the next day
and discuss injustices. Bogle and 300 other armed men were told not to
enter and when they disobeyed a fight broke out and 27 people
including the Custos were killed. Governor Eyre declared marital law.
The militia and soldiers went on rampage searching for Bogle and the
other men.

Short Term Consequences

After Bogles response some of the short-term consequences included
that over 1000 peoples homes had been burnt to the ground, Gordon was
arrested and was hanged on 23 October with no evidence that he had
been involved. Bogle was also hanged. About 1180 black people were
either flogged killed or hanged.

Long-Term Consequences

Some of the long-term consequences included that Eyre was recalled to
Britain, at the end of the 19th century very limited democracy was
restored and the British government realised that conditions had to be
improved but still the islands income remained very low. To stop
outbreaks of lawlessness children were given education which taught
them that all Whites were superior and anything coming from Europe was
much better than anything or anyone of African descent. Some families
could not afford school fees so they were stopped to encourage more
children to go to school. The councils did not mind when spending on
education went down because of the continued strikes, riots, poverty
and homelessness as they were only concerned for their own property
and wealth. The plan of using education to stop rebellion had failed.

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