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Remarks as prepared for delivery.
Twelve years ago tonight, I addressed this convention for the very first time.
You met my two little girls, Malia and Sasha – now two amazing young women who just fill me with pride. You fell for my brilliant wife and partner Michelle, who’s made me a better father and a better man; who’s gone on to inspire our nation as First Lady; and who somehow hasn’t aged a day.
I know the same can’t be said for me. My girls remind me all the time. Wow, you’ve changed so much, daddy.
And it’s true – I was so young that first time in Boston. Maybe a little nervous addressing such a big crowd. But I was filled with faith; faith in America – the generous, bighearted, hopeful country that made my story – indeed, all of our stories – possible.
A lot’s happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war and recession and all manner of challenge – I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your President, to tell you I am even more optimistic about the future of America.
How could I not be – after all we’ve achieved together?
After the worst recession in 80 years, we’ve fought our way back. We’ve seen deficits come down, 401(k)s recover, an auto industry set new records, unemployment reach eight-year lows, and our businesses create 15 million new jobs.
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After a century of trying, we declared that health care in America is not a privilege for a few, but a right for everybody. After decades of talk, we finally began to wean ourselves off foreign oil, and doubled our production of clean energy.
We brought more of our troops home to their families, and delivered justice to Osama bin Laden. Through diplomacy, we shut down Iran’s nuclear weapons program, opened up a new chapter with the people of Cuba, and brought nearly 200 nations together around a climate agreement that could save this planet for our kids.
We put policies in place to help students with loans; protect consumers from fraud; and cut veteran homelessness almost in half. And through countless acts of quiet courage, America learned that love has no limits, and marriage equality is now a reality across the land.
By so many measures, our country is stronger and more prosperous than it was when we started.
And through every victory and every setback, I’ve insisted that change is never easy, and never quick; that we wouldn’t meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime.
So tonight, I’m here to tell you that yes, we still have more work to do. More work to do for every American still in need of a good job or a raise, paid leave or a decent retirement; for every child who needs a sturdier ladder out of poverty or a world-class education; for everyone who hasn’t yet felt the progress of these past seven and a half years. We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer; our homeland more secure, and our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation. We’re not done perfecting our union, or living up to our founding creed – that all of us are created equal and free in the eyes of God.
That work involves a big choice this November. Fair to say, this is not your typical election. It’s not just a choice between parties or policies; the usual debates between left and right. This is a more fundamental choice – about who we are as a people, and whether we stay true to this great American experiment in self-government.
Look, we Democrats have always had plenty of differences with the Republican Party, and there’s nothing wrong with that; it’s precisely this contest of ideas that pushes our country forward.
But what we heard in Cleveland last week wasn’t particularly Republican – and it sure wasn’t conservative. What we heard was a deeply pessimistic vision of a country where we turn against each other, and turn away from the rest of the world. There were no serious solutions to pressing problems – just the fanning of resentment, and blame, and anger, and hate.
And that is not the America I know.
The America I know is full of courage, and optimism, and ingenuity. The America I know is decent and generous. Sure, we have real anxieties – about paying the bills, protecting our kids, caring for a sick parent. We get frustrated with political gridlock, worry about racial divisions; are shocked and saddened by the madness of Orlando or Nice. There are pockets of America that never recovered from factory closures; men who took pride in hard work and providing for their families who now feel forgotten; parents who wonder whether their kids will have the same opportunities we had.
All that is real. We’re challenged to do better; to be better. But as I’ve traveled this country, through all fifty states; as I’ve rejoiced with you and mourned with you, what I’ve also seen, more than anything, is what is right with America. I see people working hard and starting businesses; people teaching kids and serving our country. I see engineers inventing stuff, and doctors coming up with new cures. I see a younger generation full of energy and new ideas, not constrained by what is, ready to seize what ought to be.
Most of all, I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together – black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young and old; gay, straight, men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance, under the same proud flag, to this big, bold country that we love.
That’s the America I know. And there is only one candidate in this race who believes in that future, and has devoted her life to it; a mother and grandmother who’d do anything to help our children thrive; a leader with real plans to break down barriers, blast through glass ceilings, and widen the circle of opportunity to every single American – the next President of the United States, Hillary Clinton.
Now, eight years ago, Hillary and I were rivals for the Democratic nomination. We battled for a year and a half. Let me tell you, it was tough, because Hillary’s tough. Every time I thought I might have that race won, Hillary just came back stronger.
But after it was all over, I asked Hillary to join my team. She was a little surprised, but ultimately said yes – because she knew that what was at stake was bigger than either of us. And for four years, I had a front-row seat to her intelligence, her judgment, and her discipline. I came to realize that her unbelievable work ethic wasn’t for praise or attention – that she was in this for everyone who needs a champion. I understood that after all these years, she has never forgotten just who she’s fighting for.
Hillary’s still got the tenacity she had as a young woman working at the Children’s Defense Fund, going door to door to ultimately make sure kids with disabilities could get a quality education.
She’s still got the heart she showed as our First Lady, working with Congress to help push through a Children’s Health Insurance Program that to this day protects millions of kids.
She’s still seared with the memory of every American she met who lost loved ones on 9/11, which is why, as a Senator from New York, she fought so hard for funding to help first responders; why, as Secretary of State, she sat with me in the Situation Room and forcefully argued in favor of the mission that took out bin Laden.
You know, nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office. Until you’ve sat at that desk, you don’t know what it’s like to manage a global crisis, or send young people to war. But Hillary’s been in the room; she’s been part of those decisions. She knows what’s at stake in the decisions our government makes for the working family, the senior citizen, the small business owner, the soldier, and the veteran. Even in the middle of crisis, she listens to people, and keeps her cool, and treats everybody with respect. And no matter how daunting the odds; no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever quits.
That’s the Hillary I know. That’s the Hillary I’ve come to admire. And that’s why I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as President of the United States of America.
And, by the way, in case you were wondering about her judgment, look at her choice of running mate. Tim Kaine is as good a man, as humble and committed a public servant, as anyone I know. He will be a great Vice President, and he’ll make Hillary a better President. Just like my dear friend and brother Joe Biden has made me a better President.
Now, Hillary has real plans to address the concerns she’s heard from you on the campaign trail. She’s got specific ideas to invest in new jobs, to help workers share in their company’s profits, to help put kids in preschool, and put students through college without taking on a ton of debt. That’s what leaders do.
And then there’s Donald Trump. He’s not really a plans guy. Not really a facts guy, either. He calls himself a business guy, which is true, but I have to say, I know plenty of businessmen and women who’ve achieved success without leaving a trail of lawsuits, and unpaid workers, and people feeling like they got cheated.
Does anyone really believe that a guy who’s spent his 70 years on this Earth showing no regard for working people is suddenly going to be your champion? Your voice? If so, you should vote for him. But if you’re someone who’s truly concerned about paying your bills, and seeing the economy grow, and creating more opportunity for everybody, then the choice isn’t even close. If you want someone with a lifelong track record of fighting for higher wages, better benefits, a fairer tax code, a bigger voice for workers, and stronger regulations on Wall Street, then you should vote for Hillary Clinton.
And if you’re concerned about who’s going to keep you and your family safe in a dangerous world – well, the choice is even clearer. Hillary Clinton is respected around the world not just by leaders, but by the people they serve. She’s worked closely with our intelligence teams, our diplomats, our military. And she has the judgment, the experience, and the temperament to meet the threat from terrorism. It’s not new to her. Our troops have pounded ISIL without mercy, taking out leaders, taking back territory. I know Hillary won’t relent until ISIL is destroyed. She’ll finish the job – and she’ll do it without resorting to torture, or banning entire religions from entering our country. She is fit to be the next Commander-in-Chief.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump calls our military a disaster. Apparently, he doesn’t know the men and women who make up the strongest fighting force the world has ever known. He suggests America is weak. He must not hear the billions of men, women, and children, from the Baltics to Burma, who still look to America to be the light of freedom, dignity, and human rights. He cozies up to Putin, praises Saddam Hussein, and tells the NATO allies that stood by our side after 9/11 that they have to pay up if they want our protection. Well, America’s promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. And that’s one reason why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago.
America is already great. America is already strong. And I promise you, our strength, our greatness, does not depend on Donald Trump.
In fact, it doesn’t depend on any one person. And that, in the end, may be the biggest difference in this election – the meaning of our democracy.
Ronald Reagan called America “a shining city on a hill.” Donald Trump calls it “a divided crime scene” that only he can fix. It doesn’t matter to him that illegal immigration and the crime rate are as low as they’ve been in decades, because he’s not offering any real solutions to those issues. He’s just offering slogans, and he’s offering fear. He’s betting that if he scares enough people, he might score just enough votes to win this election.
That is another bet that Donald Trump will lose. Because he’s selling the American people short. We are not a fragile or frightful people. Our power doesn’t come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order. We don’t look to be ruled. Our power comes from those immortal declarations first put to paper right here in Philadelphia all those years ago; We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that together, We, the People, can form a more perfect union.
That’s who we are. That’s our birthright – the capacity to shape our own destiny. That’s what drove patriots to choose revolution over tyranny and our GIs to liberate a continent. It’s what gave women the courage to reach for the ballot, and marchers to cross a bridge in Selma, and workers to organize and fight for better wages.
America has never been about what one person says he’ll do for us. It’s always been about what can be achieved by us, together, through the hard, slow, sometimes frustrating, but ultimately enduring work of self-government.
And that’s what Hillary Clinton understands. She knows that this is a big, diverse country, and that most issues are rarely black and white. That even when you’re 100 percent right, getting things done requires compromise. That democracy doesn’t work if we constantly demonize each other. She knows that for progress to happen, we have to listen to each other, see ourselves in each other, fight for our principles but also fight to find common ground, no matter how elusive that may seem.
Hillary knows we can work through racial divides in this country when we realize the worry black parents feel when their son leaves the house isn’t so different than what a brave cop’s family feels when he puts on the blue and goes to work; that we can honor police and treat every community fairly. She knows that acknowledging problems that have festered for decades isn’t making race relations worse – it’s creating the possibility for people of good will to join and make things better.
Hillary knows we can insist on a lawful and orderly immigration system while still seeing striving students and their toiling parents as loving families, not criminals or rapists; families that came here for the same reasons our forebears came – to work, and study, and make a better life, in a place where we can talk and worship and love as we please. She knows their dream is quintessentially American, and the American Dream is something no wall will ever contain.
It can be frustrating, this business of democracy. Trust me, I know. Hillary knows, too. When the other side refuses to compromise, progress can stall. Supporters can grow impatient, and worry that you’re not trying hard enough; that you’ve maybe sold out.
But I promise you, when we keep at it; when we change enough minds; when we deliver enough votes, then progress does happen. Just ask the twenty million more people who have health care today. Just ask the Marine who proudly serves his country without hiding the husband he loves. Democracy works, but we gotta want it – not just during an election year, but all the days in between.
So if you agree that there’s too much inequality in our economy, and too much money in our politics, we all need to be as vocal and as organized and as persistent as Bernie Sanders’ supporters have been. We all need to get out and vote for Democrats up and down the ticket, and then hold them accountable until they get the job done.
If you want more justice in the justice system, then we’ve all got to vote – not just for a President, but for mayors, and sheriffs, and state’s attorneys, and state legislators. And we’ve got to work with police and protesters until laws and practices are changed.
If you want to fight climate change, we’ve got to engage not only young people on college campuses, but reach out to the coal miner who’s worried about taking care of his family, the single mom worried about gas prices.
If you want to protect our kids and our cops from gun violence, we’ve got to get the vast majority of Americans, including gun owners, who agree on background checks to be just as vocal and determined as the gun lobby that blocks change through every funeral we hold. That’s how change will happen
Look, Hillary’s got her share of critics. She’s been caricatured by the right and by some folks on the left; accused of everything you can imagine – and some things you can’t. But she knows that’s what happens when you’re under a microscope for 40 years. She knows she’s made mistakes, just like I have; just like we all do. That’s what happens when we try. That’s what happens when you’re the kind of citizen Teddy Roosevelt once described – not the timid souls who criticize from the sidelines, but someone “who is actually in the arena…who strives valiantly; who errs…[but] who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement.”
Hillary Clinton is that woman in the arena. She’s been there for us – even if we haven’t always noticed. And if you’re serious about our democracy, you can’t afford to stay home just because she might not align with you on every issue. You’ve got to get in the arena with her, because democracy isn’t a spectator sport. America isn’t about “yes he will.” It’s about “yes we can.” And we’re going to carry Hillary to victory this fall, because that’s what the moment demands.
You know, there’s been a lot of talk in this campaign about what America’s lost – people who tell us that our way of life is being undermined by pernicious changes and dark forces beyond our control. They tell voters there’s a “real America” out there that must be restored. This isn’t an idea that started with Donald Trump. It’s been peddled by politicians for a long time – probably from the start of our Republic.
And it’s got me thinking about the story I told you twelve years ago tonight, about my Kansas grandparents and the things they taught me when I was growing up. They came from the heartland; their ancestors began settling there about 200 years ago. They were Scotch-Irish mostly, farmers, teachers, ranch hands, pharmacists, oil rig workers. Hardy, small town folks. Some were Democrats, but a lot of them were Republicans. My grandparents explained that they didn’t like show-offs. They didn’t admire braggarts or bullies. They didn’t respect mean-spiritedness, or folks who were always looking for shortcuts in life. Instead, they valued traits like honesty and hard work. Kindness and courtesy. Humility; responsibility; helping each other out.
That’s what they believed in. True things. Things that last. The things we try to teach our kids.
And what my grandparents understood was that these values weren’t limited to Kansas. They weren’t limited to small towns. These values could travel to Hawaii; even the other side of the world, where my mother would end up working to help poor women get a better life. They knew these values weren’t reserved for one race; they could be passed down to a half-Kenyan grandson, or a half-Asian granddaughter; in fact, they were the same values Michelle’s parents, the descendants of slaves, taught their own kids living in a bungalow on the South Side of Chicago. They knew these values were exactly what drew immigrants here, and they believed that the children of those immigrants were just as American as their own, whether they wore a cowboy hat or a yarmulke; a baseball cap or a hijab.
America has changed over the years. But these values my grandparents taught me – they haven’t gone anywhere. They’re as strong as ever; still cherished by people of every party, every race, and every faith. They live on in each of us. What makes us American, what makes us patriots, is what’s in here. That’s what matters. That’s why we can take the food and music and holidays and styles of other countries, and blend it into something uniquely our own. That’s why we can attract strivers and entrepreneurs from around the globe to build new factories and create new industries here. That’s why our military can look the way it does, every shade of humanity, forged into common service. That’s why anyone who threatens our values, whether fascists or communists or jihadists or homegrown demagogues, will always fail in the end.
That’s America. Those bonds of affection; that common creed. We don’t fear the future; we shape it, embrace it, as one people, stronger together than we are on our own. That’s what Hillary Clinton understands – this fighter, this stateswoman, this mother and grandmother, this public servant, this patriot – that’s the America she’s fighting for.
And that’s why I have confidence, as I leave this stage tonight, that the Democratic Party is in good hands. My time in this office hasn’t fixed everything; as much as we’ve done, there’s still so much I want to do. But for all the tough lessons I’ve had to learn; for all the places I’ve fallen short; I’ve told Hillary, and I’ll tell you what’s picked me back up, every single time.
It’s been you. The American people.
It’s the letter I keep on my wall from a survivor in Ohio who twice almost lost everything to cancer, but urged me to keep fighting for health care reform, even when the battle seemed lost. Do not quit.
It’s the painting I keep in my private office, a big-eyed, green owl, made by a seven year-old girl who was taken from us in Newtown, given to me by her parents so I wouldn’t forget – a reminder of all the parents who have turned their grief into action.
It’s the small business owner in Colorado who cut most of his own salary so he wouldn’t have to lay off any of his workers in the recession – because, he said, “that wouldn’t have been in the spirit of America.”
It’s the conservative in Texas who said he disagreed with me on everything, but appreciated that, like him, I try to be a good dad.
It’s the courage of the young soldier from Arizona who nearly died on the battlefield in Afghanistan, but who’s learned to speak and walk again – and earlier this year, stepped through the door of the Oval Office on his own power, to salute and shake my hand.
It’s every American who believed we could change this country for the better, so many of you who’d never been involved in politics, who picked up phones, and hit the streets, and used the internet in amazing new ways to make change happen. You are the best organizers on the planet, and I’m so proud of all the change you’ve made possible.
Time and again, you’ve picked me up. I hope, sometimes, I picked you up, too. Tonight, I ask you to do for Hillary Clinton what you did for me. I ask you to carry her the same way you carried me. Because you’re who I was talking about twelve years ago, when I talked about hope – it’s been you who’ve fueled my dogged faith in our future, even when the odds are great; even when the road is long. Hope in the face of difficulty; hope in the face of uncertainty; the audacity of hope!
America, you have vindicated that hope these past eight years. And now I’m ready to pass the baton and do my part as a private citizen. This year, in this election, I’m asking you to join me – to reject cynicism, reject fear, to summon what’s best in us; to elect Hillary Clinton as the next President of the United States, and show the world we still believe in the promise of this great nation.
Thank you for this incredible journey. Let’s keep it going. God bless the United States of America.
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Controlling Nearsightedness in Children
Myopia (nearsightedness) is a common vision problem affecting children who can see well up close, while distant objects are blurred. Nearsighted children tend to squint to see distant objects such as the board at school. They also tend to sit closer to the television to see it more clearly.
Sometimes, childhood myopia can worsen year after year. This change can be disconcerting to both children and their parents, prompting the question: "Will it ever stop? Or, someday will this get so bad that glasses won't help?"
Myopia that develops in childhood nearly always stabilizes by age 20. But by then, some kids have become very nearsighted. Here are three possible ways to slow down the progression of myopia in children:
Gas permeable contact lenses
Wearing rigid gas permeable contact lenses (also referred to as "RGP" or "GP" lenses) may slow the progression of nearsightedness in children. It's been proposed that the massaging action of the rigid GP lens on the eye during blinking may keep the eye from lengthening, thereby reducing the tendency for advancing nearsightedness.
In 2001 to 2004, the National Eye Institute (NEI) conducted a controlled study to determine whether wearing GP lenses is effective in slowing the progression of myopia in children. The 116 participants in the study were 8 to 11 years old when the research began.
At the end of the three-year study period, the children who wore GP lenses had only 0.63 diopter (D) less nearsightedness than the kids in the control group who wore soft contact lenses.
The study also found that wearing GP lenses does not slow the growth of the eye, which causes most of the myopia in children. The reduced progression of myopia among those children wearing GP lenses was due only to the effect the lenses had on the front surface of the eye (the cornea). Children who wore the GP lenses had less increase in corneal curvature than those who wore soft contact lenses. The NEI researchers believe these GP lens-induced changes in corneal curvature are not likely to be permanent, and therefore the effect of GP lenses on controlling myopia progression may not be permanent.
Orthokeratology, or "ortho-k," is the use of specially-designed gas permeable contact lenses to flatten the shape of the cornea and thereby reduce or correct mild to moderate amounts of nearsightedness. The lenses are worn during sleep and removed in the morning. Though temporary eyeglasses may be required during the early stages of ortho-k, many people with low to moderate amounts of myopia can see well without glasses or contact lenses during the day after wearing the corneal reshaping lenses at night.
Recent research suggests ortho-k may also reduce the lengthening of the eye itself, indicating that wearing ortho-k lenses during childhood may actually cause a permanent reduction in myopia, even if the lenses are discontinued in adulthood.
Some evidence suggests wearing eyeglasses with bifocal or progressive multifocal lenses may slow the progression of nearsightedness in some children. The mechanism here appears to be that the added magnifying power in these lenses reduces focusing fatigue during reading and other close work, a problem that may contribute to increasing myopia.
A five-year study published in the February 2007 issue of Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science produced an interesting result involving nearsighted children whose mother and father were also nearsighted. These children, who wore eyeglasses with progressive multifocal lenses during the course of the study, had less progression of their myopia than similar children who wore eyeglasses with regular, single vision lenses.
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Simon was born in a small town in Florida. He's lived there his whole life and now goes to school there. He's well-known in the school for his academic brilliance, and has a few achievements under his belt, among them being winning the science fair in his Junior year. He joined the anime club when he heard about it on a student podcast. Being one of the first members, he gained the position of Treasurer. However, he had a troubled past. His father died of stress a few months before he was born, with his epitaph displaying only the minimum of "He was a good man." Upon discovering this lack of elaboration, Simon set out to make a full life. His mother currently resides in a hospital, fighting back against a life-threatening disease. He unknowingly suffers depression, often cutting himself to "satisfy a guilty pleasure." In his route, the player must work with Simon to uncover the truth behind some mysterious events happening. Starting with him borrowing a book titled "The Portrait of Markov" from Yuri, Simon starts suffering from intense and gruesome nightmares, and it begins to drive him crazy. MC then describes some strange dreams she's been having to him, and they decide to investigate together. They find that the "Portrait of Markov" was never actually published, meaning that the copy they have is one-of-a-kind. There's no additional info, but it peaks their interest since there are several adaptations of the story in existence. Yet, when searched up, they don't come up.
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Bela Lugosi’s Count Dracula cape leads The Dark Side of Hollywood auction
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The Dark Side of Hollywood, an auction of more than 470 memorabilia, costumes, posters, and significant pieces of Hollywood history featuring Bela Lugosi’s Count Dracula cape from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Universal International Pictures, 1948 .
Bela Lugosi’s Count Dracula cape from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Unlike other films where pieces of the same item were made, there was only one Count Dracula cape for Bela Lugosi’s Count Dracula character in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. This black satin cape with its huge 28-foot circumference was also included in Ed Wood’s film, Orgy of the Dead (1965), worn by the actor and psychic known as Criswell, and Life Magazine featured the cape in its October 1981 issue, in which the museum of Clark Wilkinson, the previous owner, was featured. In 2001, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. It is number 56 on the list of the “American Film Institute’s 100 Funniest American Movies,” and this year marks its 70th anniversary.
A Cynthia Garris zombie costume from Michael Jacksons Thriller
The sale also highlights three zombie costumes from Michael Jackson’s Thriller Optimum Productions, 1983, each estimated at $20,000-30,000. These costumes were used for the closeup zombie shots in the graveyard and in the scene where Jackson breaks into the house; hence, they are more detailed in materials such as lace, pearls, dead leaves, and spider webs. The 14-minute video had its world premiere on MTV and became a landmark in popular music and culture. In 2009, it became the first music video to be inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress; currently, it is still the only one selected. The original 1982 “”Thriller”” album still stands as the second best-selling album in American history.
Additional highlights include:
• a 24-sheet poster of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Universal International Pictures, 1948 (estimate: $150,000-200,000). This is the largest poster made for the film and the only one known to exist.
• Darryl Zanuck’s copy of the 1927 screenplay of The Jazz Singer, Warner Bros., 1927 (estimate: $100,000-200,000), the first feature-length film with a synchronized musical score, spoken dialog and singing.
• A Madonna gown from Evita, Hollywood Pictures, 1996 (estimate: $30,000-50,000). Madonna wears this cream-colored full-length satin ball gown in the scenes at the Inaugural Ball as she dances in the ballroom and movingly sings the song, “High Flying, Adored.” She also appeared in the October 1996 issue of Vogue wearing the gown.
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No single scientific definition of the term exists, and it has been applied to a variety of rock features that fall into one of four general categories: - A glacial erratic is a boulder that was transported and deposited by glaciers or ice rafts to a resting place on soil, on bedrock, or on other boulders. It usually has a different lithology from the other rocks around it. Not all glacial erractics are balancing rocks; some are firmly seated on the ground. Some balancing erractics have come to be known as rocking stones, also known as logan rocks, logan stones, or logans, because they are so finely balanced that the application of just a small force may cause them to rock or sway. A good example of a rocking stone is the Logan Rock in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; another is the Trembling Rock in Brittany, France. - A perched block, also known as a perched boulder or perched rock, is a large, detached rock fragment that most commonly was transported and deposited by a glacier to a resting place on glacial till, often on the side of a hill or slope. Some perched blocks were not produced by glacial action, but were the aftermath of a rock fall, landslide, or avalanche.
An erosional remnant is a persisting rock formation that remains after extensive wind, water, and/or chemical erosion. To the untrained eye, it may appear to be visually like a glacial erratic, but instead of being transported and deposited, it was carved from the local bedrock. Many good examples of erosional remnants are seen in Karlu Karlu/Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve in the Northern Territory of Australia. - A pedestal rock, also known as a rock pedestal or mushroom rock, is not a true balancing rock, but is a single continuous rock form with a very small base leading up to a much larger crown. Some of these formations are called balancing rocks because of their appearance. The undercut base was attributed for many years to simple wind abrasion, but is now believed to result from a combination of wind and enhanced chemical weathering at the base where moisture would be retained longest. Some pedestal rocks sitting on taller spire formations are known as hoodoos.


Warner Law Offices Attorneys Named As Super Lawyers
Bobby Warner has been named to the 2020 West Virginia Super Lawyers list, with attorney Andrew Byrd earning the publication’s esteemed Rising Star recognition.
Only five percent of the lawyers in any state are selected as Super Lawyers, through polling, peer assessment, and a research process that evaluates each candidate based on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Rising Stars are evaluated by the same process, although candidates must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less.
Warner, recognized as a Super Lawyer for the twelfth consecutive year, handles a variety of personal injury litigation throughout the United States but focuses primarily on workplace injuries. As a lead trial lawyer, Warner has obtained many seven and eight-million-dollar results for his clients. He was recently named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 list and he has been selected as a Member of the Nation’s Top One Percent.
In addition to practicing law, Warner and Warner Law Offices promote service to the community through the firm’s booster seat program and Warner Gives Back. Warner is the founder of Beyond The Backyard, a charitable youth foundation that promotes outdoor sports and activities, such as hunting, fishing, and camping. Warner, an avid hunter, and outdoorsman, founded the organization in 2008, and since it has grown to more than 16,000 members across 26 states.
Byrd, named a Rising Star for the eighth consecutive year, focuses his practice on personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, and workplace injuries. In addition to practicing law, he is a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates. Byrd was given the 10 Best Client Satisfaction Rating for the fourth year in a row.
Warner Law Offices, founded in 2000, provides experienced and effective legal services to clients and has grown from a small office serving clients in West Virginia to having multiple and serving clients nationwide in 52 states. The firm was selected as Newsweek’s Premier Law Firm and Rue Ratings Best Law Firms of America.
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Ronnie Claire Edwards, Corabeth on 'The Waltons,' dies at 83
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ronnie Claire Edwards, who played grocer Ike Godsey's prickly wife, Corabeth, on "The Waltons," has died. She was 83.
Edwards died at her Dallas home, said her longtime friend and business partner, Marty Van Kleeck, who was at her side. The cause of death was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Van Kleeck said Thursday.
"Corabeth was a character and Ronnie Claire was an even bigger character," said Mary McDonough, who starred as Erin Walton on the 1972-81 family drama. "She was larger than life and so whip-smart and funny."
Edwards joined "The Waltons" in 1974 as high-strung Corabeth Walton, cousin to John Walton Sr. (Ralph Waite). She married Ike (Joe Conley) and proved a formidable and snooty force.
Ray Castro, longtime producer of "Waltons" events and reunions, said Edwards relished her role on the CBS series created and narrated by writer Earl Hamner and set in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains in the 1930s and '40s.
"When fans around the world come up to you and say, 'I love to hate you,' you know that the actor has done her job,'" Castro recalled her telling a 40th anniversary gathering.
Edwards, a native of Oklahoma City, had guest roles in shows including "Dallas," ''Falcon Crest" and "Designing Women." She appeared in films including "The Dead Pool" and "Nobody's Fool" and regularly on stage.
She also wrote plays, including "Wedding Belles" and "The Mystery of Miz Arnette" (both with Alan Bailey), and books including a 2000 memoir, "The Knife Thrower's Assistant: Memoirs of a Human Target."
Van Kleeck said Edwards' personal life had a consistent theatrical flair, including her choice of home in Dallas, a former Catholic Church.
"She was incredibly creative and imaginative," Van Kleeck said. "She was one of a kind, the kind of person you hope you meet in your lifetime and rarely get the opportunity to."
Edwards, who was divorced, is survived by family members including a brother and sister, Van Kleeck said.


by Jeffrey Gogo
UK Bans Sale of Crypto Derivatives to Retail Investors from January 2021
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives products to retail investors in a move that it says will save the targeted customers £53 million ($68.9 million) in losses each year. The ban comes into effect on January 6, 2021.
In a statement on October 6, the regulator declared that the sale, marketing, and distribution of any derivatives including contracts for difference, options, futures, and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) by any local or foreign company operating in the U.K. is banned.
The Authority said derivatives based on digital assets like bitcoin (BTC) or ethereum (ETH) are “ill-suited for retail consumers due to the harm they pose.” The FCA outlined a series of risks that it considers to result from such products. They include a lack of “reliable basis for valuation” for the underlying asset, market manipulation, and “extreme” price volatility.
It stated that retail clients lacked a “legitimate investment need to invest in these products”, and that they also did not fully understand derivatives trading. The ban, first proposed in July 2019, does not affect the trading of virtual currencies such as bitcoin, which are not regulated by the FCA.
Retail investors currently holding any such crypto derivatives will be allowed to keep them for as long as they want, Bloomberg reported. Sheldon Mills, interim executive director of strategy and competition at the FCA, commented:
Significant price volatility, combined with the inherent difficulties of valuing cryptoassets reliably, places retail consumers at a high risk of suffering losses from trading crypto-derivatives. We have evidence of this happening on a significant scale. The ban provides an appropriate level of protection.
Shares of companies offering the banned derivatives fell in London trading on Tuesday. CMC Markets plc dropped 2.8% at the time of writing. Plus500 fell 2.1% and IG Group Holdings plc slid as much as 3.3%.
An executive at Coinshares, a U.K.- based exchange offering a variety of crypto derivatives, criticized the FCA saying the ban “will not result in the proposed savings and benefits…it will simply drive U.K. retail investors to unregulated crypto exchanges.”
“We see the FCA ban as further evidence of the U.K. turning its back on innovation in digital assets and on regulatory coordination with other jurisdictions,” the executive told news.Bitcoin.com via email.
“We find it difficult to see how the U.K. can be seen as welcoming of digital asset innovation when it is the only Western jurisdiction to ban them based on an erroneous belief that they have ‘no intrinsic value’.”
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Jeffrey Gogo is an award winning financial journalist based in Harare, Zimbabwe. A former deputy business editor with the Zimbabwe Herald, the country's biggest daily, Gogo has more than 17 years of wide-ranging experience covering Zimbabwe's financial markets, economy and company news. He first encountered bitcoin in 2014, and began covering cryptocurrency markets in 2017
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MINNESOTA WILD ANNOUNCES 2019-20 LOCAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE
70 Regular Season and Four Preseason Contests on FOX Sports North KFAN 100.3 FM Continues as Radio Home for Wild Hockey
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Wild, in conjunction with FOX Sports North (FSN) and KFAN 100.3 FM, today announced the team's local broadcast schedule for the 2019-20 National Hockey League (NHL) season.
FOX Sports North will televise 70 regular season games including 34 contests from Xcel Energy Center and 36 road games. FOX Sports North PLUS will televise three preseason games: Sept. 17 vs. Dallas, Sept. 21 vs. Winnipeg and Sept. 26 at Dallas and stream the Sept. 29 U.S. Bank Kids Day preseason game against Winnipeg exclusively on FOX Sports GO. FOX Sports North's regular season coverage will begin on Saturday, Oct. 5, when the Wild plays at the Avalanche at 8 p.m. The network's first home game broadcast on Saturday, Oct. 12, will feature a one-hour edition of Wild Live.
Minnesota Wild Local Broadcast Schedule (PDF)
Minnesota Wild telecasts on FOX Sports North will feature play-by-play announcer Anthony LaPanta alongside a rotation of color analysts including Ryan Carter, Mike Greenlay, Lou Nanne and Wes Walz. Kevin Gorg will serve as sideline reporter and Audra Martin will host Wild Live presented by CenturyLink before and after every game with analysis from Tom Chorske, Ben Clymer, Greenlay and Walz.
FOX Sports North debuts a half hour special, "Wild Season Preview" on Monday, Sept. 23. "Becoming Wild" presented by Toyota returns for its ninth season with eight new episodes that will premiere starting Tuesday, Oct. 15, immediately following the Wild Live postgame show.
All games televised on FOX Sports North will be available in high definition and will be streamed live via the FOX Sports GO app. FOX Sports GO is currently available on mobile and tablet devices, including iOS and Android as well as foxsportsgo.com. FOX Sports GO is also available on connected devices including, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku Players and Roku TV, and Xbox One. Fans can download the app for free from the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store, Roku App Store, XBOX One App Store and Windows App Store. Information on channel locations for FOX Sports North/PLUS can be found here.
KFAN 100.3 FM enters its ninth season as the official radio flagship home of the Minnesota Wild. Bob Kurtz (play-by-play), Tom Reid (analyst) and Kevin Falness (studio host) will continue to capture all the action, including every preseason game again this season. Kurtz, the radio voice of the Wild for every season in club history, will work a reduced schedule of road games this year. The Wild and KFAN 100.3 will welcome special guest play-by-play announcers for select road games, including Paul Allen, Jim Erickson, Kevin Falness and Joe O'Donnell.
Coverage of each game will begin with a 15-minute pregame show and conclude with a 30-minute postgame Show. KFAN will also continue to host "Wild Weekly," as well as "Wild Fanline" after select games. iHeart Radio reaches more than 2.5 million listeners every week over the air, via the Internet and through iHeartRadio.com. The Wild radio broadcast is also available on the Wild Mobile App, inside Xcel Energy Center at 95.7 FM and across the 50 station Minnesota Wild Radio Network, the largest network in the National Hockey League.
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Minnesota Wild single-game tickets for the 2019-20 season will go on sale on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 9 a.m. at the Xcel Energy Center Box Office and at 10 a.m. on wild.com and Ticketmaster.com. For information about Season Tickets, including 11-game, half season and full season plans, please visit tickets.wild.com or contact a Wild Ticket Sales Representative by calling or texting 651-222-WILD.
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Missing detainee found, suffering from injuries
Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 16:51 By the time of this posting, 16:51, on Wednesday, July 29 all of the protesters detained during the demonstrations in Beit El in the morning had been released, except for one who was being held in the Sha’ar Binyamin Police Station. The protesters were demonstrating against the destruction by security forces, of the Draynoff housing units in Beit El for which retroactive permits had been secured. Despite the newly issued authorization for the buildings, the Israeli Supreme Court decided that the buildings should be destroyed as had been decided by the Court before the final permits were secured for the buildings. When Honenu attorney, Nati Rom inquired as to the whereabouts of those detained during the protests, the policemen initially claimed that the detainees were at the Yehuda and Shomron District Police Station in Ma’aleh Adumim and then claimed that they were at the Sha’ar Binyamin Police Station. Rom went to the stations and was told at both of them, that the detainees were not there. He proceeded to the Yehuda and Shomon Division Base (Ugdat Ayosh), and also did not find any of the detainees there. He returned to the Sha’ar Binyamin Police Station and was again told that there were no detainees remaining. Only after he demanded that the policemen confirm in writing that there were no detainees, did they check and find that one detainee was still in remand at the station. The detainee told Rom that he had been beaten by police and was suffering from his injuries and said that he had not received any food since his detention in the morning. The police are requesting a three day remand extension on two of the minors who were detained overnight in the course of clashes in Beit El. Honenu attorney Avichai Hajbi is representing the detainees, who are suspected of assaulting a police officer.


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Sixty CEO, Kjetil Horneland, is coming to mcb tech .18 to give a talk on what the next generation of TV viewing experiences looks like.
What does the next generation of TV viewing experiences look like?
By Kjetil Horneland, CEO Sixty
The digital industry is all about the attention economy and personalised experiences, where the end user is empowered to communicate with others taking part in the experience. Video content is being consumed on whatever device is available for the end user, and more and more content is tailor made for smaller screens. The broadcast industry on the other hand, is still producing it’s content as if most users consume it the way it has been done the last 30 years - It’s mostly optimised for the big screen, it’s a “one to everyone” communication with little or no possibility to personalise the live experience.
How should the TV experience be, in a future where the user want to consume TV on any device, and want to choose themselves if they want to lean back or engage with the broadcast?
Kjetil Horneland is a serial entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Sixty, a company specialising in interactive TV experiences. In the Nordics Sixty is well known as the company behind the services from Altibox, RiksTV, Canal Digital, TV2 and others. Sixty recently launched it's state of the art interactive TV platform with the NBA on their global video platform, NBA League Pass.
Kjetil plays many roles in addition to being the CEO, and often functions as a strategical advisor to the media industry, with a background in digital design and with more than 20 years of industry experience. Sixty is based in Bergen, with offices also in Stavanger and Oslo. The company recently opened up it's new London office this year and is expanding to the US. Sixty's mission is to change how we all watch TV.


RHOA Peter Thomas Speaks with Uptown Mag
Earlier this week, BV posted an interview with Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Cynthia Bailey. The beauty, who graces the cover of UPTOWN’s Weddings and Travel issue, spoke candidly about her summer nuptials to entrepreneur Peter Thomas. Anyone who follows the show knows all about the investment Cynthia made in Thomas’ now defunct restaurant venture. Cynthia dished her side of the story declaring, “I don’t know when I am getting that money back, but he’s going to have to give me something.”
We heart Cynthia and Peter, so it only seemed proper that both parties had the chance to address the seemingly touchy subject. Peter most certainly wanted to clarify a few points and set the record straight. In an exclusive with UPTOWN, the self-proclaimed “reckless mouth” didn’t hold back on a number of subjects, including marriage, the ex-factor, and how he really feels about the rest of the RHOA cast. In his words…
ON THE MONEY-LENDING INCIDENT As much as I appreciate what she’s done, it probably came across to everybody that she put up all this money to help me build my restaurant. No. Initially, she put up $10,000. Uptown [Restaurant and Lounge] cost several hundred thousand dollars—$10,000 couldn’t buy the silverware and the plates at Uptown.
So it’s not like she’s supported my vision and gave me money to build a restaurant ’cuz that’s not what happened. And I want to clear that up. I didn’t agree with her putting that out there to the public. But she’s on a reality show and she’s a new jack to it, so she might feel as if that’s what she needed to do. I didn’t agree to that. But I didn’t oppose either, especially if she’s telling the truth. She has the right to say it. But I don’t want the viewers to leave with the impression, “Oh, sh-t. He got with this model girl and she’s putting up all this money to support his sh-t.” That’s not the way it is.
SHE CAN’T TELL ME NO If I need her to do something for me again, she better step up. That’s part of her duty as a wife. Because she’s never gonna call on me and I say no—never. It’s my duty as a husband to provide whatever support to [help] her go forward. The show that I’m on is called Atlanta Housewives, not Atlanta Husbands. I’m not getting paid to be on the show. But I have to do it to support my wife. So I just gotta bite my lip, swallow my spit, and call it a day.
IS CYNTHIA GETTING HER MONEY BACK? If that’s the last thing I do before I die, I’ll make sure that she gets her money back.
WITH INTEREST? [Laughs] It doesn’t matter to me, because I never want any woman to run around saying what they’ve done for me. That’s just the kind of guy I am. I think a man’s job, when he gets with a woman, is to be the provider. If the relationship goes south, I don’t want things I gave you back. I’m a hustler—I know how to flip it. I know how to get back on my feet. A lot of women out there don’t know how to do that. All [they] got is a 9-to-5 check coming. They don’t know how to flip it. They aren’t risk takers like men are. You feel me? You know, most women. Some women are. I know for a fact that Miss Bailey isn’t. She’s not that kind of girl. If she has $100K in the bank, she would like to look at it knowing that it’s there. But me, I’m gonna invest it ’cause I want it to grow. That’s how we’re different.
She doesn’t really go into a relationship for money. She’s had a lot of opportunities. A lot of major players have come to Cynthia Bailey, but she’s the type of person who can’t do it if she’s not emotionally into you. And that’s one of the most attractive things about her to me.
IN CASE IT DOESN’T WORK OUT… Cynthia’s been independent for 11 years. She never lived with [actor and model] Leon; they just had a baby together. And she [believes] that whatever [she] makes, [she] has to hold on to it, because she’s responsible for not just herself, but also her daughter [Noelle]. Even though I’m there now, she still has the mentality that, “If it doesn’t work out with this Negro, for one reason or another, I would still like to have my money because it’s just me and my daughter.”
I do respect that what’s hers belongs to her. I have nothing to do with it. And what’s mine is mine. We have a prenup. But if I build something and she was by my side while I was building it, that’s definitely for us.
LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH… I wasn’t even one to get married. The same way she [Cynthia] didn’t want to get married, I didn’t want to marry nobody. I was dating this one celebrity and read in People magazine that she said she wanted to marry Peter Thomas. So I went left on her.
But Cynthia is just a cool person. She’s someone I can live with. You feel me? I can live with the mistakes, and I can live with the ups, and I can live with the downs. And I never really, to be honest with you, felt that way before. So that’s why I’m in it. So let’s see what happens, because it gets more interesting as it goes along.
ON ANDY COHEN AND THE OTHER HOUSEWIVES I say anything I f—ing feel, because I don’t feel I need to answer to anybody but God. People are going on Andy Cohen’s show and being all careful—I don’t give a f-ck. If they ever put me on that sh–, I’m gonna say exactly how I feel, and that’s what people wanna hear. If he asks, “What do you think about the guys in Atlanta wearing heels?” I’m gonna say, “That sh-t is not cute.”
If they say, “What do you think about the other Housewives?” I’m gonna say, “I can’t stand Phaedra’s ass. I think Kim is crazy as f–k. Nene has a big-ass mouth, okay? And Sheree’s not cute! She thinks she’s cute, but she’s not cute.” And this is ON the record. The only one I like is Kandi, and she’s too soft. That’s why she got played with Kim. And that’s how I truly feel. “
MODELS AND BOTTLES I’m opening Bar One [in March, 2011], which is gonna be incredible. You know how Cindy Crawford’s husband got Whiskey Bar? He does extremely well with it—he’s got probably around 50 or 60 of them now. In our community, we don’t really have a lifestyle piece like that. You know, a very upscale lifestyle piece for 25 and older. So I’m starting Bar One. I’m definitely doing it here [in Atlanta], and I want to branch off to New York and Miami in the next 18 months. It’s gonna be ridiculously sexy.
I’m [also] starting The Lifestyle Conference, which will take place Memorial Day weekend in Montego Bay. Russell Simmons came on board as a chairman for it. Steve Harvey just signed on to do the golf classic, and Shaggy just came on board also.
As Told to Chrystal Parker
Posted byEditor January 27, 2011 January 27, 2011 Posted inCelebrities, Entertainment, Fashion, Gossip, Magazine, News, TVTags:Black Voices, Cynthia Bailey, Peter Thomas, Randy Gerber, RHOA, Russell Simmons, Uptown Mag
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Postgame Quotes
Recap | Final Stats | Notes |
KANSAS STATE 59, KANSAS 21
Lawrence, Kan.
Kansas head coach Turner Gill
On if this loss to a rival is tough for the locker room to take:
“It’s tough. All of our losses are tough to take. We are competitive; we plan on going out and playing well. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out, particularly in the second half. You’ve got to give credit to them (Kansas State). They’re a great football team and that’s why they’re ranked as one of the top teams in the country.”
On the big play that led to Kansas State’s field goal to end the first half:
“We had a guy who didn’t do what he’s supposed to do. He went onto another receiver instead of staying in his quarter of the field. They threw the ball right where he left. That was a huge play in the game. There were several others that we didn’t execute as well, but that one hurt.”
On the KU’s kick return that resulted in three penalties:
“It’s discipline. Our guys need to come out and really do what they need to do. We had a couple guys that maybe were trying to compensate instead of doing what they have been taught. That really cost us.”
On what he will tell the players as they get ready for the next game:
“I’ll just tell them to keep on working. That’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to keep on working on continuing to improve as a football team and continue to improve as a coach. I’ll continue to evaluate where we are both offensively and defensively. We also have to look at things we’re doing personnel-wise. Everyone’s just has to keep on battling. We’ll come back, get them into focus and get ready to play a good football game next week.”
Kansas junior wide receiver Kale Pick
On the mood in the locker room:
“It’s obviously disappointing, but we lost to a good team today. As an athlete you have to move on. If you have a bad play, you have to move on to the next play. If not, you’re going to struggle. You have to worry about the present time; what is happening now. That’s the biggest thing we need to do. We need to keep improving, keep coming in here and studying film in our free time and be completely dedicated to this program to improve for next week and to finish the season.”
On moving on from a loss:
“That’s just part of the game. You have to be mentally tough coming in to practice. You just have to worry about yourself and keep getting better. As long as each player improves their game and studies the film, we’ll get better as a whole.”
On Kansas State’s defense:
“They play hard. They are a really disciplined team. They hustle hard to the ball and try to strip you every chance that they get. They are coached well and they stay to their assignments and techniques and don’t make any mistakes.”
Kansas sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb
On the loss:
“It’s definitely frustrating, especially as an offense. We’re a lot better than we played today. We’re going to show that and we’re going to keep pushing. We have some young guys that made some mistakes and you’re going to have that when you’re young, but it’s hard to swallow right now.”
On how the team can improve:
“We have to keep attacking everyday and go out to practice every day with a high level of intensity. The season is not over. We have some things on our plate that we can really salvage the season with.”
On what the team needs to improve:
“A lot of it is just the intensity. You could feel that when we came out for the third quarter. You could feel them starting to roll on us. There were times where we just kicked ourselves in the butt and it hurts to know that there were some things out there that we left on the field.”
Kansas sophomore running back James Sims
On Kansas State:
“They just outplayed us. Give them a bunch of credit. They came out ready to play and we didn’t.”
On the team’s game plan:
“We want to run the ball and stay ahead of the chains; that way it will open the passing game up. This morning we didn’t stay ahead of the chains. We moved it a little bit, but we have to stay consistent.”
On the heat on Kansas head coach Turner Gill:
“You can’t blame Coach for that. It’s not like he can go out there and play. They tell us what we’re supposed to do and we have to go out there and execute. It’s nothing that Coach Gill is doing. It’s on us as a team and we just have to play together.”
Kansas junior defensive end Toben Opurum
On game against Kansas State:
“We let the game get away from us at the beginning at the second half. When a team scores two touchdowns in less than two minutes coming out of half, it’s going to shoot anybody’s momentum down. We kind of let that bring us down as an offense and a defense. It’s the same story every week. We have to come out strong in the third quarter. That’s been our issue from game one until where we’re at now. It’s something we need to address. We’ve started to address it, but we have to execute when we get out on the field.”
On last week carrying over to this week:
“I’m not one for moral victories. As long as we’re losing, I’m not going to be happy with our performance. I’m not sure why our momentum didn’t carry over to the first half or the entire game. It’s something we have to address. We have to execute the plays that are called. A lot of guys aren’t doing what we’re asked to do or we’re getting mixed up signals, or whatever the reason may be, we have to execute what is called.”
On getting used to this outcome:
“I don’t think that’s the case. Everyone here wants to win and is going to do whatever it takes to win. It’s not a feeling that we’re going to get used to. Our expectations are still high. I still feel like we have an opportunity to win more games this year. I’m not throwing the season out yet. I still feel like we have a chance to have a winning season and to accomplish some things that nobody else believes we can do.”
Kansas junior cornerback Greg Brown
On repetition of outcome:
“Things are getting repetitive. You don’t like losing. You don’t like getting used to losing, which seems like we’re doing as a team. I feel like we need to go out and practice harder and keep our minds right. We know we have a lot more games to go to turn the season around.”
On how low this game ranks:
“It ranks pretty low. All of them are low as it is. As a team, we have to put it past us and just move forward. I know it’s not something you can just brush off, losing to a rival team like that. We still have to let it go and keep going with our season and try to turn it around.”
On a fix for this defense:
“We have to execute and make some plays. Sometimes you just have to go out there and make a play even if it’s not your play to make. I feel like as a defense if we play our roles right and everyone trusts everybody to get their roles right, I’m sure those playmaking abilities will come out.”
Kansas sophomore cornerback Tyler Patmon
On fix for third quarter problems:
“In practice, we’re going harder. We’re trying to simulate the same situation as coming out in the third quarter. It’s kind of hard, but at the same time, when we come out in the third quarter, we just have to be ready to play.”
On facing option first team instead of spread offense:
“It’s way different. If a guy doesn’t handle his responsibility or stay in the right gap, then the whole scheme can be messed up. In a pass, a guy can mess and there can be a safety on top. You can see the difference in the run game on how big a mental mistake or a missed assignment is.”
On momentum shift from end of first half into second half:
“The field goal was disappointing, but when we came out in the third quarter, we still knew we had a chance to win the game. That kick-off return was a big let down. I know some of our guys were hanging their head, but at the same time, we have to learn to get over that and keep playing.”
Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder
On his team’s performance:
“We were not without our faults but I thought our youngsters played well and particularly played well when they had to. We got off to a good start and then stalled a little bit, but they came back and really opened it up in the third quarter. Our defense played so well and they got two turnovers (in the third quarter) right off the bat as well as the kick-off return, so I am proud of our youngsters.”
On the kick-off return for a touchdown to begin the third quarter:
“I can’t speak for them (KU), but I think it was a major play in the game. There is no doubt about that.”
On playing Kansas in a rivalry game on the road:
“It is another Saturday. I think our players played hard and did so with some spirit and emotion and didn’t look beyond this ballgame.”
On the Kansas offense:
“The University of Kansas is a very fine offensive football team. They have good balance in their offense and they can throw it and run it. They have good offensive linemen, I like those backs and I think that quarterback (Jordan Webb) is a poised young guy. They are going to get better and better, but right now they are a young football team, because they have some talent on that side.”
Kansas State senior defensive lineman Jordan Voelker
On the K-State win:
“It’s a great feeling. This was a big game. It was also a big game for setting us up for next week against Oklahoma.”
On coach Snyder’s success:
“He makes us keep an even head all the time. We never get too high or too low.”
On looking forward to Oklahoma:
“I think we have some confidence especially since it will be a home game for us.”
Kansas senior offensive lineman Clyde Aufner
On KSU quarterback Collin Klein:
“He’s an extremely tough kid and as an offensive line we love blocking for him. We know he is going to run hard and we know we are going to block hard.”
Kansas junior quarterback Collin Klein
On the K-state victory:
“It was a team victory all-around. We hung together and this offense showed some consistency.”
On the passing game:
“Unfortunately, we got into some long-yardage situations on third downs and people stepped up and made plays. Guys across the board made catches and made plays.”


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State investigators hear new sexual misconduct allegations against Twin Cities plastic surgeon
Dr. Christopher Kovanda has an office in this Minneapolis building.
— Paul Walsh, Star Tribune
By Paul Walsh , Star Tribune
December 02, 2021 - 8:56 AM
State investigators say they have new sexual misconduct allegations against a Twin Cities plastic surgeon from a woman who says the doctor molested her over several months and once after he had her medicated.
The woman is at least the fifth to complain to the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice about Dr. Christopher Kovanda, who continues to hold his license to practice in the state as an investigation continues.
The board announced the new inquiry Tuesday night.
Either through complaints with the state or in lawsuits, a total of at least six women have leveled sexual misconduct accusations since 2008 against the 55-year-old Kovanda, who was first licensed in Minnesota in 1999 and operates a clinic at Lakeside Center on Excelsior Boulevard in Uptown.
Kovanda's attorney, Nicole Brand, repeated Wednesday night The allegations against Dr. Kovanda are without merit."
A call to Kovanda's office was answered by a clinic employee, who said the doctor was not available for comment because "he is in with a patient now."
The latest allegations cover a four-month period until November 2019. Among the accusations, the woman said Kovanda disrobed her without asking during pre-operation examinations, touched his legs to hers, placed his hands on her hips for too long a time.
In her last visit before breast augmentation surgery, the woman alleged, she was given drugs before Kovanda came in the room. He then pressed his groin against hers while both were clothed.
"Despite already being administered medications and an IV pursuant to [Kovanda's] orders, [the patient] pushed [him] away," the board's said in Tuesday's redacted release.
The woman called Kovanda in January 2020 after her surgery, and he apologized, according to the release. It said he also offered the woman a refund because of how he touched her, indicating that "he did not want to be reported to the board."
He also told the woman, the release continued, "I don't think there is any explanation" for his conduct.
Jeff Montpetit, the attorney for a woman who reached a confidential settlement with Kovanda in a civil case, said Wednesday that "the fact that the board has yet to issue a decision in these very serious allegations is appalling.
"There is no way this gentleman should have a license to practice at this point. It just amazes me the board doesn't have the ability to temporarily suspend the license until the investigation is over."
Another attorney who has represented one of the women in a civil matter, Michael Hall III, added, "When you think about it, he is a danger to any woman who unknowingly goes into his clinic. These are people in our community. I find it really troubling and scary."
Ruth Martinez, who signed the latest release detailing the newest allegations, declined to answer questions Wednesday about the board's investigation, including why the agency doesn't exercise its option to temporarily suspend Kovanda's license.
However, she did address that point with the Star Tribune this summer: "We have to perceive an imminent risk of serious harm. … It isn't something that is used lightly."
A complaint filed in January 2011 led to Kovanda's acknowledgment of having sex with the patient and prompted a reprimand that required him for three years to, among other steps, have a female monitor present during all appointments with female patients and take a professional boundaries course.
While two other complaints alleging "inappropriate sexual conduct, including suggestive language and suggestive touching" were investigated by the board and drew no discipline, the facts in those cases were allowed to be considered true by the board as part of its decision to reprimand Kovanda based on the third woman's accusations.
The doctor previously practiced in the 50th & France retail district of Edina as Kovanda Plastic Surgery and before that as a partner at Midwest Plastic Surgery in Edina's Southdale Medical Building.
The medical board's previous announcement of an investigation of Kovanda in July led to the loss of his surgical privileges at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and the 13 other locations run by Allina Health, said a spokeswoman for the health care provider. He had been practicing at Abbott since 2016.
Kovanda also had been in trouble with federal authorities over his bankruptcy filing in June 2020. An attorney on behalf of the U.S. Justice Department's Office of the U.S. Trustee accused the doctor of claiming financial hardship resulting from the pandemic and obtaining a $66,800 CARES Act loan from the government shortly before filing for bankruptcy and using the loan's proceeds to pay off personal debts and fraudulently concealing those payments from the court.
The doctor's attorney, Barbara May, said Thursday that the trustee "has dropped any allegations whatsoever against my client, and my client has been granted a full discharge in bankruptcy."
Paul Walsh is a general assignment reporter at the Star Tribune. He wants your news tips, especially in and near Minnesota.
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Charles Robert Whitelaw
Charles Robert Whitelaw, 95, of Rostraver Twp., passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2020 in his home surrounded by his family. A son of the late Roy and Ethel Snyder Whitelaw, he was born in Belle Vernon on August 26, 1925. A lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, ‘CR’ was a member of the First Christian Church of Belle Vernon, a 75 year Life Member of the North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department where he had held many line offices, former member of Rostraver Central Fire Department, current member of Westmoreland County Fireman’s Association and Southwestern Chief’s and Assistant Chief’s Association, and former president of FTWP. “CR” served during World War II in the US Navy. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Robin (Don) Michael of Perryopolis; one brother, Roy Lewis Whitelaw of Fallowfield Twp.; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Phyllis Dauge of Bentleyville and Lois (Matt) Lococo of Lake Placid, Florida; one granddaughter, Amber Michael and boyfriend Matt Dague; and two great grandsons, Hunter and Louis Davies. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Wilma Palfrey Whitelaw on February 14, 2020. Friends will be received on Thursday from 2 to 4 P.M. and 7 to 9 P.M. in the Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon. 724-929-5300. Face masks are required in the funeral home. A funeral service will be held on Friday in the funeral home at 10:30 A.M. with Pastor Sam Batton officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The North Belle Vernon and Belle Vernon Fire Departments will meet in the funeral home on Thursday at 7 P.M. to hold services.
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Debut mini-album release date for girl group I.O.I confirmed
Produce 101‘s girl group I.O.I is less than a month away from officially debuting. Not only do they already have advertising deals lined-up already but their debut mini-album’s release date has also been confirmed!
According to reports, tracks for their upcoming mini-album were handpicked by the members themselves with recording already underway. Additionally, the release date has been scheduled for May 4th with their showcase kick starting their official promotions on the 5th.
On top of that, the girls have also been confirmed as the new faces for SK Telecom, who is known to sign on mainstream celebrities such as boy group BTS and one of their current models, AOA member Seolhyun. They have also been announced as the model for Kakao’s first person shooter mobile game, “백발백중 for Kakao (Gray Basin for Kakao).”
The group is already off to a great start even prior to their debut. Look forward to their debut soon!
Image: “백발백중 for Kakao” I.O.I
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The Hardness of My Heart: Daniel Mendelsohn’s ‘An Odyssey’ and Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Penelopiad’
Date: November 17, 2017Author: andria816 2 Comments
by Alison Buckholtz
What makes a relationship last?
Self-help shelves offer up-to-the-minute answers based on the latest psychology, sociology, and technology. But it turns out the solution has been around for millennia—literally from the time of the ancient Greek poet Homer, best known as author of the tales that make up the Odyssey. Spoiler: according to that epic, in which Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his wife Penelope are separated for 20 post-war years and then reunited, a good marriage is based on homophrosyne, or “like-mindedness.”
It’s a simple enough concept. But in the hands of the classicist, critic, and best-selling writer Daniel Mendelsohn, author of An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and An Epic, the concept he translates as “like-mindedness”—the memories two people share–becomes a profound meditation on what bonds two people over the course of a lifetime. Not just spouses, either: fathers and sons, siblings, even friends estranged across decades who are pulled back into each other’s orbit because of experiences no one but them could understand.
It’s not an insight readers might expect from An Odyssey, in which Mendelsohn narrates how his time teaching the epic to a class of undergraduates drew his 81-year-old father, Jay, back to studying the classics. First Jay sat in as a student in Mendelsohn’s class at Bard College, and then the two took a Mediterranean cruise together, retracing Odysseus’ path and exploits. Jay died a few years after that, and their late-in-life closeness inspires Mendelsohn to find out more about his father—much like the way Telemachus, Odysseus’s son, launches his own journey to discover the truth about the man he knows only from others’ tales.
Equal parts lit-crit class, language lesson, and memoir, An Odyssey alchemizes to create its own unique and compelling sub-genre. But unlike alchemy, which sought to convert base metals into gold, each element of Mendelsohn’s experiment—his story—is already buffed to perfection.
Mendelsohn knows that many people read parts of the Odyssey in high school, but he doesn’t assume any serious familiarity on the reader’s part. That’s a welcome gesture. But as author-professor he goes one brilliant step further: he smoothly, invisibly places his readers in the seminar with his students, sketching the layout and atmosphere of his classroom at Bard College, as well as the roster of co-eds signed up for Classics 125: The Odyssey of Homer, which started at 11:15 on a cold January in 2011.
Our fellow Bard travelers include Tom, who resembles Don Quixote from a Picasso painting–so Mendelsohn remembers him as “Don Quixote Tom,” to distinguish him from another student, “Blond Tom.” There’s “Trisha of the Botticelli Hair,” “dark-eyed Nina,” and several others whose insights, questions, and conflicted feelings about the Odyssey over the course of the semester animate and advance our own understanding of one of the West’s most lasting works of literature.
And of course, there’s “Daddy” –Mendelsohn always refers to his father as “Daddy”—in a chair that’s angled awkwardly away from both the teenage students and his own son, the authority figure.
Jay may love the classics, but he doesn’t like Odysseus. “I don’t think he’s a hero at all,” he announces early in the term, declaring Odysseus a disastrous leader who lost his twelve ships, failed to protect any of his troops, and frequently cries. The crying is especially galling to Jay, who was in the Army during World War II. He maintains a stoicism about military service that carried through to decades of a different kind of service as faithful husband, father of five, and loyal employee of Grumman, the aerospace company near his home on Long Island.
That dedication to duty kept Jay from pursuing his own interest in the classics, as well as other professional goals he’d once targeted. That was what Mendelsohn and his siblings had always thought, anyway. As son gets to know father during the class and the cruise, hints of new narratives nudge aside long-accepted stories. But it’s hard to pierce a legend, even when it’s just generation-old family lore.
Although the two men grow closer, overcoming much of the distance they used to feel, Mendelsohn’s still-incomplete understanding of his father prompts him to seek even further. So after Jay’s death, Mendelsohn schedules a series of visits to his father’s long-time friends and close relatives to piece together the events that influenced Jay’s approach to life, which is so fundamentally different from his own.
Although the lit-crit and linguistic threads are woven just as tightly into the texture of An Odyssey as the more traditional elements of memoir, they don’t overwhelm. That’s because Mendelsohn doesn’t lecture, either as a character or a narrator. His storytelling leaves room for other teachers—including his current students, his former professors, and relatives who decode multi-layered family myths.
All of these relationships, no matter how long they were left untended, are grounded in like-mindedness–nourished by memories, loyalty, love, or some combination of the three. They continue to yield an emotional bounty, even after a half-century. That may not sound like a long time compared to what transpires in the Odyssey, but for mere mortals, it’s epic.
P.S.: Penelope
Sure, Odysseus is the hero of one of the West’s most famous stories. Sure, Homer and the question of authorship has polarized critics for centuries. But what if it’s Penelope—the loyal, long-suffering military wife—who you want to know better? There’s no sidling up to her at the O Club’s monthly spouse coffee. But there’s something even better: Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, a re-working of the Odyssey from Penelope’s point of view.
This Penelope, a spirit wandering through the asphodel of the Underworld, may not have a body, but she is nonetheless all too human. For starters, she nurses a life-long grudge against her beautiful cousin, Helen of Troy. There’s good reason for this: Helen is the ultimate frenemy. Her passive-aggressive cuts (“Divine beauty is such a burden. At least you’ve been spared that!”) make Regina, the alpha Plastic from Mean Girls, look like Anne of Green Gables.
Penelope loves Odysseus, but she’s also practical: she realistically assesses his faults and foibles, adjusting her own responses accordingly. For example, it’s sometimes assumed that Penelope did not actually recognize Odysseus when he came home from his 20-year sojourn, reappearing in the guise of a beggar. In Atwood’s re-casting of the myth, Penelope knows. “As soon as I saw that barrel chest and those short legs I had a deep suspicion,” she says. But she’s calculated that it’s better to hide that awareness. “The hardness of my heart was a notion I was glad to foster…as it would reassure Odysseus to know I hadn’t been throwing myself into the arms of every man who’d turned up claiming to be him.”
Penelope’s as good an actor as Odysseus is; she plays into what she knows what her husband really wants from his wife. And she’s right. “Odysseus grinned—he was looking forward to the big revelation scene, the part where I would say ‘It was you all along! What a terrific disguise!’ and throw my arms around his neck.”
Penelope has been faithful to her role since she was King Icarius’ daughter, biding the time until she transitioned from child to wife. She knows how to act because when you’re 15 and your father picks the winner of a race to marry you off to, you do what’s necessary to survive your fate. She always holds part of herself back, remaining watchful as an owl. Nothing escapes her notice.
Well, almost nothing. And therein lies Penelope’s unraveling, the one that haunts her afterlife. Once Odysseus slaughtered her suitors, he hanged Penelope’s 12 maids-in-waiting—young women she loved, gently manipulated, and then failed to protect. Quite literally, she has never gotten over it.
If you don’t remember the part of the Odyssey that recounts the maids’ hanging, you’re not alone. But once Penelope recounts it–and these maids narrate, Greek chorus-style, the story of their downfall–it shifts the plates of Homer’s story so seismically that it doesn’t even seem to belong to Odysseus anymore.
Mendelsohn, Daniel. An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic. Knopf, 2017.
Atwood, Margaret. The Penelopiad. Canongate U.S., 2006.
Buy An Odyssey here, and The Penelopiad here, or at your local indie bookstore.
Alison Buckholtz is author of Standing By: The Making of an American Military Family in a Time of War (Tarcher/Penguin, April 2009; in paperback April 2013). She wrote the “Deployment Diary” column on Slate.com from 2009-2010, and her other articles and essays have been published in the New York Times, New York Magazine, Real Simple, Parenting, Washingtonian Magazine, Salon.com and many other publications. As an advocate for military families, she has appeared on NBC Nightly News, NPR, and in national news stories. Her L.A. Times op-ed, “An ‘It Gets Better’ for the troops,” was the inspiration for a national public service announcement campaign about military suicides.
She received an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in English Literature (Honors, Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She also completed a year of undergraduate study at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1997-98 she lived in Jerusalem, Israel as a recipient of a Dorot Foundation postgraduate fellowship. She now lives in the Washington, DC area with her husband, an active-duty Naval officer, and two children.
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Jean O'Brien says:
Just a fabulous review and comments..on both books!,,, thank you and your family for your service to our country..you are treasure
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