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Share your comments on popular trends...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-85332313071344509482023-05-22T08:20:00.004-07:002023-05-22T08:28:04.660-07:00ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing: What's the Difference?<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing: What's the Difference?</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpMMFkNmVzZn1OyyaFsGL4QGuwHxERvoC6uOzfStuoHZX222toQPvJdDzZzP1N7Qu9WnUABzogR0sC5m5oEy3Vy1y8-ERkqvhV0vB45H5lUHe4xT5vuP30i0oKzXtoxfvorkNPKZ_iqJhg21uYxfIICd9_df3YWmwihI5q_BaNpO1mpSQ96OmyDcT/s300/download%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpMMFkNmVzZn1OyyaFsGL4QGuwHxERvoC6uOzfStuoHZX222toQPvJdDzZzP1N7Qu9WnUABzogR0sC5m5oEy3Vy1y8-ERkqvhV0vB45H5lUHe4xT5vuP30i0oKzXtoxfvorkNPKZ_iqJhg21uYxfIICd9_df3YWmwihI5q_BaNpO1mpSQ96OmyDcT/s1600/download%20(1).jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>ChatGPT</b>, <b>Bard</b>, and <b>Bing </b>are all large language models (LLMs) that are trained on massive datasets of text and code. They can all generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. However, there are some key differences between the three models.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ChatGPT is a generative pre-trained transformer model developed by OpenAI. It is trained on a massive dataset of text and code, and it can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. However, ChatGPT can sometimes generate inaccurate or biased information.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bard is a large language model developed by Google AI. It is trained on a massive dataset of text and code, and it can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. Bard is designed to be more accurate and unbiased than ChatGPT, and it is also better at understanding and responding to complex questions.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bing is a search engine developed by Microsoft. It is powered by a large language model, and it can be used to search the web, translate languages, and answer your questions. Bing is not as advanced as ChatGPT or Bard, but it is still a powerful tool that can be used for a variety of tasks.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Which LLM is Right for You?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The best LLM for you will depend on your needs. If you need a model that can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way, then ChatGPT, Bard, or Bing would be a good option. However, if you need a model that is accurate and unbiased, then Bard would be the best choice. If you are looking for a more basic tool that can be used for searching the web, translating languages, and answering questions, then Bing would be a good option.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is a table that summarizes the key differences between ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing:</span></b></p><div class="horizontal-scroll-wrapper" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; overflow-x: scroll;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); width: 1084px;"><tbody><tr><th style="background-color: var(--bard-color-inverse-on-surface); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 18.5px 16px; text-align: left;"><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Feature</span></u></th><th style="background-color: var(--bard-color-inverse-on-surface); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 18.5px 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">ChatGPT</span></th><th style="background-color: var(--bard-color-inverse-on-surface); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 18.5px 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Bard</span></th><th style="background-color: var(--bard-color-inverse-on-surface); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 18.5px 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Bing</span></th></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Developer</span></u></b></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">OpenAI</span></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Google AI</span></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Microsoft</span></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Training data</span></u></b></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Text and code</span></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Text and code</span></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Text and code</span></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Capabilities</span></u></b></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, answer questions</span></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, answer questions, understand and respond to complex questions</span></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Search the web, translate languages, answer questions</span></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Accuracy</span></u></b></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Can sometimes generate inaccurate or biased information</span></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Designed to be more accurate and unbiased</span></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Not as advanced as ChatGPT or Bard</span></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Bias</span></u></b></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Can sometimes be biased</span></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Designed to be less biased</span></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Not as advanced as ChatGPT or Bard</span></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Price</span></u></b></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Free</span></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Free</span></td><td style="border-top: 1px solid var(--bard-color-outline-variant); line-height: 1.25rem; padding: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Free</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Conclusion</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing are all powerful LLMs that can be used for a variety of tasks. The best LLM for you will depend on your needs. If you need a model that is accurate and unbiased, then Bard would be the best choice. If you are looking for a more basic tool that can be used for searching the web, translating languages, and answering questions, then Bing would be a good option.
Please share your thoughts below. Which LLM do you prefer to use?</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-21604203337535246582023-05-22T06:15:00.007-07:002023-05-22T06:15:58.236-07:00Mount Etna Erupts, Siciliy (Italy)<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Mount Etna Erupts</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">Mount Etna, the highest and most active volcano in Europe, erupted on Monday, sending a plume of ash and smoke into the sky. The eruption began at around 10:00 AM local time and continued for several hours.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">The eruption caused some disruption to flights in the area, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. The eruption is currently ongoing, and it is not yet clear how long it will last.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">Mount Etna is located on the island of Sicily, Italy. It is a stratovolcano, which means that it is made up of layers of ash, lava, and other volcanic material. The volcano is about 3,357 meters (11,014 feet) tall and has been erupting for over 2,700 years.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">Eruptions of Mount Etna are not uncommon. The volcano erupts about once every two years, on average. However, the size and intensity of eruptions can vary greatly.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">The most recent major eruption of Mount Etna occurred in 2019. The eruption lasted for several months and caused significant damage to property and infrastructure.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">The eruption of Mount Etna is a reminder of the power of nature. It is important to be aware of the risks associated with living near an active volcano and to take steps to protect yourself in the event of an eruption.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><b>Here are some tips for staying safe during a volcanic eruption:</b></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 4px 0px; padding-inline-start: 36px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Listen to the instructions of local officials.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Stay away from the volcano.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">If you are in the area of an eruption, take shelter in a building or other sturdy structure.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth to protect yourself from ash and smoke.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Do not drive through areas of ashfall.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">If you are caught in an ash cloud, cover your mouth and nose with a cloth and move to higher ground.</li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><i>By following these tips, you can help to keep yourself safe during a volcanic eruption.</i></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-29475522620975961222023-05-22T06:14:00.001-07:002023-05-22T06:14:02.725-07:00Chelsea Fear Benoît Badiashile<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Chelsea Fear Benoît Badiashile</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">Chelsea are reportedly fearful of losing Benoît Badiashile to a Premier League rival this summer. The Monaco defender has been linked with a move to Stamford Bridge for some time, and his performances in Ligue 1 have only served to increase his stock.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">Badiashile is a young, talented defender who is already one of the best in his position in France. He is strong, quick, and good on the ball, and he has all the attributes to be a success in the Premier League.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">Chelsea are in need of a new central defender this summer, and Badiashile would be a perfect fit for the club. He is young, hungry, and has the potential to be a star for many years to come.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">However, Chelsea are not the only club interested in Badiashile. Manchester United, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspur are also said to be monitoring his situation, and they could all make a move for him this summer.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">It is likely that Badiashile will command a significant fee, but Chelsea are confident that they can afford him. The club have the financial resources to sign the best players in the world, and they are determined to strengthen their squad this summer.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">If Chelsea are able to sign Badiashile, it would be a major coup for the club. He is a top-class defender who would improve their team immediately. However, they will face stiff competition from other Premier League clubs for his signature.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><b>Here are some of the reasons why Chelsea fear losing Benoît Badiashile:</b></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 4px 0px; padding-inline-start: 36px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">He is a young, talented defender who is already one of the best in his position in France.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">He is strong, quick, and good on the ball.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">He has all the attributes to be a success in the Premier League.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Chelsea are in need of a new central defender this summer.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Badiashile is likely to command a significant fee, but Chelsea are confident that they can afford him.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Chelsea will face stiff competition from other Premier League clubs for his signature.</li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><i>Only time will tell </i>if Chelsea will be able to sign <b>Benoît Badiashile</b>, but he is a player who they would be wise to add to their squad. He is a top-class defender who has the potential to be a star for many years to come.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-51622485365829010792023-05-22T06:11:00.005-07:002023-05-22T07:38:59.876-07:00 Instagram Down: What You Need to Know<p><b> <span face=""Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instagram Down: What You Need to Know</span></b></p><p><b><span face=""Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLc5tWDu6kuicqeZs7SQktZIXf_rgN3CCMR3qy2fl0GzjFD-0U4Z3-6pm5hQFRH3_QLPwF-6i0vGNuP2W3VOHR2pzq6QuBpLS5vzh_UVO_jddHZapj7rfC40EITXl7OWvJTmLn7hm0cofMh7HV6inqSg8e9WrngSjO_b_QmiVlBybwwmRXeTetumJA/s300/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLc5tWDu6kuicqeZs7SQktZIXf_rgN3CCMR3qy2fl0GzjFD-0U4Z3-6pm5hQFRH3_QLPwF-6i0vGNuP2W3VOHR2pzq6QuBpLS5vzh_UVO_jddHZapj7rfC40EITXl7OWvJTmLn7hm0cofMh7HV6inqSg8e9WrngSjO_b_QmiVlBybwwmRXeTetumJA/s1600/download.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></div><b><span face=""Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><u>Instagram</u></b>, one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, went down on Sunday evening for a few hours. The outage affected users all over the world, who were unable to access the app or website.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">The cause of the outage is still unknown, but Meta, Instagram's parent company, said that it was due to a "technical issue." The company said that it was working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">The outage caused a lot of frustration for users, who were unable to connect with friends and family, share photos and videos, or run their businesses. Some users took to Twitter to express their anger, while others used the opportunity to take a break from social media.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">The outage also had a financial impact on Instagram. The company lost an estimated <b>$100 million</b> in revenue during the outage.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">Instagram is not the first social media platform to experience an outage. In 2019, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram all went down for six hours. The outage affected billions of users and caused billions of dollars in losses.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">Outages like these are a reminder of the importance of having a backup plan for your social media presence. If your social media accounts go down, you should have a way to communicate with your followers and keep your business running.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><b>Here are some tips for creating a backup plan for your social media accounts:</b></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 4px 0px; padding-inline-start: 36px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Have a website or blog where you can post updates and content.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Use a social media management tool to schedule posts in advance.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Create a list of email addresses for your followers.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Use a paid service to monitor your social media accounts for outages.</li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;">By following these tips, you can help to protect your social media presence and keep your business running even if your accounts go down.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 24px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word;"><b>Here are some additional things to keep in mind:</b></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 4px 0px; padding-inline-start: 36px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Social media outages are usually resolved quickly, but it's always a good idea to have a backup plan.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">If your social media accounts are down, don't panic. Just stay calm and follow your backup plan.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Once your accounts are back up and running, be sure to check them for any damage.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">If you have any questions or concerns, please contact customer support.</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-32431284517350389052023-05-19T03:41:00.009-07:002023-05-19T03:50:27.999-07:00Fantasy Premier League: The Ultimate Guide<p><b style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Fantasy Premier League: The Ultimate Guide</b></p><div _ngcontent-ng-c400457649="" class="markdown" style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; color: #1f1f1f; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">Fantasy Premier League (FPL) is a game where you can create a team of real-life Premier League players and score points based on their performance in real-world matches. The goal of the game is to score more points than your opponents and finish as high as possible in the overall league table.</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">FPL is a great way to enjoy the Premier League season and test your skills as a football manager. It is also a lot of fun, and can be very addictive!</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">To get started with FPL, you will need to create an account on the <a href="https://users.premierleague.com/users/register/personal?app=plfpl-web&redirect_uri=https://fantasy.premierleague.com/" target="_blank">official website</a>. Once you have created an account, you will be able to choose your team of players. You can choose up to 15 players, including a goalkeeper, 4 defenders, 4 midfielders, and 6 forwards.</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">Once you have chosen your team, you will need to enter them into a league. There are a variety of leagues to choose from, including public leagues, private leagues, and leagues for friends and family.</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">The game starts on the first day of the Premier League season and ends on the last day of the season. During the season, you will need to make changes to your team based on injuries, suspensions, and form. You can also make transfers, which allows you to swap out one player for another.</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">The points that you score in FPL are based on the performance of your players in real-world matches. Players score points for goals scored, assists, clean sheets, and other factors. The player with the most points at the end of the season wins the game!</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">FPL is a great way to enjoy the Premier League season and test your skills as a football manager. It is also a lot of fun, and can be very addictive! If you are a fan of the Premier League, then I highly recommend giving FPL a try.</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><b>Here are some tips for playing Fantasy Premier League:</b></p><ul style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 4px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 36px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">Do your research. Before you start the season, it is important to do your research and learn as much as you can about the players in the Premier League. This will help you make better decisions when choosing your team.</li>
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">Be patient. It takes time to build a successful Fantasy Premier League team. Don't expect to win the league in your first season. Just keep learning and improving, and you will eventually start to see results.</li>
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">Have fun! Fantasy Premier League is a game, so make sure you are having fun. Don't take it too seriously, and just enjoy the ride.</li>
</ul><div><a href="https://users.premierleague.com/users/register/personal?app=plfpl-web&redirect_uri=https://fantasy.premierleague.com/" target="_blank">Register and play for free</a></div><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><i>I hope this blog post has helped you learn more about Fantasy Premier League. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment below.</i></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-43393718984400997722023-05-19T03:35:00.005-07:002023-05-19T03:37:03.690-07:00Andy Rourke dies at the age of 59 after battling pancreatic cancer<p><span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Andy Rourke: The Smiths' Bassist, 1964-2023</b></span></p><div _ngcontent-ng-c400457649="" class="markdown" style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; color: #1f1f1f; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-family: "Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">Andrew Michael Rourke was born on January 17, 1964, in Manchester, England. He is best known as the bassist for the Smiths, one of the most influential bands of the 1980s.</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">Rourke began playing bass guitar at the age of 14. He met Johnny Marr, the Smiths' guitarist, in 1982, and the two of them formed the band with Morrissey on vocals and Mike Joyce on drums. The Smiths released four albums during their brief career, all of which were critical and commercial successes.</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">Rourke's bass playing was a key part of the Smiths' sound. He was known for his melodic style and his ability to create a sense of tension and release in the music. His playing can be heard on some of the Smiths' most iconic songs, including "This Charming Man," "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out," and "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now."</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">After the Smiths broke up in 1987, Rourke went on to play in a number of other bands, including Electronic, Freebass, and D.A.R.K. He has also released several solo albums.</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">Rourke is a talented musician and a key figure in the history of indie rock. His bass playing helped to define the sound of the Smiths, and his influence can still be heard in the music of bands today.</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">In addition to his musical career, Rourke has also been involved in a number of other projects. He has written a book about his experiences in the Smiths, and he has also worked as a DJ and a record producer.</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">Rourke is a passionate advocate for music education, and he has worked with a number of organizations to promote music education in schools. He is also a strong supporter of mental health awareness, and he has spoken openly about his own struggles with depression.</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><b>Andy Rourke died on May 19, 2023, at the age of 59. He had been battling pancreatic cancer for several years.</b></p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">Rourke's death is a great loss to the music world. He was a talented musician and a passionate advocate for music education and mental health awareness. He will be remembered for his contributions to the Smiths and for his work as a solo artist.</p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><i>Rourke's legacy will continue to inspire generations to come.</i></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-48504512363621778252023-05-19T03:07:00.006-07:002023-05-19T03:38:55.133-07:00Harrison Ford's - Indiana Jones 5 - Facts & Release Info!<p><span face=""Google Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: courier;"><b>Indiana Jones 5: Everything We Know So Far</b></span></p><div _ngcontent-ng-c400457649="" class="markdown" style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; color: #1f1f1f; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">After a long wait, Indiana Jones 5 is finally set to be released in theaters this summer. The fifth installment in the iconic franchise will star Harrison Ford as the titular adventurer, and will be directed by James Mangold (Logan, Ford v Ferrari).</span></p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>Here is everything we know about Indiana Jones 5 so far:</b></span></p><ul style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 4px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 36px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The film is set in the late 1960s, and will follow Indiana Jones as he embarks on a new adventure.</span></li>
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The film will feature a new cast of characters, including Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, and Thomas Kretschmann.</span></li>
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The film will be directed by James Mangold, who is known for his work on Logan and Ford v Ferrari.</span></li>
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The film is scheduled to be released in theaters on <b><u>June 30, 2023.</u></b></span></li>
</ul><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Here are some of the things that fans are most excited about for Indiana Jones 5:</span></p><ul style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 4px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 36px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Seeing Harrison Ford return to the role of Indiana Jones.</span></li>
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Seeing James Mangold direct the film.</span></li>
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Seeing the new cast of characters.</span></li>
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The film's setting in the late 1960s.</span></li>
</ul><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Indiana Jones 5 is sure to be a must-see for fans of the franchise. The film has the potential to be a great addition to the series, and it will be interesting to see how James Mangold brings his own unique vision to the character of Indiana Jones.</span></p><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">In addition to the information listed above, here are some other details that have been released about Indiana Jones 5:</span></p><ul style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 4px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 36px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;">
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The film will be set in the <b>United Kingdom, China, and South America</b>.</span></li>
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The film will feature a number of action sequences, including a car chase and a fight scene on a plane.</span></li>
<li style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The film will feature a number of iconic Indiana Jones props, including his whip and his fedora.</span></li>
</ul><p style="animation: 0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none; appearance: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; border: 0px none rgb(31, 31, 31); clear: none; clip: auto; columns: auto; contain: none; container: none; content: normal; cursor: auto; cx: 0px; cy: 0px; d: none; direction: ltr; fill: rgb(0, 0, 0); filter: none; flex: 0 1 auto; float: none; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; gap: normal; hyphens: manual; inset: auto; isolation: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 24px 0px; marker: none; mask: none; offset: none 0px auto 0deg; opacity: 1; order: 0; outline: rgb(31, 31, 31) none 0px; padding: 0px; page: auto; perspective: none; position: static; quotes: auto; r: 0px; resize: none; rotate: none; rx: auto; ry: auto; scale: none; speak: normal; stroke: none; transform: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; translate: none; visibility: visible; x: 0px; y: 0px; zoom: 1;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Indiana Jones 5 is sure to be a thrilling and exciting adventure. Fans of the franchise can't wait to see what Harrison Ford and James Mangold have in store for them.</span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-22041573013086556042013-04-08T05:25:00.001-07:002013-04-08T05:25:52.867-07:00Margaret Thatcher Dies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/arganmoroccanoil-21">Moroccan Oil</a></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> leads the other argan oil products available because of its incredible quality. The oil has a great richness that many argan oils on the market lack. Moroccan Oil's purity gives it such a high rating. Some argan oils contain a rancid nutty smell but not in this case. Moroccan Oil has been able to neutralize the scent. And it comes in a larger sized bottle so you get more for your money.</span><br />
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Moroccan Oil isn't only for external cosmetic use, it also has incredible benefits when it is ingested. At Moroccan Oil they believe that your body is incredibly sensitive to harsh chemicals, They don’t ever put anything in the ingredients that would be damaging internally. It makes sense to us, after all, if something isn't safe enough to put IN your body, why would you want to put it ON your body? </div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">The book presents an Islamic perspective on the <b>End Times</b> and the events that will lead</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"> eventually to the Last Day, Doomsday, End of the World, Day of Resurrection (Qiyama), </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">and Day of Judgment. It reveals that the first phase of the End Times will start in late 2013 </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">with the emergence of the first evil person (Araj, Dajjal, etc.) which triggers the emergence </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">of the Mahdi and will end in 2022 after the emergence of the last evil person (Dajjal, Anti-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Christ, etc.) which triggers the descent of Prophet Jesus Christ (p) from Heaven.</span></span></div>
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The annular <b>eclipse</b>, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible to wide areas across Asia early Monday. It then moved across the Pacific and was also seen in parts of the western United States Sunday afternoon.</div>
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The sun sets behind a barn and windmill on Sunday, May 20, 2012, southwest of Ellis, Kans, during a partial solar eclipse. The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible in China, Japan and elsewhere in the region before reaching excited viewers in Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Texas.
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The sun sets behind a barn and windmill on Sunday, May 20, 2012, southwest of Ellis, Kans, during a partial solar eclipse. The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible in China, Japan and elsewhere in the region before reaching excited viewers in Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Texas.
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The sun sets behind a barn and windmill southwest of Ellis, Kan., during a partial solar eclipse on Sunday.</div>
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Viewing parties were held in Reno, Nev., Oakland, Calif., and elsewhere. In some parts of the U.S., special camera filters for taking photographs have been sold out for weeks in anticipation of the big event.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />People from Colorado, Oklahoma and as far away as Canada traveled to Albuquerque to enjoy one of the best vantage points.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Members of the crowd smiled and cheered and children yelled with excitement as the moon crossed the sun and the blazing halo of light began to form. Eventually, the moon centered and covered 96 percent of the sun.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />"That's got to be the prettiest thing I've ever seen," said Brent Veltri of Salida, Colo.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Albuquerque city officials had urged residents to go to organized events or watch one of the many live webcasts to avoid damaging their eyes.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The eclipse cannot be viewed with the naked eye or even sunglasses. And solar glasses, which make the sun look like a huge orange disc, are a rare commodity in communities along the eclipse's path.</div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-58618388426933991282012-04-02T04:05:00.004-07:002012-04-02T04:05:47.626-07:00ACM awards 2012 : Carrie Underwood Kicks Off the Show With 'Good Girl'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/carrie_underwood/" style="color: #990000;"><b>Carrie Underwood</b></a> was an opening act at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, April 1. The season 4 winner of "<a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/tv/american_idol/" style="color: #990000;">American Idol</a>" kicked off the event by catering the star-studded crowd gathering inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with her toe-tapping single "<b>Good Girl</b>".<br />
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The Grand Ole Opry member walked down <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00049267.html" style="color: #990000;">the red carpet</a> earlier in the evening in a Abed Mahfouz strapless ivory frock with thigh-high slit and silver details, but she traded the gown with a hot pink fringed <a class="itxtrst itxtrsta itxthook" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00049291.html#" id="itxthook0" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 100, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0.1em; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; bottom: auto; color: darkgreen; display: inline !important; float: none !important; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static !important; right: auto; text-align: left; top: auto;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxthookspan" id="itxthook0w0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; bottom: auto; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; left: auto; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; top: auto;">outfit</span></a> for the performance. Finishing off her feisty look with a pair of ankle boots, she strutted her stuff with the company of a live band.<br />
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Underwood got two nominations this year, but she failed to win any of them. She lost Female Vocalist of the Year to <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/miranda_lambert/" style="color: #990000;">Miranda Lambert</a>, and she was blocked by <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/jason_aldean/" style="color: #990000;">Jason Aldean</a> and <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/kelly_clarkson/" style="color: #990000;">Kelly Clarkson</a> from winning Vocal Event of the Year. In the latter category, she shared the nod with <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/brad_paisley/" style="color: #990000;">Brad Paisley</a> for their duet in "Remind Me".<br />
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<b>2012 ACM Awards</b> was hosted by <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/blake_shelton/" style="color: #990000;">Blake Shelton</a> and <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/reba_mcentire/" style="color: #990000;">Reba McEntire</a>. During the gig, Shelton managed to mock <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/randy_travis/" style="color: #990000;">Randy Travis</a>. In reference to Randy's public intoxication arrest, the host said he drank over limit, but assured that it's "four drinks less than" the 52-year-old country music veteran. He additionally poked fun at <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/taylor_swift/" style="color: #990000;">Taylor Swift</a>'s shock face.<br />
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This year, Aldean and Lambert dominated <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00049281.html" style="color: #990000;">the winner list</a> with two kudos each, but it's Swift who <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00049280.html" style="color: #990000;">got the top honor</a>, Entertainer of the Year. Musical guests at the event included <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/keith_urban/" style="color: #990000;">Keith Urban</a>, <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/kenny_chesney/" style="color: #990000;">Kenny Chesney</a>, <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/tim_mcgraw/" style="color: #990000;">Tim McGraw</a>,<a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/the_band_perry/" style="color: #990000;">The Band Perry</a>, <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/lady_antebellum/" style="color: #990000;">Lady Antebellum</a> and <a class="submenu" href="http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/rascal_flatts/" style="color: #990000;">Rascal Flatts</a>.</div>
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<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>Frank Martin</b> has agreed to become South Carolina's coach.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Martin will replace Darrin Horn, who was fired two weeks ago after going 60-63 over four seasons. The Gamecocks finished last in the Southeastern Conference.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Martin is leaving Kansas State, which he led to the NCAA Tournament four of the last five seasons. His overall record as a head coach is 117-54 and he is 6-4 in NCAA Tournament games.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Rivers entering NBA draft</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">DURHAM, N.C. — Austin Rivers is leaving Duke after one season for the NBA draft.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The freshman guard, son of Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, averaged a team-leading 15.5 points and was a unanimous selection as the Atlantic Coast Conference's rookie of the year. He's just the third Duke freshman to lead the team in scoring, following Johnny Dawkins in 1983 and Bill Sapp in 1945.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Robinson</strong><strong>..: It's unanimous.</strong>A day after leading Kansas to the Final Four, forward Thomas Robinson was named to The Associated Press All-America team, becoming the first unanimous selection since Blake Griffin did it with Oklahoma in 2009.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Joining Robinson on the first team: Jared Sullinger of Ohio State (the first repeat All-American in three years), freshman Anthony Davis of Kentucky, Draymond Green of Michigan State and Doug McDermott of Creighton.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• Robinson, Davis, Green, McDermott and Sullinger also were selected to the John R. Wooden Award All-America team.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The others: Isaiah Canaan of Murray State, Jae Crowder of Marquette, Marcus Denmon of Missouri, Kevin Jones of West Virginia and Tyler Zeller of North Carolina.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">All 10 members of the team have maintained at least a cumulative 2.0 grade-point average and are making progress toward graduation, two components of the award that were insisted upon by the late UCLA coach, whose name is on the award.</div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
Read more:<a href="http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_20262021/south-carolina-hiring-kansas-state-coach-frank-martin#ixzz1qJcspE1K" style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none !important;">South Carolina hiring Kansas State coach Frank Martin - The Denver Post</a><a href="http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_20262021/south-carolina-hiring-kansas-state-coach-frank-martin#ixzz1qJcspE1K" style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none !important;">http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_20262021/south-carolina-hiring-kansas-state-coach-frank-martin#ixzz1qJcspE1K</a><br />
</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-87622076509590163282012-03-26T07:09:00.000-07:002012-03-26T07:09:48.678-07:00Arnold palmer invitational 2012, arnold palmer invitational, bay hill invitational, bay hill, masters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<h1 class="title entry-title" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Cabin Condensed', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Arnold Palmer Hospitalized Due To High Blood Pressure, Misses Tiger Woods’ Win</span></h1><h2 class="entry-subtitle" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Cabin Condensed', sans-serif; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Golf Legend Expected To Make A Full Recovery</u></span></h2><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><a href="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/pictures/arnoldpalmer_320x245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Arnold Palmer Hospitalized Due To High Blood Pressure, Misses Tiger Woods’ Win" border="0" src="http://cdn.ientry.com/sites/webpronews/pictures/arnoldpalmer_320x245.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;" /></a>Arnold Palmer was taken to the hospital yesterday after his blood pressure rose as a side effect of his medication.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">“It wasn’t anything to do with any ailments or any discomfort he felt,” Alastair Johnston,<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/story/2012-03-25/arnold-palmer-hospitalized-for-high-blood-pressure/53776768/1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0068d2; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Palmer’s longtime business manager said.</a>“The blood pressure was at a level where the doctor involved suggested that he go immediately to get more intensive evaluation at the hospital.”</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">While his overnight stay in the hospital was mostly for observation, it caused Palmer to miss the end of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where Tiger Woods won for the seventh time!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Source:<a href="http://www.webpronews.com/arnold-palmer-hospitalized-due-to-high-blood-pressure-misses-tiger-woods-win-2012-03" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">http://www.webpronews.com/arnold-palmer-hospitalized-due-to-high-blood-pressure-misses-tiger-woods-win-2012-03</a> </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-14577105961071158592012-03-20T03:08:00.001-07:002012-03-20T03:09:12.905-07:00donald driver : dancing with the stars, dwts, gavin degraw, teenage mutant ninja turtles, alanis morissette<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<h1 class="headline" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; height: auto; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-shadow: none;">Donald Driver a crowd pleaser on DWTS premiere</h1><div><br />
</div><div><div style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">So that’s why <b>Donald Driver</b> doesn’t dance in the end zone.</div><div style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">He was saving his bumping and grinding for “Dancing with the Stars.”</div><div style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Green Bay Packer wide receiver and Super Bowl champion Driver got the first prolonged ovation during the 14th season premiere of the show for his aggressive cha-cha with partner Peta Murgatroyd, in front of his wife and children who were in the audience.</div><div style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">But his score of 21 out of 30 was greeted with boos.</div><div style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">“Just 31 minutes into the season,” said host Tom Bergeron. “I think that's a record for starting an ugly mob.”</div><div style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sherri Shepherd, Gladys Knight and Jack Wagner all received a 23. The judges were generous scorers and no one will be eliminated until after next week’s routines. Dances take place during Monday’s episodes and elimination shows are Tuesdays.</div><div style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Driver, who wore a Packer gold colored puffy blouse looked flexible, athletic and accomplished during a series spins, slides, kicks and changes in the routine, at one point dropping Murgatroyd and grabbing her as she fell. But instead of that familiar Driver smile his teeth were clenched in concentration. His high energy might have been his worst enemy.</div><div style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Judge Bruno Tonioli called him “a diamond in the rough. You’re like a rooster chasing a hen. Your attitude is right but you have to refine it.” Judge Len Goodman warned he “started to lose control” during the dance. But judge Carrie Ann Inaba loved his charisma and charm. You kicked that cha cha booty.”</div><div style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">His toughest competition appears to be Roshon Fegan, who Inaba said looked like a Michael Jackson impersonator, hunky telenovela actor William Levy who received a 24, and classical singer Katherine Jenkins and Jaleel White, each of whom received a 26.</div><div style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #666666; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Source:<a href="http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/143423346.html" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/143423346.html</a></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-56779753780942986622012-03-06T02:54:00.000-08:002012-03-06T02:54:29.357-08:00Lenny Dykstra gets 3 years in Calif. Prison<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Disgraced ex-New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra on Monday was sentenced to three years in a California state prison after pleading no contest to grand theft auto and providing a false financial statement.</span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ulfig sentenced Dykstra after refusing to allow him to withdraw his plea and said the scam to lease high-end automobiles from dealerships by providing fraudulent information and claiming credit through a phony business showed sophistication and extensive planning.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"He obviously didn't have the money to get the vehicles," Ulfig said. "His conduct was indeed criminal."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Dykstra, 49, has had a series of recent legal troubles and the prison sentence is part of a post-career downward spiral for the stocky slugger known as "Nails" that has included a stint at a sober living facility.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">In a rambling and impassioned plea for probation, Dykstra said he has tried to make amends for his past transgressions and said he would be cleared of any wrongdoing had his motion to withdraw his plea been granted.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"I'm doing everything in my power to be a better person," he said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Dykstra, wearing a gray suit with a blue shirt, was immediately remanded to custody as he walked into the court's back room, hands in his pockets. Dykstra has earned nearly a year's worth of credit toward his sentence for time already served.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Following the hearing, defense attorney Andrew Flier said Dykstra was singled out because he's a celebrity.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"No way this wasn't a probationary case," Flier said. "To give him state prison is outrageous. I find it disgusting."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Dykstra initially pleaded not guilty to 25 counts after police arrested him and found cocaine, Ecstasy and synthetic human growth hormone at his Los Angeles home last April. He changed his plea in October to no contest and in exchange prosecutors dropped 21 counts.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Prosecutors said Dykstra and his accountant, Robert Hymers, 27, provided information at two dealerships from a man they claimed was a co-signer but who had not authorized his name to be used. The leases were not approved.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">However, at another auto dealer, Dykstra, Hymers and Christopher Gavanis, 30, a friend of Dykstra's, were able to drive off with three cars by providing fraudulent information to the dealer. Hymers and Gavanis have entered no contest pleas as well and are awaiting sentencing.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>"I do have remorse for some of the things I've done," he said. "But because I wasn't a perfect person am I a criminal? Everyone wants to make me out to be a monster."</b> </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Source: <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_20111061/lenny-dykstra-gets-3-years-calif-prison" style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_20111061/lenny-dykstra-gets-3-years-calif-prison</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-4115310522424550182012-02-28T09:07:00.000-08:002012-02-28T09:07:38.244-08:00ohio school shooting : 2nd victim dead<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The toll in the Chardon High School shooting grew today as a shooting victim was proclaimed to be dead.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Russell King, Jr., 17, was pronounced brain dead at 12:42 a.m. at Ohio's MetroHealth Medical Center, according to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office. At 4:49 a.m., police were informed that King had "passed."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Another victim, identified by MetroHealth Hospital as Daniel Parmertor died from the wounds on Monday, hours after being shot.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">As the Ohio town coped with the carnage, the focus turned to alleged shooter T.J. Lane who a fellow student and witness identified as the person who shot up his school cafeteria Monday. In addition to King and Parmertor, three other students remain hospitalized.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lane, a juvenile, is expected to appear in court this afternoon.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Nate Mueller, a student who was sitting with three friends who were shot, described Lane to ABC News as "a quiet kid. Freshman year he got into a 'goth' phase and didn't talk to that many people anymore. He never egged anybody on. He just went about his business."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Some classmates described Lane as an outcast who'd been bullied. 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font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Chardon Vigil for the Lost <a class="open" href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-school-shooting-victim-dead-questions-shooter/story?id=15807146" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Watch Video</a></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"He had friends. He was quiet," Chardon High School student Tyler Lillash said. "From what I heard he posted some pictures on Twitter of, like, some dude holding guns. But other than that I don't really know. I don't think he was bullied, though."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lillash was a good friend of Parmertor, one of the teens who died, and said he "started crying uncontrollably" when he heard the news of his friend's death.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Another student, Lexi Joy, passed Lane in the hallway right before the shooting, saying they exchanged a smile and a nod, like usual.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"He didn't seem any different. He seemed just like he'd be on a normal day," Joy said. "He didn't show any expression on his face. He was just TJ."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lane's family life had been <a href="http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/alleged-chardon-high-school-gunman-grew-up-in-troubled-family-hit-by-divorce-violence#ixzz1ndREPQ00" style="color: #336699; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="external">disrupted by divorce and violence, ABC News affiliate WEWS reported</a>. His parents divorced in 2002, and his father later served time in jail on assault and other charges, according to the station.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Attorney Robert N. Farinacci is representing Lane released a statement on behalf of the family Monday night, according to WEWS, calling the incident "something that could never have been predicted."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"The family is devastated by this recent event. They want to express their most heartfelt and sincere condolences to the family of the young man who passed and their continuing prayers are with all those who were injured," Farinacci wrote. "TJ's family has asked for some privacy while they try to understand how such a tragedy could have occurred and while they mourn this terrible loss for their community."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lane allegedly opened fire with a handgun just before 8 a.m. in the school cafeteria where students were eating breakfast, authorities and witnesses said.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The shooter was chased out of the building by a teacher and was arrested half a mile away near his car.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 150px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The suspect is in custody at Geauga County Safety Center.</div><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-8003748544997640112012-02-21T08:49:00.001-08:002012-02-21T08:53:04.179-08:00FAT Tuesday: mardi gras 2012, mardi gras, king cake, jambalaya, lint<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #293546; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Fat Tuesday</b> celebrations in full swing in <b>New Orleans</b></span><br />
<div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444e5c; line-height: 1.55em; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Revelers hit the streets today to celebrate Mardi Gras, lured to the French Quarter and stately oak-lined avenues by the chance to snag beads and baubles from seemingly endless parades in the final unfettered party before the somber season of Lent.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444e5c; line-height: 1.55em; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The French Quarter was full of costumed revelers. Wearing a bright orange wig, a purple mask and green shoes, New Orleans resident Charlotte Hamrick walked along Canal Street to meet friends.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444e5c; line-height: 1.55em; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I'll be in the French Quarter all day," Hamrick said. "I don't even go to the parades. I love to take pictures of all the costumes and just be with my friends. It's so fun."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444e5c; line-height: 1.55em; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"></div><div style="line-height: 1.55em; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Along St. Charles, groups of people, many in costumes, breakfasted as children played in the street. Small marching groups were already on the move. The Skeleton Krewe, 25 people dressed in black skeleton outfits, were on their way to the St. Louis Cathedral.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.55em; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tom White, 46, clad in a pink tu-tu, bicycled down the avenue with his wife, Allison, on their way to the French Quarter. "I'm the pink fairy this year," said White. Allison White was not in costume. "He's disgraced the family enough," she said of her husband.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.55em; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But Tom White was in the spirit of the day. "Costuming is the real fun of Mardi Gras. I'm not too creative but when you weigh 200 pounds and put on a tu-tu people still take your picture."</span></div><div class="entry_widget_large entry_widget_right" id="asset-10587875" style="float: right; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 380px !important;"><span class="adv-photo-large" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f1f1f1; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; display: block; height: 368px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; max-width: 380px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="mardi-gras.jpg" class="adv-photo" height="308" original="http://media.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/photo/10587875-large.jpg" src="http://media.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/photo/10587875-large.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 380px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="380" /><span class="photo-data" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span class="byline" style="display: block; float: right; line-height: 1.35em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; width: 220px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ann Heisenfelt/The Associated Press</span></span><span class="caption" style="clear: both; display: block; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Revelers grab for a strand of beads in a bag during the Rex Mardi Gras parade in this 2008 file photo. <b>Fat Tuesday is today</b>.</span></span></span><span class="photo-bottom-left" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://media.nj.com/design/baseline/img/corners.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -28px -7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; float: left; height: 7px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 7px;"></span><span class="photo-bottom-right" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://media.nj.com/design/baseline/img/corners.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -35px -7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; float: right; height: 7px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 7px;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.55em; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The stakeout for prime spots along the Mardi Gras parade route started Monday, with legions of Carnival die-hards jockeying for the best places to vie for beads thrown from floats on <u><a href="http://the-google-trends.blogspot.com/2012/02/fat-tuesday-mardi-gras-2012-mardi-gras.html" target=""><b>Fat Tuesday</b></a></u>.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.55em; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stephanie Chapman and her family had set up in their usual spot on the St. Charles streetcar tracks. They'd arrive at 4 a.m. today and would be staying for the duration. "This is a beautiful day and we'll be here until it's over. It won't rain on my parade, But if it does I won't pay any attention," she said.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.55em; padding-bottom: 17px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Across the Gulf Coast, Mardi Gras was getting into full swing. In the Cajun country of southwest Louisiana, masked riders were preparing to go from town to town, making merry along the way in the Courir du Mardi Gras. And parades were scheduled elsewhere around Louisiana and on the Mississippi and Alabama coasts. The celebration arrived in Louisiana in 1682 when the explorer LaSalle and his party stopped at a place they called Bayou Mardi Gras south of New Orleans to celebrate. The site is now lost to history.</span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/fat_tuesday_celebrations_in_fu.html">http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/fat_tuesday_celebrations_in_fu.html</a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-72518247332806883512012-02-13T04:03:00.000-08:002012-02-13T04:16:58.812-08:00SINGER PHOEBE SNOW DIES, 60, & USA NEWS – 13.2.12<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b>Phoebe Snow</b> (born <b>Phoebe Ann Laub</b>; July 17, 1950 – April 26, 2011) was an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="United States">American</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Singer">singer</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Songwriter">songwriter</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarist" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Guitarist">guitarist</a>, best known for her chart-topping 1975 hit "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_Man" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Poetry Man"><b>Poetry Man</b></a>".</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em; text-align: -webkit-auto;">She was described by <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> as a "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contralto" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Contralto">contralto</a> grounded in a bluesy growl and capable of sweeping over four <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Octave">octaves</a>."</div><br />
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"Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and culture of our organization, and is not tolerated. We have been giving careful consideration to this matter, and Roland will not be appearing on our air for the time being."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Martin, former editor of the Chicago Defender newspaper and ex-host on Chicago's WVON-AM 1690, tweeted about British soccer player <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sports/soccer/david-beckham-PECLB005297.topic" id="PECLB005297" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" title="David Beckham">David Beckham</a>'s new underwear ad and about a <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/sports/football/new-england-patriots-ORSPT000192.topic" id="ORSPT000192" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> player wearing a pink suit:</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• "If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham's H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him! #superbowl"</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• "Who the hell was that New England Patriot they just showed in a head to toe pink suit? Oh, he needs a visit from #teamwhipdatass"</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The remarks provoked protests by the gay and lesbian activist group GLAAD, which said Martin was advocating violence against gays.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Reacting to the uproar Monday, Martin wrote: "My joking about smacking someone, whether it was in response to a commercial or food they prepare for a Super Bowl party or wearing an opposing team's jersey, was stated in jest. It was not meant literally, and in no way would I ever condone someone doing such a thing."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Source: <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-talk-roland-martin-0209-20120209,0,1948710.story" style="background-color: transparent;">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-talk-roland-martin-0209-20120209,0,1948710.story</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-87637096857166101002012-02-08T02:55:00.000-08:002012-02-08T02:55:19.032-08:0036-foot-long whale shark carcass brought to KARACHI city harbour!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_2448805" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 553px;"><a href="http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/whale-shark-found543.jpg" style="color: #482766; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-2448805" height="275" src="http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/whale-shark-found543.jpg" style="float: left;" title="whale-shark-found543" width="543" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(72, 39, 102); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 4px; float: left; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; width: 543px;">The seven-tonne whale shark is being lifted with the help of two cranes on Tuesday morning. – Fahim Siddiqui / White Star</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong>KARACHI, Feb 7: A 36-foot-long whale shark was on Tuesday morning brought to the Karachi Fish Harbour by local fishermen who claimed to have found it dead in the open sea though some experts believed that the shark might have been killed after it got entangled in a net.</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><strong><br />
</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The female fish weighs around 7,000 kilos, according to experts.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The whale shark was taken out of the channel with the help of two cranes amid rapturous applause by hundreds of onlookers.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">“I have bought the fish, which usually has no significant commercial value, with the help of my friends just to appreciate the efforts of the fishermen who deserve some reward after spending an entire day in the open sea,” said Haji Qasim, who said he bought the fish for Rs200,000.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The authorities, he said, had allowed him to keep the fish at the harbour for at least three days for public viewing. “Then I will sell the meat to the people running poultry meal business,” he said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The Sindh Wildlife Department did not intervene on the grounds that ‘the species wasn’t protected under the Pakistani law and the matter solely rested with the fisheries authorities.’</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">“Though the department team went there for observation, the matter doesn’t fall within our jurisdiction,” said Mansoor Ali Shah representing the SWD.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Known as the largest shark and the largest fish in the world and a highly docile and non-aggressive species, the whale shark is listed ‘vulnerable’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It is included in the Appendix 2 of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">“That means that the fishing of this species is banned under the CITES to which Pakistan is also a signatory and state permission is necessary to carry out such an activity,” said Mohammad Moazzam Khan, former director of the Marine Fisheries Department currently working as a consultant with Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">According to Mr Khan, about 35 whale sharks have either been brought reported dead or caught mainly in the Karachi vicinity since 2006.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Over a year ago, the same species of whale shark had become entangled in a net and brought to the Hawkesbay beach.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The largest specimen so far recorded in the world was caught, off Baba Island, on Nov 11, 1947. It was 12.65 metres (41.50ft) long, weighed more than 21.5 tonnes and had a girth of seven metres, according to experts.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">“The whale shark is caught as bycatch. Studies and observations show that the Arabian Sea is serving as a feeding, resting and breeding ground for the fish. Unlike other fish, sharks have no bones. It’s called a whale because of its huge size. The skeletons of sharks are made of cartilage,” Mr Khan said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">He added that about 64 types of sharks, including all the dangerous predator fish, except the most lethal great white shark, had so far been reported in Pakistani waters.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">He said that the whale shark was usually not caught due to its poor quality meat. “If caught accidentally, fishermen take out its liver to extract oil which is then used to polish boats.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">“The species, which is generally harmless, inhabits all tropical waters,” he said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The fish, he said, was frequently caught in the pre-Independence period and a number of references to the species were found in old writings.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">He highlighted the need for creating awareness about the conservation of whale sharks, which were referred to as ‘giant innocent fish’ with no commercial significance for fishermen.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Known to be a slow-moving plankton-eating shark, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest living fish species. The distinctly marked fish is the only member of its genus Rhincodon and its family of Rhincodontidae.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Source: <a href="http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/08/7000-kilo-36-foot-long-whale-shark-carcass-brought-to-city-harbour.html" style="background-color: transparent;">http://www.dawn.com/2012/02/08/7000-kilo-36-foot-long-whale-shark-carcass-brought-to-city-harbour.html</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-5743643818835691072012-02-02T03:18:00.000-08:002012-02-02T03:18:27.660-08:00Don Cornelius dies at 75; creator of 'Soul Train'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<h2 style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The groundbreaking show helped bring black music, dance, fashion and style to mainstream America.</h2><div><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-don-cornelius-life-in-pictures,0,6247019.photogallery" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px;" title="Photos: Don Cornelius | 1936 - 2012"><img alt=""Soul Train"" border="0" height="384" src="http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2012-02/67792465.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px;" width="580" /></a><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><div class="small" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don Cornelius was the first to cater to the music tastes of black teens. He brought black music, fashion and culture to a mainstream audience with "Soul Train." <span class="credit">(<span class="photographer">Chris Haston / Associated Press</span> /<span class="dateMonth">November </span><span class="dateDay">7</span><span class="dateYear">, 1994</span></span>)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The idea was simple — but groundbreaking: Create a live showcase for black music, modeled on "American Bandstand."</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/don-cornelius-PECLB00000010458.topic" id="PECLB00000010458" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="Don Cornelius">Don Cornelius</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> pulled $400 from his own pocket to launch the dance show on a local Chicago TV station in 1970. As host and executive producer of "</span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/arts-culture/genres/soul-%28genre%29-01011000257.topic" id="01011000257" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="Soul (genre)">Soul</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/train-%28music-group%29-PECLB000005179.topic" id="PECLB000005179" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="Train (music group)">Train</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">," he was soon at the throttle of a nationally syndicated television institution that was the first dance show to cater to the musical tastes of black teenagers and also helped bring black music, dance, fashion and style to mainstream America.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">In the process of presenting the soul, funk and R&B of the day, the Afro-haired, dapper Cornelius became a TV icon, his sonorous baritone welcoming viewers to "the hippest trip in America."</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Cornelius, 75, was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Wednesday after a family member found him in his home in Encino with a gunshot wound to his head, according to law enforcement sources. The wound appeared to be self-inflicted, but the death was being investigated by police. Friends say he had been in poor health.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">On Wednesday, those who knew Cornelius recalled his impact on American culture.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Don was a visionary and giant in our business," producer and composer </span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/quincy-jones-PEHST001040.topic" id="PEHST001040" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> said in a statement. "Before MTV there was 'Soul Train'; that will be the great legacy of Don Cornelius. His contributions to television, music and our culture as a whole will never be matched."</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/aretha-franklin-PECLB001793.topic" id="PECLB001793" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> said Cornelius "united the young adult community single-handedly and globally."</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"With the inception of 'Soul Train,' a young, progressive brother set the pace and worldwide standard for young aspiring African American men and entrepreneurs in TV — out of Chicago," Franklin, who appeared on the show, said in a statement. "He transcended barriers among young adults. They became one."</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Soul Train," which moved to Los Angeles and entered national syndication in 1971, featured other legendary artists, including James Brown, </span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/marvin-gaye-PECLB001890.topic" id="PECLB001890" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">, the Jackson 5 and </span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/barry-white-PECLB003958.topic" id="PECLB003958" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="Barry White">Barry White</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">With its catchy introduction featuring an animated, psychedelic smoke-spewing locomotive, "Soul Train" became destination TV for teenagers across America in the '70s.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/magic-johnson-PEHST001031.topic" id="PEHST001031" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> was one of them. "Every Saturday morning I looked forward to watching 'Soul Train,' as did millions of other people," Johnson, chairman of Soul Train Holdings, said in a statement. "'Soul Train' taught the world how to dance! Don's contribution to us all is immeasurable."</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Beyond the music and the artists featured on "Soul Train," much of its popularity was attributed to the young dancers on the show.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Cornelius' teen dance party featured the talents of some of the best young dancers in the area, and one of the show's most popular features was the "Soul Train" line, with dancers going down the line and showing off their best moves.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Among those who went on to later fame are actress </span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/rosie-perez-PECLB003398.topic" id="PECLB003398" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="Rosie Perez">Rosie Perez</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">, singer Jody Watley, rapper </span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/mc-hammer-PECLB002197.topic" id="PECLB002197" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="MC Hammer">MC Hammer</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> and Jeffrey Daniel, who taught </span><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/music/michael-jackson-PECLB002548.topic" id="PECLB002548" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> how to moonwalk.</span><br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-don-cornelius-20120202,0,5101594.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-don-cornelius-20120202,0,5101594.story</a><br />
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<h1 class="headline" style="background-color: white; color: #242b30; font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 30px; line-height: 35px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Who Is Behind Susan G. Komen's Split From Planned Parenthood?</h1><span class="offScreen" style="background-color: white; display: block !important; font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 13px; height: 0px !important; line-height: 0px !important; overflow-x: hidden !important; overflow-y: hidden !important; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: -5000px !important; width: 0px !important;"><span class="authors" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="author" style="text-transform: uppercase;"></span></span></span><div class="metadata" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-top: 5px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></div><span class="plus-one" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: block; float: right; margin-right: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto; width: 60px;"><div id="___plusone_0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; display: inline-block; float: none; height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 90px;"><br />
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The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which has spent nearly $2 billion over the past 30 years for breast cancer education, health services, research, and advocacy, has announced that it will end its longtime partnership with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The announcement has sparked bitter debate among representatives from all concerned parties, highlighting the ongoing debate over abortion.<br />
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Planned Parenthood, currently the largest provider of reproductive health services in the United States, is widely known for helping women to obtain abortions and contraceptives. But those services, despite their high profile, account for only <a href="http://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/PPFA/PPFA_Annual_Report_08-09-FINAL-12-10-10.pdf" style="color: #00598c; text-decoration: none;">38 percent</a> (PDF) of the organization's work. And though Republicans <a href="http://helenair.com/news/article_c2412704-6273-11e0-aad3-001cc4c002e0.html" style="color: #00598c; text-decoration: none;">often portray</a> Planned Parenthood as strictly an abortion provider, using the phrase to incite anger among pro-life constituents and gain support for cuts to federal funding -- it comes largely through the Title X and Medicaid programs -- the fact is that the organization devotes most of its money and manpower to screening for breast, cervical, and testicular cancers; treating menopause; testing for sexually transmitted diseases; and more.<br />
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The money provided by Susan G. Komen for the Cure went to just a fraction -- about 19 according to one <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/31/cancer-charity-halts-grants-to-planned-parenthood-1227146736/" style="color: #00598c; text-decoration: none;">report</a> -- of Planned Parenthood's more than 85 affiliates. And it was all -- roughly $680,000 last year and $580,000 the year before that -- used for breast-cancer screening and other breast-health services for low-income, uninsured, and under-insured women.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/02/who-is-behind-susan-g-komens-split-from-planned-parenthood/252327/">http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/02/who-is-behind-susan-g-komens-split-from-planned-parenthood/252327/</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997503029895225165.post-14921040397288085872012-01-25T04:00:00.000-08:002012-01-25T04:00:03.153-08:00Latest news for state of the union address 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">State of the </strong><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Union</strong><strong style="font-weight: bold;">: What you need to know. </strong>President Obama delivered <a href="http://on.wsj.com/xCmKxi" style="border-bottom-color: initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: initial !important; color: #093d72; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">a big helping of the deeply populist tone</a> he’s adopting as this election year heats up – railing against economic inequality and pushing for a revamp of the tax code. He touted his toughness on China, called for more investment in infrastructure and said he was opening up more public land for energy exploration. Most of the proposals were light on details and won’t get far in Congress – something Obama acknowledged when he touched on the fact that most people think Washington is broken. <a href="http://on.wsj.com/AmSeyA" style="border-bottom-color: initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: initial !important; color: #093d72; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Here’s the full text of the speech</a> and here are the highlights:</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Payroll tax cuts:</strong> Obama urged a quick extension of the payroll tax cuts for the rest of the year and called for expanded tax relief to small businesses.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Outsourcing:</strong> Obama said he wanted to do away with tax breaks for companies that send “jobs and profits” overseas and he would require that all companies pay a minimum tax on overseas profits. He said companies that manufacture in the U.S. should get a tax break and high-tech manufacturers should get double.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Buffett Rule:</strong> With Warren Buffett’s secretary, who pays a higher tax rate than her boss, in attendance, the president fleshed out the Buffett rule, proposing that households earning more than $1 million a year face a minimum 30% federal income tax.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Financial regulation:</strong> Obama said he would establish a financial crimes unity at the Justice Department to go after large-scale financial fraud. And he introduced the CFPB head, saying “American consumers finally have a watchdog in Richard Cordray with one job: To look out for them.”</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">The day ahead.</strong> The Fed begins a new era of openness as it releases detailed interest-rate projections — for the first time ever. As <a href="http://on.wsj.com/xn6Hk7" style="border-bottom-color: initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: initial !important; color: #093d72; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Ahead of the Tape’s Kelly Evans</a> says, even if the FOMC signals more bond-buying at the end of its policy meeting today, “the biggest news is likely to come from the rate projections. That isn’t just because they are new, but because they could show Fed officials plan to leave short-term rates at near-zero levels even longer than through mid-2013.” Also, we get pending home sales index for December — economists expect a decline after November’s 7.3% jump. And the World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Source: <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2012/01/25/the-morning-ledger-state-of-the-union-and-taxes/" style="background-color: transparent;">http://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2012/01/25/the-morning-ledger-state-of-the-union-and-taxes/</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0