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Russia: Putin Seeking Government Changes To Strengthen Fight Against Terror
September 13, 2004 15:32 GMT
Russian President Vladimir Putin today ordered sweeping changes to Russia's political system in the name of combating terrorism. The changes come in the wake of the Beslan school siege, but they immediately drew accusations that Putin is exploiting the tragedy to boost his personal power. Among the suggested changes are a new regional ministry and new election laws that, among other things, would call for the appointment -- rather than the election -- of regional governors.
13 September 2004 -- Putin said the changes were necessary to strengthen the national political system in the wake of the Beslan school tragedy in which more than 330 people died, half of them children.
"Combating terror is our common and chief goal, and its achievement depends on how effectively all the resources of the state and society are mobilized," Putin said.
Concerning Russia's upper house, the Federation Council -- once dominated by governors from Russia's 89 regions -- Putin proposed that the Kremlin should have a decisive say over who is nominated for governor.
"I believe that the top officials of the constituents of the Russian Federation must be elected by the legislative assemblies of territories after being nominated by the head of state," Putin said.
Regarding the lower house, Putin said in the future Duma deputies should be elected exclusively from party lists.
Currently, half of the 450 seats in the Duma are elected from party lists -- with the rest coming from single-mandate local constituencies. Putin said abolishing the single-mandate districts would improve the political system.
"National parties can become [a mechanism for] providing real dialogue and cooperation between society and authorities in the fight against terror. In the interest of strengthening the country's political system, I believe it is necessary to introduce a proportional system of elections to the State Duma," Putin said.
These changes would require parliamentary approval and in some cases may even require amending the constitution.
The changes were immediately criticized by Putin's opponents. Reuters quotes Vladimir Ryzhkov, a liberal parliamentarian, as saying: "Such proposals have nothing to do with the security of people of fighting terrorism. The Kremlin is simply using the momentum."
Putin today also called for re-establishing the Ministry of Regional and National Policies. The ministry was abolished in 1998 under former President Boris Yeltsin. Former St. Petersburg Governor Vladimir Yakovlev was named to head the ministry, while Chechnya's new leader Alu Alkahnov will lead its department on Chechnya.
And Putin announced the creation of a new Federal Commission for the North Caucasus, and named his representative in the Southern Federal District, Dmitrii Kozak, to head it.
Putin said the commission was needed to improve conditions in the North Caucasus, which he said lagged the rest of the country. He said poor economic conditions in places like Chechnya and Daghestan had formed part of the roots of terrorism.
"The North Caucasus is a most important strategic region of Russia. [At] the same time, [it is both] a victim of bloody terror and also its breeding ground. It is there that ideologists of international terror act particularly actively, and they are using our mistakes in their crimes and their criminal plans," Putin said.
Putin repeated the phrases of Russia's armed forces' chief and defense minister last week that the country would take its battle against terrorism outside the country's borders. The Russian president said security agencies need to eliminate terrorists wherever they are.


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Q: x86 80-bit floating point type in Java I want to emulate the x86 extended precision type and perform arithmetic operations and casts to other types in Java.
I could try to implement it using BigDecimal, but covering all the special cases around NaNs, infinity, and casts would probably a tedious task. I am aware of some libraries that provide other floating types with a higher precision than double, but I want to have the same precision as the x86 80-bit float.
Is there a Java library that provides such a floating point type? If not, can you provide other hints that would allow to implement such a data type with less effort than coming up with a custom BigDecimal solution?

A: If you know that your Java code will actually run on an x86 processor, implement the 80-bit arithmetic in assembly (or C, if the C compiler supports that) and invoke with JNI.
If you are targeting a particular non-x86 platform, look at qemu code.  There should be some way to rip out just the part that does 80-bit float operations. (Edit: qemu's implementation is SoftFloat.). Call it with JNI.
If you truly want cross-platform pure-Java 80-bit arithmetic, you could probably still compare it against the C implementation in open-source CPU emulators to make sure you're addressing the right corner cases.

A: An 80-bit value should be best held as combination of a long (for the mantissa) and an int for the exponent and sign.  For many operations, it will probably be most practical to place the upper and lower halves of the long into separate "long" values, so the code for addition of two numbers with matching signs and exponents would probably be something like:
long resultLo = (num1.mant & 0xFFFFFFFFL)+(num2.mant & 0xFFFFFFFFL);
long resultHi = (num1.mant >>> 32)+(num2.mant >>> 32)+(resultLo >>> 32);
result.exp = num1.exp; // Should match num2.exp
if (resultHi > 0xFFFFFFFFL) {
  exponent++;
  resultHi = (resultHi + ((resultHi & 2)>>>1)) >>> 1; // Round the result
}
rest.mant = (resultHi << 32) + resultLo;

A bit of a nuisance all around, but not completely unworkable.  The key is
to break numbers into pieces small enough that you can do all your math as
type "long".
BTW, note that if one of the numbers did not originally have the same exponent,
it will be necessary to keep track of whether any bits "fell off the end" when
shifting it left or right to match the exponent of the first number, so as to
be able to properly round the result afterward.

A: This is a bit the reverse of the java strictfp option, that restricts the calculations to 8 bytes where it does 80 bits.
So my answer is run a JVM on a 64 bit machine, maybe in some hypervisor/OS VM, so you have a develop platform.

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Home News U.S. police are testing out Batman-style bola guns to catch criminals
U.S. police are testing out Batman-style bola guns to catch criminals
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U.S. police are taking a page out of Batman's playbook with a new grappling hook gun which fires a cord able to tie up assailants in the blink of an eye.
Called the BolaWrap, it is a pistol-sized mechanical device with built-in laser pointer, capable of shooting out an 8-foot kevlar cord at a speed of 640 feet per second. This cord, which is expelled with the force of a 9mm half-charge blank, sports two metal pellets on each side, featuring small fishhook-style barbs that attach to clothing and help it wrap round targets. It can be used to entangle suspects at a range of up to 25 feet away. The device is cartridge-based and fires one shot per cartridge. Reloading just takes a matter of seconds.
The BolaWrap is named after bolas, derived from the Spanish word for "ball." This throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords was used by South American cowboys to capture cattle by tangling their legs. The updated 2019 version was developed by the Las Vegas-based company Wrap Technologies.
"This was primarily invented for noncompliant encounters that law enforcement has to deal with," Alex Barnes, operations associate for Wrap Technologies, told Digital Trends. "It would be considered a lower use of force option. It's not meant to replace any other devices or tools that they may have."
The brains behind BolaWrap is a prolific American inventor named Woody Norris, best known for developing an acoustic cannon called LRAD. This device is capable of broadcasting messages or pain-inducing deterrent sounds over long distances. According to Barnes, Norris was subsequently approached by former law enforcement professionals who wanted to know if he could develop a handheld sound device, which would work along similar lines. Norris was unable to — but came up with the BolaWrap as an alternative.
"We just had our first successful deployment by Fort Worth SWAT Department," Barnes continued. "[They] used it on a gentleman who barricaded himself inside a house with a shotgun and held his girlfriend and her mom [hostage]. They breached the building and wrapped the suspect and took him into custody."
Sixteen police departments in the U.S. are reportedly testing the device. However, this is the first time that it has been used in action.
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Lessons from the Bagram detainee who foiled the Euro terror plot
Michael Mukasey Oct 08, 2010 12:20 PM ET
The government seems to present us only with the choice that we kill them with drones or give them Miranda warnings and access to a 24-karat justice system designed for conventional criminals. There are better ways, including but not limited to military commissions already provided by law but shunned by the administration, or other special- purpose tribunals that can be established by Congress.
Detaining terrorist conspirators for intelligence-gathering purposes—wholly apart from whatever they may be charged with planning or doing—does not appear to be an option for this administration, certainly not if they are apprehended in this country while seeking to detonate a bomb in an airplane over Detroit or in an SUV near Times Square. Those who joined the orgy of self-congratulation after this week's sentencing of Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad might, when they sober up, consider what we did not find out about who sent him and who else may be on the way— because Shahzad was valued more as a defendant than as an intelligence source.
We will not always be so fortunate to have our would-be attackers detained by the military at Bagram. And even such detention may be the subject of further litigation if the Supreme Court agrees to review last spring's appellate decision denying habeas corpus to detainees at Bagram. Yet as recently as World War II this country held tens of thousands of war prisoners here and abroad without a single one of them being allowed to require his custodians to answer to a U.S. court.
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not to be taken all that seriously
Originally posted October 14th, 2010.
Alright, so right up front I'll tell you guys that I wasn't sure I was going to post this one. I had learned that an image + caption is a great way to tell a joke and I did that a lot in this Rewind. But the thing is that I took my own images, snapshotted from VLC Media Player, and I just do not think those images exist anymore. There is absolutely nothing I can do about this. Perhaps your imagination will do a better job of remembering these moments than I ever could?
JACKASS: THE MOVIE
"DIRECTED" BY JEFF TREMAINE
NYYYYYQUIIIIL
AS FREE AS THE WIIIIIND BLOOOWS
AS FREE AS THE GRAAASS GROWWWWS
AS FREE AS THE BWUHHHHH
I suppose I should have seen it coming, but I didn't have the foresight to take any Airborne before I went to New York Comic-Con this year. Yes, I'm dumb. Because of my lack of caution, I caught some kind of PAX Pox at NYCC, and am now paying for it through my nose. I had never taken NyQuil before, so I didn't really know how it would affect me, but right now I am in the full swing of something and I have decided that now is a fine time to write my article for you this week.
That, and I can't imagine that anyone has ever written a review of JACKASS: THE MOVIE while straight.
Now, this first paragraph would be where I usually sum up the plot of the first hour or so of the film. I snidely poke fun at things that might not quite make sense or oversimplify complicated situations to comic effect. JACKASS, however, has no plot. If you're not already familiar with the television show, Jackass started in 1999 when Johnny Knoxville, at that time a struggling comedy writer, had the idea to write an article about testing self-defense devices on himself. No one would buy the idea for the article until he went to Big Brother Magazine, which is sort of like The Onion for people that get bashed in the head too often to understand satire. Jeff Tremaine, an editor at Big Brother, bought the idea and encouraged him to videotape himself being shot, along with other ideas, for his stories. Knoxville would recruit some of his friends for these videos, slowly gathering the crew for these videos, which went on the Big Brother skate DVDs. Jeff Tremaine edited together Knoxville's videos with additional content from CKY members led by Bam Margera. MTV bought it, and it became Jackass. (This paragraph exists to explain a narrative and dammit, I was going to give one.)
Jackass, the TV show, was basically thirty minutes of largely unconnected and eclectic segments where Johnny Knoxville or a member of his crew would perform some crazy stunt where the point was either to get hurt or to annoy and confuse other people. JACKASS: THE MOVIE is that, but expanded to an hour and a half with a slightly higher budget. There is no plot, there are no characters, there is no acting – it's just straight up mayhem.
I didn't think about it when I was assigned the flick, but reviewing a JACKASS movie is an exercise in stupidity on the part of the reviewer. Thinking you can "review" a movie of unconnected stunts is like thinking you can review the most viewed videos on Youtube. So thank God that I don't actually have to review movies, I just talk about them. Being stricken ever deeper into the throes of a NyQuil sleepy high has led me to the conclusion that the best way to review JACKASS is to just go over my favorite stunts.
The Rent-A-Car Demolition Derby – In this first stunt, Johnny Knoxville rents a car, races it to destruction it in a demolition derby, and attempts to return it later that day. This is, of course, much to the dismay of the rental shop owner. The best part of this sketch is how he insists to the rental store owner that everything is fine because he returned it with a full tank of gas.
Muscle Simulators – Oh, you know nothing good is going to come from something that starts off with this –
Knoxville & Co. use a muscle stimulator to stimulate parts of their body. Parts such as –
Johnny Knoxville's face
Dave England's hands
Ehren McGhehey's chest
Dave England's "Gooch" (Described as "the spot between your balls and your butthole." Johnny Knoxville has such a way with words.)
Chris Pontius' balls.
Something that should be noted – If you're not okay with seeing balls, then this movie isn't for you. There are at least seven or eight separate and varied sets of cocks and/or balls that you'll end up viewing by the end of this flick.
The Golf Cart Derby – Probably one of my favorite segments of the film, because who the hell doesn't want to go crazy on those little carts?
They're gonna jump the pig!
They didn't jump the pig.
I still kinda want to.
The Aligator Tight Rope – Steve-O attempts to walk a tight rope over a pit of aligators. Fails miserably, however does not get eaten.
The San Francisco Treat
I actually would feel kind of bad making fun of Steve-O, because while it's obvious that a lot of the stunts in the film were performed under the influence of A LOT of drugs, Steve-O is one of the few who has since admitted to actually having a drug problem. He's responsible for the most self-damaging stunts in the film, usually when he was on heroin. Since then, he's tried to come clean. Of course, he's tried to come clean three or four times, and has failed miserably at that too, but this is his credit for trying.
The Hardware Store Dump – The first time I saw JACKASS, this was the stunt that had me laughing so hard that my stomach hurt. It starts off with Dave England explaining that he's going to go to a hardware store and poop in one of the display toilets. On the way to the hardware store he can't hold it in anymore and shits right there in his pants, causing one of the cameramen to vomit. (He actually throws up a couple times during the movie, repulsed by what he is filming – Did someone not clue him in?) "Later that day," England enters the hardware store and, well –
I remain without words for this.
Riot Control Test – Johnny Knoxville volunteers to be shot by "less lethal" ammunition. He's less than thrilled at the idea of getting shot. Before being shot, he has this look on his face that is just so layered – There's fear, and dread and so very much regret just lovingly slathered across his face.
Fun Car Game-Spot all of the regret in Johnny Knoxville!
To his credit, he does take being shot in the stomach like an absolute champ.
Rocket Skates – Johnny Knoxville attaches bottle rockets to roller skates.
This one is actually awesome in a Wile E. Coyote kind of way.
Paper Cuts – This is the stunt that I have always had trouble watching. It's probably the least violent or disgusting segment of the movie, but it's the most painful.
He seems so calm.
In this segment, Johnny Knoxville receives paper cuts between the webbings of his fingers and the webbings of his toes with a manila envelope. If you were profoundly disturbed by that last sentence, do not be alarmed – it only means that you are still sane. I'm re-watching the segment right now and I am twitching uncontrollably not only by the concept of having paper cuts there, but by how joyously Johnny Knoxville treats the occasion. He's obviously inhuman. Given the choice between being shot and receiving these vicious lacerations, I wholeheartedly and readily volunteer to be shot.
Steve-O, being up on his high horse, volunteers for one more. A truly epic paper cut that would later serve as inspiration for the makeup of The Joker in THE DARK KNIGHT.
I would not be able to live with myself.
This is also the segment that places JACKASS firmly in the month of horror movies, because it's what makes it body horror. I can watch Jeff Goldblum pull off his fingernails in THE FLY to the end of days, but I will rip out my own eyebrows before I willingly watch these guys give themselves horrific paper cuts one more time.
Butthole Bottle Rocket – "Hey, can we fire a bottle rocket out of my asshole?"
"Hey, how about we tie a rocket to my dick?"
"Wish granted."
"Hey, what if we fired a bottle rocket out of MY asshole that was tied to HIS dick?"
"I like the way you think!"
Butt X-Ray – The final stunt is the longest of the bunch at about ten minutes, and there's good reason for that. Allow me introduce you to the players.
Dramatis Personæ:
A toy car – A toy car.
A condom – A condom.
Anal Lube – Everyone's pal.
Do you know where this is going? You really shouldn't.
Perhaps now you have a clearer idea.
Pictured: Winner
With the toy car now lodged safely within the depths of his rectum, Ryan Dunn goes in for an X-Ray.
Don't let the innocent face fool you, she's pretty sure she knows exactly what went down here.
Perhaps the highlight of this stunt is the X-Ray technician advising Dunn to never ever tell anyone what he has learned about the situation in his butt.
Don't ask, don't tell.
Ryan then performs anal surgery on himself, and removes the car from its burial chamber. Bravo, Mr. Dunn.
So why is JACKASS still important? Think back and you'll realize that Jackass was Youtube five years before Youtube went live. It's why all stunt videos made today are prefaced by the name of the stuntman and the name of the stunt. I don't know if we should be thankful for that, but it was inarguably more influential than any skate DVD out there.
Favorite Part – My favorite part of the movie isn't any particular stunt, but one exchange that happens just after the explaination of The Bungee Wedgie stunt. Jeff Tremaine, the director, and Rick Kosick, a member of the crew (who bears a striking resemblance to Micheal Moore after a year of the Subway diet) are looking over the setup, and the short conversation they have so brilliantly personifies the entire creative spirit of JACKASS that I can't let it go unsung.
KOSICK – This isn't gonna work!
TREMAINE – ….It might.
Tremaine says "It might" in a curious, cautious and thoughtful way. To me he's saying, "I just want to see what happens," which is exactly what these guys are all about. There's a nobility to that beyond jamming toy cars up someone's cornhole.
THESE ARE THE MEN THAT PUT US ON THE MOON.
Most Thankful For – Helvetica.
Every bit of text you'll see displayed on screen is in the gentleman's font, Helvetica. It lends a legitimacy to the film that isn't achieved by kicking Steve-O in the balls repeatedly. (Also, HELVETICA is a great documentary.)
What Date You Should Watch This On – Avoid it as a date movie. If you're going to watch this with a girl, it's because it was on Comedy Central at midnight and you're both still awake and paying attention to the television for some reason. In that case, she'll be fine with it – But if you were to say, "Hey, come on over, we'll watch JACKASS: THE MOVIE and drink red wine," I would not blame her for turning down any subsequent date requests from you.
While I Was Watching This Movie, I… – was anticipating some even more cringe worthy stunts that are actually in the sequel. THANK GOD.
While I Was Writing This Article, I… – Found myself craving aspirin, despite never having filmed myself smashing my cranium into things.
Word Most Needing Synonyms – "Butthole."
Recommended? – If you like JACKASS, you probably already know you like JACKASS. In some ways, it's a step down from "watching people hurt themselves on Youtube" and in others it's a big step up. The results of just taking the show and putting it on the screen are usually incredibly funny and wonderfully terrible. If you can make it through the first fifteen minutes of this film, you can certainly make it through the rest, but the R-Rated feature version of the TV show is certainly not a good way to dip your toes into the formula. Recommendation achieved.


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By Wayne Hazzard
April 1, 2015, PUBLISHED BY IN DANCE
PLEASE TOUCH ME, IN IMAGINABLE AND UNIMAGINABLE WAYS. This is my wish when entering a new situation, publicly and privately, and it's also a good mantra. Provocative? Of course, but that's what makes life interesting, and what artists are charged to do: reframe the situation with risk, spicing it up with surprises, then, potentially, adding a few visual provocations to keep the viewer engaged within a multiplicity of moments. Generating these artful instances is hard work and yet the payoff is incalculable.
These moments often occur when we enter spaces specifically selected by the art-maker—the printed page, a canvas, a theater, plaza, park, gallery, or a wall upon which a dancer suspends herself on a sliver of rope, and many more places that allow me to optimistically enter a new encounter.
The possibilities of touch for each of us are too numerous, and nuanced, and mutable to fully imagine, because they encompass not only making art but many of life's pleasures. To be touched by a friend's kindness and understanding, by a sunset, by a piece of music's sensorial evolution, by the nuzzle of an animal's muzzle, by an award, by applause, or my favorite, a kiss.
A variety of artists are investigating their own thinking about how work touches them. In a recent blog post on Stance on Dance, choreographer, teacher and improviser Christian Burns noted the moment when "a performance shatters me." He writes about how "those rare moments feel when a performance shakes me from the familiarity of everything I thought I understood, gifting me with a new set of eyes, a rejuvenated heart and a humbled sense of perspective." Christian further shares four experiences that shattered, that when read will provide additional insight about reflecting, in awe and inspiration, similar moments.
This month, David Herrera and his company premiere a new work entitled, serendipitously, Touch. The work will tackle the grave issue of what happens to those forced to separate via deportations, in particular the effects they have on the child and parent relationship; a thoughtful and dramatic topic given the issues surrounding the attempts to change the current US immigration laws.
It is certainly not improbable to make a connection to touch in all dance works, and this is the power and potency the art form provides, and with which our community is gifted.
It's this physical, emotional, and visceral connection to the body that is primal, being able to feel the touch of another person, witnessing a lush landscape, or a flower, or the sweet taste of honey, the intoxicating freshness of greens, of ripe fruit, of holding hands, or the transference that comes with experiencing an artistic act. These are just a few of the limitless elements drawn from the performance palette.
Spring is characteristically the season to discover things reborn, and our redesigned look for In Dance is meant to help our readers perceive those things that we might assume we know about our community in newer, fresher ways. Let us know what you think of the revamping.
Obviously, how we process change affects each of us differently, and Dancers' Group hopes you will continue to engage with the words and images within. The range of dance perspectives, forms, aesthetics, and opinions is only as strong as the ideas you share with us. We encourage you to provide us with your story ideas that reflect your viewpoint of what it means to be creating art in 2015, and beyond.
Reveal and revel in the mantras that are uniquely you. The stage doors are open, as are ours, so go ahead, touch me.
This article appeared in the April 2015 issue of In Dance.
Wayne Hazzard is a native Californian and as a co-founder is proud to continue his work with the Bay Area dance community as the executive director of Dancers' Group. Hazzard is a leader in the service field who is known for his work with fiscal sponsorship and on new program development. Hazzard had a distinguished 20-year career performing the works of many notable choreographers including Ed Mock, June Watanabe, Emily Keeler, Aaron Osborne, Joe Goode and Margaret Jenkins. Coinciding with his life as a dancer, Hazzard has and continues to work as an advocate for dance.


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Your bank may not be on your side. Discover the common ways financial institutions may be fleecing their customers.
You trust them with your money, but they may be putting the proverbial knife in your back.
While some banks go to great lengths to set up friendly neighborhood branches – complete with smiling tellers who know you by name – the fact remains that big banks are big business. And in case there was any doubt, big businesses are all about making big profits.
Banks can be so into making money they sometimes walk the line of what is legal or ethical. Here are five ways your bank may be ripping you off in their pursuit of profits.
Bank fees, glorious bank fees! If you have ever wondered how banks make money off of checking accounts, this is it. A report from the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that 61 percent of a bank's checking account revenue comes from overdraft and NSF fees.
Now, the government tried to protect you from yourself back in 2010 by requiring banks and credit unions to have consumers opt in to so-called overdraft protection programs. Previously, many accounts were automatically enrolled, enabling banks to let your overdrafts go through and charge you a large fee for each one.
However, many institutions were apparently not clear about what overdraft protection entails. A 2012 report from the Pew Charitable Trust found that more than half of those who had incurred an overdraft fee in the past year did not realize they had opted in to the program.
Speaking of checking accounts, even if you have a so-called free account, you may be paying significantly more than you were even a few years ago.
Bankrate.com surveys bank fees annually and has found the costs associated with checking accounts haven't gone up a little; they have gone up a lot.
Average overdraft charge — up 11 percent.
Average ATM surcharge — up 40 percent.
Average monthly service fee — up 142 percent.
Plus, the minimum balance needed to avoid a monthly fee jumped 365 percent in a five-year period to an average of $723 in 2012. So much for free checking.
If it weren't bad enough that banks are increasing their fees and other costs, even worse is the fact that some banks apparently don't care if their customers are fraudulently charged.
The New York Times came to that conclusion after it analyzed hundreds of court documents this past summer.
According to the report, some banks regularly allow suspicious transactions to withdraw money from customer accounts. Banks that allow such transactions stand to make a lot of money from processing and overdraft fees.
While the report focused on two banks in particular, federal officials told the Times the problem is widespread.
You may think you are smart enough not to use a payday lender, but don't be so sure. Some banks offer cash advance products that are essentially the same.
The Center for Responsible Lending says some institutions extend money to customers who then pay it back along with a fee that is the equivalent of up to 365 percent interest. These aren't small, backwoods banks either. They are big names that include Wells Fargo, Fifth Third and Regions Bank.
Meanwhile, other banks appear to be helping out-of-state payday lenders circumvent state laws by allowing them access to customer accounts via automated clearing house transactions.
For example, payday lending is illegal in New York, but residents may be getting around the law by using online cash advance services. In response, the state this summer asked banks not to allow transactions from known payday lenders.
According to Bloomberg, residents of Maryland and Pennsylvania are taking a different tack by suing banks they say are allowing payday lending transactions.
Finally, you'd think banks would have learned their lesson about mismanaging mortgage paperwork. Remember robo-signing and the $25 billion settlement?
But apparently old habits die hard. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that many bank and non-bank mortgage servicers continue to have sloppy paperwork and are missing protocols to guide the handling of key documents.
Delays in paying property tax.
Delays in canceling private mortgage insurance.
Deceptive communications regarding the status of loan modifications.
So now that you know banks don't necessarily have your best interests at heart – but you already knew that – what are you going to do?
Fortunately, not all banks are bad seeds and there are certainly plenty of affordable and ethical companies out there. To find them, you only need to take a little time to do your homework rather than signing up with the first bank that promises $100 for opening an account and setting up direct deposit.
Credit unions are member-owned and tend to have lower fees and more favorable policies. See if you are eligible to join one in your area.
Consider using an online bank. Like credit unions, these banks tend to have lower costs, and some – such as Ally Bank – will even reimburse you for ATM fees.
If you have opted in for overdraft protection, opt out. Do you really want to pay $35 to avoid the embarrassment of having your debit card declined? That is essentially what you are doing with overdraft protection.
Avoid cash advance programs that act like payday loans. If you absolutely can't avoid spending money before your next payday, it may be better to swallow your pride and ask for help from a friend or relative. Doing so also gives you added accountability so you don't end up in an endless cycle of payday loans.
Keep on top of bank and mortgage statements. It would be nice if you didn't have to think about it but don't count on the bank to catch potentially fraudulent charges or to pay your property taxes on time. When your statements arrive, open and review them. Every month.
Stay on top of loan modification applications. Keep the lines of communication open and think twice before you simply stop paying your mortgage on the promise of a modification.
Not all banks are bad, but remember that all those conveniences they offer come with a price. They aren't giving you overdraft protection and other services to be nice; they are doing it to turn a profit. Keep that in mind, and you'll be one step ahead when it comes to beating them at their own game.


Remember, I always beside you unconditionally.
When Eun Jae listens to the marriage proposal of Hyun Woo from the voice recorder, she happily runs to hug Hyung Woo. Eun Jae and Hyung Woo once again confirm the heart to each other decide to reconcile their love and reunite officially. Hyung Woo packs and brings the luggage to go back their home, and both of them starts a happy new beginning again.
On the other hand, Gi Chan stops by Hope law agency, and says want to resign to take care of his kid. Hyung Woo does not concern about the feeling of Eun Jae and raises Gi Chan's salary, and leads to Eun Jae to quarrel with Hyung Woo again. Both of them does not expert the "days of living peacefully" is so short.
Looking at Young Joo who gives birth to another baby, Eun Jae jealously says want a baby too, but both of them seems like lack of will. On Christmas day, Hyun Woo gives Eun Jae a diary as gift. The diary records the notes of his feeling after they reunited, and Eun Jae gives a good news to Hyung Woo in return.


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UFC 146 PPV Live Recap: NO HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT GOES TO DECISION
Date: 05/26 9:00 PM
Written by Stevie J
Join us tonight for our LIVE coverage of UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir starting with the prelims on FX at 8 PM Eastern, 7 Central. When the fights are in progress you can hit F5 or refresh as often as you like for updates. While you're waiting for the live fights to begin be sure to check out our UFC 146 preview w/ Robin Black plus the UFC 146 weigh-in results. We'll see you back here at 8 ET for all of the explosive action!
8:00 PM ET. And we are LIVE on FX and it's time for our first fight!
* Duane 'Bang' Ludwig vs. 'The Outlaw' Dan Hardy (Welterweight Bout - FX)
Hardy has a 4" reach advantage at 74" and a 2" height advantage at 6'0". Bruce Buffer is doing the introductions as we speak. Ludwig is 29-12 and fighting out of Denver, Colorado at 171 pounds in the red trunks. Hardy is 23-10, 1 NC, fighting in the black & red trunks at 170 pounds out of Nottingham, UK. Our referee in charge is Josh Rosenthal. Here we go!
Dan Hardy has Ludwig pinned up against the fence 90 seconds into the fight, and clips his jaw when the two break apart about 15 seconds later. Hardy is taking the center and trying to back Ludwig up, but he's not giving up much ground and throws a head kick to back Hardy away. 2:30 remains in R1. Hardy shoots for a double and can't get it and has Ludwig in the fence again for a bit. 1:25 to go. HARDY ROCKS HIM WITH A PUNCH AT 1:15 AND A FEW SECONDS LATER ROSENTHAL MAKES THE SAVE!!! Hardy had backed off for a second like he was going to celebrate, then wisely decided to keep pouring it on via ground 'n pound until they the referee stopped the action. FX quickly goes to a commercial.
8:16 PM ET. We're back with Bruce Buffer to make it official and Ludwig's face looks all kinds of jacked up. HARDY WINS VIA KO AT 3:51 OF R1. Hardy holds up a Xenergy can during the announcement then gives Ludwig a hug afterward. He's all smiles during the Joe Rogan interview, but unfortunately due to the noise at the bar I can't hear what he said. This improves his record to 24-10, 1 NC overall.
* Jason 'Mayhem' Miller vs. C.B. Dollaway (Middleweight Bout - FX)
Didn't think we'd be going to a second fight on FX quite this quickly! We may end up getting one of the prelims from Facebook bonused onto this broadcast (there were two that ended quickly enough to easily work into live TV). Tale of the Tape when we come back from a commercial break at 8:28 ET is as follows: 31 to 28, 6'1" to 6'2", 185 to 186 and 72" to 76" reach from Miller to Dollaway. Dollaway is 12-5 and fights out of Tempe, AZ in the black trunks. Miller is 34-9, 1 NC and fights out of Orange County, CA in the pink trunks. Our referee in charge is Yves Lavigne. Here we go!
Fight's underway at 8:30 ET. Miller is already being very unorthdox in his stance and it's working - he clips Dollaway and tries to pull guard for a submission but unfortunately for him Dollaway pops out. They both get back to their feet at 44 seconds and Dollaway successfully manages to push him back to the ground at one minute, but Miller quickly gets up again and is trying to get free. Dollaway is throwing knees at him from behind. MILLER GIVES HIM A NOOGIE. I'm not even kidding. This has already been a ridiculously entertaining night of fights. Miller's left knee buckles at the two minute mark but Dollaway is not quick to pounce - eventually he takes Miller's back and Miller turtles and keeps his chin tucked. 2:20 left as both men spin on the canvas. Miller is looking for a way to explode and get up but so far Dollaway is not giving it to him. Miller crawls for the fence at 90 seconds and gets his back to it, and just like that he's up to one knee. Dollaway tries to single leg him to the ground and finally puts him back down at 1:06, taking side control for a second until Miller sits up. Miller is throwing reverse elbows at Dollaway's head with some success. This causes Dollaway to change tacks and jump into mount. Miller gives up his back and starts to stand again with 16 seconds to go. He gets back up before the horn and the two are still swinging AFTER it sounds, with the ref trying like hell to break it up!
R2 is underway at 8:36. Miller is throwing haymakers and he WOBBLED Dollaway with one. Miller chased him across the cage as Dollaway desperately tried to recover and fortunately for him he did before Miller could land G'n'P or sink in a submission. In fact Dollaway manages to turn it around and by 3:15 he's going for a takedown. The ref calls for both men to work as we pass the two minute mark. Miller sprawls and Dollaway drops to the ground trying to support all his weight, but is able to get back up and go for a single leg again. 2:20 left in the second. Dollaway has some sort of submission hold on that I can't see, and he takes Mayhem to the ground with it, but has to let him go when he does. The statline tells us Dollaway is 4 out of 7 on takedown attempts. He's stuck in half guard now with 90 seconds remaining. Dollaway is unable to improve his position before the horn but he might have stolen that round based on riding on top and controlling the position for so long.
R3 begins at 8:42 ET! Mayhem is swinging wildly again but this time he gives up his back doing so and it's easy for Dollaway to push him to the ground into guard. Miller may be looking to submit him though. That's not working out so well - Dollaway has his back by 3:42 and now he's just riding on Miller to keep him down and/or look for a rear naked. With each passing second Miller seems to be a little more in trouble, though he finally gets up at 2:17, at which point Dollaway promptly dumps him back on the ground and takes his back again. With 90 seconds to go it's starting to look like this is Dollaway's fight to lose. He's on Millers back throwing rights and lefts at his head, and he's managed to flatten him out a couple of times. If this beating were a little more savage it would be stopped, but Dollaway is pretty tired and not putting his all into each shot. He stays on top for the last 10 to the horn.
8:49 PM ET. Time for Bruce Buffer to make it official. AFTER ALL THREE ROUNDS WE GO TO THE SCORECARDS FOR A DECISION: 29-28, 30-26 AND 29-28 FOR THE UNANIMOUS WINNER - CB DOLLAWAY! The right man got the call although I don't see how he dominated any round to the point of a 10-8. Can't here what Rogan or Dollaway are saying but just looking at Dollaway he looks really happy and really tired.
* Edson Barboza vs. Jamie Varner (Lightweight Bout - FX)
Tale of the Tape when we come back from break at 9 PM ET! 26 to 27, 5'11" to 5'8", 155 to 156 and 75" to 72" reach from Barboza to Varner. Varner is 19-6-1, 2 NC and fighting out of Arizona in the black trunks. Barboza is 10-0 and fighting out of Jupiter, FL in the white trunks. Our referee in charge of this one is Steve Mazzagatti. Here we go!
R1 is underway at 9:02 ET. Barboza tries to establish the center early and Varner is happy to oblige and circle on the outside. Barboza is throwing leg kicks repeatedly. 45 seconds. VARNER CLIPS HIM WITH A SHOT AND CHARGES. He's quickly on top of Barboza in half guard but Barboza ties him up there for the next 30 seconds and doesn't take much damage. Varner tries to slice him with elbows but that gives Barboza enough space to spring back to his feet. 3:15. Varner clips Barboza again but he doesn't go down this time. Varner clips him on an angle then takes him down. Less than two minutes left in R1. VARNER HURT BARBOZA BADLY WITH A RIGHT WHEN HE TRIED TO GET AWAY AND FOLLOWS IT UP WITH SHOTS ON THE GROUND UNTIL MAZZAGATTI SAVES BARBOZA. We go to commercial at 9:06 and await the official announcement.
9:08 PM ET. Here's Bruce Buffer to make it official. 3:23 OF R1 FOR THE WINNER BY TKO - JAMIE VARNER! Rogan goes to congratulates him on a successful UFC return. This improves Varner's record to 20-6-1, 2 NC and solidifies his place in Zuffa on his return to the fold. Can't hear the interview yet again but Varner is obviously pleased as punch and more than happy to talk his way through the replay with Rogan. Congratulations to the former WEC champ on a big win in his Zuffa return!
* Kyle Kingsbury vs. Glover Teixeira (Light Heavyweight Bout - Facebook)
Bonus fight time! Kingsbury is in the white trunks and Teixeira the black. Teixeira is outstriking him early in the first minute and KNOCKS KINGSBURY DOWN at the 46 second mark. Teixeira quickly has the full mount. Kingsbury's face is turning bright read from all the shots he's taking. At 3:13 Teixeira goes for an arm triangle and AT 3:07 THE REFEREE STOPS THE FIGHT BECAUSE KINGSBURY SUBMITS. A totally one-sided dominant performance by Glover! BUFFER MAKES IT OFFICIAL - 1:53 OF R1 VIA ARM TRIANGLE. They give Teixeira a post-fight interview which I'll have to watch on TV at home after tonight's show is over. I did catch Rogan saying "Congratulations on a very impressive victory" though! When we come back from commercial Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan are breaking down the fights from cageside to stall for time.
* Diego Brandao vs. Darren Elkins (Featherweight Bout - FX)
Time for the main event of what has been a great night of fights on FX! Goldberg reminds us that Brandao is the TUF 14 winner, but that Indiana's own Darren Elkins is a formidable challenge to the young hungry fighter. He throws us to commercial at 9:25 ET.
Tale of the Tape when we come back at 9:28! 24 to 28, 5'7" to 5'10", 145 each, 64" to 71" reach from Brandao to Elkins. Elkins is in the black trunks. Brandao is 19-7, white trunks, fighting out of New Mexico. He gets a big pop from the crowd. Herb Dean is our ref. Here we go!
R1 underway at 9:29 ET. Brandao momentarily has a mount on Elkins before the first minute expires but Elkins manages to push him back to guard and go for a kimura. Brandao pops out of it and is back on his feet at 3:38. Both men are swinging hard whenever they approach each other. Brandao pounces on him again and has side control at 3:02. He backs out at 2:30 and lets Elkins stand up. Brandao has the center and is backing Elkins into the fence with each step they take. Elkins tries to come forward and pays for it with a right that clips him and more shots on the ground. Brandao doesn't let him stand up this time - he takes side control at 1:33. Elkins scrambles for a single leg, Brandao backs away, then BOMBS Elkins again and jumps into the guard. Elkins thinks about a kimura for a second again and gets his face tagged when he does. Brandao backs away at 0:28 and narrowly avoids an upkick, then POUNCES again and is in guard at the horn. Elkins face will undoubtedly swell up between rounds.
No commercial break this time - we stay live on the Octagon.The replays of the rights Brandao was landing on Elkins on the ground look BRUTAL in slow motion. The fight fans behind me are saying "Brandao has legitimately killed people!!" I guess that's the current urban legend going around. First 30 seconds of R2 are relatively quiet. To Elkins credit (and to his possible misfortune) he's not fearing Brandao's power, willing to come in the pocket and throw shots at him. Brandao is quick and elusive though - most miss. 90 seconds gone. Elkins is having a better round so far, but he desperately needed to. 2 minutes. ELKINS SLAMS BRANDAO TO THE GROUND. Brandao is throwing elbows at his head from the bottom I wouldn't want to feel, but this position looks good to the judges. Brandao lands one upkick when Elkins backs away and he jumps right back into guard. Two minutes left. Elkins is now ahead on ground strikes by 8 total shots. He's also driving knees into the body from half guard. FULL MOUNT WITH A MINUTE LEFT. BRANDAO IS GETTING HURT BADLY. He manages to escape the mount but Elkins retakes half guard and smothers Brandao until the horn sounds. 10-9 R1 for Brandao, 10-9 R2 for Elkins. Commercial!
We're back for R3 at 9:42 ET. Elkins gives a smile and an "it's all good" look to the camera, clearly relishing the war that he's in. Elkins takes Brandao down 38 seconds in and that may be the turning point in this fight. Brandao is trying to sweep with no success. Elkins is punishing him with short left elbows to the head. He stands up at 3:07 in an attempt to pass and gets half guard on Brandao's right side. FULL MOUNT AT 2:38. He lands one hard right and Brandao immediately winces and rolls to get away. Elkins loses the mount but he has Brandao pinned up against the fence with 1:50 left. Brandao is curled up into a ball and eating hard right hands to the side of his body. Elkins has North-South, his back, side control in that order but Brandao SWEEPS AND IS ON TOP WITH 45 SECONDS LEFT. That's too little too late. Elkins ties him up so he can't do much damage but he does eat one shot to the head a few seconds before the horn. We go to the judges!
9:49 PM ET. Bruce Buffer. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AFTER 3 ROUNDS WE GO TO THE SCORECARDS. ALL THREE JUDGES SCORE IT 29-28 FOR THE UNANIMOUS WINNER - DARREN ELKINS!!! Once again I have to say the judges got it right. Elkins is enthusiastic and Rogan is looking forward to seeing him fight again. PPV FIGHTS IN TEN MINUTES!!
10:00 PM ET. The PPV is on the air from Las Vegas! Our opening fight is about eight to ten minutes away.
* Stefan 'Skyscraper' Struve vs. Lavar 'Big' Johnson (Heavyweight Bout - PPV)
Struve is coming off an impressive win at UFC on Fuel TV in Omaha this February, while Johnson is coming off an impressive KO win in his UFC debut against Pat Barry several weeks ago at UFC on Fox. We'll find out whether this bodes well for Struve being better rested and mentally prepared or better for Johnson having momentum from a big win on his side. 'Big' Johnson makes his way to the cage first wearing black trunks and a blue Dethrone t-shirt. He's in the Octagon running laps by 10:13. Struve is wearing a black Kaiwaa t-shirt and aquamarine trunks. By 10:15 he's checked over and stepping into the cage. Tale of the Tape time! 24 to 34, 6'11.5" to 6'4", 255 to 248 and 84.5" reach to 81" reach from Struve to Johnson. Johnson's record is 17-5 and he fights out of San Jose, CA. Struve's record is 27-5 and he fights out of Beverwuk, The Netherlands. Our referee is Josh Rosenthal. Here we go!
Johnson rushes forward immediately throwing hard shots and pins Struve up against the fence 10 seconds in, where things stall out as Struve ties him up and PULLS GUARD. It's impressive to see a nearly 7 foot guy do that! STRUVE TAPS JOHNSON OUT. Bruce Buffer: TAPOUT BY SUBMISSION AT 1:05 FOR THE WINNER BY ARMBAR - STEFAN STRUVE. On the replay it looks like Struve ripped his ARM OUT OF THE SOCKET. It may not have been that bad but it sure looked nasty as hell. Johnson probably made it worse for himself trying to pull free. Michael Chiesa, Urijah Faber and Al Iaquinta are arm-in-arm at cageside watching the action!
* Stipe Miocic vs. Shane del Rosario (Heavyweight Bout - PPV)
10:28 ET and it's already time for our second fight of the evening! Del Rosario is being greased up, checked over, and sent into the Octagon as we speak. Miocic is ready to go a couple of minutes later. Here's our Tale of the Tape! 29 to 28, 6'4" each, 245 to 246 and 80" to 78" reach from Miocic to Del Rosario. Del Rosario is 11-0 and wearing blue trunks, fighting out of California. Miocic is wearing the checkered Croatian trunks, he's 8-0 and fighting out of Ohio. Our referee in charge is Yves Lavigne. Here we go!
The two touch gloves and we're underway at 10:31. There may have been an accidental groin kick 25 seconds in but they tap gloves and continue. Miocic is pushing forawrd and landing some hard shots, but Del Rosario is countering well. 75 seconds gone so far. Miocic must be making Bas Rutten happy, as he's going for liver kicks over and over. Uppercut lands at 3:03. This fight is getting more one-way in Miocic's favor as it goes on and just as I say that Del Rosario throws a flurry and partially connects with a head kick. Miocic staggers him with a punch at 2:33. Miocic likes to throw "punches in bunches." 1:40 remains. Leg kick by Miocic. DEL ROSARIO TAGS HIM ON A COUNTER SHOT AND MIOCIC RUNS TO RECOVER FROM THE LEFT HAND - and he does. Del Rosario tags him again and Miocic grabs underhooks on the fence and holds him there 'til 0:43 left. Body kick and head kick by Del Rosario. Miocic takes him to the ground at 0:18 and backs out of the guard just a little bit before the horn. 10-9 Miocic but it was pretty close.
Miocic has Del Rosario on the ground 50 seconds into R2. He stands back up at 3:40 and passes to half guard to throw some hammer fists, where he gets tied up a little until he breaks free to do more damage at 2 minutes gone. By the three minute mark the elbows are RACKING DEL ROSARIO UP AND THE REFEREE SAVES HIM FROM A FURTHER BEATING - STIPE MIOCIC WINS BY TKO!! That's some of the nastiest ground and pound I've seen in a heavyweight fight in a while. Buffer makes it official. YVES LAVIGNE STOPS THIS FIGHT AT 3:14 OF R2 FOR THE WINNER BY TKO - STIPE MIOCIC!! The bar is buzzing so loud for that finish there is NO WAY I can hear the post-fight interview. Since we can't hear that one, check out this Miocic interview I did before UFC on Fuel TV.
* Roy 'Big Country' Nelson vs. Dave 'Pee Wee' Herman (Heavyweight Bout - PPV)
A decidedly UN-Goliath looking and clean shaven Herman steps into the Octagon at 10:49 PM ET wearing black trunks. 'Big Country' and his big bushy looking beard are out a minute later, wearing white Pretorian gear from head to toe. Our Tale of the Tape at 10:51 ET! 35 to 27, 6'0" to 6'4", 254 to 233 and 73" to 77" from Nelson to Herman. Herman is 21-3 and fighting out of Temecula, CA in black trunks as noted. Nelson is 17-7 and fighting out of Las Vegas, NV in white trunks as noted. Our referee in charge is Steve Mazzagatti. Here we go!
BIG COUNTRY STOPS HIM WITH ONE PUNCH 50 SECONDS INTO THE FIGHT JUMPS ON THE CAGE AND STARTS RUBBING HIS FAT BUDDHA BELLY!!! The crowd in the bar pops huge for BOTH THINGS. The slow mo of the looping replay shows the OVERHAND RIGHT HOOK WAS RIGHT BETWEEN THE JAW AND EAR AND MAZZAGATTI WAS RUSHING OVER BEFORE NELSON HAD THROWN THE SECOND SHOT.
The official time 51 SECONDS BY KNOCKOUT FOR ROY 'BIG COUNTRY' NELSON. Once again it's so loud in the bar there's NO WAY I can hear this post-fight interview but the charismatic and colorful Nelson already did enough by jumping on the cage and rubbing his belly that I don't even care what else happened after that. To stall for time they are replaying the Dan Hardy and Jamie Varner fights from earlier in the night on FX.
* 'Brown Pride' Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva (Heavyweight Bout - PPV)
The introduction video for this one rolls at 11:13 ET. Silva starts his long walk from the back a couple of minutes later wearing black Kaiwaa team gear and red trunks. He hails from Brasilia, Brazil. Silva has won 9 of his last 11 fights and has 11 wins overall by KO. He's in the cage ready to go at 11:18. Velasquez makes his way from the back to his Mexican music, hailing from Yuma, Arizona, wearing a black Dethrone t-shirt. He's got on trunks that are white and red (white in front, red in the back) with black trim. He's in the cage at 11:21.
Tale of the Tape! 29 to 31, 6'1" to 6'4", 240 to 264 and 77" to 82" reach from Velasquez to Silva. Silva is fighting out of Coconut Creek, Florida with a 18-3 record, while Velasquez is fighting out of San Jose, California with a 9-1 record. Our referee is Josh Rosenthal. Here we go!
This fight is UNDERWAY at 11:23 PM ET. Velasquez knocks him down EIGHT SECONDS INTO THE FIGHT. Silva nearly catches him with an upkick as he tries to press the advantage on the ground. 45 seconds gone by. Velasquez is RIPPING HIS FACE AND HEAD UP WITH SHARP NASTY ELBOWS AND BLOOD IS SPATTERING EVERYWHERE ON THE BUD LIGHT LOGO. The referee has finally had enough and stops the fight to have the doctor look at Silva and make sure he can see. The ref decides that yes he can and when they put the block for the clock back on the screen with both fighters in the position they were before 3:01 is left in the first. It only takes a couple of seconds before Silva's cleaned face is COVERED in blood. VELASQUEZ HAS HIS BACK AT 1:47 AND IS POUNDING AWAY. Silva turns over again and he's eating SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOT SHOTS. THE REF WAVES IT OFF WITH LESS THAN 90 SECONDS TO GO.
Buffer makes it official at 11:29 ET. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN JOSH ROSENTHAL STOPS THIS CONTEST AT 3:36 OF THE VERY FIRST ROUND FOR THE WINNER BY TKO - CAIN VELASQUEZ. You know the deal by now - it's too loud at BW3 to hear a word of the post-fight inteview.
* Junior Dos Santos {C} vs. Frank Mir (Heavyweight Title Bout PPV Main Event)
Zuffa manages to stall for time for nearly 10 minutes before sending Frank Mir out to the cage in his UFC EST. 93 clothing. He has on blue trunks for tonight's bout. Mir is in the cage with his left arm high in the air like he already won by 11:40 ET. Cameras follow the champ Dos Santos all the way from the back - he has on white trunks, a black Pretorian t-shirt, and a black and white cap. Dos Santos gets a NICE crowd pop when he steps in the Octagon at 11:43 ET. His little friend Breno is in the crowd watching.
Our Tale of the Tape at 11:44!! 28 to 33, 6'4" to 6'3", 239 to 261 and 77" to 79" reach from Dos Santos to Mir. Herb Dean is our referee in charge for this fight. IT'SSSSSS TIIIIIIIME for five rounds for the UFC Heavyweight Championship of the world! Mir is 16-5 and fighting out of Las Vegas, NV in the blue trunks as noted. The champion Dos Santos is 14-1 and fighting out of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in the white trunks as noted. Brock Lesnar is shown watching at cageside. Dean gives them their final instructions and HERE WE GO!!
This fight is underway at 11:47 ET. They tried their best to clean the blood up between rounds but you can still see Mir dancing across it as he goes after Dos Santos and tries to get a single leg - Dos Santos jumps and pulls his way out of it. 45 seconds. Mir throws a spinning head kick that misses. Dos Santos is staying very calm and patient. He's letting Mir push forward and looking for an opportunity. 90 seconds. Leg kick by Mir. And another. Dos Santos keeps fainting and trying to bait Mir in, and when he bites Dos Santos throws a left, then an uppercut. Now Dos Santos is taking the center and throwing jabs. 3 minutes gone. Leg kick by Mir. Left hook by Dos Santos. Combo by Dos Santos. Mir pushes forward. Dos Santos keeps his left hand out at range and his right hand loaded and cocked. 4 minutes gone in R1. Left jab to the head. Left to the body. Right to the head all by Dos Santos. 45 seconds left. Left lands flush on Mir. 30 seconds. Dos Santos cracks him with a right and MIR IS WOOZY AND DOS SANTOS PUSHES FORWARD THROWING MORE SHOTS. Mir DROPS DOWN FOR A LEG AND DOS SANTOS BACKS AWAY. He opted not to blow his gas tank trying to finish at the end of the round. Smart! 10-9 for JDS.
Mir is smiling at the start of R2 at 11:54, which is almost always one of those signs you got hurt badly in the fight. Mir is pushing forward again and JDS is letting him do it. DOS SANTOS KNOCKS HIM DOWN AT 50 SECONDS AND STEPS AWAY INSTEAD OF GOING INTO HIS GUARD. Mir claims a finger to the eye at 3:32 left but Dean isn't buying it and does stop the action. JDS hits Mir so hard with a punch it sends HIM bouncing backward off the fence. Two minutes gone. Mir with a leg kick at 2:23. And another. They are pretty much the only thing working for him right now. DOS SANTOS KNOCKS HIM DOWN AGAIN AT 2:07. THIS TIME HE JUMPS ON TO FINISH AND HERB DEAN WAVES IT OFF - THIS ONE IS ALL OVER!!!!
The replay shows a perfect right to the jaw and ear made Mir do the backward Nestea plunge, and Mir was already covering up when Dos Santos started his ground and pound. Buffer makes it official at 11:58. HERB DEAN STOPS THIS CONTEST AT 3:40 OF R2 FOR THE WINNER BY TKO AND STILL UFC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION - JUNIOR DOS SANTOS!!! Dos Santos: "I feel awesome man, so awesome!" That's going to do it for our UFC 146 recap tonight. UFC bonused the Daniel Pineda vs. Mike Brown fight from Facebook after the main event. Good night everyone!


A couple of weeks without soap, hot food or a flushing toilet on the John Muir Trail Last year changed my life.
It nearly broke me, and I nearly quit more than once, but in the long run that 15-day backpacking trip sparked what's become my Year of Adventure. I'm going to talk about how it happened and how it's inspired me to try solo camping during a slide show and presentation Wednesday night at the south location of Whole Earth Provisions.
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It's a bluebird day in Harpswell, Maine…a great day for moving boats in and out of the Paint Bay and surrounding shops. This Eastbay 49 was just refinished with Awlgrip's Flag Blue. Other work will continue onboard, but now in the Main Shop, thus freeing up the Paint Shop for the next boat in line, a custom French & Webb-built sailboat.


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Hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL) are produced when raw natural gas is processed at natural gas processing plants and when crude oil is refined into petroleum products. Most of the HGL produced in the United States are separated from natural gas at natural gas processing plants.
HGL are present as gases in geologic formations containing natural gas. Raw, or untreated, natural gas produced from natural gas wells and oil wells is called wet gas because it sometimes contains HGL, along with water vapor and other nonhydrocarbon gases. HGL should not be confused with lease condensate separated out of associated and nonassociated natural gas at lease facilities. The liquid condensate is usually added to crude oil in pipelines that transport oil to refineries.
Natural gas is usually treated at natural gas processing plants before it enters natural gas transmission pipelines. HGL extracted from natural gas as liquids at these plants are called natural gas plant liquids (NGPL). Natural gas that has been processed to remove most of the HGL and nonhydrocarbon compounds is called dry gas, which consists of mostly methane. Natural gas pipeline operators have strict specifications for the characteristics (such as the heat content) of the dry natural gas that they accept, which in turn limits the amount of HGL contained in natural gas that is transported through these pipelines.
Mixed HGL streams (also known as Y-grade) are separated from each other by the process of fractionation. Fractionation facilities may be co-located at natural gas processing plants, or they may receive mixed HGL streams from several processing plants. Fractionation facilities separate some or all the individual HGL that are then sold as purity products—ethane, propane, normal butane, and isobutane product streams consisting of a minimum of 90% of one type of HGL molecule.
Most of the natural gas processing and fractionation plants in the United States are located in areas where natural gas and crude oil production is concentrated. In 2017, HGL production from natural gas processing accounted for about 86% of total U.S. HGL production.
Production of HGL at petroleum refineries can occur during the distillation process, when HGL contained in crude oil are separated out along with other crude oil fractions, or at refinery cracking units, which break longer-chained (heavier) hydrocarbons into lighter molecules, yielding HGL alongside distillate and/or gasoline-blending components. All refinery olefins are produced at refinery cracking units.
Propane and propylene are the HGL streams that are produced and sold as separate purity products in the largest volumes by petroleum refiners. Most of the other volumes of HGL produced at refineries are burned as fuels or are used to make gasoline and petrochemical feedstock.
Propane production is generally consistent throughout the year because it results from natural gas processing and crude oil refining. Most of U.S. propane production is from natural gas processing.
In natural gas processing plants, propane enters the plant as a component of the wet natural gas stream from natural gas and/or crude oil wells. When the raw, wet natural gas is cooled and pressurized in the plant, the heavier hydrocarbons, including ethane, propane, normal butane, isobutane, and natural gasoline, turn into liquids and separate from the natural gas stream. The mixed liquids, also referred to as Y-grade, are then refined and separated in a fractionator into purity products (products having a minimum of 90% of one type of hydrocarbon gas liquid).
Oil refineries can produce propane in two stages of the crude oil refining process. The first refining process that yields propane is the atmospheric distillation column, where crude oil undergoes initial distillation. In modern, complex refineries, propane (and propylene) is also produced in the fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) when long-chain hydrocarbon molecules are cracked under high temperatures and pressures to break these molecules into lighter hydrocarbons that are more suitable for motor gasoline production. In addition to those gasoline blending products, the refinery crackers produce lighter molecules including propane, normal butane, isobutane, and their olefins.
The United States generally imports propane to supplement U.S. propane production, especially during the autumn and winter months, mainly to meet demand from farmers and for space heating in buildings. Most propane imports come by rail from Canada into the Midwest, East Coast, and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States. Some propane imports arrive by ship, usually at times of high demand and in regions where infrastructure constraints limit deliverability of domestic supplies, such as New England or Hawaii.


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To some of us, canceling baseball is as bad as canceling religious services
America is missing the ritual of spring renewal — baseball
Adam Haney takes a picture of his grandmother Cheryl Springe (center) and her fellow Texas Rangers seasonal employees Eunice de la Barcena (left) and Chris Molina as they gather in the parking lot at Globe Life Field just before what would have been first pitch at the stadium on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Arlington, before the season was postponed due to the new coronavirus.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
By Alan Steelman
1:30 AM on May 2, 2020 CDT
Rogers Hornsby, a Texan, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, major leaguer for 23 seasons and by most accounts the greatest right-hand hitter of all time, was asked once what he did during the off-season. "Just sit and look out my bedroom window and wait for spring," he replied.
Those magical words "pitchers and catchers have reported" mean spring has sprung. Rebirth is afoot. Trees and flowers are blooming, birds on the wing filling the air with chirps and song. The darkness and gloom of winter have lifted, and all seems well in the world again. Until this year.
This has been my life for over 70 consecutive springs now, including an annual pilgrimage to spring training for the past 30 years, first in Florida and the past 17 to Arizona. Amid the anxiety and tragedy surrounding the national lockdown is this hole in my heart from no baseball.
I'm not alone. Fans and players are adapting, poorly in my case. For the first time in any of our lives we have only memories and television replays of games from the past. No one can say when the season will start, if at all this year.
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Rob Rodriquez, 65 and a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, was recently quoted in The New York Times: "In Chicago, we have a long winter," and opening day is the city's robin of spring. "There was always a guy on the radio who would begin with a prayer, and you would think of all you had been through. … Something about opening day makes you think about life and our history."
At the time of Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural summoning the "higher angels of our nature," to heal the wounds and division of the Civil War, the game was already 15 years old.
It is a game unlike any of the others we play. Is it any coincidence that the game was first played on the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, N.J., a name taken from Greek mythology that means "the abode of the blessed after death or any state of perfect happiness or paradise."
The blood sports, as I will describe them, football and hockey, are manifestations of our human need to dominate, humiliate and prove our physical superiority over others. Basketball, a fast-paced run-and-gun sport is played increasingly by men and women who are tall by most standards and therefore, while less violent, still a "dominate" sport.
Not baseball. Described once as chess at 90 miles per hour, baseball is a game of nuance. Those who say it's too slow simply don't understand the game. It is unique as a sport that lacks a clock, the playing field outside the infield lacks prescribed dimensions, and the offense never has the ball.
Cooperstown, N.Y., home of the Baseball Hall of Fame, is to baseball fans what the Vatican is to Catholics and Mecca to Muslims, the game's most holy site. Here all the game's greatest players are enshrined, along with every imaginable form of memorabilia from their playing days.
Further, the game is played in places that become sacred to their fans. Among my missions in life has been to visit each major league park, and I am not alone in this. Every summer brings stories of fans who are doing the same.
What touches the heart and renews faith more than sunshine, blue sky, dogs and children? At these parks, you will find all of these, with events like "Bark in the Park" for owners to take their dogs, usually outfitted in the home team's colors. Little boys and girls bring their gloves hoping for a foul ball, and wait around to get an autograph from their favorite players, or a sugar-high from a big cone of cotton candy. Among things you will not find are scantily clad cheerleaders.
These parks are like cathedrals to many fans. The Texas Rangers played in a stadium dubbed "The Temple" by Dallas sports radio host Mike Rhyner. Fenway in Boston and Wrigley in Chicago are sacred places, both over 100 years old and still carrying on. Is it only coincidental that the two most famous curses, the Curse of the Bambino and the Billy Goat Curse, afflicted these fields and doomed their respective teams to more than a century of failing to win a World Series?
In his book Baseball as a Road to God, John Sexton outlines the parallels between religion and baseball. I will provide the examples: Faith (wait 'til next year), doubt ('dem Bums), conversion (I used to be a Yankees fan), miracles (Mets 1969), blessings and curses (Bambino Curse and Billy Goat Curse), Holy Trinity (three outs per inning and three strikes and you're out), resurrection (Field of Dreams), sin (Houston Astros), redemption (Houston Astros? — time will tell).
As Ranger fans, we have faith that someday we'll have a World Series parade, as we relive over and over in our tortured minds the agony of the Nelson Cruz misplay.
Yet, in those immortal words of Ron Washington, the only manager to take us to the World Series, when our greatest game gives us the inexplicable, as life often does, "That's the way baseball go."
Alan Steelman is a former Republican member of Congress representing Dallas, a management consultant, and author of the book "Yoga on the Yellow Brick Road, Exiting the A.S.A.P. Lane, Calm Your Mind." He wrote this column for The Dallas Morning News.
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I took mine apart a couple of weekends ago and messed up one of the bearings trying to put it back together. When I called and ordered the new parts I also had them send me this schematic because I could only find the 5.1 online. They are pretty close to each other, but figured I'd post it anyway!


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Hraběnka Terezie Eleonora z Ugarte, rozená říšská hraběnka ze Žďáru (německy Theresia Eleonore von Sahr, latinsky de Sara či de Sora, * zřejmě 1639 snad v Praze či ve Vídni - 30. ledna 1705 snad na svém zámku v Borovnici či v Kostelci nad Orlicí na tzv. starém zámku Zárubů z Hustířan). Pohřbena byla v kryptě poutního kostela Panny Marie Bolestné na vrchu Homoli u Borovnice.

Původ z rodu hrabat ze Žďáru a další příbuzní
Tato energická, podnikavá a upřímně zbožná dáma pocházela z významné a velmi zámožné katolické rodiny říšských hrabat Žďárských ze Žďáru, jež proslula svým dlouhodobým katolictvím a věrnou službou habsburským panovníkům, za což již od 1. poloviny 16. století sklízela zasloužené plody vzestupu.

Jejím otcem byl Florian Jetřich, první říšský hrabě ze Žďáru (1598–1653), přední stoupenec Mariánského kultu v českých zemích, zakladatel lorety v Hájku u Prahy, vysoký královský úředník – např. pozdější dvorní maršálek českého královského dvora, velký palatin, údajně i místodržitel království, rada habsburských císařů a králů a ve Středních Čechách oficiální rekatolizátor těchto území ve 20. letech 17. století. Matkou byla (až přehnaně zbožná a přísná) Alžběta Korona Bořitová z Martinic (asi 1603/4–1649) z katolicky činorodé a slavné rodiny hrabat z Martinic, kteří v 17. století byli považováni za jednu z 10 nejvýznamnějších aristokratických rodin celého království. Terezie Eleonora byla mj. vnučkou defenestrovaného místodržitele a předního politika doby rudolfinské i za třicetileté války Jaroslava (II.) Bořity z Martinic. Zároveň byla neteří neméně významných politiků následující doby – dlouhodobého Nejvyššího pražského purkrabího (tj. šéfa zemské vlády) Bernarda Ignáce hraběte z Martinic či kancléře českého krále hraběte Jiřího Adama z Martinic.

Vlivní sourozenci
Hraběnka přišla zřejmě na svět jako poslední dítě v bezmála 30letém manželství rodičů. Měla 5 (přeživších) sester, jež se provdaly do významných rodin (Nosticů, Šternberků, Caretto-Millesimů, Slavatů z Chlumu a Košumberka, Hýzrlů z Chodů, Švihovských z Rýzmberka, hrabat z Magnis či Myslíků z Hyršova) a dva bratry, z nichž se dospělosti dožil jen František Adam Eusebius. Tento bratr se stal druhým a zároveň i posledním říšským hrabětem ze Žďáru. Zemřel sice již v roce 1670, měl ale na většinu svých sester, včetně Terezie Eleonory značný vliv v otázkách náboženství. Podobně velký vliv na ní měla i sestra Marie Maxmiliána Eva Terezie, ovdovělá baronka Slavatová a posléze Hýzrlová z Chodů, která žila nedaleko od Borovnice – na hradě Košumberku u Luže. Ta mladší sestru Terezii Eleonoru mj. inspirovala ve výstavbě poutního areálu na Homoli podle vzoru lužského areálu na Chlumku.

Manželství s panem Petrem z Ugarte
Terezie Eleonora se provdala za zámožného barona a pozdějšího hraběte Petra ml. z Ugarte. Jeho rod pocházel ze severního Španělska (Baskicka) a za třicetileté války přišel do českých zemí z habsburského Nizozemí. Petr se dokázal uplatnit u dvora ve Vídni i na bojištích třicetileté války a dosáhl hraběcího titulu i generelátu. Terezie Eleonora byla jeho druhou chotí a měla s ním několik dětí – mj. syna, jenž předčasně zemřel a jedinou přeživší dceru Marii Maxmiliánu z Ugarte, provdanou baronku a posléze hraběnku Zárubovou z Hustířan. K té si Terezie Eleonora vytvořila blízké niterné pouto, které přispělo i k tomu, že se již jako vdova - v roce 1688 - odstěhovala z velkomezeříčského zámku a Vídně do malého (nově zakoupeného a vystavěného) zámku v Borovnici (na Kosteleckoorlicku), aby byla své dceři co nejblíže.

Hraběnka jako silná vdova
Po smrti manžela Petra hraběte z Ugarte spravovala místo nevlastního nezletilého syna obrovské panství Velké Meziříčí na Českomoravské Vysočině. Zde sídlila na honosném zámku, původně goticko-renesančním hradě Berků z Dubé. O majetek se starala údajně velmi pečlivě. Ve Velkém Meziříčí jí měšťané však příliš v lásce neměli, prosazovala totiž tvrdě a přísně svoji vládu a snažila se ve prospěch dědice hraběte z Ugarte omezovat Meziříčským jejich svobody a výsady, což vedlo k dlouhodobým těžkým sporům. Únava z těchto půtek zřejmě také přispěla k jejímu pozdějšímu odchodu na východočeský statek v Borovnici.

Přesídlení do Borovnice a závěr života

V Borovnici sídlila na malém neokázalém barokním zámku a snažila se panství rozšířit a pozvednout hospodářsky, nábožensky i kulturně. Na blízkém vrchu Homoli tak nechala vystavit poutní areál Panny Marie Bolestné, který se přiřadil k nejvýznamnějším poutním střediskům východních Čech. Pod Homolí založila a provozovala českou školu pro stovky dětí z okolních 10 vsí. Na panství opravovala a stavěla i jiné církevní stavby (např. kostel v Sudslavi).

Dožila se na dobu baroka solidního věku asi 66 let a zemřela, jak bylo již výše zmíněno, u své dcery 30. ledna roku 1705. Její portrét prý byl dlouho k vidění v kostelu v Sudslavi. Podle nových zjištění se však zřejmě ztratil, proto její podobu prozatím neznáme.

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Hraběnky
Narození v roce 1639
Úmrtí v roce 1705
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