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Elon Musk seems to beg Tesla's board to save him from himself
by Patty Hardy
— Aug 19, 2018
Leaving the issues aside, popular Youtuber and avid Tesla fan Marques Brownlee released an in-depth interview with Musk discussing science, technology and other important points that have nothing to do with the painful news circulating since last week. "If you have anyone who can do a better job, please let me know", Musk told the Times, adding: "They can have the job".
By his own admission, this year has been "excruciating" for Elon Musk. "It was excruciating", Musk said in the hour-long interview, in which he reportedly choked up a few times.
Currently, the price for Tesla Model 3 starts from $35,000 and Model S from $75,000.
But the Times did more digging, reporting there were also board members concerned - with his erratic behavior and frequent use of Ambien, sometimes leading to late-night tweets that make him AND his company look bad.
"I thought the worst of it was over", he told The New York Times. People familiar with board members claim that the board is also aware that Musk has previously used recreational drugs.
If delisted, Tesla could operate without requirements for financial reports and other pressures of a publicly traded firm. The paper described a sleep-deprived CEO working 120 hours per week who hasn't taken a substantial vacation since 2001.
But he said in the interview that he plans to remain in his role as Tesla's CEO and COO, though Tesla's board is reportedly searching for a number two executive to lighten his load.
There are multiple reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the disclosure.
Thousands await rescue amid deadly south Indian floods
Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) officials said on Friday evening that 2,600 villages have been flooded. Hundreds of thousands have been shifted to relief camps as almost 100 dams, reservoirs and rivers have overflowed.
Report says Google to launch own smart display in time for holidays
However, the tech giant is yet to launch its own smart speaker with a screen, but it looks to change that this year. Majorly, Amazon is the biggest competitor, this is why company decided to make their own Google Smart Displays.
All Blacks Punish Wallabies Mistakes To Win Bledisloe Opener
Robertson and Polota-Nau will partner Sekope Kepu in the front row, while Reece Hodge has been named at outside centre as expected.
At the time, the SEC subpoenaed a parts supplier working with the electric auto maker, one of the sources said.
The founder of the electric vehicle manufacturer, who oversees other ambitious companies like SpaceX and The Boring Company, spoke of the deterioration in his physical health and the overwork which almost caused him to miss his brother's wedding.
While he says he has no plans to stop tweeting, he acknowledged that he's promised not to tweet about going private without approval from the board in the future.
'This has really come at the expense of seeing my kids.
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Musk was frequently "choked up" when he told reporters about how his personal life has suffered because of his (admittedly ambitious) work. In May he rebuked stock analysts for asking "boring, bonehead" questions, while in July he accused a British caver involved in the rescue of a Thai youth soccer team from a flooded cave of being a pedophile. They can have the job.
Musk tweeted that he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private and avoid the quarterly earnings pressures from Wall Street.
The brokerage said the carmaker's premium Model 3 sedan will also not produce better profit margins than a conventional BMW BMWG.DE . Musk said he flew directly from the Tesla Gigafactory and arrived just two hours before the ceremony, after the ceremony he returned immediately to work. Is there someone who can do the job better? "They can have the reins right now", he said.
Musk, 47, said that he is suffering the effects of dealing with production deadlines for his Tesla auto and the fallout from a federal investigation.
Trump Calls On SEC to Study Ending Quarterly Reporting
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan passes away
Hyundai takes on Porsche, Lexus with new Genesis SUV 1/18/2020
Carlos Ghosn's Eastern attorneys quit after faded Nissan chief absconds 1/18/2020
Electric/Hybrid - Hyundai and Kia announce strategic investment to develop electric commercial vehicles 1/18/2020
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) Cut to "Neutral" at Piper Sandler 1/17/2020
The world's largest asset manager, BlackRock, focuses on climate change 1/17/2020
China posts weakest growth in 29 years as United States trade war bites 1/17/2020
Milestone Cooperation: Israel Starts Pumping Natural Gas to Egypt 1/17/2020
United flight returns to Newark in flames 1/17/2020
China economy grows in 2019 but with slowest pace in three decades 1/17/2020
Bose to Close Retail Stores in North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan 1/17/2020
Gucci among brands hit after House of Fraser collapsed owing £484m
There is now no engagement, and no plans for any engagement, with no stock moving in or out of the warehouses, the source said. The £90 million rescue bid saw Sports Direct acquire all 59 House of Fraser stores, the brand and all of the retailer's stock.
Emery 'happy without the result' as Arsenal comeback falls short
It's time to back your Premier League winning bet - register with BetInKenya here ! And now here is Arsenal's last six away.... On how he feels after the first two games ...
MPs call for vaping rules to be relaxed
It will review the impact of electronic cigarettes on health, their effectiveness as a stop-smoking tool and current regulations. E-cigarettes are not covered by the smoking legislation which bans the use of cigarettes in all enclosed public and work places.
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocks Indonesia's Lombok island: USGS
Its epicentre is 167 miles (270km) east of Levuka in Fiji and 275 miles (443km) west of Neiafu in Tonga. The quake's depth at 347.7 miles (560 km) would have dampened the shaking at the surface.
Sony's PlayStation VR hits 3 million systems sold. Is that a lot?
And to commemorate this instance, Sony has made a decision to announce the launch two upcoming games to PSVR . The Microsoft device (the HoloLens), unlike the others, is classified as a "mixed reality" headset.
Tropical Storm Ernesto On The Way
EDT on Thursday, August 16, 2018, due the presence of Invest 99L which may become a tropical cyclone over the Atlantic Ocean. It is set to arrive on the United Kingdom in the early hours of Sunday morning, but will only hit certain areas.
Chelsea are not title contenders yet, claims Sarri
And Kovacic is set to get that at Chelsea with Sarri planning to partner him with N'Golo Kante and Jorginho in a midfield three. I think he's not ready now for 90 minutes, but maybe, tomorrow, for the first 30 or the last 30 minutes he could be used.
Lara Trump: who is the 'good Trump' that offered Omarosa 'hush money'?
Before joining the administration, Manigault Newman handled African-American outreach for Trump's presidential campaign. But according to Trump , Mark Burnett , producer of The Apprentice , told Trump that the "n-word tape" did not exist.
Vladimir Putin dances at Austria wedding before meeting Angela Merkel
The two leaders were scheduled to make statements before the talks, but there were no plans for a news conference afterward. Merkel said a four-way meeting on Syria involving Germany, Russia, Turkey, and France is possible.
Tom Brady, New England Patriots quarterback, plays well vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia's Shelton Gibson had five catches for 90 yards and a 4-yard TD reception in the second quarter that made it 17-7. Patriots: First-round draft choice Isaiah Wynn was taken away from the medical tent on a cart with a left ankle injury.
"Frozen 99 million years": In ancient amber discovered beetle pollinator
The beetles were so involved with cycads that they evolved special adaptations like mandibular patches that transport pollen . Its length is only a couple millimetres, the insect has long mandibles, which is traditional for cycads pollinators.
Woman's Contact Lens Found In Her Eye After 28 Years, Internet Horrified
On doing a surgery to remove the lump, they found the old contact lens inside - perfectly intact. The doctors assume that this drooping was due to the embedded contact lens, they wrote.
Meat-heavy low-carb diets can 'shorten lifespan'
Dr Aseem Malhotra, a London-based cardiologist and anti-obesity campaigner, questioned the validity of the study . However, the key is eating it in moderation and incorporating vegetables, lentils and nuts to your diet.
New Cases Bring Measles Count To 3 In Florida's Gulf Coast
While it is rare in the United States, it is still a common disease in places like Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says some of those confirmed cases were reported locally.
NSW fires burn amid drought conditions
Two separate blazes in Ellangowan and Ramornie in northern NSW were also downgraded from watch and act warnings to advice alerts. The RFS has urged property owners to think twice before burning off on Wednesday, as temperatures rise to the mid-20s.


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from Georgetown University, this is venture forward a series of conversations with entrepreneurs in and around Georgetown, in which we discussed the startups they've launched, the obstacles they've encountered, and the small wins that have made all the difference. Here is your host, Jacki Abbey.
Welcome to venture forward. I'm Jacki Abbey, a strategist and graduate of the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. In this first season, I will introduce you to some of the most ambitious and intriguing young entrepreneurs in Washington DC. They are winners of shark tank, a dynamic business pitch competition at Georgetown University, where $100,000 is awarded every year. There's also a social impact element of this competition. One of the judges criteria is that the businesses need to create value in and among the communities that they target. I can tell you that the student entrepreneurs took that challenge and ran with it. For most of them, it came quite naturally. And you'll see that as their stories unfold in these episodes. The Shark Tank competition is underwritten by the Leonsis family. Ted Leonsis owns monumental sports and entertainment home the Washington Capitals, wizards and the mystics. He and his two children are all Georgetown alumni who have found really creative ways to help build up the entrepreneurial community here where students are continually launching and growing new businesses, both locally and around the globe. Now on to season one of venture forward and the award winning entrepreneurs at Georgetown

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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The health impacts of those living miles away from a former nuclear weapons plant are being studied, more than 25 years after it closed down.
Earlier this week, thousands of homeowners reached a $375 million settlement over their claims that plutonium releases from Rocky Flats damaged their health and devalued their property.
A federal judge must approve the agreement before it officially ends the 26-year legal battle between the residents and two corporations that ran the plant for the federal government.
Rocky Flats manufactured plutonium triggers for nuclear warheads until it closed in 1989 because of safety and environmental concerns. It's the most prominent of Colorado's Cold War relics, which also included a nerve gas manufacturing site east of Denver.
"We used top ride horses back in those areas where it was not developed," said Tiffany Hansen.
Hansen grew up less than four miles away from Rocky Flats.
Until she started having her own health issues, Hansen never knew that growing up near Rocky Flats could have been the cause.
"I wanted to try and find and see other people that had similar experiences and coordinate and organize people," said Hansen.
The Rocky Flats Downwinders began a community survey designed to compile health impacts of those living in the area.
"I'm hoping to hear from anyone who lived here during the time of 1952 through 1992," said Hansen.
Metro State University of Denver, University of Colorado and Colorado State University professors will study the surveys and compile the data from the former residents.
"The concern is a lot of development has happened here and there's been no health surveys. We don't know what's going on with people who grew up here, with people I went to school with, how is their health now. If we don't know how are we making decisions to do further development when we haven't done the research," said Hansen.
To be eligible for the survey, residents must have lived in the area from the plant east to Interstate 25 during the years the plant was in operation.
Best of luck to all of you. Any chance you can get the grand jury records? Anyone affected as far south as Englewood? Dow Chemical=corporate greed.


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To names that are synonymous with professional wrestling journalism and well known authors, Bill Apter and Gary Morgenstein have joined forced with comic book artist Ian Anselmo merge their storytelling styles with their love of comics to bring forth The Last Wrestler.
There are no two men more qualified to write a graphic novel about professional wrestling than Apter and Morgenstein. Blending their passion for Science Fiction, we know that this is going to be one book that's going to need to be on every fan's shelf.
In the not too distant future, wrestling is threatened by a brutal dictatorship for representing too much individualism. The repressive government controls all aspects of society, including banning all sports. Only wrestling remains. In a world where conformity is ruthlessly enforced, imagine how an evil paranoid regime would view larger-than-life ring personalities mocking authority, questioning, challenging, daring, rousing the people to confront tyranny.
From iconic wrestling journalist-personality Bill Apter (Is Wrestling Fixed? I Didn't Know It Was Broken), acclaimed science fiction writer Gary Morgenstein (A Mound Over Hell) and comic book artist Ian Anselmo (Ian Anselmo's Hero Team) comes The Last Wrestler, a new graphic novel series innovatively merging two powerful and popular genres – wrestling and science fiction – to build a dark and dangerous world where a female wrestling superhero and her reluctant daughter are the only persons who can save America and restore democracy.
The Last Wrestler is populated by memorable characters like the great wrestler Mastermind G, who risks her life to take on the government – and her former lover Tri Bain, the dictator; her daughter Cara Zemis, whose desire for a normal life battles loyalty to her family's legacy; and an array of wrestlers such as El Teco, heir to the Lucha Libre tradition, masked wrestler Real Charming and powerhouse Headbutt Jenkins, as well as O.S. (Old School) Lewis, who promotes matches in the Mega-Wrestling Palace in New York.
After suffering devastating blows at the hands of the dictatorship, the brave resistance moves into underground wrestling clubs throughout the country to continue the fight, where the ruthless Tri Bain, bitter and lonely, is determined to crush freedom forever, aided by the immoral Juancho Dadi, head of the Internal Guardians secret police.
Unless they're stopped by The Last Wrestler.
BILL APTER – From his days as a magazine writer, photographer, broadcaster, wrestling convention host, and special guest on hundreds of wrestling TV programs, Bill Apter has become a legend in his chosen field in a career which spans an amazing 50 years and is still going strong. Most recently Apter published his fascinating autobiography Is Wrestling Fixed? I Didn't Know It Was Broken.
GARY MORGENSTEIN — Gary Morgenstein's new science fiction-baseball novel A Mound Over Hell, set in 2098 following America's defeat by Islam in World War Three as baseball begins its final season ever. This is the first book in The Dark Depths series. His previous novels were Jesse's Girl; Loving Rabbi Thalia Kleinman; Take Me Out to the Ballgame and The Man Who Wanted to Play Center Field for the New York Yankees. A playwright as well, Morgenstein wrote the critically acclaimed off-Broadway sci-fi rock musical The Anthem, as well as the sci-fi musical Mad Mel Saves the World. His stage dramas include A Tomato Can't Grow in the Bronx, Right on Target, Ponzi Man and Saving Stan. He is a former editor-writer for Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
IAN ANSELMO – Ian Anselmo is the creator of the children's comic, Ian Anselmo's Hero Team, under the Wow-Wee comics banner and is also editor of the street and knife fighting book, How To Be A Modern Day Moro: A Little Book on Street and Knife Fighting and How to Get the Guts to Win. A science fiction and wrestling enthusiast, Ian is a student of the University of Central Florida, working toward his degree in Technical Editing.


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Yeshiva University men's basketball team wins in 2nd round of NCAA Division III tournament, headed to Sweet 16
By	Ami Eden	 March 7, 2020 10:26 pm
(JTA) — In a dose of spiritual medicine for a community hit by the coronavirus, Yeshiva University's men's basketball team continued its record-breaking season with a dominant second-round win in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
The Maccabees notched a 102-83 victory on Saturday night over Penn State Harrisburg for their 29th straight win behind a triple double from senior forward Gabe Leifer (10 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists) and a game-high 30 points from sophomore guard Ryan Turell. The Macs, who shot 65.1%, including 64.7% from 3-point range, have advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history.
The game took place in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins University's 1,100-seat Goldfarb Gym. Due to coronavirus-related concerns in Maryland, spectators were not permitted to attend the game.
The team's record run comes as Y.U. was forced to cancel all in-person classes at its two Manhattan campuses after one student tested positive for coronavirus. Many of Y.U.'s network of alumni, faculty and supporters live in New York-area Modern Orthodox communities that have been hit by quarantines and cancellations, as well as several positive tests for the coronavirus.
A hotel in suburban Baltimore canceled the team's reservation over coronavirus concerns.
Y.U., which ran its record to 29-1 and is ranked No. 15 in the nation, won in the opening round of the tournament in a blowout over Worcester Polytechnic in a late Friday afternoon game that ended shortly before the start of the Jewish Sabbath. The team had minimal time to warm up for its Saturday night game, which started about two hours after Shabbat ended. Penn State Harrisburg was playing the day after its double-overtime upset over Johns Hopkins.
This year marks only the second time that the Y.U. men's basketball team has qualified for the NCAA tournament. In 2018, the Maccabees lost in the opening round to York College.
Y.U.'s high-octane motion offense was on display in Baltimore, racking up 102 points in both games. Saturday's victory sets up an intriguing third-round matchup against defensive powerhouse Randolph-Macon College, a school located in Ashland, Virginia, and ranked third in Division III.
Yeshiva University's 50-game winning streak ends with 73-59 loss at home
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Amar'e Stoudemire says he's ready for a 'shidduch' and to remarry
By	Shira Hanau	 December 29, 2021 11:33 am
The top 10 Jewish sports moments of 2021
By	JTA Staff	 December 28, 2021 1:22 pm Updated December 30, 2021 11:05 pm
International Olympic Committee says countries that ban Israeli athletes won't be allowed to host competitions
By	Shira Hanau	 December 23, 2021 3:51 am
'Is this really Y.U.?' At Yeshiva U., students get used to their basketball team winning again and again
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High School Spirit! cowbiscuits | UK Lifestyle, Style and Beauty Blog.: High School Spirit!
I loooove High School Musical! and the style. Have you seen that high school jock style jacket in Topshop? Very much in love with it.
I love that oufit. My guilty film pleasures would be all the dancing movies! Seriously Step Up, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, if they are dancing in it, I am watching!!
haha. zac efron is so cute! :D and i love glee as well. <3 your outfit.
Haha this is great! You make High School Musical look good, which takes some doing :) Lovely blog!
honestly, i do not have any film guity pleasure... but should i have?
I'm afraid to say I'm a high school musical nerd too! I own all 3 films and although I cringe at probably half the film lengths, they're fabulous! :) I like your take on Vanessa's outfit, I envy that girl so damn much!
What a crative idea! Love your look, you look so cute!
You are dam cool in this outfit, It makes you look as a champ.High school spirit shirts comes to my mind.
Not faze - it's phase.


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It may be recalled here that world leaders agreed two years back that by 2030 all girls and boys should be able to complete free quality primary and secondary education, but chronic under-funding is holding back progress. According to the report, Pakistan is struggling with its large out-of-school population, including 11 million children out of primary schools – the most absolute number of children out of school anywhere in the world, though Liberia tops the ranking for the worst access to primary schools with 62 per cent proportion of children missing out on primary school. A further eight million children are out of secondary schools (48 per cent of lower secondary school-age children). Pakistan also has a staggering 10.4 million adolescents out of upper secondary school.
There is also a wide gulf between school completion rate and education attainment between the rich and poor; urban and rural based and between boys and girls. Poor rural males have a literacy rate of 64 per cent, but their female counterparts pale in comparison with 14 per cent. Many 10-year-olds had never been to school, had already left (often because of not benefiting from the experience) or were in a lower grade and had not yet developed reading skills. While 89 per cent of grade 10 students could read a very simple text, only 64 per cent of sampled 14-year-olds could do so, a difference of 25 percentage points.
One factor for this has been fewer resources allocated to education, with Pakistan committing only 11.3 per cent of total government expenditure to the sector as opposed to the recommended minimum benchmark of 15 per cent. According to experts, domestic financing is the largest and most important source of funds for the sector. Pakistan's commitment to education is reflected in its longstanding target of spending four per cent of the GDP on education. The target was set in 1992 and the pledge has been repeated in government policies and education sector plans since then.
However, spending has so far fallen far short of the target. In recent years, the allocation has not exceeded 2.5 per cent of the GDP, and only reached 2 per cent in 2013-14.In absolute terms, Pakistan spent $5.3 billion on education in 2013-14. Given the current spending patterns, Pakistan faces enormous financing challenges. According to For All Global Monitoring Report (EFA GMR), to meet post-2015 education goals by 2030, the country will have to increase its current per student expenditure by 10 times at the pre-primary level, by six times at the primary level, and by four times at the lower secondary level.
Pakistan is among a minority of lower-middle income countries which will need to roughly double spending on basic education to achieve goals by 2030, and will have to increase proportion of GDP allocations to basic education by almost three times. The small size of allocations for the education sector in Pakistan is largely related to the government's capacity to raise tax revenue. The government's capacity to raise revenue through taxation is extremely limited as the federal government has not been able to raise the tax-to-GDP ratio for several years.
The case study points out that tax reforms remain a huge public policy hurdle, with little will within parliament to implement measures required to improve tax revenues. While the Federal Board of Revenue's tax collection has increased in absolute terms, it has remained at just 8.7 per cent of the GDP for the past 10 years — among the lowest proportions in the world.
Despite the signal of strong commitment, a significant proportion of funds allocated for the education sector remains unspent. Budget-tracking exercises over the past couple of years reveal patterns of under-spending for both recurrent and development expenditure in all provinces. Between 2010-11 and 2013-14, nine per cent to 13 per cent of Punjab's education budget remained unspent.
Data for Sindh also reveals erratic patterns in spending of education funds; nearly a quarter of the education budget remained unspent in 2013-14, equivalent to $310 million. This amount could support 2.7 million primary children in schools. Spending in the smaller provinces — Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan — appears to be better, with the former spending more than its budgetary allocations in some years.
The country also receives bilateral and multilateral aid for the education sector and these funds are important for supporting the education system. Aid to education has dramatically increased from $20m in 2002 to $432m in 2012. Pakistan is among the top 10 countries receiving aid for education. One potential reason for the relatively large amount of aid it receives may be that donor countries are keen to continue engagement for geopolitical and security reasons, the study says.
Aid to basic education has been the main focus of the official development assistance to Pakistan, accounting for more than 50 per cent of the total aid to education since 2002. The proportion of aid to higher education exceeds spending on secondary education and its share has been increasing. A reason for changing priorities within education is related to a shift in priorities by donors over the years. Donor coordination has always been difficult in Pakistan. With about 30 donors working in the education sector, it has been a tough task to coordinate their activities and funding. One reason for lack of effective and sustained coordination has been lack of a strong position by the federal government to spearhead initiatives. The situation has worsened after the 18th Amendment.


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The Bachelorette: Bennett Jordan looks back on what he could have done differently to win Tayshia Adams heart
Wed Jun 02, 2021 at 10:31am ET
By Lucille Barilla
Tayshia Adams and Bennett Jordan were not a love match on Season 16 of The Bachelorette. Pic credit: ABC/Craig Sjodin
Bennett Jordan looked back on what he could have done differently to win the heart of Tayshia Adams during Season 16 of The Bachelorette. He reflected on his decision to return after being eliminated during a season of changes, where Tayshia stepped in after original series star Clare Crawley quickly found love with Dale Moss.
In an interview with Us Weekly, Bennett spoke of his time on the series and his decision to return to compete for Tayshia's heart.
"It was a really tough dance. That was a really heartfelt [moment], you know, and obviously, there's moments that you weren't privy to, right?" Bennett explained.
"For me, I couldn't have done it much differently. I wanted to put myself out there and genuinely let her know how I was feeling," he shared.
Bennett also spoke of contestant Ben Smith, who also returned to try his hand at love once again with the auburn-haired beauty.
"I think even another contestant continued to go on and then use this exact same phrase later, you know, 'Sometimes you just don't know what those feelings are on the magnitude and the depth of them until it's too late,'" the former Bachelorette contestant explained.
"And that was certainly the case for me. And while it's not a regret — things work out the way that they're supposed to — had I been able to have a one-on-one date and really show my heartfelt side, I think things could have potentially been different," Bennett lamented.
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In the end, Tayshia accepted a proposal from Zac Clark. The two remain engaged to this day. Bennett shared his joy for the couple and his hopes for their future together.
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"She seems incredibly happy with Zac and I'm rooting for those guys. I know it's a really tough situation," the handsome shoe designer claimed.
Bennett also cited his joy for Clare and Dale's relationship and said that of all the contestants, he called Dale one of his closest friends during filming along with Dr. Joe Park and Ed Waisbrot.
Bennett shared a unique analogy about starring on The Bachelorette
Bennett claimed that being a part of the cast of the reality dating show is one that is unique to those that experience it.
"It's just a really unique experience, going in and sharing a journey and a show and everything like that," he explained.
"I think it's really tough for people to understand unless you've actually been in those shoes. And then when you have you come out and you have this bond. Joe made a hilarious analogy. He's like, 'I like to equate it to your war brothers. You've gone in and you've been to war together and you'd come out and you've got this, like, you know, solitude to each other.' It is just a one-of-a-kind unbelievable experience that I think that certainly creates a bond for the future."
The Bachelorette returns to ABC beginning Monday June 7 on ABC.
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Making Employers Liable For Their Distracted Drivers
By Sarah Goodyear
Today one of our Streetsblog Network members picks up on some ideas in the latest New York Times article about distracted driving, which focused on workers who multitask in their cars using a variety of electronic devices. The Chicago Bicycle Advocate,
which is written by a personal injury attorney, says that only the
threat of liability for employers may be able to influence this
frightening trend:
Photo by poka0059 via Flickr.
The pressure that many employees, both white collar and
blue, feel to respond to work emails, phone calls and text messages
while on the road may be far more compelling than the remote risk of
being ticketed for doing so. One way to compel employers to institute
cell phone bans is to put them on notice that a failure to institute
such a policy could hit them hard where it hurts, in the purse. We have
reached a point where the dangers of driving while using a cell phone
are so thoroughly documented and well understood that use of a cell
phone while driving should support a cause of action for willful and
wanton misconduct. An employee who causes an accident due to
inattention from cell phone use that results in serious injury or death
should result in the employer being held liable to pay very substantial punitive damages to the victim or the victim's family. In my opinion, existing Illinois law supports this proposition.…
More from the network: The WashCycle celebrates the opening of the new Bike Station at Washington's Union Station by asking where the next one should go. New Haven Safe Streets Coalition has a post about the importance of free broadband access for all citizens — and how that relates to safe streets. And on the Dallas Transportation Blog, readers are talking about the possibility of French involvement in Texas high speed rail.
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My dogs made a new friend this fall. A squirrel decided to vacation in the oak tree in my back yard. The tree's branches stretch in a long line between my roof and the greenbelt behind my house, and the squirrel runs laps through my backyard on nice days.
It was the squirrel that befriended my dogs. Befriend, terrorize, whatever you want to call it, the outcome is the same. He sits in the branches and chatters loudly, calling my dogs out to play. Then he plops himself down on the roof overlooking my deck, back legs splayed out like a butterfly and front legs daintily crossed, and stares calmly down at my dogs as they bark wildly. They can do this for hours.
But I haven't seen the squirrel around much since the time change. My dogs keep vigil on the deck, searching the branches and roof for signs of him, but he hasn't called. My guess is he's holed up with his acorns, getting ready to hibernate.
I know how he feels. Once the time change hits, I want to do the same thing.
Seems like every year between Daylight Savings Time and Groundhog Day, my motivation to get out of bed early and work out dries up like the leaves. I find myself sleeping in and foraging the pantry for all kinds of food I know I shouldn't eat. For me, that's a bad combination: zero exercise + loads of goodies = blah. I end up feeling terrible by Christmas.
Make a date. I selected a race and a date: Austin Half Marathon, February 17. It was an easy race to pick—14 weeks out from the day of decision, and my friend is running it. As I recently discovered, running a race is so much more fun with a friend by your side.
Pen it in. There are many great training plans to choose from. I follow Hal Higdon's 12-week training plan. Seeing my entire plan laid out on paper with my times penciled in as the weeks progress really motivates me, so I keep a paper copy of my training rather than an electronic one.
Post it up. I tack my training calendar on the fridge 2 weeks before my official training start date. I need time to see it, absorb it. Reassure myself that I can do this. I've done it before.
Blab. The best way I know of to commit to a race is to tell everyone I know that I'm going to run it. To say it makes it so.
Get moving. Although I've been "pretraining" for a long time, "real" training begins once I mark my times in pencil on my calendar on Day 1. This time around, I think the first week will be the hardest, partly because Week 1 begins the Monday after Thanksgiving and partly because the mornings are getting colder. On the bright side, maybe my start date will prompt me to not eat enough to feed a family of 4 on Thanksgiving.
Register. I usually register for a race after I start training. This time, I will likely wait until I'm about half way through training. This race is a big one for me. I haven't run a half marathon in over two years and, to be honest, I'm a bit afraid. I haven't run more than 6 miles since I injured my hip two years ago.
Isn't that the way? Fear is the biggest deterrent I know: Fear of injury, discomfort, cold. Failure. But not this time.
As much as I may be afraid that I can't run a half marathon, my bigger fear is that I will become like the squirrel and find my way out of a hole sometime toward the end of winter, wondering where all my time—and training—went.
Last Saturday I ran the Wurst 5 Mile Run in New Braunfels, Texas. I shared the race with 994 other runners at beautiful Landa Park, home to Wurstfest, a week-long party celebrating German culture, food, and beer.
Wurst. What kind of race with "Wurst" in the title wouldn't serve bratwurst? Not this one. There was plenty. I don't usually eat bratwurst, and I've never eaten a wurst right after running, but after this race, I did. Surprisingly, it beats bananas hands-down.
Beer. What's bratwurst without beer? A half fulfilled promise. I couldn't do one without the other, so immediately after crossing the finish line, I headed for the brat line, then the beer line. Another first for me: Drinking beer after a race. I have only one word for all those people who've told me over the years how nice a beer is after a run: Genius.
Tuba. Yes, a tuba. You can't really have a party celebrating all things German without a polka band. You can't really have a polka band without a tuba. And I thought bagpipes were cool at a race, but a tuba? Spectacular.
5 Miles. For the past few years, I've run either 5Ks or half marathons and not a lot in between. A 5 mile race is an enjoyable distance to run. You're out there long enough for the run to start feeling good, but not long enough for it to start feeling bad.
Miranda. My friend. We ran the race together, blabbing the whole time. Except for the last mile, when we pushed ourselves hard to cross the finish line, running at a non-talking pace. This was the first race I've ever run with somebody. I've trained for and entered loads of races with people, but once the starting gun sounds, I've been on my own. I absolutely loved passing the miles and the time during the race itself with a friend by my side. So much so that it wasn't hard for her to talk me into entering the Austin Half Marathon in February, so that we can run it together.
If you're ever in central Texas in November, you might want to think about entering this run. In addition to the food and the tuba, there's lots of great people out having a good time, sporting their lederhosen and knee socks. Next year, I will run with a camera.
A shiny new red lawnmower is sitting in my garage. I was forced to buy it last week when my old one finally died. Old is the operative word. The dead lawnmower was blessed with a long life, having been manufactured when I was still in high school, roughly sometime around the invention of the combustion engine. Three years ago when I took it to Sears for its annual servicing I was told that they don't make most of the parts to service it anymore. I knew then that it was just a matter of time.
I borrowed my sister's lawnmower to cut my grass while I waited for my new lawnmower to arrive. My Chihuahuas disappeared somewhere in the long grass, and I couldn't wait much longer. Her mower is still in my garage, next to my shiny new red one. I am hoping she forgets it's here, in case the grass grows a little more and needs one last cutting before fall decides to stick in Texas.
My mower is so shiny and red and new that I really don't want to use it, to muck it up. I'd simply like to leave it sitting there in my garage, fresh and clean like a shiny red apple.
My friend chuckled when I told him about my new lawnmower holed up in the garage. He suggested that I might be a bit odd.
He may be right. It seems to be my habit to use items longer than they should perhaps be used and to delay using new items simply because they are shiny and new.
I have the same habit with running shoes.
I own 5 pairs of running shoes, yet run in only 2 of them. I received my newest pair as a birthday gift in March. I didn't wear them until July, and even then I ran in them only on nice days. When it rained, I wore my old shoes. My new ones were so shiny and silver and nice that I didn't want to muck them up.
The rest of my running shoes have graduated to other uses, like walking the dogs or mowing the lawn. My lawn mowing shoes are relegated to the garage. Once bright blue and white, they are now a dull green and brown, treads worn off. But useful nevertheless. They've cut many a lawn.
As I considered my lawn mowing shoes and my habit of holding on to things until they can't possibly be used any longer, I remembered where those shoes had taken me. They were the first pair I bought that were strictly for running. They saw me through at least my first 2 half marathons and multiple shorter races. More miles than they should have seen. Passed down from one use to the next. And not ready to be retired yet.
So what's wrong with utility? Or with appreciating the things that are shiny and new?
I wore my new shiny silver shoes this morning to run in the fog. They flashed in the dim light of each passing car, marking my presence on the road. Seems my new shoes are not so new anymore. They're finally working their way into my comfort zone.