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January 21, 2013 at 12:04 a.m.

For the next two weeks, this is Ray Lewis‘ world. We’re just covering it.

You have to hand it to the old linebacker. What he now lacks in physical talent, he makes up with miles of charisma. Actually, charisma isn’t the right word. Ray Lewis transcends charisma. His personality traits no longer are contained by the English language.

Who else tearfully emotes to the heavens with a wild glint in his eye … during “The Star-Spangled Banner”? Who can turn even the most mundane question from a media member into a rambling, emotional monologue about faith, trust and perseverance?

Call it the passion of the Ray.

“For me to come out and say that this is my last ride and for me now to be headed back to the Super Bowl for me possibly winning a second ring, how else do you cap off a career?” Lewis said following the Baltimore Ravens‘ 28-13 win over the New England Patriots on Sunday night. “How else do you honor your fans and give them everything they cheer for?

“Baltimore is one of the most loyal places since 1996 that I’ve ever been around. And the greatest reward you could ever give them is another chance at a Super Bowl. So man, the last ride? I can only tell you I’m along for the ride.”

It’s classic Ray Lewis. It’s hard to tell exactly what he’s talking about, but you can feel it. Maybe.

For the other Ravens, these playoffs are about giving Lewis a storybook ending to his career. He said Sunday it can be difficult walking into a locker room sometimes, knowing so many players want a moment of his time. That’s kind of an odd thing to say, but then again, few players have ever commanded more respect in a locker room than No. 52.

“I’ve always said, ‘When you leave your legacy, what will your legacy be?’ ” Lewis said. “And to hear men tell you they love you. And to hear men tell you they respect the life that you live. It’s the ultimate.”

Everything Ray Lewis says sounds like the final speech from your favorite sports movie. Now we get to sit back and see how it all ends.

from:  http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000129014/article/ray-lewis-takes-his-movie-life-to-the-final-scene

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Ray Lewis was born on May 15th, 1975 according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_lewis

May 15th, 1975

5 + 15 +1+9+7+5 = 42 = his life lesson = Everybody loves Ray Lewis.

Two of Cups Tarot card

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May 15th, 1975

May 15th

5 + 15 +2+0+1+2 = 25 = his personal year (from May 15th, 2012 to May 14th, 2013) = Excitement.  Thrilling.  Rooting for the underdog.

Knight of Wands Tarot card

25 year + 1 (January) = 26 = his personal month (from January 15th, 2013 to February 14th, 2013) = Photos.  Fans.  Popular.  In the news.  Making headlines.

26 month + 3 (3rd of the month on Sunday February 3rd, 2013) = 29 = his personal day = Teamwork.  Cooperation.  Self-confidence.

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VIDEO:  Are critics of the girl's rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" being too harsh?

July 31, 2012

Eleven-year-old Harper Gruzins practiced “The Star-Spangled Banner” for weeks, but spectators showed little appreciation when she performed it Saturday at a Major League Soccer game in Dallas.

About 22,000 fans inside the stadium offered some polite applause, and a few boos, but the reaction online has been swift and harsh.

The blog Deadspin called it “the worst national anthem rendition ever,” and people on Twitter weren’t any kinder. Some Tweets characterized her performance as “tragic,” while another said it was worse than that of Roseanne Barr’s, who sang the anthem off-key at a baseball game in 1990, then grabbed her crotch and spat.

Viewers of a video of Harper’s performance will notice that she appeared to slow the tempo of the song, injected many vocal flourishes and had less-than-perfect pitch.

She acknowledges that  it “wasn’t my best performance,” but told ABC News‘ Ryan Owens in an interview that the sound of some fans’ horns threw her off-key.

“I started to sing and was like, ‘That’s the wrong key.’ Once you start the national anthem, you don’t want to start over and humiliate yourself,” she said.

Her parents rushed to her defense.

“Things people are saying are really heartbreaking. And just mean. Spiteful and mean,” her mother, Kelli Gruzins, said.

Her father, Karlis Gruzins, said the reaction has been hard to handle.

“What I feel like doing is just unplug her, take her out of everything and just protect her. Hide her. Keep her from people hurting her,” he said.

Other far more famous singers have also taken heat for botching the national anthem, which is famously hard to sing.

In January, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler endured countless jabs after screaming the song before an NFL game.

In July, country music singer Luke Bryan apologized for reading the words to the anthem off his hand while singing at the Major League Baseball All-Star game.

Christina Aguilera flubbed her rendition of the anthem at the Super Bowl earlier this year. She hit all the right notes, but mangled the lyrics.

In 2009, pop singer Jesse McCartney skipped multiple verses of the anthem while performing at a NASCAR event in California.

Like Bryan, singer Michael Bolton broke from his overly passionate performance of the anthem to look at crib notes scrawled on his hand at Boston’s Fenway Park in 2003.

And singer Macy Gray was booed and ridiculed for her tentative, offbeat rendition of the national anthem at the Pro Football Hall of Fame exhibition game in 2001.

from:  http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/11-old-singer-explains-worst-national-anthem-rendition-120943250–abc-news-topstories.html

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using the number/letter grid:

 
1      2      3       4       5       6      7      8      9
A      B     C       D       E       F      G      H      I
J      K      L      M      N       O      P      Q      R
S      T      U      V      W      X      Y      Z

Where:

A = 1              J = 1              S = 1

B = 2              K = 2             T = 2

C = 3              L = 3             U = 3

D = 4              M = 4            V = 4

E = 5              N = 5            W = 5

F = 6              O = 6             X = 6

G = 7              P = 7             Y = 7

H = 8              Q = 8             Z = 8

I = 9               R = 9

 

 

Harper Gruzins 

8  97  9  79  8 51              63 

 

her outer personality = 63 = “Tragic.”

Nine of Swords Tarot card

 

[Fortunately her path of destiny and how she obtains her heart’s desire both = 81, so she’ll get to revisit the anthem and hopefully have a better experience.]

 

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ap joaquin arciago guzman dm 120629 wblog 102 Year Old Filipino Man Becomes U.S. Citizen

June 29, 2012               2:20pm

Like many young immigrants, Joaquin Arciago Guzman came to the United States looking for the  American dream. In 1928, at age 18, he left the Philippines for the Salinas Valley in California to harvest lettuce and cabbage for 40 cents an hour.

Eighty-four years later, at the age of 102, Guzman placed his hand over his heart and took the U.S. Oath of Allegiance Wednesday.

Guzman, along with 7,300 others, participated in a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center,  the Los Angeles Daily News reports.

“I’m happy,” Guzman told the Daily News after the ceremony, speaking in Tagalog, the official language of the Philippines.

Only 27 people older than age 100 have become U.S. citizens in the past 50 years, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration office. The oldest person to ever receive citizenship was 117 years old.

Guzman’s wife, and two of their adult children became U.S. citizens, but  Guzman never applied.

Guzman, who has 20  grandchildren, wanted to renew his green card when his niece and caretaker, Julie Guzman, recommended he go  for citizenship. But he was nervous about answering U.S. history questions during the interview, she said.

A paralegal helped convince Guzman that citizenship would be wiser, and cheaper, than renewing his green card.

“From there he could not sleep,” Julie Guzman said. “He’d always been wondering how he is going to answer the officer. Every day he’d sleep from only 12 to 1 a.m., and he kept reading the history book. Then I said, ‘Darling you don’t need to memorize that.’”

Even after a doctor signed a waiver saying Guzman is unable to memorize information, he kept studying, his niece said.

Julie Guzman, already a citizen herself, attended the ceremony Wednesday to  support her uncle. She said Guzman, who speaks little English, is hard of hearing and most likely couldn’t understand the judge administering the oath.

The day of the ceremony, Guzman woke up  at 5 a.m., excited and worrying about how his hair looked. During the ceremony, Julie Guzman helped her uncle out of his wheelchair so that he could  stand during the singing of the  Star-Spangled Banner and the citing of the Pledge of Allegiance. While he stood, Guzman, from North Hollywood, Calif., placed his hand over his heart, next to an American flag in his coat pocket.

“He was so happy. He was so excited,” his niece  said. ”We’re so very, very proud of him.”

from:  http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/06/102-year-old-filipino-man-becomes-u-s-citizen/

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using the number/letter grid:

 
1      2      3       4       5       6      7      8      9
A      B     C       D       E       F      G      H      I
J      K      L      M      N       O      P      Q      R
S      T      U      V      W      X      Y      Z

Where:

A = 1              J = 1              S = 1

B = 2              K = 2             T = 2

C = 3              L = 3             U = 3

D = 4              M = 4            V = 4

E = 5              N = 5            W = 5

F = 6              O = 6             X = 6

G = 7              P = 7             Y = 7

H = 8              Q = 8             Z = 8

I = 9               R = 9

 

 

Joaquin Guzman

1             7

 

his primary challenge = JG = 17 = Longevity.  Inspirational.

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