John Cena…YOU’RE FIRED!

Until tomorrow, when the stips will once again be rendered meaningless.  You’d think they’d rather just change the title than shoot themselves in the foot and screw over the paying customer yet again, but we all know that’s not how this company plays the game.

WWE Survivor Series 2010 fear John Cena Fired:Welcome to more thoughts from me today. If you read my Sunday’s Random Thoughts today, then you are reading my stuff faithfully and I appreciate you. As for tonight’s show, I have to admit that I may not be a big fan, but I will think my heart out for you. Make sure to check out itswilltime.wordpress.com for more thoughts on this show!
Now on with the thoughts!
1. The streak continues! Daniel Bryan has another really good opening match on PPV. WWE should be thankful to have him in this slot, working in a role similar to Cruiserweights in WCW. Have a good opening match and bring the athleticism.
2. The Miz cutting awesome promos on PPV is good. The Miz having great matches on PPV would be better, I’m happy to see Miz getting time on the show, but feel his character would be built better from bell to bell and not via PPV promos.
3. I’m very surprised to see Sheamus putting over John Morrison. It really shows how far Sheamus has come in the last year. He went from being a rookie that seemed over pushed to a legitimate main eventer with the ability to elevate a not so main event star.
4. I hope that the result of tonight’s WWE Championship match do not change R-Truth’s current character. Aside from the singing to the ring and weak offense, I like the almost heel character that he is playing. A full turn could be fun.
5. Kaval did not have a bad showing on PPV, but I don’t think it bodes well for him that the crowd was not into his match. Hopefully Kaval will rebound from here and possibly have a program with Dolph Ziggler.
6. I’m bummed to see that MVP was the first man eliminated tonight. He’s been doing some pretty good work lately and seems yet again on the verge of another breakout.
7. The elimination match was fun, but nothing special. I didn’t love the way they eliminated Alberto Del Rio, but I don’t know how else they would have done so.
8. Natalya’s victory seemed like the biggest woman’s wrestling moment of this year. It wasn’t a big moment overall, but it was the best we can hope for in the Diva’s division,
9. The Edge and Kane non-finish was awful. I don’t want to see Kane in another PPV main event. Next month at TLC we should have a fun match for Edge, but I feel it may be dragged down by Paul Bearer silliness.
10. It actually amazes me how over Santino’s Cobra is.
Bonus Thoughts!
11. So John Cena is now fired. I appreciate the time they gave him at the end of the main event to let the message sink in, but I also feel that not enough of a big deal was made about Randy Orton successfully defending the championship. That should be the biggest story coming out of this show.
12. Will we see John Cena on Raw tomorrow night? I feel it was a bit of a letdown that we didn’t get the big “You’re fired” moment on PPV tonight. Why did WWE decide to reward TV viewers instead of the people actually paying for the show?
13. How does WWE move forward with this angle? Will we see John Cena come in under a Mr America like mask? Will the mystery GM allow the top superstar on his brand to be fired by another superstar? Does that make any sense?
That’s all for me tonight folks. This was not a good PPV. There were some solid matches, but overall it wasn’t worth the money. It looked like it would be the most eventful show since Wrestlemania, but it turned out to be just another WWE show.

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Blue Moon – The moon is full at 12:28 p.m. today !!

he moon is full at 12:28 p.m. today, rising over Baltimore at 4:38 p.m. As the third full moon since the autumn equinox, this one’s called the Long Night Moon, or the Moon Before Yule.

But you could apply the same names to the next full moon, which occurs Dec. 21, just 15 hours BEFORE the winter solstice. As the third full moon in a rare season with four, this one fits the original definition for a “Blue Moon.”

Popular usage has since attached the label to the second full moon in one calendar month.

The moon is full at 12:28 p.m. today, rising over Baltimore at 4:38 p.m. As the third full moon since the autumn equinox, this one’s called the Long Night Moon, or the Moon Before Yule.
But you could apply the same names to the next full moon, which occurs Dec. 21, just 15 hours BEFORE the winter solstice. As the third full moon in a rare season with four, this one fits the original definition for a “Blue Moon.”
Popular usage has since attached the label to the second full moon in one calendar month.
The full moon falling on Sunday is a blue moon, at least by one definition of the term. This type of blue moon doesn’t come close to matching the popularity of the modern and trendy definition: the second of two full moons to occur in the same calendar month. This November full moon is still a blue moon, but for a different reason.
In an ironic twist, the newer and more famous definition for blue moon is thought to have originated from the less well known and somewhat antiquated definition: the third of four full moons in one season. A season refers to the time period between a solstice and an equinox — or vice versa. Most of the time, there are only three full moons in a season.

Keyword: Autumn Equinox, blue moon, Calendar Month, Equinox, Ironic Twist, Long Night Moon, Moon Calendar, Names, Next Full Moon, Popularity, Solstice, Time Period, Two Full Moons, Winter Solstice, Yule

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Sergio Martinez Blasts Paul Williams in Two !!!

Knockouts don't come much nastier than the one we saw tonight. They also don't come much more shocking.
Last December, Sergio Martinez and Paul Williams engaged in a 12-round war, won narrowly by Williams. Tonight, the rematch, among the most anticipated fights of the year, ended stunningly in the second round when Martinez (46-2-2, 26 KO) tore through Williams with a single, massive left hand, knocking him out face-down on the mat in awe-inspiring fashion.
Williams (39-2, 27 KO) was out as soon as the shot landed. After the fight, he told HBO's Max Kellerman that he simply got caught, and it's hard to argue with that. Williams never saw the shot coming, and it landed perfectly. Williams appeared to be mostly alright after the fight, and left under his own power, but it was a pretty scary knockout to be sure.

This raises Martinez's stock even more. He said that Williams left himself open enough, and that the fight went how he expected it would. Both fighters were throwing punches again, coming out aggressively, though there was more holding in this one than last year.
If only there was much more to say about this one, but there really isn't. After all, not much to report. But it's a can't-miss knockout, and Sergio Martinez is legit as the middleweight champ.
For the record, Martinez said he can get down to 156 pounds for a catchweight mega-fight, if one were to come his way.
Off TV Results from Atlantic City:

• Fernando Guerrero TKO-4 Saul Duran - Guerrero (20-0, 16 KO) stays unbeaten with another win over a solid journeyman veteran. He might be ready to step up into contention in 2011.
• Tony Thompson TKO-4 Paul Marinaccio - Thompson improves to 35-2 (23 KO) with the win over Marinaccio, another journeyman. Maybe Thompson can wrangle another title shot, but at 39, he better hope it comes soon. Lesser fighters keep getting shots at belts, and few have given Wladimir Klitschko as much trouble (admittedly not much) as Thompson did.
• Zsolt Erdei UD-8 Samson Onyango - Erdei fights for the first time since November 2009, when he won a cruiserweight trinket he didn't know he was fighting for. The former long-reigning 175-pound titleholder is now fighting for DiBella Entertainment after years of wasting his career with Universum.

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Local Muslims start fasting as Ramadan begins

Prayer services to be held each night for monthlong observance. Retreat planned in Wernersville. Habitat for Humanity director to speak. Hymn sing to be held at Gring's Mill.
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Fasting for the monthlong observance of Ramadan began today at 5 a.m., according to Steve Elmarzouky, president of The Islamic Center of Reading, 18 S. Noble St.

Elmarzouky said visitors are welcome to join local Muslims at a tent outside the Islamic Center at 8 p.m. today for refreshments to mark the breaking of the daily fast, followed by a prayer service at approximately 9:30 p.m. Prayer services are held each day throughout Ramadan.

Muslims abstain from all food and water from sunrise to sunset each day of the observance.

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Ephrata Community Church, 70 Clay School Road, Ephrata, will hold a free, drive-in movie, "Ratatouille," today at dusk, with doors opening at 7. Concessions will be available. Participants may also bring lawn chairs or blankets.

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Eddie W. Smith's Community Gospel Picnic, sponsored by Unity Workers for Christ, will be held today at 1 p.m. at the Eddie W. Smith Picnic Grounds, 937 Chestnut St., Douglassville.

Featured groups for the free event will include Sister Hilda, the Pierce Singers, Bob Hugg, Evangelist Annie Mae Weston and the Blessed by Faith Singers.

Dinner platters will be available and there will be a flea market and bake sale.

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Evangelist David Johnson will lead prayer meetings under a big Gospel tent today through Friday at noon and 6 p.m. at 8th and Oley streets.

Various pastors will preach.

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The Rev. Anne E. Kitch, canon for formation in the Christian faith for the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem, will lead a "Fall Day Away" retreat sponsored by St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Spring Township, on Sept. 19 at the Jesuit Center in Wernersville.

The event, "Living Into Our Baptisms: Lifelong Christian Formation," will begin with refreshments at 8:45 a.m. and will conclude with the Holy Eucharist at 3 p.m.

The deadline for registration is Sept. 4. The cost is $25, which includes lunch.

For more information or to make reservations, call the church at 610-678-7001.

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The second of three services held annually in Old Belleman's Church, 3540 Belleman's Church Road, Mohrsville, will be on Sunday at 7:45 and 10:15 a.m., and Sunday school will be held at 9.

The church, dedicated in 1815, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and features a single manual Buhler pipe organ.

It has no electricity or plumbing.

Other Sunday morning programs:

St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 5 W. Arch St., Fleetwood: Jay Worrell, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Reading, will speak at 8:55 and 10:25 about the organization. There will be special music and liturgy by Ken White, music minister. During Sunday school at 9, Worrell will give a more in-depth presentation to combined adult and youth classes in the social room.

Bern Reformed United Church of Christ, 3196 Bernville Road, Bern Township: The Teen Challenge Choir will perform at 9.

Christ Lutheran Church, 222 Niantic Road, Niantic, Montgomery County: The Rev. Edward Niederhiser will preach at 7:45 and 10:15 with special music at both services by Roberta Witman.

Huff's Union Church, Hereford Township: The annual Musicians in the Park service will be held at 10:30 with old-time gospel music. Musicians will include David Miller, Keith Brintzenhoff, Linda Keiser, Jared Whalen, Julie Brought and the Rev. Kerry W. Smart, program coordinator of Lutheran Congregational Services.

Peace Lutheran Church, 1728 Centre Ave.: Maria Damore will sing at 9.

Elias United Church of Christ, North Sheridan Road, Newmanstown, Lebanon County: Special guests Emily and Rebecca Snyder, sisters who attend Conrad Weiser High School and Middle School respectively, will offer favorite musical selections at 9.

St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 2848 St. Alban's Drive, Spring Township: Soprano Donna Danielski will be the guest soloist at 10.

Lincoln Park United Methodist Church, 1 Carlisle Ave., Lincoln Park: The Graeffe Family will perform in a mini-concert at 10:45.

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The Reading Berks Conference of Churches and the Berks County Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a hymn sing on Sunday at 6 p.m. at Gring's Mill amphitheater, Spring Township.

Performers for the free concert will include the St. Catharine of Siena Guitar Choir and a brass ensemble.

Other Sunday afternoon and evening events:

Hereford Mennonite Church, 2600 Old Route 100, Bally: the last outdoor concert of the summer series will be held at 7 with The Last Band, featuring Fran Jones. Participants may listen from their cars. The concert will be moved indoors in the event of rain. There will be an offering and refreshments afterward.

West Lawn United Methodist Church, West Lawn: The Connecticut group Tenforty will present a skateboard demonstration from 1 to 5. Skaters may participate with a signed waiver. For more information, call 610-678-5611.

Rosedale Camp Grove, 1616 Vine St., Laureldale: The Rev. Jeff Raffauf of West Lawn United Methodist Church will bring the message at a service at 7, accompanied by the church's praise teams. A peaches and ice cream social will be held afterward in the dining hall.

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The Birdsboro BRIDGE Network will hold a teen moonlight swim on Friday at 7 p.m. at Maple Springs Swimming Pool, Route 345, Birdsboro.

The cost is $3, with refreshments available for purchase.

For more information, call 610-844-1845.

A BRIDGE meeting will be held on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Calvary Evangelical Congregational Church, 144 S. Walnut St., Birdsboro.

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The annual Tabernacle Services will begin Friday at 7 p.m. on Valley Road, Lewistown, Schuylkill County. The evangelist and song leader will be the Rev. Kenneth Gates of Indianapolis, serving with the Wesleyan Church.

Services will continue through Sept. 7. A full schedule will be published in this column next week.

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Teen Movie night for ages 13 and up is held each Friday at 6 p.m. at Church of Deliverance, 1327 N. 10th St.

The event is sponsored by Oasis Sanctuary Church.

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Zion Lutheran Church, 300 W. High St., Womelsdorf, will hold its 37th annual peach festival today starting at 2 p.m., rain or shine.

There will be games, bargain items and a raffle. Entertainment will be provided by Gran'pa's Ragtime Piano, Jim Rule and the Martin Family Band.

Other fundraisers:

Mellinger's Lutheran Church, Schoeneck, Lancaster County: A community picnic will be held today from 3 to 7 p.m. with food including homemade chicken corn noodle soup and homemade desserts. Soul Purpose will perform and there will be games for children and a craft stand. Participants may bring lawn chairs.

Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 1323 Long Lane Road, Kutztown: A summer fest to benefit a local family in need will be held today from noon to 7 p.m., rain or shine. There will be food, a flea market, crafts and children's games. Entertainment will include the Majestics with Lester Miller Hoedowners, from 2:30 to 7, and The Miller Brothers at 5.

St. Stephen's Polish National Catholic Church: The annual picnic will be held on Sunday from noon to 7 p.m. at St. Benedict's picnic grove, Route 10, Cumru Township. There will be Polish and American food as well as children's activities. Eddie Forman will perform from 2 to 6 p.m. A donation of $2 is requested and participants should not bring their own food or beverages.

St. Gabriel's Church, Route 422 East, Douglassville: A flea market and bake sale will be held Sat., Aug. 29, from 8 a.m. to noon. To reserve a table, call 610-385-3144.

St. John's Lutheran Church, Hamburg: A peach festival will be held on Sunday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Hamburg Field House, Pine Street, Hamburg. The Ringgold Band will perform.

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