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6 Movies That Didn't Realize They Let The Villain Win
After narrowly avoiding death in a freak gasoline-fight accident, male model Derek Zoolander finds himself in the middle of the single largest international conspiracy in history: the fashion industry. It is revealed that male models are genetically perfected to serve as human weapons, meaning they're basically like Jason Bourne with an eating disorder. Zoolander is brainwashed by fashion mogul Jacobim Mugatu (Will Ferrell) to assassinate the Prime Minister of Malaysia at an upcoming fashion show.
But We Forgot About...
But Jacobim Mugatu, according to David Duchovny's character, is "just a punk-ass errand boy working for an international syndicate of fashion designers."
It turns out the fashion industry has been behind every major political assassination in history, from the Tory Conspiracy to Mother Teresa of Calcutta. When peace-mongers like Abe Lincoln and JFK threatened the industry's enormous supply of cheap, third-world labor, they hired eligible bachelors like John Wilkes Booth to take them down.
The Prime Minister of Malaysia? Just another thorn in the side of this super-secret global fashion industry conspiracy of evilness. So while Mugatu and his deadly shuriken are stopped by this face:
...and he presumably goes to jail thanks to some evidence Jerry Stiller had on his Zip Disk, the movie kind of forgets that the murderous fashion industry is still in power. The whole global conspiracy is still in place and Mugatu likely replaced by Donatella Versace. For a silly, slapstick action comedy, that is one dark, fatalistic ending right there. Ultimately, the heroes are powerless. Just like you!
In It's a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart plays George Bailey of the Bailey Building and Loan Association. It is a thankless job which George never wanted and frankly was never all that good at. Things run afoul for George after his mentally-ill Uncle Billy loses the $8,000 their bank needs to stay afloat, and George suddenly finds himself accused of fraud and chased by the law. As a result, he decides to add a number to the phony statistics and kill himself on Christmas.
George's primary antagonist is the evil Mr. Henry F. Potter, who knowingly takes Uncle Billy's "missing" $8,000 and keeps it to himself, despite owning doorknobs that cost more money.
Of course this is when George has either a religious experience or an acid flashback, which results in him running back to his family and being saved by his friends. Everyone he knows breaks their wallets to help him out, and then that super-rich friend he never mentioned to anyone sends him a money order for $25,000.
All is well for George and his family. Except for one small detail.
Uncle Billy still lives.
But We Forgot About...
Mr. Potter is not only still in power, he's actually $8,000 richer. The man responsible for the whole ordeal suffers absolutely zero reprisal. He is still there to make life hell for the entire Bailey family, just as he did to George's father and just like he will do to George's children and grandchildren (probably using a new cyborg body since he can afford it).
Ultimately, all the problems that George started off with are still very much on the table, and possibly even worse than before. Not only does the man still hate his job, but he is now more married to it than ever. Even his worthless Uncle Billy is still in the picture, waiting to shit all over everything.
He is a human cancer.
In the Bond franchise, as badass as Alec Trevelyan was and as persuasive as Pussy Galore's methods could be (there is a hint in the name), James Bond's greatest adversary will always be SPECTRE: the Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion.
A Halliburton subsidiary.
They have shown up in no less than seven James Bond films, with evil plans to instigate nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviets, engineer global famine, poke holes in the planet's ozone layer with "lasers" and photograph James Bond's boners (presumably with the intent of synthesizing the STDs in his body to unleash them as a deadly new virus).
The man is a walking plague.
Not only is SPECTRE James Bond's oldest nemesis, its head Ernst Stavro Blofeld (also known as "Number 1") stands as one of the most iconic villains in cinematic history.
Each time, of course, Bond thwarts their plan for one more movie.
But We Forgot About...
Last time we saw Blofeld, he was using his motorized wheelchair to control a helicopter with Bond in it. Sure enough, our favorite promiscuous government employee finds a way out of the mess, and eventually drops Blofield (and his wheelchair) down a smokestack.
The end of the evil organization, right? Well, yes... if Blofeld was the only person left on SPECTRE's entire criminal payroll.
The cat alone could do some damage.
From as far back as From Russia, With Love we see that SPECTRE functions on a strict, number-based system. It's a simple formula: if Number X dies, Number X+1 takes his or her place. How often does this happen? Every damn movie. If anything, Blofeld's death meant that every single member of SPECTRE just got a promotion.
Not to mention that Blofeld was pretty shitty at his job, since every encounter he ever had with Bond probably ended with SPECTRE suffering quarterly losses. With Blofeld dead, SPECTRE might actually get a leader who could cause MI6 some real headaches. You know, maybe someone with a business degree...
It isn't hard to find uses for this picture.
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David Edelstein(Vulture): It's one as well as the other dumber and more entertaining than anyone had a erect to expect.
Scott Foundas(Variety): A ferociously entertaining experience in which one finds von Trier at the top of his craft, linking together ideas here and there female sexuality, fly-fishing and showing skill in applying the principles of beauty creation with equal amounts of playfulness and mental rigor.
Amy Nicholson(L.A. Weekly): Factually, it's whole to assume most audiences will learn to a greater degree about fly fishing than fucking.
Todd McCarthy(Hollywood Reporter): This smorgasbord of communication and sex constitutes a very replete meal.
Peter Debruge(Variety): Racy subject away, the film provides a good-humored over and above serious-minded look at sexual self-liberation, thick with references to art, score, religion and literature …
Dave Calhoun(Time Out): Chaotic and not especially neat, it has more of the punkish, thorough-going spirit of The Idiots or Dogville than the varnish or contained drama of Antichrist.
Simon Foster(Screen-Space): [Von Trier's] script is pungent and the images confronting, but it is a more distant less ambitious or important work than Antichrist or his be unconsumed love/hate vision, Melancholia.
Cole Smithey(ColeSmithey.com): Nymph()insane is a sly piece of anti-draggletail-shaming cinema aimed at demystifying belonging to carnal desire. While the film is fiercely pornographic, it does not image pornography per se.
Roger Moore(McClatchy-Tribune News Service): Like every homage to the golden age of arty porn, "The Story of O," et al. And every bit as dull.
Sam Woolf(We Got This Covered): Through its in the beginning half, Nymphomaniac looks to be a darkly sportive, and refreshingly blunt odyssey of ribaldry and self-loathing.
Jennie Kermode(Eye as antidote to Film): It's a pellicle that goes out of its distance to provoke and disappoint, but to those who ~ by heart its jokes and can cope with the rest, it's a gladness.
Donald Clarke(Irish Times): At ages, Nymphomaniac does come across like the "readers' wives" section of a particularly naive semiotics daily register.
Alistair Harkness(Scotsman): Like two-year-antiquated Joe in the film, von Trier is a toddler discovering his confidential parts, flashing willies, bums and vaginas at us – the couple literally and figuratively – in the faith that we'll either be outraged, bored or both.
Mark Kermode(Observer [UK]): With its wildly absurdist obscenities, fearlessly saucy performances and wilfully indulgent lack of construction, Nymphomaniac provokes the now familiar harmony of sighs, gasps and laughs.
Ed Whitfield(The Ooh Tray): Shia and f***ing, signifying inexistence.
Geoffrey Macnab(Independent): Brilliant but frustrating by turns.
Ryan Gilbey(New Statesman): For every moment of flippancy, there is something correspondingly very great and full-blooded.
Joe Utichi(IGN Movies): Von Trier one time more upsets his doubters, by delivering a film that's at turns comical and frank, and that prods and pokes at the streak without ever needing to cross it.
Virginie Svy(Electric Sheep): Astonishing, energising and exciting, Nymphomaniac is a valiant film made by a man by a tremendous lust for life in totality its cruelty, absurdity and richness.
David Sexton(This is London): Even taken in the character of it turns boring, the film is not outside of power.
Mark Adams(Daily Mirror [UK]): Will you have ~ing shocked, outraged, titillated? No, just bored.
Rich Cline(Contactmusic.com): At four hours in extent, this drama is as confrontational like anything we've seen by Lars von Trier (Melancholia), but it's likewise perhaps his most humane and hopeful thin skin yet.
Brian Viner(Daily Mail [UK]): Thank heavens in that place isn't a volume three.
Robbie Collin(Daily Telegraph): It's earnestly not to pine for the days at what time you could emerge from a Lars von Trier thin skin angry about something other than Lars von Trier.
Nigel Andrews(Financial Times): By the period of four hours the concept "picaresque" has been serially used and abused, plenteous like the film's supremely courageous woman. There's a vision in the present life, even so, that shapes the pellicle's prolix, promiscuous ends.

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|Expanding their knowledge to combat childhood obesity
El Paso, TX, June 1st, 2012 (PAHO/WHO) – In order to learn and maximize their knowledge on childhood obesity, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) U.S.-Mexico Border Office Healthy Kids Healthy Communities' (HKHC) team attended the HKHC grantees meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina from May 28th-30th, 2012.
The objective of the meeting was to cultivate and maximize learning opportunities for all participants throughout the meeting. To the extent possible, each learning activity and session was designed to address common issues relevant to childhood obesity, vulnerable populations/ communities, urban and rural perspectives and community engagement, public health policy, as well as "how to's" of featured strategies.
"The 2012 Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities grantee meeting was an incredible opportunity to share the work our partners in the Chamizal have accomplished and to learn from the experiences of other communities. All of the grantees, project partners, project officers and evaluation officers are constant invaluable sources of knowledge and support; it is truly a special experience to be able to connect personally with them each year," said Xochitl Gamboa, El Chamizal HKHC Project Manager.
Over the three day period, participants engaged in networking, physical activity, outside learning activities such as bike tours and site visits to redeveloping areas of Raleigh /Durham and Chapel Hill in addition to concurrent learning sessions. It was noted that 200 grantees, project partners, Active Living By Design and invited guests attended this year's event.
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities, is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), advances community-based solutions that will help reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. It focuses on changing policies and environments to support active living and healthy eating among children and families. The program places special emphasis on reaching children who are at highest risk for obesity on the basis of income, race/ethnicity and geographic location. It will support RWJF's efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States by 2015.
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The Saturday Food Chain with Michael Olson- April 13th 2013- Growing Your Own- Guest: Dave DeWitt, Author, Growing Medical Marijuana
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Michael Olson hosts Dave DeWitt, Author, Growing Medical Marijuana http://eatmoreheat.com/2013/02/growing-medical-marijuana-dave-dewitt-live/
Listen to Herodotus talk about the Scythians in 500 BC, as they gather around the campfire, throw marijuana seeds on the fire, and then…
"sit around in a circle; and by inhaling the fruit that has been thrown on, they become intoxicated by the odor, just as the Greeks do by wine; and the more fruit is thrown on, the more intoxicated they become, until they rise up and dance and betake themselves to singing."
For as long as we can look back, which is around 10,000 years, we can see that people have used cannabis as a means to soothe their way through life.
Of course, people also used cannabis to make clothes for their bodies, paper for their books, sails for their ships, oil for their cooking, and rope to hold themselves together, to name but a few. Because it was so useful, cannabis became a principal crop of mankind, with tens of thousands of acres being grown around the world. Cannabis was so plentiful, in fact, one could harvest hundreds of pounds free from the roadside ditches of America's heartland.
However, in the 1930's the soothing properties of cannabis came to the attention of powers-that-be, and they threw the cloak of prohibition over cannabis. This prohibition, ironically, ended the cultivation of cannabis for all purposes but that for which it was prohibited, and thus increased its value to thousands of dollars per pound.
Today, the soothing properties of cannabis are claimed to be medicinal, and people now demand from the powers-that-be the right to grow and consume their own medicine. Their demand leads us to ask…
Should we be allowed to grow our own medicine?
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Michael Olson hosts Kevin Sanders, Yellowstone Outdoor Adventures
Should civilized people feed wild life?
"Dad! Why does the sign say, 'Don't feed the bears!"
"Because, son, Yellowstone Park does not want us to feed bears."
"But Dad, the bears are hungry, and we have extra food. It doesn't seem fair!"
Living in rural Yachats, Oregon, Karen Noyes did not have to abide by the rules of Yellowstone Park, and liked feeding the wild bears, and so fed them. And when she did, more bears came to be fed. Soon Karen Noyes had a yard full of bears to be fed, with more coming all the time.
It did not take long before things got out of Karen Noyes' hands. One of her bear friends stormed a neighbor's turkey farm and killed 60 of its resident turkeys. Another bear friend took a liking to the neighbor lady and got stuck trying to sneak in through the lady's dog door for visit. And so on …
Consequent to all the bearishness going on in the neighborhood, poor Karen Noyes was arrested and convicted for "Harassing Wildlife." She was then sentenced to three years of probation, which included an order not to go near her rural home.
Yellowstone Park has a long and storied history of wild bears and civilized people. When civilized people see the wild bears' pleading looks of "feed me, feed me," they often want to feed the wild bears. When they do, the wild bears often undergo a personality change, and the pleading looks become demanding looks that say, "FEED ME! FEED ME!"


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"A guy that scores a lot of points," Chizik said.
He'll be hard-pressed to find one who does it better than the man he's replacing. Gus Malzahn on Wednesday officially accepted the job as head coach at Arkansas State, but the good news for Chizik is he'll stay on as offensive coordinator for the Tigers through the Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Bowl game with Virginia.
"Gus and I have a great relationship and he's going to be missed around here," Chizik said. "But certainly him wanting to stay was big. I didn't have to beg him. He really, really wanted to stay, which was a great thing. He loves Auburn and the players here and he was very adamant about wanting to coach in the bowl game, which was great."
Auburn quarterback Clint Moseley says he has mixed feelings about Malzahn's departure.
"On one hand I'm happy for him. On the other hand I'm sad to see him go," Moseley said. "He's done a lot of good things for me personally and a lot of great things for this program. He's definitely going to be missed, there's nothing to debate about that. It's a little weird — I don't really know what to think right now, I don't know how to feel about it honestly."
Chizik has been proud of this staff's continuity. Up until last week, defensive line coach Tracy Rocker, who left after last season to take a similar position with the NFL's Tennessee Titans, had been the only coach to leave off the staff he originally hired three years ago.
Then last week, defensive coordinator Ted Roof left to take a similar position with Central Florida.
Chizik is serving as interim defensive coordinator and line coach in place of Roof.
And although neither Roof's nor Malzahn's departure was unexpected, it leaves Chizik in a position where has to replace both coordinators.
"Obviously, when you're in this profession you understand that staff change is something that occurs quite often," Chizik said. "Obviously, yes, the importance of stability in your staff is big. But the bottom line is when you've won a national championship and you've had a lot of success, people are going to have other opportunities. This is a situation that I feel very confident that we're going to hire some great people here, just like we did previously."
Chizik said he's not necessarily looking for an offensive coordinator who coaches the same spread offense that Malzahn preaches.
"Going down the road of hiring an offensive coordinator, it's not going to be necessarily what type of style this particular guy runs," he said. "It's going to be a lot of different things. We've recruited a lot of good players here. We've recruited a lot of skill players, we've recruited a lot of offensive line and a lot of good quarterbacks. Whatever offense we decide to go to, whatever that might be, we'll work around what our personnel dictates we can do. But that will always be the case, no matter what offense or defense you're running, you've got to work with what you have."
Moseley, however, has one wish when it comes to offensive style.
"I have no control over that, but the only thing I hope is they don't bring in an option attack," he said. "Everything else, I'll be happy. As we throw the ball a bit and I don't have to run it every down, I'll be happy. I know Coach Chiz will make the right decision for the players we have. I don't think anybody will debate about that. As long as it's not option, I think I'll be happy."
Chizik said he will take his time on both hires.
"I don't put timelines on either one," he said. "I'm going to do my due diligence and get what I feel like is the best fit for Auburn. Period. Like I've said, our guys on our staff that we put together three years ago, it's a great staff. People want our guys. So I feel very confident again that we're going to get the right guys in and whatever the timeline is and however that unfolds, it unfolds in that time period. Obviously, the sooner the better, we know that but that certainly doesn't override the fact that we're hiring the right guy."


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Other east Alabama cities received similar rankings, with Talladega at 46 and Gadsden at 41.
The list was compiled by the Alabama Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization that, according to its website, is "dedicated to the preservation of free markets, limited government and strong families."
Researchers with the institute looked at four areas to determine a city's business friendliness: business tax burden, economic vitality, access to transportation and community allure.
Economic vitality was calculated by a community's rates of job and population growth as well as its median income per person. By those standards, Anniston ranked 45th, with Oxford 41st, Talladega 48th and Gadsden 36th.
Community allure was measured by crime rate, graduation rate, cost of living and school test scores. In that area, Anniston finished last, with Oxford at 20th, Talladega at 43rd and Gadsden at 36th.
Business tax burden was calculated by looking at sales taxes and business property taxes. From that aspect, Anniston ranked 38th, with Oxford at 30th, Talladega at 22nd and Gadsden at 27th.
Access to transportation was calculated by measuring a city's distance from major airports, rail lines, shipping ports and interstates. In that regard, Anniston ranked 39th, with Oxford at 38th, Talladega at 37th and Gadsden at 44th.
Anniston Mayor Vaughn Stewart said he understands that Anniston would rank low in some areas, but he doesn't think it's fair to call the city unfriendly to business.
"We know there's room for improvement in all fronts and we're working to make those improvements," he said.
He said city leaders will soon develop a strategic plan for the city and form community task forces to address the goals of that plan. Once those are in place, he said, Anniston's current ranking among the cities can serve as a benchmark and he invites the API to take a look at the area in four years.
Anniston City Planner Toby Bennington said API researchers seem to have looked at the right data. However, he believes the report comes at a time when Anniston has not fully recovered from a tremendous economic slowdown prompted by the 2008 financial crisis.
"My opinion is that it's an unfair period to gauge a community and its vitality," he said.
Efforts to reach Oxford Mayor Leon Smith were unsuccessful Friday.
John Hill, a senior policy analyst for API, said a few people have taken issue with the criteria used to rank the cities. Though there's no perfect model, he said, API researchers feel the four areas covered in the report are the chief aspects businesses look at when considering a location.
"We're not trying to rag on anybody with this … We just wanted to see what's out there," he said.
Hill said the report can provide a valuable tool to cities hoping to improve their attractiveness to businesses. He also said communities can quickly move from the bottom of the list to the middle by improving a few criteria.
Hill cautioned that the researchers only studied the communities strictly within the city limits. He said an interesting follow-up study might be to compare the larger metropolitan areas of the 50 cities.
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Murphy played in 36 games for the Cavaliers, making 31 starts. He hit .234 and drove in 12 runs while scoring 16 of his own.
But it was his defense that earned him high recognition. Murphy committed one error in 248 chances at first base. His .996 fielding percentage set a school record and he was named to the Sooner Athletic Conference Gold Glove team.
Murphy's off-field activities were arguably more impressive. A finance major, who hopes to become a financial advisor or start his own business if a professional baseball career isn't in his future, Murphy made the Dean's list at SGU.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The Salvation Army in Winston-Salem says donations to its Red Kettle Campaign are down.
The Salvation Army raised $58,000 less compared to this time last year. The goal for this holiday season is $400,000.
The Salvation Army speculates the loss comes from a shorter season because of a late Thanksgiving. This means it has five fewer days.
The group tried to make up for that lost time by allowing organizations to sponsor a kettle for a fee. However, that idea did not work as well as expected.
"That has not taken off as well as we anticipated. It has been difficult to get sponsors. I believe we have had three sponsors to date. We're still beating the pavement looking for additional sponsors as well," Major James Allison, area commander for The Salvation Army, said. "We believe, with our whole heart, that they're going to come forward and help us close this gap."
Donations during the Red Kettle Campaign help the Salvation Army provide services for the Winston-Salem community, including 22 programs.
One of the programs that relies on Red Kettle donations is the Salvation Army's emergency shelter. Lorenzo Jones and family have been saying at the shelter since later October. "I lost my job in April. Stuff started falling apart after that. I lost the house. Lost the car. I slowly just started losing everything," Jones said.
"Without it (The Salvation Army), I don't know where we would be. My family would probably be broken up and on the streets. The kids may have gotten taken. I don't even want to think about it... Before now, I didn't even know this place existed."
In a statement, Major Allison wrote, "The Red Kettles are a symbol of giving and represent a tradition of caring that is passed down from generation to generation. We're hoping that shoppers will remember their neighbors in need when they see a Salvation Army bell ringer in the community during the coming weeks and be as generous as they can to help."
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Shortly after his party's "shellacking" in the midterm election, President Obama ordered government agencies to ensure that new regulations took economic growth into consideration and that old ones be revoked if they "stifle job creation or make our economy less competitive." Five months later, it's becoming pretty clear what he meant: The environment and public health will be thrown under a bus for the sake of his reelection in 2012.
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The other day at lunch, two Chicago police detectives, Bill Sullivan and Michele Moore-Grose, were talking with me about the murder cases they've been working and the young people shot dead.
They brought up a movie to explain what they see in Chicago.
Not some cop buddy movie. And not one of those police procedurals, where forensic specialists play the action heroes and the lab results come in before the final commercial.
It was a story about children hunting children.
"Did you ever see 'The Hunger Games'? We always equate … those kids in that neighborhood, that's what they're living every day. They're in 'The Hunger Games,'" said Sullivan.
"They're either the predator or they're the prey the next day," he said. "Everywhere they walk, they've got to be on all the time. They can never be looking down because you never know. … Your adrenaline is going all the time. It's a horrific way to grow up."
You might also say that studying the crime scenes with kids on the ground is a horrific way to make a living. But the detectives keep working cases. They have 37 in their caseload.
"Everybody has a mom," said Moore-Grose, a mother herself.
Right away, I liked both of them. You'd think they were college teachers, not swaggering TV cliches. But then, I don't think I've ever met a Chicago homicide detective who resembles a cop on TV.
Most are thoughtful people, quiet, introspective and injured somehow themselves, down deep where it doesn't show. It must come after years of seeing terrible things.
One of the cases that Sullivan and Moore-Grose worked was right out of Chicago's Hunger Games: a heater case that drew national attention, the murder of Derrion Albert, 16, beaten to death near Fenger High School in 2009.
What bothered them was that Albert was beaten when he got caught between two groups fighting for dominance. A video of the beating made the national news, and the Obama White House sent Cabinet officials to Chicago who insisted they'd "draw a line in the sand."
You know what happened. The line kept moving. There were 506 homicides last year, and more attention came from the Obama White House when 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was killed in late January.
She was front-page news, too. And even the memory of Hadiya, considered the epitome of the innocent victim, has begun to fade. It happens with homicide. And what's left are the parents and the detectives.
Sullivan and Moore-Grose have been partners for 12 years now. What I didn't consider before meeting them was the serendipity of murder, where victims are connected either by shooter or neighborhood, by circumstance or clique.
Some of their cases involve victims you've read about here: 12-year-old Nazia Banks, a little boy called "Peanut" who died last May when a bullet pierced his brain as he ran home for safety.
And a rough guy with a record, Norman "Mone" Stokes, 38, shot dead in a January dice game with eight people he knew, and none would tell the detectives who did it, not even a friend and purported eyewitness.
"He goes, 'Well, I'm just not gonna snitch,'" Moore-Grose recalled. "I said: 'What about if it was your mother?' He said, 'Even if it was my mother, I wouldn't snitch.' I said, 'Don't tell your mother that.'"
On Wednesday we spoke to Stokes' mother, Theresa Stokes Johnson, now living in Memphis.
I covered the funeral of Stokes, one of the imperfect homicide victims of Chicago whose deaths are often pushed aside. It was snowing when they cranked his coffin into the ground.


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Ok, seriously, I've had cellulite since I was 13, I swear it. No where but on my butt and thighs, and now, it's almost completely gone! I didn't take measurements or a "before" photo, but in week four I took a pic and I was still disgusted with my look. I promised myself that I wouldn't get on the scale and I gave it away!
So today, I was about to take a shower and I always say to myself, "don't turn around and look in the mirror; you'll only get mad at yourself"..... But today, I was feeling brave and turned and did a double take, then some flexing, yaaay! I am super excited. Now I am seeing some significant differences.
It was a pleasant surprise; I really hadn't thought about my cellulite leaving because it's always been there.
BFL, good! Booty dimples, bad!
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"The joy of life is the fruit of discipline" -S. Randall
Nice. I think you've found a very measurable way of your progress haha.
Hmm, the body changes are different on us guys I know. I really wish I wouldn't lose all of my butt when I lose weight. lol. I like having a bit back there to fill out my jeans. This is week 8 for me and I am changing my quad exercises to proper squats to make more muscle back there.
Katiebug, I am happy for you and jealous. I can never seem to get rid of my cellulite, and it grows on me. I think I will always have the dreaded, don't look in the mirror feeling. Even when I was down in body fat and weight, it was there.
James, I too will be saying goodbye to my rear. I wish the stomach would go instead. Melissa
Yeah, I haven't seen much of a change in my belly, and the first thing I was looking to go was that little "mommy pooch". I guess it'll be the last (if it does!).
As far as the little butt go, I guess you could buy some "skinny jeans"! LOL (Although I myself am not a fan) I've always heard that the last place women lose weight is in the belly and thighs. Those are the tough spots and men say their middle all around.
When my husband loses weight his belly is always the first to go, and I get so jealous, because he puts so little effort in and he'll get a six pack (albeit, he's only 28, so this too shall pass...)
Anyway, still dancin' in front of the mirror! Yay :p
LOL, I'm glad I"m not the only one that has noticed this! My sister-n-law and a good friend of mine has always told me i have a fabulous rear. Both saw me the other day and was like "you can't lose anymore weight! You're losing your butt!" I really didn't notice and still don't for the most part. But my gosh I am losing in my chest. What's up with that? I need to lose in my belly!
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the apostolic letters. The New Testament contains twenty-one in all. They are divided into two classes. (1.) Paul's Epistles, fourteen in number, including Hebrews. These are not arranged in the New Testament in the order of time as to their composition, but rather according to the rank of the cities or places to which they were sent. Who arranged them after this manner is unknown. Paul's letters were, as a rule, dictated to an amanuensis, a fact which accounts for some of their peculiarities. He authenticated them, however, by adding a few words in his own hand at the close. (See GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO.)
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
Pocket camcorders are small, flash-memory based cameras designed for casual users and video bloggers. They are around the size of a digital compact camera and are very easy to shoot with (simply point and press record). This makes them a good choice for families, as everyone - including young children - will be able to have a turn. They are also more affordable than traditional camcorders, with some models costing under $200.
All of the pocket camcorders featured on this list record video in high-definition and come from respected brands such as Sony, Panasonic and Cisco. To read our full, in-depth review, click on the photo of each camcorder.
Despite a few design quirks, the Sony Bloggie Touch MHS-TS20 is a definite improvement over its non-touchscreen-equipped predecessor. It is capable of taking very attractive video and is ultra-stylish to boot.
First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.
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Overview : The barrio of El Raval unfolds south from Carrer Sant Pau toward the port district of Drassanes. Currently Barcelona's hippest urban... more »
Overview : The barrio of El Raval unfolds south from Carrer Sant Pau toward the port district of Drassanes. Currently Barcelona's hippest urban... more »
Barcelona is generally a safe city but unfortunately suffers from pickpockets—watch your bags.
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One of the joys of Barcelona is its little squares hidden amid the alleys and buildings of the city's older districts. They are often lined with bars and restaurants and each one offers something distinct in atmosphere, architecture or clientele. They are the perfect place to sit back and get a sense of those distinct qualities each neighborhood... More
The fashionable statues of the Raval district are strongly linked to the opening of the MACBA, the museum for contemporary art designed by Richard Meier in 1995. This cultural landmark ignited the regeneration of this inner-city zone, bringing in art and design where before there was only crime and grime.
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The Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu is a tree-filled refuge of tranquility in the middle of the Raval district. The Gothic hospital complex (1401) is today home to educational and cultural organizations, including Catalonia's national library, an art school and an exhibition space. Barcelona's celebrated architect Antonio Gaud died in the hospital... More
Nearby Carrer del Doctor Dou, which is peppered with interesting commercial art galleries, gives a good flavor of the new fashionable ethos of this neighborhood. Ras has a slick design interior and combines a bookshop, gallery and experimental exhibition space.
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The development of Rambla da Raval marks the change of the district from marginalized to modern while still retaining its strong cultural diversity. The Rambla is a short promenade similar in form to the Ramblas, lined with palm trees and surrounded by terrace bars. It is a pleasant place to sit on a bench alongside the local population and watch ... More
The church or monastery of Sant Pau del Camp, which literally translates as St. Paul of the countryside, is the oldest church in Barcelona. The name Raval comes from the meaning of outside the city walls and in medieval times the area was mostly fields with monasteries, hospitals, hospices and universities built upon them.
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Great architecture makes great cities and Antoni Gaudi was certainly instrumental in the development of modern-day Barcelona's enviable reputation. This palace, perhaps Gaudi's most celebrated masterpiece, was the residence of his patron, Eusebi Gell.
Constructed between 1886 and 1889, this mansion for the Catalan industrial tycoon contains... More
A visit to Barcelona would not be complete without visiting one of the city's modernista (Catalunya's Art Nouveau movement) bars.
London Bar is an atmospheric bolt hole once popular with the likes of Picasso, Hemingway and Mir. Sip cocktails and enjoy live music spanning jazz and folk genres while you mix with the lively international crowd.
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Dr. Kristof Kloeckner to Deliver Partner Keynote at 2010 Red Hat Summit
CTO of Cloud Computing to Discuss Strategy During Address
Dr. Kloeckner will discuss current cloud computing initiatives and what lies on the horizon for the still-advancing technology during his Partner Keynote at Red Hat Summit . The keynote will take place on Thursday, June 24 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The summit begins on June 22 and concludes on the 25.
As CTO of Enterprise Iniitiatives and Vice President of Cloud Computing Platforms, Kloeckner oversees all of IBM's cloud computing initiatives. Previously, he was a CTO and VP of Strategy and Technology for IBM. He joined the company in 1984 as a development engineer, working as a member of the Boebligen Development Laboratory.
IBM has the largest network of cloud computing labs in the world and with the recent acquisition of Cast Iron Systems, a private company that specializes in cloud integration software, their initiatives continue to take shape.
The Red Hat Summit will offer labs, demonstrations and hands-on sessions for creating public and private clouds using Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Registration is still open. For full rates, click here.
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Barry L. Dugger
Barry L. Dugger, 65, of Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2013, at his residence.
He was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Herman and Mary Ruth Proffitt Dugger. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Rhudy and Lillie Dugger, and his maternal grandparents, Stacy and Pearl Proffitt.
Mr. Dugger was a 1965 graduate of Elizabethton High School, where he played basketball and baseball. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, having served in the Vietnam Era.
Mr. Dugger was a member of Borderview Christian Church.
Survivors include his daughter, Selena Norris Miller and husband Adam, Elizabethton; two sisters, Betty Smith and husband Bob, Gray, and Susan Fletcher and husband Tom, Elizabethton; two nieces, Kim McQueen, Jonesborough, and Melissa Townsend, Elizabethton; a nephew, Scott Fletcher, Jonesborough; two great-nieces, Katelyn Townsend and Keelan Townsend, both of Elizabethton; and three great-nephews, Kyler Townsend, Elizabethton, and Isaac Fletcher and Jacob Fletcher, both of Jonesborough. Several aunts, uncles and cousins also survive.
The funeral service for Mr. Dugger will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, February 15, in the Chapel of Peace at Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, with Rev. Dennis Wilson officiating. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel from 1 until 2 p.m. Friday, prior to the service. The graveside service will follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Military Honors will be accorded by the Carter County Honor Guard. Active pallbearers will be Adam Miller, Chad Miller, Rick Burleson, Jackie Cable, Scott Fletcher and John Burleson. Honorary pallbearers will be the doctors and staff at the James H. Quillen Veterans Administration Hospital, Mountain Home, Tenn. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.tetrickfuneralhome.com and signing the guest book or by fax to (423) 542-9499.
Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is serving the Dugger family. Office: (423) 542-2232. Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917.


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About the Newcastle Friends of the Library
The Newcastle Friends of the library is a dedicated group of individuals who help support the needs of the library and the staff. They provide funding for the Summer Reading Program, staff education and community events.They also volunteer for library events when needed and provide awareness of library services to the public and the legislature.The Friends of the Library are members of the Chamber of Commerce and support their events.
President:Linda Molsbee
Vice-President: Charlene Phillips
Treasurer: Josie Hendricks
Secretary: Christi Clagg
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Students:free the first year
Book Sales
Annual Book sale is the last weekend of April during Newcastle's city wide garage sales.
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WHEELING - Staring at a six-game winless streak and having only one victory in regulation for the season, the Wheeling Nailers turned to backup goaltender Scott Darling on Wednesday night at WesBanco Arena. Cam Fergus scored the first two goal of his pro career, Peter Lenes had a goal and an assist as he returned from shoulder surgery and Darling stopped all 18 shots he faced as the Nailers 4-7-3 - 11) rolled to a 4-0 victory against the Evansville Icemen (5-11-1 - 11).
''I think it was a good, solid team effort,'' Wheeling coach Clark Donatelli said after the club won for just the fourth time in its last 28 games dating to last season. ''We worked on our forecheck, changed it up a little bit, and the defense was solid.''
That defense was banged up as the Nailers were forced to go with five along the blueline, but it didn't matter as they came up with arguably their most physical and complete effort.
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Wheeling's Cody Wild (24) tries to stuff the puck past Evansville goaltender, Paul Karpowich, during action of their ECHL game Wednesday night at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling.
Wheeling got on the board at the 9:17 mark of the first when Christiaan Minella put home a rebound on the power play for his first goal of the season, one of three Nailers (Lenes, Fergus) to accomplish that feat.
It was 2-0 at 8:50 of the second when defenseman Peter Merth made a nice pass from behind the Evansville net to an open Lenes who waited until Icemen goalie Paul Karpowich went down and then tucked it in.
''Lenny brings a lot of energy and that's why we started him, too,'' Donatelli said. ''Our plan was to spot him and not to play him regular, but every time I looked down at him he gave me the nod.''
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Evansville 0 0 0 - 0
Wheeling1 1 2 - 4
1st Period-1, Wheeling, Minella 1 (Crowder, Wild), 9:17 (PP). Penalties-Mahovsky Evn (slashing ), 8:18.
2nd Period-2, Wheeling, Lenes 1 (Merth), 8:50. Penalties-Kennedy Evn (high-sticking), 17:38.
3rd Period-3, Wheeling, Fergus 1 (Crowder), 2:52 (SH). 4, Wheeling, Fergus 2 (Lenes, Sneep), 17:21 (PP). Penalties-Minella Whl (holding), 2:12; Gens Evn (boarding), 4:38; Ross Whl (tripping), 9:36; Lavender Evn (high-sticking), 15:40; Gens Evn (unsportsmanlike conduct), 15:44; Whitney Evn (delay of game), 15:44; Minella Whl (slashing ), 16:45.
Shots on Goal-Evansville 4-7-7-18. Wheeling 14-11-8-33.
Power-Play Opportunities-Evansville 0-3; Wheeling 2-6.
Goalies-Evansville, Karpowich 2-5-0-1 (33 shots-29 saves). Wheeling, Darling 1-2-0-0 (18 shots-18 saves).
Referee-Don Jablonski (18); Linesmen-Joe DeMizio (59), Zach Roberts (84).
The lead swelled to 3-0 when Fergus stole a pass and backhanded it past Karpowich for the Nailers' first shorthanded goal of the season at 2:52 of the third. He then capped the scoring by beating Karpowich 5-hole coming down the right side.
''He wasn't playing much down the stretch there,'' Donatelli said of Fergus, who played hurt. ''But I had to put him out there because he's a good penalty killer.
It all made a winner out of Darling.
''Scotty's been playing really well in practice and (Patrick Killeen) has been playing a lot of minutes, so we figured we'd give 'Killer' a rest,'' Donatelli said. ''He's got confidence coming out of the American League. Glad to see Scotty get that first 'W.' ''
Paul Crowder added a pair of assists for the Nailers.