text:
- Color
- Gerbera
Winner of Instyle's Best Cream Blush Winner of Instyle's Best Cream Blush for 10 years: 2005 - 2014.
Stila's ingenious lipstick and blush-in-one proves to be irresistible.
This versatile favorite brightens cheeks and lips with creamy, translucent color. Tap onto cheeks and press onto lips. The sheer tint adds an inherent glow to the cheeks while lips bloom with fresh, radiant color.
A mini-mirrored compact makes touch ups on the go a snap. Our two-in-one compact holds the key to easy, monochromatic makeup. A must-have in every Stila girl's kit.
|Ricinus Communis (Castor Seed) Oil, Lanolin Oil, Beeswax (Apis Mellifera) (Cire d'Abeille), Microcrystalline Wax/Cera Microcristallina, Octyldodecanol, Phenyltrimethicone, Ozokerite, Capric/Caprylic Stearic Triglyceride, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Glycerides, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Isononyl Isononanoate, C12 15 Alkyl Benzoate, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides, BHT, May Contain (+/-):, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163) (CI 77163), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090) (CI 42090), Carmine (CI 75470) (CI 75470), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850), Red 22 Lake (CI 45380) (CI 45380), Red 28 (CI 45410) (CI 45410), Red 30 (CI 73360) (CI 73360), Red 33 (CI 17200) (CI 17200), Red 34 (CI 15880) (CI 15880), Ultramarines (CI 77007), Yellow 5 Aluminum Lake (CI 19140), Yellow 6 Aluminum Lake (CI 15985) (CI 15985)
Apply with a firm blush brush, like Stila Brush #1, and use very light strokes to achieve a flawless airbrushed effect or apply with fingertips and blend outward and upward.
For lip application, apply with Brush #6 or fingertips.
For easy application to cheeks- press your ring finger into cream and gently blend ring finger against thumb to warm up the color - then tap color into cheeks. Keep pastel or pink shades around the apple of the cheeks and neutral or contour colors should be blended below the cheekbones.
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®by PowerReviews
of respondents would recommend this to a friend.
Ratings Distribution
5 Stars
4 Stars
3 Stars
2 Stars
1 Stars
Best Uses
- Reviewer Profile:
- Natural style (4)
Reviewed by 5 customers
(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Very Peach - not sheer
By liz48170
from plymouth
describe yourself Natural Style
- Long Lasting
- Nice peach color
- Thick
- Very Pigmented
- Difficult to Apply
- Not sheer
Best Uses
- Daily Use
- Normal Skin
Comments about Stila Convertible Color, Gerbera, 1 ea:
I was first really not too happy with this product. It is thick, much thicker than my other cream blushes and it is NOT sheer. You do need to use a good brush and blend blend blend. I did not like it on my lips, probably the color peach is not great for my lips. It does look nice on my face and does last throughout the day. All in all, I will use this but would not re purchase. I have much better cream blushes. This one does last the longest though - so that is a plus.
- Age:
- 45-54
- Skin Tone:
- Fair
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
Fabulous 2 in 1
By Make-up-a-holic
from Chicago, IL
describe yourself Natural Style
- Blends Easily
- Doesn't Appear Cakey
- Easy To Apply
- Good Pigmentation
- Looks Natural
- Versatile
Best Uses
- Anytime
- Contouring & Highlighting
Comments about Stila Convertible Color, Gerbera, 1 ea:
I'm hooked on this stuff- it looks great on lips or cheeks and stays on with a dewy finish on the cheeks. I have the lillium color and it looks like the perfect flush on my darker complexion.
- Skin Tone:
- Deep
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Great for every day use or touchups!!!!
By Islandbeauty
from PR
describe yourself Natural Style
- Convenient Container
- Even Application
- Glossy Finish
- True To Color
- Wears Off Easily
Best Uses
- Compact
- Daytime
- Everyday Use
Comments about Stila Convertible Color, Gerbera, 1 ea:
Multiuse,light enougth to wear it alone at the beach or everywere. Have a wonderful light refection for daylight on cheek bones where I use it mostly. Want to order every color because is my new stapple to retouch everywhere with only powder and this!!!!! Love it
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Beautiful Color
By PJ
from Los Angeles
describe yourself Natural Style
- Easy To Apply
- Easy To Take-off
- Good Pigmentation
- Lightweight
Best Uses
- Sensitive Skin
Comments about Stila Convertible Color, Gerbera, 1 ea:
I use this as cheek color and it glides on as a pretty peach!! Love it!!
- Skin Tone:
- Medium
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
A gorgeous apricot on ...
By Anonymous
from Undisclosed
Comments about Stila Convertible Color, Gerbera, 1 ea:
A gorgeous apricot on cheeks and creates a nice pale peachy nude on lips. Great for fair complexions like mine.
(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)


text:
Top Definition
A "Polish" engineering report full of color and bullshit, containing little useful content. Features colors from the Polish flag. Very likely to please Dr. Stan "The Man" Lukowski.
This Dynamical Systems report is Stantastic....just look at all the red!
viết bởi DS Student suffering in the lab 25 Tháng tư, 2005
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
A way to say fantastic, without sounding redundant.
bf4eva: He and I are finally going out!
Psy.coGrl: That's so stantastic!
Psy.coGrl: That's so stantastic!
viết bởi Rebekah Stan 10 Tháng ba, 2008
An exclamation to describe an inventive, innovative solution to a problem no matter how complex.
A non working power window repaired by cutting a hole in the inside door trim and attaching a wire to manually open and close the window is Stantastic.
viết bởi Paul "The Pal" Larsen 26 Tháng bảy, 2006

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Serves 5 |
Prep Time 15 minutes |
Cook Time 15 minutes
2 cups leftover cooked organic millet
1 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 cloves garlic, pressed
1 medium onion, minced
15 ounces Eden Garbanzo Beans, 1 can drained, reserve liquidor cooked Eden Dry Garbanzo Beans
2 Tbsp organic roasted tahini (sesame butter)
2 Tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed
2 Tbsp fresh parsley, minced
2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp Eden Sea Salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper, optional
1 Tbsp organic whole wheat flour
1/2 cup organic yellow cornmeal
Eden Safflower Oil, for frying falafel
1/2 cup Edensoy Originalor Edensoy Extra Original
1/2 tsp ground cumin
2 cloves garlic, minced
To prepare the falafel, heat olive oil, sauté onion and garlic for 2 to 3 minutes. Blend garbanzo beans in a blender or food processor with tahini and lemon. Place in a bowl and mix in cooked millet, sautéed onions and garlic, parsley, cumin, salt and cayenne. If too wet, mix in whole wheat pastry flour. If too dry, mix in a little reserved bean juice. Shape into 15 equal size balls and roll in cornmeal to coat each. Fry in hot safflower oil, turning occasionally, until golden. Remove and drain on paper towels. Repeat until all falafel are cooked.
To prepare the sauce, combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor. Puree until smooth and creamy. Spoon sauce over falafel. These can be served as is or in pita bread with your favorite salad vegetables. Yield: 15 falafel
Beans, Condiments, Edensoy, Good/High Fiber, Good/High Protein, Macrobiotic, Main Course, Mediterranean, Oils, Vegan, Whole Grain


text:
BEDFORD - Despite months of sometimes contentious belt-tightening, rising expenses will force Bedford County property taxes up as much as 10 percent in the coming year, commissioners said Thursday.
The tentative budget, set for public review today before the commissioners make further changes, includes a 10 percent hike - the legal limit following a property reassessment, Commissioner Steven Howsare said. The final budget must be passed by year's end.
"We're hoping we'll whittle that down before it actually passes," Howsare said.
A projected $300,000 year-end deficit and massive state-imposed Children and Youth Services expenses forced county officials to raise taxes in hopes of avoiding further cuts in 2013, Howsare said.
"That was never an option we really wanted to go down," he said. "But ending the year in as much of a hole as we did [we have to raise taxes] "
Next year's tentative budget is more than $15 million, he said, an increase from this year's approximately $14.5 million.
No single expenditure is responsible for the increase - union employees' contracts are set to carry on as usual, while non-union county workers are set for a 1.5 percent wage hike - and further staff cuts likely wouldn't make up the difference, he said.
In recent months, county officials cut jobs in the sheriff's department and at the county jail, while the multicounty Mental Health and Mental Retardation program has faced substantial layoffs.
Corrections officers have even closed blocks and cut down heating costs but it likely won't be enough, Howsare said.
"We're not sure how much more we can cut. There might be a position here or there," he said.
The state stills owes Bedford County more than $600,000 in compensation for increasingly expensive juvenile justice programs, despite repeated assurances that the money would be on the way soon, Howsare said.
"We can't believe that this is an anomaly for this year," Commissioner Paul Crooks said. "We're going to have a pretty good deficit carryover."
Both commissioners noted that the budget on display today isn't the final draft; they intend to make changes over the coming weeks, they said.
A tax increase would require an additional vote - under state law, reassessments must leave property tax revenue at the same level as the preceding year. Raising taxes after the reassessment requires an additional vote.
In July, when the reassessment was still in progress, Howsare said the limited tax increase "wouldn't be worth the grief you're going to get."
Crooks acknowledged Thursday that a property tax hike in the wake of a reassessment won't look good politically.
"I guess if I thought I was going to be a career politician, I'd think it's dangerous politically," he said. "But realistically, we're charged ... to make the best decisions for the good of the county."
Mirror Staff Writer Ryan Brown is at 946-7457.


text:
Top Definition
To exude tremendous effort, to try extremely hard.
I decided to slack off and get a B in the class, but Ross went balls out and got a 100%
Caseyによって 2003年06月11日(水)
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
Originally referred to the governor on old steam engines that had two ball that rotated across one another that would control speed depending on how fast they spun. Balls out meant going full speed or power.
That old steam tractor was going balls out.
tradesmanによって 2003年11月21日(金)
This refers to the governor on a steam engine. Two heavy balls are attached to the engine so that as engine speed increases, the centrifigal force of the flywheel causes the balls to rise. As the balls top out, they govern (limit) the engine, thereby controlling maximum engine speed. "Balls out," then, refers to running the engine at maximum speed.
The engineer was running the train at a "balls out" pace while trying to make up time.
Blueglowizardによって 2009年04月18日(土)
giving your all in a certain situation, being courageous
You should've seen me out there, I started to choke but then I went totally balls out.
skrillaによって 2003年06月17日(火)
a unit of measure regarding to the top end speed of something.
when asked by the officer how fast he was going bill replied "im not sure but it was pretty ballsout.
tellitizamanによって 2010年09月06日(月)
Old timey terminology: on steam engines, they had steel balls in there that resricted steam flow. When the conductor was ready to pick up speed, he'd yell "Balls out!", signaling the help to do just that, thereby letting them haul some ass.
"Balls out! We got to mow down those hobos!"
Dutch Grosseによって 2003年09月29日(月)
When your testicles are out of your pants through the zipper of your jeans.
"dude, your ballsout."
TheLiriValleyによって 2010年04月13日(火)


text:
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and beautiful eyes are something worth holding onto. Our carefully selected eye creams and under-eye treatments will help this sensitive skin look younger, with targeted ingredients such as retinol, vitamin C and delicate exfoliates.
Please login or create an account to add this item to your wishlist.


text:
Lohan first met Nordgren, 30, a former University of Texas football star who played one season with the Philadelphia Eagles, and then starred on the 2011 Bravo reality show Most Eligible Dallas, seven years ago.
While Nordgren has been linked to former The Bachelorette star Vienna Giardi and former The Hills star Audrina Patridge, he's has been with Lohan of late.
"We've hung out," he recently told Page Six. "But I have been a friend trying to support her for many years now."
And it seems to be working.
"She's completely sober now," he added. "She's in a great place and working hard and meeting with all the right people."
It appears that he's one of them. The Dallas native is a a partner in his family's energy conservation firm Nordco, Inc. and has been good for her, according to one pal.
"She is very happy and very committed to staying sober," says the Lohan friend. "He drinks but not irresponsibly and not in front of her. He is close to her whole family."
Live this day, this month, this year, this life strongly connected to purpose and you'll connect yourself to elements of a life well lived.— Matt Nordgren (@MattNordgren) September 16, 2013
Courtesy Lindsay Lohan


text:
LOS ANGELES - Ben Affleck's "Argo," a film about a fake movie, has earned a very real prize: best picture at the Academy Awards.
From the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama joined Jack Nicholson to help present the final prize.
"There are eight great films that have every right, as much a right to be up here as we do," Affleck said of the other best-picture nominees.
Article Photos
The Associated Press
Ben Affleck accepts the Oscar for best picture for his film "Argo" at the 85th annual Academy Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles.
In share-the-wealth mode, Oscar voters spread Sunday's honors among a range of films, with "Argo" winning three trophies but "Life of Pi" leading with four.
Daniel Day-Lewis joined a select group of recipients with his third Oscar, taking the best-actor trophy for his monumental performance as Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War saga "Lincoln."
"Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence triumphed in Hollywood's big games, winning the best actress as a damaged soul in "Silver Linings Playbook," while Ang Lee pulled off a huge upset as best director for "Life of Pi."
Fact Box
85th annual Academy Award winners
List of the 85th annual Academy Award winners announced Sunday in Los Angeles:
Best Picture: "Argo."
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln."
Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook."
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained."
Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables."
Directing: Ang Lee, "Life of Pi."
Foreign Language Film: "Amour."
Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, "Argo."
Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained."
Animated Feature Film: "Brave."
Production Design: "Lincoln."
Cinematography: "Life of Pi."
Sound Mixing: "Les Miserables."
Sound Editing (tie): "Skyfall," "Zero Dark Thirty."
Original Score: "Life of Pi," Mychael Danna.
Original Song: "Skyfall" from "Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth.
Costume: "Anna Karenina."
Documentary Feature: "Searching for Sugar Man."
Documentary (short subject): "Inocente."
Film Editing: "Argo."
Makeup and Hairstyling: "Les Miserables."
Animated Short Film: "Paperman."
Live Action Short Film: "Curfew."
Visual Effects: "Life of Pi."
Oscar winners previously presented this season:
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Honorary Award: Hal Needham
Honorary Award: D.A. Pennebaker
Honorary Award: George Stevens Jr.
Award of Merit: Cooke Optics
Anne Hathaway went from propping up leaden sidekick James Franco at the Academy Awards to hefting a golden statue of her own with a supporting-actress Oscar win as a doomed mother-turned-prostitute in the musical "Les Miserables."
Christoph Waltz won his second supporting-actor Oscar for a Tarantino film, this time as a genteel bounty hunter in the slave-revenge saga "Django Unchained." Tarantino also won his second Oscar, for original screenplay for "Django."
Ang Lee pulled off a major upset, won best director for the shipwreck story "Life of Pi," taking the prize over Steven Spielberg, who had been favored for "Lincoln."
Lawrence took a fall on her way to the stage, tripping on the steps.
"You guys are just standing up because you feel bad that I fell," Lawrence joked as the crowd gave her a standing ovation.
At 22, Lawrence is the second-youngest woman to win best actress, behind Marlee Matlin, who was 21 when she won for "Children of a Lesser God." Lawrence also is the third-youngest best-actress contender ever, earning her first nomination at age 20 two years ago for her breakout role in "Winter's Bone," the film that took her from virtual unknown to one of Hollywood's most-versatile and sought-after performers.
With a monumental performance as Abraham Lincoln, Day-Lewis became the only performer to win three best-actor Oscars, adding to the honors he earned for "My Left Foot" and "There Will Be Blood." He's just the sixth actor to earn three or more Oscars, tied with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Ingrid Bergman and Walter Brennan with three each, and just behind Katharine Hepburn, who won four.
Hathaway, whose perkiness helped carry her and the listless Franco through an ill-starred stint as Oscar hosts two years ago, is the third performer in a musical to win supporting actress during the genre's resurgence in the last decade.
"It came true," said Hathaway, who joins 2002 supporting-actress winner Catherine Zeta-Jones for "Chicago" and 2006 recipient Jennifer Hudson for "Dreamgirls." Hathaway had warm thanks for "Les Miz" co-star Hugh Jackman, with whom she once sang a duet at the Oscars when he was the show's host.
Hathaway's Oscar came for her role as noble but fallen Fantine in the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway smash that was based on Victor Hugo's epic novel of revolution, romance and redemption in 19th century France.
"Life of Pi" also won for Mychael Danna's multicultural musical score that blends Indian and Western instruments and influences, plus cinematography and visual effects.
"I really want to thank you for believing this story and sharing this incredible journey with me," Lee said to all who worked on the film, a surprise blockbuster about a youth trapped on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
A veteran performer in Germany and his native Austria, Waltz had been a virtual unknown in Hollywood when Tarantino cast him as a gleefully evil Nazi in 2009's "Inglourious Basterds," which won him his first Oscar.
"I have to cast the right people to make those characters come alive," said Tarantino, who won previously for "Pulp Fiction. "And boy, this time, did I do it. Thank you so much, guys."
Waltz has since done a handful of other Hollywood movies, but it's Tarantino who has given him his two choicest roles. Backstage, Waltz had a simple explanation for why the collaboration works.
"Quentin writes poetry, and I like poetry," Waltz said.
Oscar host Seth MacFarlane opened with a mildly edgy monologue that offered the usual polite jabs at the academy, the stars and the industry. He took a poke at academy voters over the snub of Ben Affleck, who missed out on a directing nomination for best-picture favorite "Argo," a thriller about the CIA's plot to rescue six Americans during the Iranian hostage crisis.
"The story was so top secret that the film's director is unknown to the academy," MacFarlane said. "They know they screwed up. Ben, it's not your fault."
"Argo" also claimed the Oscar for adapted screenplay for Chris Terrio, who worked with Affleck to create a liberally embellished story based on an article about the rescue and part of CIA operative Tony Mendez's memoir.
Terrio dedicated the award to Mendez, saying that "33 years ago, Tony, using nothing but his creativity and his intelligence, Tony got six people out of a bad situation."
The foreign-language prize went to Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke's old-age love story "Amour," which had been a major surprise with five nominations, including picture, director and original screenplay for Haneke and best actress for Emmanuelle Riva, who turned 86 on Sunday and would be the oldest acting winner ever.
The top prize winner at last year's Cannes Film Festival, "Amour" follows the agonizing story of an elderly man (Jean-Louis Trintignant) tending his wife (Riva) as she declines from age and illness.
The Scottish adventure "Brave," from Disney's Pixar Animation unit, was named best animated feature. Pixar films have won seven of the 12 Oscars since the category was added.
The upbeat musical portrait "Searching for Sugar Man" took the documentary feature prize. The film follows the quest of two South African fans to discover the fate of acclaimed but obscure singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who dropped out of sight after two albums in the 1970s and was rumored to have died a bitter death.
There was a rare tie in one category, with the Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty" and the James Bond tale "Skyfall" each winning for sound editing.
The performance-heavy Oscars also included an opening number featuring Charlize Theron and Channing Tatum, who did a classy dance while MacFarlane crooned "The Way You Look Tonight." Daniel Radcliffe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt then joined MacFarlane for an elegant musical rendition of "High Hopes."
Halle Berry introduced a tribute to the Bond franchise, in which she has co-starred, as the British super-spy celebrated his 50th anniversary on the big-screen last year with the latest adventure "Skyfall." Shirley Bassey sang her theme song to the 1960s Bond tale "Goldfinger." Pop star Adele also performed her theme tune from "Skyfall," which won the best-song Oscar.


text:
HOME Nebraska Cornhuskers Gear Nebraska Cornhuskers Sweatshirts & Fleece (343 items) Product ID: 701482
Main Content
This item ships within five business days.
Enhance your young Husker fan's garb with bold pride and maximum warmth in this Tackle Twill hoodie! It features a tackle twill university name across the chest above an embroidered school wordmark and super soft fleece lining that'll keep them full of cozy team spirit.
- 60% Cotton/40% Polyester
- Front pouch pocket
- Hood
- Imported
- Quality embroidery
- Reinforced taped collar seam
- Rib-knit cuffs & waist
- Midweight hoodie suitable for moderate temperatures
- Officially licensed collegiate product
- Tackle twill lettering
- Long sleeve
- Screen print graphics
- Pullover
- Imported
Cornhuskers Customers also liked:
Special event items are produced by manufacturers only after the outcome of a game or event. These are advanced sale items and will ship immediately after they are received in our warehouse.
Manufacturer direct items are shipped directly from the manufacturer. These items are not available for international or expedited shipping.
Customized items can be personalized with options such as your name, your favorite number, and/or designs. Some options may be limited by league rules.


text:
April 30, 2011
Advocates in Action
Wisconsin – The Wisconsin Coalition for Cancer Treatment Access (WCCTA) held a Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, April 27. The all day event gave advocates the opportunity to meet with state legislators and ask for co-sponsorship of the oral chemotherapy access bill. The bill, authored by state Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) and state Representative Pat Strachota (R-West Bend) and Representative Peter Barca (D-Kenosha), would ensure cancer patients have equal access to all chemotherapies, no matter if they're delivered in a pharmacy or an oncology clinic.
The IMF would like to thank the advocates who volunteered on our behalf – Rob and Sue Enright, Tom Chelius, Dick Skalitzky and his daughter Shauna Skalitzky – for their time, hard work and passion for the cause.
Read more about their story next month on our Advocate of the Month page.
New Mexico – David Cowan was recently interviewed by his local radio station to discuss his testimony in favor SB 385, the oral chemotherapy access bill in New Mexico. His interview is scheduled to air tomorrow, April 30th at 5:45 am MT on KTZA-FM (92.9) and on Sunday, May 1st at 7 am MT on KPZE-FM (106.1) and KEND-FM (106.5). After the interview airs, it will be posted on our website for anyone who missed it.
Have you visited with your state or federal legislators? Do you have an ongoing relationship with any of your legislators? We want to hear about it! Please email Meghan Buzby at email@example.com with your story and we will include it in our next Advocacy Update.
Happenings on the Hill
FY 2012 Appropriations Process Will Begin in May
The House Appropriations Committee will unveil draft fiscal year (FY) 2012 spending bills next month, intending to get the annual process for determining agency funding levels back to a more orderly process. The federal fiscal year officially begins on October 1 of each year and the appropriations process has broken down in recent years amid politics and debates over spending. With the House adoption of a FY 2012 budget resolution on April 15, the House Appropriations Subcommittees can begin putting together and marking up their respective spending bills. Though the FY 2012 appropriations process is starting off as it normally would each year, we expect the process to become derailed as the year progresses.
Supreme Court Won't Fast-Track Health Care Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a request by Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli that the high court immediately take up a challenge to the health care law and bypass the appeals courts. The decision - announced without elaboration or noted dissent - was widely expected. This means the case will proceed through the normal appellate process and the next step will now be oral arguments at the Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which is scheduled for May 10.
For more information about the legislation listed above or any other IMF advocacy initiative, contact IMF's Director of Government Relations, Christine Murphy at firstname.lastname@example.com or 703-738-1498.


text:
Miranda Cosgrove has felt the loss of her dog Pearl keenly.
"I never had anything die in my life before except a hamster," the 19-year-old actress tells PEOPLE, sharing that the past two weeks since her 14-year-old poodle died of kidney failure have "definitely been hard."
"She was a part of our family and because I was an only child, she was a really big part of my life," Cosgrove says. "Every time I look back on a memory, she was there."
Cosgrove, whose Nickelodeon series iCarly will end airing original episodes next month, is a freshman at the University of Southern Calfornia. While visiting with her parents, she noticed that Pearl's behavior changed from perky and playful to lethargic and listless.
"My mom and I took her to the vet and they examined her. They said her heartbeat was really strong and everything was fine, but she was acting tired and kind of funny," Cosgrove explains. "They took some blood and called us the next day and said she had kidney failure. She wasn't herself. She was so tired and kind of confused."
From the time Cosgrove was in kindergarten, Pearl has been a constant companion. The dark gray pooch often rode in the front basket of Cosgrove's bicycle. The pair enjoyed swimming at the beach and snuggling together under the blankets while watching movies.
Since saying goodbye to Pearl, Cosgrove has moved into her new Los Angeles home, which boasts a backyard pool.
"She loved swimming and I live in an area where everybody walks their dogs. I was so excited to have her move in with me," Cosgrove says. "I wish I would have been able to have her there with me because she would have enjoyed it."
While she continues to grieve, Cosgrove knows that she will have another dog again someday.
"I can't think about getting another dog right away. I don't want to feel like I'm trying to replace her. But I do love dogs," she says, noting that Pearl will always be in her heart. "Pearl made the whole house feel different. Every time I'd come home she'd greet me. She was the best. I miss her so much."
Miranda Cosgrove: I Miss My Dog So Much
Jon Kopaloff/Filmmagic


text:
misspelling of the word vanilla. An addition to the nickname vanilla.
vanilla banilla fantilla soup nilla wafer is the long way to say it.
xcrzysquirrelx tərəfindən 20 Mart 2009
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
Top Definition
A flavor consisting of both banana and vanilla, sometimes also referred to as "vanana," although less frequently.
Trader Joe's sells a delicious Banilla Protein drink in their cold juice section!
hop_scotch tərəfindən 10 İyul 2008


text:
Source: 9 to 5 Mac
quote: No offense but I think it's pretty damn cool that I can run the same app on my tablet WITHOUT buying the app again....Having to buy the same app twice is just another money whoring scheme by Apple.
quote: You don't have to buy the same app twice, that is completely up to the publisher/developer, not Apple.
quote: Except that tablets are app machines


text:
To the editor:
A thank you is extended to each and everyone who helped make the fall book sale at the Mifflin County Library a success. Over $5,300 was received and these funds will be used to help keep the library's various programs afloat.
Without the many contributions from the members of the community, we would not have been able to have so many interesting and worthwhile books for sale. Without patrons who come to find that treasure or who come for leisure reading material, our goal would not have been met. Without the help of all the people who sort books year round, who line up the volunteer salespeople, who set up the sale and who continue to keep the stock filled, the sale would not have been possible. Without the library staff's support, the sale would not have been a success. In other words, the sale is a community effort and it is well appreciated by many.
Remember, donations are accepted year round at any branch. The spring book sale will be held from April 25-28, 2013.
Thank you for helping to make this sale such a success.
The Mifflin County Library Book Sale Committee


text:
CHARLES TOWN - The "black eye" the county was left with after the departure of disgraced former Sheriff Robert "Bobby" Shirley is one step closer to healing. The decision of how to appoint a new sheriff has been left entirely to the discretion of the Jefferson County Commission.
Assistant prosecuting attorney Stephanie Grove said that while there is not a set time limit in the statute, there is mandatory language, which both she and the attorney general's office agreed upon, that the commission must act as quickly as possible.
That means the commission cannot wait until the 2014 election.
Article Photos
Journal photo by Michelle Horst
Jefferson County commissioners Dale Manuel and Patsy Noland listened to discussion over finding a replacement for the county's sheriff.
This opinion leaves the commission with the options of appointing someone at will or opening an application process.
"We are not hiring paid, internal staff. We are appointing. I think we ought to interview in public and make the choice in public," Commissioner Lyn Widmyer said. "This is in the nature, to me, of filing for an election, which you do publicly."
Commissioner Patsy Noland echoed Widmyer by saying that an individual willing to request appointment to a political position should be prepared to have it made public he or she is seeking appointment.
Commissioner Walt Pellish voiced concerns in reference to the type of individual the county would be searching for, asking whether that person should be more administrative or law-enforcement focused.
"The minute that individual decides to put on the uniform, you've got a different situation," Pellish said.
"It's really up to this commission what kind of individual you want to fill this position," Grove said.
The only requirements the state code dictates are that the appointee must be a resident of Jefferson County, hold a high school diploma and be in the same party as the outgoing sheriff. Shirley was a Democrat.
"You are free to go ahead and post if you want to do it that way, but you could also be free to appoint somebody right now if you want to," Grove said.
Just like with county jobs, the commissioners are free to interview candidates and determine which person is the best fit. The county will post the opening for the position and after a two-week period, it will review the applications.
The county was already unofficially accepting applications before hearing the opinion from the attorney general's office.
The new sheriff will serve the reminder of Shirley's term, and will be required to run again for office in 2014.
"We need a manager with public trust," Widmyer said.
- Staff writer Michelle Horst can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 138, or email@example.com.


text:
it is the site u r on right now and it is friggen sick it tells ur te definition on anything and lots more
Dood 1: Hey wat does rofl mean
Dood 2: Hmm not sure but we can check on www.urbandictionary.com
Dood 1: Ok
Dood 2: Hmm not sure but we can check on www.urbandictionary.com
Dood 1: Ok
dodane przez Dfox20 maj 25, 2007
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
Photos & Videos
Top Definition
If you got this far and dont know what it is you dont deserve to have a computer.
I honestly don't know how to define www.urbandictionary.com
dodane przez Novizzle4shizzle luty 04, 2006
A custom slang dictionary, user-built and user-defined. Every day thousands of people visit the site and add new words, and because human vernacular is ever-changing, it is as perfect as a slang dictionary could be.
Define Your World
Define Your World
dodane przez larstait październik 30, 2003
The site to go to if your dictionary won't define modern slang words. A place to post new slang or your definitions of existing words.
dodane przez AYB kwiecień 02, 2003
You're looking up this website? You ashame me.
If you don't get off the computer, I'll turn the internet off. Honestly, looking up www.urbandictionary.com.
dodane przez lllleeeeeeeexxyy wrzesień 15, 2007
Look at your URL.
Guy 1: "What's www.urbandictionary.com?"
Guy 2: "Retard..."
Guy 2: "Retard..."
dodane przez HowieDoIt marzec 23, 2010
n. The address to a particular stored set of HTML that contains a variety of interesting, humourous, and offensive material.
Hey, dude, go to urban-dictionary.com and look up your name! Hee hee, I played the coolest trick ever! I defined it as "the dumest guy ever!" Ha ha!
dodane przez Bad Grammar Must Die kwiecień 02, 2003


text:
Rochester, Minnesota is perhaps best known as the home of the Mayo Clinic. Most people to whom myeloma is not Unknown also know that Rochester is home to Dr. Robert A. Kyle. Dr. Kyle has been a leader in the scientific community, a beloved physician caring for myeloma patients for longer than the Unknown Patient can remember. When the Unknown Patient heard that the IMF was going to honor Dr. Kyle with its first ever "Robert A. Kyle Lifetime Achievement Award," he knew he had to pack his Unknown bag and head for the heartland. Your Unknown traveler was joined by people who came to Rochester from every corner of the country with a single purpose in mind—to pay tribute to this warm, wonderful, talented, accomplished human being.
Arriving in Rochester in August, your Unknown friend encountered something he never thought possible in Minnesota—heat and humidity. The Unknown Patient took advantage of the opportunity to consult with a number of physicians at Mayo about some orthopedic issues related to surgery he had over a decade ago. Mayo is an incredible institution, with some of the world's best physicians and an infrastructure that runs like a well-oiled machine but still manages to preserve the human touch.
There was also time for a little recreation. The Unknown Patient was able to visit the Olmstead County Fair with fellow IMFers, Rich and Sue Saletan, making the acquaintance of all manner of livestock, horticulture, cooking, and crafts. Your Unknown author was possessed with an irresistible urge to ride on the tallest and most stomach-wrenching of the carnival rides, which no doubt would have prompted horrified looks from his spouse and his orthopedist.
Having survived the excursion to the fair, the Unknown Patient showered away the scent of the livestock and the ravages of the August heat and put on his party duds for the gala. Guests were offered a tour of the Mayo Myeloma Research labs before the dinner. Needless to say, this was an opportunity not to be missed. So, the Unknown Patient headed off to get a rare peek behind the scenes of one of the world's most prolific myeloma research facilities.
Mayo luminaries Drs. Philip Greipp, Vincent Rajkumar, and Rafael Fonseca led the group through the facility. The group then had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Morie Gertz and other members of the "team that Kyle built." They discussed a number of promising research programs and answered questions about the facility and about future research directions. It was a rare opportunity to get an up close and personal view of the relentless quest for the cure, a chance to see how the research dollars we all help raise are put to good use.
From there, it was off to the Rochester Marriott for the evening's festivities. The pre-dinner reception was a festive event, with all manner of folks chatting up a storm and taking the opportunity to meet and greet the honoree and his lovely family. The Unknown Patient met many old friends and many others who had come from near and far to join us in honoring Dr. Kyle. The Unknown Patient found three long-term myeloma survivors in the crowd, two out past twelve years and one who was diagnosed over seventeen years ago.
Out of the corner of his eye, your Unknown shutterbug spied the evening's honoree having an intense chat with a sweet-looking woman whom it turns out was married to one of his patients. Apparently, this woman is also a very talented artist. And, she had painted a portrait of Dr. Kyle that she presented to him to honor him on this special occasion. IMF president Susie Novis presented Dr. Kyle with a leather bound copy of the Gala Tribute Journal, acknowledging Bob's lifelong interest in collecting rare stamps and books.
The reception also afforded an opportunity to meet the Kyle clan, most of whom were Unknown to this author before that evening. It was fun to tell them how much we all love him.
Dr. Morie Gertz served as emcee for the evening, sharing many personal memories and stories about our honoree. There were jokes about Bob's predictable wardrobe and lunchbox contents, but the overall message was one of profound admiration and respect for the man who built the Mayo's world class Hematology service and Myeloma Research Center. Other speakers included Drs. Brian Durie and Philip Greipp, both of whom have worked with Dr. Kyle over a number of decades. IMFer Mike Katz provided the patient perspective, sharing memories of his first encounter with Dr. Kyle as a Mayo clinic patient. Mike also talked about their many years working together on the IMF Board, at IMF Patient & Family Seminars, as well as at many scientific community conferences. Dr. Jerry Katzmann of the Mayo Clinic also saluted Bob's distinguished career at the Mayo Clinic and congratulated him on receiving the IMF award.
IMF president Susie Novis presented Dr. Kyle with an award established and named in his honor—The Robert A. Kyle Lifetime Achievement Award. Susie read the inscription from the award, "In appreciation and recognition of a lifetime of dedication, caring, and accomplishment, on behalf of the patient, medical, and scientific communities, the International Myeloma Foundation is proud to present its first Robert A. Kyle Lifetime Achievement Award to Robert A. Kyle, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine Mayo Clinic."
The Unknown Patient has been fighting his personal battle with myeloma for almost fifteen years now. Due to the efforts of talented scientists like Dr. Kyle, the team that he has built, and the profound effect he has had on myeloma research around the globe, the outlook has never been brighter for myeloma patients. There are exciting new therapies available that did not exist a few short years ago. And, there are an unprecedented number of new therapies in clinical trials and still others being tested in the laboratory.
We thank Dr. Robert A. Kyle for being such a caring physician and for his dedication to advancing myeloma research to bring us closer to the cure. Bravo, Bob!
More impressions of and pictures from the Robert Kyle Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner


text:
|Welcome to the MANGA Forum.
|You will have to register before you can post: log in or sign up at the top of the page to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
Hi people hows everyone 2day
what do you need?"people do not need violence to solve there problems."
halo!! wave wave welcome to the forum... any questions so far?
fine fine myself man i wish i could do fir styile! hmn? maby i cane ow! burned my self
that cool"people do not need violence to solve there problems."
lol, playing with fire really should be left to us professional pyromaniacs.
hello i be fine


text:
The tragedy of Haiti - Printable Version
+- The British Orthodox Church - Fellowship Forum (http://britishorthodox.org/forum)
+-- Forum: General Lounge (http://britishorthodox.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=11)
+--- Forum: General Conversation (http://britishorthodox.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=7)
+--- Thread: The tragedy of Haiti (/showthread.php?tid=363)
The tragedy of Haiti - Fr Gregory - 24-01-2010
The American ?evangelist? Pat Robertson has declared that the horrible and yet unfolding tragedy in Haiti is a consequence of the Haitians entering into a ?pact to the Devil?. This refers to a story that a Haitian leader, Jean Jacques Dessalines, entered into a pact with Satan disguised as a voodoo deity in 1791 in exchange for being able to overthrow French colonial rule. Robertson claimed the Haitians ?got together and swore a pact to the Devil?. Robertson compared Haiti with the Dominican Republic (the other half of the island of Hispaniola). He said: ?The Dominican Republic is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts.... Haiti is in desperate poverty. Same island.?
Before we Orthodox laugh or (preferably) are sickened by such theological and moral stupidity, we have now to be confronted with similar (except for the alleged ?pact to the Devil?) comments from the Patriarch of Moscow. Patriarch Kirill said crime, drugs and corruption caused last week's massive earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people in Haiti. He claimed that the Haitian people bore responsibility for the calamity because they had turned away from God. He compared Haiti with the Dominican Republic, which is located on the same Caribbean island. He also compared Haiti with Kazakhstan, noting that Kazakhstan has not experienced any earthquakes recently despite its seismological position. [Moscow Times, 20 January 2010]
This reference to Kazakhstan is truly obscure since only a third of the population of Kazakhstan is Orthodox. Is that the magic number? If a third of Haitians were Orthodox would they have avoided this dreadful tragedy?
Patriarch Kirill?s pseudo-theology (if not heresy) will come as little comfort for the Haitian Orthodox ? yes, they do exist: http://www.orthodoxhaiti.org/
With God?s blessing, the Haitian Orthodox have a Bishop who offers comfort and prayer rather than bizarre punitive ramblings. His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad , has issued this statement:
?It was with pain in my heart that I learned of the terrible catastrophe that has befallen the people of Haiti, and wish to express my profound empathy with the anguish felt by all the island?s occupants, and especially our brothers and sisters carrying on their service to God and man within the Orthodox Mission of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. I pray for the repose of the souls of those who died during the earthquake, I pray for those who survived, that the Lord bless them with His consolation and heavenly aid. May the Lord bless the rescuers and all those who are going to that country with the aim of helping its occupants! Brothers and sisters, let us not forget that the poor and unfortunate are our joy, for they edify our character, and such tragedies give us the opportunity to be Christians not only in name, but in deed. Let us remember the words of the Gospel, how many images, parables and calls by the Lord in which He says that we must pray for each other, help and serve our neighbour. Much can be said about this, much can be understood, but the most important thing, my beloved, is to act and live in accordance with our faith. That is why I ask all of you, dear brother archpastors, reverend fathers, brothers and sisters, to help the Fund for Assistance to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in its effort to provide necessary aid to our brothers and sisters in Haiti.?
http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/syn ... ement.html
Fr Victor Potapov, Executive Director of the Fund for Assistance to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, made this announcement regarding support for Haiti:
?As of today the Fund for Assistance to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia has collected over $50,000 and disbursed $16,000 of aid to the suffering people of Haiti through trusted clergymen on the ground there. This is an ongoing fundraising effort.
We are working towards opening a clinic on the grounds of one of our five parishes in Haiti. Please pray for Fr. Gregoire, Fr. Jean, their long-suffering parishioners and for the members of our delegation, who are doing a magnificent job in Haiti, negotiated with the United Nations, the Red Cross, IOCC and other organizations to get aid to our people.
Please support our fundraising effort.
I want to emphasize that every single penny donated to this project is spent on this project. None of the money earmarked for Haiti is being used for administrative costs or overhead. When the dust settles and we catch our breath, a full accounting of how our donors? money was spent will be published on the FFA's website.?
http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/syn ... haiti.html
Go to http://fundforassistance.org/ and read accounts of the needs of the Church there and of the work being done and, if you are able to do so, use the website to make a contribution.
The people of Haiti, Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike, are our brothers and sisters in Christ, crying out in need as the result of a natural disaster entirely beyond their control and for which they are ? theological stupidity and heresy notwithstanding ? entirely not responsible. We must pray fervently for them, urge our governments to give the most generous of support and, as far as we are able, donate to their cause.
Fr Gregory
- Simon - 25-01-2010
After reading Fr Gregory's posting I recollected that yesterday evening's Gospel reading, Vespers for the Fast of Jonah was Luke 13:1-5.
"There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."
I think I prefer our Lord's words to those of Patriarch Kirill...
And then I remembered the previous Sunday's Liturgy Gospel, John 9:1-38, from which the opening verses will suffice:
"And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. "
It doesn't take too much to read these words in the light of Fr Gregory's posting. And an American evangelist asked "Who did sin, these people or their parents in entering into a pact to the devil that they have been destroyed by this earthquake?" Jesus answered, "Neither they nor their parents but that the works of God should be made manifest..."
And how are those works to be made manifest? By following the course of action as recommended by Fr Gregory, to pray and to give... for we should remember that the same One Who said here "I am the Light of the World" also said "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
- marc hanna - 26-01-2010
Lord have mercy.


text:
A Working Theory of Love
Scott Hutchins' first novel A Working Theory of Love is a wonderful spoof of California's trendiness. It also pokes fun at its computer geek population, but more importantly it's also a tender love story. In my experience few novels by men focus on love and relationships, so it's especially nice to explore this landscape from a male writer's perspective.
Recently divorced Neill Bassett just barely copes after his wife Erin leaves him shortly after their honeymoon (at least he can keep their charming San Francisco apartment). Each day begins with the same breakfast taco. Also boring and routine are his homemade dinners. He allows himself a glass of wine several times a week. The mission of Neill's day job at Amiante Systems is to give voice to his dead father who left thousands of pages of journals when he committed suicide. A non-geek himself, Neill has become the family representative at this small business working to perfect artificial intelligence and give voice to a dead man.
Why did the techies choose Neill's Dad? For years, Neill's father wrote long and extremely detailed journal entries about his life. This gave the engineers a large amount of material to parse and code into computer memory.
Hutchins knows enough about artificial intelligence to portray life at a small tech company. He also succeeds at exploring the weirdness of a character asking his own dead father questions and then having him both listen and analyze the simulated answers. Talk about father and son issues!
Life turns more complicated when Neill asks his computer dad questions about his feelings for his mother, brother, and himself. Neill also seeks his father's opinions on his current love interests. Here's an example of a computer conversation they share. Drbas stands for his dad and frnd1 for himself:
frnd1: what was your first memory of meeting your wife?
drbas: my memories all exist at the same time.
Feeling sorry for Neill, a friend recommends an unusual way to meet women, especially international ones. He suggests the youth hostel. At first, Neill rejects the bizarre idea of pretending to be a fellow traveler, on the road himself, but soon loneliness and desperation lead him there on a Friday night where he meets an Israeli woman named Rachel. They spend the night together but then she confesses to hailing from New Jersey; Neill surprises himself by handing Rachel his business card and informing her that he lives in the city and is no tourist himself. They begin a relationship. Neill soon describes this budding romance to Computer Dad.
frnd1: it's nothing serious
drbas: she's humorous?
Throughout the novel, Hutchins' gives Neill an intelligent, gently sardonic voice. Continuously questioning the status quo, particularly regarding a single's life in California at the dawn of the 21st century, Hutchins adds to this mix all the usual suspects: members of a Marin County religious cult spouting jargon about sex and connections, and tech companies with their weird misfits and endless quests to create machines that are nearly human.
Hutchins contemplates our unhappy modern lives, yet he does so with heart and even wisdom. This novel shares with you: scientific facts, childhood memories, and questions about love while offering a few thousand chuckles along the way.
Another humorous, psychological novel that explores family relationships is Freedom by Jonathan Franzen.
For The Love Of Reading
Discover Reading
Download eBooks, Audiobooks, eMagazines and Music
Ask a Librarian
Live chat with a reference librarian is available whenever we are open. You can also send your question by filling out the Ask A Librarian form or send us a text at 812-TXT-4003 (812-898-4003).
Email a List to me ...
- of New Blog Posts
- of New eBooks
- of New Adult Fiction Books
Blog Archive
- March 2013 (6)
- February 2013 (6)
- January 2013 (10)
- December 2012 (9)
- November 2012 (6)
- October 2012 (8)


text:
My Account
item(s) in cart
ROLL ON TO ZOOM INBack Forward
detailsback to top
Product DescriptionYou'll stay dry and warm out on the job site with the Carhartt Brookville Jacket. Made of 3-ounce, 100% nylon with a Rain Defender durable water-repellent finish that keeps you going when Mother Nature wants to slow you down. The nylon lining is quilted to midweight-polyester insulation for warmth, and its attached hood has an adjustable draw-cord closure for a good fit. To keep things dry, the two chest pockets have flaps with snap closure. And inside, there are two pockets - one with a zipper closure and one with hook-and-loop closure. Snap-adjustable cuffs and a draw-cord adjustable hem help you tailor the perfect fit. Imported. Style#: 100727.


text:
5 Popular Jokes That Only Make People Want to Punch You
#2. Any Meme Whatsoever
Sounds Like ...
In Russia, X _______s you! The cake is a lie! But then I took an arrow to the knee! Call me maybe! Not sure if meme or macro. Looks like I'm going to -- puts on sunglasses say a meme -- YEEEEAAAAAHHH! Your grandma just died of a heart medication overdose!
Why People Do It
Not everyone is a comedian. I get that. Hell, not everyone even has a good sense of humor. Of course, everyone thinks they do, because they know that when they hear something funny, they respond with laughter. And because comedy is so subjective, they're bound to laugh at things that not everyone thinks is funny, and vice versa. But when it comes right down to it, not everyone can create comedy, which is why the Internet (and really the world) is about 5 percent comedians and 95 percent people repeating funny things they heard other people say.
"And the link just led to a video of Rick Astley! I got him good!"
They're the ones from the late '80s who did bad imitations of Dana Carvey's bad imitation of George Bush Sr. They yell "GIT ER DONE!" and know every word to the "more cowbell" sketch by heart. The desire to make people laugh is in most people to begin with. In true comedians, this is the driving force that keeps them constantly looking for new things to talk about. They attempt to make people laugh in ways nobody has ever heard before. In the minds of people who rely solely on memes, the desire is there, but the creativity isn't.
Life to them is less about painting something new and more about seeing conversations as jigsaw puzzles that they can plug pre-made jokes into -- even if sometimes they have to force that motherfucker into the slot until the edges fray and the picture starts to peel off of the cardboard. And you have to constantly remind them that they can't eat it.
"Ah, good, there's Chuck Norris. See if you can find Condescending Willy Wonka."
Why We Hate It
I'll give you this much: Memes become memes because they're usually pretty funny. One person laughs and shows it to another. And that cycle continues until everyone has showed it to everyone else and it's now just getting passed around in an endless loop of Facebook status updates and rolled eyes. It's the same bar joke we've heard a million times. If someone tried to tell you an actual joke with that kind of frequency in real meatspace, you'd throw up a hand and stop them with "Oh yeah, I've heard that one before." And that's after hearing it only once before. The surprise is gone. We know what's coming.
"I've gotta go. I have to lie down and see if I can wish you out of existence."
There's a point of saturation that people hit in which they eventually stop laughing for real and switch into a polite fake laugh that's designed to just let you know that they recognize and appreciate your effort to make them laugh. They could literally look at you and say, straight-faced, "I appreciate your effort," and it would send exactly the same message as that laugh. But then after a while, even that fades, and they start daydreaming that you're Greedo and they're Han. And not only did they fire first, but they went through the rest of the bar, shooting everyone else until the memory of your meme was buried under the crushing weight of 50 smoldering tickets to hell.
#1. Trading Puns
Sounds Like ...
"Has anyone heard anything about that accident at Sea World this morning?"
"I've read a few things, but the stories sound FISHY."
"Same here, but I got the WATERED DOWN version."
I'm not a Reddit guy, but I have friends who are. One of their biggest complaints is that sometimes they'll find a headline that they'd like to get some more information on, but to get to that, they first have to wade through 200 goddamn puns. For those who don't know how bad a message board pun exchange can be, feel free to read all of this one.
We know all about it on our own forums. It got so bad at one point, we had to make it a bannable offense, because a thread would start off with a legitimate post about a man being eaten by his pet bear, and then end up with five pages of nothing but "I bet his pain was unBEARable!" And ending with the inevitable post that appears in all pun exchanges in which someone pretends that they don't know what puns are and flatly states "A bear ate that guy!" Hell, I'm not innocent -- I've done it myself.
That's a lot to digest.
Why People Do It
Quite honestly, it's one of the easiest forms of comedy in existence. Pretty much anyone can do it with virtually no thought or effort, and once someone starts it out, you can just keep it going until the universe collapses and exacts its terrible revenge. Once that exchange gets kick-started, you're a part of something. You're not just repeating jokes you heard someone else say -- you're actually creating comedy! And that's good, right? Creating feels pretty damn awesome.
He didn't just jump right in and eat the guy. First he had to maul it over.
Why We Hate It
The problem is that it just absolutely fucking wrecks any chance of a conversation in a matter of seconds. Because puns are considered to be one of the lowest forms of wit in existence, most normal humans think of them as dumb jokes made by dumb people. And, yes, I understand that they've been around for as long as spoken language itself, but I'm going to blame Mike Myers for it. Because he happens to be one of the only humans to ever pull off a funny string of puns, mostly because he was clearly making fun of them. But the downside is that it gave birth to an entire generation of meme people repeating "He'll never be the head of a major corporation."
Look, I don't expect everyone to be fine-tuned comedy machines like Kristen Schaal or a second Kristen Schaal. But I see so many people get so much shit for something that is so easily fixable with just a little restraint and a few seconds of extra thought. And I sincerely apologize if I come across as the asshole here, but I see it as a case of if your friend has a booger on his face, you tell him about that shit before he steps out into public. Some of you need to go blow your nose.
Actually, John has a Twitter. And a Facebook fan page, where he regularly tells hilarious Chuck Norris facts. Over 9,000!
For more Cheese, check out 9 YouTube Videos That Prove Anyone Can Get Sober and 5 Terrible Things You Can't Stop Your Children From Doing.


text:
Area hospitals, physicians and health officials report widespread flu in the local area - and we are only half-way through the flu season.
"We are seeing lots of patients testing positive for the 'A' strain of the virus," said Beth Bond, R.N., infection preventionist at Davis Memorial Hospital. "Our emergency department is treating patients with flu-like symptoms, but the numbers have fallen back to pre-Christmas numbers. Davis Memorial Hospital has been busy with inpatient traffic, but not many of those are flu-related."
Bond said that people can pass the flu to others one day before symptoms occur and up to seven days after becoming ill.
Randolph County Interim Superintendent of Schools Terry George said local schools have been extra careful to help avoid the spread of the flu.
"Teachers are bringing in extra hand-sanitizing soap, and we are sending additional cleaning supplies to the schools," George said. "We are promoting lots of hand-washing and encouraging students and teachers with flu-like symptoms to stay home until they are better. This is an excused absence and during flu outbreaks, we do not want students to bring the flu to school."
St. Joseph's Hospital in Buckhannon's emergency department and PromptCare are seeing higher than normal volumes of flu-like symptoms.
"Our numbers of positive flu tests has increased each week since the beginning of the year," said Lisa Wharton, vice president of public relations and marketing at St. Joseph Hospital. "Our patient volume is up due to the flu, and we have patients testing positive for different strains of the flu."
Amanda Banaag, regional epidemiologist for Region 7, said flu is classified into three types - A, B and C.
"Type A and B are the strains included in flu vaccinations," Banaag said. "They are subdivided by the way they are spread, and one is not more severe than the other."
"When hospitals and physicians take swabs of those with the flu, the information is sent to the Center for Disease Control and they determine the prevalent strains of the flu to determine which ones to include in the following year's flu vaccine."
Around the area, local health departments are collecting data on hospitals, clinics and physician offices who report patients with flu-like symptoms.
Rochelle Sutton, R.N., a public health nurse with the Barbour County Health Department, said there have not been lots of people testing positive for flu in the county.
"We had 286 people with symptoms consistent with influenza such as fever, cough and body aches last week," Sutton said. "Not all of those reported had positive cultures. The previous week, we had report of 373 individuals with flu-like symptoms."
In Tucker County, Deanna Summerfield, office assistant aid for the county health department, said their numbers of flu-like symptoms almost doubled.
"We had 20 reports of patients with flu-like symptoms last week, compared with 11 reported cases the week before," Summerfield said. "We are fortunate in that there have been very few cases of flu reported in our nursing home."
Representatives from the Pocahontas County Health Department reported that there were 61 cases of flu-like symptoms in the last two weeks.
Bonnie Woodrum, infectious disease specialist with the Randolph County Health Department, said flu in the county is still prevalent.
"Last week the schools up the valley were hit hard and had a large number of illnesses," Woodrum said. "The schools are hitting it hard and are using extra cleaning techniques to try and get the spread under control."
Woodrum said along with flu-like illnesses, there have been lots of reported cases of strep throat, pneumonia and the stomach virus.
"Be sure to clean door knobs and common areas to keep from spreading the flu," Woodrum said. "And when you go shopping, use the provided wipes to clean carts before using them."
Shannon McBee, influenza coordinator for the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health said influenza in West Virginia is widespread.
"Since the beginning of January, more than 11,000 individuals with influenza-like illness have been reported to the state health department," McBee said. "There have been 1,476 confirmed influenza cases reported to the state health department since October. Influenza AH3 remains the prominent strain seen in West Virginia."
From a national perspective, McBee reports that this flu season is worse than the average season and is particularly bad for the elderly. The three groups most affected by the flu are the elderly, infants and the very young, and persons with underlying conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease and lung disease.
Bond recommends practicing respiratory etiquette:
- Wear a mask to protect yourself and others from germs.
- Use a tissue to cover your coughs and sneezes.
- Sneeze or cough into your sleeve if you do not have a tissue.
- Clean hands often.
- Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth.
- If you are sick, stay home.
Bond said that even though we are half-way through the flu season, it is not too late to get a flu vaccine.
"Davis Health System is offering a free flu clinic at HomePlus in Elkins Wednesday," Bond said. "Vaccines will be given to those at least 18 years old from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Woodrum said certain symptoms require checking with a doctor to see if further medical treatment is necessary.
"If you experience chest pain or pressure, call your physician immediately," Woodrum said. "Other symptoms needing a physician check include shortness of breath, difficulty breathing and severe, persistent vomiting."


text:
You know that's right where he's going, right?
I don't mind having Sammy back. I think I was one of the few who was fine with him before. As long as he's used appropriately (meaning NOT the point on the powerplay). He gives good scoring depth on the third line and is ok defensively too. Also, he's able to fill in on the top two lines if there are injuries.
From what I recall, our third line during the cup win was Sammy-Fil-Hudler. Having a bit of production from the third line was crucial to our success and Sammy helps us with that extra bit of depth.
I do find the NTC weird though...
The Wings lost Hudler and Lids. Even if they get Suter, who else is gonna be out there?


text:
quote: It's going to be sitting there reminding everyone for the next 900 years plus before the region is even inhabitable again.
quote: It's just that no matter what that potential and example of what a total catastrophic failure CAN do are far more extreme than what any other disaster scenario involves.
quote: The exclusion zone is still very much a dangerous place to be. Nor is it inhabitable


text:
5 Jobs That Hollywood Apparently Doesn't Realize It Needs
Hollywood may be the last truly booming American industry. The only problem is, there just aren't enough jobs in moviemaking to support the whole damn nation. Well, that's an easy problem to fix: Just make more! The tactic works with money, lies, and sandwiches, why not film careers? There are tons of simple tasks that absolutely no one in Hollywood is doing right now. If Hollywood needs help and the American worker needs a paycheck, let's hook those two up and make a success baby.
#5. Basic Googlers
This is not the same thing as a researcher. Some films do their due diligence and study their subject matter thoroughly before release, but that's not always enough. Trust me, I speak from experience: You can spend 40 hours exhaustively investigating the plausibility of various jump-kicks in different action movies, but if you accidentally use the word "dearth" wrong while talking about it, that's all anybody's going to focus on. It's the little things that bring you down.
An example: In Prometheus, Charlize Theron's character, to emphasize how isolated and alone they were, stated, "We're a half billion miles away from Earth."
Neil deGrasse Tyson immediately pointed out that was a little past Jupiter. To put that into perspective, Voyager 1, launched in the '70s, has traveled 11.5 billion miles. So now Prometheus, this epic sci-fi adventure, is being outpaced by a primitive probe launched by a dude in bell bottoms.
But that's an easy fix: It takes no skill and 10 seconds to Google something. There's just no need to not know what the fuck you're talking about anymore. The great thing about a basic Googling position is that literally anybody is qualified for the job. In fact, the stupider and more ignorant you are, the better you are for the task -- every time you don't understand something, you just type it into Google and write down what shows up there. That capitalizes on two things we have in abundance in modern society: laziness and ignorance.
I know literal distance in space is not technically important to Prometheus' story -- I get that they're only using this throwaway dialogue to establish isolation within the narrative, and I understand what they meant. But anybody that had even a loose grasp of space (read: people who might be coming to see your space movie!) was just yanked right out of the film, and now they have enough ammo to make fun of the screenwriters until the day they die. Isn't paying some jackwad a measly 10 bucks an hour worth it to avoid mockery until death?
#4. Child Writers
No, I'm not advocating that we take a page from the Third World and start a screenwriting sweatshop. Although honestly, now that I've put it out there -- I can promise you some Hollywood executive is fast at work making it a reality. Sorry about that, human rights.
By "child writers" I mean we need people to write the roles of children in movies. I get it, screenwriters: It's hard to write outside your own perspective. Males written by females tend to come off effeminate; females written by males tend to come off either ridiculously feminized or somewhat masculine. And no little kid writes screenplays, so little kids come off as strangely adult, or so infantile that they seem like they're recovering from a traumatic head injury.
There's a scene in one of the early episodes of Continuum that's trying to show how much the female lead, Kiera, misses her son. In it, she flashes back to when she first got her job as some sort of corporate-sponsored McCop. Kiera is explaining to her kid that she has to work late now, so she might not get home in time to tuck him in. And the boy is, like, totally shattered over this -- not because he misses his mom, but because he's got some sort of autistic obsession with tuck-ins. Kiera tells her son she'll come in to see him, even if he's asleep -- and the boy breathlessly enthuses, "I get two tuck-ins?!"
That kid is like 10.
He's old enough to call somebody a faggot on the Internet.
No way in hell is a 10-year-old saying shit like that to his mom. I'm not a parent. I don't like or understand children. They're like psychopathic goblins -- just weird little grabby pseudo-people with no impulse control. And even I can tell you that character's dialogue needs work. In an episode of Under the Dome, the cool teenagers are at the skate park, and one boy rides up the titular dome. His friends holler, and I quote: "Ride that dome! Ha! Yeah! Dome rider! Sick! Bro!"
That's not bad dialogue, because that's not even dialogue. I know teenagers are idiots, but they still use language to communicate, just like you or I. They don't have some sort of debilitating combination of Tourette syndrome and I, Spy where they just shout unrelated slang about stuff that's happening in front of them. For minimal cost, you could hire a writer who is way into children -- or, if you don't want to deal with the almost guaranteed molestation charges, you could actually hire some kids to just hang around and exist for a few hours. Everybody needs their first job, and telling some clueless screenwriter that you'd never say some bullshit like "Dome rider! Sick! Bro!" is way more satisfying than mixing sauce concentrate in an old bucket in the back of a Pizza Hut.
#3. Sequel Namers
Titles are tough, screenwriters. I get it. Believe me, I get it. My first book ended up being called Rx: A Tale of Electronegativity, which was OK. But the working title was Timefuckers: Fuckers of Time. My current book's working title is Punks Versus Math. Every other title on the site I work for is some baffling form of mind-blowing. Titles are one of those things that are just way, way harder than they seem. But once you get the first in a series down, your job is mostly done: You've already got the built-in name recognition and, like an unambitious gay porn star, all you have to do is fill in the space after the colon. Die Hard was pretty good, as far as action movie titles go. Die Harder was retarded. I'm sorry, that was discourteous of me -- I meant "retardeder." Indiana Jones did a great job at sequel titling: Here's an ark that is being raided. A temple that is of doom. Indiana Jones and the Thing of the Thing: simple, classy, effective, and most of all, informative! Right off the bat, the audience knows they're getting Indiana Jones, an action, and at least one object. That's a lot of value for your money!
So how did something like 2 Fast 2 Furious make it past the first meeting? You realize if everybody busts out laughing during the brainstorming stage, that's only a good thing if you're writing a comedy, right? Perhaps objectivity is the issue here. Your writers are so jaded by coming up with title after title that they want to have some fun with it. The problem is, the audience isn't jaded by the film yet (well, not until they leave the theater, anyway), so maybe it's time to outsource the sequel naming. Leave it to your writers to come up with the compelling original titles, but don't waste their highly paid time on sequels. Get a focus group of a few minimum wage employees together, tell them it's the new The Fast and the Furious film and it's about man-children driving ridiculous cars sideways in Japan, and let them tell you it should be called The Fast and the Furious: Sideways Kyoto.


text:
My basket 0 item(s) £0.00
Important delivery notice
The products on this site are only delivered to UK addresses. If you require delivery to another country please visit one of our other sites below.
Sign up to our newsletter
Garden pest and disease control is a constant concern for gardeners - first identifying and then dealing with them! Our handy 'How to prevent & control pests & diseases' guide helps you to identify and treat them. Our extensive range includes natural pest control against slugs, ants, whitefly and more.
There are no products in this category.
Copyright © Thompson & Morgan, 2004-2016. All rights reserved.


text:
|Welcome to the MANGA Forum.
|You will have to register before you can post: log in or sign up at the top of the page to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
with a great plotand characters XD
again Akira and Dead Leaves
The Greatest Clan In Death and Universe... The Zombaukto Clan
I'd like to but all I have is the three Gundam Seed mangas. I need to go to Borders and buy more manga.
dragon ball/zrurouni kenshinbleachhellsingtrigun/maximum
i was in b&n today, i might get them eventually but you should try neon genensis evangelion:raising shinji ikari project. it takes place in the alternate universe showed in episode 25 or 26 (i think angelic days also did this). i also saw knightmare of nunally which is a code geass. alot of people on this site recommend it and apparently it is like the only alt. code geass worth getting.
Berserk is your manga. Given, in the first 3 and a half volumes you might just look at it as a beat-em-up manga, but it gets very deep, emotional, and very interesting. Its a horror/scifi manga that is very gorey and has language and nudity so its not for young readers, but its also my all time favorite manga and you should definently collect them, if your willing to pay around 14 dollars a peice for them... Dark Horse publishes them here... so it might explain why they priced it so high... =(Interesting fact: Berserk began in 1989, and new chapters are still being made today. It has 33 Volumes in japan currently, but new chapters wont be out for another month I think. (I need to check)
HellsingVampire KnightDeath NoteI haven't read Bleach yet but I love the anime so I would suggest Bleach I plan on reading it as soon as I'm able. Trinity Blood I realy love it so far but I'm only part way through so.Love... is just a different kind of pain.
Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell. "After a thousand battles, one only sees death!" -Chaos Space Marine Predator (Warhammer 40,000)
gundam wing/the all new tenchi muyo/try gun and ninja girls that is just some of what i know but there realy realy realy good i have so many that i can not rember them all right now but ther all good thout. OH YEAH !!!!!
Bleach, d. gray-man, rosario+vampire, ruroni kenshin, wild ones, vampire knight, dance in the vampire bund, and i found an interesting one from a few years ago called tenshi la nai. all of them have good plots and characters, some are shonen and some are shojo. "Long is the way, and hard that out of hell leads to light."
here's another one is nora the last chronicle of devildom. it's a real good one i like it alot and it's one of the best shonen jump manga that's out there and anpther good one is rosario+vampire that's a realy good one as well.
I reccomend vampire knight, death note, bleach, naruto ,fma aka fullmetal alchemist There is so many but those ones i like the best :)
i agree that a great story is every thing wen it come's to makeing a manga it is every thing.
haven't read any yet... <those that love to live ultimately love thier lives>
i have already commented before hehe
I need some new manga myself... I'd like to read parasyte, Bloody Kiss, and D-gray manLove... is just a different kind of pain.


text:
Do you want a low-maintenance garden that is perpetually colorful and interesting?
You can have it all!
Join us for upcoming classes in our Perennial Series with Carrie Becker to learn how.
These classes involve both classroom lectures and field trips to see how the concepts can be applied in your own garden.
Space is still available in these classes, and you can register online.
Perennial Companions
2-part class: Wednesday, May 15th, 7:00 – 8:30pm, and Saturday, May 18th, 1:00 – 3:30pm
Fee: Early-bird discount $50; $60 after May 12
In this class you will learn how to put plants together in satisfying combinations that endure and to use site information (such as sun, shade, dryness, etc.) to place companion plants who need similar conditions together, while taking color, form and texture into account.
After the Shade
2-part class: Wednesday, June 19th, 7:00 – 8:30pm, and Saturday, June 22nd, 1:00 – 3:30pm
Fee: Early-bird discount $50; $60 after June 16
Is your formerly sunny garden becoming shady with maturing trees and shrubs? Or do you have areas of existing shade? This class will teach you how to plant for shade and still have beautiful enduring plants from early spring through fall. Learn to love the shade!
Instructor Carrie Becker is co-author of Perennials: The Gardener's Reference, and has spent 40 years immersed in the study of plants as a gardener, professional landscape designer, consultant, and educator. One of the original designers of the Northwest Perennial Alliance Borders at the Bellevue Botanical Garden, she has taught classes about perennials, bulbs, annuals, and biennials in the horticultural department at Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Washington for 17 years. Carrie has written articles for Horticulture, Pacific Horticulture, Arboretum Bulletin, and the Northwest Perennial Alliance and was a Hortus Praefectus of the Northwest Perennial Alliance in 2008. Carrie lectures in various garden clubs, nurseries, arboretums, and flower shows around the Northwest.
Like to plan ahead? Mark your calendar for the last class in the series:
Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 7 – 9pm
Fee: Early-bird discount $30; $35 after September 18
This class will show you how to select and grow bulbous plants for all kinds of garden conditions. Find out which bulbs are enduring as perennials, pest resistant and hardy!
You can register online here: https://www.cfr.washington.edu/uwbg/
Questions? email@example.com or 206.685.8033


text:
You could say the force is strong in physics professor Kishan Dholakia and Dr Frank Gunn-Moore of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. With a deluge of nanotech cancer treatments being developed, the pair have developed a superior way perhaps to fight cancer -- with "lightsabers".
The miniature device, just a few millimeters long extends a "lightsaber" laser beam. The beam is so accurate it can target a single cell. The device would be perfect for hard to reach cancers that typically have high fatality rates, such as cancer of the pancreas. The little lightsaber can punch holes in cells surrounding the spot of a remove tumor, allowing chemo drugs to be selectively delivered to only the cells at risk.
The team currently has the light saber mounted on an optical fiber. The team is now working on adapting it to endoscopes, tiny cameras used by doctors during routine medical procedures. Putting the saber on the end of the camera, researchers could sneak a peak of the region and then go to work punching holes in cells as needed.
Dr. Gun-Moore, obviously a fan of the science-fiction movie franchise Star Wars, enthused about the new real-life research breakthrough, "You could think of these as tiny light sabers like they had in Star Wars inside your body. We can use lasers to punch tiny holes exactly where we want them. We can produce a rod of light - sometimes described as a sword - that can even go around objects. It really does sound like science fiction."
The device could solve a persistent problem in the field of medicine. The most desirable drug would seem to be the one that is most effective at killing cancer cells. However, many of the best drugs have poor solubility, making their delivery difficult to near impossible.
The new device creates an alternative -- low solubility drugs can be optimally delivered through a process called "photoporation". By using the new "lightsaber" to punch multiple pores in a cell membrane, large insoluble drug molecules can pass through the membrane. Further, the method could also be used to deliver genes to cells and extend the applications of gene therapy, useful in treating diseases such as cystic fibrosis.
The device could also be used in the lab to make drug testing easier. By punching holes in cells, drugs could be delivered to them and evaluated solely on their effectiveness, removing solubility from the mix. The process could also help to speed up the testing.
The pair looks to bring their device to hospitals across the country in as little as five years. Dr Gunn-Moore says one of the first potential applications is in treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
quote: Nope. It's an ordinary laser that keeps on going forever. The "lightsaber" part is just journalist license.
quote: Dr. Gun-Moore, obviously a fan of the science-fiction movie franchise Star Wars, enthused about the new real-life research breakthrough, "You could think of these as tiny light sabers like they had in Star Wars inside your body
quote: Lasers only go forever (like light) in space until they hit something. All a laser is is focused light. All lasers start in a tube and a very controlled environment where light reflects around with a path length such that as the light reflects it goes over itself and amplifies itself. What they have done with this technology is exposed it to the outside environment. Lasers which are used for pointing devices only allow very little of the total light to escape the tube. Here the tube is open and no light is escaping from outside the two mirrors on the ends.
quote: Light sabers as seen in star wars are fiction. We don't have a means to make light bend in the way portrayed in the movies.


text:
Monday, February 17, 2014
Some of South Carolina's best athletes were honored Sunday at the High School Sports Report's annual fall sports awards banquet in Columbia.
Since 1987, High School Sports Report has hosted the statewide awards banquet, drawing crowds of more than 1,000 people to the event. Coastal Carolina head football coach Joe Moglia and South Carolina cross-country coach Andrew Allden hosted Sunday's banquet, honoring football, cross-country, tennis, golf, volleyball and swimming.
East Cooper was well represented with 28 athletes and coaches from five different sports. Bishop England received 15 awards, Wando seven, Palmetto Christian Academy five, and Coastal Christian Prep one.
Bishop England
Mary Harriet Moore – 2013 HSSR Class AA volleyball Player of the Year
Cindy Baggott – 2013 HSSR Class AA volleyball Coach of the Year
Sawyer Swanson – Volleyball All-State
Caroline Yodice – Tennis All-State
Liza Arruda – Tennis All-State
John Cantey – Class AA Region VI football Coach of the Year
Nick Shiver – Class AA Division II football All-State
Hudson Little – Class AA Division II football All-State
Matthew Mellin – Class AA Division II football All-State
Chandler Sambets – Class AA Division II football All-State
Reed Fosberry – Class AA Division II football All-State
Blake Jeresaty – All-Rookie football
Matthew Adams – Class AA boys swimming All-State
Christian Widenhouse – Cross-country All-State
Michele Boykin – Cross-country All-State
Nolan Kelleher – 2013 HSSR Statewide football All-State
Natalie Tucker – 2013 HSSR Class AAAA volleyball Player of the Year
Alexis Glover – 2013 HSSR Class AAAA volleyball Coach of the Year
Elisa Alrich – Volleyball All-State
Britney Vallez – Volleyball All-State
Megan Kingsley – Girls swimming All-State
Andrew Gawryluck – Cross-country All-State
Palmetto Christian
J.T. Waters – 2013 HSSR SCISA Statewide Offensive Player of the Year
Ryan Roe – SCISA Class AA football All-State
Will Tuchfarber – SCISA Class AA football All-State
Chase Shimakonis - SCISA Class AA football All-State
Coastal Christian
Kendall Henry – SCISA eight-man football All-State
© 2016 Moultrie News an Evening Post Industries company. All Rights Reserved.
Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Parental Consent Form.


text:
BEAVERTOWN - Helen M. Wagner, 82, of Chestnut St., passed away at 7:10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, at Nottingham Village, in Northumberland.
She was born Jan. 5, 1930, in Beavertown, a daughter of the late Clarence J. and Sadie A. (Zechman) Thomas. On June 21, 1947, she married Richard A. "Dick" Wagner, who preceded her in death on Oct. 16, 1990.
Mrs. Wagner attended Beaver Vocational School.
Article Photos
Helen M. Wagner
After school she had been employed by Saylor's Shirt Factory and then as a waitress at the Dairy Bar, both in Beavertown, and also Saylor's Market, in Beaver Springs.
Helen was a member of Beavertown God's Missionary Church, on Creek Road.
She enjoyed cake baking and decorating, traveling on bus trips with her friends and especially enjoyed volunteering with the Foster Grandparent program. Helen was a past member of the Beavertown Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary.
Surviving are: three sons and two daughters-in-law, Vance R. and Lois J. (Birk) Wagner, of Mechanicsburg, Tom A. Wagner and significant other, Karen Y. VanHorn, and Fred and Bambi J. Wagner, all of Beavertown; four grandchildren, Daymond S. and Gerren Wagner, Heather M. Wagner and significant other, Troy Panchana, Amanda Aurand and husband, Amos, and Ashley Houtz and husband, Jeremy; seven great- grandchildren, Miles, Maura and Marshall Aurand, Emily and Leah Houtz and Arlo and Owen Wagner; one brother and sister-in-law, Roy Marshall and Josephine Thomas, of Beavertown; one sister, Martha Aumiller, of Beavertown; and Helen's companion, Arlanda "Sandy" Glant.
Helen was preceded in death, in addition to her husband, by two brothers, Harold Thomas and George Thomas, in infancy, and two sisters, Dorothy Lash and Maxine Napp.
Friends and family will be received from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, at the Pheasant Funeral Home, 316 W. Market St., Beavertown, where the funeral will be held at 11 a.m., with the Revs. James Plank, Jeffrey Stratton and Matthew Maloyed officiating.
Burial will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Contributions in Helen's memory may be made to the USAA Foster Grandparent Program of PA, 116 N Second St, Lewisburg, PA 17837.


text:
Article Archive:
Legally Speaking- Implied-But Unauthorized-Endorsement
By Bob Mionske
Posted Jan. 2, 2003
I am a professional triathlete and have a question about a company using my picture in an advertisement in a way that implies I endorse the product (which is not true). Do I have any legal rights? I live in California, which is where the advertisement was run and where the company that ran the ad is located.(
Name withheld by request
Dear Tri-guy(
The unauthorized use of a performer or celebrity name or image may be a violation of both state and federal copyright law. The tort of "invasion of privacy, false light may have been committed. Your right of publicity may have been violated as well. On the federal level, the Lanham Act may apply.On the state level, look to California Civil Code 3344 (the Fred Astaire celebrity protection act). Leading cases that may control in your jurisdiction include Midler V. Ford, 849 f.2d 460 (9th cir. 1988) (the "sound alike" case), Presley Enterprises v. Capece, 950 F. Supp. 783 (S.D. Tex. 1996) (the "velvet Elvis" case) and Astaire v. Best Film & Video, 1997 WL 336110 (9th Cir. Jun. 20, 1997). In terms of damages, California Civil Code 3344 affords damages to a person injured by another who uses the person's "name, voice, signature, photograph or likeness in any manner." The company may be liable for a fixed sum and/or profits obtained by the unauthorized use of your likeness. If you simply want them to stop, consider sending a cease and desist letter with reference to the above listed controlling law.(
Good luck-Bob
Important Notice:
The information provided in the "Legally speaking" column is not legal advice. The information provided on this public web site is provided solely for the general interest of the visitors to this web site. The information contained in the column applies to general principles of American jurisprudence and may not reflect current legal developments or statutory changes in the various jurisdictions and therefore should not be relied upon or interpreted as legal advice. Understand that reading the information contained in this column does not mean you have established an attorney-client relationship with attorney Bob Mionske. Readers of this column should not act upon any information contained in the web site without first seeking the advice of legal counsel.
This article, Implied--But Unauthorized--Endorsement, was originally published on Velonews on January 2, 2003.
Vigilante cyclists reunite owners with stolen bikes
September 5, 2014
Chicago Reader: Vigilante cyclists reunite owners with stolen bikes Fed up with bike theft, Chicago cyclists ar...
Court rules that even on a bicycle, it's reckless driving
July 21, 2014
The San Francisco Chronicle: Court rules that even on a bicycle, it's reckless driving Bob Egelko M...
Letter: Cyclists are not a menace on the roads
July 20, 2014
The Montreal Gazette: Letter: Cyclists are not a menace on the roads The Montreal Gazette July 20, 2014 Re:...
Bicyclists rally to demand safer streets
July 18, 2014
The Times-Picayune: Bicyclists rally to demand safer streets By Jonathan Bullington, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayu...
Announcing The Bike Law Network!
March 19, 2014
By Bob Mionske When I wrapped up my cycling career in 1994, I knew I wanted to stay involved with cycling in som...
Welcome Bob Mionske to the Bike Law team!
January 28, 2014
Welcome Bob Mionske to the Bike Law team! We (Ann and Peter) are thrilled to welcome Bob Mionske to the Bike Law...


text:
UNIVERSITY PARK - One of Penn State's biggest games in years gave the Nittany Lions an opportunity to make a statement in the Big Ten and across the country - a statement that despite severe NCAA sanctions, the program still could win marquee games.
Ohio State, however, spoiled the whiteout party of 107,818 fans Saturday night at Beaver Stadium and solidified its case as the Big Ten's best team. The Buckeyes, who also are under NCAA sanctions, won the "IneligiBowl" by a 35-23 final score.
"This was a big game, and honestly you come to Penn State to win big games like this," PSU offensive lineman John Urschel said.
Article Video
Players said losing this kind of game stings.
"Just knowing how excited the fans were, alumni came back, how excited we were and how hard we prepared, we just couldn't get it done tonight," Nittany Lion quarterback Matt McGloin said.
Ohio State, ranked No. 9 in the country, used star quarterback Braxton Miller and a tougher-than-expected defense to end the Nittany Lions' five-game winning streak.
Article Photos
Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Nick Zepp of State College attended Saturday's game dressed as the statue of Joe Paterno that used to stand outside Beaver Stadium.
The game between two of the nation's most storied football programs featured coaches in their first year. Rumors circulated a year ago that Urban Meyer might be interested in the Penn State job, but instead he landed at Ohio State, while Bill O'Brien was hired to lead the Lions.
Meyer has won two national titles and has a career record of 113-23, and his experience paid off in a game against O'Brien, who is 5-3 in his career.
"[This is the] first time I experienced this stadium and their crowd," Meyer said. "This is a big-league atmosphere."
O'Brien was critical of himself after the game, but he believes the Lions can bounce back.
"Hopefully, our staff will do the same thing and our kids will do the same thing," O'Brien said. "We did some uncharacteristic things tonight, and I think that I need to do a better job."


text:
on February 24, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Ending Saturday mail will only hurt business
Once again, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is trying to convince us that we no longer desire Saturday delivery. In a survey commissioned by the Postal Service, he insists that 80 percent of Americans support the decision to end Saturday delivery. But the survey was so slanted toward his desires that it cannot be taken seriously.
The questions were framed in such a way that reasonable people would probably agree. The questions threatened the reader with things like interruptions in service and increases in postage if Saturday delivery continued. Does anybody believe that these things won't take place if the post office ends Saturday delivery?
How can there not be interruptions in service if you don't receive your mail on a day that you normally would? If you're expecting something on a Friday, you will have to wait three more days to receive it; four days if there's a Monday holiday. In the post office where I work, we deliver mail well past 5 p.m., so I hope that a trip to the bank isn't needed.
How long do you honestly think the price of postage will remain the same? Most experts agree that there will be additional losses in business when 17 percent of the service is ended and companies look to find other ways to get their products delivered.
Eighty percent of our losses are from an unfair mandate that forces us to prefund future retiree health benefits. That accounted for $11.1 billion in red ink in fiscal 2012 alone. If you want to fix the post office, call your congressman and tell him that these needless mandates need to be lifted and we'll take care of the rest.
Jack Lewis
Lake View


text:
The Stetson men's basketball team (2-4) will attempt to snap a three-game losing skid against Florida Atlantic (3-4) Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. The Hatters return to the Edmunds Center after a two-game road trip to take on the Owls for the first time since 2007.
Following the first back-to-back 20-point victories since the year 2000, Stetson fell at home to USF by nine, lost on the road to VCU by 36, and recently dropped a contest at Bethune-Cookman by 23 points.
"It was clear to me that what happened was that we didn't play hard enough or well enough to be good," Stetson head coach Casey Alexander said. "I was confused, though, as to why we let what happened happen. We were fresh, we had great practices prior to the game, and we talked specifically about how good practices don't automatically translate into a great game. You have to make it happen when you play the game, and approach the game that way.
"We're a defeated bunch, that's for sure," Alexander continued. "We've lost our last two games by a combined 59 points, so that definitely allows doubt to creep in. I hope that we've addressed some of those issues through player meetings, and team meetings, but really it's just a matter of trying to do your job better."
Stetson will have to play better to defeat a 3-4 FAU team that is coming off of a Sun Belt conference victory over Arkansas State. The Owls are led by Greg Gantt and Stefan Moody, who are averaging 19.1 and 14.6 points per game, respectively.
"They're playing well," Alexander said of FAU. "I know that they'll come in here expecting to win the game, so it will be a challenge to say the least. They have a couple of guys who are really hard to guard; Gantt and Moody. We can play well, but those two guys can play better and win the game for them, so how we defend those guys is a real important part of the game. That's not to discredit any of their other guys, because they have plenty of others who can play."
Thursday night marks the first meeting between these two in-state rivals since a neutral site game at the Glenn Wilkes Classic in Daytona Beach, when the Owls won by a score of 68-82 on Nov. 16, 2007. Stetson holds a slight 16-14 advantage in the all-time series, which dates back to 1993, but is 9-4 against FAU at the Edmunds Center.
"This is a big week for us," Alexander concluded. "We need to take advantage of being at home, and win games that we can win. I wouldn't say we're favored to win either one of the next two games (alluding to Dec. 9 game vs. FIU), but they are games that we can win, and we should expect to."
The contest can be watched for free on HatterVision and ASun.TV with play-by-play from Ryan Rouse. The audio can also be heard on the radio at WSBB 1230 AM in New Smyrna and 1490 in DeLand, as well as online at www.MyAM1230.com. Live Stats, the @StetsonMBB Twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts are also available for in-game updates.