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John Oliver's Net Neutrality Call Bogs Down FCC Site
Amid a debate involving Internet speeds, comedian John Oliver apparently managed to slow down the FCC's website.
On his Sunday night show "Last Week Tonight," Mr. Oliver encouraged watchers to pay attention to net neutrality, even though the concept sounds "boring even by CSPAN standards."
Here's the thing, net neutrality is actually hugely important. Essentially it means that all data has to be treated equally, no matter who created it. It's why the Internet is a weirdly level playing field and startups can supplant established brands. That's how Facebook supplanted Myspace, which supplanted Friendster, which supplanted actually having any friends… The internet in its current form is not broken, and the FCC is taking steps to fix that.
Net neutrality is the concept that all Internet traffic should be treated fairly by broadband providers. In May, the FCC approved a plan that would ban broadband providers from blocking or slowing down websites, but allow them to make deals with content companies for preferential treatment, such as faster speed. Critics fear that legislation could create a two-tiered system, where companies that can pay more get faster sites, essentially limiting those with lower budgets or new startups. The FCC is currently taking comment on the proposal until June 27.
At the end of the 13-minute segment, Mr. Oliver flashed the FCC website for public comment and passionately encouraged viewers to go to the site, calling on anyone who had ever snarkily commented on a YouTube video to hone their skills for good.
This is the moment you were made for commenters. Like Ralph Macchio, you've been honing your skills, waxing cars and painting fences. Well guess what? Now it's time to do some (expletive) karate…. We need you to get out there and for once in your lives, focus your indiscriminate rage in a useful direction. Seize your moment my lovely trolls. Turn on "capslock" and fly my pretties! Fly!
And take to the web they did. On Monday afternoon, the FCC tweeted about difficulties with its site.
We've been experiencing technical difficulties with our comment system due to heavy traffic. We're working to resolve these issues quickly.
— The FCC (@FCC) June 2, 2014
We're still experiencing technical difficulties with our comment system. Thanks for your patience as we work to resolve the issues.
— The FCC (@FCC) June 2, 2014
On Tuesday, Mr. Oliver's account tweeted "Whoops, it seems that you've all crashed part of the FCC website. I hope you're proud of yourselves."
FCC spokeswoman Kim Hart said Tuesday: "We can't trace anything directly back to that segment, but we have been experiencing unusually heavy traffic over the past couple of days." The agency doesn't yet have a tally of how many comments it has received since the segment aired on Sunday, but it has received 64,301 comments in total since February, both through its online commenting system and its open email address. That email address continued to function while the comment site was down.
UPDATE: On Wednesday, Ms. Hart said the FCC's electronic comment system "received about 22,200 comments over the past two days." That includes comments filed over the weekend, which were updated on Monday.
As of noon on Tuesday, the video had over 700,000 views online.
Rebecca Ballhaus contributed to this article.
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Mayor Alan Arakawa, Maui County Council Chairwoman Gladys Baisa and former council Chairman Danny Mateo will put their powers of persuasion to the test Friday at the state Capitol.
Coming at a crucial juncture in the current lawmaking session that ends May 2, the county leaders will continue lobbying to convince lawmakers to remove a cap on the counties' share of transient accommodations tax revenue.
This morning, House and Senate conferees will face off in conference committee on the state budget. What still has county leaders worried is whether lawmakers will balance the state's budget with money that has traditionally gone to the counties, such as the transient accommodations tax, also known as the hotel room tax.
Arakawa called the lobbying push "the last chance to talk to legislators to make our case."
Meanwhile, lawmakers will be hovering nearby, all concerned about pet projects for their districts.
"We've just passed bills back to the originating house and are still doing an assessment of differences between the respective drafts," said West and South Maui Sen. Roz Baker via email Wednesday. She maintained that her own priority project was lined up to be included in the state budget.
"Kihei high school construction money is in both House and Senate drafts of the budget," she said. "So I'm optimistic that the dollars we need to get this project into construction will be included in the final conference draft."
The Maui County delegation will meet Friday with House Speaker Joe Souki, Senate President Donna Mercado Kim, Senate Ways and Means Chairman David Ige and House Finance Committee Chairwoman Sylvia Luke, Baisa said Wednesday.
"We need to make sure they understand our position, particularly on the TAT," she said.
Maui County receives about $21 million annually from the room tax revenue, making it second only to property taxes as the largest source of general fund revenue. Losing that money would require cutting public services or increasing property tax rates, according to Budget Director Sandy Baz.
This year, the Legislature's attempt to raid the counties' share of the revenue took the form of Senate Bill 359. It would have repealed the distribution of room tax revenue to the counties, but it did not cross over to the state House, making it appear dead this year. However, it could be resurrected in another money measure.
Last week, the County Council passed a resolution calling on the Legislature to remove the current cap of $93 million as the four counties' share of the room tax revenue, Baisa said.
The cap was supposed to be temporary, she said. And, now "tourism's going through the roof. There's a lot more money coming in. If we don't get the cap off, we won't get any more. Otherwise, it will go to the state treasury, and we're not going to benefit."
Arakawa said county leaders will call on lawmakers to live up their promises.
"They made a commitment that this TAT cap would only be temporary, and they need to stand by that commitment," he said. "Visitors have a positive impact on our economy, but they also heavily impact our roads, utilities and emergency services such as police, fire and lifeguards. It is logical that visitor-generated revenue helps the county pay for those services, and it's not right that the state wants to take it away to balance their budget."
Mateo, now an executive assistant to the mayor, said the county provides funding for state programs.
"We support the dental and nursing programs at the University of Hawaii Maui College, as well as give money to many nonprofit organizations for their programs, operations and services for our people," he said. "Our state legislators need to be reminded about how critical these TAT monies are to the county."
Maui County's share of the room tax revenue is an important piece in putting together the county's annual budget, Baisa said. "We've got to make sure we don't lose that money."
Council Member Riki Hokama, vice chairman of the council's Budget and Finance Committee, also has been helping the county's lobbying effort at the Capitol, she added.
"We've got to keep an eye on them until it's over," she said. "We've got to keep being in their faces, let them know we're paying attention."
When council members are working on the county budget in Council Chambers in Wailuku, council staff members are keeping close tabs via Internet live-streaming on what's happening at the Capitol in Honolulu, Baisa said.
"We're doing our best because you know we have to bring home the bacon," she said.
Baisa said she believes another measure, Senate Bill 1213, which would have taken half of the counties' share of public utility franchise tax revenue, has died this session because of lobbying by the counties.
If half of the franchise tax revenue were diverted to the state Department of Transportation, as had been proposed, Maui County's current $9 million in revenue for highway projects would have been reduced by about $5 million.
"It appears that will not be touched this year," she said. "We were able to pull it out of the fire."
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My ferret Slinky ran away, so I shot myself.
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Ferrets are playful, curious, fun and interesting. They are related to pole cats, sunks, weazels and meakats They often get too excited and run into things espeialy when on tiles. They "dook" when playing. Ferrets are NOT vicious unless u train them to be.They come in different colours not just albino.
Awwww look at the cute little ferret...:)
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my ferret is so funny,we can watch her all day
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More than 20 cars were vandalized and a Mercedes Benz was stolen overnight Monday in the Town of LeRoy, Genesee County sheriff's officials said Tuesday.
The Sheriff's Office is working with Livingston County sheriff's investigators because the stolen car was found in Caledonia, where a KIA minivan was stolen and several cars also were vandalized overnight.
In LeRoy, cars were vandalized on Linwood Road and along Route 5 between 11 p.m. Monday and about 2 a.m. Tuesday. All apparently were left unlocked by their owners. Stolen from those vehicles were global positioning systems, iPods, clothing items and cash.
The Mercedes recovered in Caladonia had been stolen from a Route 5 residence in LeRoy, deputies said.
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Mayday! It's chaos on Rihanna's VIP plane!
Rihanna's 777 Tour, which kicked off Wednesday, took journalists and fans on a seven-day, seven-country tour in celebration of the release of her new album Unapologetic (out Nov. 19) – all on board a tricked-out Boeing 777. But the sky-high adventure has taken a slight nosedive, with passengers getting cranky – and a little crazy – according to various online reports and Tweets from passengers aboard the plane.
The 250 guests, including reporters from MTV, Fuse and VH1, have been keeping fans on the ground posted, and Rolling Stone's Jeff Rosenthal is one of many keeping a diary of his experiences. "Def Jam's ever-present staff has done its best to meet the needs of a too-large operation. The amount of money spent on this whole thing could sink a boat," he reported.
But the pricey plane hasn't made for the most comfortable trip, according to some reports, which document hunger, fatigue among passengers, as well as the pop star's relative lack of engagement with the press on the flight.
A blogger for MTV wrote on Sunday night during an overnight flight from Berlin to London, where Rihanna is scheduled to perform on Nov. 19, "Long waits on tarmac and in buses, no sleep, and no sightings of her royal highness since our initial ascent into the skies has the denizens of the Rihanna plane feeling restless."
"Crowd chanted 'Just one quote!,' 'I need a headline!' and 'Occupy 777' while Aussie journo stripped naked and ran around the plane," journalist Jason Newman Tweeted, describing some of the onboard activity. (Video of the Australian reporter streaking on the flight has also surfaced online.)
Journalist Mary H.K. Choi also chimed in: "The Australian with the harmonica STREAKED the plane as the press corp chanted. #RIHANNAPLANE #WHEREHAVEYOUBEENALLTHISFLIGHT," she Tweeted.
According to Fuse, a Def Jam publicist was asked whether Rihanna was aware of the chaos. The rep replied, "I don't know," before telling journalists, "Someday, before we die, I'll tell you my version of the story."
And the Huffington Post editor aboard for the tour dissects why Rihanna felt the need to host a week-long party in the sky. Quoting a fan may sum up best: ""Everyone wants to be liked."
The excitement is set to come to an end when the tour wraps Nov. 20 in New York City.
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Statement from Maryland Labor Secretary Directing Thoroughbred and Standardbred Industries to Consent to Binding Arbitration
Industries unable to negotiate mutual agreement on simulcasting during mediation process
BALTIMORE, MD (October 3, 2011) Maryland Labor Secretary Alexander M. Sanchez directed representatives from the Standardbred and Thoroughbred industries today to consent to de novo binding arbitration to reach agreement that would permit Rosecroft Raceway, a standardbred race track in Prince Georges County, to import and accept wagers on out-of-state thoroughbred races.
Earlier today, Sanchez sent the involved parties an official letter of notice and released this statement:
The Secretarys directive comes after 90 days of legislatively-mandated mediation between the industries. During the mediation process, Sanchez facilitated negotiations aimed to structure an agreement that would benefit both industries and provide long-term stability for Marylands historic racing tradition.
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LONDON - The eyes of the basketball world were lured away from the Olympics, following Dwight Howard all the way to Los Angeles. And that's fine. The Lakers have put together the NBA's newest supergroup, adding Howard and Steve Nash to Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol.
The rest of the league couldn't do much to stop it. One team, though, found a way to create an opportunity for itself.
"We had it in our sights, that we could get in on Andrew Bynum," Sixers coach Doug Collins said. "He might be the best low-post center in the NBA. You can throw the ball in to him, he can score, he can defend, he can rebound."


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A South Shore man was taken to the hospital by helicopter Friday, after his own vehicle rolled over him and dragged him into the street, authorities said.
The unidentified man had just parked his vehicle when, for unknown reasons, it started to roll, trapping the man under the vehicle, said Sgt. Michael Seligsohn of the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.
The incident occurred on Gold Dust Trail shortly before 5 p.m. Lake Valley Fire Protection District, CALSTAR and the sheriff's office were among the agencies that responded.
Firefighters were the first to respond on scene, using Jaws of Life in the rescue effort.
A helicopter landed near Pioneer Trail and Black Bart Avenue to take the patient out of the area. It is unknown where the man was taken or the extent of his injuries.
Traffic was backed up on Pioneer Trail and Black Bart Avenue during the incident, but is now moving.
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The Marine Trades Association of Western New York returns to the Buffalo Bills Healthy Zone Fieldhouse at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park to host its 2013 Buffalo Bills Boat Show from next Wednesday through March 3.
Buffalo area boat dealers will offer a wide variety of personal watercraft and boats ranging from fishing boats to cruisers.
Attractions for youngsters will include caricature artist Mr. Scribbles, Zippedy the Clown and Scooby-Doo.
Admission is $7 for adults and free for children 12 and under. Parking also is free.
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BEAVER TOWNSHIP- South Range Local schools could drop to an effective rating on its local report card despite maintaining its excellent performance standards, according to schools Superintendent Dennis Dunham.
At the regular school board meeting Monday night, Dunham reported that preliminary results of the Ohio Department of Education's local report card indicates that the district will drop a level from Excellent to Effective after missing the Value Added measure for the third consecutive year.
According to Shari Lewis, the district's director of curriculum and special education, Value Added measures the individual performance growth of students each year, primarily in math and reading. If a student scores at a certain level one year, they must score at that level the following year to maintain expected growth. At South Range, high performing students are fluctuating, meaning they are advanced one year and proficient the next, she explained.
Although expressing some disappointment at the probable designation, Dunham assured the board members and public that the ranking is not indicative of the education students are receiving. He said the preliminary report shows that the school is still excellent, passing all 26 indicators while earning a 105.5 performance index, higher than last year, with students passing tests at the same rate; but since it has failed to meet expected growth for three consecutive years it has dropped.
"It's very complicated, because you can be performing at a higher level than [another district] but get a lower ranking," Dunham said.
Delayed due to manipulation of attendance records by some districts, the local report card results are expected to be released today.
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SIDMAN - Bishop Guilfoyle went to Forest Hills High School on Monday night expecting the kind of battle the Laurel Highlands Conference girls' basketball rivals have come to expect in recent years.
The Marauders opened up an 11-point lead and went on to hold off the Rangers, 50-46. Bishop Guilfoyle won its 16th consecutive game, and opened up a two-game lead on Forest Hills in the section.
"It's big for us," Bishop Guilfoyle coach Mark Moschella said, "because it solidifies, hopefully, our section [lead]. ... It also sets us up for the seedings at districts.
"But, most importantly, [it's good] to be able to have an opportunity to play a team as good as Forest Hills. And I hope they feel the same way. It's only going to make us both better in the playoffs."
"It's a great opportunity for us to get ready for the playoffs," Forest Hills coach Carol Cecere said. "That's a great team and my hat's off to them. They'll get us ready for the playoffs."
Unlike, for example, the Steelers-Ravens rivalry, the Bishop Guilfoyle-Forest Hills rivalry is driven by respect, not mutual contempt.
"It is a great rivalry, but one of respect," Cecere said. "It's not a blood kind of rivalry. It's more [like] we respect each other and know the other's capabilities and their qualities."
Bishop Guilfoyle erased an early 2-0 deficit by going on a 9-0 run to start the game. The Marauders assumed an 18-7 lead when Brittany Boslet hit one of her two 3-pointers with less than 20 seconds to play in the opening period. Forest Hills then clawed back into contention to pare the difference to 25-19 at halftime. Amanda Meier's put-back tied the score at 32 entering the final period.
"When you come to Forest Hills, you always figure you're going to be in a good game because the coaching staff does a great job and they have a team that is hard to defend," Moschella said.
Caitlyn Gallaher's lay-in off a steal by Marlee Zubek tied the score at 34-34 with 5:43 to play in the final period. But Halee Adams hit a turnaround jumper and Kristen Miller contributed her only basket of the night to put Bishop Guilfoyle back on top by four with 3:36 to go. Kayla Bates hit both ends of free-throw opportunities on two occasions 1:05 apart to put the Marauders ahead, 46-39, with 1:14 remaining.
"They're a quality team," Cecere said. "And I thought we played very well against them."
The second half largely belonged to Bates. She led Bishop Guilfoyle with 13 points, including eight in the final period. Bates hit all eight free throws.
"Kayla did a really outstanding job in the fourth quarter. Really in the second half I thought she really stood out," Moschella said. "She did a good job of taking care of the ball, finding open people. And when they put her to the foul line she did an exceptional job."
Zubek led all scorers with 14 points.
Bishop Guilfoyle (50): Ehredt 4 2-2 10, Bates 2 8-8 13, Boslet 3 0-0 8. Stessney 2 3-4 7, Adams 4 2-5 10, Miller 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 15-19 50.
Forest Hills (46): Cai. Gallaher 4 2-3 10, Cas. Gallaher 3 1-1 8, Meier 3 2-2 8, Zubek 5 1-2 14, Swanson 1 0-0 2, Scott 1 1-2 4. Totals 17 7-10 46.
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3-point field goals: Bishop Guilfoyle 3 (Boslet 2, Bates), Forest Hills 5 (Zubic, Cas. Gallaher, Scott).
Records: Bishop Guilfoyle (18-1, 8-0 LHAC Section 1), Forest Hills (15-4, 6-2 LHAC Section 1).
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PITTSBURGH - James Harrison rarely holds back when it comes to controversial comments.
Larry Foote's a congenial chatterbox on and off the field.
And among great Pittsburgh Steelers linebackers of the recent past, Joey Porter was known for his trash talking and James Farrior for his vocal leadership.
Something about the position, maybe.
Then, of course, there's Lawrence Timmons, arguably the best linebacker for the best statistical defense in the NFL. Timmons hardly fits the mold of a loud and rambunctious Steelers linebacker - past or present.
But he's just as productive, if not more. And he will be in focus when his Steelers (6-3) face the Baltimore Ravens (7-2) in an AFC North showdown Sunday night.
"Man, if Lawrence says more than two words to you, I guess you're his friend," Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton quipped. "I might not be his friend. I don't think he's said more than two words to me since he's been here."
Quiet and mild-mannered in the Steelers' locker room, Timmons maintains a steely focus when he's in the heat of battle. And the Steelers will need that this week.
The freakishly athletic former first-round pick is in his fourth season as a starter, but he's still the junior member of a veteran Pittsburgh corps. With Harrison and Foote in their 30s and LaMarr Woodley shaking off nagging hamstring injuries, Timmons has been the Steelers' most consistent playmaker at linebacker.
His interception of Matt Cassel and 23-yard return inside the Kansas City 10-yard line set up the winning field goal early in overtime of a 16-13 victory over the Chiefs Monday.
"He told me that he was one of the top offensive prospects coming out of high school, and I used to deny that," Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau said. "But after that run he made Monday night, I think he's got a point."
The 75-year-old LeBeau chuckled. But he wasn't joking a few moments later when he said, "I think Lawrence has been playing at a Pro Bowl level for several years now."
Timmons has yet to be selected for a Pro Bowl. LeBeau said that's because he's been overshadowed on his own team by the likes of Harrison, Woodley and Farrior, who have seven berths between them.
In the Steelers' 3-4 scheme, it's the outside linebackers who rack up the sacks. Timmons has played there at times for Pittsburgh, but he's settling into his inside spot next to Foote. That hasn't taken away, though, from the versatility that might be his greatest asset.
"I feel like I can fill in anywhere to help the defense," Timmons said. "I love getting put in the game plans and I like being in spaces where I can make plays. That means a lot to me.
A chiseled 6-1, 234 pounds, Timmons is big enough to be an effective tackler but fast enough to be a strong safety. That's exactly how LeBeau sees it. When Foote calls Timmons "the Troy Polamalu of the front seven," it's because of his polite and soft-spoken ways. LeBeau actually uses Timmons as the Polamalu of the front seven.


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When one tweets at their friends on twitter instead of just texting them.
When her piece of shit phone died, Kinsey resorted to twexting to continue communicating with her "friends."
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The situation that arises when two people are texting AND tweeting one another at the same time.
"Henry and I were twexting like crazy until we realized that one mode of communication would suffice"
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The act of text messaging a single individual via Twitter, instead of sending them a direct text message. This causes all of the other followers much distaste and aggravation as it constantly sends updates to their phone with personal messages that they do not need to know about.
Will you people stop twexting each other already? If you're going to have a 30 min conversation just text each other! My phone won't stop buzzing and I'm trying to sleep!
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Using Twitter to text message back and forth to one person
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? The annual banquet of the Martinsburg High School Alumni will be May 24 at Martinsburg High School.
? The Martinsburg High School Class of 1977 will have a picnic/cookout from noon to 4 p.m. June 14 at Poor House Farm Park at the Kester pavilion.
The cost will be $10 per adult of 13 years and older, $5 for children 5 to 12 and free for children 4 and under. The class will meet at 8 p.m. for cocktails at Jeannine Yoe-Shoup's house. The cocktails event will be BYOB, however, the chaser and snacks will be provided.
Interested classmates should make check or money order out to Sharon Kees and send to:
Shepherd University, Attn: Catering/Sharon Kees, P.O. Box 3210, Shepherdstown, WV 25443.
If interested in meeting for cocktails Jeannine's address is: 3401 Golf Course Road, Martinsburg, WV 25405.
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? The USS Nimitz (CVN-68) Association is searching for shipmates (ship's company, staff, squadrons and detachments) who served on board the nuclear attack aircraft carrier for a ship's reunion in Nashville, Tenn., June 19-22. The Nimitz is currently deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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? The Martinsburg High School Class of 1988 will have its 20th reunion on July 26 and 27. Saturday's events will take place at Stonebridge while Sunday's events will include a family picnic at Poor House Farm Park.
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? The Musselman High School Class of 1988 will celebrate its 20th reunion on Aug. 23 and 24. Check out www.appleman88.com for details and updates.
? Planning is under way for Shepherdstown High School Class of 1968's 40th reunion.
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Bar Association Support to Improve Correctional Services (BASICS) is an offender rehabilitation program sponsored by the BASICS Committee of the State Bar of Georgia. Read More
This Committee to Promote Inclusion in the Profession shall facilitate, analyze and present for consideration initiatives and programs which increases participation, retention and representation of diverse attorneys in the legal profession in Georgia that accurately reflects the makeup of our state. Read More
The function of the Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) of the State Bar of Georgia is to serve the public and members of the Bar. Read More
This program operates under the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency and assists attorneys with keeping track of their CLE hours. Read More
The Cornerstones of Freedom™ program shall promote public understanding of the law and its role in society through a public education program about democracy, the rule of law, the legal profession and the judicial system. Read More
The Fee Arbitration program is a service to the general public and lawyers of Georgia. It provides a convenient mechanism for the resolution of fee disputes between attorneys and clients. Read More
The State Bar of Georgia Diversity Program promotes inclusion of all members of the State Bar of Georgia regardless of race, nationality, sex, religion, sexual preference or disability. Read More
The purpose of the Judicial District Professionalism Program (JDPP) is to promote professionalism within the legal profession through increased communication, education and the informal use of local peer influence. Read More
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Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song
Los del Rio - Macarena
Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song
Los del Rio - Macarena
I don't know how I could have forgotten these...maybe I'd successfully blocked them out for a while. I shudder and stab my finger at the "seek" button each time one of these songs is played on the radio:
"My Humps" by the Black-Eyed Peas
"Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani
Two songs that make me go "ewww..." I still can't believe people make big bucks writing lyrics that lame. (Sez the poor, unrecorded parodist!) I can't even manage to parody these songs, because that would mean having to learn them.
There will no doubt be more. Like, OMG, "We Didn't Start the Fire", by Billy Joel? Totally annoying. Though I'm sure there are those of you who just lurve all these songs, and that's okay. Gwen and Fergie need to make a living, and Billy needs to replace his car on a regular basis.
What was that horrible song by Jefferson Airplane after they reformed, something about building America? I guess that is a successful block. Can't hum the tune, just remember how bad it was.
"We Built This City"? How oh how can a group who did "White Rabbit" turn out this? And that was even before Gracie started shootin' up the neighborhood.
Thanks PL, I can always count on you! Now doubt, they should have change the name of the band, that is like anther skater calling themseves Michelle Kwan. If it changes, It is different, just like Van Halen / Van Hagar - that should have been changed.
Great now the tune is coming back - agh! I shouldn't have asked! ...on rock and "*raugf*"
"I don't know why she's leaving,
or where she's gonna go,
I guess she has her reasons,
but I just don't wanna know,
cause for 24 years I've been living
Next Door to Alice....."
Quite possibly the most pathetic piece of **** ever to torture an innocent piece of vinyl.
For some reason the song "Freshmen" always annoyed me.
And of course it was purposefully nasty song, but "Smelly Cat" from Friends, more annoying than funny.
I agree with CzarinaAnya and Dennis.
You're Beautiful" with James Blunt (though my mother LOVES it and plays it all the time) and The Ketchup Song.
Some others that have driven me crazy over the years (and yes these are all real songs that I have heard on the radio)
First from the Country Charts:
First up and still unfortunately being played:
Jesus take the Wheel sung by Carrie Underwood about some totally idiotic woman who skids on ice on the highway and takes her hands off the wheel and starts praying. Every time I drive now I wonder if some fool will take this song literally when the car skids.
Margaritas Make Her Clothes Fall Off (also current)
Dropkick me Jesus Through the Goalposts of Life
Bootscoot Boogie by Brookes and Dunn
And from noncountry sources:
Teen Angel about some girl who dies in a car crash with a great deal of snivelling
Blue Moon, where the band has forgotten the real words and just keeps singing
Blue moon, blue, blue,blue,blue moon, diptadiptadip blue, blue, blue,blue moon diptadip. bowwowwowbatarang batarang a dingy dong ding blue moon,.
I've never been to Me (nuff said)
YMCA and In the Navy by the Village People
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (O Wim o Way)
Rockin' Robin (tweetle a Deet)
Anything sung by Barney.
Or the Wiggles
How on EARTH could I have possibly overlooked THAT one??? Probably because some songs are so hideous you just block them out of your mind. THAT is the #1 song guaranteed to make me run shrieking out of a room. (Well, it might be #2 behind "Crucified" by Army of Lovers, which actually did make me run shrieking out of many a dance club in New Orleans).Originally Posted by Piel
Actually, Piel's comment reminds me of a scene from "Grace Under Fire" where Brett Butler is driving home from work, high off fumes from a leak at the refinery, and 'White Rabbit' is playing on the car radio and she bangs her hands on the steering wheel going 'I. Can't. Believe. This. Is. The. Same. Group. That. Did. We.Built. This. CITY!!!!!!'


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The most delicious of the "Little Debbie" snack cake products, nothing more. If anyone says otherwise, see urbandicks.
Better known as "Oatmeal Creme Pies".
Better known as "Oatmeal Creme Pies".
Oatmeal Pies come in boxes of 12, I recommend buying them.
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Discover how accessible and beautiful Bargello can be with fabric and pattern designer Karen Gibbs. Start by creating a Bargello version of the Chinese Coins pattern. Learn to set up your machine, choose fabrics, create Bargello segments from strip sets and piece your quilt. Then, create the Something About Paris quilt, where you'll pair Bargello sequences with large half-square triangles and reverse appliqué hearts for a harmony of pattern, imagery and color. Finally, create a Bargello Madison's Star pattern using seven strip sets and straightforward instructions. Learn the Bargello technique to piece quilts with the kinetic color and flowing movement you're eager to achieve.
Meet your instructor, pattern designer Karen Gibbs, before learning what Bargello is, how it can be used to create gorgeous projects and what you'll create over the course of this class.
Dive into an exploration of creating Bargello strip sets. Karen shows you step-by-step instructions for measuring, cutting, aligning and sewing your sets to create squared-up segments that can be paired to create dynamic coins.
Begin the stunning "Something About Paris" quilt as you construct the background pieces with Karen's troubleshooting tips along the way. You'll gain practice with sharp and soft curves in addition to professional tips on cutting, pinning and arranging your pieces.
Discover how to use reverse appliqu� techniques to create the gorgeous heart pieces for your "Something About Paris" quilt. Karen demonstrates how to trace, baste and attach the reverse appliqu� and shares methods to eliminate shadows caused by bulky layers.
Jump into your next quilt, the eye-catching "Madison's Star" project. You'll put your new Bargello skills to work as you sort, sew and press your segments together to create the diamond shapes that are key to this design.
Complete the quilt you started in the previous lesson as you put the polishing touches on your diamond designs and sew them together using Karen's effective and efficient Y-seam technique. You'll also gain insider tips on various quilting options for the projects you've learned in class and other Bargello designs.
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A course integrating fundamental Christian doctrine with personal experience in the journey toward wholeness in Christ emphasizing scripture, discipline, and community as essential Wesleyan patterns of devotion.
The following intended learning outcomes will be achieved by this course:
The following competencies as outlined in the Sourcebook on Ordination: United States of America Edition, 2006 to meet the educational requirements for Ordination within the Church of the Nazarene will be achieved by completing this course:
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Motorola Plans Low-Cost Phone; Sales of Moto X Disappoint
By Rolfe Winkler and Ryan Knutson
Google's Motorola unit is set to introduce a relatively low-cost phone Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter, amid weak sales and a price cut of its flagship high-end model.
Details of the new, cheaper Moto G leaked out over the weekend, when a version appeared on Amazon.com's U.K. website at a price of £160, or about $255, without a contract from a cellphone carrier. In the U.S., the phone will be cheaper, according to a source familiar with Motorola's plans.
Meanwhile, Motorola on Monday cut the U.S. price of the high-end Moto X with a two-year carrier contract to $100 from $200, as sales of that device have proven disappointing.
According to research firm Strategy Analytics, roughly 500,000 Moto X phones were sold in the third quarter, after the phone was released in August. By comparison, Samsung said it sold more than 10 million Galaxy S4 phones within a month of its April release.
The Moto G would be priced between Samsung's two-year-old Galaxy S2 and one-year-old Galaxy S3 devices, without contracts, according to analyst Neil Mawston at Strategy Analytics. The specifications of the Moto G were unclear. The cheapest new smartphone available from Apple, the iPhone 4S, costs $450 without a contract.
The Moto G appears to be part of a Google strategy to shake up the smartphone market and sap some of the profits of rivals Apple and Samsung. Dennis Woodside, chief executive of the Motorola unit, said at a May conference that Motorola can "attack" the market in ways that Apple and Samsung can't.
"One of the areas that we think is really open for Motorola is building high-quality, low-cost devices," Woodside said at the time. "The price of a smartphone is $650? That's not gonna persist."
Apple's iPhones accounted for 52% of its revenue in its most recent quarter. Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., estimates that the phone carries a gross profit margin of roughly 45%. Samsung derives two-thirds of its operating profit from its mobile business.
Samsung did not respond to requests for comment. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment.
The new Motorola phone will have to compete with Apple's and Samsung's marketing muscle.
Google's move also risks straining its relationships with other handset makers that use its Android operating system, most notably market-share leader Samsung.
The low price for the Moto G points to a "persistent and increasing tension" between Google and Samsung, says Rajeev Chand, head of research at Rutberg & Co., an investment bank focused on the mobile industry. The Moto G reminds Samsung that "Motorola with Google's support is a potential market disruptor," Chand says.
The Moto G, which will be formally introduced at an event in Brazil on Wednesday, arrives amid disappointing early sales data for the Moto X.
The Moto X begins at $585 without a contract on Amazon.com. Strategy Analytics projects Motorola will sell one million of the phones in the fourth quarter.
Motorola shipped fewer than 2% of smartphones world-wide in the third quarter, says Strategy Analytics, down from 4% two years ago. One reason is that Google pared Motorola's product offerings from more than three dozen to just a handful.
In turn, that puts emphasis on the Moto X, which was Motorola's first device designed with Google's guidance. But features like advanced voice activation weren't enough for the device to break through to consumers, says Rutberg & Co.'s Chand. "There was a lot of wood behind this arrow," he says. "For Motorola this has got to be disappointing."


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Stone Sour Announce North American Tour
The tour will begin on January 20th Bethlehem, PA and conclude on February 17th in Denver, CO.
Stone Sour will be touring in support of their new release, House of Gold & Bones Part 1, which the first installment of their two album series.
The tour also features Papa Roach.
1/20/13 Bethlehem, PA Sands Bethlehem Events Center
Ritchie Blackmore's 2016 Rainbow Shows Set For Release
Airbourne's Joel O'Keeffe Injured In Stage Fall
Metallica's Lars Ulrich Remembers Cliff Burton
Joe Lynn Turner's New Album Features Impressive List Of Guests
The Mission Stream Full New Album 'Another Fall From Grace'
Dance Gavin Dance Release Animated 'Young Robot' Video
Dio Hologram Performance Was Nerve-Racking For Simon Write
Red Fang Stream New Song 'Not For You'
Former Quartz singer Mike 'Taylor Dies
The Agonist Release 'The Hunt' Video
Roy Orbison Biopic Is In The Works
Keith Richards Talks 'Sympathy For The Devil' Evolution On Guitar Moves
Testament Discuss 'Brotherhood Of The Snake' Themes In New Trailer
Grim Reaper Return With New Album and Tour
Crippled Black Phoenix Stream New Song 'Winning A Losing Battle'
Stooges Documentary 'Gimme Danger' Trailer Goes Online
Beth Hart Streams New Song 'Love Is A Lie'
Singled Out: State Of Mine's Curtain Call
Korn Preview Corey Taylor Collaboration Song
King Conquer's Original Guitarist Brodie Wheeler Dies
Original Halloween Director Slams Rob Zombie
New Metallica Song Inspired By Lemmy
Rik Emmett Streams New Song Featuring Rush's Alex Lifeson
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne 'Back On Track'
KISS, Eminem, Linkin Park Team Up for NFL Team T-shirt Line
Backstreet Boys Announce Las Vegas Residency
3 Doors Down Complete Lineup For Charlie Daniels' Volunteer Jam
Thomas Rhett Announces His First Headline Tour
Andrew W.K. Releases New App, Guests On MAKJ Single
Ed Sheeran Wins Auction For Pig Statue of Himself
Miranda Lambert's Pink Pistol Block Party Announced
DJ Khaled Releasing A Book Entitled 'The Keys'
Dierks Bentley and Maren Morris Duet At Red Rocks
Korn's Jonathan Davis Answers Alice Cooper's Life's Greatest Questions
Solange Releasing New Album 'A Seat At the Table' This Week
Vogue Gives George Michael's 'Freedom '90' Video A Facelift
Meek Mill and Drake's Feud Sparked Over Nicki Minaj?
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Rapper Struck In Face By Drone
Garth Brooks Scores His Seventh 10 Millionth Selling Album
Video From Green Day's Club Tour Kick Off Goes Online
Danny Brown Releases Atrocity Exhibition Album Early
Celtic Woman Announce North American Tour
Otis Redding Listening Party Announced
Old Sea Brigade Streams New Song 'All The Same'
MAST Announces Sophomore Album Love and War
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In BDSM, an orgasm that the sub is resisting, so that when he or she finally does cum it's a humiliation experience. Sometimes done in public at a party for extra humiliation.
Molly was doing a brat to get punished, so Jason finally just put his hand down her pants and made her have a forced cum in front of everyone.
He always wants a forced cum once he's tied up.
He always wants a forced cum once he's tied up.
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STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald
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Arthur Post is the unquestioned leader of the San Juan Symphony. This weekend, however, Durango will be rewarded that Post has friends in high places, because the maestro will be about 1,200 miles away in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
In his place, Post invited his college buddy Kenneth Freed to stand in for Sunday�s �Back to the Future� program at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. The symphony business is a tricky one, and Post�s contract allows him to tap a substitute every so often so he can pursue other opportunities. Freed and Post were classmates at the Yale School of Music. Freed is on loan from his full-time gig as the music director for the Mankato Symphony Orchestra in Minnesota.
On Wednesday, Freed previewed Sunday�s program, and he showed he understands both the material and his friend�s style.
�Arthur�s take is there�s this sensibility of the composers who wore wigs and created the canon, but he�s instead been mining folklore for this year�s season,� Freed said.
�Back to the Future� is on the Symphony�s Lollapalooza theme for 2012-13. The concert will start with the �future,� featuring Derek Bermel�s 2010 composition �Canzonas Americanas,� which was commissioned by superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
�(Dudamel) told him to combine the music of North and South America, and he�s an omnivore. It�s bluesy, accessible and even funky � music you can dance to,� Freed said.
The other two pieces have been around since 1795. Chinese proteg� Zhu Wang will return to the San Juan Symphony as the soloist on Beethoven�s Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major for piano and orchestra.
After intermission, �Back to the Future� will conclude with Symphony No. 104 by the �Father of the Symphony,� Joseph Haydn.
Durango resident Meredith Mapel will make her debut with the San Juan Symphony as a vocal soloist.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016 7:00 PM
Boston University Hillel House, 4th floor
213 Bay State Road
Maggie Dietz
Leslie Epstein
Jennifer Haigh
Ha Jin
Karl Kirchwey
Sigrid Nunez
Robert Pinsky
Mike Brokos (poetry alum 2012)
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Past Events
The Ha Jin Visiting Lecturer Series presents JUNOT DIAZ
Monday, October 26, 2015 at 7 PM
Law School Auditorium, 767 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston
Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey, Junot Díaz is the author of Drown, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship and PEN/O. Henry Award. A graduate of Rutgers University, Díaz is the fiction editor at Boston Review and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Annual Faculty Reading
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 7:00 PM
Boston University Hillel House, 4th floor
213 Bay State Road
Dan Chiasson
Leslie Epstein
Ha Jin
Karl Kirchwey
Sigrid Nunez
Robert Pinsky
Mai Wang (fiction alum 2014)
Free and open to the public
The Ha Jin Visiting Lecturer Series presents RACHEL KUSHNER
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 6 PM
Photonics Auditorium, 8 St. Mary's Street in Boston
Rachel Kushner is the author of The Flamethrowers, which was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award, the 2014 Folio Prize, and the James Tait Black Prize, long-listed for the 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, and a New York Times Top Five Novel of 2013. Kushner's debut novel, Telex from Cuba, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner of the California Book Award, and a New York Times bestseller and Notable Book. Kushner is the only writer ever to be nominated for a National Book Award in Fiction for both a first and second novel. Her fiction and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, the New York Times, and the Paris Review, among other places. She is the recipient of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship.
The Annual Faculty Reading
Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at 7 PM
Boston University Photonics Center Auditorium
8 St. Mary's St.
Dan Chiasson
Leslie Epstein
Ha Jin
Sigrid Nunez
Robert Pinsky
Caitlin Doyle (Poetry Alum 2008)
Nell Stevens (Fiction Alum 2013)
Free and open to the public
This event is free and open to the public. We suggest arriving early to guarantee a seat. Public parking is available in the BU Granby Street lot at 665 Commonwealth Avenue, with limited metered spots on Bay State Road and Commonwealth Avenue. Via MBTA, take the Green Line to BU East. You can find more information at http://www.bu.edu/maps/ or http://www.bu.edu/parking.
The Ha Jin Visiting Lecture Series presents JHUMPA LAHIRI in conversation with DAPHNE KALOTAY
Wednesday, February 19, 2014, 7:00 pm
Morse Auditorium, 602 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, a graduate of our program in fiction, will read from her novel The Lowland, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award. After the reading, Lahiri will be joined onstage for a conversation with fellow alumna Daphne Kalotay (Fiction 1994), the award-winning author of Russian Winter and Sight Reading.
This event is free and open to the public. We suggest arriving early to guarantee a seat. Public parking is available in the BU Granby Street lot at 665 Commonwealth Avenue, with limited metered spots on Bay State Road and Commonwealth Avenue. Via MBTA, take the Green Line to the Kenmore or Blandford Street station. You can find more information at http://www.bu.edu/maps/ or http://www.bu.edu/parking
JHUMPA LAHIRI was born in London and raised in Rhode Island. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and author of two previous books. Her debut collection of stories, Interpreter of Maladies, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the PEN/Hemingway Award and The New Yorker Debut of the Year. Her novel The Namesake was a New York Times Notable Book, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist and was selected as one of the best books of the year by USA Today and Entertainment Weekly, among other publications. She is a graduate of the Boston University Creative Writing program and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
A citizen of both Canada and the U.S., DAPHNE KALOTAY grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Vassar College before moving to Massachusetts to attend Boston University's Creative Writing Program. There her stories went on to win the school's Florence Engel Randall Fiction Prize and a Transatlantic Review Award from The Henfield Foundation. She remained at BU to complete a PhD in Modern and Contemporary Literature and, with Saul Bellow as her advisor, wrote her doctoral dissertation on the works of Mavis Gallant. (Her interviews with Mavis Gallant can be read in The Paris Review's Writers-At-Work series.) A MacDowell Fellow, Daphne has received fellowships from the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the Bogliasco Foundation, and Yaddo. Her fiction collection, Calamity and Other Stories (Doubleday), was short listed for the 2005 Story Prize, and her debut novel, Russian Winter (HarperCollins), won the 2011 Writers' League of Texas Fiction Prize, made the long list for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and has been published in 21 foreign editions. Her newest novel is Sight Reading (Harper, 2013). Currently co-president of the Boston chapter of the Women's National Book Association, Daphne lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
The Ha Jin Visiting Lecture program, made possible by a generous donation from Mr. Robert Hildreth of Boston, is designed to bring internationally renowned fiction writers to Boston University to teach master classes and give public lectures. Jhumpa Lahiri is the third Visiting Lecturer; past honorees have included Victor Golyshev and Paul Harding. The series is named for HA JIN, a Boston University Creative Writing alumnus and current professor. Born in China in 1956, Jin was a teenager when China entered the Cultural Revolution. He became a member of the People's Liberation Army at the age of fourteen. Writing in English, Jin has won the National Book Award, the PEN/ Faulkner twice, the PEN/Hemingway award, and the Flannery O'Connor prize.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014
Amanda and Billy Harmon lived through an eternity for about four hours one anxiety-ridden night this summer.
Thats when their special-needs daughter Hannah wandered off and got lost in the woods near their home in Legend Oaks.
Hannah was found safe and sound, thanks in large part to the efforts of bloodhound Caley, and Tuesday Hannah and Caley were reunited for the first time since the rescue.
In truth, Hannah doesnt remember much of that night. She doesnt remember why she wandered off as the rest of the family unloaded the car; she doesnt remember telling the deputy who found her that she has special needs, had hit her head and probably needed oxygen shes learned well to advocate for herself over the years, her mother said and, animal-lover that she is, she doesnt remember wanting absolutely nothing to do with Caley.
The behavioral changes and memory problems are due to Williams syndrome and Moyamoya syndrome both rare diseases on their own and even more unusual in combination.
At 21, Hannah has lived to be the oldest person with both diseases, Amanda Harmon said.
Amanda Harmon was calm and grateful Tuesday, but that wasnt the case when she realized Hannah was gone. She said she was unloading the car and thought Hannah had gone into the house. Once she went inside, she couldnt find Hannah.
The family started searching the home, then reached out to neighbors.
One of the characteristics of Williams syndrome is an unusually sociable nature. The Harmons moved to the neighborhood only in April so they dont know many people, yet they hoped to find Hannah chatting up a nearby family.
Once it became clear Hannah was gone, the family called the sheriffs office for help.
Neighbors stepped in to help search, too.
We had neighbors wed never met there helping us find her, Amanda Harmon said.
As the search widened, Sgt. Justin Eaches and Caley were called in.
Caley is a 4-year-old pure bloodhound whos worked for the sheriffs office for three years. Shes a no-bite dog; she doesnt hunt down suspects but helps only in cases of missing people.
Eaches said Caley works purely for praise. She doesnt need treats; she just wants the praise and love.
That night, she didnt miss a beat, Eaches said.
She got Hannahs scent and pulled Eaches off into the woods. Soon Eaches heard Hannah screaming. It was so dark, though, that he couldnt see her until the pair got within about 50 yards of the missing woman.
The rescue marks Caleys first find in a real-life situation. Up until now, missing people have been found before Caley got started, Eaches said.
Tuesday, Hannah and Caley enjoyed getting to know each other.
Sheriff L.C. Knight presented Hannah with a certificate of bravery to commend her for keeping her cool as deputies searched, and Hannah presented deputies with some homemade goodies.
As the Harmons thanked the deputies for their work, Chief Deputy Sam Richardson said its all part of the job. Never hesitate to call, he said.
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Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he'd been hired to find Rose Janko, the wife of a charismatic son of a traveling Gypsy family, who went missing seven years earlier. Half Romany himself, Ray is well aware that he's been chosen more for his blood than his investigative skills. Still, he's surprised by the intense hostility he encounters from the Jankos, who haven't had an easy past. Touched by tragedy, they're either cursed or hiding a terrible secret-whose discovery Ray can't help suspecting is connected to Rose's disappearance.
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I purchased this audio book based on two things . . . First, Dan Stevens was the narrator and, in my opinion and without a doubt, Dan Stevens is one of the best narrators I've ever listened to. He truly enriches any book he reads. Second, after reading the reviews, it sounded like a worthwhile read.
The story was interesting, but it seemed to plod along. It took so long to get through the plot and then it suddenly ended. I liked the two main characters Ray Lovell and JJ and how they shared the story. I felt sympathetic toward both of them . . . especially JJ.
You may be right; I may be crazy. But I just may be the lunatic you're looking for!
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JJ Without a doubt was my favorite. His vocalization of the character added so much life to the story and to the Janko family. It made me feel as if JJ was real and was telling his story.
Yes. I admit I am a fan of Dan Stevens' work but I was so moved by his interpretation of this book that the buildup to the 'big reveal' was perfectly executed.
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Well constructed and excellently narrated. I did figure out the "mystery" well ahead of the end, but that did not detract from my enjoyment of this book. I will be looking for more works by both of these artists.
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the characters were wonderfully drawn and the writing was fantastic. Put it all together with one of the best narrators, and it's a hit!
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The narration is first rate. I really enjoyed the story about modern day gypsies and the problems small communities have with too much intermarriage. The story is engrossing, and the ending surprising.
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The following is the seventh of seven position-by-position 2013 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL draft analyses:
On the roster: Antonio Brown, Emmanuel Sanders, Jerricho Cotchery, Plaxico Burress, David Gilreath, Kashif Moore, Derek Moye, Bert Reed
Last six drafts: The Steelers made good picks with Brown (2010, sixth round), Sanders (2010, third round) and Mike Wallace (2009, third round). Limas Sweed (2008, second round) will go down as one of the biggest busts in Steelers draft history. Other receivers who didn't pan out were Dallas Baker (2007, seventh round) and Toney Clemons (2012, seventh round)
Top receivers available: Tavon Austin, West Virginia; Cordarrelle Patterson, Tennessee; Keenan Allen, California; DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson; Justin Hunter, Tennessee
The Steelers might take: Pretty much any receiver. Some intriguing ones include Da'Rick Rogers, Tennessee Tech; Marquise Goodwin, Texas; Tavarres King, Georgia; Corey Fuller, Virginia Tech; Josh Boyce, TCU
Analysis: The Steelers need a receiver and could very well select two among their eight picks. This year's draft seems to be loaded with good receivers that are projected to be selected in the third and fourth rounds. Because of that, don't be surprised if the Steelers pass on some of the top receivers in the first round. From experience, they know they can still find a gem on the second and third days of the draft. They will most likely be trying to find a speed demon due to the loss of Wallace. Goodwin has been tabbed as the fastest among this year's crop, but several others aren't too far behind.
On the roster: Heath Miller, Matt Spaeth, David Johnson, David Paulson, Jamie McCoy, Zack Pianalto
Last six drafts: Spaeth (2007, third round) never lived up to expectations and is now back with the team. Johnson (2009, seventh round) plays more of a fullback role and has been a good addition. Paulson (2012, seventh round) stuck with the team last year.
Top tight ends available: Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame; Zach Ertz, Stanford; Vance McDonald, Rice; Gavin Escobar, San Diego State
The Steelers might take: Eifert
Analysis: Miller is coming off an injury, and his status at the beginning of the season is in question. Spaeth was signed to help in case Miller is not ready. The Steelers don't really need to select a tight end because Paulson and McCoy might be good enough to provide depth. However, the Steelers might consider Eifert a special enough player to not pass up in the first round, especially if the other players they're targeting are gone. They could use Eifert in two tight end formations and help solve their receiver problem as well. But if they don't pick Eifert in the first round, they'll probably not use any of their eight picks on a tight end.
Coming Thursday: Steelers' overall draft analysis
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Medaille College will continue its Homeland Security Lecture Series from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on select Thursdays starting this month.
The free lectures will be held in the Kevin I. Sullivan multipurpose room on the school's Amherst campus, 30 Wilson Road.
The first lecture, "Active Shooters," will be presented Thursday. Other lectures in the series: "Foreign Relations and Homeland Security," March 21; "The Perceived Erosion of Personal Freedoms and Homeland Security," April 25; "Leadership and Homeland Security," May 23; and "Regional Incident Response and Homeland Security," June 20.


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Ambitious hikers will want to try their hand at this long distance hike called "Hintere Gasse" (backstreets) connecting Meiringen to Gsteig via Grosse and Kleine Scheidegg, Sefinenfurge, Hohtürli, Bonderchrinde, Hahnenmoos Pass, Trütlisberg Pass and Chrine. The hike lasts about eight days and one has the choice of staying in Swiss Alpine Club mountain huts, in mountain inns or in luxury hotels in the respective villages. The route is called its name because it runs between the first prealpine chain and the high alpine mountains. On one side one looks down on green hills, mountain forests, and alpine pastures, on the other side, one can admire eternal snow and ice and craggy preaks.
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S tarting in the 2015 fiscal year, farmers and ranchers in Colorado can be rewarded simply for doing good. The Colorado Charitable Crop Donation Act was signed into law May 30 by Gov. John Hickenlooper after passing both houses with bipartisan support, and starting July 1, created a tax credit for Colorado food producers that is proportionate to the amount of food they donate to local charities.
The Colorado Charitable Crop Donation Act was supported by Hunger Free Colorado, a statewide organization that works to combat hunger, and Feeding Colorado, the association of the five large Colorado food banks — Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado, Community Food Share, Food Bank for Larimer County, Food Bank of the Rockies and Weld Food Bank.
Additional support for the bill was provided by the Colorado Farm Bureau, LiveWell Colorado, Colorado Nonprofit Association and the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union.
"The goal of the legislation is two-fold, one is to increase supply of nutritious food into local emergency food systems," said Kathy Underhill, the executive director of Hunger Free Colorado. "We realize as pragmatists that the farmers and ranchers need an incentive to do this. The tax credit provides a little bit of help for the farmers and ranchers to be able to bring those donations out of the field and ranches and into the emergency food system."
The process is more or less simple — when a farmer donates crops, he or she will be given a credit certificate by the food bank to which they donate. The food bank will appraise the wholesale value of the produce, and by that figure, the farmer will be able to receive a tax credit of 25 percent the marketable value of the produce, up to $5,000.
When taxes are turned in at the end of a fiscal year, the dollar amount from these credit certificates will be deducted from the amount of tax due. If the credit exceeds the amount due, it can be rolled over into subsequent years.
Nick Colglazier, the director of state affairs for the Colorado Farm Bureau, said that the organization understands the need for this fresh produce in food banks and pantries and the vital role the state's agricultural community can play in helping.
"One things that food banks and some of the charitable organizations seem to be lacking is those exact things," Colglazier said. "They just cannot keep fresh food, fresh vegetables, fresh fruits stocked."
According to Bob Boswell, the food procurement and transportation manager for Weld Food Bank, the effort to bring produce to those in need is one that charities across the state have been working toward, and this bill will help fill a major need in the food bank system.
"Fresh produce is such an important part of everyone's diet. We, last year, were able to distribute here in Weld County 3 million pounds of fresh produce. Most of that came from Colorado," Boswell said. "Food banks primary responsibility is to make sure that people get enough food, and that's raw calories, but above and beyond that, what we really want is to get them proper nutrition."
According to Sen. Mary Hodge, D-Brighton, who one of two senators sponsoring the bill, it received little to no pushback and flew through the state legislature.
"It makes a lot of sense when you think about how many hungry people we actually have in Colorado and how many people who access things like food banks don't get fresh food," Hodge said. "And we have farmers, large truck farmers who could probably do one more round in their fields after they meet their contracts, giving them an incentive to do so hopefully will put fresh food in the market. It's just good for the world."
The legislators sponsoring the bill with Hodge were Rep. Mike McLachlan, D-Durango, Sen. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango and Rep. Tim Dore, R-Elizabeth.
The Adobe House Farm in Durango, a community-supported agriculture farm started in 2010 by Peter and Linley Dixon and their now four-year-old daughter Raina, was the site for the bill signing.
According to Linley Dixon, owner and head farmer at the Adobe House Farm, the event drew both local community members and area farmers to see the governor sign the legislation.
"He was great. He was really fun to be around, and he gave a nice little talk along with Mike McLachlan," Dixon said. "He interacted with my daughter really well, so that was pretty fun to see. He gave her the pen after he signed, and let my daughter write on his hands, so that was pretty sweet too."
Dixon also said that she thought the bill was a promising first step in encouraging donation, which can be a difficult and costly thing for farmers.
"I think it's great, honestly. It's really hard to donate for most farms because its a lot of work," Dixon said. "To incentivize that a little bit is really important. Frankly, I don't think its incentivized enough, but it's a start."
Colglazier said that for farmers, the Colorado Charitable Crop Donation act gives an opportunity for them to do what labor and harvesting costs previously prohibited. He described how sometimes, food that isn't high-quality enough for grocery stores goes to waste, and this bill will help alleviate that.
"The food is still as nutritious and just as tasty, but they have a blemish, and so its not acceptable for consumer produce, but they are totally edible," Coglazier said. "This will allow them to do something with it, but they need a little bit of an incentive, because it just takes money, there is a cost associated with getting out of the field. So this will help offset a little bit of that cost so that they can get it out of that field, and they don't have to bear the burden of harvesting something that they can't sell." ❖


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With John Franco and Ray Reitz each guiding one of the top Class AA programs in the western half of Pennsylvania in the last 15 years, it seemed natural that they would find themselves across the sidelines from one another at some point.
"We were always going to meet," Reitz said.
It didn't work out, as Franco's District 6 championships at Tyrone never coincided with Reitz's state playoff trips with Jeannette.
The former IUP teammates, though, finally face off tonight trying to resuscitate WPIAL Class AAAA squads, as Franco takes his Altoona team, coming off a win he hopes will build confidence and momentum, to Latrobe to take on Reitz and the Wildcats in a Foothills Conference game.
Altoona is 2-4, while Latrobe is 1-5. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m.
Franco and Reitz met as players at Indiana in 1974. Franco was a running back. Reitz played on the offensive line.
It's apparent that there's a lot of fondness still between the two.
"I could spend three hours talking about Ray Reitz. He's an amazing guy," Franco said with a chuckle, breaking his usual serious pregame demeanor. "If there's one guy I never thought would get back into coaching, it would be Ray, and I think he would tell you the same. But he's had a remarkable career."
Reitz and Franco ran with the same circle of friends, although Reitz said they had different personalities.
"We were pretty good friends. I was a little bit more of a partier than John was. I'm putting that mildly," Reitz said. "John was a good person. John got along with everybody."
Their coaching careers have paralleled each other. Both spent some time at smaller schools, then cut their teeth on the quad-A level - Franco in an earlier eight-year stint at Altoona, Reitz as a longtime assistant - before winning PIAA championships in Class AA. Franco's came in 1999, Reitz's in 2007.
They each parlayed that success into a return to the Class AAAA ranks. Reitz took over at Latrobe in 2009, guiding the Wildcats to one playoff appearance followed by a pair of winning seasons in which they just missed the WPIAL tournament.
"I'd run into John. I'd go to scout a team, and John would be playing the team I was there to scout," Reitz said. "I'd always follow John, because John's done a good job everywhere he's been."
Franco is trying to continue that in his return to Altoona. The Mountain Lions took a big step in the right direction last week by holding on for a 17-14 win over visiting Hempfield, which came to Mansion Park with a winning record.
That snapped a four-game losing skid for the Lions, with three of those setbacks coming by seven points or fewer.
"We were so close, and we had the lead in two of the three games. It wasn't like we were making major mistakes. It was just like we weren't executing plays where we would give up a big return or something like that. We were close and just couldn't close the deal," Franco said. "I didn't think we played that well [against Hempfield]. But, the good thing was, in the past, I think they might have folded. They might have said, 'Here we go again' and found a way to lose the game. But they hung in there and made a couple of first downs on our last drive in the fourth quarter, which ate the clock up.
"It was a good win to get a win," Franco added. "I felt good for them. I think they felt more relieved. Finding a way to win games is one of the hardest, if not the hardest, things to do when you are trying to turn a program around."
Altoona quarterback Brennan Luciano completed 9 of 11 passes in surpassing the 100-yard mark for the second straight game. Jake Diviney caught seven of Luciano's throws, while the Lion defense held Hempfield to 9 yards rushing.
"The thing about Altoona is they play hard, and I think that's a credit to their coaches," Reitz said. "They don't do anything they can't do. What they do, they do well. They're kind of simple and basic, but everything they do, they do very well."
Latrobe's only win came over Fox Chapel. However, statistically, the Wildcats have been solid, at least offensively. Quarterback Logan Carns has thrown for 337 yards and run for 327 out the Latrobe veer. Lucas Monteparte leads three other Wildcat rushers with more than 100 yards, checking in at 236, and Adam Drake and Robert Vasinko have 11 and seven receptions, respectively.
"We've been giving up big plays. Then, once adversity hits, we don't come back," Reitz said.
An injury forced Carns to play receiver last week against McKeesport, but he might be healthy enough to go back under center tonight.
"When he has the ball, he's a threat. He's dynamic," Franco said of Carns. "When he's in there, their offense really moves."