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nickelodeon, hes 20 what...., i thought he was 12. Preety face.. yea, bony muscles, annoying, sometimes funny.stay in the acting.PLEASE!
Nickelodeon hater.
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A huge dousche. Skinny bastard with a crappy tv show.
One time Nick Cannon made a joke that was almost funny...
just kidding, it was terrible.
just kidding, it was terrible.
by ted12 March 04, 2006
Verb for having your own improv comedy show and routinely being upstaged by every other actor on said show. Also to be a willing puppy to a 40 something industry whore. and to have no talent doing anything.......at all........like ever. Not to be confused with Kenan Thomson or Kel Mitchell, as said actors have some talent.
I have no example, just watch Nick Cannon in Love don't cost a shit for the clearest of examples.
by Johny Quid December 03, 2009
wild'n out
Man she pullin a nick cannon on a nigga!!
by T.L. Jackson July 23, 2008
Someone who is hilarious
"Nick Cannon is hilarious" - Dave Chappelle's son
by Cascade Cabernet April 27, 2004
An ok actor, an ok rapper, an ok music producer, and a funny guy. He was a little more then a one hit wonder with very good appearances in songs such as 'Get Crunk Shorty', 'Cops Come', and 'Shorty (Put it on the Floor)'. He has potential.
Shorty, you gon work, for this lil bit of change
Side order of pimpin, lil bit of game
What you know gon hurt as a lil bit of pain
When I rip ya skirt from ya little bitty frame
Side order of pimpin, lil bit of game
What you know gon hurt as a lil bit of pain
When I rip ya skirt from ya little bitty frame
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on January 28, 2013 - 7:18 AM
Dear Abby: Although I love my 7-year-old daughter, "Emma," I do not "like" her. It's because I dislike my ex-husband, "Scott," so much. He was verbally and emotionally abusive and left me while I was pregnant. The experience left me hurt and humiliated, and I continue to harbor resentment toward him.
I'm happily remarried now, but Emma is a constant reminder of my bad marriage. I feel she's selfish, rude, lazy and disrespectful – characteristics Scott possesses. I have little tolerance for her behavior and I'm hard on her. Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to him instead of to a little girl.
I have seen several therapists, but nobody has been able to help. I have been told, "Your child isn't your ex so you need to get over it!"
Compounding the problem is the daughter I have with my second husband, a little girl I adore beyond words. She's sweet, kind, friendly and essentially the opposite of Emma. I love this child more than I love Emma, and I'm disgusted with myself for feeling this way. It was Scott who hurt me, but I can't get past the hurt. Abby, what can I do?
– Distressed in Massachusetts
Dear Distressed: Try harder to rebuild the bond you didn't form with Emma when she was born because of your anger at her father. It can still be done, but it will take work on your part. Emma's behavior may be the result of how you have treated her, and if YOU can change, so may she. I'll share with you a letter I printed several years ago from another mother who shared your problem:
"Dear Abby: The best advice I ever received for coping with my contrary daughter was from a neighbor who had a surly girl of her own. She made a conscientious effort to be more demonstrative to her daughter, hug her more and hold on a little tighter to show her how valued she was.
"I tried it with my daughter, going out of my way several times a day to express my love for her. It was awkward at first, but I persevered. I committed myself to loving that unlovable being, and slowly but surely it paid off. At first, she would lean away, but eventually she would ask me to hold on 'just one more minute.'
"My daughter is 24 now and on her own. Her life isn't what I would have hoped for or expected, but that's OK. I'm her touchstone for love and acceptance. I can't imagine my life without her.
– Another Mom in California"
Emma may be a difficult child, but she's not stupid. She sees the difference between how you react to her half-sister and the way you treat her. A first step for you would be to apologize to her, put your arms around her and tell her that from now on you will try to do better as a mother. Emma didn't ask to be born, and you owe her that.
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EAST LIVERPOOL -The charity stripe proved to be the difference as East Liverpool held off Oak Glen in a 53-47 win Wednesday at Potter Fieldhouse.
The Potters connected on 8 more free throws in the contest, finishing 21-of-36 for the game. Oak Glen was 13-of-25.
"Oak Glen is very tough fundamentally and well-coached," said East Liverpool first-year coach Allan Dingey. "We finally took the lead in the third when we were able to get out and run on the fastbreak. That changed the game."
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East Liverpool's Nikayla Edgell, who scored a game-high 18 points, makes her way around the Oak Glen defense. (Photos by Jimmy Joe Savage)
The Potters, RaeAna Holmes puts up a shot against the Bears. (Photos by Jimmy Joe Savage)
The visiting Golden Bears actually led 23-22 at the half before a 15-9 third quarter gave the Potters the lead.
Dingey said East Liverpool held a 9-point advantage with about 3 minutes left to play, but attempted some "ill-advised" three-pointers that made things a bit interested in the waning moments.
"We were able to hold on and step up to the foul line (and connect) in the final quarter," the coach said.
The Potters (4-5) were paced by the trio of Nikayla Edgell (18 points), Jamie Neville (15) and Sarah Morrell (10), who combined for 43 points. Neville was 7-of-9 at the foul line.
The Bears received a 17-point effort from Vanessa Hissam, who was 9-of-11 at the foul line. Karly Wiley added 10 points.
In JV play, East Liverpool won 35-23 as Caitlyn Davis scored 10, Linsey Rose 8 and Taryn Williams 7. Oak Glen was led by Brie Evans' game-high 13.
East Liverpool returns to the hardwood tonight at Weir. Oak Glen plays a girl-boy varsity doubleheader saturday at home against Weirton Madonna. The girls' varsity tips off at 6 p.m.
East Liverpool 53, Oak Glen 47
OAK GLEN (47): Casey Patterson 1 0-1 2, Logan Andrews 1 0-2 2, Kaityln Herstine 0 1-2 1, Tori Feicht 3 1-2 7, Vanessa Hissam 4 9-11 17, Karly Wiley 5 0-0 10, Jessica Stivason 1 0-2 2, Alex Arnott 2 2-5 6. TOTALS: 17 13-25 53.
EAST LIVERPOOL (53): Nikayla Edgell 5 8-14 18, Linsey Rose 0 0-0 0, Candace Holmes 1 0-0 2, Kiara Cowart 1 0-1 2, Chelsea Possage 1 1-2 3, Sarah Morrell 3 4-8 10, RaeAna Holmes 1 1-2 3, Mary Davis 0 0-0 0, Jamie Neville 4 7-9 15. TOTALS: 16 21-36 53.
Three-point goals: none
Junior Varsity: East Liverpool 35-23.


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Have any favorite etsy shops you'd like to share? I'm all ears. :)
April 5, 2010
As seen on Ivy...
Have any favorite etsy shops you'd like to share? I'm all ears. :)
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LOVE this.ReplyDelete
And also, here's a fave shop of mine.
I LOVE this dress! I was admiring it yesterday when you first posted, but didn't ask about it. I'm glad others did. What size is Ivy wearing? (Wanting to order a dress for my little girl!)ReplyDelete
Oh how I love this dress!!! So So cute!!ReplyDelete
This is the same super cute pattern that Beco uses on their butterfly carrier. It's called the scooter. Adorable!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, that's so cute! I love the Olive green dress she has in her shop, too.ReplyDelete
My favorite shop right now is gingersnappz - she made a custom nursing cover and burpie set for me and it's so beautiful!
Well, the dress IS darling - but those pink shoes are SO SASSY! Love, love, love.ReplyDelete
(Also love those little arms. nom nom nom)
I'm all ears, too. You know I'm watching for future Teagan outfits. :)ReplyDelete
Love this! On Etsy I mostly shop for yarn for crocheting diaper covers. I should expand my horizons!ReplyDelete
she is so *so* cute. I have 2 girls, but she makes me want another one...ReplyDelete
I've seen that ATN dress before and wondered what it looked like on. Fellow etsy JUNKIE here. :)ReplyDelete
Such a cutie... I agree dressing up girls is so much fun :)ReplyDelete
I can vouch for all three of these shops:ReplyDelete
Love them!!!! Ivy is growing so quickly, such a precious little girl. :)
OH I love her clothes-they are all just too cute :)ReplyDelete
Cute dress. I could spend hours (and a lot of money) on etsy!ReplyDelete
The dress is SO cute! My new fave etsy seller is MisMatched Molly. I got Bug's Easter dress from Holy Crap Clothing (also on etsy)-- it was gorgeous, but I think she's closed up shop & getting caught up at the moment.ReplyDelete
How sweet! With three boys of my own, I don't get to do much in the way of dressing up little girls. Ivy is just PRECIOUS!ReplyDelete
My favorite Etsy shop to find dresses for Lily is Illia Designs (http://www.etsy.com/shop/illiakids). The dresses are cute and unique and decently priced! :-)ReplyDelete
Love the dress! Looking forward to hearing more about Ivy's wardrobe...since Audrey is just around the same age!ReplyDelete
She's so sweet! I've gotta little shop that have some cutey pie things...ReplyDelete
Rikshaw Design (unique and cute)
I love All the Numbers' dresses. That it's local to me is even better!ReplyDelete
My favorite etsy shop is also local - Newton, MA. She makes beautiful hair accessories, which are the only ones my 3 yr old daughter will wear - and she constantly gets compliments from strangers about her clips!
She's likle the hippest child on the planet. Seriously.ReplyDelete
This dress is adorable... love itReplyDelete
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LEETONIA - For the first time in awhile the Leetonia school district has a surplus in the general fund, Treasurer Jennifer Coldsnow said Thursday.
Coldsnow said the $53,193 surplus is a result of staffing cuts and a slight increase in student enrollment. Enrollment increases allow district's to earn more funding from the state.
The surplus was reflected in the annual tax budget approved by the board of education for the 2014 fiscal year which begins on July 1 of this year.
According to the budget the district's general fund revenue is at little more than $7.15 million for new fiscal year.
Coldsnow said the general fund is typically in the negative. While the money in the general fund can be used for operating purposes, the district intends to use the surplus as carryover, meaning there are no plans to spend it immediately, she added.
"With us not knowing what the state is going to do we're going to hold onto that (for now)," she said.
The board then approved:
- A total of $1,425 in donations from various individuals, businesses and organizations to be put toward the Girls Basketball Fund.
- Seth Whittemore and Devan Champney as workers for the 2012-13 basketball season.
- The retirement of Dave Hephner, effective March 1. Hephner has worked as a bus driver in the district since the early 1980s.
- Fifteen people as online instructors.
- David Pavlansky as a substitute teacher for the remainder of the 2012-13 school year.
- Allowing the Leetonia/Washingtonville Youth Baseball to use the facilities for Open Gym, March 3-29.
- A cooperative purchasing agreement with Stark County Schools Council.
- Setting compensation of board members at $80 per meeting with no cap for maximum number of meetings paid.
- Douglas Jones as board president, Kurt Jennings as vice-president and Ohio School Boards Association legislative liaison.
- Board meetings for the year were set at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of each month in Room 20.


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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - Karen Wirth joined Girls on the Run-Sierras shortly after moving to Lake Tahoe from Colorado. An avid runner and advocate for women's rights, Karen was eager to get involved with a community organization that empowers girls through running. In spring 2011, she volunteered to mentor a group of girls as a coach at the Rideout Community Center on the West Shore. Although an injury prevented her from running, she volunteered at the Girls on the Run 5K in the fall and attended the GOTR annual fundraiser LUNAFest with husband Andy, Squaw Valley CEO and evening MC. In addition to her passion for the programs, Karen brings both legal and board governance experience to GOTR-S. Karen is a real estate attorney and member of the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe board of directors. Karen joined the board for Girls on the Run-Sierras in March and was voted board chair in August.-
"Having completed a plethora of 10Ks, half marathons, and even one triathlon, I understand the link between self-esteem, accomplishment and athleticism. I believe that Girls on the Run has a long-term positive impact on girls in our community and would like to see that impact continue and expand," said Wirth.-
Girls on the Run instills self-esteem in third through eighth-grade girls through health education, life skills development, mentoring relationships, and physical training. They are actively recruiting new board members for two year terms starting in January. To learn more about the board of directors or programs, visit www.girlsontherunsierras.org.


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Six area children got a chance to be junior FBI agents on Wednesday.
They were given a trip to the bureau's Milwaukee division by winning an essay contest.
The winners got a lesson into how the FBI tracks criminals.
"I really liked taking the fingerprints and learning how they dust the fingerprints," said Grace Blunck of Glen Hills Middle School.
The theme of the essay contest this year was cyber safety.


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Making the most of your business travel
Travelling for business can be challenging — think of those long flights, back-to-back meetings, and unexpected delays — but with a little preparation, you can make your next business trip a success.
Before you leave, you may want to take advantage of the services offered by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service. They can help you assess foreign markets, prepare to do business overseas, and connect you with local business contacts. They can also help resolve issues that arise during your trip.
Make the most of your time away from the office by:
Visiting the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada's Travel Reports and Warnings page to get up-to-date information about country-specific entry requirements, safety, local laws and customs, health conditions, and more
Knowing the location and contact information of Canadian embassies, consulates and high commissions in the region you are visiting — they can help you if legal issues or emergencies arise
Avoiding to book the last flight of the day — that way, if you miss a connection or the flight is cancelled, you won't have to be stuck at the airport overnight
Making the most of layovers — use the extra time to go over presentations, catch up on email, or rest
Considering handling the time-zone changes on the plane versus on the ground when you need to be productive — that may mean sleeping right away or forcing yourself to stay awake
Applying for a NEXUS or CANPASS card to speed up the border clearance process when you are travelling from and returning to Canada from outside the country
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This is good information. Just returned from a trip to europe & the Middle East and wish I knew about the travel reports page you listed, really good information on safety and also health and culture issues and things to be aware of.
Hello I'd like to import flooring material from the US but I don't know if I can bring them across teh border? Do you have information?
Hi Gilles,
There are a number of resources that may be able to help you. The Canadian Border Services Agency's Step-by-Step Guide to Importing offers a list of different products and who to contact for more information.
You can also visit the Importing section of our website.
Good luck with your business!
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Spending an inordinate amount of time viewing page after page of an item, say shoes, on multiple websites.
I was Windows shopping for almost 3 hours this morning....I looked at almost 4000 pairs of shoes and didn't buy shit.
লিখেছেন- Krema 19 de এপ্রিল de 2009
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When a person goes to online websites like eBay or Amazon.com to look at things they have no intention of purchasing. The electronic form of window shopping.
Jane went on eBay to look at expensive diamond earrings that she would never be able to afford, so she was Windows shopping.
লিখেছেন- Kurtz 24 7 de ডিসেম্বার de 2010
Creating an account on a shopping website solely to add items to your wish list, with no intention of actually buying anything.
Person 1: Did you make an account on forever21.com?
Person 2: Nah. I'd only use it for Windows shopping anyway.
Person 2: Nah. I'd only use it for Windows shopping anyway.
লিখেছেন- SummonDinosaur 13 de জুলাই de 2011
Online shopping.
See also Windows shopper
See also Windows shopper
Amazon.com is great for Windows shopping
লিখেছেন- Mewchu11 12 de এপ্রিল de 2004
Spending time looking at items on on-line shopping sites but ultimately buying nothing.
A: Last night I was looking at Amazon, EBay, a whole bunch of sites....
B: Wow, how much did you buy?
A: Oh, nothing, I was just Windows-shopping.
B: Wow, how much did you buy?
A: Oh, nothing, I was just Windows-shopping.


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Much is wrong with right-to-work law
January 9, 2013
By David B. Webber Gerrardstown: I wish it was true your letter "Choice is Good." As I quote from the late Dr....
I said this in the editorial RTW discussion and I will say it agaion: Right to Work laws do NOT inhibit the freedom wfor workers to unionize, nor do they prevent union influence in a workplace. All that a RTW law does is to allow members of the bargaining unit to pay their fair share of bargaining unit costs while NOT being assessed dues amounts for costs associated with political activities.
Unions can be a tremendous benefit for workers and for the company by promoting a single goal, a safe work environment, and workforce stability.
Unions can inhibit productivity and profit if the union puts its political interests ahead of the company and the welfare of the workers.
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While I'm an active Union member, I think well-written RTW laws can be helpful. These types of laws ensure that Unions do their job, protect the rights and interests of employees, against the often vast resources and power of their employers. There are bad Union leaders, there are bad Union members; but conversely there are bad managers, employers, etc., demonizing only one side of the equation does not make that other full of Saints.
Tread, as usual, your opinions on Unions directly contradict my years of experience with Unions, on both sides of the fence. By far, my contact with Union members and leaders has been primarily positive; as I said, there are few bad apples out there, but they are the vast minority. Unions can, should be, and usually are good things, but I think balanced RTW laws can help ensure that they remain that way.
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Don't, do you think that the concurrent stagnation of wages and the decline of unions is a coincidence?
Do you believe that unions once were good but have outlived their usefulness?
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Two type of people endorse unions: the politions and union bosses who are getting rich of the working mans dues and the lazy and non-productive workers who are protected by the union.
The rest of us not so much.
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Wow, please tell us where you work, do the worker there decide business expenditures?
Squirmy,Toast,Krispies or whatever you are going by today, can you let us know the answer?
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Right To Work means exactly what it says, The Right To Work without having to pay extortionary "protection" money to Union Thugs in order to have a job.
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Now labor can always organize and they can threaten to walk out (stike), but shouldn't the employer be able to just say "Goodbye" and hire all new workers ? Do you want laws that say you have to hire the plumber whose price is the highest ? Would you expect that maybe getting three bids on a job like that might just cause an artificial increase in pricing ? When you go to the store, do you always look for the highest price on products ? If everyone did, do you think consumer prices would increase ? It seems to work the other way. People respond to "sales" pricing. So why not ? You don't want to be a hypocrite do you ? Paying less for goods or services is just "greed" ! Shame ! And wouldn't the added costs to you as a consumer kinda offset any increase you might see in income for such a regime ? Myself - I'll take the magic of the "invisable hand" of free market competition.
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Would that be likely to create a rush to inflate labor costs, assuming the materials and equipment expenses would all likely be close in price. Want your tax dollars spent that way ? Would you spend your own money that way ? Governments at all levels force this on the private sector as far as union employment. They have to negotiate with union reps rather than just fire those who inflate their own value to the employer as workers. They endorse it for pubic sector workers also ... and yet they tell us they are acting responsibly with the taxpayer's money when they take the lowest bid on contracts for public works done by the private sector. Doesn't that sound just a little hypocritical ? And what a situation they create for the private sector when they dictate higher salaries for workers but, only for thee, and not for me - the watchdog of public monies. One could get the idea that such laws are just a little business unfriendly ... hostile even.
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Most of us, at one time or another act as an employer. We hire people to do things we are not qualified or uneasy about doing. For example, roofers, plumbers, HVAC experts, siding contractors, etc . Now if you needed a plumber and you had a neighbor who had significant experience with the three plumbers readily available in your town and he told you that their workmanship was all comparable, but that one of them was overpriced on labor charges, would you stll hire that plumber ? It would be an opportunity to pay a man a "fairer" amount for his time, labor and talent, even though you could get just as good a job done for less. Would you endorse a local ordinance that mandated public work must always be done with the highest bidder for the job ? How about at the national level, highest bidder gets the work ? It is being paid for by you the taxpayer.
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Unions only look out for themselves.
RTW should be renamed WIE - Workplace Increase and Enhancement. Works in Michigan.
[Michigan Governor] Snyder: Right-to-work law will make Michigan more attractive
Weren't we told by our Governor's election campaign that he's all about job creation? What about it, Mr. Tomblin?
Perhaps WV could cut down on incentives to attract companies. Might even result in less taxation for the working guy.
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"workers do not want or need"
Wow, please tell us where you work, do the worker there decide business expenditures?
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"workers do not want or need"
Wow, please tell us where you work, do the worker there decide business expenditures?
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"Business take funds that should be going into workers paychecks"
Wrong!!!! Business's pay workers what they AGREED to pay them. Let me clue you in on a fact, the Business's make the rules.
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One of the best things about RTW is that it allows workers who perform at a high level to be rewarded. The main objective of todays Unions is to protect the deadbeats and other malcontent members who's only purpose is to protect their corrupt leaders who are literally stealing from the pockets of the rank and file.
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Nothing in this letter has any basis of facts. It's nothing but regurgitated left wing talking points. I was a Union member for 21 years and I know from being a member what Union's WERE and what they HAVE BECOME. I wonder what the letter writer's experience with Unions is.
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deadhead ( a synonym of liberal ) formal logic equation - Forced participation = Freedom
It's a whole different parallel universe for these people. They amaze me ! No such thing as a "freerider" when it comes to welfare, but in this case ...
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Right to work laws do only one thing. They give employers the right to have you work for less. Don't be misled by the pinstripe bosses who roll the dice. Any way they fall; guess who gets to pay the price. Money Green; it's the only way...buy yourself a whole*****government today! Asking non union employees to pay their percentage of the cost of the lawyers who negotiate the wage/benefits they earn via collective bargining (enjoying the fruits of the union without being in the union)is fair; unless they want to negotiate it for themselves (usually at a lower rate/worse deal) - Right to work for less. Workers are well aware of what is going on
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Mr. Webber:
I have a hard time believing that RTW states have a higher per capita poverty level than states that have not passed RTW. West Virginia has not passed RTW, yet I believe we are at the top of the list of impoverished states in the Union.
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Much is wrong with this letter. There are several outright falsehoods in this union propaganda piece.
So it's fair to force workers to pay a "fair share" for what they don't want to buy? Wow!
So it's fair to force workers to join unions and pay hefty dues which are then spent on whatever, mostly buying Democrat politicians? RTW addresses that.
RTW does not prohibit collective bargaining. Period.
RTW strengthens democracy. It gives everyone a free choice to join a union.
RTW makes companies more competitive, so they don't have to move production to China. RTW retains and creates jobs.
The union supplied arbitrary statistics fail to show any causality between its parts.
And so on.
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quote: thus potentially addressing the greenhouse problem via a carbon-neutral fuel cycle in the long term.
quote: Any person or organization opposed to Thorium reactor research and deployment without objectively comparing the costs and benefits against the existing and projected alternatives, does not deserve the title of "environmentalist".
quote: So my statement stands. You guys, if you truly think they're an embarrassment, need to get them in line and stop putting them at the top of your parties power structure.
quote: Thorium MSRs are such a panacea to so many of our simultaneous and looming problems, they almost sound too good to be true.
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At one of the newest Boeing manufacturing locations, a new machining technology will be used to process a new choice of material within a new aircraft. Starting early next year, Boeing South Carolina will mill and drill composite fuselage sections for the 787 Dreamliner through cryogenic machining.
The technology was developed by Mag. This company's six-axis FTR AutoDrill (pictured) will perform the machining. Cryogenic machining involves delivering liquid nitrogen cooled to –321°F through the tool. The fluid absorbs heat from the machining process, resulting in extended tool life, reduced material adhesion, and the chance for increased cutting speed, not to mention chips that are both dry and cool. Because only a low flow rate of liquid nitrogen is needed, Mag's formal name for the technology is "MQC," or Minimum Quantity Cryogenic.
To hear about the latest in cryogenic machining, come to Chicago in September. The TRAM3 aerospace manufacturing conference at IMTS will include a presentation from Mag called "Cryogenic Super Cooling for Aerospace Machining." To see the complete list of speakers for this new two-day conference, which is sponsored by Boeing and Rolls-Royce, visit TRAM-conference.com.


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5 Bad Ideas for Dealing With Bullies You Learned in Movies
#2. Fight Back -- You'll Always Win!
Here it is. Every movie, every TV show, every bullshit fight story at a drunken party ends with this one. Finally, the good guy has enough and snaps. The bully gets put in his place, and that's the end of it. Because "once a bully knows you're not going to take their shit, they'll leave you alone." Right?
How they handled it:
We all remember the famous punch from Back to the Future.
That punch literally changed history in that universe. It not only got him the girl, but the bully ended up falling into a downward spiral that turned him into McFly's bitch. When we got back to the present, we found a poorly dressed Biff washing McFly's car and stuttering in fear in his presence.
Watch just about any movie with a bully in it, and you'll find the same ending. The good guy beats up the bad guy, and the situation is resolved. Forever.
But in reality:
Biff is twice the size and has the confidence and fighting experience to go with it. As soon as he woke up, he would consider it a lucky shot, and immediately dismantle the awkward geek who landed it.
The truth is almost every bully I've ever encountered in the real world had acquired his fighting skills, defending himself against a full grown, two hundred pound, drunken man at home behind closed doors. He's had a lot of practice at fighting, and that puts him at a distinct advantage that most of you don't have. Not only does experience count for a lot, but they're used to taking punches. They're not afraid of the pain.
They're like hockey players, except without all that hockey.
I've fought bullies. I was even lucky enough to win some of them. But there has never been a case where the fight marked the end of the problem. They always came back for more because as it turns out, all I did was bruise their ego. And the only way they knew how to repair that was to start throwing punches until they did win.
Look, I'm not telling you to never fight because if you're being pounded on, you need to defend yourself. I'm just saying to avoid it when possible. You don't know what these people go through when they're not at school. You don't know if they have a knife in their front pocket or a gun in their jacket. And weapons aside, you don't know how far they'll go once they start.
#1. Fight Back -- There are no Consequences
There's a very dangerous message that's been passed down through every storytelling medium you can think of since the inception of the fight scene. And that is, "As long as the good guy is vindicated, then justice has been served. Nothing to see here, people -- move along." Road House has my favorite example of this.
How they handled it:
The bully here is trying to escape on a dirt bike after doing some evil. Dalton can finally take no more, and the fight is on. He knocks him off of the motorcycle, and what happens next is one of the most classic fight scenes found in American cinema.
And Dalton is totally in the right here. The bad guys burned down his house and killed his friend. They were murderous house-burners, and they had to pay. So for three minutes, they beat the piss out of each other, and just when it looks like the good guy is going to lose (or be shot), he tears the guy's fucking throat out. He then goes to the main boss's house, kills him, and when the police arrive everyone pretends they had no idea what happened. The good guys win.
"Oh, well if nobody saw anything, I guess our hands are tied."
But in reality:
He'd do motherfucking prison time. He didn't fight and kill the guy to protect his life in the heat of the moment. The bully was actually running away, and Dalton purposely ran after him with the intent of doing bodily harm. Did the bad guy deserve it? Absolutely. Would the courts care? Not on your fucking life. All they'd see is a guy who didn't bother calling the police, and instead took the law into his own hands.
And even on a schoolyard bully level, there's the problem: schools aren't courts. When you're caught fighting, they don't consider evidence and attempt to sort out who was right and who was wrong. They have a set in stone rule: no fighting. And if you break that, right or wrong, your ass is suspended -- no trial, no investigation. For the bully, that means nothing. The guys I knew would consider it a vacation because they weren't planning on going to college or even finishing high school in the first place. They were there until they weren't, and as sad as that is, that was the story of their lives.
The upside is that most of the ones I knew back then now live rent-free.
But for you, it means quite a bit. If you get trapped in that cycle of fight, rest, fight again, it's going to suck you into a hole that's very hard to climb out of. You'll be missing school from suspensions (or worse, being in the hospital or jail), and your grades will suffer for it. You'll fall into the horrifying emotional state of fear and rage every day that you walk through those doors, and that is devastating. Christ, I know that first-hand. I spent the majority of my childhood in that depression inducing sewer.
But even if you find yourself knee deep in the shit through all of school, at least keep this in mind: it eventually goes away. Adulthood means not having to be anywhere remotely near those scumbags.
For more on why Hollywood is a bad source of information, see John's 8 Scenes That Prove Hollywood Doesn't Get Technology. For additional practical advice, see 5 Ways You Know It's Time to Get Married.


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The lime, prized for both its juice and its zest, has soothed thirst and saved lives.
Without limes, the tart margarita and mojito cocktails would be pale-tasting pretenders.
The fruit is key to Indian, Mexican and Thai cuisines, prized for its bracing tang in drinks, sauces and squeezed over noodle dishes and tacos. It also is used as a marinade to "cook" fresh fish for Mexican ceviche.
Native to Southeast Asia or India, the lime was first brought to the West by British explorers. It thrived in the Caribbean, in more humid climates than lemon trees would tolerate. Limes sold in the United States today mostly hail from Mexico, since Florida lime groves were destroyed by hurricane and citrus canker.
Ahoy, limey: In the late ?1700s, the British Navy was losing more sailors to the disease scurvy than enemy fire. British naval doctors didn't know scurvy was caused by a vitamin C deficiency, but they did learn it ?could be prevented ?by eating citrus fruit. Ordered to drink ?lime juice every day, British soldiers were nicknamed "limeys."
In this recipe, ?by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt of SeriousEats.com., fresh lime ?juice perks up a warm corn salad with Mexican flavors. Kernels ?of fresh corn are sauteed over ?high heat to caramelize some of the natural sugars. If you do it right, you'll find that wet corn ?can pop, too.
>Esquites (Mexican Corn Salad)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 ears fresh corn, shucked, kernels removed (about 3 cups fresh corn kernels)
Kosher salt
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 ounces feta or cotija cheese, finely crumbled
1/2 cup finely sliced scallion greens
1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves, finely chopped
1 jalape�o pepper, seeded and stemmed, finely chopped
1 to 2 medium cloves garlic, pressed or minced on a microplane grater (about 1 to 2 teaspoons)
1 tablespoon fresh juice from 1 lime
Chili powder or hot chili flakes, to taste
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet or wok over high heat ?until shimmering. Add corn kernels, season to taste with salt, toss once or twice, and cook without moving until charred on one side, about 2 minutes. Toss corn, stir, and repeat until charred on second side, about 2 minutes longer. Continue tossing and ?charring until well charred all ?over, about 10 minutes total. Transfer to a large bowl.
Add mayonnaise, feta, ?scallions, cilantro, jalape�o, ?garlic, lime juice, and chili powder and toss to combine. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt ?and more chili powder to taste. Serve immediately.


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High caffeine Guarana beverage. Contains 80mg of caffeine per 12 oz. Blue bottle, odd little bumbs for grip, fizzy and decent tasting.
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Highly caffinated energy drink that is almost required for a good LAN Party. The beverage is contained in a pretty blue bottle that has bumps for grip. Perfect for playing UT 2004, NFSUG, or any other LAN Party game.
I drank 10 bottles of Bawls at the LAN Party
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BAWLS is a highly caffinated energy drink. One bottle of BAWLS Guarana (10oz.) has 120 calories. Bawls Guaranexx (10oz.) has 0 calories. BAWLS Guarana has 80mg of caffeine per 12 oz. It is made from guarana and tastes most closely to 7up or Sprite, but should be tried anyway if neither of those drinks are liked (this was just the most closely related drinks I could think of.) The guarana berry can be found in the Amazon Rainforest which has a naturally occuring form of caffine which indians used to use to give themselves and energy boost. The name, BAWLS, is not derived from anything. The name was simply chosen because if you heard it, you would not forget it (the name is an advertisement in itself.) Also, the blue bottle with raised bumps on it is in circulation not only for grip when wet, or for having a dark bottle, but also because it 'looks cool' (according to the manufacturers of BAWLS.) The bottle is the Winner of the Glass Packaging Institute's Clear Choice Award 2005 for Best Packaging of a Carbonated Beverage. BAWLS is not a well known drink in all areas. Many saw BAWLS for the first time in the Xbox third-person shooter game, 'Run Like Hell.' Drinkers of such drink are encouraged by the manufacturer to ask local and major stores to carry BAWLS. SnoBAWLS is a new version of the caffine drink, but in frozen form (to beat the heat of the summer) made from guaranexx. There is also a sugar free version of BAWLS also made from the guaranexx berry. BAWLS Mints are also sold, which supposedly have about 1/12 the caffine amount of a single Bawls beverage and are fizzy and taste sweet.
Can I have two BAWLS please?
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1) To cry ecstatically, out load and unrestrainingly. Other: bawl, bawling, bawls
2) A very addicting drink that you can get at thinkgeek.com, and is very good. (and blue)
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2) A very addicting drink that you can get at thinkgeek.com, and is very good. (and blue)
*** Not to be confused with balls. ***
1) Did you see that? Timmy was bawling because someone called him an idiot!
2) Man these bawls are good!
2) Man these bawls are good!
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A high caffiene drink derived from the guarana berry. It grows in the jungles of the Amazon and is a naturaly accuring form of caffiene. Also very pottent.
BAWLS owns my ass repeatedly
by Piroko December 03, 2003
Bawls Guarana is the best thing that has happened in our time of drinks, this 1337 drink is the best tasting and least expensive of all energy drinks and it comes in a kick ass bottle. I drink like 30 a week.
Bawls is the best drink for anyone.
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A High caffeine Guarana beverage, a drink for gamers. "Drink Bawls Stay Up Late!", "The offical drink of the CPL"
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A phrase used by kids from NorCal(Northern California). Not socially acceptable in SoCal.
Oakland is Hella Tight.
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"awesome" "great" "the best" any word that describes something cool.
"woah! That outfit is hella tight!"
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Teen Girl Squad and many others use this to say something that is grood, i mean good... and great. Great and good.
I'm going for a whole new style!!
No good!!
Well, I think its hella tight, and you two need boyfriends.
That's true.
No good!!
Well, I think its hella tight, and you two need boyfriends.
That's true.
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We northern california teens like to use these words that define our state, hella tight is like really cool,sick,fantastic and anything else thats really good in northern california.
How tight is northern california????!!!! HELLA TIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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hella means very or a lot. tight means cool or fresh. hella tight means very cool.
those hats are hella tight!
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Super sweet, very awesome, too cool for real words
We live in a hellatight world
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Ballard High School. And all inside it.
"That school is hella tight"
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Lifetime has announced a royal wedding movie in the works, entitled Will and Kate, which is likely to air the week before Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot on April 29.
So who will do the royal honors? Newcomer Nico Evers Swindell will play William and Star Trek's Ben Cross is set to portray Prince Charles. But the role of Kate is still up for grabs.
No word yet on which actresses might be take on the role of the princess-to-be, but PEOPLE has a few ideas.
Katie Holmes could be a strong pick, as she's already portrayed a member of American "royalty," Jacqueline Kennedy, while Anne Hathaway proved she's a keen impersonator with her recent portrayal of Holmes on SNL.
Then there's Zooey Deschanel and Emma Roberts, both of whom certainly look like they could make a great Kate – provided they could nail the British accent.
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Seagate Technology has announced what it claims to be "the
world's fastest hard drive" – the Savvio 15K with a seek time of a mere 2.9 ms.
The new 15K-RPM addition to the Savvio family offers a number of advantages
over 15K-rpm 3.5-inch drives including size and weight (due to 2.5-inch form
factor), 30% decrease in power consumption (5.8 watts at idle), and reliability
(1.6 million hour MTBF).
"Seagate is committed to delivering solutions that
will meet the needs of today's demanding IT environment, and no product
demonstrates this better than the Savvio 15K drive," said Sherman Black, senior
vice president and general manager, Seagate Enterprise Compute Business. "The
development of the 2.5-inch Enterprise form factor represented a new way of
thinking. Now, with the added number of performance and capacity choices
offered, many of the leading enterprise system makers are transitioning from
3.5-inch to 2.5-inch form factor enterprise solutions."
The move to small form factor enterprise disk drives was
driven by data center requirements for greater storage performance density
while focusing on lowering power consumption and cooling costs.
"The trend in IT is to scale down the physical size of
components while scaling up capacity and performance," said John Rydning, IDC's
research manager for hard disk drives. "Seagate's first generation 2.5-inch
15K-rpm HDD is fitting with this trend, delivering fast I/O performance in a
small package to meet the needs of demanding server applications."
The Seagate Savvio 15K drives are shipping today in 36GB and
73GB capacities through OEM customers. HP is now shipping Proliant systems with
15K Savvio drives. The Savvio 10K.2 drive
will launch in the channel this quarter as a replacement product for Savvio
10K.1 and as a transition path from Cheetah 10K.7 drives.
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quote: Except that 3DLabs has all but stood still with respect to the Wildcat line (they've pretty much thrown in the towel in the workstation market), whereas NVIDIA has continued to develop the Quadro (and I'd imagine that a G70 based, and definitely a G80 based, Quadro could best the Realizm 800).


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Ñāṇa wrote:piotr wrote:Do you know where from comes an idea that in order to attain cessation of perceptions and feelings one has to master formless attainments?
The sequential progression of meditative attainments is implicit in the suttas, and explicit in Theravāda exegesis.
Yes but the matter is bit different here.
In The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation by Bhante Gunaratana we find an interesting passage:
- Once the fourth jhana is reached the jhana factors remain constant, and in higher ascent to the immaterial attainments there is no further elimination of jhana factors. For this reason the formless jhanas, when classified from the perspective of their factorial constitution as is done in the Abhidhamma, are considered modes of the fourth jhana. They are all two-factored jhanas, constituted by one-pointedness and equanimous feeling.
In other words, formless attainments are attainments of a mind which is absorbed in fourth jhāna. Fourth jhāna has two factos: (1) equanimity which is a type of feeling and (2) one-pointedness which is a mode of perception. This factors are constant while meditator masters formless attainments. What changes are objects of consciousness. Now the question is do meditator has to attain all these different objects which constitute formless attainments in order to stop perception and feeling or he/she can stop them right after he/she attained fourth jhāna. It seems to me that it's plausible to think that one can reach cessation of perceptions and feelings right after attainment of fourth jhāna. For me cessation looks like further step from fourth jhāna.


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Brain-Based Devices. BBD's are sensor-processor-actuator systems that employ features that a biological brain uses to achieve robust performance in the presence of incomplete knowledge, errors and missing data. Optical and sonar sensors use biomimetic configurations and generate spike codes to enhance information content. Processing uses non-statistical principles that incorporate learning and improves model accuracy. Actuators close the loop by providing sensor information that disambiguates conflicts and form optimal trajectories.
The Intelligent Sensors Lab explores problems by starting with available sensing, applying physical principles to achieve perception, and approach autonomous task completion through cognition.
Selected Awards & Honors:
- Elected to Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (2004)
- Fellow, Shevchenko Scientific Society (2001)
- Order of the Golden Bulldog Award (1999)
- Academician (Honorary), Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine (1998)
- Sheffield Distinguished Teaching Award (1997)
- Master of arts, privatim, Yale University (1995)
- Speech and Signal Processing Society Paper Award, IEEE Acoustics (1988)
- IEEE Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Society Paper Award (1983)
Selected Publications:
- R. Kuc. Model predicts bat pinna ridges focus high frequencies to form narrow sensitivity beams. Journal Acoustical Society of America, 125(5), May 2009, pp. 3454-3459.
- F.J. Alvarez and R. Kuc. High resolution adaptive spiking sonar. IEEE Trans UFFC. 56(5), 1024-1033, 2009.
- L. Kleeman and R. Kuc. Sonar sensing. Chapter in Springer Handbook of Robotics, B. Siciliano and O. Khatib (Eds). Springer Press, 2008. This book received two PROSE 2009 Awards by the American Association of Publishers.
- R. Kuc. Generating B-scan images with a conventional sonar. IEEE Sensors Journal. 8(2), 151-160, 2008.
- R. Mueller and R. Kuc. Biosonar-Inspired Technology: Goals, Challenges, and Insights. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2 pp. 1-16, 2007.
Selected Patents:
- "Biomedical Magnetism Imaging Apparatus and Method", 5,594,849, 1998
- "Adaptive Acoustic Signal Sensing Device and Recognition System", 5,577,006, 1993


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A divided U.S. Supreme Court sided with the state of Maryland, and much of the nation's law enforcement community, by ruling yesterday that authorities can take the DNA of criminal suspects upon arrest but before they are convicted of a crime.
At issue in State of Maryland v. Alonzo Jay King Jr. was whether the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment allows warrantless collection and analysis of DNA from a suspect arrested but not convicted of crimes, solely for investigating other offenses for which no individual has been charged.
By a 5–4 majority, justices of the high court sided with Maryland officials, who maintained that the state acted properly when it collected DNA by swabbing King's cheek when he was arrested in Maryland's Wicomico County in 2009—a year after the state expanded DNA sample collection to include suspects of felony first-degree assault.
King was arrested on that charge, later dropped, and a misdemeanor or second-degree assault charge of which he was initially convicted.
"DNA identification of arrestees is a reasonable search that can be considered part of a routine booking procedure," the Supreme Court held in a majority ruling written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, and supported by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr., Stephen G. Breyer, and Clarence Thomas.
"When officers make an arrest supported by probable cause to hold for a serious offense and they bring the suspect to the station to be detained in custody, taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee's DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment," the majority held.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Antonin Scalia said the taking of DNA samples from persons not convicted of crimes was akin to searching for evidence of a crime without basis for believing they were guilty or had incriminating evidence, thus violating the Fourth Amendment.
"The Court's assertion that DNA is being taken, not to solve crimes, but to identify those in the State's custody, taxes the credulity of the credulous," wrote Scalia in his dissent, which was supported by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor. "Make no mistake about it: As an entirely predictable consequence of today's decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a national DNA database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason."
The case was watched closely by the federal government and 28 states including Maryland, because they collect and analyze DNA data from people upon arrest. That was also the practice of Great Britain until 2008, when the European Court of Human Rights declared it a violation of human rights.
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Jury selection is expected to begin Monday in the murder trial of an Orange County real estate agent.
It's been nearly two years since Caryn Kelley called 911 to report that her boyfriend had been shot in the head.
Police said the College Park woman gave them several versions of what happened that day in July of 2011 at the couple's home.
Kelley told investigators she shot Phillip Peatross in self-defense, but then changed her story and claimed Peatross shot himself, officials said.
Kelley is charged with second-degree murder. She's been in jail the whole time because a judge did not grant her bond.
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quote: I thought you understood the Constitution? I think the First Amendment is pretty clear. Banning political speech, of all kinds, is Unconstitutional. The Federal Government has absolutely no business getting involved. Regardless of the consequences. It was censorship, plain and simple.
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PFS Rapid Review: 12 Years a Slave
In celebration of PFS Oscar Week & PFF22 Alum 12 Years a Slave bringing home the biggest award on Sunday:
12 Years a Slave is potentially one of the most important films ever made. Director Steve McQueen skillfully guides his unflinching camera through some of the worst evils mankind has ever perpetrated against itself. The film is not an easy watch, with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender and newcomer Lupita Nyong'o in particular giving earth-shattering performances. I can guarantee you will not be quite the same once the credits start rolling.


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But her mother isn't going down so easy.
In an obscenity-laced rant caught on camera Wednesday night outside Hollywood hotspot Beso, Lynn Patridge swore her daughter was meant for bigger things and took aim at her daughter's former The Hills castmates.
"Audrina is going to f––ing rise. And She's got class ... She's a Polish, Catholic, f––ing full-on Italian," Lynn, smoking a cigarette, said into the camera. "Not only that, she was raised right."
During the five-minute diatribe, a friend attempted to intervene to stop the interview but Patridge, who admitted she'd been drinking, resisted.
"I've been a celebrity mom for eight years through this Hills" bull–," she said, "but Audrina is going to the next level... She's got it in her. She's a sweetie."
Lynn also addressed Audrina's surprise DWTS elimination. "One door closes, another one opens. I was proud of her," she says. "Last night, she f––g kicked a– . . . It's all show business, baby, the show must go on."
And she picked her favorite to win the ballroom competition now that her daughter is out: "I hope Brandy wins, Brandy and Maks."
But she wasn't so nice when asked about the "Hills girls" – her daughter's costars in the MTV reality show. She called them "Hills tramps" and targeted Lauren Conrad in particular, calling her a "b––."
A rep for Audrina did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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on February 24, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Two Loons Taken for Vultures
By Sandra Cookson
Above the lake in the park's only leafless tree
a pair of vultures preens one above the other.
I think vultures, the scene is so stark: the bare
tree, the sun in my eyes – but no. Their svelte
bodies, like the oval of a human eye, long necks,
and bayonet bills mark them fisher birds.
If I were walking by this lake at night
and heard their wild call
would I recognize it issuing
from our crapulent city pond,
where the sky above is never black
but the perpetual twilight of the ill?
And what lunacy has brought them
out of the deep woods' lakes to our city park?
Peterson maps their habitat
a dense halo of dots encircling the Great Lakes;
by this ubiquity identifies them common loons.
While vultures attend the mysteries of death,
O night criers of the northern wilderness,
you live among us and the battered myth persists.
SANDRA COOKSON will join poet Carole Brown Knuth in a Poets and Writers Series reading at 2 p.m. today in the auditorium of the Burchfield-Penney Art Center on the Buffalo State College campus, 1300 Elmwood Ave. She is a professor of English at Canisius College, where she teaches writing and literature courses, specializing in modern and contemporary poetry and poetry by women. This is the title poem of her 2011 chapbook published by Finishing Line Press. The "Peterson" referenced in stanza three is Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996), naturalist and author of Peterson's Field Guides to the Birds.


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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
This Friday, June 28 Party at the Point presents Charleston resident and "American Idol" Finalist, Elise Testone. "We're so proud to host Charleston's very own Elise Testone on our stage. She is not only incredibly talented but our town fell in love with her during her run on American Idol. We're expecting a huge turn-out." says Rob Lamble, founder of Ear for Music. Originally the season's finale, the June 28 event will be followed by a rescheduled event on July 5 featuring Stop Light Observations with Fowler's Mustache.
Party at the Point has been Charleston's Premier Happy Hour Concert Series for the past twelve years. The weekly event takes place every Friday afternoon from 5:30pm until 9:30pm at the beautiful Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina on Patriots Point. The concert features drink specials including $2 draft beer while it lasts.
The last several events will also feature the Vanity Salon Style Bus; a mobile beauty salon offering on-site hair styling, make-up, body art and more. For more information or to book the "Style Bus" please go to www.VanitySalonSC.com.
Tickets for the Elise Testone Jun 28 event are available at the gate for $15. There is plenty of free parking on the street or valet parking for $5. After the event, the live music will continue at the Official After Party at the Wild Wing Café on Coleman Boulevard. Party at the Point is presented by Ear for Music, Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina and The Bridge 105.5. Sponsors for Party at the Point include: The Modern Connection, 98 Rock, Wild Wing Café, Naked Turtle Rum, Rick Hendrick BMW, Rex Goliath Wines, Carolina Hormone and Health Center and Wow! Internet, Cable, and Phone.
Party at the Point at the Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina has been a summer staple in Charleston since 2000. The scenic resort on Patriot's Point is one of the most beautiful backdrops in the Charleston area. When you add a stage to the beach overlooking the water and top it with some of the best local and regional bands, as you would expect, it draws hundreds of people. For more information on the event and this year's live music line-up visit www.CharlestonPartyAtThePoint.com.
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Let there be light.
Those with an affinity for riding at night know just how important bright lights are, but no one needs to pay a weight penalty in order to see where they're going. Luckily, though, weight isn't an issue with the Light and Motion Seca 2000 Race Light. Kicking out 2000 lumens at full-power, this is one bright light. Better yet, you save 150 grams over the Enduro version. Racers and lightweight enthusiasts rejoice -- your new favorite light system has just entered the building.
Picking up where the Seca 1700 left off, the Seca 2000 Race kicks up the maximum output by 300 lumens. Essentially, this is another way of saying that it's incredibly bright. To achieve this, the light features six of the highest quality LEDs on the market. And luckily, this translates directly efficiency, so you won't have to sacrifice battery life for brightness. In fact, the full-strength 2000 lumen setting provides an hour and a half of run time off of a full charge. But, not every situation requires full-strength lighting. For example, while it may be necessary for descents and high speed trails, climbs and slower sections allow you to get by with a more moderate output. Accordingly, you have the option to run the Seca 2000 at either a medium 1100 lumen setting or a low 575 lumen setting. Additionally, you're able to run the 575 lumen setting in pulse mode for when you're primarily concerned with being seen. Along these lines, the light is operational for expect 3 hours in the medium setting, six hours in the low setting, and 12 hours in pulse mode.
Powering the Seca Race is a three cell lithium-ion battery, as opposed to the six cell battery that's found in the Enduro model. The result is a weight savings of around 150 grams at the cost of a roughly 40% reduction in run time. For those whose goal is to go fast with zero compromise, this weight savings will be well worth the reduced battery life, especially since the run time is still very impressive. Hidden inside the body of the light is a pair of bi-conic reflectors. And in case you're wondering what that means, basically, the full output of each bulb is directed towards your field of vision by reflective elements inside the light. The result is bright, even lighting without any wasted power.
You might imagine that lighting this powerful puts off some serious heat, and you'd be right. That's why L&M engineered aluminum cooling fins that control the heat and maximize the life of the bulbs. There's a tool-free mounting system that makes attaching and removing your light a breeze. Better yet, it's easily compatible with aftermarket mounts, including a head mount for precise beam placement.
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Does this light include a helmet mount?
Well-built, solid design
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
My review is actually for the 1700, but the designs are exactly the same. I think the 1700 is being discontinued. The construction of the head unit cabling battery and accouterments that secure the light to your bicycle and helmet work very well. The rubber strap for the light hooks onto a piece that extends from the light like a straight hook, I will say that I am worried that design is asking to be snapped off. It seems to me something could have been done that is a more stout design resistant to crash failures. But this is a hypothesis of mine and not something that has materialized as an issue. The light spreads across in front of you in a very smooth manner that does not have stark transitions between light and dark. The battery Velcro system secures quite well to your frame. The helmet Velcro system for a headmounted configuration secures very well also. The whole thing comes with a little canvas zipper bag with the company logo on it, but in the heat of packing quickly it's a little too small for daily use. I give it four stars only because I have not put it through the ringer yet.


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Staples is a large corporation that sells office supplies, furniture and overpriced computer hardware. Staples is characterized by its huge red buildings and how it kills off all the small supply stores in the area. Working for Staples is like getting your soul ripped out because everday you will probably want to kill yourself.
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A song that is frequently played at concerts by a band due to it's popularity.
The song "Hysteria" has become a staple for the band "Muse"
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giving someone a quickie when their parents aren't home but telling your parents you are going to staples
"Mom, i'm going to staples, be back in 10."
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an awful place to work. everyone hates it there and the managers are either too busy gossiping with other employees to do their job or are just so pissed off and angry that no one wants to approach them. Customers are constantly bitching about their sales not ringing up and god forbid there is actually a line because none of the techs will ever help ring out anyone. Word of advice: go to office depot
You work at staples? damn dude, that sucks
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To have strong sexual intercourse with a female.
Yeah I took her home and stapled her to the wall.
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Term used in card games that signifies a card that everybody runs in every single deck.
That card is a staple in all of my decks.
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A useful tool for tapeless times.
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on February 3, 2013 - 1:00 AM
Should dogs be allowed in Glen Park?
It's a question generating a lot of debate among Amherst and Village of Williamsville residents who have enjoyed the picturesque village park, in its many incarnations, for decades. Village Trustee Chris Duquin, liaison to the Glen Park Joint Board, said the question recently resurfaced at a board meeting.
Now, it's the hot topic on the village and Glen Park Facebook pages. Hundreds of people have either "liked" the question or posted their own comments.
"No," wrote one. "There should be some parks where you can go with your kids and enjoy yourself without worrying [about] owners who didn't pick up after themselves or whether or not you're placing your blanket over residual poop."
"Of course!" wrote another. "I walk my dog by that park fairly regularly, and it's ridiculous that my dog and I are shunned, while everyone else gets to enjoy it."
As of late last week, those in favor outnumbered those against.
"It's quite a conversation," Duquin said. "It's in the village code that dogs and horses are not allowed in Glen Park, and I assume that goes back to 1977, when the park was formed."
The Village Board discussed the matter at their work session this past week and will hold a public hearing on the topic on Feb. 25.
Also this week:
• The Amherst Town Board will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the council chambers of the Amherst Municipal Building, 5583 Main St., Williamsville. The meeting will be preceded by a work session at 3 p.m.
• The Sweet Home School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Vergils Community Center of the high school, 1901 Sweet Home Road.
• The Amherst Lions Club is looking for new members. The Club meets the second and fourth Mondays of each month at the Paddock Golf Dome, near the I-290 Colvin exit. Any men or women who might consider joining the Amherst Lions Club can contact ALC President Robert Sikorski at firstname.lastname@example.com or 553-8888.


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This article from the September/October issue of Foundation Action discusses the June 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States Chamber of Commerce v. Jerry Brown.
National Right to Work Foundation attorneys filed arguments, with which the Supreme Court agreed, to overturn a controversial California law that pressured companies to assist in coercive union organizing drives.
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on April 5, 2013 - 11:54 PM
Dec. 31, 1964 – April 2, 2013
Donald R. Schneegold Jr. of the Town of Tonawanda, an active local hockey coach, died Tuesday in Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Town of Tonawanda. He was 48.
Born in Buffalo, Mr. Schneegold earned a bachelor's degree in business from Buffalo State College.
Mr. Schneegold was a hockey coach for several years. Among coaching assignments were the Wheatfield Blades, North Buffalo Thundercats, North Buffalo Girls 19U team, North Buffalo's Spring Hockey League and Niagara County Coyotes.
Most recently, he coached the Buffalo Hornets USA Hockey Senior Women's B National Bound Tournament Team. He achieved Level 5 coaching status.
Off the ice, Mr. Schneegold designed and manufactured jewelry displays, custom carrying cases and specialty packaging for family-owned businesses. He also had managed Buffalo Specialty Packaging Co.
Survivors include his wife of 27 years, the former Robin L. Vaccaro; and a daughter, Ashley M.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9 a.m. Friday in Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 85 Dakota Ave.


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Dave, don't do it. Jeff has an ass knuckle, that's not going to be fun.
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From the Barry Award-winning author of the Jonathan Quinn series comes Little Girl Gone.
Logan Harper isn't looking for redemption. He just wants to live in peace and forget his troubled past. But one morning his quiet life is upended when he interrupts the attempted murder of his father's best friend Tooney. The next thing Logan knows, he's on his way to Los Angeles, searching for Tooney's missing granddaughter and uncovering a sinister plot connected not only to Tooney's Burmese past, but also to the boardrooms of corporate America.
As the odds stack up against him, Logan must fall back on old skills from the life he'd rather forget. He's made a promise, and the only way to fulfill it is to bring the girl home alive.
©2011 Brett Battles (P)2011 Audible, Inc.
"The best word I can use to describe his writing is addictive." (James Rollins)
"Battles has a true gift for writing thrillers." (Crimespree magazine)
"Oustanding! Battles does it again!"
Brett Battles does it again with this great new series. It's definitely different from the Jonathan Quinn series (which you should read too), but Logan Harper is an equally thrilling, complex, and interesting character. And also once again, Battles takes us on a thrilling ride across the globe --- all to save a girl. I could not recommend this any more!
"Great Story"
Brett Battles is a great writer! His stories keep you involved to the end. I haven't been dissappointed in any of his writings nor have anyone that I have referred him too!
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"Logan Harper is a great and complex new character!"
Oh definately! I even listened to this book while doing my house work.
Harp, Logan's dad, was my favorite. Jeff did a great job depicting both father and son even when the chafracters were terse with each other.
"Fun book with good characters"
It had a good mix of characters, story, facts, and humor.
Yes. It never got to wordy were you loose sight of the story.
No but I liked him he's one of my favorites know.
I have no idea sorry I'm not creative
"Great narrator, great story"
This book was really good. The narrator made it even that much better. Great job. The story took place in several locations but kept everything cohesive.
"Not up to Cleaner Standard"
Without the gee whiz voice
The father was irritating. The delay tactics to ratchet up suspense by Battles were ridiculous. If they told the guy one more time I cant tell you, I was going to scream. The interviewing cop was an idiot.
"No depth"
Different narrator & more depth to the characters
It felt amateurish. The scene could be serious or dire but the narrator sounded light hearted.
Not really.
I have really enjoyed other works by Brett Battles but I will not pursue the rest of this series.
"Another good one from cleaner man"
Brett Battles displays a deft touch with thrillers, linking seemingly disparate elements at just the right time to make the hair stand on end.
This doesn't quite have the punch of the best of the Quinn books but it's still head and shoulders above most of the dross out there.
"So slow"
The writing was over. I could get into it nor could i pay attention!
suspense. or romantic suspense.
probably in the beginning when the main character goes to cali and interviews the friends of the missing person
I hated the story line so i wouldve changed a lot!
Dont waste your time.
"Not a favorite"
It seemed to me that there was an awful lot of unimportant information. May have to re-listen in a couple months to find out if I feel differently then. I have enjoyed some of Brett Battles other books.
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Wreck-it Ralph
Rated PG, running time 120 minutes.
Starts Friday at Del Oro Theatre.
Ralph (John C. Reilly) is tired of being overshadowed by Fix-It Felix (Jack McBrayer), the "good guy" star of their game who always gets to save the day. But after decades doing the same thing and seeing all the glory go to Felix, Ralph decides he's tired of playing the role of a bad guy. He takes matters into his own massive hands and sets off on a game-hopping journey across the arcade through every generation of video games to prove he's got what it takes to be a hero. On his quest, he meets the tough-as-nails Sergeant Calhoun (Jane Lynch) from the first-person action game Hero's Duty. But it's the feisty misfit Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) from the candy-coated cart racing game, Sugar Rush, whose world is threatened when Ralph accidentally unleashes a deadly enemy that threatens the entire arcade. Will Ralph realize his dream and save the day before it's too late? — (C) Disney
Rated R, running time 93 minutes.
Starts Friday at Sierra Cinemas.
In this action-packed mystery thriller, Academy Award winner, Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot, who miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on that plane? — (C) Official Site
Not Rated, running time 98 minutes. Shows at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at The Nevada Theatre.
Join Keanu Reeves on a tour of the past and the future of filmmaking in Side by Side. Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh, Richard Linklater and many more. "3 1/2 Stars. Keanu Reeves is an astute and witty interviewer in Chris Kenneally's vital film. No true movie junkie is going to want to miss Side by Side." —Peter Travers, Rolling Stone.
Timon of Athens
Shows at 7:15 p.m. Thursday and at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sierra Cinemas.
Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeare's strange fable of consumption, debt and ruin, written in collaboration with Thomas Middleton.
Wealthy friend to the rich and powerful, patron of the arts, ostentatious host, Timon of Athens is surrounded by free-loaders and sycophants. He vastly outspends his resources but, finding his coffers empty, reassures his loyal steward that all will be well.
When he calls upon his associates, instead of offering help, they hang him out to dry. After a final, vengeful banquet, Timon withdraws to a literal and emotional wasteland, living off roots and pouring curses on a morally bankrupt Athens.


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I am writing this letter in support of Fred Miller for judge in Blair County.
He shows how he wants to positively impact our community by his years as district judge, attorney, teacher and community volunteer.
One of the most important traits of a judge is judicial experience. He served as district judge for northern Blair County for more than 10 years. During this period of time, he has decided thousands of criminal and civil cases from traffic cases to homicide hearings.
He has worked with public prosecutors, attorneys, law enforcement personnel and victims on a daily basis. He has handled more than 30,000 cases in a cost-effective manner.
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NEW YORK - Storm recovery continues in New York as the city adopts neighboring New Jersey's gas rationing measure. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced during Thursday's storm update that he has signed an order which makes purchasing gas at the few fuel-strapped stations even more stringent.
Gas problem
After promising early last week that the gas shortage was only temporary, the mayor now says the shortage will be more prolonged than they had estimated and has imposed rationing at the pumps. Like N.J. Gov. Chris Christie did last Saturday, New York drivers can only fill up according to their odd or even license plates.
Beginning 6 a.m. on Friday, vehicles ending in an odd number can only buy gas on odd days and even numbers on even days. Bloomberg didn't say how long this order will be in effect but did say police officers will be at the city's gas stations to enforce the new rule.
Only 25 percent of NYC's stations are currently operable, and the growing frustration of residents is widespread. Lines continue to wrap around blocks and Wednesday's nor'easter only exacerbated the gloomy situation. There will be a few exemptions from the odd/even days rationing—such as for doctors, emergency vehicles and liveried cabs.
Power problems
The mayor assured residents that 90 percent of the power lost in New York has been restored. Some 70,000 ConEd customers still do not have lights and 40,000 from the Long Island Company. It is said that 1,174, or 82 percent, of public-housing residents continue to live without heat and hot water, while 16,068 powers were restored. Bloomberg said he hoped everyone's power is turned on by next week.
In New Jersey, 300,000 are still without power.
Residents at Surf Side Gardens in Coney Island are complaining of downed power line still in the streets, and on West 34th Street it is a "tale of two cities" as residents in privately owned buildings have all their power restored while just across the streets another public apartment complex has no electricity, no hot water or heat. Residents there are forced to use cold port-a-potties set up on the side of the road.
Wednesday's nor'easter dropped three to five inches of snow on the city, and many families braced the freezing cold in storm-stricken areas like Coney Island, Carnasie, Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn and Far Rockaway in Queens. To add to the stress, the nor'easter knocked out some additional power in the area.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo continued his tirade against the power companies and has said repeatedly that he holds them responsible for the delayed restoration of electricity, hot water and heat to residents. He slammed them, saying he believed they were inadequately prepared for the storm, had archaic equipment and had too much of a monopoly.
Con Edison has been distributing dry ice since midday Thursday, and will continue until supplies run out. Personnel will also be available to answer residents' questions. Below are the distribution sites:
Brooklyn: 2865 West 19th Street - two blocks from MCU Park (Cyclones Stadium)
Queens: Baisley Pond Park (155 St and Baisley Blvd., South Jamaica)
Staten Island: Father Capadano Blvd. and Hunter Ave. (parking lot near the Staten Island Parks Department)
Westchester: IBM Complex/Town Park (200 Business Park Drive)
Housing help
Of the 58,000 homes already inspected, 89 percent are reportedly structurally sound, said Bloomberg. To be eligible for FEMA help, affected home owners must register. They can do so online or by calling 1-866-621-FEMA for assistance. Note that FEMA does not cover secondary homes, as the New Jersey governor stressed in his press conference.
Over 50 percent of homes in New Jersey have some damage or have been completely destroyed, and every county in that state qualifies for federal help, said Christie. To donate go to www.sandyrelieffund.gov. Home Depot has donated $1 million to the relief effort in New Jersey and has also given 10 trucks of cleaning products to be shared evenly between that state and New York. (Each state gets five trucks.)
Unemployment claims have jumped in New Jersey, over 300 filed. To file an unemployment claim, go to www.njfile.net.
The NYC subways and buses are almost back to normal, while the Long Island Railroad has resumed limited service. Officials warn of delays. Check http://www.mta.info/ info for updates on specific lines.
New Jersey's Amtrak has partial service as the power is not fully back on the tracks. There is free ferry service into New York.