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Liam Hemsworth Is 'Much Happier' After Miley Cyrus
"These days I feel like I'm more centered and grounded than I've ever been," he tells the Associated Press.
The actor, who met Cyrus in 2010 on the set of their film The Last Song, admits he's gone through a lot since he moved to Hollywood from his native Australia five years ago.
"I've learned so much," Hemsworth, 23, says. "The first few years in L.A. were really tough and scary, but I had to figure things out for myself."
And that meant learning to deal with all the media attention during his relationship with Cyrus, 20, and after their relationship ended in September following cheating rumors.
"What I always keep in mind is that I know what the truth is and that's all that matters," he says. "I know I'm a good person."
Hemsworth – who recently admitted that he's not seeing anyone special – credits surfing and kickboxing with helping him to escape from the pressure, but he also credits his Catching Fire costar Jennifer Lawrence with helping him find balance.
"For a few years I went down a path where I forgot to be in the moment and enjoy the moment," he says. "But being around someone like Jen, who is so honest and laughs all day long, I am forced to be in the right now. I'm much happier."


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Local resident walks to change the world
June 26, 2013
CHARLES TOWN — It started with a step. One foot after the other, and Armand Young left his life in San Diego behind and set out to change as many lives as he could....
If that's what his heart says he should do then he is right in following it. God's speed.
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If any men here are considering leaving their families to go find themselves or carry the message, they may want to check with an attorney first.
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Don't be naive. I'd bet the house that given the opportunity he'd walk right in your front door and out the back with whatever he could carry if he thought no one was looking. I've seen these types before.
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He walks from the Santa Monica pier but stops short to live in Charles Town? So close to the Atlantic!
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I must say that I am shocked at myself - I actually agree with Major on this one! I wish the best for Mr. Young and hope his travels are safe. God Bless you sir!
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Please go to ****eaglerarelife**** and vote for Armand. If he wins, his charity of choice for the $40.000 will be the Jefferson County Community Ministries. Thank you!
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This is Armand Young - Please google Rare Life Award and vote for my story. Armand Young Walking Across America Changing the World with Human Kindness. You can vote one time every day, and please join me on Facebook. I walked from Santa Monica Pier in California to New York and back to Charles Town, WV so far and I'm going to walk back to California. Every town I walk through I get homeless families with children home/jobs, whatever it takes to change lives. So far 419 families now have a home from my walk and I'm going for a million by the time I make it back to California.
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This bamboo pole I'm carrying is now the most signed object in the world. With 540,000 signatures of people I have met across America that promised, with their signatures, that they would do an act of kindness for someone else in the next 24 hours, to honor someone that died on 911 and to honor a fallen soldier. Please, help me change the world. Please share my walk so I can inspire another million people to do an act of kindness to change our world. Thank you, Armand Young Facebook and Youtube. If I get a million shares of my page, the world would change next week. Please Pay It Forward and Share and change the world. Let's see how many supporters I really have. Please Vote Armand Young on Eagle Rare Life. Thank you!
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Boring, and the media covers it like idiots. Go get a job.
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Oh. My. The womb...it aches! :)ReplyDelete
We've never experienced high pitched girly laughs have we? I never realized there even were girly baby laughs, but oh. my.
Awwww.... sooooo sweet.ReplyDelete
I just LOVE listening to my baby giggle too. It's just the best.
oh precious giggle!!!!! this is so sweet Steph thanks for sharing it with us!!!ReplyDelete
How adorable! I'd love to have seen what got her giggling, too! Big brothers can be quite humorous!ReplyDelete
That is the sweetest giggle I've ever heard, besides yours when you were her age. That outfit looks so cute on her.ReplyDelete
She's to cute!ReplyDelete
I miss those first giggles. It seems you can do something over and over and they find it funny everytime!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh! I love how she interacts with her brothers already. What a sweetheart.ReplyDelete
That is just too adorable.ReplyDelete
I love it when babies laugh. So cute!ReplyDelete
aww, she's such a cutie!ReplyDelete
That is adorable!ReplyDelete
Those are more than giggles. Those are full on belly laughs. And what was making her so tickled?ReplyDelete
Oh, the baby giggles!!!!!! Love it! My 4yo keeps asking to watch it over and over!ReplyDelete
She's so ... feminine! :) I love baby giggles.ReplyDelete
Awww ... how cute! I LOVE baby giggles!! Our lil' one is starting to giggle ... it's not happening a lot right now, but she's getting it. LOVE it!ReplyDelete
awe shes adorable...ReplyDelete
Oh, my word- TOO precious!!! :)ReplyDelete
This is too cute!ReplyDelete
Oh! That is too precious for words. Thanks for sharing. The next time I'm having a blah day, I'm coming back to this post. How could a heart not smile listening to that?ReplyDelete
She that is so cute! What a giggle!ReplyDelete
Must admit now I'm curious to what she was laughing at, must have been very funny!
OOOHHH!!! I. WANT. TO. EAT. HER.ReplyDelete
stop making my womb twitch! seriously....ReplyDelete
You gotta love baby belly laughs!ReplyDelete
She is absolutely adorable!! What a hearty giggle, too! :)ReplyDelete
It's music... God's music!ReplyDelete
If you could bottle that you could solve the world's woes! So precious. I do miss that.ReplyDelete
Too cute, I love it! What a happy little princess. I'm sure those silly boys keep her well entertained! I finally updated with pics of the new apartment if you want to check it out, I know you're a fan of decorating!ReplyDelete
What a sweet sound! Baby Sister has begun giggling recently too. I just LOVE it! Ivy is adorable.ReplyDelete
OH MY. I love me some sweet girly giggles. And brothers really get them going too ;)ReplyDelete
Definitely a beautiful sound.ReplyDelete
Love the giggles! My little one was giggling at her brother when she should have been going to sleep. It's hard to "sush" a giggle.ReplyDelete
So adorable. Just spreads a smile!!!!! I LOVE that sound!!!!ReplyDelete
Oh, and I'm loving the Unscripted scent!!! Thanks!!!!
Oh my gosh! So glad you captured those moments on video! Dang she is so charming!ReplyDelete
Awww baby laughter is by far the best ever sound. :)ReplyDelete
haha so funny :)ReplyDelete
baby laughs are definitely the sweetest sound - ever. :) she's so precious.ReplyDelete
That is the sweetest thing I've ever heard!!!ReplyDelete


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The 15th world in Mario 64. It's the biggest pain in the ass in the whole game!
I can't fucking get the 6th star in Rainbow Ride because of that damn flying carpet!
di Muzio 11 marzo 2010
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When you need to take several different London underground lines to get to your destination rather than the usual one due to either breakdowns, engineering works etc. Like taking the Victoria, Central, Piccadilly, Jubilee and Circle & District (making it blue, red, navy, silver, yellow and green)
I had to a right 'Rainbow Ride' into work today on the tube today - I had to change trains 4 times!
di SazzleSparkler 25 novembre 2012
When a number of women put on a different shade of lipstick each and all take turns blowing a guy, mixing the colors creating a "rainbow" like appearance on the man's crouch, therefore a "Rainbow Ride".
Last night Jenn, Colleen, and Stina put put on blue, yellow, and red lipstick and gave me a rainbow ride.
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This is a little bar band type track that feels alive and makes the girls want to get up and dance. It would be great behind action sports footage or any high energy activity. There's 3 parts to this plus full versions in wav and mp3. There's and intro, middle loop-able section and a cold ending you can tack on when you've reached your desired time. Enjoy!
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Shortened "Ah yes" or "ah i see". To understand and comprehend. Also used by stereotyped Asians (like in James Bond) before every sentence.
Mista: Where did you get the teleco Van?
Hoodlum: Stole it.
Mista: Aso.
Hoodlum: Stole it.
Mista: Aso.
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Probably the best shop ever in the world. Has everything you could even need and the nicest clothes :). Only downside is you can't try clothes on :/
hey, wheres your top from
ASOS, wtf is that??
ONLY the best ever shop? :o
ASOS, wtf is that??
ONLY the best ever shop? :o
di itsmeee:) 31 marzo 2010
And So On!
u'll need to buy books, manuals, .. aso
di JamaicanPhilosopher 13 luglio 2010
as seen on screen
"do you like this top?
is that it?
yeah its asos"
is that it?
yeah its asos"
di jimmynapes 15 gennaio 2011
Filipino word for Dog
-can be used as profanity
- an insult to somebody
-can be used as profanity
- an insult to somebody
" You're such an Aso"
di J.Dez 06 giugno 2005
Hope and love for other people, A innocent person or a form of symbolism that is caring and hope for anything and everything.
Also a lost person misplaced
Also a lost person misplaced
Your my aso.
di flashback4465 09 febbraio 2010
What you would call the common currency of Asia when it actually comes into being.
The Aso would not be able to outvie the Euro.
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on May 26, 2013 - 12:00 AM
This ain't the Tappan Zee.
If Andrew Cuomo has not yet grasped that notion, I suspect he soon will.
The Peace Bridge is where plans go to die. If the governor thinks he can impose his will on the bridge authority's Canadian members, my guess is his fast-forwarding visions will soon be added to the scrap heap.
Somebody needs to tell the governor that his influence ends at the border – and that playing hardball doesn't cut it in hockey country.
Cuomo wants to speed the expansion of the U.S. plaza, currently a rabbit warren of doglegs and detours shoehorned around a Duty Free shop. I think we all share his get-it-done sentiment. The problem is his method. Cuomo wants to do it, basically, by convincing the Peace Bridge Authority to move over and let Andrew take over.
Not happening.
Cuomo's reputation for ruthlessness is, in fairness, matched by impressive results. From legalizing gay marriage to a minimum-wage hike, the governor has gone after – and captured – some big game. Nothing around here looms as large as the international border crossing that has devolved into a symbol of Buffalo's inertia. But the Peace Bridge is a different sort of animal, one that I doubt Cuomo's usual attack-or-reward tactics can tame.
The governor believes that recent movement on the long-stalled Tappan Zee bridge rebuild provides persuasive evidence to Canadians of his gridlock-dissolving, can-do magic. The Canadians, predictably, are neither impressed, nor – understandably – eager to hand over their half of the Peace Bridge reins to New York's governor. This makes Andrew mad.
Everybody knows the drill when Cuomo charges in – either get on board, or get trampled. Cuomo, through his allies, has in recent weeks launched a frontal assault on the authority's five Canadian members. Cuomo legislature proxies Sean Ryan and Mark Grisanti proposed an Albany bill to dissolve the authority. Cuomo-disciple Sam Hoyt called for the head of its general manager, Ron Reinas. Clearly, the governor is trying to bring the Canadians to heel.
I don't see it happening. In fact, I think Cuomo's high hard ones may do more harm than good. The string of 5-5 stalemate votes at Friday's authority board meeting was an in-your-face display of heel-digging by the Canadians. With no majority, there is no movement – not on the $50 million U.S. plaza, not on the $92 million bridge redecking, not on anything else. Given that these are shared U.S./Canadian goals, this is a Cuomo-created crisis.
"I am completely perplexed by the Americans' tactics," Anthony Annunziata, the authority's Canadian chairman, told me. "We have $175 million worth of projects we could be moving forward on."
Instead of persuading the Canadians to step aside, Cuomo has ticked them off. The Canadians think the Ryan/Grisanti bill, although more bark than bite, prevents the authority from getting project-dependent construction loans. I hung around the coffee table after Friday's board meeting, just to see if Hoyt and Canada's Annunziata would come to blows over the last chocolate muffin.
Don't get me wrong – ideally, what both Cuomo and the bridge authority want would be done yesterday. Talk of a bridge/plaza redo predates the Internet. We desperately need a consensus-reached, community-vetted plan for a sensible U.S. plaza. But I think Cuomo's grab-the-reins move is a major miscalculation. It is borne of equal parts arrogance, Cuomo's unfamiliarity with Canada's process-devoted culture and an understandable reluctance by Canadian authority members to let an outsider into the engine room. Reaching across the Niagara River is a serious Cuomo overreach. I don't see where Cuomo has much leverage. In New York, he can rally allies and coerce enemies with threats or rewards. But his juice stops at the Canadian border.
Beyond that, Cuomo's complaints about decades of bridge delays ring hypocritical. Most of the Peace Bridge procrastination is traceable to the U.S. side. From the failed push for a "signature" bridge, to project-delaying lawsuits on everything from environmental reviews to attempted neighborhood land-grabs, gridlock is colored red, white and blue.
"The worst thing we can do as a body," acknowledged American authority member Tony Masiello, "is to send signals that the impasses of the last few months will continue."
Tell it to the governor, Tony.
The Tappan Zee bridge connects Rockland and Westchester counties. The Peace Bridge spans the United States and Canada. If Andrew Cuomo doesn't understand the difference, I suspect he is about to find out.
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Last month, 26 international runners completed the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu Marathon, a unique running adventure in one of the most historically significant and archaeologically mystifying places in South America.
The nine-day trip, in its 17th year, is organized by Andes Adventures, a company started by ultra runner Devy Reinstein in 1996. It is a top-notch tour packed with adventure, history and culture gradually acclimating runners for marathon day and their first glimpse of famous Machu Picchu.
Our trip began in Cusco, which sits at 11,200 feet and boasts many ruins within the city and its environs. Some of us arrived early and were offered a tour of the pre-Incan city of Pikillacta and our first of many steep climbs on a segment of the Inca trail leading to the ruins of Tipon, a water-engineering masterpiece of the Inca Empire.
The next day, the rest of the runners arrived, and after introductions and a welcome lunch, we toured Cusco�s many historic sites, including the cathedral, Qorikancha, the most important temple of the Inca Empire, and the Santo Domingo Monastery.
After visiting Sacsayhuaman, an Incan fortress above Cusco at 12,136 feet, we embarked on our first acclimatization run, which took us through the village of Yuncaypata, the Temple of the Moon and San Blas before finishing at the Plaza de Armas in downtown Cusco.
The next day, we began making our way to the marathon start with a drive along the Urubamba River into the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We visited the ancient Inca town of Chinchero, where we were given a traditional weaving demonstration by the locals and a visit to the ruins above town. Our second acclimatization run took place along a trail leading to the Urubamba River and passing through the Salt Mines of Maras.
We toured more ancient sites the next day, then trekked six miles to the runners� camp in the archaeological site of Llactapata within Machu Picchu Sanctuary National Park the day before the race.
The race began at 6 a.m. with a steady rolling four miles along the Cusichaca River leaving the Urubamba Valley and approaching the village of Wayllabamba, the last inhabited village on the Inca Trail. The trail then began a steep climb, rising from 9,100 feet to the highest point at Warmiwanusq�a Pass � �Pass of the Dead Woman� � at 13,779 feet. A steep, rocky descent followed, then another climb to Runkurakay Pass at 13,100 feet.
With the steepest ascents behind us, we descended rocky slopes and passed through an Inca tunnel of carved steps, then headed down a stone staircase leading to Phuyupatamarca � �Town in the Clouds� � dropping into the cloud forest.
As this lush forest of exotic plants and orchids surrounded us, the temperature rose noticeably. After three or four miles of dirt trail, we arrived at Intipunku � �Gateway of the Sun� � where we were treated to our first glimpse of Machu Picchu and the approaching finish.
Covering the distance from Llactapata to Machu Picchu in one day is a significant accomplishment as most people typically take three days to hike it. Sharing this experience with other runners was unique and inspiring.
The fastest marathon finisher with a time of 5 hours, 55 minutes was Apolo Esperanza Garcia from Valencia, Spain.
�I was happy to win the Machu Picchu Marathon, but I wanted to break the record,� Garcia said. �It was a really technical course made more for climbers and descenders.�
Garcia currently is involved with a geo-running project, running marathons in all the important environments in the world. Machu Picchu was his final marathon, the rain forest, of the eight.
�It has been a great experience, giving me the opportunity to know both spectacular places and wonderful people from all over the world,� he said.
Garcia will return to Spain and begin writing his next book, Eight Skills to Face, Eight Challenges, a self-help guide for people to make their dreams come true.
Laura Larkin of New Zealand was the first female finisher in a time of 7:02.
�I found this event in the book Extreme Running,� said Larkin. �I�m turning 30 next week, so I needed a big goal.�
This was Larkin�s first marathon-distance event. She loved the solitude and the vistas.
�The group was great; everyone does the same thing,� she said. �We�re all a bunch of crazies and so different from all over the world.�
Judy Adams of Montreal lauded the trip as being well organized with many cultural experiences and runs that showcased the back trails through the countryside.
�The Inca Trail marathon was life-altering,� she said. �It was a total spiritual, mental, physical and social immersion. All four elements played a part in completing this marathon.�
The day after the marathon, we toured Machu Picchu. The next day, we returned to Cusco by train and bus. Our final treat was a tour of Lima�s city center and a stay in the beautiful Miraflores area.
This was a one-of-a-kind experience that will be relived through our memories and pictures for a lifetime and one that will be hard to top.
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Somon: Cold & foggy across central & northern areas tonight, frosty too in north. Cloudier, murky, damper south. dsc Cold & foggy across central & northern areas tonight, frosty too in north. Cloudier, murky, damper south.
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Simon: A sharp temperature contrast across the UK this morning, -1C in the Scottish borders, 15C in Cornwall. Take a look at the UK temperature map here.
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Simon: Drizzly and damp across the south of the UK today, much sunnier to the north, but some fog in parts of Yorkshire.
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John: An area of moderate rain has edged into western Cornwall. Lots of sunshine across the rest of Britain.
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John: A cold morning, especially from the Midlands northward with a frost as temperatures feel to freezing across parts of Scotland and just above across northern England. A few cold spots even in the far south this morning. Some dense fog this morning across The Midlands into East Anglia which will be slow to clear.
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John: The last of the heavy overnight rain is clearing the far south east and for much of the country it's looking like a fine, dry day. A frost is likely to develop tonight from the Midlands northward.
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Simon: More rain heading into Wales and southern England through this afternoon, drier north, showers in west.
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John: A rather chilly start this morning with some patchy frost in the north. Much of the country will have a fine, dry and mostly sunny day until heavy rain in the south west this evening spreads across England and Wales overnight.


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(noun)- While having any kind of sex, the male draws a penguin on any part of the womans body. Then ejaculating or "finishing" it off with sperm on the white part of the penguin.
Bob: Yo girl, lemme finish the penguin.
Girl: Okay
Girl: Okay
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Our quail have been expertly "sleeve-boned" by hand, saving you all the knife work. The entire rib cage (breastbone and backbone) is cut out with shears, leaving the wings and legs intact. Translated, this means the quail are ready to be stuffed. We like cramming foie gras in the cavity, but mushrooms, brioche or your favorite stuffing will do fine.
Boned-out quail will also grill nicely. Hot and fast for these little birds, please. They will cook quickly. The lean, reddish and delicate meat is best served on the rare side.
Because they are small, it's easy to eat a few at one sitting. Plan accordingly.
Just the facts
- Humanely farm-raised in free-range environment
- All-vegetarian grain diet
- No antibiotics, hormones or steroids ever used
- 4 whole, semi-boneless quail per package
- Metal V-pin holds cavity open, remove before eating
- Ships in an uncooked state
- Product of USA
- Use within 3-5 days of receipt
Our mission is to find farmers that share our vision of a more humane and sustainable way of rearing livestock. We respect our place in the food chain, and see farmers as true stewards of the land and environment. This is why we build real relationships with our farmers, and work only with those who respect nature and focus on the best animal welfare practices.
Our quail come from a second-generation family-owned farm that raises the Pharaoh, also called the Coturnix, breed of this delicate little game bird. Coturnix breed quail offer a richer flavor and higher moisture content than the more common Bobwhite breed.
The farm places great emphasis on humane and stress-free conditions for the quail, raising them in spacious, open barns. The birds eat a natural and wholesome grain diet of pesticide-free corn and soybeans. There are never any hormones, growth stimulants or antibiotics used.
Unless you are a hunter, you won't find quail any fresher or tastier.
Our whole quail works well with all types of seasonings and marinades. Being naturally lean, quail is best cooked quickly, using high heat and cooked to medium rare to help keep them moist and tender.
Try them roasted, grilled, broiled or sautéed, or prepare as you would any poultry or game bird. We like to stuff quail with foie gras and mushrooms, or even wrap them in bacon before placing on a hot grill or the oven.
Serve them individually as an appetizer, along with a cold Rosé, or pair them together with another protein, like a tenderloin steak for an elegant main course. If you prefer to keep it in the game family, our lean buffalo medallions would make a perfect match.
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ok so i recently posted a new forum up in movies and films but when i just got back on to check it, it wasn't there anymore, it was trying to a forum of asking people to check out my first amv but when the forum is gone and it shows forums that were made a year back ago and ones that were made 2 months ago and ones like that. what happened to my forum and everyone elses recent ones?
IDK BUT.....would you be my friend?!
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Dave Richards: Train tries to be a good scout
If you want to read some lively and heated blog posts, check out http://savemesanfrancisco.com.
No, that's not a website for depressed 49ers fans. That's the site for Train, fronted by Erie native Pat Monahan, which has achieved global fame via "Drops of Jupiter," "Hey, Soul Sister," "Meet Virginia," "Drive-By" and other melodic hits that slip inside your brain and stick.
Train and Carly Rae Jepsen, who sings another such song ("Call Me Maybe"), were booked to perform at the Boy Scouts of America's annual Jamboree in West Virginia in July. The event is expected to draw more than 50,000 Scouts, volunteers and their families, according to the BSA's website.
A petition posted at www.change.org, asked both artists to drop out because of BSA policy that prohibits gay members. The petition was posted by Derek Nance, an Eagle Scout and former Boy Scout leader.
"I came out as gay because I realized the best way to help end this dangerous policy is to stand up, speak out and tell the organization I love to do the right thing. 'A Scout is brave,' and now I'm asking Carly Rae and Train to join me in standing up for what is right," Nance wrote.
The petition racked up more than 60,000 signatures within a week. On Tuesday, Jepsen dropped out. Train might abstain, too.
"Train strongly opposes any kind of policy that questions the equality of any American citizen," the band posted. "We have always seen the BSA as a great and noble organization. We look forward to participating in the Jamboree this summer, as long as they make the right decision before then."
Most of the blog posts on Train's site applaud the band's decision, which is no shocker. It's a Train site and tends to pull in Train fans.
"My 14 year old son was forced to leave boy scouts this year when he realized he was gay. I am so grateful that he didn't have to suffer hiding who he is from the world or feel a minute of doubt about whether we would still love him," wrote Sara Christie.
A dissenter wrote, "Train members: the Boy Scouts are a private organization. They have the right to form their moral rules as they see fit."
I'm surprised the BSA booked artists who support gay rights in the first place.
In August 2012, an anti-gay group tried to use Train's "Marry Me" in its material. "We take the idea of marriage very seriously, and believe it is the right of all consenting adults, regardless of sexual orientation," the band responded.
Jepsen's video for "Call Me Maybe" concludes with the guy she's been pursuing, giving his phone number to a guy in her band.
In today's world, where even the president supports gay rights, the BSA might find it hard to book acts that agree with its policy.
On this issue, the Train has finally left the station.
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Semi trucks are ever-present—and crucially important—fellow travelers on our nation's highways and byways. Still, it's amazing how many car drivers don't know how to behave around tractor trailers, and blind-spot awareness stickers don't always seem to do the trick. We hope this blunt new approach, spotted by Autoweek reader Johanna Rosser, gets the point across.


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Our nation is at serious risk; Debate is needed
February 12, 2013
In the midst of all the concerns about the direction of our country, please remember that democracy works best when we let our elected representatives hear from us in any credible rational fashion....
Foster, yeah, the new guys from the Tea Party have done so well. Ha. Hehe. Oh my.
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"why should any society want to blindly give 16,000,000 million citiziens of another nation the right to become citizens here? "
It makes us stronger in many ways. Heck, it may save Social Security. Ha.
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....The Congressional process is not broken, it's the people we've elected to represent us who have drifted to far from the peoples' needs.....HORSE CRAP --- we need term limits for Congress, the Supreme Court and Federal Judges. That will start to take care of the problems. We don't need Leahy, Schumer, Biden, McCain, McConnell and the good old boys being around for 40 years. It enables corruptness.
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Liberty, from whom would you withhold the right to vote?
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"The National Socialist movement over the past 100 years has run roughshod over the Constitution,"
Paranoid delusion and a misreading of recent history.
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"A democratic republic is a country that is both a republic and a democracy. It is a state in which, theoretically, ultimate authority and power is derived from the citizens.
The United States was founded as a Republic, and has evolved to be a Democratic Republic via amendment changes such as the 17th amendment. In 1789 only 6% of the US population could vote. In 1790, only white males could vote. It wasn't until 1856 when the final state of North Carolina removed land ownership as a requirement to vote. In 1869, male former slaves were granted citizenship and the right to vote with the 14th amendment, and bolstered with the 15th amendment in 1870. It wasnt' until 1920 that the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote."
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"The term republic does not appear in the Declaration of Independence, but does appear in Article IV of the Constitution which "guarantee[s] to every State in this Union a Republican form of Government." What exactly the writers of the constitution felt this should mean is uncertain. The Supreme Court, in Luther v. Borden (1849), declared that the definition of republic was a "political question" in which it would not intervene. In two later cases, it did establish a basic definition. In United States v. Cruikshank (1875), the court ruled that the "equal rights of citizens" were inherent to the idea of a republic."
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Saying that we are a republic does not mean that we are not a democracy.
"A republic is a form of government in which the country is considered a "public matter" (Latin: res publica), not the private concern or property of the rulers, and where offices of state are subsequently directly or indirectly elected or appointed rather than inherited."
"A distinct set of definitions for the word republic evolved in the United States. In common parlance a republic is a state that does not practice direct democracy but rather has a government indirectly controlled by the people. This understanding of the term was originally developed by James Madison,"
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Our nation is at risk because the people running the ship are not following the owners manual. We are a republic, not a democracy, and as such, the powers of the Federal government are few and defined. The Constitution was a "compact" between equals ( States and the new Union) and the powers delegated to the Union are few and precise. The National Socialist movement over the past 100 years has run roughshod over the Constitution, and thus has created a century of debt. We need to restore the Consitution, the Republic, and State Control over those items not specifically given to the Federal Government. And it will take guts. But that is better than letting the National Socialists run us into the same hole they did Germany.
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"Our freedom is at serious risk! Stay awake and active with healthy respectful debate!" Did anyone have any doubt that these words would be like fingernails on a chalkboard to majoritwit? This letter writer is 100% correct.
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"Concering the backpack school thing sending lunch home with the kids for the weekends and holidays:" No it is not. It is the way for the people to take back their government.
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A team cannot put together an extended winning streak without playing well on the road.
The Hatters (21-5, 13-1 A-Sun) have done just that, winning a school-record 10 games away from the Edmunds Center including the last seven in a row heading into Saturday's road finale at Jacksonville (10-14, 7-6). Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Swisher Gym with live coverage on ASun.TV and WSBB.
Stetson is coming off a 87-59 road win at UNF Friday in a game where C.J. Coddington scored a career-high 21 points, and Brianti Saunders and Jama Sharp added 18 and 17 points, respectively.
While Stetson has outscored its opponents by +19.7 points per game during its 13-game home court winning streak, the Hatters have done even better on the road, posting a +22.9 scoring margin over the last seven games. Amber Porter leads the team in scoring during that stretch (17.1 ppg) as seven different Hatters are averaging better than nine points per game.
Following Saturday's contest against the Dolphins, Stetson will play its final three regular season games at home, as well as at least the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament.


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For the biennium 2014-2015, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction set a resource target of $70 million to fulfil its work, with a possibility of an increase to up to $80 million. In November 2014, the Office issued a funding update reflecting global requirements for the biennium 2014-2015 of $80 million, which included the organization of regional platforms for disaster risk reduction and, chiefly, of the World Conference, including its preparatory process.
In the past 10 years, voluntary contributions to the Office more than quadrupled, and the number of donors grew from 19 to 28. Against a backdrop of global economic crisis and shrinking aid budgets, that increase is indicative of the importance of the work of the Office. In order to secure more predictability, stability and timeliness in funding, 11 multi-year agreements were signed during the biennium 2014-2015. Work has also continued to secure increases in unearmarked funding, where possible on a multi-year basis. Following the adoption of the Sendai Framework and the need to kick-start its implementation, efforts to raise the required funds in voluntary contributions continue.
Among all UN Member States and observers, political and financial support for disaster risk reduction initiatives is raised through the ISDR Support Group. This process ensures that information is shared between UNISDR and all UN Member States in the field of disaster risk reduction. The Support Group for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction was established in 2005 to follow-up on the process of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction held in Kobe.
For the biennium 2014-2015, the Strategy secretariat set a resource target of $70million to fulfil its work. In the 2013, income totaled $62.2million, a 15% increase over the previous biennium and a 96% achievement of the 2012-2013 biennial target of $64.9million. Contributions were received from a total of 27 donors. These results are indicative of increased donor confidence in the strategic direction and results achieved by the secretariat against a backdrop of global economic crisis and shrinking aid budgets. The Strategy secretariat is also working to broaden its donor base: in the biennium 2012-2013 it received funding from 34 partners, including from seven private sector partners.
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Deborah Lynn Williams, agency CEO, and Gwen A. Howard, chairwoman of the board of directors, are slated to discuss the arson that left a family of three homeless.
Details of the still unsolved arson will be disclosed during a press conference at the YWCA headquarters on Grant Street.
Officials told The News that the arson gutted the house and at a time when such emergency shelters are at capacity locally. The Y has a waiting list of victims of domestic violence seeking such shelters for themselves and their children.


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6 Bizarre Reasons Famous Foods Were Banned
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Everyone loves food, except for breatharians, who are lying sacks of garbage. You can't live on air! You crazy! But aside from those nutters, the rest of us enjoy sitting down for a nice johnnycake or some gherkins. Mmm, that's filling.
You'd figure, of all our myriad freedoms, the freedom to eat would be one that almost goes without saying, one you take for granted, because who could possibly give a happy horseshit what you cram into your maw? Turns out all kinds of people care. Just look at Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who, after being touched by Dr. Pepper as a child, went on a soft drink rampage to prevent everyone in New York from ever drinking them again. And it doesn't end there! It goes on! In this article!
#6. Olestra Poops
Olestra was set to be a miracle food when it appeared in the 1990s, a fat-free substance that could take the place of real fat in snacks foods, thus allowing you to eat like some manner of Hutt while never growing to vast Porkins proportions. The FDA approved olestra in 1996 because it seemed pretty much super safe for humans.
Among the super-safe side effects of olestra was a five-fold increase in diarrhea compared to people eating natural fats. During one eight-week study, subjects who ate 32 grams of Olestra per day, the amount you'd get in 3 ounces of chips, were running an even gamble on the squirts -- a full half of participants ended up with diarrhea.
Olestra's big side effect in terms of sex appeal was anal leakage and staining of the underwear. Thanks to greasy, hard-to-wipe fecal matter (I didn't even choose those words, that's like a scientific observation), eating olestra could lead to back door streakage. Plus it had the potential for leakage of greasy ass resin out of the ol' sphincter. It's a pretty unwholesome package when you put it all together, and it basically suggests that olestra, while fat- and calorie-free, was going to make you shit yourself one way or another. No fat goes in, something is definitely coming out.
Canada ending up banning olestra, as did several European countries, thanks to Proctor & Gamble not being able to prove that it was particularly safe. This, accompanied by the widespread news that eating it would make you drop an oily horror in your trousers, pretty much killed the product completely, although you can still hunt it down if you're in the mood for a well-lubricated snack food experience.
#5. Christian Samosas
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Samosas are a pretty delicious food popular in Asia and Africa that's basically a fried pastry with either vegetables or meat and spices inside. Think of a Hot Pocket minus the shame. Generally they're folded in such a way as to be triangular, because eating pointy things is where it's at.
Since you can get samosas with nothing but veggies, and you can bake them if you'd prefer that to fried, and they're often homemade and contain pretty good ingredients, it's hard to think there'd be any reasonable grounds to ban them at all and, of course, you'd be right. This is about as reasonable as pooping in someone's mail box.
In Somalia, a militant Islamist group called al-Shabaab, which loosely translates to "the fucktarded," banned the sale, production, or consumption of samosas because of the shape. Triangles, you see, are three-sided. What else is three-sided? Nope, not a penis, it's the Holy Trinity! Samosas are therefore terrifyingly Christian and not to be trifled with. And it stands to reason that if you're trying to be all shithouse rat crazy with your outlandish interpretations of religion, then God knows you can't abide a pastry all jammed to its triumvirate gills with Jesus and crew. You take a bite, get some chicken, some potato, some cumin, and then a big, fatty Holy Spirit stuck in your teeth. The next thing you know, you're thinking the pope makes a lot of sense and Christmas trees are lovely. Who needs that shit?
Reports came out after the story broke that the group really banned the samosas because of a health risk associated with bad meat being used. Of course they could have just banned the use of bad meat instead of one particular type of food that may or may not have contained it, but what the hell do I know?
#4. Unfrench Ketchup
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The French are known for a lot of things -- fries, toast, kissing, and also being intolerant assholes. No offense, French friends, but you guys have a bad rep in the world. And this story isn't going to make it any better. Because "If you can't be a pompous asshole, you're doing something wrong" seems to be the motivation for a lot of stories that come out of France, the French decided to enact a ban on ketchup in public schools -- children would no longer be able to enjoy the sauce at lunch time. No more of the old Red Nectar, as no one calls it. The Heinz spigot was shut off.
Health concerns have nothing to do with the ketchup ban and, arguably, ketchup is a lot less harmful than most things you could eat. The true reason for the ban was to preserve Frenchness. In covering food in ketchup, kids weren't experiencing the true wonder of French cuisine. Ketchup masks the taste of food, and kids would be losing out on this hallowed, revered, and much-loved classic French cafeteria staple that we all know so well.
Imagine the cultural impact of a generation of children growing up unable to fully appreciate fromage a la cardboard or pomme du poubelle. It's kind of terrifying when you think about it. Just think of what you lost in your own childhood, eating corn dogs and denying yourself the experience of a pure, unadulterated microwaved wiener on a stick, the way our ancestors enjoyed them at feasts.


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Um, yes, it's the first time in a long time that I can remember a federal entity making a meaningful cut and not further increasing my share of the national debt.
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I don't think the post office cost you a dime. The right passed in 2006 The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. This is a 75 year liability that has to be paid in 10 years that is aprox $5.5 billion each year. With out this they show a profit.
They run the post office with postage fees not your tax dollar.
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a very hott girl (who acts ghetto) AND IS AN AMAZING RAPPER with lovely hair who is the bestest friend in the whole wide world...ohh yeah and MUST love hott sauce and put it on everything...she went over her txting bc of a friend...she pees while on the phone with courtney AND cracks her knuckles....MAKES THE BEST HOT CHOCOLATES...ohh and in marching band....a pleasure to be with in bed when she doesnt get on the floor at 2 in the morninng.LOVES GREASE...someone who dances in french class.
mer: im so stoked (ha your lingo)
mer: gahhh i need hot sauce
mer: me singing in french class...what an embarassment
mer: gahhh i need hot sauce
mer: me singing in french class...what an embarassment
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An expression of nonchalance and impassiveness, commonly used in situations that require less-than-sufficient answers. May be used to express a variety of emotional states, the essences of which are indicated by the tone of the speaker.
Origin: San Diego, CA, circa 2003.
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After thinking of all the day's events and realizing that it's an immense task in itself to summarize everything: one simply sighs to his or her companions, "mer..."
লিখেছেন- Christine 29 de জানুয়ারি de 2005
A phrase used by a stuffed animal seal named Dave.
Amy: Hi Dave.
Dave: mer.
Dave: mer.
লিখেছেন- Mother Dave 13 de ডিসেম্বার de 2007
When you are really bored and cant be bothered to answer somebody properply
"mer mer mer mer mer"
"mer mer mer mer mer"
লিখেছেন- payt 9 de জানুয়ারি de 2004
An alternative for damn, dang, crap, lame, ugh, why me?
Johnny's Mom: "You have to get your hair cut Johnny"
Johnny :"Mer"
Johnny :"Mer"
লিখেছেন- lubbera 25 de নভেম্বার de 2009
word for any situation, whether its awkward or not. Mer is mostly used when you have nothing else to say. It does not help fix awkward situations, but can sometimes make them worse or more awkward, but if used correctly can be an icebreaker/ good transition to new conversation. Can be known as a lifesavor in certain situations, or used to express complete disappointment.
"want to hang out tonight?" "Sorry, I already have plans." "Boo, you whore." "MER.
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A nickname for someone who is a mermaid or like a mermaid. Generally the person loves the ocean and all things related to the sea.
She swam in the ocean just like a true mer.
লিখেছেন- Ariel flounder fish 1 de ডিসেম্বার de 2012
a universal term that can be used to describe any type of emotion depending on the type of tone used. most commonly associated with the word "fuck"
"ah merrrr...."
"ah mer mer mer merrrrrrrrr!"
"ah merrrr...."
"ah mer mer mer merrrrrrrrr!"
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March 11, 1939 – April 30, 2013
Barbara E. Pigeon, the mother of former Erie County Democratic Chairman G. Steven Pigeon and active in politics and volunteer work, died Tuesday in the Cleveland Clinic after a short illness. She was 74.
Born Barbara Simeone in Quincy, Ill., she grew up in St. Louis, where she attended St. Margaret of Scotland School and graduated from St. Elizabeth Academy in 1957.
Later that year, she married Gerald Pigeon of Buffalo, whom she met while he was stationed in St. Louis with the Air Force. He died in 2005.
The family moved in 1964 to Aurora, Ill., where her husband worked as an air traffic controller. They moved to West Seneca in 1972, where she was a secretary for John Hancock Insurance Co. until her retirement.
Mrs. Pigeon was well known for her work on many of her son's political campaigns and served as a Democratic committeewoman from West Seneca and Hamburg.
She was also a member of the West Seneca Planning Board during the 1990s.
Her son, the former chairman, recalled Friday that as he progressed in politics through the years, he inevitably seemed to get his mother involved in campaign after campaign.
"She was always at headquarters, whether it was for Vince Graber or Jim Griffin or somebody else," he said, referring to the former assemblyman and former mayor. "Even through all my political trials and tribulations, she saw good in everybody."
A longtime member of Queen of Heaven Catholic Church, she sang in the church choir and participated in parish volunteer work.
Besides her son, she is survived by two daughters, Michelle Gimbrone and Renee Sills.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9 a.m. Monday in Queen of Heaven Church, Seneca Street and Mill Road, West Seneca.


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An experience that leaves you feeling as if you could have been raped, or a near-rape scenario.
I had a rapespook the other day. I just met my uncle on my mothers side and he kept trying to get me on the bed to talk with him. finally he stuck his hands up my shirt and I said FUCK THIS and got the hell out.
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When wearing shorts you pull out one nut to show a suprised victim, thus ratbrain.
"Hey man wanna see a ratbrain?"
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When a dude stretches his scrotum tightly to one testicle and displays it. He could put it right next to a sleeping person's face, for instance. You could also just tightly wrap it to two testicles.
Dude, get your rat brain out of my face.
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When a man squeezes his balls so that the scrotum bunches up slightly and takes on the appearance, shape, and texture of brains.
Carl pulled his balls out and showed everyone his rat brains.
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Used to descibe a fat person whose function in an emergency is being the floatation device
Person 1: We're all gonna drown!
Person 2: No were not.
Person 3: Look! That women is seaworthy. Grab onto her.
Person 2: No were not.
Person 3: Look! That women is seaworthy. Grab onto her.
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The act of filling a female's three holes with some steamy hot man meat, such that she becomes watertight and thus seaworthy.
Jenny became seaworthy when she went to that UO football party last weekend. I heard that three guys parked their pink buses in her fur garages at once. Bitch became more seaworthy than the fucking Titanic that night.
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Adj. Possessing a rack worthy of motorboating.
Did you see that girl up at the bar? Definitely seaworthy.
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4 Steps to Curing Bieber Fever Forever
Step 3: Understand That, Because of the Vicissitudes of Pop Stardom, Justin Bieber Will Implode Horrendously
As Cracked's very own Svengali Jack O'Brien recently pointed out, Justin Bieber has been bigger than Jesus for a few years now. And now that he's 18, his image is being recalibrated accordingly. For example, the video for his 2012 single "As Long as You Love Me" was about Mr. Blonde from Reservoir Dogs beating the bubblegum out of the singer.
"Luda' never warned me about this. In fact, he spends most of our calls describing women's butts."
Bieber's getting older, and so is his audience. This presents a hurdle for the singer. Remember, Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake transitioned into adult dominance by shedding the trappings of youth (re: their band mates). But think about the careers of solo stars like Britney Spears, Lil' Bow Wow, Jessica Simpson, and Jordy Lemoine.
You all remember Jordy, right?
If these singers weren't waylaid by tabloid weirdness or muscled out of the spotlight by younger artists, they were ultimately saddled with an audience who grew too old for tween pop and became more interested in funneling Franzia into their own tushes.
At the moment, Bieber seems to be following the same trajectory as the aforementioned singers, as he's currently enjoying a par-for-the-course marijuana scandal and complaining that the Grammys hate his music. But hey, imagine you're a teenager and several hundred million people have an opinion about you one way or the other. It'd be a miracle if your psyche wasn't utterly fucked.
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Seriously, this is a cry for help if we've ever seen one.
But what if Bieber bucks this trend? What if Biebermania continues unabated? What if his next album is just the Book of Revelation autotuned and the whore of Babylon begins riding on Bieb's back? Easy. We'll have to bring back Babaluga.
Who the hell is Babaluga? Why, they're only the most awkward teen pop band in human history.
After The Gold Rush
Behold your saviors.
Step 4: Babaluga Must Become the Most Popular Band on Earth
Here's what we know about Babaluga. They were a German-Italian children's disco-pop outfit formed in 1985 consisting of a multinational gang of 13-year-olds. After releasing all of two songs ("My Paradise" and "Beach Party"), the band broke up in 1986 when its members began having trouble with school. Babaluga was primarily formed to market garish children's wear, and their haircuts were topiaries of confusion, even by 1980s standards.
"We're like the Brady kids, but more carny."
And most importantly, if we watch Babaluga's few live performances and music videos, it's painfully clear that nobody groomed Babaluga for pop stardom. Just watch the video for "My Paradise" (aka 50 percent of their discography). The choreography consists solely of swaying and panicked stares. It's unlikely anybody understands English, but each member gets a rap breakdown. These poor kids don't even know what country they're in. It's glorious.
Here's another performance from a German-language TV show. They've received 15 minutes of dance training from the janitor backstage, but he forgot to teach them to lip sync.
Finally, here's Babaluga just fucking standing there. Their fear is palpable. There are some halfhearted efforts to improvise choreography, but these amount to "walking forward" and "sitting down." In the final seconds, the camera pans out, and we realize that Babaluga has been hopelessly flailing before an audience of at least 80 people.
You know how Justin Bieber's stage persona is that of a hyper-idealized, wholly unrealistic man-teen? Babaluga is the opposite. They completely (and unintentionally) epitomize the shitty, embarrassing weirdness of being a teenager. When you were their age, every day brought new, exciting ways to feel mortified. And what could be more depressing than trying to be a pop star with no training, just to sell fuchsia cheetah-print chinos?
That dog fired his agent seconds after the photo shoot.
Heck, "My Paradise" even sounds like a dirge, and the chorus -- "There are no losers in my paradise!" -- is well-meaning and utopian enough to get Babaluga swirlies every day until graduation.
The universe is a dichotomous place. Justin Bieber might be the Antichrist, but Babaluga is definitely the Antibieber. I have no idea what happened to Babaluga after they broke up. Maybe they grew up, maybe they sewed their scapulae together like some horrible human rat king and are preying on hikers in the Italian Alps. Either way, the Internet's silent.
What I do know is that if everybody suddenly starts listening to Babaluga's brand of clumsy, droning, half-mumbled Italo-disco, this could very well annihilate glossy teen pop as we know it. Record companies would take notice, and Justin Bieber would have to surgically remove his inner ear and smear Nutella on his face every 10 minutes to stay ahead of the curve. Of course, this stratagem could have unintended consequences for other musical genres, but that's a risk we'd have to be willing to take.
By 2015, every metal band will sound like this.
If Cyriaque Lamar were an adult film star, his handle would be Chesty Biblioteca. You can find him on Twitter.


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CLEMSON Clemsons Tajh Boyd has decided to put pro football on hold and return for his senior season as the Tigers quarterback.
Boyd made the announcement Wednesday afternoon at a news conference on campus.
The ACC Player of the Year is coming off of his second straight 3,000-yard passing campaign and an impressive bowl performance against LSU. Hes broken a number of career and single-season passing marks at Clemson.
Check back with The Post and Courier for updates.


text: What does one do with a theology major? Many things, fortunately, not the least of which is to live a life with awareness and sensitivity for religious questions and values. But there are also many career options, in the church and in other settings, that either center directly on theology or involve theology as an essential component. In addition, there are many careers that seem secular in nature (e.g., in business) but which would benefit considerably from the moral insights of one with theological training. Finally, of course, a theology major is an excellent foundation for graduate study in theology, religious studies, and related areas leading to a career of teaching, research, or professional work. Here are some examples.Professional Church Work (with B.A. in Theology)


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Whoooha is another word like a slutty white girl. Often decked out in rocawear and von dutch, these specimens normally spend most of their time listening to rap and r&b and watching BET.
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The sad irony of fuel efficiency in the modern age is that high-mpg vehicles so often cost much more than standard cars. Savings at the pump are counteracted by higher prices at the dealership. While a motorcycle will deliver better mileage, it's difficult to get the groceries home on a bike, and those less eager to cash in on their organ donor status have always shied away from them. But there is something in between, a three-wheeler will give you most of the same advantages over a car, but still deliver high fuel economy figures without the need for expensive, heavy and gimmicky drivetrains.
Of course, the current big name in three-wheelers is Morgan, but the $40,000 price tag on their vehicle isn't going to lure many people away from the Prius. There is also the Morgan's complete lack of a roof to help deter buyers as well. But a small startup known as Elio Motors has a much more practical solution. Their vehicle is priced at just $6,800 and gets 84mpg on the highway (the combined rating is "over 60mpg"). It even has a roof to keep the rain off of you. The two-seater might not be great for groceries or golfbags, but it still represents one of the better compromises in terms of price, fuel economy and interior space.
Elio hasn't released any performance figures, but we're guessing that the adrenaline junkies will have already bought motorcycles anyway. We do know that it has an eight-gallon gas tank, and will make it from Detroit to New York on just one tank. There are three airbags, and although no official crash test results yet, Elio claim that computer simulations predict a five-star rating. You can decide for yourself whether you believe that. Elio isn't selling the vehicle just yet, but they have just acquired a shuttered former GM manufacturing plant in Shreveport, Louisiana and they plan on hiring a staff of 1,500. This is the first large scale manufacturing attempt from the Phoenix-based Elio Motors, and it remains to be seen how things go. But the low price and high fuel economy of the vehicle certainly carry quite a bit of appeal, so perhaps this will be, as they claim, "the next big thing."


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How I Spent My Summer Vacation, By Michael Swaim (Age 24)
And so on. That's just a taste of the dizzying, giddy, sexually confusing thrill ride that was my six week break from the hideous confines of Cracked.com. I'm not going to go into too much detail, as I presume most of you don't know who I am and the rest hate me, but let your collective deductive reasoning feast on these facts:
1. I was gone for six weeks.
2. John Hughes died.
3. I am now in possession of the original candles from Sixteen Candles.
And to answer your questions before you've even thought of them: Yes, there will be a new episode of Cracked TV come Monday; yes, I brought you back presents; and yes, he struggled. My god, how he struggled.
What? Your presents? Well, scroll down my ducklings, and feast your eyes on this fine Whitman's sampler-style assortment of sketches from the Genius Camp 2k9 project. But be careful, one of them is coconut.
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Schools Ring Closing Bell
More Are Shut as Student-Age Population Declines, Charters Add Competition
WASHINGTON—At Davis Elementary in this city's mostly poor southeast section, 178 students are spread out in a 69-year-old building meant to hold 450.
Three miles away, the new, $30 million KIPP charter school teems with 1,050 children. Toddlers crawl over a state-of-the-art jungle gym and older students fill brightly decorated classrooms. A waiting list holds 2,000 names.
Many students who live within the Davis boundaries instead attend the charter school, one of 125 nationwide run by KIPP, a nonprofit. The exodus helped land Davis on a list of 20 schools targeted for closure next school year.
Closing underused schools, however painful, will let the district shift resources to "improve the quality of education we provide to our students," Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson said at a recent city council hearing packed with parents, teachers and students pleading for schools to be kept open.
Washington Schools Face Closure
Similar scenes are playing out in places such as Tucson, Ariz., Chicago and Philadelphia, where school systems are rolling out plans to close underenrolled and underperforming facilities. The efforts are driven by a drop in the school-age population, the Obama administration's push to shut poor-performing schools and competition from charters, the publicly funded schools run by independent groups.
During the 2010-11 school year, school districts nationwide closed 1,069 traditional public schools, uprooting nearly 280,000 students, according to data compiled for The Wall Street Journal by the National Center for Education Statistics, the primary federal entity for national school data. That was up from 717 closings affecting 193,000 students in 2000-01, according to the data, which don't include specialized schools, such as those for special-education students.
Even charters aren't immune. In 2010-11, 128 charter schools were closed, compared with 44 in 2000-01, the data show. This past week, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, a nonprofit group that represents government and other entities that approve charter-school applications, called on its members to close hundreds of poor-performing charters and urged new state laws to improve accountability. The group said at least 900 of the nation's 6,000 charters, which also receive private donations, post test scores that land them in the bottom 15% of all schools in their states.
"We did not start this movement to create more bad schools," said Greg Richmond, president of the group. "We want smarter charter-school growth and stronger accountability."
Proponents of school choice say closing low-performing and underenrolled campuses is a natural outgrowth of heathy competition, while many teacher unions argue that struggling schools often need more resources to fairly compete. Meanwhile, many parents fear that closures will mean students end up in schools that are farther away or worse academically.
Tubrook Livingston, who has a child at Davis Elementary and heads its Parent Teacher Association, said he recognizes the school is underenrolled and low-performing, but he wants it kept open. "Unless they have a better place for our kids…I don't see any reason to close it," he said.
In Chicago, rumors that the city intended to close as many as 100 schools laid the foundation for the two-week teachers strike in September and sparked rallies protesting the closings and prompted protests citywide. Facing a Saturday deadline, city officials lobbied state legislators last week to allow a delay in identifying schools targeted for closure. State lawmakers granted the extension and the governor signed the bill Friday. Chicago schools officials have said they will implement a five-year moratorium on closings after next year's schools closings.
In Washington, enrollment in district-run schools has dropped to about 42,000 this year from about 61,000 in 2002, due partly to the city's dwindling school-age population and the growing popularity of charter schools. About 40% of D.C. public-school students now attend charters.
Research is scant on the academic impact of school closings. But two studies—one in Chicago and one in an unnamed district in the Northeast—found that, in general, students displaced by closures do no better, and sometimes worse, in other traditional schools, in large part because they transfer to similarly low-performing campuses nearby.
Closing schools doesn't necessarily yield a financial windfall, because teachers often are shuffled to other schools and vacant school buildings are tough to unload, according to a 2011 study by Pew Charitable Trusts' Philadelphia Research Initiative. "There is nothing easy about closing schools and it is extremely difficult to find productive uses for the buildings," said Emily Dowdall, a senior researcher at Pew.
Still, underused schools like Davis, which has students from preschool through fifth grade, can be expensive to operate. Davis Elementary spends about $13,225 a pupil, with about 32% going toward classroom teachers, and the rest funding such things as instructional aides, office staff and custodians. Nearby Langdon Elementary, with more than twice as many students, spends $9,900 a pupil, with 55% going to classroom teachers.
"We get that we are small and it's not cost effective to run a small school, but we have a good thing going here and our students are making great progress," said Davis's principal, Maisha Riddlesprigger.
Since 2009, the portion of Davis students who tested proficient in reading doubled to 34%, while math proficiency jumped to 35% from 22%. At the nearby KIPP school, 59% are proficient in reading and 75% in math.
Nichole Young lives a few blocks from Davis but sends her 4-year-old son to KIPP. "I don't have anything against Davis," said Ms. Young, who teaches 12th grade English in a Maryland public school. "But we visited KIPP and observed the children in classes and they seemed so happy to be learning and that won me over."
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Customers are the cornerstone – and lifeline – of your small business. Retaining existing clientele is much more profitable – and easier – than attracting new customers. Customer loyalty is in the golden age, largely in part due to "big data" and the rise of smartphones.
Customers are sharing more data and engaging with their smartphone than ever before, creating the perfect opportunity for marketers. As such, developing a loyalty rewards program is not only crucial in this competitive landscape, but also necessary to boost brand recognition and increase engagement.
Spendgo is the modern day equivalent of the punch card. While in public beta, the service enables small businesses to award "points" for customer purchases, culminating in a free item or store credit once a pre-defined threshold is met. Customers simply enter their phone number on the provided tablet-like device, or scan a QR code on their receipt with the Spendgo app for iOS.
Belly streamlines customer rewards, offering an out-of-the-box solution that enables companies to offer customized, points-based rewards. Through the rather limited platform, businesses can send targeted emails to their most influential shoppers, push special offers to bring them into their store, and integrate your store with their Passbook for iOS.
Nobody enjoys waiting in line – except Black Friday, apparently. While GoPago is by design a mobile payments platform, it also boosts customer retention by expediting their checkout time. Shoppers can place their order in advance, such as before leaving the office, and pickup their item shortly thereafter. Companies can also send push notifications with special offers.
Recent studies indicate customers value a flexible – and open – rewards program. Loyalty Cloud understands this, offering a platform that provides customers cash back when purchasing using their pre-registered credit or debit cards. Like others, Womply allows you to customize your reward denomination and value.
Mplifyr enables you to identify – and target – your brand ambassadors or influencers, extending beyond the confines of the social web. An interesting feature enables businesses to setup VIP events, exclusively for their top influencers. Additionally, Mplifyr also allows businesses to "compete" with each other, for charity, by donating a percentage of the transaction fee.
Social Rewards
As the name implies, Social Rewards encourages brand ambassadors and Facebook mavens alike to engage with your small business online. Businesses create amazing offers; social users share them, and then get rewarded for spreading the word. By leveraging the larger social sphere, your business reaches a larger audience than traditional rewards programs.
Swipely is a powerful payment and loyalty rewards service, which aims to simplify the process for your shoppers. Rewards are tied to their credit or debit cards, and they can sign up via text message, without downloading an app. Additionally, Swipely gains valuable insight from your shoppers via their payment transaction data, offering comprehensive analytics.
Loyalty Program Best Practices
Shoppers have a multitude of purchasing options nowadays, but your loyalty rewards program can help then keep coming back to your business, again and again. Effective loyalty programs harness the power of data by creating predefined personal, targeted rewards based on their transactional data.
Openness and simplicity are both equally important for customers to quickly adopt your loyalty rewards program. By adopting a mainstream program, customers do not have to sign up for another service or manage another account. Regardless of the solution you adopt, it should be easy – for both the customer and your marketers.
This article is part of the Drive Your Business Forward series. Check out allvoices.com/smallbusiness for more tips and advice on how to succeed as a small business. This series is supported by Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.


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Monday, August 18, 2014
The Goose Creek Police Department and the Berkeley County Sheriffs Office are requesting your assistance in identifying a possible arson suspect.
According to a GCPD release, in the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 18, a series of fires were set in the College Park area of Goose Creek, including at Stratford High School and College Park Elementary School.
The suspect, a white male in his mid to late teens or early twenties, was captured on video at one of the incident locations.
The video is not available for release at this time but it will be provided as soon as it becomes available. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Goose Creek Police Department at (843) 863-5200, ext 2336, or Crime Stoppers at 554-1111. Please refer to Goose Creek Police Department case #2014-3458.
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The efficiency of a dishwasher is measured by a term called the energy factor. The energy factor is somewhat similar to the miles per gallon for a car, but in this case the measure is cycles per kilowatt-hour of electricity. The minimum allowed energy factor rating for standard capacity dishwashers is 0.46. About 80% of the total energy used by a dishwasher goes towards heating the water. So the best way to improve the efficiency of a dishwasher is to reduce the amount of water needed to clean the dishes.
New dishwashers use about half the electricity of 25-year-old models. Most new dishwashers have a built-in booster heater, which raises the water temperature of the water during wash cycles to 140°F to kill germs and cut grease. While this feature adds somewhat to the dishwasher's electric demand, it enables you to lower the thermostat setting on your hot water heater to 120°F. Each 10°F reduction in the water heater temperature setting will save up to 13% of your hot water heating bill and also reduce the danger of scalding.
Most manufacturers offer high-efficiency dishwasher models. These dishwashers use less water and more significantly, less energy than the standard models. A typical high-efficiency dishwasher can wash a load of dishes using 5 to 7 gallons of water and use substantially less energy. Estimated annual energy use for high-efficiency dishwashers ranges from 214 to 558 Kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year with an average of 504 kWh.
Federal law requires that EnergyGuide labels be placed on all new dishwashers. These labels are bright yellow with black lettering. Look for the EPA's ENERGY STAR label when purchasing a new dishwasher. This label indicates the machine is energy efficient. For information on the Energy Star program, specific high efficiency dishwashers, and where to purchase these machines visit the Energy Star web site.
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The names of the seven – that's one more godparent than William has – were released a few hours before they were to join senior royals and the Middleton family for George's christening.
Led by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the service is set to take place at 3 p.m. London time (10 a.m. ET) at the Chapel Royal in St. James's Palace.
These are the people who will have a special place in Prince George's life:
Zara Tindall (née Phillips), 32, William's cousin and Olympic equestrian, is the only royal on the list. She has been close to William their entire lives and is expecting her own first child with rugby player husband Mike Tindall in the new year.
Oliver Baker, a college friend of the couple. He is married to another St. Andrews University alumni, Melissa.
Emilia Jardine-Paterson (née D'Erlanger), who was at Marlborough College school with Kate and is a longtime friend of William's.
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Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, 53, who as private secretary to the couple and Prince Harry from 2005-2012, helped plan their public lives. He is now serving them part-time as Principal Private Secretary and Equerry. The bonds with him and his family were underscored at the couple's 2011 wedding, when they chose his son Billy to be a page.
Julia Samuel. She was a close friend of Diana, the Princess of Wales, and a founder patron of a charity for which William is also patron, Child Bereavement U.K. William and Kate visited the charity's headquarters for a royal engagement earlier this year.
William van Cutsem is the youngest of the four van Cutsem brothers. The van Cutsems, who used to live in Anmer Hall, Norfolk, where William and Kate will have their country home, provided much-needed family support to William and Harry after their mother died in 1997. Van Cutsem's niece, Grace, was a bridesmaid at the royal wedding.
As for George having one more godparent than either William and Harry, "Why not?" one palace source says of the couple's decision. "It was entirely their choice, their personal preference. There was no set number that they had to choose and have gone with seven people."
The source added, "They wanted to include family and friends and reflect their life on both sides."


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