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It was nearly a year ago, leading up to the availability of the BlackBerry Storm, that we held our now-epic What Would You Do for a BlackBerry Storm? contest. This October around, we're approaching the launch of two highly-anticipated devices in the BlackBerry Storm 9550/9520 and the BlackBerry Bold 9700 and in true CrackBerry fashion have cooked up a new video contest that will give you the chance to get your hands on one of these awesome devices and some other great prizes for FREE. Introducing the I LOVE MY CRACKBERRY Video Contest!
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How long does the vid have to be? Just short like all the clips or is it fairly open to creativity?
cadsystems Oct 5, 2009 at 4:28 pm
I don't know, I'm neither creative nor funny on video.
yourfriendwayned Oct 5, 2009 at 4:34 pm
whats the worst that could happen... send a video in.. worth a shot!
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I'd love to win any of them.
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I second that... but this time Jello - and the dude that ran 20 miles up it 2 40 miles.. we gotta make this one bigger haha
sailboats Oct 5, 2009 at 11:50 pm
you sir are easily amused by girls that aren't that hot.
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have a screen name that represents a scooner...
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maybe you could use a sailboat on your video submission...
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Anyone know if you can upload more than 1 video for the contest? I do have a creative mind, but I have an idea of doing one thats idiotically simple and great, and one will be complex and time consuming.
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oh it is on like donkey kong..I got this in the bag
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another winner to the bikinis will it? i'd like to see some real creativness this time around! if not, i'll get my thong out and wear it backwards!
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The best prizes of seen
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you should have used that macbook to make a less shitty video
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Was that supposed to be funny?
yourfriendwayned Oct 6, 2009 at 12:38 am
supposed to but I think Webster's would call that a "fail"
dariuscuh Oct 6, 2009 at 5:11 am
contest lame.. yup a "fail"
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Ok would a 5 minute vid of my cat doing tricks work LOL instead of a vid of me .
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Love to win either of these great new devices. Crossing my fingers!!
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Damn nice i want one of these x3
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An 18-year-old Geneva woman has been charged with two counts of domestic battery after she reportedly punched her step-father in the face when he tried to give her a ride home.
Geneva police arrested Jordan Matzen-Campize of Geneva on two charges of domestic battery and one charge of underage consumption of alcohol following an incident between 9:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Aug. 27, Geneva police reports said.
According to the synopsis sheet, officers responded to a report of a disturbance in the 1500 block of Eagle Brook Drive and while enroute stopped in the 1300 block of Fargo Boulevard, where police offers saw Matzen-Campize and the victim involved in an argument.
The victim told police he received a call that his step-daughter was drinking at a residence in the 1500 block of Eagle Brook Drive and had come to give Matzen-Campize a ride home. The man said Matzen-Campize was angry that he was there and a "verbal argument ensued," reports said.
As the man was escorting Matzen-Campize to the car, she punched him in the face, causing his glasses to break and a laceration on the left side of his nose under his right eye. Matzen-Campize admitted to police that she punched her step-father because she was angry.
The underage drinking citation carries a $250 fine if paid by the due date. Matzen-Campize was charged for domestic battery bodily harm to a family member and domestic battery insulting/provoking contact.
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John Horton Conway (b. Dec 26 1937, Liverpool, England) is a British mathematician, who has done extensive work in number theory, combinatorics, knot theory and other branches of mathematics. Conway is one of the most respected among living mathematicians, and today teaches at Princeton University in New Jersey, where he holds the John von Neumann Chair of Mathematics.
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SELINSGROVE — When John "J.C." Carlson began building a tree house for his 11-year-old daughter in May, he had no inkling she wouldn't get a chance to enjoy it all summer.
Samanatha returned to school last week without once playing in the tree house her father intended to build for her May birthday.
Instead, shortly after he began constructing the tree house in the front yard of their 701 W. Spruce St. home, the Selinsgrove zoning officer sent a note informing Carlson that the 8-foot by 6-foot accessory structure built on a tree stump is not allowed on the front lawn.
With the support of several residents, Carlson approached the zoning hearing board to request a variance, but was turned down.
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Meanwhile, the unfinished wooden tree house is taking a beating from the rain because he's unable to do anything with it and he doesn't want to create an eyesore by placing a tarp over it.
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Yu Kee Bak Kut Teh is arguably the most famous BKT place in KK. It's located at Gaya Street. There are two BKT outlets there but the original is the best – you can see the difference with your naked eye, the locals flock to this place like bees to honey.
Yu Kee BKT is always packed while the other…well, it lacks in that department. Jerine also mentioned that she can smell Yu Kee from meters away while the other stall is odorless. She means that in a good way of course, the distinctive aroma of herbs from well cooked BKT.
I like Yu Kee coz I went there to eat straight out of rehab…it was the best meal I ever had considering the crappy food they serve inside. The difference between Kota Kinabalu Bak Kut Teh is that they serve you with small bowls of stuff instead of a huge melting (clay)pot.
Pork intestines
Pork liver
Pork ribs
Pork leg
Pork balls (not the testicular kind, it's like fish balls but made of oink)
Pork belly (lean)
Mysterious part from a pig – I don't know what this is
Tofu (no photos coz I DON'T LIKE TOFU!)
Yew Char Kueh in BKT soup
It was a pretty decent dinner but you want my honest opinion? It is the best Bak Kut Teh in KK and I remember loving it the last time I had it. However, those were different times when even an extra piece of chicken was much appreciated. Now that I have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, it barely warrents a post.
It cost RM 72 for our meal. Do check out Yu Kee Bak Kut Teh if you're in KK but for good ol' BKT, go to Klang.
47 Responses to "Yu Kee Bak Kut Teh, KK"
they serve bak kut teh with small bowls…so classy :)
fufu: Yeah, it's the KK way! :)
I've seen it in Klang too though – BKT in small bowls I mean.
This is good but I think it was better when I just got out of rehab coz I was so deprived of good food in there.
Now that I've been out for years, it didn't taste the same to me. :(
Me likey licking ball. LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!
that mysterious part is pig belly/stomach and very spongy n nice… :)
i like bkt oso n will go with my kl khaimah if i visiting kl… ;)
i tink u like real tofu eyyy??hehe
lol at the glass they use to serve beer…if mistaken ppl tot its chinese tea..haha
wow the food is so colorful.
and whats with your face in the last pix?…is that your chinese impression?
Jealous JEALOUS!
The mysterious part is the stomach! … and you sure, you don't like to tofu? *cough* ;P
HB, interesting dishes. I never seen before and would to know is it Chinese or Malaysian type of food? It look very yummy to me.
Hey J, good to see a girl who knows how to use the tongue, so kinky. HB is so lucky. So when can we expect HB junior? I will have to organise "red" eggs.
Oh ya, please feed HB lots of crayfish. Does a red bendy crayfish remind you so something? Ha ha.
As for the mystery bits, if it's just chewy it's stomach. It's it crunchy, then it's ear.
that's a lot of meat for 2 person no? O.o
Jerine: Haha! That just sounded a bit wrong coming out. ;)
ah nel: Aha! Thanks for the info! :)
Pig belly, it tasted good! I liked it.
Haha! I just don't like tofu in general unless it's something like mapo tofu eaten during a Chinese style dinner.
It is Chinese tea – Chinese tea is complimentary, beer is not, how nice if it's the other way round. ;)
WEEN: Yes! The regal and sombre faced patriach in old portraits…unfortunate I can't get the expression right. ;)
Michelle Chin: You can always cook BKT yourself! The packaged herbs are pretty good too. :)
chefmel: Thanks Mel! Pig stomach, I couldn't identify it at first. We had all the different BKT dishes that Yu Kee offers to sample a bit of everything.
Oh, that kind of tofu I like. ;)
Vickie: BKT is a Malaysian thing, although Singaporeans would beg to differ. ;)
However, it did first originate from China, it's "tea bone soup" typically eaten as breakfast before dock workers go to work. :)
rocket: Haha! It's nothing like that bro. :)
Oh it's stomach, it's chewy. I've eaten an entire pig's head too (not by myself, but it's an entire pig's head). Tastes pretty good, cooked kung pow style. Would be better with some crayfish, I'm sure you'll agree. ;)
KY: Yeah, and we finished nearly all of it. Heh! :)
Jerine is a naughty girl like you. hahaha… last pic, she purposely sticks her tongue out!
Will try to remember the eating place when I'm in KK during Gawai.. hehehehe :)
But I want to go try Klang BKT one day.. huhu.. never had the socalled best BKT so far :x
Babi…I love BKT! now that's a LOT of meat & spareparts for 2! Beer with BKT, omg.. so enjoy!!
The mysterious part from a pig – is either pork stomach or ear. but it looks like the stomach. heehee..
what jerine's nose damn sharp hor.. as in can smell fm so far away (not as in cut urself sharp:P)
yar, i've been here before. rhb bank on the corner rite? totally yummie. how come u didn't order the spleen? that one is the smelliest with that weird crunchy yet slimy texture that i find so blardy addictive!
Dude, you can't feed J so much or she will turned into Rosanne Barr, or do you have this thing for oversized women. :)
As for your kung poa pig's head, I am sure it would be yummy after slow cooking it. How does the eye taste like? That's one thing that I have never tried.
Back to friends with benefits, how come J so eng to fly all over the place with you? Her father mega loaded and she doesn't have to work ah? Wah seh, good deal man.
Pork leg picture – see how small the bones are, they must use very small piggies. Damn, that would be so tender. Damn, I am so evny of you liaw.
Shit can't think of anything funny about crayfish, owe you a crayfish joke mate.
Choonie: Haha! She's also fun to travel with, not a diva at all, except she takes HOURS to put makeup on. T_T
ahlost: Okay! This is good, it's always packed at night but not as good as Klang BKT. Klang BKT is the best! :)
Come over, I bring you there.
annna: Yup, that's the best – eating BKT and drinking beer. Haha!
We managed to almost finish it, and we had rice to boot and two large bottles of beer. Was quite full by the end of it.
It's pig's stomach! :)
ciki: Haha! Yeah, we were comtemplating on which stall to go to, walking back and forth. This was the one I remember as being the best but I was tempted to try the other one too. We finally chose this coz Jerine says at least she could smell the BKT while the other place doesn't have that aroma wafting out.
Yup, that's the same place!
OMG! I missed out on something? :(
I told the owner that I wanted a bowl of each and every thing that they have. Okay, will try it next time I'm in KK! :)
rocket: Haha! She'll be fine, she has very high metabolism! She's so hot (as in body temperature) it's almost scary.
Anyway about kung pow pig's head they chop it all up so much you can't even recognize what is what anymore so I just eat it.
We both took 1 day annual leave to go.
Yup, the pig's leg was great! :)
hey dude, it's prefectly ok to have a thing for oversized women, we won't think any less of you. If J is constantly hot, then she need to skinny dip. Pls make sure your camera has new battery OK?
Well, I have two weeks in Sg and Kch next month, what wonderous delights shall I push down my gob? Might get a few udang galah (crayfish?)and throw them on the bbq and make my own mayonaise/tartare/aolie sauce. Yummy.
Only two of you and your ordered so much? Aiyoh… Look at the intestines… I wanna have some too!
Yah our tastebuds change over time and well let's face it the way we eat in KL, it's hard to match it anywhere else.
I sometimes go back to places I thought were great when I first came here, but now I realise I just didn't know any better..and in fact they aren't really good at all.
Our tastes all very atas now, what to do.
having just finished bkt myself today… i can testify that u 2 have a stomach of 4-6 person to be able to finish all that!
rocket: Haha! Yeah, but the thing is I don't. It's not a criteria for me, personality matters more (everyone says that but it's true – at the end of the day you want your wife to be your friend, someone you can talk to).
Have fun with your BBQ! :)
eiling: Yeah, I wanted one of every single thing they have to offer so I can try them all. We managed to finish almost all of it too! :)
The intestines are awesome! Chewy and soft. Mmm…
ShaolinTiger: Yeah, I totally agree. In order to reset your tastebuds, I can be witness than a stint in a confined community does wonders to reboot your sense of taste and appreciation of food. Prob why I got so fat so fast when I got out of rehab. Heh!
mickey: Hahaha! Well, it's not that much actually, the bowls are really small and we ate slowly. :)
Yeah I always cook them. Like twice a year ( When I eat too much I sweat more = = ). But it's not up to the par as the ones back home. :(
Cos there are intestines!!!
hb… your porky post reminded me, klang got another famous pork product-the klang king of ribs (pai kuat wong). used to be near the indian cinema… now moved to here: Restoran Peng Heong Hakka Paikut, 2, Lorong Gudang Nanas… & dun forget to try their soy bean too!
Michelle: Eh, why would you sweat more when you eat too much BKT?
You can get intestines and other offal at the local butcher. Heh!
Good luck with your next BKT cooking session and come back for the real thing soon! :)
mickey: Nice! I'm a big fan of that and Guinness pai kuat. I shall go check those two places out. Thanks for the tip! :)
the mysterious parts looks like pork ear and tongue to me …
headsteadi: I wish I was pork tongue, that sounds good right about now. Pork ear sounds good right about now. It's pork stomach though. :)
Cheras also got good BKT ok!
superwilson: Okay, I must check it out sometime! :)
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Big Brother 15 Spoilers: Elissa Slater Threatens to Leave Show!By: Annaka Turner on August 16, 2013
Talk about sour grapes! Big Brother 15 cast member Elissa Slater, sister of infamous former show winner Rachel Reilly, has threatened to leave the show entirely if she is evicted this week. If the HouseGuests vote her out, Elissa has been saying on the 2013 Big Brother Live Feeds, she will skip the Jury House and go straight home.
Elissa Slater threatening not to go to Jury if evicted is just a plain slap in the face to everyone who voted for her to be Most Valuable Player for three weeks in a row. Of course, she really didn't deserve to win the MVP power in the first place just because she was Rachel Reilly's sister — but that's all water under the bridge. Saying she isn't willing to deal with the consequences of getting voted out and sit on the Jury isn't just a middle finger to the other HouseGuests, it's one to all Big Brother 15 fans. Plus, if Rachel does this, she will forfeit any chance at winning the America's Favorite $25k prize — basically saying she has way too much money to even care about that.
Thousands of people struggle and fight to be on Big Brother every year and Elissa Slater never even had to audition. CBS production just invited her to join the season because of her relationship with former winner Rachel. Spencer Clawson even noted on the Big Brother Live Feeds that Elissa wasn't even sequestered in the same hotel with the rest of the HouseGuests before they went into the house. Obviously she's gotten special treatment right from the start and America just kept giving it to her with three weeks of being MVP.
Once Elissa's power was removed, however, her value inside the Big Brother house tanked. The only person she is close to is Helen and she's even pretty much blown up that relationship at this point. Elissa has made no major alliances on her own. Since she stopped being MVP, she's made no major (or even minor) game moves of any kind. She just does yoga, talks smack about people and constantly refers to how rich she and her husband are.
At this point, even Helen has given up on Elissa after she insanely insulated GinaMarie Zimmerman and Aaryn Gries right before this week's Head of Household Competition (which Aaryn won) by saying she didn't want to sit next to their disgusting a**es. Who does that when an HoH Competition is about to happen and your butt could be the next in line for eviction? Helen is now basically crying over Elissa because she believes she will be evicted this week and decide to go home instead of Jury. This would seriously suck for Helen too, because if she made it to the finale, she would be counting on Elissa's vote. So that would be a really rude f**k you from Elissa to Helen as well. (Of course, how much of Helen's crying is real and how much is fake for game play is debatable.)
Elissa's sister, Rachel Reilly, posted on Twitter that she wouldn't actually leave the show, she's just "upset about missing her sons first day of school & misses fam&friends she's stuck with bad ppl." Even if Elissa never meant it, saying it is just idiotic and makes her look like a b*tch.
Honestly, we'd love for Elissa to walk herself right out the door, eviction or no eviction. We were willing to give her the benefit of the doubt at the start of the season. She could have proven she was something more than 'Rachel's Shadow' as Jessie called her repeatedly. She never did and she's whined about being judged for being Rachel's sister all season long. Well then honey, you never should have come on the show, because you had to know that was going to happen — especially since you look so much alike you could be bloody twins.
What do you think about Elissa threatening not to go to Jury if she is evicted this week? Do you think CBS should just let her do exactly that if it happens? What would you want production to do with her vote if she did go home? Just eliminate it, or let America vote in her place?
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She has done nothing nothing but complaine and do Yoga she doesn't wun competition and she talks shit about everyone, let her go. Production will not let her do that it will not look good for CBS
OMG you call yourselves BB Fans. Well I call you Double Minded, Hypocritical, Trash Talking Fans of BB Houseguests who like the fans have NO MORALS. Elissa is the ONLY houseguest Ever in ALL the years I've watched that shows Any Self Respect. She doesn't fit in because she's not from the same breed as the trash talking GinaMarie's or the Over Sexed Filthy talking Amanda or the 2 Faced Helen whom wouldn't know True Loyalty if it hit her in the face. Aaryn now God help her to Grow Up and choose her associations carefully! Spencer well he's just a pervert hiding behind a mask of trying to fit in. Andy now has no idea of how to be anything but a back biting girl who thrives on gossip and some sense of acceptance.
If you really watch the show you'd know this show is about paying a person to be less than human and turn on Everyone for a buck!
You're mean. You belong in the house with Amnda. There is no reason to be o horrible. None of this effects any of our lives so to be so aggrssive is just crazy.
Elissa is the only one that has any sense in the house.Amanda needs to go before she gets in more trouble .From what I hear amanda will be asked to leave big brother because of her threats to elissa and her family.If its true
I don't think she means it. I think it is all part of her game plan.
haha that's the funniest thing I have heard in a while. she has no game plan whatsoever, she is just showing her true colors
I wish she would go home. She already said she doesn't like anyone in the house but herself i guess. So I agree her true colors are coming out. Or has been out.
It's a ploy. She knows shes next to go. So by saying she wont go to jury sh figures the other HG wont vote to evict.
I say let her go. Between her and Amanda getting special treatment from production it's just one big rigged season. I don't watch the show. I get all the info from here or from project free tv.
There has been enough BS on this show already so do not let America vote in her place. First they (we) have seen all the secrets so that would not be fair.
Second the viewers are not going to vote for a popssible pedophile, a psychotic Bullimic, a girl who obsesses over how her vagina looks in this outfit or that, a ginger gay guy aka GGG lol!, a rich asian, a foul mouthed racist speaking idiot, that leaves the snoozer McCrae to win it all!!!
Anyway that is why it wouldn't be fair because all those dregs of society deserve just as much a chance to will anyone else does. Whithout them imagine how this show would have sucked even more!!!!!!!!!!!
I give Elissa props for stirring up the house. No one else is doing anything except for whispering behind each other's backs. If I got evicted like she potentially will, I wouldn't want to stay in the jury house full of those people! Go Elissa!!!
Wow!You must be jealous of Aaryn as well.Elissa has been nasty and not very nice all game.I don't believe that's game play,I bet that's how she is all the time. Besides, isn't she good buds with Candice and everytime she votes she says "I regret" it appears she likes all "those people" in the jury house.
Shes embarrassed,rightly so.Go Aaryn
The only thing that Elissa is guilty of is remembering how RACISTS Aaryn and GM have been the entire show and she chooses not to associate with that type of TRASH! She and Candice are friends and what is the problem with that. I can't wait to see the WRATH of AMERICA with they are out of the BBhouse!
I never liked Elissa or Helen from the start and can't stand Andy and Amanda and Despise Spenser, I hope Aaryn wins I also wanted Judd to win he was the best one there.
Aaryn? Aaryn? Really? Have you not watched the feeds? Aaryn has made the most ignorant and racially tinged statements of all the houseguests. Granted many of them are superbly disgusting period, but if Aaryn wins CBS knows it will have lost most of its fans. Production is doing its best, but production can only bring the hamsters so far before the chicken out. Aaryn's only purpose in the game right now is a pawn and a vote.
Seriously? Aaryn? You really need to check yourself dude. She's lost this game and she doesn't even know it.
Yes,Really,Aaryn! She has a large fan base,shes a good player,not a pawn,and not a racist.Get over it.A few harmless little comments about fish,rice,and watch what you say in the dark,and some have TRIED to make her look like this huge racist.It's not true.I do watch the feeds,can you say 4 HOH's. Time to check yourself!
Can you say ATERIL! She is the least person I have EVER seen that has ADHD. She no more needs Aderil that the man in the moon! Read up on that drug and you will find out why she won 4 HOH's!
Elissa was acting like that to Helen because Helen was the only person that she told that she didn't want to sit next to Aaryn & GM! Helen was busted for running her Big mouth,so in turn she runs up to the HOH to cry in front of everyone so they would feel sorry for her. It didn't work..so now she's on the block and the Target is her
did anyone watch BB Canada? I did and this is like watching a rerun of that show except there was no racisim or vulgarity. The rest is the same, like Jillian and Emmett getting control of the other hgs and running with it to the end,,A juror was voted back in and he, Gary and Jillian, were the final two. Jillian won by a misplaced vote. So watching this season is like I said before, like watching a predictable rerun.
the person who accidentally voted for the wrong person was an idiot anyway.
I have watched BB for years and cannot understand why the HG allow Amanda to control their every move…She has never won anything, but to hear her talk she is the greatest..Wake up people…you are going to let a loser win!
Elisa should leave and put this very boring and predictable season behind her as a very horrible memory! I have never seen a season so boring and
just a total waste of air time ever! The ratings sky rocketed when the racism issue was at it s height but really CBS that was the only reason people were tuning in just to see if you were going to do anything about it! But now since the chick that worked for CBS outed the fact that Amanda is the pre determined winner of the half mil it holds no interest for this die hard BB fan! There is not 1 person in that house I wish to see win the money not one is deserving and it turns my stomach that one of them will be rewarded for their nasty racist remarks or their lack of play. They have successfully bored the viewing public into a stupor that makes them tune in just to see if someone, anyone will have the balls to get rid of Amanda going against the wishes of production and her friend in production who promised her the win!!I can only assume that this will probably be the last season for this tragic reality show as production has hired a bunch of inept morons to interview and choose their contestants! To leave the racists , potential child molesters, and just plain ignorant people in that house was your downfall! To be honest Elisa has done very little and I think her nasty side is coming out as a result of what any self respecting human would feel like being incarcerated with that bunch of garbage she should self evict for her own sanity!!!! They are truly bad people rotten to the core! i have never been so disgusted with people on this show, The people on the real world and celebrity rehab behaved more ethically and had more respect for people than this bunch of farm animals!!!
Rant much. Shssss…take the red pill.
Everybody is pretty much saying the same thing…so don't even go there…ratings did go down
Not a rant just the truth! you could barely get through 1 sentence! Illiterate are we ?? Figures why the content of this crappy non BB season is such a draw to you! You may want to look up GM when she gets out Match made in Heaven Idiot!
It's the truth anyhow…what a waste of three days a week! The show now has nobody in there that deserves to win but maybe Andy…maybe Judd or Jesse can come back and win the show…aaryn would've won my vote if she hadn't been so racial the whole season…bunch of crap I tell you…
But yet haters keep commenting and posting when they say its boring and don't watch! I agree these people are idiots this season but its been a wild and interesting train wreck to watch as it unfolds. I do wish someone would grow some and vote out Helen and Amanda. Surely they can't be stupid enough to get McCrae first before Amanda. She would go bananas.
Yes, that's all I'm saying…I don't watch it anymore so I have some validity to what I'm saying…when Helen and Amanda get on the block, holla at me…lol
Elissa acts like she is medicated most of the time….what is she taking?
Its calledcalled if you don't. have something nice to say don't. say anything at all. Elissa. has more class in her little finger than all of those RACISTS put together. Why do you have to be on" something" if you choose to be reserved and not talk trash about everyone in the House! When there were people in the house that had class and were worthy of ADULT conversation she was very willing to conversate with them. Howard and Candice. and Judd. and Jessie. can ALL hold their heads High!
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I say let Elissa go home if that is what she wants to do. She is going to catch he!! from the public when she goes home anyway. CBS ha showed her enough special treatment so don't baby her. LET HER GO!! As far as Amanda winning the game, she is the worst player ever. If she wins I won't watch the show again.
Between missing her children & being with this group of idiots, I don't blame Elissa for wanting to go home, she probably realizes that they are going to let Amanda win because they are so dumb that they are all afraid of her & who would want to vote to give her that money?
This is the worst Big Brother EVER…so many boring people on. No one is playing their own game…just a bunch of followers. I don't even care who wins….UGH !
I don't understand why everyone is letting Amanda run the show . Why have they not broke up the Mcmanda thing. Everyone seems to be afraid of the 2 of them. Everyone also talks and has broke up the other shomances so why not those 2. I read on the Internet that its fixed for Amanda to win and if she does I will never watch the show again. I am so sick of Andy crying every time someone leaves and he always runs back and tells everything he hears. I don't understand why no one sees through this. I think Jessie was!
A former CBS employee broke the news that the winner is pre determined that is why production has the last say, Amanda is best friends with one of the higer ups and was chosen as the pre determined winner! They will not let anyone vote her out as there is a contract! The Biggest loser in the game will go home with the money! total bullshit!!!!
So you're telling me that no one else wants to win the money? That doesn't make any sense…
Am I the only one who is rooting for the one of the jury members to come back and win this game, considering who is still left in the house??…Ugh! Honestly, look at the jury members…Candice, a pediatric speech pathologist…well educated, yeah went a little crazy at the end, but do you blame her?? Her mattress was thrown aside, she was called "Shaniqua" and told to "saddle up girl" by Aaryn when she was a replacement nominee(obvious racial acts and slurs)…and Howard…a good man, maybe couldn't always figure his strategy out at times, but kind,loyal, literally dragged Candice out of the room when she was about to go off on having her mattress tossed aside..a good person, period…Judd, all around good, sweet guy, got along with everyone, never trashed talked anyone…the ONLY reason he was evicted was because Ms.Skankcrae convinced everyone he was MVP and nominated her for eviction. Did anyone catch his look of total puzzlement when he was put up as a replacement nominee, and how he pleaded with everyone? (he was dumbfounded!), and lastly Jessie..ok, she got a little nasty at the end, but who could blame her..her head was on the chopping block and she knew she was likely going..so why not call out ppl for who they are…ie, a bunch of lying, trash talking, skanky losers. Her calling out of Helen (wanting to get Amanda out) was priceless! They showed the video of Helen clearly saying as much, and she totally lied to Jessie, saying "I don't remember that"…really, REALLY Helen..and you're the big smart political analyst and you don't remember a conversation from a week ago? WOW! So, enough of my running my mouth, but I say, bring one of the jury members back and let them win. Better than the crap you have left in the house. Andy(wimpy tattletale), GM (big mouthed, rude, somewhat psychotic), Aaryn(racist as hell, spoiled rich little Texan), Helen (lying, and thinks shes so intellectually superior)Spencer (perv, gross), Amanda( skank, bully, jealous, leech to Mcrae), Mcrae(obviously lobbed off his b*lls at her command…does whatever big Mama commands)you get my drift. Let a true winner/deserver come back into the house…not that would shake things up and maybe, just maybe this season is not a total loss
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Finally, someone agrees with me about Amanda..they are letting a person that never wins anything and is in bed 90% of the time control every move….please someone in BB wake up…
Jesse TRIED but was shot down!It wasn't the right time Helen said. Now look whos going home because it wasn't the right time last week, HELEN!!!
I totally agree with you. There is no way I would allow anyone else in my bed. I'm sorry that is just gross. Sweat, body odor, f@rts, and who knows what else. NO she would not be laying her lazy a$$ in my bed. Get up and burn a calorie or two.
Ok i agree with alot of the comments made…but CS reall…I have been a BB fan from day one…and this is the worst cast ever…..OMG!!! Amamnda will leave McCrae at the door step the minute they are out the door…she would never settle for someone like McCrae in the outside world. I don't understand CBS with BBAD…all the interruptions, the blepping of conversations, and all the commercials…Showtime was so much better….I don't have Showtime, b ut I would pay the extra evry season just so I could watch BBAD…but this season was a mistake CBS…I understand cut backs…but is it worth losing long time viewers???? I am really discussed with production this year…and if it comes out to be true that Amanda is set winner …I am done with BB….I sure hope yous get your chit together
OMG are u kidding me right now? Elisa has been mistreated since day one so don't get me started! No one else has been bullied as bad as she has! That nasty peice of work Mcranda screaming in her face for hours last night was horrible! Turned it off and said some prayers for her. Having your hat on national tv wiped with someones butt was so disgusting! Having Andy @ Spencer put lotion all over her HOH bed sheets to irritate her and then Macrae going threw her drawers when she left the room, and those are only a few minor incidents that i have listed cause it gets much worse. Thats gone beyond fun and strategizing and comes down to Bullying! I hope they all realize how much America hates them and i hope that Andy gets fired from his job! Thinking about him being a teacher and a role model with his filthy hateful mouth makes me sick!!!!!
I agree with Phillis2 if anything CBS owes Elissa for the treatment she has endured and they have done nothing and now Andy is chiming in. They are mad because she made her own decisions unlike robot Aaryn who still is taking up for Amanda and she is the one who threw her to the wolves and told everyone to vote out Aaryn So then lied to Aaryn. Dont hate Elissa because she made her own decisions because I would do the same thing no one would tell me who to put up. CBS you look real bad. you have done nothing to help her and you have allowed this behavior to continue so all the people reading and watching your live feeds see you don't care and find this to be acceptable great role models. If I was her Husband I would bust up in there. Her children and husband and family have been exploited as well.
This is B.S. CBS you need to do something! how long are you going to let this go on!? Does AMANDA have something on you that you are allowing her to BULLY Elissa like this.Aren't families off limit, especially children? The same children that are watching their mommy on T.V. I'm sure her husband doesn't allow them to see this harrassment but NO AMOUNT of MONEY is worth all of this BULLSHIT! Is this what you all have come to think is entertainment? BULLYING, RACISM, BIGGOTS, DEFLAMATION OF CHARACTER! I am personally DISGUSTED with this season of Big Brother!(IMHO)
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Public Relations management is influencing how an organization is perceived by the community it serves – but do churches really need a strategy to manage public relations? Should they care about how others view them? The answer is yes – because the church represents Christ and the church body has a responsibility for making that representation reflective of who Christ is by maintaining a positive public image.
We often hear of "PR nightmares" during times of crisis. There have been a fair number of church related crisis in recent years – the unfortunate shooting of a pastor as he preached, the sex scandal of the leader of a mega church or the Catholic Church child abuse scandals are times of crisis for the church and influences how the public perceives the organization. Anyone who followed any of these stories can only imagine the behind the scenes efforts that went into its damage control efforts.
Developing an effective Public Relations Strategy is not only good church management, but it is also instrumental to influencing the public image and perception of a church. A good strategy can help build rapport with congregants, employees and the general public. The goal would be for the ministry to have a good reputation within the community.
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Discovery is a process an organization goes through to understand what their church is, who it serves and who in the community it interacts with. This process is done through very specific strategy and research. For example: a church supported homeless shelter may have a vision to "provide shelter to those who have temporarily lost the ability to provide for themselves". This statement helps an organization understand who they are, what their mission is and who they serve.
The ministry will then try to identify who in the community they interact with. In the case of a homeless shelter, it may be residents or businesses within the neighborhood they serve. The church should have a goal to create a positive relationship with everyone they interact with. This is important because, in the case of a homeless shelter, a positive relationship can possibly increase funding, identify volunteer labor or foster collaboration for joint community projects.
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Developing the Public Relations strategy and plan is very similar to establishing church goals and should be done as part of a strategic planning process. PR goals and objectives should be focused on communicating what was learned in the discovery phase. It is important to have a well thought out communication plan for congregants, employees, the general public and those who interact with the organization. For example, how does the ministry make the public aware of the homeless shelter?
Another part of the plan is developing strategy for how the organization can be both proactive and reactive. The plan is proactive by educating the public on the services the church provides as well as maintaining a positive public perception. The plan is reactive in how the ministry plans to respond to unplanned or unforeseen events. Having a written strategy is the key to facilitating a positive response.
An important part of the plan is the identification of the person who speaks on behalf of the organization, the message that will be communicated as well as the tone of the message. It takes specialized training for someone to be able to field questions from the media so having a person with the right skill set and gifting is critical.
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I was lucky enough to know my best friend Jaye, for his entire 21 years of life, though early on I was not always aware that he was my best friend. I confess that I was the one who made him eat sand when he was 3. He fattened my lip in our last fight at the age of 13, with a flash of knuckled rage that to this day I still can't see. And when the sound of his drum cymbal crashing, came in the middle of the night two years later, it was I who found him in his room. He was convulsing while giving the audible clue of struggled breath and the visual cues of un-oxygenated blood. When questioned by the medics on the way to the hospital about his potential drug use, Jaye wearily took the oxygen mask from his face, and uttered "Drugs are for losers". Jaye went from being my sweet, hey-soos incarnate, talented bro, and over night became my sweet, hey-soos incarnate, talented, epileptic bro.
Even with meds, the electronic system which conducts the human body would sink up and discharge in unison. Thus he would go through the ritual of a grand mal seizure. During one of these seizures, the seizing seemed to last forever. And once over, we could not get Jaye to come out of "the fog". He didn't know where he was and kept calling out for "daddy". My Dad, my Mother, and I huddled around him and I suddenly started singing our childhood lullaby "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, there's just something about that name…". He not only settled down and appeared to feel safer; he even started to mumble/sing along.
I did my best to support him for the next couple of years as he warred against the betrayal of his body. You could see the denial, pain, and fear he carried if you knew where to look. The world had jumped him coming out of the gate and he battled to defeat the super villain inside. His resolve to deal with reality suddenly hit him senior year and he started to shine even brighter. He was a popular star soccer player, who hated the crowds. And was amazing at loving the losers in his life. My bro found the needy kids in school and raised them up. Sacrificed for them, and made them stronger. He also had the ability to make you laugh till you cried, boy humor or PT (Parental Unit) appropriate, you laughed your head off (kur plop) with Jaye around.
I was ill prepared when 4 years later, I woke to find my Father on my door step. He was 700 miles from my town of origin of which he and my mother still reside. He greeted me with the following words, which I will remember with clarity for the rest of my life "It's not your mom, it's Jaye".
I learned that Jaye had come home after a twelve hour shift at Micron. After hanging out with his roommate and his roommate's girlfriend for a while, he headed off to take a shower. Jaye was found forty minutes later; face down in a tub full of water. We speculate that he seized while showering, foot kicked the drain, and he drowned before he could come out of "the fog". Jaye died on June 28th 2005, twenty days after my 24th birthday.
I flew home and we waited a week for family to get into town before doing the memorial. During this time I spent 14-19 hour days compiling a memorial video out of all the old VHS tapes we had. I also went into the studio (did I mention that we are a crazy talented family and that Jaye and I rocked in a band for 3 years prior to my marriage and move to Oregon?) and recorded the last song (more of a lullaby really) that I had written. I had sung this song over the phone to Jaye on June 3rd 2005. Jaye asked me "Why the sad lyrics". I said "Couldn't tell ya, guess I don't know I'm sad yet." I used this song with two others to compose a medley in C for the memorial video. The lyrics are as follows.
"With day to the left side, and night to the right
Dawn's taking Day's side and Dusk's taking Night's
A star field audience's solar applause
Filling the celestial coliseum
Pulling passion from sinew and strength from old bones
Aching from a want of a slumber unknown
Clock wheel patterns in motion to end
Sight of the death throws as they begin
to love is to lose"


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hey what if I joined facbok
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wait no facbok is boring join tumblr that's where it's AT
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where it's @?
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where it's AT
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where it's Shift-2?
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xavier are you serious
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Charles Williams filed a civil lawsuit Friday against the Mayes County Sheriff's Office, and the board of county commissioners by extension.
Listed as "factual background" in the suit, Williams states he was hired at the Mayes County Jail in March 2012 as the jail administrator. Williams was hired by Sheriff Frank Cantey's administration.
"Williams was responsible for managing the daily operations of the jail," it says.
In the performance of his duties, Williams says, he was required to subdue an inmate.
"In the altercation, Williams was inured and required medical treatment, including back surgery and physical rehabilitation," Williams' attorney Robert Winters states in the petition. "Because of the nature and extent of his injury, Williams' physician restricted Williams' activities and would not allow Williams to work.
The jail administrator took a medical leave for surgery and rehabilitation and advised the sheriff's office of his recovery process and anticipated return to work, according to Winters.
The attorney also writes Williams was released and declared fit to return to work by his physician May 8, 2013.
"On or about May 10, 2013, Williams reported to return to his position as the Mayes County Jail Administrator when Sheriff Mike Reed terminated Williams' employment because Williams had been replaced while he was receiving medical care and recovering from his job-related injury," it says.
"Further, as the newly elected Mayes County Sheriff, Reed chose to replace Williams with a political supporter from Reed's successful political campaign rather than recognizing Williams' right to have time off to recover."
Winters concludes, "Reed's actions in refusing to restore Williams to his job were wrongful and were retaliatory and discriminatory in nature."
Williams is suing for compensation in excess of $75,000.
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One year ago today, the New York City Police Department was forced to answer for their consistent failure to hold dangerous drivers accountable at a joint oversight hearing of the City Council's Public Safety and Transportation committees. Elected officials, advocates and victims of dangerous driving pleaded with the NYPD to make traffic enforcement more effective and crash investigations more thorough.
"Over the last year, over 280 New Yorkers died in traffic," said Paul Steely White, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives. "How many of those deaths could have been averted if only the NYPD had listened to the voices pleading for reform? If the tear-stricken faces of victims' families failed to move them, if the outraged questions of Council Members failed to move them, will that tragic number perhaps finally move Ray Kelly's police department to make the commonsense reforms necessary to bring the ongoing plague of lethal and lawless driving under control?"
On February 15, 2012, the families of Mathieu Lefevre, Michelle Matson and Nicole Bergmann shared their disturbing experiences with a callous and ineffective police department to a roomful of stunned and incensed Council Members.
Data from the State Department of Motor Vehicles indicates that law-breaking drivers are responsible for 60 percent of crashes which kill or injure pedestrians or bicyclists.
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Monday, July 2
9:04 a.m. – Police arrested Roy A. St. Lawrence, 43, of Mill Road in Johnston, for driving with an expired license after he was stopped for speeding on Middle Road near Tillinghast Road. He was cited for speeding and given a district court summons. An aquaintance arrived to drive the truck from the scene.
1:35 p.m. – The manager of Mary Lou's Coffee on South County Trail reported an employee took a money bag with $177 in it, an action caught on video. The manager said the bag was left on the counter overnight by mistake. In the morning, an employee came in, saw the bag, placed a sweatshirt over it and then took the bundle out to her car. In the video she's seen returning to the store with an empty money bag and the sweatshirt. At 4:32 p.m., police were called to the shop for a second time. The manager told police the employee had returned to the shop in tears, confessing to the theft and promising to return the money. The manager said if the money was returned, she would drop the charges.
4:18 p.m. – A Shoreside resident reported receiving information from Verizon Wireless about an account he'd opened, except that he hadn't opened one. The equipment was being sent to another Rhode Island address; Verizon refused to tell him that address.
7:43 p.m. – A Main Street resident told police someone had stolen seven $100 bills from a firebox he kept in his apartment during the hours he was away at work. He said he'd locked his door upon leaving at 6:30 a.m. but the door was unlocked when he returned after 7 p.m. The box, which had been locked, was open and empty, with a key still in the lock.
Tuesday, July 3
8:36 a.m. – Police assisted EG Fire after a worker fell about 6 feet at a job site on South County Trail. He was taken to Kent Hospital.
11:30 a.m. – A woman reported someone had cut out the part of her license plates (front and back) that contained her car's registration sticker. The incident apparently took place while the car was parked in her driveway on Jefferson Drive overnight.
4:10 p.m. – Police arrested Sean M. McNally, 28, of Robert Street in Attleboro, Mass., for driving with a suspended license after someone complained about an erratic driver on Shippeetown Road. Police pulled McNally over driving west on Division Road by Westfield. The car appeared to have fresh damage all along the driver's side. He told police he'd been trying to retrieve his cell phone, which had fallen on the passenger side floor and that he tried to reach it several times without success. The final time he tried, the car struck some brush and a tree on the side of the road. Tree bark and leaves stuck on the car confirmed McNally's story. He told police his Massachusetts license was revoked and that he should not have been driving. He was taken into custody to be arraigned because he was an out-of-state offender. His car was towed from the scene.
4:35 p.m. – A Queen Street woman who had reported her dog – who had a limp from a past injury – missing Monday told police a vet in Cranston contacted her today to tell her a man on Marlborough Street had her dog. According to the Marlborough Street man, he found the dog, a Rottweiler, around Marlborough and Division streets on Monday. Because the dog was limping and had no identification of any sort, he decided to take it to the vet in Cranston. After the dog was given several shots, a micro-chip in the dog was found, identifying the Queen Street owner. The man paid $150 for the shots and evaluation, which the woman repaid.
7:12 p.m. – Police arrested Michael G. Gillooly, 36, of Wood Sorrel Trail in Narragansett, for driving with a suspended license after he was pulled over because of an expired inspection sticker. He was cited for the expired inspection and expired registration and issued a summons for the license suspension; his car was towed.
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7:27 a.m. – A resident of Sleepy Hollow Road reported someone overnight took keys out of her car while it was parked in her driveway. The eight keys – to houses she cleans – were taken from a small pouch in the car, which had been unlocked. Nothing else was taken.
8:30 a.m. – Police were called to an apartment on Main Street because of a loud argument. A man was accusing his girlfriend of taking his phone. The woman said she didn't have it, but that in any case the phone had been purchased in her name. Both said nothing physical had taken place. Police told them to keep their distance "for a while."
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What's next after you survive a televised fight to the death against 22 other children used as pawns to instill fear unto the populace for generations? For Katniss Everdeen and her fellow Hunger Games District 12 co-winner, Peeta Mellark, the answer is you play the game forever…unless rebellion takes hold.
In Catching Fire, the much-anticipated second installment of Suzanne Collin's dystopian The Hunger Games series, Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta), Woody Harrelson (Haymitch Abernathy) and the rest of the original film's cast return to reveal the haunting repercussions of being "winners" in the annual blood bath orchestrated by silken-voiced tyrant, President Snow (Donald Sutherland). Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) stepped into the directorial driver's seat vacated by Gary Ross and has accomplished the increasingly rare feat of improving upon the original. Sure, it helps that the $400 million earned by the first installment gave Lawrence a much bigger budget to play with for richer visual effects and production design. But outside of his masterful work in the aesthetics, Francis improves the series by fleshing out the characters (many of whom were underserviced in the first film), clarifying for the audience the emotional toll of the games across Panem, and by making the stakes Katniss and company are up against in the Quarter Quell arena more potent.
The sequel picks up months after the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss is still wracked with guilt for the murders she committed in the arena in order to survive, and that manifests as PTSD-induced visions of her victims and vivid nightmares. She and her beloved sister, Prim (Willow Shields), along with their mother now live in comparative opulence in the gated Victor's Village, near drunken mentor Haymitch (Harrelson) and her estranged partner, Peeta. Katniss doesn't fit into her old life anymore, as she's out of sorts with Gale (Liam Hemsworth), her long-time friend and hunting partner, who doesn't understand what she went through and wants her to stand up against the tyranny. At the same time, she's distanced herself from Peeta, who is the personification of the games and a reminder of the broken heart she inflicted on him when their showmance ended. But she can't hide anymore when President Snow arrives to let her know that her little stunt has sparked an actual rebellion in the Districts and she needs to turn on the charm and "love" for Peeta so the insurgence can be contained. A false performance earns death for her sister, Gale, Peeta and anyone else she cares about.
Katniss and Peeta are whisked away on the obligatory Victor's Tour to visit each of Panem's 12 Districts where they'll face the families and hometowns of the children that died around them. Escorted by the ever garishly, over-the-top Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) and sullen Haymitch, the duo witness the violent efforts of Snow's Peacekeepers to staunch any insurrection which gives them an authentic bond and galvanizes them against Snow's demands. Upset that Panem's citizens (and even his granddaughter) look up to Katniss, Snow ups the ante by announcing that a male and female victor from every District will return for the 75th anniversary games, or Quarter Quell, which puts Katniss and Peeta back into a new arena fighting other veterans for their lives.
With the introduction of the Quell, we get a new roster of characters that take the kid-killing out of the equation but add more gravitas as we see the damage the games have wrought on each survivor. Sam Claflin, as charmer Finnick Odair, and Jena Malone, as the fiery, out-spoken and broken Johanna Mason, are excellent new foils and enigmatic allies for Katniss and Peeta. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is another well-casted addition as the new Gamesmaker, Plutarch Heavensbee, who works with Snow to undermine Katniss' popularity with the people, and then toys with her in to surprising effect in the arena.
As for the arena itself, the first film's version suffered from woodsy repetition and some ill-designed mutt dogs that didn't add much weight or danger to the last act. The new arena, located in a lush tropical island, is stocked with acid-burning fog, menacing and realistic mutt monkeys, blood rain and more all of which actually puts horror into the games. It's not just a game of cat and mouse anymore for Katniss and Peeta, it's a full-frontal assault on them from every angle with diabolical new tortures creeping up to steal their lives with a cannon blast for emphasis. There's real tension, surprises and, most importantly, earned emotion when death inevitably picks off victors one-by-one. And unlike the recent cavalcade of YA adaptations, Katniss' renewed investment in Peeta isn't played for dewey sighs, but with depth and as an extension of their earned loyalty which helps set the stage for a cliffhanger that doesn't leave the audience cheated, but stoked for what happens after the fade to black. Catching Fire succeeds in honoring the themes of the price of war that are the foundation of Collin's books, while also being an incredibly entertaining and resonant film. And Lawrence once again embodies Katniss with empathy and steel, adding new facets to a fully-realized cinematic heroine that only cements her place as one of the most dynamic and human characters fronting a blockbuster franchise.


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Instead of thinking of all the ways I can stretch my retirement income when I'm older, I've been working on a plan to reduce my expenses so I won't need as much income. I don't plan to retire for another 25 to 30 years. By eliminating debt as soon as possible, I'll have more time to save. But I won't have to depend on my retirement investments and savings as much if I have fewer bills and expenses. Creating more cash flow in retirement, for me, starts with the decisions I'm making today.
Eliminating mortgage debt
One of the largest expenses I anticipate having in retirement is my mortgage or rent. My husband and I plan to retire in place by staying in our current home when we are older. We bought a contemporary 1-story Florida home so we won't have to worry about climbing stairs when we are older. Our goal is to pay off our mortgage within the next 10 years so we have 15 to 20 years to save. We put aside some of our mortgage savings for future home repairs and renovations.
Paying for a car with cash
People who have a car payment during retirement don't have as much cash flow. Most of the cars I'd want to purchase would require a car payment of $400 to $500 a month. While that's not a lot of money to us while we are both working, $500 would be a financial burden to us when we are retired. We are working to save money into a car savings account so we can purchase our cars with cash in our 50s and beyond.
Picking dividend-paying funds
Although a lot of people worry about whether the government will raise the taxes on dividends, I know I can't do anything about it. I rather have to worry about paying more in taxes than being broke. We are picking only dividend-paying exchange traded funds and individual stocks for our retirement portfolios. Since individual companies can decided to stop paying dividends, I favor the exchange traded and mutual funds.
Keeping our credit card balance at zero
By keeping our credit card balance at zero, we will not have to be bogged down by debt. According to an article by Bankrate.com, three out of five middle-class retirees will exhaust their retirement money if they don't reduce their spending by almost one quarter. I rather put aside the money I used to spend on paying high-interest credit cards for retirement so that I don't have to curb spending when I'm older.
If I can retire with zero debt of any kind, I'll be able to make it with a combination of retirement accounts and social security. Even though experts say most people should plan to live on 80 percent of their preretirement income, I want to have 100 percent of preretirement income as well as fewer expenses. By eliminating debt prior to retirement, I'll enjoy a boost to my current lifestyle.
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