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CATEGORIES Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Independent, Awards, Family Films, Cinematical Indie, Awards, CinematicalNow here's a weird Oscar rule that you probably never knew (I sure didn't): In order for there to be five Best Animated Feature nominees, there have to be at least sixteen eligible titles. The last time this happened was in 2002, when Miyazaki's Spirited Away proved to be the year's best ieffort n animation. (According the The Academy, anyway.)
Warner's Happy Feet, Weinstein's Arthur and the Invisibles and Sony's Paprika have yet to "officially" open, but once they do it means we'll get five nominees in one of Oscars' more colorful categories. (Last year we only had three, and that wasn't as much fun.) In addition to the three mentioned above, the other eligibles are The Ant Bully, Barnyard, Cars, Curious George, Everyone's Hero, Flushed Away, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Monster House, Open Season, Over the Hedge, Renaissance, A Scanner Darkly and The Wild. (What, no Ultraviolet?)
So if you had to pick only five of those flicks (aside from the three we haven't seen yet, of course), what would be your picks as "Oscar material?" If I'm predicting the field, my five picks would be Cars, Monster House, Over the Hedge, Renaissance and A Scanner Darkly. If I'm casting a vote for my favorite: Over the Hedge. Flick made me giggle.


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Bubbly Cranberry Punch Recipe
Tart and refreshing, this sparkling non-alcoholic punch will add pizzazz to holiday parties, bridal showers and other festive occasions. "My mother-in-law shared this delicious recipe," notes Rebecca Cook Jones, a field editor in Henderson, Nevada.
- 2 cans (16 ounces each) jellied cranberry sauce
- 1-1/2 cups orange juice
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 2 bottles (1 liter each) ginger ale, chilled
- Ice cubes
- In a large pitcher or punch bowl, whisk cranberry sauce until smooth. Whisk in orange and lemon juices. Just before serving, slowly stir in ginger ale. Add ice cubes. Yield: 3-1/2 quarts.
Originally published as Bubbly Cranberry Punch in Taste of Home December/January 2008, p53
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I've made this at Christmas for the family, and even my very picky children like it!
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we actually make a similar drink for our patients at our hospital. Very refreshing!
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Howdy Mike Cebhoo, Yes...... Whistle blowers slipped my mind at this hour...... sorry.
Don, You are correct the Electoral College is one of the downfalls of the American Political system. Murdering the whistleblowers is another.
Howdy, I have no political party association..... Politics is so phoney...... the joke punch line is in the " Electoral Collage "..... when I have to fill in the line I put " Jamestown Settlement "
Mike I have no idea when that movie will be in your area but it hit all the bells and whistles of how stupid these politicians things we have heard in the news they did skits about ...really great satire and a home run for hitting people between the eyes
I wonder when that will make it here? A while I bet. LOL!
we know many people are in denial or sleep walking when it comes to politics and the world in general. Tonight I went and saw the movie The Candidate with Will Ferrell. What genius using humor to expose the truth about our politician, coporations they whole system. Yes, the audience was laughing but when I was leaving you should have seen people's faces the message got through......it woke a lot of folks up , you have to see it....outragous ......see if you can't pick out whom the characters in the movie are portraying....
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Design Terms and Conditions - Unpragmatic graphic designer stalling project
Dear all, I am a software developer (not a graphic designer) who typically implements graphic designer's designs, taking them from Photoshop/Illustrator and turning in to sites (CMS, payment solutions, or whatever the functional requirements are). We have done this for many projects and not had any issues until we did a job for a new graphic designer which has been a nightmare, specifically:
- They did not understand the difference between fixed and responsive and gave us a fixed 960px design only (no mention of different view layouts), we ended doing a responsive site for the same cost of a fixed site.
- Now we have done the responsive site (using bootstrap) the designer is complaining the page elements are not sized exactly as per his design (in pixels) - we can get it nearest using specific spans but not absolute as that's the nature of responsive design frameworks.
- Requesting specific font weights (such as 250), whereas the closest match is either 200 or 300, that's all the google font offers.
- Requesting additional complex jquery menu rollovers that could take many hours to implement and were never agreed - all they are pointing to is a reference site which uses a similar complex technique and asking for the same
I am not talking about huge differences, to the end user the implementation would look spot-on and they are always extremely happy.
In this instance an unpragmatic perfectionist is stalling work if it is not pixel perfect due to implementation fundamentals - these are technical issues the designer does not understand or seems willing to accept, and it is draining in both time and energy having the same conversations and attempts to explain each and every time.
I really need to beef up my terms and conditions (which have not covered these issues as I never faced them before). Can anyone recommend some software development guidelines or checklists on how to prevent scope creep, which I can refer back to during similar situations and ultimately allow for an acceptable level of variation between design and implementation?
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Since I'm not 100% clear on what you're looking for and not to sound like a SP stool, but the main site has a couple items you might find interesting.
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Here's another possibility, but I found this on a quick search - http://webdesignlaw.com/contracts/fu...and-conditions
In this case, is your contract with the customer, or with the designer? If it's with the designer, I would give him exactly what he's asked for and cut your losses. If it's with the customer, have a discussion with them and explain why the discrepancies exist, and why it's beneficial to them to go with your approach. Make sure you can back up your approach, with costs and ROI.Dave Maxwell - Manage Your Site Team Leader
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It sounds like it is not clearly agreed what the deliverable of your work should be - a fixed with design or a responsive design. You should have clarified this at the start. No software guidelines are going to help you with that unless you can subscribe to something that has detailed checklists for new technologies (I doubt it exists in a way that satisfies your clients needs).
If you start satisfying the requests of the graphic designer, you will have a nightmare without end - your responsive design is never going to achieve the pixel perfect result he is looking for. Your best chance is to have a sit down with him and explain the benefits and downsides of responsive design, as well as what downsides his other requests have (surely you could use automatically generated images of fonts for 250 weight, but that has obvious huge downsides). Your second and third best option may be to abandon the project for no charge or rebuilt it with fixed width.
Either option you choose, you have to come down hard on assumptions he may make. For example the 250 font weight is clearly not a standard request, so he will have to pay extra for this. If not, your time is better spent serving another customer. Remember, spending all your free time on keeping him happy will cost you and your customers (current and future) dearly short and long term: letting down other clients, not keeping up with quality of work, cash flow issues you have to work yourself out of, burn out. Your customers will not want any of these things happen to you,because they loose a trusted supplier. Anyone ignoring this is not working with you on a win-win relationship.
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Yes, now a days I have seen many freelancers do work for such ridiculously low rates, you wonder how they make their ends meet! Yes I have seen some freelancers quoting say $50 when you feel that even with some price adjustments one cannot afford it for say $200. Though with freelance sites the advantage has been that the market has become more competitive, many genuine developers have been at a receiving end because you can never match those rates.
Now coming to your topic that the specifications changed and even then you tried to accommodate some of the tasks in your billing, yet the client was unhappy. Yes, even under any terms and conditions we can be quite specific as possible but somehow if someone wants to find loop holes one could easily find one and ask you to complete the tasks.
This recently happened to me on one of projects. Initially based on the specifications I created a t and c and got approval from client to proceed with work. Once the basic changes were complete, I got a new set of changes. Now I told them that I had already done the work to which I was told that its the same set of changes but now they wanted different layouts / color schemes etc. When I said that it would need a similar amount of hours again, they said as a part of the t and s I had agreed to these set of changes. Now there is no way to prove that you already did that set once and now that the specifications really changed, but as they were the same set of changes to be done there was no escape route and I had to re do all the changes as per the new specifications. This did not end there. After that came the fonts issue. Similar to what you were facing. I was told that the font size and type do not match the PSD provided. When I said there were premium fonts and you need to get a license I was told it was my duty to get the font and make the size as per the PSD provided. When I mentioned that fonts are never part of any web coding deal unless specified, they said as per t and c - the developer will see to it that the final output matches the PSD design provided - though there was no mention of fonts, I had to finally get the fonts and install it.
Hence, now a days once need to be really careful and check each and every word before finalizing a contract because you are not sure where you end up. Sometimes, it becomes quite easy to let go the project and focus on other projects because if you keep following up one project you will finally end up annoying other clients trying to keep just one client happy.
I too feel that once the specifications had changed, to simply walk out and say sorry cant work on the project further without extra payment would have been easier rather than spending almost 3-4 times the initially discussed hours and getting paid peanuts - why because some freelancers do this for the same amount!FreelanceNext.com - Freelance Projects / Jobs & more...
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Thanks for the useful feedback, very useful - nowadays every time i get burnt an additional clause gets added, but would be good to learn from others peoples T&C
Ultimately it boils down to doing what lawyers do, using English as a algorithmic language from which conditions are defined. Unlike a computer language, the meaning of English words can often have multiple interpretations, it is no wonder conflicts can arise.
Problem is there is no way i could take this to my law firm and them understand the technical details of software development, i think this type of technical software contract law is extremely specialized (and expensive!).


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MIAMI, Fla. – The FGCU softball team split a doubleheader with the Golden Panthers of Florida International University at the FIU Softball Complex in Miami, Fla. on Tuesday night. The Eagles took game one, 10-4, before losing in the second game, 4-0. FGCU's record moves to 18-24 overall, while the Golden Panthers now stand at 23-14.
The Blue and Green jumped out in front early thanks to a three-run home run off the bat of Mariah Fernandez (Cape Coral, Fla.) in the top of the first inning, her fourth home run of the season, giving the Eagles a 3-0 lead after one inning.
FIU got on the board in the bottom of the second, scoring twice thanks to a pair of FGCU errors, cutting the lead to 3-2 after two innings of play.
The Eagles broke it open in the third inning, sending 10 batters to the plate as they scored five runs. Jessica Gary (Naples, Fla.) and Courtney Platt (Greenville, Ohio) each picked up RBI doubles with nobody out, extending the lead to 5-2. Later in the inning, Erin Olson (Naples, Fla.) drew a bases-loaded walk that scored Platt to put FGCU ahead 6-2. Gina Galvin (Orlando, Fla.) capped the scoring, lacing a two-run single into left center field to give the Eagles am 8-2 advantage after three innings.
Tiffani Upchurch (Lake Wales, Fla.) and Olson each plated runs with RBI singles in the fourth inning, increasing the advantage to 10-2. A solo home run by Kayla Burri in the bottom of the fourth made it 10-3 after four innings.
The Golden Panthers would tack on one more run in the bottom of the seventh, but Catherine McDaniel (Melbourne, Fla.) shut down the rally to give FGCU a 10-4 victory in game one.
Kelci Breaux (Okeechobee, Fla.) pitched six solid innings for the win, leveling her record at 7-7. Breaux allowed three runs (two earned) on seven hits, walking two and striking out three. McDaniel allowed a run on two hits in her one inning of work.
Eight different Eagles recorded at least one hit and six Eagles drove in at least one run. Gary finished the game 2-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored. Platt was 1-for-1 with three walks, three runs scored, and an RBI. Fernandez ended up 1-for-2 with a walk, home run, two runs scored, and three RBIs.
Game two was a different story, with runs being scored in only one half inning.
Through the first three innings, only three hits had been recorded, with neither team advancing a runner past second base.
FIU's Jen Gniadek ended the scoreless streak when she connected for a grand slam in the bottom of the fourth inning off of Stephanie Sullivan (Venice, Fla.). Those four runs would prove to be the only scoring in the game.
The Eagles couldn't ever mount any sort of rally against FIU's Kasey Barrett, collecting just two hits off of the senior pitcher. The Golden Panthers would go on to win game two by a score of 4-0.
McDaniel started game two, allowing just two hits in three shutout innings to earn a no decision. Sullivan came on in relief and took the loss, falling to 3-6 on the year. Sullivan allowed four runs on seven hits in three innings of relief, striking out one.
Lauran Ziegler (Palm Bay, Fla.) had both of FGCU's hits in game two, a pair of infield singles. Upchurch was the only other Eagle to reach base, doing so on a passed ball on a dropped third strike.
The Eagles land back at home on Thursday, April 8, when they host Campbell for a doubleheader. Thursday night is also "'80s Night" at the FGCU Softball Complex. Fans dressed in their favorite '80s outfits will receive free admission and there will be free pizza for all fans between games. First pitch for game one is slated for 5 p.m.


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The town's longtime tax collector/town clerk Meg Seymour stepped down from the job earlier this year.
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Last month, rob and charlie's turned 30, but it continues to do what it's done for generations of Santa Feans: accommodate everyone and all their needs. "What we're trying to do is get as many people riding bicycling as possible," manager and bicycling enthusiast Stephen Newhall says. "It doesn't matter what kind of bikes they are on, as long as they're out there and not driving."
Newhall isn't just spurting axioms; he bikes to work each day (even when he lived in Eldorado) and has managed to live 25 years without a car. To get everyone biking isn't easy, but it does involve rob and charlie's broad approach. From BMX bikes to tools to tubes, "we stock all types of bikes and we service everything," Newhall says.
But as is evidenced by several employees' involvement in Chainbreaker Collective, Santa Fe's bike co-op, the mantra of rob and charlie's is customers not only buy bikes, but build them; they not only come in to get their bikes fixed, but to learn how to fix what's broken.
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Names for weekend retreats don't come more highfalutin than The Heavens.
When finding a paradise on Earth is what many a travel plan is about think tropical island, Tuscan villa, a deserted beach somewhere you have to admire a tourist operator who just lays it out there: yep, my place is heaven. It's actually here. Don't believe me? Well, it says so on the gates (which are, contrary to what we've been told, unfinished timber).
The bloke who runs The Heavens used to own a computer company in Sydney. The woman who runs it with him used to be a flight attendant. Then, on a drive one day, they found heaven, all 65 hectares of it. She burst into tears, and a year ago they bought it.
The Heavens lies between Berry and Bowral, on the slopes of Mount Barrengarry in Kangaroo Valley, at the end of a steep, winding dirt road.
It promotes itself as a secluded retreat. Its three self-contained spa cottages have been grandiosely named: the two-bedroom Elysium ("place of perfect happiness") and, for couples only, the architect-designed Aurora ("the rising light of the morning") and Inanna (the Sumerian goddess for love and fertility). They look out across the valley to the escarpment of Morton National Park.
Being a rockclimber, my husband was particularly struck by the spectacular view. "Aarrggg. Cliffs," he said, like Homer Simpson thinking about a doughnut. I was more inclined to do a Julie Andrews. That panorama, the sunshine, the green hills rolling off into nothing outside the front door of Inanna who wouldn't get that hills-are-alive feeling and have a bit of a warble.
Judging from the guest book, The Heavens inspires many to acts of spontaneity and not just cartwheels on the lawn. Marriage proposals are not uncommon, with one fella describing how he just couldn't help himself, it just sort of popped out. It was all so . . . perfect.
The view's a knockout, for sure, and Inanna's design means you get an eyeful from every room. The interior is sleek rather like living inside a fashionable furniture store's catalogue, with candles floating in glasses of water and sprawling arrangements of twigs in glossy vases. In the bathroom is a spa, more candles, an oil burner, and two hooks for the big, white, fluffy bathrobes.
We stayed two nights, and did not feel inclined to dine out on either, preferring to take advantage of what our Sumerian goddess had to offer.
In the late afternoons, we sat on the deck and drank the red wine we had picked up at Bundewellah Estate Winery outside Berry. We were facing due east, so the sun beat down on the escarpment until it set. Then the kangaroos appeared in the dusk, at the crest of the green hills, and watched us watching them.
The first night, the temperature dropped quickly, so we turned up the heating and moved inside to cook pasta, playing CDs from The Heavens' own collection Harry Connick jnr, Frank Sinatra and other crooners equally suitable for setting the mood for a candlelit dinner. Until my husband, a Led Zeppelin sort of guy, said: "All Frank's lyrics are just analogies for sex. Geez, Frank, there's more to life than having a shag."
Aarrggg. Like rockclimbing.
The kangaroos woke us the next morning, with a noise that sounded like humans coughing. We were above the clouds, the outlook revealing a thick slick of white below. As we dashed down to the Kangaroo Valley township for the papers the kangaroos were out in force, bounding about in the mist. The Heavens had been bathed in sunshine but the town was damp and cold.
Breakfast at Inanna was supplied we just had to cook it: eggs, bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes and home-baked bread. By the time we'd finished, the sun had burnt away the mist, and the day was glorious.
We spent it on a bushwalk in Fitzroy Falls National Park, before lunch in Bowral and a wander through town that we cut short because it was paling a little in comparison to heaven.
We returned with some steak to throw on the barbie and a couple of beers. But there was time before dinner to chill out on a deck lounge with a trashy celebrity magazine, full of modern-day would-be goddesses who, in the end, couldn't compete with Inanna's soothing charms.
I fell asleep.
· Address: The Heavens Mountain Escape, 94 Paddington Lane, Barrengarry, 2577.
· Booking number: 4465 1400.
· Website: http://www.theheavens.com.au.
· Rates: (Aurora and Inanna): Friday to Sunday $265 per couple per night, midweek $180 (two-night minimums). Weekly (seven nights or more) $170.
Character: 5/5
Facilities: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Value: 4/5
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Frazier Press Conference comments Monday
Got this from various twitter sources, KFAN, Tom Pellisero from ESPN and such.
Frazier on todays press conference:
"As dire as it might seem, I think we're on the verge of turning this around"
"based on the 4 games this season, we're not planning on changing our quarterback"
"There was much more consistency in some of his throws.
"Were not at a point where were making a quarterback change."
Frazier on evaluating young players for 2012. "I dont think were at that point at all. So, thats not on my radar.
The thing is, we just played one of the worst teams in the league and we lost..
Our Quarterback has had 4 games where he has had the chance to win all four games and he has done it zero times.
We are in a division with the only two 4-0 teams in the NFL..
I think he is being pretty dillusional, the season is pretty much done and in order to get to the playoffs we almost have to win the rest of our games, which includes 3 games versus current 4-0 teams, Oakland, New Orleans, Carolina, Atlanta, Plus two games vs the Bears.. We have a tough schedule in my eyes..
Time for change..
I also think playing at home vs Arizona would be a good place to give Ponder the debut, winable game vs a good but not great opponent.


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There will be postseason ball in Oakland for the first time since 2006. The Oakland Athletics downed the Texas Rangers, 4-3, Monday night at the O.co Coliseum and have secured one of the AL Wild Card slots, at the very least.
The victory also brings the A's to within one game of a tie for the AL West lead.
Martin Perez did not pitch well, and Oakland made him pay early. Coco Crisp and Jonny Gomes hit back-to-back singles in the first, and Crisp advanced to third on a groundout. A Chris Carter walk and a Josh Reddick single later, and the A's put their first run on the board. Carter trotted home when Perez balked, making the score 2-0 Oakland.
The Rangers were able to claw back to knot the score at 2 on the strength of an RBI single by Elvis Andrus and a Michael Young solo shot, but Perez faltered again in the fifth inning. Adam Rosales led off the frame with a double and came around to score on a double by Crisp. Though the back-to-back two-baggers signaled the end of Perez's night, reliever Scott Feldman allowed Crisp to score on a sac fly from Brandon Moss, bringing Perez's line on the night to four-plus innings with four earned runs on six hits and two walks.
Mike Napoli, fresh off his one-man destruction crew show against the Angels, blasted a solo shot in the seventh inning off A's starter Jarrod Parker, halving Oakland's lead and ending the righty's night. Parker allowed three runs on six hits in six-plus innings. He struck out six.
Sean Doolittle, Ryan Cook, and Grant Balfour each hurled an inning of scoreless ball to secure the Athletics' 92nd victory of the season. Balfour struck out the side to end the game.


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Hollywood continues to be hopping for actor Jeremy Renner, who remains one busy guy.
The Modesto native and two-time Oscar nominee had a spate of movies released the past couple of years and according to a variety of Internet sources, hes back at it, filming new upcoming releases and in preparation to make even more.
One of the movies currently in the works is being made by his own production company, called The Combine. That film, Kill the Messenger is based on the true story of San Jose Mercury News investigative journalist Gary Webb, who wrote a series of stories alleging the CIA was involved in spreading crack cocaine in Los Angeles. Webb committed suicide in 2004.
Renner not only is a producer of the film, but stars as Webb. Other actors appearing in Messenger include Andy Garcia, Tim Blake Nelson, Oliver Platt and Barry Pepper.
No release date has been set, but the movie and Renners lead role already have Oscar nomination potential written all over them, just by virtue of the story line. His other in-the-works projects include fare thats both worthy of award buzz and geared to mass appeal.
In theaters next should be American Hustle, which also stars Christian Bale. The film, set to be released Christmas Day, is the story of a con artist and his partner in crime, who were forced to work with a federal agent to turn the tables on other cons, mobsters and politicians, according to IMDB.com.
Oscar winner Bale is getting early award chatter for the film, but dont discount Renner for a supporting nod. In fact, American Hustle is a film made in Oscar heaven other stars include Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro all past runners in the Academy Award race.
Looking down the road, Renner reprises his role as Hawkeye in the next Avengers film, The Avengers: Age of Ultron. In preproduction, that Marvel-icious action film isnt set for release until 2015.
Also reported on the Internet is a return to his role as Aaron Cross in another Bourne film. And hes rumored on IMDB to be returning to his role of William Brandt in the upcoming fifth Mission: Impossible outing, also targeted for a 2015 release.
All that and a new daddy, too. Busy, busy, busy.
New show for Chiarello
Turlock native and celebrity chef Michael Chiarello is part of the mentor ensemble in a new TV food competition show.
Supermarket Superstars currently is airing Mondays on Lifetime right after the new season of Project Runway.
On Superstars, Chiarello is the tough-love chef mentor for hopefuls vying for a chance to have their homemade products mass produced and marketed in national supermarket chains.
The Napa-based chef does his share of making the competitors shiver in their Crocs or inappropriately high heels, depending on the individual.
Chiarello makes suggestions to the would-be superstars about improving the taste of their products, then goes all Gordon Ramsey on them when trying to rein them in on things like nutrition concerns Oh, the sodium! Oh, the calories! and price points that are too high.
The other two mentors are marketing guru Chris Cornyn and Debbi Fields, she of the famous chocolate chip cookie.
Cornyn, like Chiarello, has a lot of good input each week. He helps the hopefuls figure out their logos, packaging and other strategies. But Fields seems to be there mostly as a visual cautionary tale about the pitfalls of cosmetic enhancements.
Im a sucker for just about any food competition show; add in the local connection with Chiarello, and this ones a keeper.
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After showing signs of progression last weekend, the Arizona Cardinals continued to struggle in Week 16 against the Bears. Arizona's offense didn't do much and the defense was unable to hold in the red zone as the Bears went on to win convincingly, 28-13.
The loss was the Cardinals' 10th defeat of the season, and it seems likely they'll drop their season finale against San Francisco next week. For a year that began with so much promise, Arizona really has hit the skids. As SB Nation's Cardinals blog, Revenge of the Birds, reflected in their post-game story, Week 16 was more of the same from coach Ken Whisenhunt's bunch.
With the Arizona Cardinals falling to the Chicago Bears 28-13, it was just another example of all that has one wrong for the team. They turned the ball over three times, allowed two defensive touchdowns and failed to take advantage of scoring opportunities when they had them. Combine that with more bad quarterback play and one drive in which the defense just did not play well, and you have the game and the season in a nutshell.
Ryan Lindley made the start for Arizona, and despite a solid game against Detroit last week, he really struggled against a stout Chicago defense. Lindley was lifted in the second half in favor of Brian Hoyer, who didn't provide any kind of lift for the offense. Until the Cards find a reliable quarterback, it's tough to imagine their offensive attack improving at all.
Revenge of the Birds also detailed a couple of positives to take away from the loss, although they were few and far between.


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Not a bit like Madagascar but the mountains and the sea are always an adventure.
Acerca del autorDorothy Moore
mooretime Surrey, England
I'm just a scribbler with a bit of a passion for travel anywhere, anytime. I write about my own personal view and I am aware that others may have a different one - in fact it's highly likely. There are errors in the book. Please don't point them out. I'll continue to scribble and make new mistakes in the next one. Thank you for your interest.
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John John Hazelnut (Rum Barrel Aged) - Rogue Ales
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Reviews by beagle75:
3.78/5 rDev +9.2%
Draft pour into a shaker pint at Beachwood BBQ.
A: Clear, dark maple with less than one finger of diminishing off-white foam head. No lacing remains on the glass.
S: Very nutty with some toast and complex spiciness.
T: Begins with caramel and some toffee, followed by a burst of acidity and a hint of solvent complexity. Finishes slightly nutty with no detectable bitterness.
M: Light-medium viscosity, pleasantly creamy on the palate, with light carbonation.
D: This beer represents a welcome experiment with one of Rogue's most signature flavors. That said, it does not enhance the flavor of their hazelnut brown so much as simply alter it. Followers of the original should seek this out for the sake of comparison, while wood enthusiasts may find themselves let down. This beer is interesting compared to other American browns, and it doesn't sacrifice drinkability, but just be warned that it is not extreme, so much as slightly unusual.
09-21-2010 15:10:13 | More by beagle75
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North Carolina
3.83/5 rDev +10.7%
Poured into a standard pint glass a deep amber hued chesnut brown with a thinner quick to fade off white head.Caramel toffee and some light toastiness mainly in the nose,light vanilla shows thu lightly as well.A bit thin and on the prickly side at first in the feel department but it mellows after a bit.Flavors have more of the hazelnut presence I think than the aromas,lightly toasted hazlenuts and caramel toffee mainly,a decent earthy dryness in the finish to keep it from being overly sweet.Its a mellow tasting brown ale but it has some decent oaky/nutty flavors to it.
10-01-2010 13:27:32 | More by oberon
3/5 rDev -13.3%
01-09-2013 02:12:32 | More by iemailjack
New Hampshire
3.75/5 rDev +8.4%
04-22-2014 19:28:09 | More by ThisLadyLovesBeer
3.58/5 rDev +3.5%
The beer pours a brown color with an off-white head. The aroma is heavy on the spices (mainly nutmeg but also some cinnamon) as well as some brown sugar and some toffee from the malt. The flavor is very dry. I get some toasted malt notes with some cinnamon and nutmeg, some nuttyness and some alcohol. I also get some nice rum notes in the flavor, which add to the base beer. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Good, but not as good as the unaged Hazelnut Brown Nectar.
07-18-2011 01:41:28 | More by Mora2000
4/5 rDev +15.6%
I love Hazelnut Brown and I was excited when I purchased this...Off-white head retreats gently to the typical slightly murky brown. The original Hazelnut has a perfect dense and sweet flavor; John John has that mild spice thanks to the barrel treatment. I can imagine other breweries overkilling the spice, but Rogue being Rogue gets right on the money.
I agree with other reviewers who describe the initial sip as non-descript, but during the swallow the flavor comes forward with a mixture of toasted malts and light hops.
Would I buy it again, I would probably buy the original Hazelnut first, but then reach over and grab one.
12-02-2010 02:48:55 | More by WCBCFrank
3.48/5 rDev +0.6%
(Served in a tulip glass)
A- This beer has a slightly dense but clear glowing brown body with a tan thick film of head that last a bit. There is a few hints of carbonation gliding to the surface.
S- The soft toasted malt hint has some spiced rum hints and a chocolate malt note in the finish.
T- There is a slight tartness with a hint of chocolate malt that has some toasted malt qualities to it. The finish takes on a stale spice taste that lingers for a moment. As the beer opens up there is a full brown malt flavor that is watery with a taste of hazelnut in there aswell.
M- This beer has a medium-light mouthfeel with a big fizz that scrubs the finish.
D- The hazelnut flavor is soft and blends with the stale spice flavor to make this beer a little unappealing. The spice rum hints are soft and the brown ale beer is even softer.
01-04-2011 03:34:48 | More by rhoadsrage
3.25/5 rDev -6.1%
08-22-2012 19:41:06 | More by ste5venla
Alberta (Canada)
3.53/5 rDev +2%
The ingredient stats on the bottle available this side of the 49th are slightly askew from those stated here, including, most prominently, an ABV of 6.2%...
This beer pours a slightly muddled ruddy amber hue, with two fingers of foamy pale beige head, which leaves zip in the way of lace as it fades away. It smells of sweet bready/biscuity malt, a bit of nutmeg, clove, and mild boozy wood barrel. The taste is more sweet bready malt, and a dry, almost gingerbread/pumpkin pie spiciness, supplemented by an earthy woody character. The carbonation is quite sedate, the body medium weight, smooth, and just a tad cloying. It finishes off-dry, the nutty malt still stronger that the proffered miscellaneous dryness .
I very much like the hazelnut, in fact, it's my favorite nut, and by that metric, there ain't no hazelnut in this here beer. A shame, that. Much more a fall Oktoberfest/Winter Spice offering than the titular barrel promise, but in my experience, rum is rather quiet in its influence on any manner of aged content.
11-05-2010 02:32:24 | More by biboergosum
New York
3.6/5 rDev +4%
Bomber into a 12 oz. Samuel Smith nonic.
Appearance: A quite gorgeous darker and hazy brown or amber or both depending on how you look at it in the light. A nice head sits atop the body of the brew, off-white, almost with some slight amber in there, and stays for a while, at about 1/4" to 1/2". The best part about the brew I would say.
Smell: It's not that it's bad or off or anything to me: it's just really, really faint, unfortunately. There's a bit of brown ale caramelization, and a bit of sourness, but not much else. Maybe some slight vinous characteristics or cider vinegar too.
Taste: How is this not a sour ale? It seems like it should be. I feel like this is closer to a Flanders Red than a hazelnut / rum type of concoction. The rum seems to be faint, if there at all, though post-finish there are some hints of bread and nuttiness, and mild caramelization, though the vinous, semi-sweet cider vinegar tandem is also there, though it's not bad. Then you tend to get some caramel and faint rum sweetness, but again, I'm baffled that the rum is so subtle. Seems like it would go pretty well, so I don't know if it's the barrels or what, but it's not as good as it can be, and I'm really not even sure if it's what they really intended.
Mouthfeel: Not thin, but not too thick, and not spritzy, but not creamy, as it achieves a nice balance with a lot of bubbles to cater to the beer's strengths as far as the mouthfeel.
Drinkability: This was a weird experience for me. I didn't dislike the beer, but it seems not to be what's advertised, or very much unexpected for what it does seem to try and advertise. And for the $8 or $9 price tag, it doesn't seem as worth it. Maybe some more rum, a longer barrel time, or some amount of tweaking, whether it's more alcohol or not, would really make this a possibly pretty eye-opening brew. Can't say I necessarily recommend it, but I'm not saying to completely shy away from it either. I just expected and hoped for more. Maybe they'll do it again and make it better, and then I'll try it again.
10-28-2011 21:38:05 | More by asabreed
Ontario (Canada)
3.45/5 rDev -0.3%
This meets the mark of brown ales. It is opaque brown,with some brown ring. The aroma is apricot more than malt. The carbonation is right there from a fresh bottle, brown sugar with a little sourness in the finish. Some rum,like the brown sugar. Ok drinkability.
11-28-2010 21:30:25 | More by Sammy
3.6/5 rDev +4%
22oz bottle
A- Pours a dark brown color with an off-white head that quickly dissipates into a thing ring of lace around the glass leaving a decent amount of lacing.
S- The aroma is pretty good. A lot of malt with the some hazelnut notes coming through. I can also pick up a little bit on the barrel aging and some spices as well. The aroma Reminds me a little bit of a pumpkin ale.
T- The taste starts out nutty with a good dose of malt and caramel. The finish is pretty dry and slightly nutty. There is also a good amount of spices. The taste like the aroma reminds me a bit like a pumpkin beer.
M- The mouthfeel is between light and medium bodied with a good punt of carbonation.
D- Overall. John John Ale is another solid beer from Rogue that I'm glad I tried. Definitely worth a try. Recommended.
10-06-2010 03:32:41 | More by cjgator3
3.28/5 rDev -5.2%
Pours amber with a thumb of tan head. Good lacing & head retention
S: Brown bread, pears, brown sugar, all fade as this warms
T: Slight nuttyness, pears, herbal hops, slight rum notes up front. Dryness, figs, plums & leafy hops as this warms, also some tart cherry. Finishes dry, figgy, with nutmeg, & candied fruit
MF: Light bodied, over carbonated, dry
An average brown ale, the barrel aging is half-assed. This either needed more time in the barrel, or they should've put something with more heft in them. A noble but flawed endeavor, I do think they had the start of a great Christmas/Winter ale but got too cheap with the malt bill. Still enjoyed some of the spice & fruittyness
01-19-2012 03:09:46 | More by russpowell
2.48/5 rDev -28.3%
A: Pours a light clear amber with just a ting of rose color.
S: Dominated by booze. It smells sickeningly sweet like they took rum and added brown sugar to it.
T: Not much flavor. I do get some of the sweet rum flavor but also get a hint of cola. It tastes a little like club soda.
M: Thin and watery made worse by the fact that it is to carbonated.
D: It is super easy to drink as there isn't much to it. It doesn't have much flavor and it is very thin. I could drink a bunch of it, but I wouldn't choose to do so.
Overall: Not impressed. Proof that barrel aging doesn't necessarily equal good.
10-27-2010 22:37:50 | More by RRC87
3.75/5 rDev +8.4%
08-01-2013 05:31:08 | More by I_heart_beer
3.5/5 rDev +1.2%
06-20-2013 00:32:03 | More by leinie13
New York
3.98/5 rDev +15%
Pours a slightly hazy brown color with a smallish tan colored head that dissipated into a light ring. The aroma is sweet. It has a brown sugar sweetness with some vanilla notes. I don't pick up much, if any, hazelnut or the spiced aspect of the rum. However, it does have a very nice aroma. The taste is of chocolate malt, some toastiness, a nice subtle vanilla flavor from the rum barrels, some hazelnut but nothing overwhelming like hazelnut coffee. The taste is surprisingly light, kind of has a vanilla coke thing going on. I am giving the feel grade a lower score (3) not because I don't like it necessarily but I think it takes away from the flavor of the beer. The feel is light, not watery, and very carbonated. Too carbonated for the style in that it brings a seltzer water type of consistency to the beer, though it doesn't feel watery, weird. The carbonation just kind of burns the flavor away. I think this beer drinks very well, very crisp from the carbonation. The flavors are good but subtle. I like it, I would probably buy it again.
10-04-2010 02:50:15 | More by Gmann
4/5 rDev +15.6%
12-01-2011 22:49:57 | More by Beertracker
2.1/5 rDev -39.3%
This is a perfectly stored bottle from Hi Times and tasted shortly after being removed from its cooler.
Pours a beautiful dark clear copper red with a nice but thin and quickly fading light tan head.
Nose has a red wine fruit forward fruity nose that is pleasing and inviting albeit light and not very forthcoming; a hint of hazelnut because you're looking for it and no rum or wood character at all.
Mouthfeel is thin and much more "Rogue like" than the John John in Gin barrels. Mouthfeel is watery, diluted, light carbonation and not inviting or inspiring.
Flavors are faint, light, simple and boring. In fact, the flavors are so weak as to be almost non-descript. Tastes like weak lager. Light watery yeast and a hint of hop and malt. No hazelnut, no rum no wood in the flavors whatsoever.
A "dirty water" finish and little else. I opened a second bottle from another case. Same review.
10-10-2010 22:08:03 | More by GRG1313
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08-31-2012 20:40:19 | More by GeoCait
3.5/5 rDev +1.2%
22 ounce bottle. Served in a pint glass, the beer pours a hazy brown color with an inch tan head. Head retention is good with a decent amount of lacing. Aroma is toasted malt, nuts, caramel, and a bit of rum. The taste is similar to the aroma, but the bitter flavors are a lot stronger than I expected. The sweet flavors come out more as the brew warms, but the overall bitterness of this beer surprised me. Mouthfeel is light/medium, it seems a bit thin at times. It also has moderate carbonation and it's slightly dry. Drinkability is OK, it's smooth and goes down easy enough. I think this is a decent overall brew. Not impressive, but not bad either.
11-26-2010 22:16:34 | More by bluejacket74
4.5/5 rDev +30.1%
10-12-2013 20:35:34 | More by toneigh
3.9/5 rDev +12.7%
Pours dark hazy amber with a 2 finger tanish head that left spotted lacing all down the glass
Smells of roasted carmel malts and some spice
taste is good and I do not get any pacman yeast flavors that most rogue beers have
the hazelnut is there but its not overpowering - plenty of spice with rich toffee malts
mouthfeel - medium body with low carbonation
drinkability is good and this bomber hit the spot on this chilly fall night
09-26-2010 23:49:05 | More by jsh420
4.33/5 rDev +25.1%
22oz bottle
a - white, lacy head overtop of a robust brown body, slightly amber. some legs.
s - this smells a lot like the normal hazelnut nectar, but with a hint of barrel. faint nuttiness and not much else. Barrel/vanilla/alcohol is more significant while I'm drinking a swig.
t - the first thing I'm getting, which is surprising and awesome, is sour. A 3/4 on a 10 point scale, but still...sour. Love it! Whiskey notes, lots of barrel. Some nougaty vanilla, which comes more when I smell while sipping. Nutty malts, less so than the normal version. Very little hops, but enough to balance.
m - pretty light mouthfeel, no booze aside from the barrel notes.
o - I'm actually a little pissed that this beer is only 5% when the normal Hazelnut is 6.2%. I'm not even sure how that is possible, but it apparently is. That being said, this is a really drinkable and delicious semi-sour brown.
10-05-2011 03:22:19 | More by Gobigvt7
4.25/5 rDev +22.8%
Snagged on tap at the PIB... wonderful ale and a must have...
- Great candied brown and copper color, rather clear but molasses rich.... light bubbly peach and amber head...
- Sweet smell, bit of nut, rum, and ester... some vanilla notes as well.. truly unique and something I think they should continue to brew and age...
- Slight spice, nut, oak, and vanilla notes.. all blend together very well and make a very drinkable and delicious ale... I wish most of Rogue's bottled stuff was this good...
- Sweet and mouth watering... the balance of flavors makes for a super high mouth feel..
- Goes down like buttery sweet toffee.. wonderful, and smooth, and light to boot... can I have a keg of my own please!
07-19-2009 01:12:41 | More by Docer
John John Hazelnut (Rum Barrel Aged) from Rogue Ales
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Who doesn't love a good viral hit – at least for the first week? We've collated some of the biggest into this list, in no particular order.
On a sunny March day in South Carolina, Zeddie Little was participating in the Cooper River Bridge run when his picture was snapped by Will King. Will put Zeddie's photo onto Flickr, and then Reddit where it received more than 40,000 upvotes.
The photo quickly became meme fodder:
And Zeddie ran his way into hearts across the world.
Now to the polar opposite of Ridiculously Photogenic Guy: A century-old painting of Jesus was restored by an elderly woman, but comes out of it looking like a potato.
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What would a top 10 viral list be without an entry about a cat? This one is a cat named Tardar Sauce, who is the unhappiest looking cat you'll ever see.
Instant viral hit.
Bonus: Here is a video of grumpy cat being patted:
Meet Laina. She likes you. She really, really likes you.
It all started with this video, which includes the lyrics: "If I was your girlfriend, I'd never let you leave without a small recording device taped under your sleeve."
Which quickly spawned…
This grew into Misunderstood Girlfriend.
Laina's now done deals with large companies to capitalise on her new-found viral fame. Here's something she did with Samsung…
You can follow Laina on Twitter here.
2012 was the year we called our dogs out for their terrible behaviour.
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The Invisible Children wanted to create a project to focus the world's attention on capturing African rebel leader Joseph Kony. And boy, did they do that and then some.
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It's unusual that a half-hour video would go viral, but that it did - nearly 7 million views in 16 days on Vimeo, and 43 million views in 72 hours on YouTube.
Almost immediately, a bunch of celebrities came out in support of the project, #StopKONY became a global trending topic on Twitter, and a critical Tumblr was launched to point out some of the issues with the video and Invisible Children. Debate raged over Kony, what governments should do, and the nature of the Invisible Children organisation.
In March, one of Invisible Children's co-founders was taken into police custody after he started running around San Diego naked, drunk, masturbating and screaming. The incident quickly spawned its own meme.
Kony is still at large.
The number one most-watched clip on YouTube, causing Beliebers everywhere major heartbreak, is now Gangnam Style, by K-Pop act, Psy.
At the time of writing, the video has 884 million views, and has spawned a "horse riding dance".
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Featuring our own Kimbra, Goye's Somebody That I Used to Know rocketed up the charts
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Carly Rae Jepsen's hit was technically released in 2011, but didn't become a viral hit until Justin Bieber, Selena Gomex and Ashley Tisdale released their lip dub tribute in February.
Someone cut a Barack Obama version
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Bob Baffert advanced the chances of leading Kentucky Derby contender Lookin At Lucky running in the Santa Anita Derby Saturday morning, based on how the son of Smart Strike trains at his home base since his courageous and determined victory in the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park last Saturday.
The Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Derby at 1 1/8 miles is April 3. Baffert's other option is the Grade I, $1 million Arkansas Derby at 1 1/8 miles at Oaklawn Park on April 10. Baffert would decide on either a four-week or a three-week interval for Lookin At Lucky prior to the Run for the Roses on May 1.
"It depends on how he's training," the Hall of Fame trainer said on a sun-filled Saturday morning at Clockers' Corner. "If he's training really well here, it (running in the Santa Anita Derby) would give him an extra week for the (Kentucky) Derby. If he needed the extra week (since the Rebel), I'll go to Arkansas. If he doesn't need the extra week, I'll stay here."
Baffert has won the Santa Anita Derby five times, with Cavonnier (1996), Indian Charlie (1998), General Challenge (1999), Horse of the Year Point Given (2001) and Pioneerof the Nile last year. He has won the Kentucky Derby three times, but not since 2002, when War Emblem posted a front-running victory at 20-1.
Probable for the Santa Anita Derby: Sidney's Candy, Joe Talamo; Caracortado, Paul Atkinson; Setsuko, Rafael Bejarano; Thomas Baines, Joel Rosario; Alphie's Bet, Alex Solis; Posse Power, no rider; Cardiff Giant, Christian Santiago Reyes; and Who's Up, Victor Espinoza.
In other Santa Anita Derby news:
Outlaw Man will pass the Santa Anita Derby to run in the Grade II, $500,000 Lane's End Stakes at 1 1/8 miles at Turfway Park on March 27. "He leaves Monday for Kentucky," said Jordan Blair, assistant to trainer Ken McPeek. Alex Solis, who worked the gray son of Forest Wildcat four furlongs on Pro-Ride Saturday in :47.80, has the mount in Kentucky.
"The work was good," Blair said. "He's very happy."
Thomas Baines worked four furlongs at Hollywood Park Saturday in :48.20 for trainer Doug O'Neill.
Grade II San Carlos Handicap winner Bob Black Jack has been retired after suffering a soft tissue injury to his right leg during a workout Friday at Hollywood Park, according to HRTV producer Karen Johnson, who spoke with trainer James Kasparoff.
The injury was detected after he completed the work, a bullet five furlongs in :59.60 under regular rider David Flores. The 5-year-old California-bred son of Stormy Jack was being pointed to the Grade II, $150,000 Potrero Grande Handicap at Santa Anita on April 3. Kasparoff said Bob Black Jack would most likely be sold by his owners, Tim Kasparoff, brother of the trainer, and Jeff Harmon, for stallion duties.
"It's a huge blow for me, Kasparoff said. "He was the best horse I ever trained." Bob Black Jack earned $684,925 from five wins, two seconds and one third from 11 starts. He won the Grade I Malibu Stakes in 2008 and captured the San Carlos after a 14-month layoff. Bob Black Jack set a then-world record of 1:06.53 for six furlongs in winning the Sunshine Millions Dash at Santa Anita on Jan. 26, 2008.
Santa Anita's popular "Santa Anita Uncorked" wine event is scheduled for next Sunday, March 28, in the track's Paddock Gardens area, adjacent to the Seabiscuit Walking Ring. The event, which debuted in 2008, will include wine tasting, cuisine sampling, an art show and a day at the races.
Fans 21 and over are encouraged to spend a day at spectacular Santa Anita tasting fine wines, world-class cuisine from popular area restaurants, and perusing a colorful Paddock Art Exhibit while experiencing a day at the races. "Santa Anita Uncorked" will again be sponsored by the Wine of the Month Club based in nearby Monrovia.
Among those upscale area restaurants participating are: San Marino Seafood, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Cafe 322, Charcuterrie and Santa Anita's FrontRunner. Wineries represented will include Zaca Mesa, Mike Smith and Alex Solis' Jinetes, and many more.
"Santa Anita Uncorked" packages will include parking, Club House admission with a grandstand seat, program, wine tasting, cuisine sampling, art exhibit and a souvenir wine glass.
Tickets for admission, parking, program and restricted area wrist band are available for $60 each and can be purchased at the Santa Anita ticket office, or by phone at (626) 574-RACE. Tickets can also be purchased on-line at www.santaanita.com. Proceeds from "Santa Anita Uncorked" will go to benefit Rotary Club Youth Services.
The Dal Jones Memorial Texas Hold' Em No-Limit Poker Tournament will be held next Sunday, March 28, at the top of the stretch at Santa Anita. The event will benefit trainer Dal Jones Jr., who died of an apparent heart attack on Feb. 16 at the age of 38 and left behind a wife and two young children.
There will be food, drinks, music and a silent and live auction at 5:15 p.m. sharp, or 15 minutes after the last race. The tournament starts at 6:15 p.m. There will be prizes for the top three finishers, as well as constant raffles for all in attendance. There is a $200 buy-in, which is not tax deductible.
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FINISH LINES: Jockey Inoel Beato will move his tack to Emerald Downs after Sunday's last race. "He'll go to Boone McCanna up there, who's the leading agent. He has Ricky Frazier there," said former trainer Frank Monteleone, who represented Beato during his brief tour at Santa Anita, where he was winless from 25 rides through Friday. "Inoel is a good rider; he just couldn't get going here," said Monteleone, who will look for another rider . . . Three players were still alive in ShowVivor II entering Saturday's races: Roland Frederick of Kaplan, La.; Orlando Arango of Los Angeles; and Mary Jo Lessell of La Grange, Ky.


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binged watched several repeats when I was home sick a few months ago, maybe 12 or 13 episodes.. So many tired old jokes from other shows over the years. the set up and jokes were visible from a mile away. The writers have 5 or 6 versions of 5 or 6 jokes and just mix them up from show to show, The lead knocking on the neighbor's door saying her name a thousand times cause he's OCD wasn't funny the first time and sure wasn't the third time it was used in the same sum total of this show is a bunch of supposed nerds with no life sitting on a couch eating take out food all the time summing up to each other how they have no life.
Never understood how people got so wrapped up in the fake phony lives of the fake phony characters on Friends 20 yrs ago and still can't figure out why everyone is so wrapped up in the fake phony lives of fake phony characters on this show like some how they are real. It is a TV show, they are fake not real people.


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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Human service providers in Illinois can expect to see more action regarding their unpaid bills from the state.
The more than $1 billion being paid to service organizations is a welcomed surprise but legislators doubt it will happen again.
An article from our news partner, the Pantagraph, reports the state's debt to social service groups and organizations is down to $5.8 billion from $8.5 billion in April. A large part of that is from an unexpected $1.2 billion windfall, dubbed the "April surprise".
"My understanding is that we have really gone a long way to catching up on the past due bills," said state Senator Dave Koehler, (D) 46th Legislative District. "You've got to remember there's always about $2 billion of unpaid bills that are laying on the comptrollers desk any given month, and that's kind of the normal cycle."
The unexpected billion dollar revenue increase came from taxpayers selling assets before new federal tax laws took effect. The money will now go to organizations like the Children's Home in Peoria. CEO Clete Winkelmann has not heard from the state regarding the "April surprise".
"Not to say that we wouldn't like to be even with the state and have a zero balance, but certainly our agency has not been impacted like many other human service organizations," said Winkelmann.
State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka told the Associated Press she is "surprised [the legislature] tagged another billion or two onto the budget as if happy times were here again."
She said lawmakers seem to be under the impression the windfall will appear again in the future. Koehler says no one is expecting this surprise to happen again. He commends the legislature on incorporating the $1.2 billion into the budgeting process.
"We were able to address some very immediate needs of past due bills and some programs that had been cut," he said.
Senator Koehler says the unexpected windfall serves a third purpose as state leaders plan to avoid the problems that have led to the economic hardships of Illinois.
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LEE COUNTY: Two cars were broken into while parked at two different dance studios in Lee County Wednesday, according to reports from the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
Those reports state that one of studios is in Bonita Springs and the other is in Fort Myers.
Just after 7 p.m. Wednesday, deputies were called to Gulf Shore Ballet Studio at 2155 Andrea Lane in Fort Myers. The victim told deputies that a student had gone outside, noticed that the victim's Mercedes had been broken into and told the owner.
The victim told deputies though the driver side rear window had been smashed, nothing had been stolen.
Reports state no suspects were identified.
Then just after 9 p.m., sheriff's office reports show that deputies were called to the Academy of Dance Center at 10347 Bonita Beach Road in reference to another car break-in.
The victim, according to reports, worked at the studio and told deputies that she was leaving for the night when she noticed that the passenger window of her 2008 Ford Focus had been smashed.
She told deputies that her purse, which had been sitting on the floor, was stolen. She explained to deputies that inside her purse were gift cards, a debit card, a Social Security card, driver's license and some medication.
She told deputies that her cell phone was also taken from the car's center console.
After processing the area, reports show that no evidence was found that would help indicate a possible suspect.
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SMARTWOOL Men's PhD SmartLoft Divide Full-Zip JacketThe Divide Full-Zip Jacket wraps PhD SmartLoft merino wool insulation in a weather-resistant nylon shell for ultimate core warmth in cold weather. Wear as outerwear or an insulation layer in cold climates.
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Workaround for Safari 5.1.9 incompatibility with Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat
Mac OS has been one of a very widely used platform by Adobe customers. But recently, with a Safari upgrade the compatibility of Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat applications to open PDFs inside browser has again come to a hold.
As you install an Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat application on a Mac machine, the installer additionally installs a NAPI plugin inside Library -> Internet Plugins Folder, so that Mac users can open PDFs inside Safari using Adobe Reader/Acrobat app seamlessly (instead of using the conventional Preview which only supports a small set of PDFs).
But For Mac Snow Leopard users, the upgrade of Safari to 5.1.9 has proven fatal. Till Safari 5.1.8, users will be able to still open PDFs inside Safari without any issues. But post upgrading Safari to 5.1.9, Adobe Reader do not opens PDFs inside Safari.
As of now many users have reported this issue on Apple Blogs: https://discussions.apple.com/message/21880385?ac_cid=tw123456#21880385
Some users have reported this issue via Bug to Apple as well (rdar://13694491)
To resolve the issue, I hereby give our Adobe users a quick workaround:-
Basically, the earlier versions of Safari used to have an entry in the com.apple.Safari.plist for WebKitOmitPDFSupport which now do not exist anymore. So we just go and add it.
To add the entry:
1.) Go to Library -> Preferences
2.) Open "com.apple.Safari.plist" in Property List Editor or any Text Editor like TextWrangler.
3.) Add a new key with the name "WebKitOmitPDFSupport" of type Boolean and define its value as True (checked). i.e.:
4.) Save the plist.
5.) Restart Safari.
After applying the above workaround, users will be able to open PDFs inside Safari again. Note that, in case if you don't have Adobe Reader / Adobe Acrobat installed on your Mac, then the above workaround will simply download the PDF onto your system.
Just for reference, Adobe fixed the same issue earlier in 2011 for Safari 5.1.0 : http://blogs.adobe.com/acrobat/compatibility-advisory-regarding-adobe-reader-plug-in-and-acrobat-plug-in-with-safari-5-1/


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|Ducks make me happy, happy, happy
By Will Maines
AS THE Duck Commander Phil Robertsons would say, I am happy, happy, happy.
And why, you ask, would I be so happy, happy, happy?
Plain and simple, as you read this I am in the heart of North Dakota duck country and I am living the life that makes an old duck hunter nothing but happy, happy, happy.That is, as you read this. As I write this it is still 18 hours
|Tuesday, October 01, 2013 4:25 PM


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|State mining bill all about greed
Letter to the Editor:
Tom Tiffany's mining bill is trading our children's future for false promises today.
The huge black vulture called greed will rip open the heart and soul of the North Country.
This is mudji mush keeki (bad medicine)!
Karen Anderson
|Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:39 PM


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Save Leicester Adult Education College!
We, the undersigned oppose the destruction by stealth of Leicester Adult Education College (LAEC) by management. We oppose all moves to privatise adutt education at the college. For some time, management at LAEC have been chipping away at the very heart of this valuable public service. Non-vocational courses have been steadily disappearing; courses have been poorly advertised, as if they\'re being set up to fail; other agencies, not necessarily to do with adult ed, are being moved into Wellington Street; staff are being moved from pillar to post. To date, there has been zero consultation with staff, unions, students/users or the general public. The art department currently being moved from the premises at a moment\'s notice to make way for the Highcross Development Employment Hub is the final straw. Jobs are threatened and adult education is clearly under serious attack as the council privatises services at LAEC. Additionally, courses are being moved with no consideration for staff and users\' health and safety, nor with consideration of any wider impact that moving these courses may have. IWW members and other staff at the college are opposing this and are fighting to save the college. We call on all members of the public, students, staff and unions to support this fight. Join the campaign!
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