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189 East Post Road
White Plains, NY 10601
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Taleggio Italiano Classico Details
Dining Style:
Casual Dining
(914) 761-1111
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Saturday: 11:30am to 4:00pm
Sunday - Wednesday: 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Thursday - Saturday: 5:00pm to 11:00pm
Payment Options:
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Italian, Tapas / Small Plates, Wine Bar
Executive Chef:
Moises Mera
Dress Code:
Smart Casual
Accepts Walk-Ins:
Additional Details:
Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Entertainment, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
We have the ability to cater on-premise or off-premise events. For more information, contact our event manager.
Private Party Facilities:
In addition to our main dining room, we also have a private dining room. With the capability of seating up to 100 people and featuring a full bar, we can cater to large gatherings like weddings, barmitzvahs, business networking events, and more. We provide a full three course party menu.
Private Party Contact:
Moises Mera (914) 761-1111
Weekend Live Entertainment
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Parking Details:
There are several area lots as well as street parking.
A word from Taleggio Italiano Classico
We take pride in every plate we serve. Our cuisine is made with the hightest quality ingredients on earth. The inspiration in our dishes comes from from the classic Taleggio cheese itself. The orgins of Taleggio cheese can be traced back several centuries. The full rounded flavor of this ancient
historic delight is what embodies the art and taste that can be found in every meal on our menu.
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Diner Reviews
Always an outstanding meal served
by a friendly, helpful staff. A terrific, fairly priced wine list. This remains our "go-to" Westchester County restaurant. Keep up the great work!"
Dined on 8/23/2014
Loved the ambience, service, and
food. I will recommend Tellagio's to all."
Dined on 8/23/2014
Had a wonderful experience. Would
definitely go back."
Dined on 8/5/2014
The restaurant is decorated
beautifully and fresh flowers on every table! The service was outstanding and the food was delicious."
Dined on 8/4/2014
Meeting friends half way and I
have never been to this restaurant before but was surprised by the outstanding food and service. The waiter was right-on with his menu recommendations. Next time I will remember to use the valet service since public parking was a problem."
Dined on 8/1/2014
excellent service and food. a
wonderful experience. the paella was wonderful!"
Dined on 7/31/2014
We had been to this restaurant a
few times before.... We have never been disappointed! The food is great and the service is great. The staff is very attentive. I would definitely recommend this restaurant!"
Dined on 7/27/2014
Each dish we've tried in our
numerous visits is fantastic. We have come with friends who have never been to Taleggio and each has returned having discovered this place. This is the best all-around dining experience in White Plains (tied with Morton's). Valet parking removed the search for a parking spot!"
Dined on 7/23/2014
Taleggio was a fantastic find. My
daughter and her boyfriend moved to White Plains two weeks ago and we were able to walk to this restaurant from our hotel and their apartment. The ambience was inviting and the staff was over the top attentive (in a good way!) The pasta was fresh, the bread, delicious and it was just a great experience that we had with my children. Would highly recommend."
Dined on 7/19/2014
The restaurant is excellent on all
levels. We go to the restaurant constantly. It is a winner!!!!!!!!!!"
Dined on 7/17/2014
We have dinner here once or twice
a month. The staff is friendly, the food is great and the portions are generous. Great place for lunch or dinner."
Dined on 7/16/2014
We went here for a special
occasion. The restaurant's has been recently renovated and looks beautiful. The menu has something for everyone and the food was very good. I had the red snapper and loved it. My friends had the Branzino and Osso Busco and both were outstanding. We were seated immediately, and had at least 1 waiter and 2 other servers waiting on us. The service was great. I have nothing bad to say about this restaurant. If you think the menu is expensive than look into the several offers the restaurant has out there."
Dined on 7/16/2014
outstanding attentive service.
Waiters overheard at the last minute that it was my friend's birthday so they brought a cupcake with a candle and sang. Thank you!"
Dined on 7/14/2014
Six friends from college met here
for a 20+ year reunion dinner. Honestly, the food became secondary to the reunion! Service was excellent ~ the bartender even made an Italian "spritz" for us using our recipe. We stayed for over 5 hours and closed the place, never feeling like "we had to leave" until we finally realized the time! Appetizers were plentiful and everyone enjoyed their dinner choices. Larger portions ~ had a great lunch the next day with my leftovers!"
Dined on 7/10/2014
Dined on 6/28/2014
We have been to Taleggio's several
times and have not been disappointed. Service is excellent and professional. Food is delicious."
Dined on 6/27/2014
We have been here a few times and
always have a nice meal. The service is very professional, they are lucky to have wait staff that know what they're doing. The menu is pretty big and offers something for any appetite or mood. I find some of the entrees are a tad on the expensive side for what this place is. The burratta is very good, as is the pork chop and sausage/peppers. Cocktails are decent, nothing to write home about. Valet parking is a nice touch."
Dined on 6/20/2014
when we were seated the waiter was
very attentive and around our table he suggested a wine which we excepted. after we ordered our meal and it arrived great appearance risotto di mare(sub. macaroni for risotto) a little light on the di mare portion. double cut veal chop was good but not outstanding half way with our meal, it was like we lost our waiter. no tartofu for desert so the house bought me a drink, very nice return of the waiter arrived with the check and we left"
Dined on 6/20/2014
GREAT ITALIAN FOOD! The service is
wonderful. Treat you like VIP! Will be back again"
Dined on 6/18/2014
Italian restaurants that give
tremendous portions should first eat in Italy and see the right size portions to present. It is very unappetizing to see food piled on your plate. Also, the red sauce was not good."
Dined on 6/1/2014
We returned to Taleggio again to
have another first rate dinner. We had a guest from Italy join us at the last minute and she thought the food was divine. We shared the lobster-crab cake, fried calamari, and zucchini. All of the pastas and entrees were delicious, but my favorite is the open faced ravioli. For dessert the tiramisu and bread pudding were the stars. Everyone had an thoroughly enjoyable evening."
Dined on 5/30/2014
The food was great, however, the
wine list is way over priced. The lowest priced bottle is 40 dollars for a ten dollar bottle of wine. That's rediculous!! I rated it for special occasions because it is rather expensive!"
Dined on 5/23/2014
We used a Deal Chiicken coupon --
$60.00 food for $30.00 paid. The prices were a bit high but the portions (with the exception of the stuffed lobster tails) were quite big. The lobster tails were very small -- only a few bites each, and at $34.00, not worth the money, though my husband said they were delicious. I had the shrimp parmagiana and the shrimp were huge -- could only eat half the order and took the rest home. The service was very attentive and pleasant. The only other problem was the coupon had to be used by 5:00PM on Saturday, which made for a very "early bird special" feeling. I would go back again for a special occasion."
Dined on 5/10/2014
We had a fantastic lunch I would
highly recommend to anyone"
Dined on 5/5/2014
We went with high expectations
based on praise from friends but were extremely disappointed. We arrived and sat at the bar for a cocktail while waiting for the rest of our party to arrive and wait we did. At least 10 mins before the bartender took our drink order and the bar was empty! My husband's martini was awful he couldn't drink it. Our food at the table was mediocre at best. I ordered a salad that was a special that night and they brought me the wrong salad - twice!!! After the second time, I didn't even bother to return it. I also ordered a dinner special which was very bland, the rest of our party felt the same way. Too many good Italian restaurants in the area, won't be going back."
Dined on 5/3/2014
We were very excited to have
dinner here with friends. However the entire experience was mediocre at best. The two woman ordered seafood which was actually too fishy to eat. My friend got paeia and it was just alright. I ordered a $40 veal chop the was good but not fantastic. All vegs were ala cart. The wine menu was extensive but nothing notable. The thing that really got me was $10 for kids chicken fingers & fries. They also wanted to change $5 for the equivalent of 3 strawberries for my 1yr old. All in all it was extremely expensive for average for . This was disappointing as yhe menu looked amazing. Hopefully they will get their act together. "
Dined on 5/3/2014
This is an awesome place to dine.
They are very accomidating with large disorganized groups as ourselves - :) the waiter was funny and very attentive. The food was great and brought out nice and hot even thou we pre-ordered (being we were on a 1 hr lunch. This place was well managed and everyone was awesome As for the food??? The Salad's were very big and filling for a lunch menu and the pizza was sooooo good. My Co-worker loved her Veal Parm and another one enjoyed her soup of the day. Overall this was a great place!!!"
Dined on 5/2/2014
It was great. Food was awesome as
was the wine and scenary. Portions were great and the experience was too. But, the waitor was very pushy and tried to upsell everything. We ordered so much yet he wanted more! Very noticiable "
Dined on 4/20/2014
I had the Tellegio salad. Best
salad ever. Filled with lots of goodness. The Bronzino was amazing. Done with lemons and capers. The sides included Brussels sprouts, asparagus and sweet potatoes. All remarkable. Been several times and will go back."
Dined on 4/5/2014
This was our first experience at
Taleggio. We ordered appetizers and were blown away. The tuna tartare was the best I ever had. I have a salt restriction and they couldn't have been more accommodating. The short rib ravioli was to die for. All homemade. The entrees were cooked to perfection, my steak was charred on the outside and juicy on the inside. The steak was as good as Peter Lugers. We didn't think we had it in us to order dessert but since the meal was truly outstanding, we were curious to see if the desserts were as good as the dinner. Well, let me say that the Italian cheesecake was perfect. Never tasted something so light and flavorful. Hurry up and try it before this place gets discovered and reservations will be impossible."
Dined on 4/5/2014
Great find! Very attentive and
professional service, extensive menu, great food and nice atmosphere...will definitely go back!"
Dined on 3/29/2014
Excellent food, service and
atmosphere. Will definitely frequent this restaurant again."
Dined on 3/29/2014
Great food. Great service. Too
noisy. We'll return, but asked to be seated away from the bar."
Dined on 3/27/2014
I just returned from having a
fantastic lunch at Tallegio. I've passed it a million times and finally decided to give it a try. The menu is fabulous, the atmosphere enjoyable and the service amazing. The waiter heard me wish my colleague a happy birthday and took it upon himself to bring us a birthday dessert - candle and all (no singing thank goodness). There wasn't one thing I would change about our lunch. I can't wait to try it for dinner. This location seems to be plagued but I hope this one survives. It deserves it!"
Dined on 3/25/2014
Went to lunch with a friend and
ordered from the restaurant week menu, been there the week before and had to have the lobster ravioli again! Lots of choices on the menu, we ordered different things and shared along with wine. The tiramisu was so yummy too. The service was an A+ will defiently go back again!"
Dined on 3/19/2014
Moises is the man! Always a great
greeting...wonderful service......delicious food!"
Dined on 3/15/2014
Nice place to gather/celebrate for
special occasions. A bit pricey though. Definitely not for a regular night outing."
Dined on 3/13/2014
I'm aware this restaurant used to
be many other restaurants at this location before. But this one is definitely the best of the bunch! Was truly delighted by the food and the experience! Definitely a winner!"
Dined on 3/13/2014
Went for restaurant week with a
friend, wanted to try a new place and I'm glad we did! There were many choices for restaurant week, had the lobster ravioli and loved them. Salads were good and especially the desserts, service was very good, will go back again.."
Dined on 3/12/2014
Loved everything about Taleggio -
service was great, food was delicious and the ambience was excellent. Would definitely recommend it! Will be back!"
Dined on 2/28/2014
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From the playoff standpoint, it's identical to the NHL system save for the best of 5 opening round. The divisions themselves are largely self-explanatory, but you'd think they'd have switched Charlotte and Abbotsford. Interesting that NY teams are in 3 divisions among both conferences!
Bruins assign rookie Jordan Caron to the Providence Bruins of the AHL
A look at how the CHL/NHL Under-20 Agreement benefits no one.
Cam Neely will join BU Hockey Coach Jack Parker, BC Hockey Coach Jerry York, and AHL President Dave Andrews as this year's recipients of the Lester Patrick Trophy. The Lester Patrick Trophy is awarded for "outstanding service to hockey in the United States". Past Patrick Trophy winners with connections to the Bruins include: Brian Leetch, Ray Bourque, Willie O'Ree, Harry Sinden, Milt Schmidt, Joe Mullen, Fred Cusick, Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Johnny Bucyk, Weston Adams, Eddie Shore, Walter Brown, and Charles Adams. Congratulations to all four award winners. It is a proud day for hockey in New England.
Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com is reporting that Bruins depth forward Trent Whitfield is likely on the shelf for the entire season after rupturing his Achilles tendon while working out. According to Mark Divver of the Providence Journal, Whitfield injured the tendon while running back on August 13th. The Pro-Jo is reporting that Whitfield had surgery and will be out until at least mid-February.
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Saint Francis University, inspired by its Franciscan and Catholic identity, values equality of opportunity, human dignity, racial, cultural, and ethnic diversity, both as an educational institution and as an employer. Accordingly, the University prohibits and does not engage in discrimination or harassment on the basis of gender, age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification. The University is committed to this policy based upon its values and in compliance with federal and state laws. This policy applies to all programs and activities of the University, including, but not limited to, admission and employment practices, educational policies, scholarship and loan programs and athletic or other University sponsored programs.
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The following procedure is to be followed by any student, employee, or applicant who desires to file an official complaint about the compliance of Saint Francis University and the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the regulations of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, or the provisions of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 related to gender, age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification:
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As an expression of its Catholic and Franciscan values, Saint Francis University is committed to maintaining a learning, living, and working environment free from harassment based on gender, age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification. Such harassment in any manner or form by anyone in the University community is expressly prohibited. This includes harassment of or by individuals not directly affiliated with the University, e.g., contractors, vendors, visitors. This policy also applies to harassment off-site or after normal business hours in University related settings. These include, but are not limited to, business trips, athletic events, conferences, and University related social events.
The University is responsible for creating an atmosphere of dignity and respect, free from discrimination and harassment, sexual or otherwise. Furthermore, all faculty, staff, and students have a responsibility to maintain an environment free from such harassment and to promptly report incidents.
Harassment consists of verbal, physical or visual conduct relating to sex, age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification which has the purpose or effect of interfering with academic or job performance, or otherwise creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive living, learning, or working environment. Examples include but are not limited to: (i) epithets and slurs, as well as threatening, intimidating, or hostile acts that relate to sex, age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification (ii) written or graphic material that reflects hostility or aversion toward an individual or group because of sex, age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification.
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Any member of the Saint Francis University community who believes that he or she has been subject to harassment in violation of this policy or suspects the occurrence of harassment should report the matter at once so that the University may promptly deal with it.
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Thanks to all of the racers, sponsors, volunteers, organizers and spectators – you all helped make Edition 3.0 of the Turlock Lake Road Race another huge success! We appreciate all of the support – see you again next year. PODIUM PICTURES CAN BE FOUND HERE. An additional link to more race photos should be posted by Friday, April 19th.
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A Maine Public Broadcasting Radio report on the increasing demand for natural gas included comments from Richard Hill, a UMaine professor emeritus of engineering. Hill said one of the reasons people have a long wait for natural gas hookups is that the construction of highways has led to a more spread-out, rather that cluster-based, lifestyle. It will make natural gas delivery particularly hard for rural areas such as northern Maine, Hill added, where people generally do not live in clusters.
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Buffalo Bills
Mark Anderson - #93 - DE
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|Tulsa, OK
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|2006, 5th round, 26th pick by Bears
Five minutes with a legend: Jim Kelly
Mike Beacom catches up with Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly and finds out how Kelly stays competitive, what he thinks of social networking and why former teammate Andre Reed should join him in Canton.
Bills sign LB Ayodele, place LB Mitchell on I.R.
The Bills announced Friday that they have signed free-agent LB Akin Ayodele and placed LB Kawika Mitchell on injured reserve.
Gailey names Spiller as Bills' starting back
Head coach Chan Gailey has named rookie RB C.J. Spiller for the Bills in their Week One matchup with the Dolphins.
Bills' Jackson expected to play in opener
He won't be starting in the season opener, but Bills RB Fred Jackson will play in the game, head coach Chan Gailey said Wednesday.
Bills waive TE Schouman, sign rookie to practice squad
The Bills waived veteran TE Derek Schouman Wednesday.
Bills sign TE Martin, OG Urbik
The Bills announced Sunday that the team has signed free-agent TE David Martin and was awarded OG Kraig Urbik off waivers from the Steelers.
WR Hardy among 19 Bills released
The Bills announced the release of 19 players, including former second-round WR James Hardy.
Bills' offseason moves paying off
Neither move was especially popular at the time, but the hiring of head coach Chan Gailey and the drafting of C.J. Spiller may have been the right ones for the Bills.
Bills RB Lynch cleared to play in preseason finale
After hurting his ankle in the Bills' first preseason game against Washington, RB Marshawn Lynch has been cleared to play in Thursday's preseason finale against the Lions.
Searching for QB help next year?
PFW's Eric Edholm identifies the teams that are most likely to seek QB help before the 2011 season begins a year from now.
Key injuries once again plaguing Bills
Just a year after being the league's most injured team, the Bills are already dealing with a slew of key ailments.
Average value of NFL teams decreases
In Forbes magazine's annual ranking of NFL team values released Wednesday, the average value for NFL teams fell two percent.
Responding to hecklers makes Gailey look small
Bills head coach Chan Gailey told players not to sign autographs for fans heckling QB Trent Edwards at practice Tuesday.
Bills help ailing TE corps, sign Foschi
Buffalo helped it's injury-riddled TE group by signing four-year veteran J.P. Foschi.
Bills bombarded by injuries once again
One year after they were possibly the most injured team in the NFL, the Bills are once again dealing with a slew of injuries as the 2010 season approaches.
Anderson is active for Sunday's game against Seattle.||||||| He is active for the first time since having surgery on his left knee, which he hurt in a 45-3 loss at San Francisco on Oct. 7.
The Buffalo Bills continued to target improving their pass rush in free agency by signing Anderson.||||||| Listed at 6-foot-4 and 255 pounds, Anderson has 35-1/2 sacks in six seasons, including 10 last year with the New England Patriots. Selected in the fifth-round of the 2006 draft by Chicago, Anderson spent four-plus seasons with the Bears before finishing the 2010 season playing with Williams in Houston.
The Houston Texans signed Anderson on Wednesday and waived defensive end Ryan Denney.||||||| Anderson was cut by Chicago on Tuesday. The 6-foot-4, 255-pound lineman had 12 sacks as a rookie in 2006, helping the Bears reach the Super Bowl. He had only nine sacks over the next three seasons and has none this year. Houston has been looking for a defensive end to complement All-Pro Mario Williams, who has five of the team's nine sacks this season.
The Chicago Bears have terminated the contract of Anderson, who four years ago made a rookie club-record 12 sacks.||||||| Anderson, a fifth-round pick in 2006, was a pass-rushing sensation in his first season but never developed into the player the Bears expected after that fast beginning.
Anderson has signed his one-year tender offer from the Chicago Bears.||||||| Anderson has 130 tackles and 21.5 sacks in four years but has struggled since an eye-opening rookie season in 2006. He had 12 sacks that year, the most by a Bears rookie and the most by a Chicago player since Richard Dent's 13.5 in 1993, while helping Chicago reach the Super Bowl.


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Andre Curry, the father convicted of taping up his daughter and posting a photo of it on Facebook, was sentenced to 18 months of probation Friday.
Curry, who is 22, calls himself a big kid who still makes some knucklehead decisions.
"It was a silly mistake but at the same time, I wouldn't change it if I could," Curry says.
Andre Curry says this is a moment he'll remember for the rest of his life---not because posting the picture landed him in jail for 40 days, but because it was daddy daughter playtime that he still cherishes.
"The moment was a loving and fun experience for my daughter," Curry said. "It would've been a difference if it would've been a video instead of a picture cuz you could've seen the expressions and the dialogue and everything going on the picture was a caption of one moment."
Curry says his 2-year-old daughter was laughing thru the duct tape and it was Curry who posted the picture on face book last year with the caption: "this is what happens when my baby hits me back."
Curry got slammed with comments, calling him a bad father, saying he doesn't deserve to be a dad, and people asking "how could you?" and "why?"
One of his Facebook friends shared the photo with Chicago police and curry was arrested a month later and charged with felony aggravated domestic battery. He faced 7 years behind bars.
After spending the past year in and out of court and supervised visits with his daughter, charges against him were reduced. He didn't receive jail time but he'll spend 18 months on probation.
Cook County Judge Lawrence Flood said he didn't think prison time was appropriate in the case and based the sentence on the fact that Curry had no criminal background.
But that didn't keep Flood from scolding Curry.
"In your rush to show everyone how funny you were, you used a helpless 22-month-old child as a prop," Flood said.
In court, Curry had his mother and mentor at his side.
"He said, 'hey I made a mistake' and the charges I found this young man guilty of and he overturned those and found him guilty of a lesser charge which is a misdemeanor which now gives Andre a future," Pastor Torrey Barrett explains.
In addition to probation, Andre Curry will be subjected to random drug tests and he'll have to take some parenting classes. He has a job now working as a counselor at a center in Englewood.
Police are investigating the murder of a homeless man who was beaten to death in an alley in Logan Square.
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Seeing all of the Oscar best picture nominations over the course of the year is no small feat. So, how about seeing all nine of them in a span of 36 hours?Regal movie theaters in Portland is offering a deal this week and next, letting you see every single best picture nom for $50.With the $50 two-day pass, you can settle in at noon Friday for Beasts of the Southern Wild, and follow up with Life of Pi, Les Miserables, Amour and Lincoln (a 150-minute movie starting at 9:15 p.m.) You'll then resume the movie marathon Saturday with Django Unchained at 12:15 p.m., followed by Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty and Argo.If that's too much movie goodness, you can always opt for the $30 one-day pass and see a measly five movies in one day, instead.The deal is available Feb. 15-21 at the following Regal movie theaters: Regal Movies on TV in Hillsboro, Regal Division Street in Portland, Regal Bridgeport Village in Tigard, Regal Fox Tower in Portland and Regal Cascade in Vancouver.LINK: http://www.regmovies.com/regal-oscar-movie-week
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Top 10 Reboots in ComicsA column article, Top Ten by: The Comics Bulletin All-Stars
With everybody talking about how Arkham City is the greatest superhero game ever made, we figured we'd take a look back at some comic book characters who you might not even know had video games. Most of these aren't on the same playing field as the Arkham franchise (in fact several of these are considered some of the worst games ever released), but maybe Arkham City's success will inspire some reboots.
10. Aquaman
Danny: I've always known about Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis, and even I forget it exists.
There's certainly good reason for a game about a guy who battles bad guys underwater with a hook for a hand and a legion of submissive marine life. You could even have above-water levels where Aquaman has to save the day within a time limit or he dies! Instead, what we got was a action game where you swim around and fight the same exact scuba divers over and over. Also, sometimes you fly an underwater spaceship.
Nick: And by fight, what we mean is that you awkwardly try to punch and kick people in the water. It looks as ridiculous as it sounds. Occasionally the fighting gets a little more variety thanks to various sea animals Aquaman can call in for aid by shooting pink sonar rings out of his head. What kind of aid, you ask? Headbutting. Lots and lots of headbutting. The gameplay is so miserable, video game review show X-Play awarded the release the honor of being the worst videogame ever created, even above the similarly legendary Superman: The New Adventures. The show even went so far as to coin their version of film's Razzies the "Golden Mullet Awards."
Danny: It's not often that you create something that notable. The people making Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis should be proud, even though they probably don't want that dubious distinction. We can't all be Tommy Wiseau.
Nick: YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, DANNY!
9. Silver Surfer
Nick Hanover: The Silver Surfer has always been a difficult character for Marvel, with his nigh-omnipotent power set and tendency to spend an inordinate amount of time moping with animals:
Which makes it all the weirder that a game company would decide that he would be the perfect comic character to create a video game franchise for. And yet that's exactly what Software Creations decided to do in 1990 for the NES...
Danny: Silver Surfer the game is a shoot 'em style game in the vein of 1942, where you scroll across the cosmos and fire lasers at spacey enemies and turrets that Mega Man might take on. For a licensed game, it actually looks pretty good.
Nick: The game also has a bit of a rep, as it's considered by some to be one of if not the most difficult game on the NES, which is impressive when you remember that nearly everything on the NES had a crushing learning curve. Of course, the game's difficulty is due to some laughably cheap tactics, which mostly boil down to the developers believing that Silver Surfer was incredibly vulnerable to things like scenery and flying fish.
Danny: Basically, everything kills you and you only get a handful of chances to out maneuver and shoot enemies correctly, making for a game that requires near-superhuman skills to play it. Silver Surfer, like life, will eventually wear you down until you quit.
Also, you should probably get used to this "lost a life" screen, because you'll see it a lot. It also perfectly encapsulates the Silver Surfer.
Nick: Really that should have just been the whole game right there.
Danny: Silver Surfer: the only NES game to come with anti-depressants.
8. Scud the Disposable Assassin
Nick: Out of all the entries on this list, Scud the Disposable Assassin probably makes the most sense as a video game. The character, created by Rob Schrap with assistance from Community creator Dan Harmon, is literally a robot designed specifically for killing things. Even better, he must avoid killing the target he was hired to destroy because doing so would result in his own self-destruction. Could you ask for a better video game protagonist?
Danny: Somehow Scud the game had the ability to be either a side-scrolling action game if you played it with a controller or a first-person shooter if you played with a Light Gun. Aaaand I just realized that the one I had as a kid was another game based on the comic: Scud: Industrial Revolution, which was a top-down action game. Somehow there are two games based on Scud: The Disposable Assassin.
Nick: I had the Saturn one myself, but no light gun. And although both got mixed reviews, I remember the Saturn game being pretty frickin' awesome. Or at least to pre-teen me it was. Still, Scud seems about due for another adaptation now that technology has somewhat caught up to him.
Danny: I remember the PC version having a pretty kickin' techno soundtrack. I could just put the game in my CD player and listen to the background music for each level. That game wasn't all that fun to play.
Nick: I bet you still roll that CD out at parties, though.
Danny: I used to have "scud parties" but explaining what that means would get Comics Bulletin shut down.
Nick: Now I understand why I had to sign that waiver when I crashed at your place during SDCC.
7. X-O Manowar
Danny: Which is more bizarre: that they made a video game out of Valiant Comics' very own X-O Manowar, or that said game was a team-up with Iron Man?
Nick: What boggles the mind is that someone decided this was a great game for Iron Man to be in. Iron Man's only other appearance in a video game had been the side scroller Captain America and the Avengers, an arcade game that made it to most home consoles. So this was, in effect, Iron Man's first big starring turn and he had to share it with a struggling knock-off of himself that wasn't War Machine.
Danny: As Iron Man and X-O Manowar struggle to keep the bad guys from getting the Cosmic Cube, gamers in 1996 struggled to figure out just what the hell an X-O Manowar is. I still don't know, and I probably should.
Nick: It's what Iron Man has to look out for every time he goes to the beach.
6. WildC.A.T.S.
Nick: It may be difficult to image now, but back in the mid '90s, Jim Lee and Brandon Choi's WildC.A.T.S. were fucking everywhere. They were in a comic that ran for five volumes and somehow managed to attract legendary comic writers like Alan Moore, James Robinson and Joe Casey (and later even Grant Morrison), they had a tv show on CBS and most importantly for our current purposes, a game on the Super Nintendo.
Danny: You kinda get the sense that a video game might be the best use of WildC.A.T.S. as Jim Lee and Brandon Choi envisioned the property. Unsurprisingly, the WildC.A.T.S. game is a side-scrolling beat 'em up, like most comic book-inspired games from the early to mid '90s.
Nick: I wonder if there was an urban legend about a cheat code that you could put in where the characters would be swapped out for the Marvel heroes they were ripping off. If there wasn't, I'm gonna go ahead and invent that right now.
Danny: Are you implying that the WildCovert Action Team is a thinly veiled copy of the X-Men? Because I will not have it.
Nick: I'm sorry that I am forced to ruin your dreams on a daily basis, Danny.
5. Prime
Danny: You may have read WildC.A.T.S. and seen the cartoon, but chances are you're less familiar with Malibu Comics' Ultraverse line, which spawned its own X-Men-biting cartoon in the form of Ultraforce. One of their main characters was Prime, who's basically a take on Captain Marvel in the sense that he's a 13-year-old kid who transforms into a gigantic muscly superhero while still maintaining the mentality of a 13-year old. And, of course, he got his own video game for the Sega CD.
Nick: Which, in typical '90s fashion, was a beat 'em up that was hard to tell apart from all the other super hero beat 'em ups that were then popping up as often as bed bugs in New York City. Except, I suppose, most of those other beat 'em ups didn't have characters that would occasionally blow up like that one guy in Big Trouble in Little China:
Danny: It also boasted an amazing theme song:
Nick: I feel like you've subjected me to that theme song before...
Danny: PRIME! PRIME! And he's coooooming for youuuuuuu!
Nick: This is precisely why we are America's fifth favorite comics site.
Danny: Oh, hush. At least they love us in French Guiana.
Nick: Shout out to my number one fan Amleyk!
4. Danger Girl
Nick: Towards the late '90s and early '00s, there finally came forth a contender to rival beat 'em ups domination of the gaming industry (and particularly the portion of the gaming industry pumping out super hero adaptations): action adventure games. And because one of the games that ignited that craze, Tomb Raider, featured a female character best known for certain frontal assets, some gaming companies were especially eager to find another iconic character to usurp Lara Croft. Enter J. Scott Campbell's Danger Girl.
Danny: Danger Girl was my shit when I was in 7th grade. Even though it was intended as a T&A spy comic (which is exactly why I wanted it), I blame it for piquing my interest in stories with strong, capable female characters. As for the game, I blame it for nothing except being another addition to the ever-growing pile of questionable comic-based video games.
Nick: Of which Danny owned nearly every one. What interests me about the Danger Girl game though is that it apparently tried to mimic as many other games as possible, with one reviewer going so far as to call it "a stew of frothy gameplay -- a mix of Syphon Filter, Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider, Duke Nukem: Time To Kill, Die Hard Trilogy, Castlevania 64, even Space Ace."
Danny: Hey, why just steal from the best when you could steal from them all?
Nick: I think you mean "improve them all," since Danger Girl the game notably included a "shimmying" feature to make the girls, uh, jiggle. I wish I was joking about this. To quote Scott Lobdell, who probably had a hand in writing this game: "Shocking! LOL!"
Danny: Well, now I'm even more glad I never played it.
3. Ex-Mutants
Danny: This one's like obscurity on top of obscurity. I'd be willing to wager that not many people know the David Lawrence/Ron Lim indie comic Ex-Mutants, but how many people know the 1992 Sega Genesis video game based on Ex-Mutants? Someone had to have blind-bought this game from their local Babbage's back in the day.
Nick: All I remember is the ad, which made me immediately wonder three things: 1) Why is Jimmy Olsen on this team? 2) Who the fuck has an arch-nemesis named Sluggo? and 3) Why does this game recycle levels from Golden Axe?
Danny: I have a feeling a lot of young X-Men fans' moms were fooled by this game. "Honey, I bought you the game of that cartoon you like!"
Nick: And thus began a whole generation's hatred of their parents.
2. Usagi Yojimbo
Nick: I'll confess that until we started working on this top 10, I had never even remotely considered the idea of a game based on the long running Stan Sakai series Usagi Yojimbo. But you know what? It makes complete fucking sense.
Danny: I had a feeling there was one in the wake of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' popularity, and how close the two properties were. I figured there'd be a rudimentary NES game, but it turns out it was for late '80s PCs, and offered some pretty involved gameplay.
Nick: On the surface it's a side scroller with some clever details, like Zen Buddhist priest who say things like "If you see the Buddha on the path, kill him." But the game also happens to feature an in depth karma system, where falling below a certain karma rating will cause Usagi Yojimbo to commit seppuku. Since the game is relatively open ended, you essentially gain bad karma by attacking innocent people and offset that karma by donating to charity and only attacking enemies with weapons. Apparently the gambling you can partake in in the game doesn't lower your karma. Keep in mind this game was made in 1988.
Danny: See? They're not all complete garbage. Also, the Commodore 64 version of this game has awesome looking graphics.
Nick: And if you're really curious, you can even play a recreation of it online for free
Danny: Hot dog!
1. Howard the Duck
Danny: Sorry to have to break it to you, Internet: There was a Howard the Duck video game based on the movie. Now I offer you this.
Nick: In one of the most tragic bouts of optimism history has ever witnessed, the Howard the Duck game was intended as a sequel to the events of the film. Because clearly everyone who watched that movie would immediately want to know what happened next.
Danny: Some people are just junkies for incessant duck puns. I just want to know who's responsible for this image:
Nick: I'm sure whoever's responsible for that has lived an entire life of punishment, where each night as they try to fall asleep all they can see is the horrific visage of a pixelated Howard the Duck.
Danny: As if we needed to feel worse for Steve Gerber.
Nick: I don't know if this will make you feel better or worse, but there's an About.com piece on the game and it helpfully includes tips for parents wishing to share this game with their kids. I like to think that puts even the most fucked up childhoods into perspective: well, at least your parents didn't make you play Howard the Duck. Or did they??
Danny: Thankfully, my parents didn't know what a Howard the Duck was, and probably still don't. I should give them a call. Y'know, just to make sure.
Nick: This could be a traumatic experience that your mind has covered up. Do you have some kind of unexplained feather and terry cloth robe fetish, by any chance?
Danny: No, that fetish is totally explainable.
Danny Djeljosevic is a comic book creator, award-winning filmmaker (assuming you have absolutely no follow-up questions), film/music critic for Spectrum Culture and Co-Managing Editor of Comics Bulletin. Follow him on Twitter at @djeljosevic or find him somewhere in San Diego, often wearing a hat. Read his newest comic, "Sgt. Death and his Metachromatic Men," over at Champion City Comics.
When he's not writing about the cape and spandex set, Nick Hanover is a book, film and music critic for Spectrum Culture and a staff writer for No Tofu Magazine. He also translates for "Partytime" Lukash's Panel Panopticon.


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A full week after Dave Wilson won an unexpected political victory there are a good many folks claiming he pulled a "fast one".
He disagrees.
"The only people that I know are deceived or say they are is my opponent and the liberal media. Not one voter has come to me and said that they were deceived," said Wilson.
The former mayoral candidate and longtime conservative ran for a Houston Community College Trustee position in a district where better than eight in ten voters is black.
On Wilson's campaign mailers you will find plenty of African American faces, but not his own. There's also an endorsement from Ron Wilson, which turned out be the candidate's cousin and not the former state lawmaker.
Dave Wilson calls it all, "strategic marketing" that worked.
"There was a plan and the plan was to keep race out of it. I wanted just a hundred percent focus on the issues and I knew I could beat him if we focused on the issues," said Wilson.
While critics contend Wilson's omission was meant to leave the impression he was black, the victor says he did plenty of door to door campaigning during which constituents largely supported the ouster of longtime, incumbent Bruce Austin who'd called Wilson a "hate monger" who advocates "chain gangs".
"I've been called a lot worse. Just as long as they call me for dinner," said Wilson with a smile.
But out on the North East side, it's hard to find anyone who thinks Wilson played fair. Jonathan Randolph called the calculated cloaking of ethnicity a form of electoral fraud.
"I do feel like he would have lost if he would have been straight forward because it is a black community. I feel like he just lied to get in," said Randolph.
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CLOVIS, N.M. - Finding a job can be tough in this economy and even tougher for war veterans returning home.
Monday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce along with the Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service partnered to host a "Hiring Our Heroes" job fair.
According to the Chamber of Commerce, since the program launched in 2011, more than 200 hiring fairs have been held nationwide.
The fair travels across the nation to both big and small cities, helping veterans secure jobs.
With Clovis being home to hundreds of war vets and the Cannon Air Force Base, Monday's fair will hopefully open up a window of opportunities for employment.
"We've got high tech jobs here," Ernie Lombardi with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said. "We have a plumbing contractor and U.S. Geological survey company too."
The New Mexico State Police Department and Curry County Jail are also looking to fill positions.
About 50 job seekers, including Bob Vilandry attended the event.
"I need a regular pay check," he said.
Volandry says he spent 15 years in the U.S. Air Force before returning home to Clovis in 1995.
He says he had a job until a few months ago before being laid off.
"The advantage of hiring a military veteran is that they bring a lot of skill sets to the table," Lombardi added."
The Chamber of Commerce says they hope to find jobs for 500,000 veterans and military spouses by 2014.


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Leaky News Archives for November 2003
Harry Escapes Malaysian Ban on Books
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia, which strictly censors foreign movies and books, has decided to ban tomes with "ghostly" tales and those touching on the supernatural, reports said on Thursday.
These include books within the categories of mystery, mysticism, fantasy, occultism and superstition, he said.
Emma Thompson Talking (Literally) Trelawney
Thank very much to Simon for sending us this audio file of Emma Thompson on Parkinson where you can hear her mocking her own portrayal of Trelawney:
Parkinson: And also you are doing Harry Potter.
ET: Yes
P: You have done that have you?
ET: I have done that, yes. I am playing Professor Trelawney the professorContinued...
Black on Norton Tonight
Gary Oldman aka Sirius Black will be on Graham Norton's talk show on Channel 4 at 10pm.
It's bonfire night and tonight's guest is sure to cause some fireworks with the ladies in the audience! Graham's guest is Hollywood actor Gary Oldman, famous for his roles in Dracula, Leon and True Romance! They'llContinued...
Philip Pullman on Potter
Despite appearing in "Harry Potter and Me", Philip Pullman has only read one of the five Harry Potter books according to an interview with The Independent:
Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings?
Mel Robertson, by e-mail
Um. This is one of those Archbishop of Canterbury 12-second silences. I can't really answerContinued...
It's a Magical Christmas in Nuneaton
According to the Web site for the Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council, Phelps twins James and Oliver (known for their role as Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter movies), will be launching Nuneaton's Christmas Light Switch-On Event called "The Magic of Christmas".
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Pettigrew Portrayer Plays Poe
Sue Upton sent us this article from Ananova stating that Timothy Spall, the actor due to play Peter Pettigrew in the upcoming Prisoner of Azkaban will take the role of Mr. Poe in "Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events". He will be joining Jim Carey (Count Olaf), Jude Law (Lemony Snicket), and MerylContinued...
John Hurt Wins Richard Harris Award at BIFAs
Last night, winners were announced for the 2003 British Independent Film Awards. Included amongst those given awards was John Hurt, who played Mr. Ollivander in the first film. He was presented the 2003 Richard Harris Award in honor of the late actor who played Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films.Continued...
Thompson Channeling Alastair Sim for Trelawney Role
According to reader Dawn, Emma Thompson was on Michael Parkinson's chat show this past weekend and she spoke a bit about her role as Professor Trelawney:
[I was] channelling Alastair Sim as he sounded when he appeared as Miss Fritton, the headmistress of St Trinians, in the 1954 film "theContinued...
Harry Potter: The U.S. Tour
Tess, who works at the St. Joseph Press, alerted us to today's edition. It would seem that a concerned reader left a message on their anonymous reader-comment voicemail in regards to "That Harry Potter who is coming to America and speaking at our schools and that our kids are reading his sick, multi-volume manifestosContinued...
Harry Fans Hounded
The Payson Roundup reported that a group from the Victory Chapel gathered outside of the Payson Public Library to protest the library's "Harry Potter, a Kid's Night Out" event. The protesters used bullhorns to annouce to the children that, "God would think Harry Potter is an abomination".
Thompson To Visit Regis & Kelly
Emma Thompson will be a guest on the Wednesday, November 5th. Live with Regis & Kelly show. It will air at 9am EST.
Thanks, Grace!
Nimbus Paper Published
The Touchstone magazine has published the article The Alchemists Tale: Harry Potter & the Alchemical Tradition in English Literature by Nimbus 2003 presenter John Granger, author of the book The Hidden Key to Harry Potter.
Thanks, Alison!
Calling French Fans
Winky of Potter World Online writes to tell us that a get together and read website has been organized for the December French release of Order of the Phoenix. That I can't read French aside, the website looks to be much like what we did for the U.S. release.
William Safire Mentions Rowling - Without Insults
William Safire, author of the NYT column "On Language," who usually pummels Rowling's writing, has mentioned her use of "frog-march", with no sign of condescension (if you don't count his insistence her books are solely for children):
The author of the Harry Potter series,Continued...
Harry Potter translated into multiple languages in India
Harry Potter aur paras pathar kahani hai ek gyarah saal ke ladke ki, jo apne uncle-aunty ke saath dukhad zindagi ji raha hai hai. Parantu tabhi use jaadu aur tantra ke school Hogwarts mein padne ke liye bulaya jata hai aur vahan jaakar veh ban jaata ek mahan jaadugar. SchoolContinued...


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Way back in May of 2004, I co-authored an article in this magazine that warned state and local parties about the new minefield of campaign finance created by the then-recently enacted Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA). Today, these effects still linger for state and local parties, and under the new campaign finance regime it's only getting worse.
Let's start with some history. In our piece from 2004, we outlined some of the difficult regulatory challenges that faced state and local parties based upon the new law, including the severe restrictions on fundraising for such committees, the requirements that much of their activities be paid for with federally permissible funds—including non-federal activity—and a whole host of new, complicated regulations that were designed to make sure state and local party committees could not become the next great loophole in campaign finance.
While we didn't predict the practical effects of BCRA on party committees, we closed the piece by noting that "complying will become increasingly difficult for state and local parties, the very organizations least equipped to deal with it." In his 2008 book about political parties, Professor Ray La Raja prophetically captured the quandary of the state party committees.
"Political parties adapt and survive," he wrote, "but the Byzantine regulatory structure weakens parties relative to other groups by imposing costly regulatory burdens uniquely on parties, while providing incentives for wealthy nonparty groups to enter the fray of campaigns."
While the laws regulating outside groups have been evaporating, the rules for state parties are moving in a different direction. Recent attempts by the Republican National Committee to revisit BCRA in court have failed and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) was recently forced by a federal court to further tighten the rules that require state parties to spend federal funds on activities in connection with state and local elections.
State and Local Parties: An Endangered Species?
As feared, the regulatory structure created by BCRA has severely weakened party committees in several ways. First, it has restricted the ability of national committees, as well as candidates and officeholders, to contribute and solicit state-regulated funds to party committees. Those committees have lost an incredibly important source of revenue that was reinvested by the parties into basic infrastructure and professional staff.
In the late 1990s, prior to the passage of BCRA, party committees invested significant sums in the improvement and professionalization of state and local party committees so that they could be effective grassroots organizations year-round, and not merely serve as bank accounts for the national committees and for federal candidates before a general election. BCRA has gone a long way to undermine these efforts, and party committees have had to abandon several programs and cut staff levels to keep their doors open. As the average Super PAC and presidential candidate command tens of millions of dollars of revenue in a given month, the average Democratic state party committee raised less than $500,000 (excluding internal party transfers) for the entire 2011 calendar year.
Secondly, the rules devised by BCRA for state party committees, and the FEC's regulations promulgated to enforce the law, permeate every aspect of a state party's operation, including campaign activities for state and local candidates. The situation has been further exacerbated by the fact that reform groups have sued the FEC no less than three times to force the commission to write even stricter rules in this area.
Recent rules by the FEC, which took effect for the 2012 election cycle, have essentially federalized all communications by a party committee, regardless of what candidates are featured in the advertisement. For example, if a state party committee wanted to air a television ad that urges viewers to "Vote Smith for Governor," a state party must pay for these advertisements entirely with federal funds under the new FEC regulations. Common sense dictates that such advertisements would be subject to state law; most state laws are still less restrictive as to the source and amounts of funds that may be contributed to state party committees. This creates no incentive for state and local candidates to work with state party organizations, or the parties themselves for that matter, to fund any communications in connection with state and local elections.
Third, the waning revenue of parties, combined with the increasing complexity of the FEC's regulations, has created the perfect storm of non-compliance by state party committees. It is no coincidence that party committees are overwhelmingly more likely to be audited or fined by the FEC for compliance violations than ordinary PACs or candidate committees. Of course, the lack of resources, and the inability of parties to invest in compliance, makes this a vicious cycle.
The Role of Outside Groups
As of the end of 2011, right on the heels of a presidential election year, the average Democratic state party committee had approximately $98,000 in net federal cash on hand, and the average Republican state party committee had approximately $124,000 of federal cash on hand in their accounts. These sums are paltry compared to the fundraising numbers being put up by candidates, outside groups and Super PACs. As of early June, 14 Super PACs had spent over $1 million in independent expenditures in connection with the presidential election, and four Super PACs have raised in excess of $10 million in the election cycle.
The proliferation of Super PACs has further led to the likely demise of state and local party committees. Donors who may have contributed to the party are beginning to divert their contributions to independent Super PACs, which have essentially no regulations to worry about other than to maintain their independence with party committees and candidates and file disclosure reports with the FEC. Unlike party committees, these PACs can spend any type of funds, in any amount, on activities that advocate the election or defeat of federal candidates.
In contrast, state party committees are limited in the type of funds and are limited in the amount they can spend in coordination with their candidates. Although parties could choose to run independent ads with federal funds, the party structure, combined with the lack of resources, makes it impractical for state parties to engage in independent advocacy. The increase in independent spending, which is usually characterized by negative attack advertising, combined with the regulatory suffocation of state and local party spending, will only serve to accelerate the trend of decreasing party identification and the balkanization of American politics that is becoming so evident.
How to Fix It
Party committees play a vital role in our political system as the organizations that best support the grassroots goals of American political parties. Getting back to grassroots party politics provides the necessary balance to the increasingly bitter and negative media game being played by outside groups with millions of dollars of unregulated monies, which has fed an increasing distrust in American politics.
The primary goal of BCRA was to cut off the ability of national party committees and candidates to fund the non-federal activities of state and local party committees. This should have been BCRA's ending point. It is clear that overreaching into state and local elections by federal laws has created an over-complicated system for state parties that threatens to destroy their relevance in both federal and state elections. It is time to consider partially or fully lifting the expenditure limits for party committees to allow them to provide more direct support to candidates.
Under the current system, party committees can support candidates without limit only if they undertake those activities without coordinating them with candidates, or, in the case of certain grassroots activities, if they use volunteers to undertake those activities. These additional requirements make no sense from a regulatory perspective and do not serve any purpose other than to create obstacles in the relationship between candidates and their political parties.
I am not suggesting that BCRA should be completely repealed. There was clearly some merit in regulating the soft money practices that were occurring at the national and congressional levels prior to its passage. In addition, BCRA's disclosure provisions for outside organization spending should be enhanced.
It is time for Congress to acknowledge that state party committees are overregulated and that BCRA simply went too far. Due to recent court decisions, Congress cannot do much to regulate outside groups. However, it can restore state and local parties to a more level playing field and reestablish their vital role in the American political system.
Neil Reiff is a founding member of the D.C.-based firm Sandler, Reiff, Young & Lamb, and a former general counsel at the Democratic National Committee.
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PEORIA, Ill -- State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth awarded our station with a Good Neighbor Business of the Month.
The station was nominated by the Crittenton Centers for our support of the organization. The award is handed out monthly to businesses making a positive impact on the community.
Representative Gordon-Booth said, "What we like to do is we like to make sure the business community understands they are vital to keeping the human services in this community alive and thriving, so what we're doing today is we're honoring WEEK/WHOI for all the work that they do here with Crittenton Center because they've been incredibly impactful."
To nominate a business for the "good business award", you can contact Representative Gordon-Booth's office at 681-1992.


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Cash, Carry, Conserve: Columbia's Having a Frame Sale Today
If you're in the market for a new frame, cut out of work for a little bit today and make your way up to Columbia. The department of drawings and archives at the school's Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library is having a frame sale today, and it sounds like there will be some bargains. Read More


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Common tonsil stones sore throat and other symptoms
If you are experiencing tonsil stones symptoms then you can either choose to treatment them surgically or naturally. Surgeons can either go in and scrap off and remove the stones themselves in a short procedure. However, if you get them a lot of have problems with your tonsils in general a lot they may decide to go ahead and remove the tonsils all together, this is called a tonsillectomy. This can be a pretty pricey procedure depending on your location and insurance coverage so there are natural alternatives to removing and treating stones. Tonsil stones sore throat effects are just a few of the others than can come along with the stones as well.
When you are able to recognize your own tonsilloliths symptoms on your own you can start treatment faster which is better for your immune system. The tonsils are a working part of your body's immune system so if they are weakened then so is your overall system's strength to fight off infections. Treat them quick and then make sure you take the steps to prevent them from coming back. Having a full tonsillectomy of course eliminates the risk of them returning but that doesn't mean that sores cannot come to the back of your throat. The natural treatment options range from scraping them off yourself with a water pik, squeezing them out with cotton swabs or gurgling salt water three times a day and are obviously much more cost efficient for the person too. However, natural remedies do not work for larger and more severe stones so you may end up going to a surgeon anyway. Check out all of your options in the natural spectrum first before you try anything though so you know what to expect from the results for tonsil stones issues.
Believe it or not tonsilloliths are something that is misdiagnosed thousands of times a year so recognizing the symptoms could help you avoid this happening to you. Even if you call up a doctor's office and ask they may just tell you that it is extra debris and it is nothing to worry about when it could be different. Being able to recognize their symptoms, like a sore throat, could help you treat or remove them quicker than others. Here are some of the most commonly reported symptoms associated with tonsilloliths:
- Halitosis (bad breath)
- Swollen tonsils
- Constant bad taste in your mouth
- Having the feeling of bumps or balls on the back of your throat
- Dry Mouth
- Pain during swallowing
- Unable to swallow
- Sore throat
Keeping your eyes peeled for the symptoms can make the recovery process quicker and easier for you. However, if you happen to get tonsil stones often then you may want to seek out a full blown tonsillectomy in order to avoid having the same repeated problems with your tonsils and that area of your throat.
Ailment of the sciatic nerve- is it dangerous?
For the people who do not know as to what sciatic nerve is and what the main function of this nerve is, this article will be an eye opener. The stress here is on the ailment of pinched nerve in the lower back and the problem that it can get along in case it is not catered to properly right from the beginning. Pinched nerve in lower back is the common name given to the ailment wherein the sciatic nerve of the back gets twisted owing to some mistake in a person's way of sleeping or working. Here, more on this issue is talked to make sure that people treat themselves the right way in case such problems are seen in them.+
Back pain is said to be one among the prime causes of worry for people all over the world. The pain can be so bad at times that people find it hard to even move around. Pinched nerve in lower back ailment is also seen more commonly in people presently and the reason for this is nothing but the kind of work culture that the people follow. If one has to look back and compare his childhood to that of his present life, it can be clearly seen that there is no form of exercise for the body at present and this reflects on one's health making his body a house for diseases as he grows older.
Just how being overweight could be managed with drugs sibutramine
Happen to be a fact to consider which stated that nearly 95 percent of patients or each and every nine out of ten patients living with at least one or more times with a factor threat to the development of cardiovascular disease cycle in many of their lives. Hazards have been identified using, for example tobacco, with an overweight or obese, the chance of physical activity, not enough consumption of vegetables and fresh fruit, high alcohol consumption, hypertension or large pressure vessels and also when the level of cholesterol in the bloodstream is fantastic.
With regard to risk factors with overweight is as perilous as one, because it can be a party for quite a few diseases. This can be a very serious situation in itself, but also could enhance the threat of acquiring a large amount of circumstances that are considered harmful to exist and which may cause a lot of difficulties in well- being.
As a result, carrying excessive weight can trigger conditions such as heart disease, it could be a trigger for such cancers, diabetes, as indicated above it is known to stress improved blood with the obstructive sleep apnea at night. A few other diseases can also contain pain, operating out of breath, increased stout physics and many others. So what are the methods for calculating risk that is connected to overweight or overweight. The first 1 is known as a body mass index or BMI. The 1 second is the size of the stomach and the latter perhaps the dangers that are associated with overweight. So are we threatened?
Body mass index is a sign of how much stout a person has, and getting high body stout can probably compensate for the development of a variety of diseases as was pointed out, and yet, several things must be taken into factor if you measure your self up. It may overestimate the natural stout in athletes in sports, as they often have the muscles to develop. He can not ignore the body stout in older patients because they usually lose to strengthen the muscles. Although common tool is honestly accurate, so use it to learn about your stout percentage. There are drugs that are also called weight loss supplements or weight loss supplements, which can reduce the stout percentage in our physical and also remove the desire for food, who would then translate into a reduction weight together. One of these medical treatments are called drug sibutramine, and it can be treated properly known and verified offered for those whose BMI is higher than in 30. Dimensions
stomach is a warning of more in relation to the calculation of the stomach stout, which can be set off to get a disease of the cardiovascular system. Exactly what you have to do to measure up would be to place a strip of calculating the extent of the navel is. In general, if the size of your belly is larger than 88 inches for women and a hundred men, then you might be at risk for the development of a cardiovascular disease in the future. Even the dimensions of your waistline could be the largest pitfalls are.
Do not forget, that should go directly into an obese category, even place a small amount of excess weight will reduce your risk of getting sick. Make sure you just get a doctor to suggest, as weight problems are treatable, if appropriate actions are completed.


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The good news is that you can help your knees by strengthening your quad (thigh) muscles. Knee joints are supported by the strongest muscle, so if your quads are strong your knee joints will be stronger.
Before you start any knee exercise program, check with your doctor to make sure these exercises are safe for you.
- Take a few minutes to walk around and give your knee joints and thigh muscles a chance to stretch and warm up.
- All movements should be done slowly, at a controlled pace. Never rush through these exercises.
- Use slow, steady movements. No bouncing.
- Start with a small number of repetitions, increasing the number of reps as you get stronger.