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Bone and Joint Services
Bone and Joint Center of Seattle
The Bone and Joint Center of Seattle
If you have arthritis or other conditions of the hip and knee, Northwest Hospital is now one of your best sources for expert joint replacement and treatment services in the region. UW Medicine Orthopedic surgeons in the new Regional Joint Care Clinic provide high quality, state-of-the-art, safe and efficient surgical care for arthritic disorders of hip and knee joints, from diagnosis through rehabilitation.
The Bone and Joint Center of Seattle
Seattle, WA 98133
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Bone and Joint Surgery Center
Bone and Joint Surgery Center
The Bone and Joint Surgery Center is an outpatient clinic located at University of Washington Medical Center-Roosevelt on Roosevelt Way N.E. in Seattle. The clinic provides complete health care and preventive treatment for a variety of bone and joint problems, including complex fractures and bone tumors.
The center has highly trained physicians and surgeons from the UW School of Medicine's Department of Orthopedics, as well as specialists from the UW Departments of Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, and the Division of Rheumatology. Our doctors are experts in such fields as tumors, bone transplantation, joint replacement, spine and lower back problems, hand surgery, arthritis, and foot and ankle treatment.
Bone and Joint Surgery Center
Medical appointments phone : (206) 598-4288 or fax (206) 598-6360
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Medical appointments phone: (206) 598-4263, fax (206) 598-7095
University of Washington Medical Center - Roosevelt II
4245 Roosevelt Way N.E., 2nd Floor
Box 354740
Seattle, WA 98105
Bone & Joint Surgeons and Care Providers
Dr. Seth Leopold
These fellowship-trained specialists include internationally recognized orthopedic surgeons Dr. Seth Leopold and Dr. Paul Manner, who recently moved their surgical practices from UW Medical Center to Northwest Hospital. Together, they have performed thousands of hip and knee replacements and other procedures, with excellent outcomes.
Dr. Seth Leopold specializes in surgical treatments for hip and knee arthritis. He is particularly skilled in minimally invasive methods of hip and knee replacement surgery, which can decrease postoperative pain and surgical risk and shorten the postoperative recovery period. Dr. Seth Leopold also is a professor in the Department of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine at the University of Washington, and recently was named the editor- in-chief of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, one of the leading journals of his specialty.
"The patient with arthritis and I share a lifelong journey, and I hope to serve as guide, coach and cheerleader on that journey," Dr. Seth Leopold says. "I care for my patients by actively listening and educating them about contemporary treatments."
Dr. Paul Manner also specializes in joint replacement surgery, including minimally-invasive hip and knee replacement. His major interests include care and treatment of osteoarthritis. He sees patients for osteoarthritis (hip/knee); rheumatoid arthritis (hip/ knee); developmental hip dysplasia; metastatic disease to the hip/pelvis/knee; hip fracture; and meniscus tears in the knee. Dr. Paul Manner is also an associate professor of orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington.
Dr. Paul Manner
"Many patients express interest in minimally- invasive approaches to hip and knee surgery," Dr. Paul Manner says. "I believe this type of surgery, though technically challenging, offers many benefits to the patient, including less tissue injury, less post-operative pain, faster rehabilitation and a shorter hospital stay."
Northwest Hospital's joint replacement program also features award-winning inpatient care, including comprehensive rehabilitation therapy, which starts with individualized visits by licensed physical and occupational therapists while patients are still in the hospital and continues with outpatient physical therapy at the hospital's Northwest Outpatient Medical Center.
For information about Dr. Seth Leopold or Dr. Paul Manner, or to make an appointment, please phone (206) 520-5000.


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The Southwest Florida Water Management District will consider a permit request from the City of St. Petersburg Wednesday to demolish the pier. The city cannot proceed with its plans to tear the pier down without the environmental resource permit.
Barricades and signs now block the entrance to the St. Petersburg Pier. It officially closed to the public Friday. Several visitors said they were surprised to find the pier closed Tuesday.
"We hoped to have breakfast there, but now we have to look for some other place," said a German tourist Achim Frank.
Frank and his friends walked down to the Pier Tuesday after reading about it in their tourist guide. As they stopped at the road blocks, several other unknowing visitors drove up and were forced to make U-turns by security guards.
The meeting about the demolition permit is at the Southwest Florida Water Management District's Tampa office at 9 a.m. Officials will take the comments and concerns from the meeting into consideration, as they decide whether to grant the permit.
The St. Pete City Council will also discuss the pier's future at its Thursday meeting. Council members will decide what questions should be on the ballot for the city's special election in August about the pier's replacement plans.
The existing pier will be completely closed to the public for two weeks. It will reopen to pedestrians and fishermen on June 17. City plans call for the demolition to start in a few months.
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Pioneer in education technology prepares for 14th annual user group meeting
RALEIGH, N.C., June 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- WebAssign, the leading provider of online instructional tools for faculty and students, today announced that it continues to realize tremendous growth with a 12% increase in revenue over academic year 2012-2013, continued partnership with the nation's largest academic institutions, and creation of ongoing initiatives for educators and students.
"We are laser-focused on providing faculty and students with tools that generate success and promote student learning," said Alex Bloom, president. "WebAssign's flexible and robust application enables educators to design course material that supports their students' mastery of a concept."
As an employee-owned benefit company, WebAssign is committed to supporting and improving education instruction and student learning. WebAssign has been on a hiring trajectory, increasing its staff by nearly 150% since 2009. Demonstrating their commitment to education, more than 40% of WebAssign employees have a teaching background. To support this initiative, in January, Jack Y. Narayan, Ph.D., was named Chief Academic Officer to represent the academic community in regards to education technology trends and evolving teaching models. In March, Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D., joined WebAssign's Board of Directors, which works to uphold WebAssign's mission to support education.
As part of the academic year 2013-2014, WebAssign achieved multiple milestones, including:
In addition, the 14th annual WebAssign Users Group (WAUG) meeting will occur on June 26-27 in Raleigh, NC. This gathering includes more than 100 university, community college, and high school instructors and provides an environment for instructors to learn innovative ways to increase student engagement and exchange ideas with other WebAssign users.
"With our expertise in the STEM disciplines, our long-standing focus on education technology, and our dedication to the student and educator, I'm confident that WebAssign will continue making great strides in education," commented Alex Bloom.
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What wine goes with Christmas & Sweet Wines for Christmas?
If you need a wine to pair with Christmas & Sweet Wines for Christmas, you could try a Moscato to go with it.
(muh-SKAH-toh): A sweet white wine with fruit-forward flavors of peach, apricot and pear.
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Kahn in Madrid, which player has he come to see??
During a Spanish League play-off game between Real Madrid and Banca Cívica the cameras discovered Kahn and R.J Adelman among the public and a reporter interviewed Kahn.
Kahn talks about Ricky´s rookie year and his recovery ,Satoransky who may declare to this draft and we find out how Pek got to be so awesome.
The reporter says that they are interested in Paul Davis.
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Lincoln, NE (AP) - A bill to end Nebraska's mountain lion hunting season has cleared a first-round vote in the Legislature.
Lawmakers advanced the measure Friday on a 31-5 vote.
Sen. Ernie Chambers says he introduced the bill because the animals were native to the region, and they pose no real threat to humans. He says hunters only want to kill them for sport.
Opponents say the mountain lion population should be regulated by experts at the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
The bill includes exceptions that allow farmers and ranchers to kill mountain lions that threaten their property. People could also kill the animals to defend themselves if attacked.
Two more votes are required before the bill goes to Gov. Dave Heineman.
The bill is LB671
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"I have studied the question of vivisection for thirty-five years and am convinced that experiments on living animals are leading medicine further and further from the real cure of the patient. I know of no instance of animal experiment that has been necessary for the advancement of medical science; still less do I know of any animal experiment that could conceivably be necessary to save human life."The most commonly held perception regarding animal experimentation is that it is necessary for the development of vaccines, cures and treatments for human illness. Proponents ask the important question, what will happen to research on AIDS, heart disease, and cancer if animal experimentation is completely stopped? Will the progress in cures and treatments for these types of illnesses also come to a halt? There is a growing movement of healthcare professionals including doctors, scientists, and educated members of the public who are opposed to non-human animal-based experimentation on specifically medical and scientific grounds. They argue that animal research is based on a false premise, that results obtained through animal experimentation can be applied to the human body. Animals not only react differently than humans to different drugs, vaccines, and experiments, they also react differently from one another. Ignoring this difference has been and continues to be very costly to human health.
-H. Fergie Woods, M.D.
-H. Fergie Woods, M.D.
The most famous example of the dangers of animal testing is the Thalidomide tragedy of the 1960s and 1970s. Thalidomide, which came out on the German market late in the 1950s, had previously been safety tested on thousands of animals. It was marketed as a wonderful sedative for pregnant or breastfeeding mothers and it supposedly caused no harm to either mother or child. Despite this "safety testing", at least 10,000 children whose mothers had taken Thalidomide were born throughout the world with severe deformities. Clioquinol is another example of a drug that was safety tested in animals and had a severely negative impact on humans. This drug, manufactured in Japan in the 1970s, was marketed as providing safe relief from diarrhea. Not only did Clioquinol not work in humans, it actually caused diarrhea. As a result of Clioquinol being administered to the public, some 30,000 cases of blindness and/or paralysis and thousands of deaths occurred.Are these two examples just isolated cases? Even though pharmaceuticals are routinely tested on animals, the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that 100,000 people every year are killed and more than 2 million are hospitalized as a result of prescription drugs used as prescribed. The British Medical Journal recently reported that 4 out of every 10 patients who take a prescribed drug can expect to suffer severe or noticeable side effects, while numerous clinical observers agree that the incidence of iatrogenesis (medically induced disease) is now so great that approximately 1 in every 10 hospital beds is occupied by a patient who has been made ill by their doctor. What about all the important breakthroughs, as a result of animal research, that have aided human health? The animal research industry cites many examples of treatments or cures for illness that have been found using animals. They claim that if animal research is discontinued, it will be at the expense of human health and life. Industry groups, such as Americans for Medical Progress credit animal research with advances such as the development of the polio vaccine, anesthesia, and the discovery of insulin. But a close examination of medical history clearly disputes these claims.
"Giving cancer to laboratory animals has not and will not help us to understand the disease or to treat those persons suffering from it."Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Albert Sabin, are credited with the development of a vaccine to combat poliomyelitis (polio). Yet in the medical industry itself there remains a dispute as to the means by which the development of the polio vaccine occurred and whether or not the vaccine even played a major role in stopping the virus. Dr. John Enders, Dr.Thomas H. Weller, and Dr. Frederick C. Robbins won the Nobel Prize in 1954 for proving for the first time that it was possible to grow poliovirus in laboratory cultures of non-nervous-system human tissue. This team stopped just short of creating the polio vaccine that would be released to the public. Around the time Enders, Weller, and Robbins won the Nobel Prize, Sabin and Salk began using monkey kidney cells to produce their polio vaccines despite the existence of better alternatives. It was unknown at the time that viruses commonly found in monkey kidney cells are now known to cause cancer in humans. The claim that the polio vaccine was developed through the use of animal experimentation is misleading. Furthermore, as far as the benefits are concerned, there is ample evidence demonstrating the harmful effects the polio vaccine has had on human health. Deborah Blum, in her 1984 book, The Monkey Wars, wrote, "In the late 1980s, scientists tracking the life histories of 59,000 pregnant women all vaccinated with Salk polio vaccine found that their offspring had a thirteen times higher rate of brain tumors than those who did not receive the vaccine." (pg. 229) Many historians believe that the decline in cases in polio, like many epidemics of the past, must be attributed to factors such as improved hygiene and not solely vaccination.
- Dr. A. Sabin, 1986, developer of the oral polio vaccine
- Dr. A. Sabin, 1986, developer of the oral polio vaccine
"There are no alternatives to animal experimentation, for one can only talk of alternatives if these replace something of the same worth; and there is nothing quite as useless, misleading and harmful as animal experimentation."Surgical anesthesia was discovered in the mid nineteenth century when Crawford Williamson Long observed the effects of ether on humans during "ether parties", a popular form of entertainment involving ether inhalation. Long observed that while etherized, people appeared impervious to pain. He transformed this observation into a more practical use in surgery. The discovery of anesthesia, like many other medical discoveries, came from the critical observation of humans. At one time, due to the animal research based conclusions of Claude Bernard, diabetes was believed to be cause by liver damage. However, Thomas Crawley, in 1788 established the relationship between pancreatic damage and diabetes by performing autopsies on diabetic cadavers. Later on, Dr. M. Barron came to the conclusion that damage to the Islets of Langerhams causes diabetes in humans after studying the human pancreas. He concluded that insulin could be derived from an extract of the Islets of Langerhans. Then in 1920, Frederick Banting, using this knowledge, created the first extract that contained insulin.
-Prof. Pietro Croce, M.D.
-Prof. Pietro Croce, M.D.
"Indeed, while conflicting animal tests have often delayed and hampered advances on the war on cancer, they have never produced a single substantial advance either in the prevention or treatment of human cancer."Animal research is not aiding the fight against cancer. In fact, it is diverting resources from effective research and from the most obvious solution which is prevention. According to the National Cancer Institute, 80% of all cancers are preventable. Clinical observation and epidemiological studies have shown us that high fat diets, smoking, environmental pollutants, and other lifestyle factors are the main causes of cancer.
-Dr. Irwin Bros, director of Roswell Park Memorial
-Dr. Irwin Bros, director of Roswell Park Memorial
Moneim A. Fadali, M.D., in his book, Animal Experimentation: A Harvest of Shame, reports: "Despite screening over half a million compounds as anti-cancer agents on laboratory animals between 1970-1985, only 80 compounds moved into clinical trials on humans. Of these, a mere 24 had any anti-cancer activity and only 12 appeared to have a 'substantial clinical role.' Actually, these so-called 'new' active agents were not so new: they are analogs of chemotherapeutic agents already known to work in humans." (pg.25) With billions of dollars, countless animals, and well over 30 years spent on the war on cancer, concrete results should have been seen if animal research was actually working. On the contrary, the incidence of cancer continues to rise. A March 22, 2004 article in Fortune Magazine, "Why We're Losing the War on Cancer", explains that animal-based cancer research is failing because "The models of cancer stink."
The progress that has been made in the study of AIDS has come from human clinical investigation and in vitro (cell and tissue culture) research. Animal models continue to be used even though they do not develop the human AIDS virus. The development of life saving protease inhibitors was delayed by misleading monkey data. Referring to efforts to develop an AIDS vaccine, leading AIDS researcher Dr. Mark Feinberg stated: "What good does it do you to test something in a monkey? You find five or six years from now that it works in the monkey, and then you test it in humans and you realize that humans behave totally differently from monkeys, so you've wasted five years". Clearly, if we are going to make medical progress, a new approach is needed. Human medicine can no longer be based on veterinary medicine. It is fraudulent and dangerous to apply data from one species to another. There are endless examples of the differences between humans and non-human animals.
Animals are not good models for human cancer for 2 fundamental reasons:
- Animals and humans do not get the same diseases. As a result, animal research focuses on artificially inducing symptoms of human cancer and attempting to treat those symptoms.
- Experimental drugs and treatments that have been found effective on animal models will not necessarily work in people.
- PCP is a sedative for chimps
- Penicillin kills cats and guinea pigs but has saved many human lives.
- Arsenic is not poisonous to rats, mice, or sheep.
- Morphine is a sedative for humans but is a stimulant for cats, goats, and horses.
- Digitalis while dangerously raising blood pressure in dogs continues to save countless cardiac patients by lowering heart rate.
-Arie Brecher, M.D.


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Big Boi ft. Kid Cudi & Stevie Wonder - Part Time Hater [Stream & Download]
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Already a major player on the Aloha State scene, Tassho Pearce is angling to up his national profile with his next project, which will boast appearances from several members of Yeezy's G.O.O.D. Music stable. Arguably... Read More
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A 15 Song Tour Through Kid Cudi's Career [Playlist]
To celebrate Kid Cudi's new, surprise album, Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon we put together a playlist of some great Cudi jams; surprise! From hip-hop underdog, to GOOD Music extrodinaire, to actor, to... Read More
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KiD CuDi - SATELLITE FLIGHT: The journey to Mother Moon [Album]
KiD CuDi promised the world that he'd randomly unleash his new album, SATELLITE FLIGHT: The journey to Mother Moon, sooner rather than later. Well, sooner has arrived and the project is now available for digital purchase.... Read More
Kid Cudi - Satellite Flight [Stream]
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King Chip ft. Pusha T & Kid Cudi - Vortex [Stream & Download]
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Real or not real, this is officially the best part of going to a Grizzlies game -- watching people break up on the Kiss Cam. Unless, of course, you're the guy who got dumped, in which case this is probably the worst part of going to a Grizzlies game.
A few months ago, YouTube comedy channel Whatever 2ND struck gold when they filmed a homeless man do a pretty ridiculous trick with his mustache. The video went viral, and today it has over 1.7 million views.
We wish somebody would follow us around and animate our drunken brilliance. Although, to be fair, arguing over the lyrics to a Go-Go's song is not nearly as entertaining as this joke, told by Adam Patch's wife after she drank an entire bottle of wine.
Earlier this week, somebody hacked the AP's Twitter account and posted a tweet saying that there were explosions in the White House and President Obama had been injured. The account was quickly suspended, and the situation dealt with.
Before you head off to that weekend-long music festival, you better remember to pack your bear costume! At least if the festival is Coachella, you'd better. People like to get weird when they go there, so we picked some of our favorite strange outfits and fashion trends from the festival to share with you here. Between these and being able to see the shows on YouTube, you can pretend you had several hundred extra dollars on hand to blow on an extravagant weekend.
We are once again so very thankful that we went to a school where women with unshaven armpits actually believed they turned into enormous dragons at night, men would show up at the dining hall without pants on and fraternities and sororities were not allowed. Because those folks make Armpit Lady seem like an Ad Council poster child for normalcy.
If you'd like a new Disney Princess sooner rather than later, here's Daenerys Targaryen from 'Game of Thrones' in the role. It's perfect if you want to like 'Game of Thrones,' but can't stand all the sex, violence and not singing.
This is not a joke. A man at the largest outdoor bazaar in Buenos Aires bought two toy poodles from a vendor for $150 each. Only he didn't actually buy two poodles. He actually bought two ferrets that were hopped up on steroids and given fancy hairdos so they would look like poodles.
Welp, it's official. This dog's life is more exciting than ours. He's wakeboarding. He can do back flips. He got on a skateboard and didn't break his collarbone. He is officially the coolest dog ever. But that's not the best part.
Sometimes somebody has one job to do...JUST ONE...and they can't even get it right. These are those times. Here are our favorite examples of the latest internet meme that involves somebody screwing up one simple task. ONE.
Inspired by the success of the recent 'Veronica Mars' movie campaign, Funny or Die has started numerous Kickstarters to bring back all your favorite old shows because "people love stuff from the '90s. The only problem is...April Fool's! It's not real.
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Fire fighter myths are used by unions to fool taxpayers into spending every last dime on Contra Costa fire districts that are fundamentally bankrupt. There are nine fire districts in the county and most are suffering from pension, benefit, and health care extravagance; although they will tell you the problem is a reduction in property tax revenue due to the "great recession."
The reduction in property tax revenue is righting itself as the economy recovers, but the financial health of spendthrift fire districts financial situation continue to deteriorate as pension and retiree health care costs skyrocket over the next five year and beyond.
How does one know if pensions are the problem with fire district financing? That's easy…
- Read the information in newspapers or in various industry and Fire District reports or go to a town hall meeting on Fire District issues and never see the word pension on any PowerPoint presentation.
- Read Tom Barnidge's columns in the Times on Fire District finance issues and never see the word pension mentioned as the problem or part of the solution.
- Talk to a Fire District Board member and never hear the word pension.
- Read the County's consultant study on fixing ConFire's financial situation and never see the word pension.
In other words, it is the eight hundred pound gorilla in the room that, for various reasons, no one wants to acknowledge or even whisper the word.
So as this discussion intensifies it is a good time to reflect on a few basics, a few "myths" about fire services as we can now see them.
This week I will discuss two of those fire fighter myths unions and their politicians will trot out to justify their supposed indispensable extravagant expense.
The first of fire fighter myths is that firefighters must retire early as they face dangerous working conditions. Or, as one spouse yelled out at a recent town hall meeting on fire services in her city: "Every time my husband leaves for work, I don't know if I will see him alive again." The same, I would like to point out, could be said for many occupations.
Fire fighter myths, #1: Fire Fighting is the Most Dangerous Job
In 2012 the Bureau of Labor Statistics measured the "Most dangerous Jobs in America; firefighters did not make the top 15 list. Here is a list of the top most dangerous jobs as compiled by the Bureau:
The list was compiled nationwide; each industry was measured by the number of deaths per one thousand workers. As you can see from the list, driving is the most dangerous activity workers can engage in. Forty-one percent of all fatal accidents occur in transportation related incidents; 58% of these deaths occur on highways. There is a reason salesmen die at a greater rate than most professions.
The second highest cause of worker deaths is "assaults and violent acts"; there were 767 workers killed in 2012 by violence; 463 homicides and 225 suicides.
"Slips, falls, and trips" killed 668 workers during the year and 509 workers were fatally injured after being struck by equipment or objects on the job.
This does not mean in anyway, that fighting fires is not dangerous. But it does show that we have ameliorated the danger through work protocols and rules that protect the worker; for example, in East Contra Costa, five fighters must be at the scene before two—always two-can—enter a burning structure. We also provide fire fighters with the tools and equipment necessary to make their jobs dangerous. And, there is one more critical reason the fire fighters job is less dangerous as we will see in myth number two.
Fire fighter myths, #2: Fire Fighters number one job is fighting fires
Surprisingly, standard fire fighter myths contend that fire fighters spend most of their waking hours fighting fires. This was once true, but hardly the case these days.
Today's Contra Costa Fire fighters spend most of their day answering Advanced or Basic medical calls.
The County Board of Supervisors recently verified this information with a consulting study by Fitch and Associates. The $185,000 study was conducted to arrive at alternatives to current operating procedures that could reverse Confire's deteriorating financial condition.
Although the study appears to define operation issues well and offers three possible scenarios for future operation, it provided no insight in solving the District's financial situation. The report simply plays around the edges of the financial collapse.
The Fitch study concluded that 78% of calls and 56% of fire fighter time away from the stations were for medical assistance, not fires.
The world has changed, the world of fire fighting has changed significantly. With new construction materials and techniques, there are fewer fires than ever before. From reviewing operations reports from various fire districts in the county, it appears there are less than 2 fires per day across all districts in the county combined.
Fire Districts, Dan Borenstein of the Times reports, "have morphed from fighting blazes to providing emergency medical services."
Vince Wells President of Local 1230 of the United Professional Fire Fighters of Contra Costa County would remind us, and has reminded the County Board of Supervisors, that "all fires are not the same" and that fighting the Mt. Diablo fire is different from fighting a car fire.
But the question remains: can the public afford to let fire fighters retire at age 50, often the peak of their career, and be compensated for approximately 30 years at 90% or more of their pay? If so, why? And can we afford to continue with the mix of personnel, fire trucks and other equipment currently in use to provide the services delivered today?
When looking at the facts and numbers, the answer appears to be no to both questions. Public due diligence must ignore fire fighter myths and work with reality.


text: Bison senior Brock Jensen has won a lot of games in his career. He's 34-5 now as a starting QB and he's won those games in many different ways. He's helped move the ball as an effective part of the Bison running game but so far this year the single caller's arm has been getting the job done. Jensen has completed 75% of his passes with 4 scores through the air for the Bison--efforts he'll look to continue after the bye week.


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Admittedly, I don't watch much college football. This time of year, though, mocks are popular. The first mock draft I did, seen here, was pre-free agency and now that we have signed some guys I feel the need to alter my original mock so I don't look ridiculous.
Guys whose 2008 spots I decided to fill due to lack of performance or leaving town:
- DE Chris Kelsay
- OLB Angelo Crowell - UFA
- C Melvin Fowler - UFA
- C Duke Preston - UFA
- TE Robert Royal - Cut
- OG Derrick Dockery - Cut (released since original mock)
Round 1: Clay Matthews, OLB, USC
From my first mock: "I really, really waffled between taking a LB and DE here. Which could have the greater impact this year? Is Chris Ellis capable of stepping up and delaying the need for immediate DE help?" I went with the DE but today I am leaning towards LB. I took Clay Matthews in the second round of my previous mock but he has shot all the way up my board to the first round pick. He has good speed and athleticism. He has a good drive and is a motor kind of guy, just what OBD likes. Aaron Curry falling is pure hysteria but if he is there he goes before Curry. Previous Mock: Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas
Round 2: Max Unger, C/OG, Oregon
The first guy I wanted to pick in my first mock was Unger but I went with Matthews in the end because I was OK waiting to address Center. Now we have a shiny new center in Geoff Hangartner but don't have an OG after Derrick Dockery was cut. I'll take Unger here and leave DE to the third round. Unger is athletic and smart and if he falls to the Bills pick they should make him their new starting LG. Previous Mock: Clay Matthews, OLB, USC
Round 3: Phillip Hunt, DE, Houston
I've waited long enough. It's time to address the pass rush. Chris Ellis should be able to step in and help out the team this year. With any luck, so can Hunt. His logn arms help him keep tackles off of him and that will only improve in an NFL weight program. He has great speed of the edge and has a high motor. I also like everything he says and his attitude. Even if it's only on passing situations, Hunt could contribute in year 1. Previous Mock: Eric Wood, C, Louisville
Round 4: Cornelius Ingram, TE, Florida
The addition of T.O. puts the immediate need for a field-stretching TE back a few notches. As many of you know Travis Beckum has become my favorite TE prospect so if he is available at pick number 4, awesome. I don't anticipate it and go with Ingram instead. Ingram was a late first-round, early second-round prospect before going back to Florida. He tore his knee up before the season started and somehow has dropped considerably because of that. He is very raw and hasn't blocked much. He has only played TE for a few years. He would not be coming here to start year 1. He would develop over the course of this year and be a weapon to replace T.O.'s production in 2010 while getting some playing time in 2009. Ingram would represent great value in the 4th round. Previous Mock: Shawn Nelson, TE, Southern Miss.
Round 5: Ray Feinga, OG, BYU
We still need interior depth. I don't think Feinga would be pushing Unger or Butler for their starting job but he could come in and serve as great depth.
If When Brad Butler gets hurt Feinga could come in and be solid. He had an impressive Shrine Game week of practice and is great at pass blocking. A hamstring pull at the Combine and Pro Day could hurt his draft stock. Previous Mock: Randy Phillips, S, Miami (FL)
Round 6: Roy Miller, DT, Texas
Miller was named Fiesta Bowl outstanding defensive player. He's known for his tenacity and routinely makes plays on effort more than talent. He is strong and known as a run stuffer more than a quick DT. He could contribute on special teams right away as he works into the lineup. He's a big dude and is a solid developmental prospect. Previous Mock: Brett Helms, C, LSU
Round 7: Zach Potter, DE, Nebraska
With the re-signing of Corey McIntyre I took Fiammetta off my board. The Bills seem to be phasing out FB in favor of Lynch and Jackson in the backfield together or some three WR sets. They will probably still bring in a FB but it will be an undrafted free agent. With that in mind I'm taking a flier on one year starter and special teams contributor Zach Potter. His 10 yard split was 1.61 at the combine and his name is climbing draft boards into the 7th and potentially the 6th round. Previous Mock: Tony Fiammetta, FB, Syracuse
You may have noticed the pattern of drafting lots of linemen. That is purposeful. Matthews and Unger would be immediate starters and upgrade our Defensive Front 7 and O Line, giving us legitimate starters at every position (well, maybe Kelsay/Denney don't count). Adding Ingram gives us good depth at TE and the addition of Hunt with the maturation of Ellis should provide us an upgrade at DE with both picks potentially contributing this year.
I am comfortable with Bryan Scott and Donte Whitner starting at safety and George Wilson and Ko Simpson backing them up. It would certainly be a possibility to add someone to the safety corps to develop behind or supplant Scott or replace Whitner in a year if he doesn't work out. I am good with our running backs, QB situation and receivers for the time being.
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Eiland proposed revised biolab bill
By Laura Elder — Galveston County Daily News, May 23, 2009
State Rep. Craig Eiland on Friday introduced a much-revised version of a controversial bill that would restrict the public's right to information about deadly germs at the Galveston National Laboratory.
Although Senate Bill 2556 no longer contains broad language that would have kept secret all activity at a laboratory where researchers study such lethal pathogens as anthrax, open government advocates still question why the University of Texas Medical Branch pushed the bill at all.
State and federal laws already protect security-sensitive information at such facilities, opponents of the proposed legislations argue. Medical branch officials last week could not cite how those existing laws have failed the facility.
Officials with the medical branch, which owns and operates the laboratory, have offered various reasons for wanting the legislation, including to protect low-level employees who might be targeted by anti-research activists or terrorists and collaborations with out-of-state facilities that don't like being subject to Texas open government laws.
Medical branch officials have insisted they are committed to transparency and open government and never intended to push a bill that would conceal all information about deadly germs or accidents at the lab.
Initially, the bill, authored by Sen. Joan Huffman, a first-term Houston Republican representing part of Galveston County, contained such sweeping language it would have made it illegal for medical branch officials to inform residents of pathogens at the lab, even if officials wanted to make the information public.
Medical branch officials, who promised transparency and openness about so-called select agents at the lab available when they were working to win community support for construction of the facility, agreed to tweak the language. But early concessions on language would have allowed the medical branch to make information about select agents public, but at its discretion. That wasn't good enough, open record advocates argued.
Galveston's city council last week overwhelmingly approved a formal resolution against the bill's earlier forms and urged amendment.
Last week, some members of the national lab's 50-member Community Advisory Board wanted even narrower language.
The latest rendition of the bill would exempt from public view information about:
the specific location of a select agent in a laboratory; and
personal identifying information of an individual whose name appears in documentation relating to the chain of custody to select agents, including a material transfer agreements, used to document the transfer of select agents and other samples to institutions that have permission to use the research material.
Although the names of principal investigators handling pathogens are in the public domain, medical branch officials said they are concerned about the privacy of other classifications of their own employees and the privacy of researchers at out-of-state institutions with which they collaborate.
Federal law, which the bill is supposed to mirror, protects the names of employees, officials said.
Federal funds helped to pay for the national lab. But because it's owned by the medical branch, the facility falls under Texas open government rules.
In April, the Texas attorney general denied the medical branch's request to keep private names of researchers and others contained on material transfer documents, costing the medical branch its collaboration with the University of Pittsburg, officials said.
But the bill Eiland introduced Friday does not allow the medical branch to block disclosure of a faculty member or employee whose name will appear in published research, nor does it allow the medical branch to withhold information about what select agents are present at the national lab.
But the bill's opponents are unhappy that the latest version does limit disclosure of information about researchers from other states working at the island's national lab or other Texas facilities, they said.
"The bill continues to improve with each iteration but remains flawed," said Joe Larsen, an attorney and board member of the Freedom Information Foundation of Texas.
"I believe this effort to import the open records laws of other states into coverage of Texas is a poor idea from several perspectives."
Importing other states' open records laws into Texas law sets a bad precedent, Larsen said.
Larsen and other open government advocates continue to assert the bill is not needed.
"This bill remains unnecessary and is therefore suspicious on that ground alone," Larsen said.
The bill, which cleared the Senate earlier this month, awaits a vote by the House.
"We still oppose the bill. If it becomes law, it'll be a sad day," Heber Taylor, editor of The Daily News, said. "At the same time, we're grateful to Craig Eiland for giving people in Galveston County a chance to add some safeguards into the bill to protect their right to get information."


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Close to 300 new homes could be built in nearby northern Tinton Falls, just over the Red Bank border, once developers are chosen to purchase two tracts of land in the borough's section of Fort Monmouth.
The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) recently issued requests for offers to purchase (RFOTP) two properties located in the Charles Wood Area of Fort Monmouth.
Parcel C is 39-acre site slated for 239 homes and 107,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. The property is a former residential area that has been demolished and is bordered by Tinton Avenue, Pearl Harbor Road and Corregidor Road. It contains the former Post Chapel, which would be demolished by the purchaser.
Parcel C1 is a 12-acre site slated for 49 homes. The property is bordered by Laboratory Road and Hemphill Road and contains three buildings that would demolished by the purchaser.
The housing on both lots would contain a mixture of detached homes, townhomes and apartments. Twenty percent of the homes must be set developed for affordable housing, according to the RFOTPs.
Offers for the properties are due by June 10, according to FMERA.


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One of the most recognized and celebrated musicals of all time will make its mark on the Repertory East Playhouse on May 13. The production, sponsored by Josh Rivas and Profiles Salon, and directed by Mark Kaplan explores the chaotic time period leading up to Nazi rule of Germany and an intimate form of theatre, called Cabaret.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Capitol Hill this week, Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (CA-25), senior member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, was awarded the "Charter School Champion Award" during the National Charter Schools Week Reception. McKeon released the following statement in recognition of the award and National Charter Schools Week (May 1 - May 7):
Vino 100 Valencia will host a Meet the Winemaker event 6-9 p.m. Friday.
It's incredible how many otherwise good and decent people shamelessly partake in the politics of envy and coercion - the two things that, together, comprise the Democratic Party's only shtick.
Audition will be held in June for the College of the Canyons Theatre Department's musical production of Lois Lowry's "The Giver," which will be staged this summer.
The Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports is now accepting nominations for the 2011 Spotlight Awards presented by the Anthem Blue Cross Foundation.
A Castaic man was cited $500 for animal cruelty after deputies found a cat inside his home malnourished and barely breathing, authorities said Wednesday.
In 2005, the Santa Clara River was named one of the nation's 10 most endangered rivers by the national environmental organization American Rivers.
On April 28 at about 5:50 a.m., I was riding my bike along Bouquet Canyon Road on the sidewalk by Wendy's on my way to the Metrolink station to catch the train to work.
SCV Dodger Day organizers have named the four locals who will throw out the first pitch at the 34th annual Santa Clarita Valley Dodger Day festivities at Dodger Stadium Saturday night, May 14.
Over 2,000 top executives and business people from around Southern California will learn how to help their businesses succeed at the fourth annual KFI AM 640 "Mind Your Own Business" event on Saturday, May 14, 2011. The event happens at the University Center at College of the Canyons from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The city of Santa Clarita invites local middle school and high school students to participate in the second Annual Santa Clarita Transit Go Green Art Contest.
Everyone is welcome to attend a number of exciting events hosted in Old Town Newhall this month, offering a wide variety of opportunities to stay local. During the month of May, festivities include the weekly Farmers Market, Taste of Cinco de Mayo, Santa Clarita's very own Cupcake Wars, interactive music performances, and fantastic entertainment at the local theaters.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY - At a news conference with Sheriff Leroy Baca, local and federal law enforcement officials at the County Emergency Operations Center, Los Angeles County Mayor Michael D. Antonovich issued the following statement regarding the death of Osama Bin Laden and the County's terrorism prevention effort:
San Francisco and Los Angeles -- Parents now have a powerful tool that uses Internet and Web 2.0 technologies to show just how much money will be cut from their public schools if an all-cuts budget goes forward.
We all know that perception often influences our decisions, yet we catch ourselves and become reminded that what we perceive isn't always what's really going on. With the constant barrage of information available in today's 24/7 world, it's important to not get caught up in the day-to-day market volatility and news headlines. That daily hype doesn't always dovetail with what Wells Fargo Advisors top strategists are observing in the financial marketplace.
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Seton Hall, off a much needed win at Rutgers, entertains Pitt at the Rock. A few pre-game observations of the efficiency order. Pitt is 4-8 and showing a negative five in efficiency margin (offense minus defense). On offense the Panthers average 101 efficiency while allowing 106 on defense. What you expect of a 4-8 conference team. Their overall pace is not surprising, a rather grind it out 65 possessions.
In a recent four game win streak, claiming Providence, Georgetown, West Virginia and Villanova as conquests, Pitt's margin was a plus 14. Once again, what you can ask of a team on a four game sweep of quality opposition. Jamie Dixon's group dropped their last meeting at South Florida. No disgrace as the Bulls will give you a battle, especially in the Sunshine State.
The Hall enters 5-7 playing at a quicker 67 (the high sixties opposed to the mid sixties do make a difference)possession tempo. Their margin is a minus three:
Offensive Efficiency 92
Defensive Efficiency 95
The defense, a strong mark but the offense is below par. Should be interesting to see if Pitt, a historically man to man team, shows a good amount of zone in this contest.


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so deadspin put together their top 25 for this year and felt the need to include us at the very bottom. Ranked #120.
we get absolutley shredded
120. Maryland
Megalomaniacal athletic director Kevin Anderson fired coach Ralph Friedgen after an 8-4 season, an ACC coach of the year award, and a blowout bowl victory. That was a fine season by the Terps, and it was as good a season as Maryland—a non-football school in a state that only cares about the NFL— ever deserves. Anderson's power play—dumping the rotund and reasonably successful Fridge in favor of ahistorical martinet Randy Edsall, to turn the Terps into a Serious Football Program—is doomed and embarrassing. Maybe if Edsall knows what he's doing, after he's done taking the names off the jerseys and making the uppity players conform to his grooming code, the Terps will rise all the way to BCS snubbee status, before the coach ditches the school for a real football program and the NCAA swoops in to investigate how Maryland got top talent to go to a school where nobody cares about football, and then (because Maryland is a school where nobody cares about football) the death penalty will come down, and we'll never have to watch this kind of stupid charade again.


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It was a brazen crime right in the middle of downtown Tampa – a group of men knocked over a sculpture, and it's all caught on a surveillance camera. Now, it has some people wondering what to do with public structures like this during the busy weeks around the Republican National Convention this August.
The answer may be to put them out of sight.
Marc DeWaele built the 700-pound steel statue that stretches to the sky in Tampa. It's one of eighteen big city-sized works of art adorning downtown sidewalks.
"So many people come up and take photos with it and stand next to it and there's never a problem. And then you get the call at 2:30 in the morning that somebody's come over and put it on its side," said Abbey Dohring.
Dohring founded the ArtLoud program, which places the statues around Tampa. She's been meeting with the city about possible restrictions during the Republican National Convention in anticipation of the large crowds of protesters coming to town.
"Until two days ago, we weren't sure we were going to need to move it. Now it's looking like it's going to have to go," she said.
The vandals just may have tipped the scales.
"Pretty much anything that can be lifted by three men will have to be moved off our city streetscapes," Dohring explained.
Right now, the guidelines are still being worked out, but everything is being evaluated on Tampa city streets from the artwork to the large planters that are throughout downtown. They'll be evaluated for safety, security, and their aesthetic value.
"It's a little disappointing because then everyone won't get to see how lovely and beautiful Tampa is," Dohring continued.
According to the Tampa Downtown Partnership, no official regulations have been put in place. However, the city is combing the area block by block to evaluate all safety risks and develop a plan before August regarding what stays up and what is stored away.
"I think it's security that we need to take, but it's too bad that we need to take it down," DeWaele offered.
The precautions are directly connected to crowd size. It has nothing to do with politics.
As for the vandals, there have been no arrests so far. Police hope someone will recognize the culprits from the security footage.
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SALISBURY, Md. - In Salisbury, a group of people are remarkably uninjured, after shots were fired into a home on Holland Avenue.
It all happened Friday evening, just after 6:30 PM. According to Police, 26-year-old Kenny Lopez, of Salisbury, went to the residence, looking for someone, and when they weren't there became angry, firing into the house.
Lopez then allegedly fled the scene and was arrested on Tuesday, in Salisbury. He is charged with 2nd degree attempted murder, 1st and 2nd degree assault, reckless endangerment, handgun on person, and handgun in vehicle. Lopez was released to the custody of Central Booking.


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Pastel sashes are lovely, but I love when a wedding dress is paired with a sash that's a little more bold!
Here are three gorgeous wedding dresses with high-contrast sashes, all from the Spring 2012 runways. If you're considering a dress with a bold sash, bring along a friend whose fashion sense you trust when you try on dresses—the look definitely has the potential to make you look short-waisted, but that's not always the case. Not sure if you're pulling it off? Keep this in mind: A non-black sash (like the one on the second dress) is less likely to make you look chopped in half.
Which of these wedding dresses is your favorite? Would you wear a dress with a high-contrast sash?
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Effective immediately, I'm resigning from this place. I've appreciated the many opportunities I've received here and the chance to cover some important stories, but there are too many constraints on my writing. Now don't get the wrong idea. This is an amicable parting. Readers who've enjoyed my work here are welcome to follow me at my new site, where I'll address issues that really matter, to me and I suspect to most of you. Why in the past couple of days, I've written my best work, on topics I could never have covered here. Just look at the most recent post titles!
Our planet is doomed.
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This will be a deeply personal blog, yet one of interest to readers across the globe. I'll be applying my unique insights to problems of interest to all humanity and beyond, in the insightful and penetrating way you've come to expect from my work here, but with no holds barred and no subject out of bounds.
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How fitting for the Walpurgis! heehee He must have told that one 100 times along with a bunch of them standing around a person and saying they were surrounded by seamen.
I haven't had any trouble lately, but I've kept my posts shorter. Just going with the flooowww...
My eldest son's bipolar website: www.bipolarmanifesto.com
-wally: Mom, you shouldn't play after me because it makes you sound even worse than you already do. -wally:*grumbles and whispers quietly* I guess it's cuz I love you or something, but you're still a TURD
Grimm:I could read your mind but its in font size .5
Amadeus:Oh, and was there a cesserole (never mind spelling) involved?
Paddy:the fact that you didn't end up on a kids show makes me question my atheism
Dyldo: You evil strumpet!
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text: Does anyone really believe that Caldwell brings anything to this team at all ? Yes he caught 2 game winning TD's LAST YEAR. He also had I believe 2 major fumbles last year that cost us big games. He cant get seperation on deep routes as his YPC avg, shows. This year I know for sure against Cleveland and Tampa he dropped critical 3rd down passes. Now as a # 4 you dont expect much but how about giving Cosby a shot on offense, he has great hands, or dare I say it giving Simpson a shot lets see if he can contribute. Maybe one of them can make a play which is something Caldwell simply cant do.


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Our friends over at Fox Sports released their first mock draft. http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/mock-draft-version-1
I am in agreement that it will change a hundred times between now and April, but I wanted to get everyone's opinion on it. I have read through most of the Fan Posts on Ninersnation and the one name I have not heard at all is Carlos Dunlap, DE Florida. Well surprise, that is who we are taking with our 2nd first round pick.
This is the justification "I've seen lots of insiders attaching Tebow to San Francisco, thinking there's a need at QB and Mike Singletary's personality matches the Florida legend's. It's possible, but I think the Niners hang tight with Alex Smith, go OT with their first pick and take another Florida player at no.17 -- 2008 BCS Championship Game MVP Carlos Dunlap. A terror off the edge, Dunlap was a sack machine at UF. The Niners have a fierce, up-and-coming defensive line. Add Dunlap into the mix and Mike Singletary's D could become one of the league's scariest."
Now I have not seen many Florida games, so I can not attest as to how Dunlap played. But I think if you were to rate the strengths of the 49ers, the front 7 would be near the top. Personally I think this would be a waste of a pick.
According to the post, Spiller was still on the board when we picked first. We should pick him up, than with the second pick get either Bryan Bulaga, OT, Iowa or Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma. Who ever is on the board.
What do you think?


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JFK security breached by man who swam ashore
NEW YORK, USA (AP) — In an era when airline passengers can't even pass through a checkpoint with a bottle of shampoo, security experts were shocked when a man swam ashore, scaled a fence and walked dripping wet into Kennedy Airport despite a $100 million system of surveillance cameras and motion detectors.
"Thank God it wasn't a terrorist, but we have to look at it as if we had another attack," said Isaac Yeffet, former chief of security for Israeli airline El Al. "That's the only way we'll improve the system."
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees JFK, quickly added police patrols to the airport perimeter and said it is investigating the security breach.
Authorities said the trouble began Friday evening when 31-year-old Daniel Casillo's jet ski ran out of fuel in Jamaica Bay.
Casillo swam toward the bright lights of Kennedy's runway 4L, which juts out into the bay, then climbed an eight-foot fence that is part of the airport's state-of-the-art Perimeter Intrusion Detection System, authorities said.
Soaking wet, wearing a bright yellow life jacket, Casillo made his way across two intersecting runways — an estimated distance of nearly two miles — before an airline employee spotted him on a terminal ramp, authorities said.
According to the police report, Casillo told an officer: "I needed help!"
The intrusion-detection system, manufactured by defense contractor Raytheon, should have set off a series of warnings, said Bobby Egbert, spokesman for the Port Authority police officers union.
"This system is made specifically for those types of threats — water-borne threats," Egbert said. "It did not detect him climbing over a fence. It did not detect him crossing two active runways."
Port Authority police interrogated Casillo and charged him with criminal trespassing. Authorities said the airport grounds were clearly marked with no-trespassing signs that indicate it is a "restricted area for authorised personnel only."
Casillo was released for a court appearance on October 2. A man who answered the phone at the home of Casillo's girlfriend said the couple's lawyer had advised them to stop speaking to the media.


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If The Kardashian Family Music Video For Hypnotize Doesn't Make You Want To Burn Their House Down, I Don't Wanna Know You As A Person
Seriously, if America gets hit with another terrorist attack, its 200% the Kardashian family's fault.
Seriously, if America gets hit with another terrorist attack, its 200% the Kardashian family's fault.
BIG is rolling over in his grave right now. Then again, almost can't hate how hard they're trolling everyone. Slaters gonna slate and all that.
just threw up in my mouth a little bit
kfc, blog about this headbutt KO instead of this bullshit
I wish death on this family. That is all.
fuck them
Wish that boat sank…only positive was that Khloe was left out in the video.
i can't believe i just watched that shit. very disrespectful to Biggie
What does it mean if you watched the entire thing?
scott dissick FTW
If you just took the guys and the parents out I may have been able to beat it to this video. That said, I'm glad I couldn't, because then I'd have to turn myself in for statutory masturbation…
where are the somalian pirates when you need em?
The best part was the end where there was a slight chance they were all going to die.
Sure, I hate the family and the fact that they just made a mockey of Biggie Smalls, but I would still fuck the shit out of Kim, and so would Biggie.
They should have used Kayne's "Gold Digger" instead. More appropriate.
I didn't even watch the video. I've wanted to burn their house down for a awhile now. I don't need any more incentive.
KFC I'm not exaggerating but you are 100% spot-on w/ this blog. FUCK this family and FUCK the media who give them and other pieces of shit fame and notoriety. It says volumes about the mentality of our country – you are correct they more or less epitomize everything that radical muslims hate about our society (despite the fact that Armenians are literally one millimeter away from being outright camel jockey towel head taliban flag waving motherfuckers themselves) I'm all set w/ these fucking people they make me sick, I literally get furious when I come home and see my wife's eyes plastered to the TV obsessing over these pieces of shit
the mom is hands down the biggest pig of every girl in that family. and kendall or whatever her name is has developed quite the little cranston over time
If it took you until this video to want to burn down their house, I don't want to know you as a person.
I fapped.
That is truly the most disgusting video I've ever seen. Would rather watch 2 girls 1 cup on endless loop than watch another minute of that
Too bad they didn't fall off at the end and become prop food.
this is literally the worst. they are all a waste of time. if only they did one of those cleavages challenges.
Why would you do this to us?
this gave me an idea. My dad always wears red bandanas like some old-school cowboy sh*t. Well me and my friends always joke around and call him Juelz Santana, or we shout "what up blood" Anyway i got a birthday coming up, 29, who the f*ck has a 29th birthday party??–this guy does, who? the guy who booked dad a.k.a. Juelz Santana to perform at his birthday party.
Thank God my nigga Lamar wasnt there. He would have been exiled from the darkies…
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Prosecutors have asked a federal judge to delay the sentencing of Mohamed Mohamud, the Somali-American convicted of plotting to bomb a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland's town square in 2010.
The 21-year-old Mohamud is scheduled to be sentenced June 27. But Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ethan D. Knight and Pamala Holsinger wrote in a motion filed Monday that the government needs more time to prepare its sentencing recommendations. They asked for a delay of 60 to 90 days.
A jury in late January rejected Mohamud's entrapment defense and found him guilty of attempting to detonate a weapon of mass destruction.
The device Mohamud thought was a bomb was a fake supplied by undercover FBI agents posing as members of al-Qaida.
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