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A former Lincoln County teacher appealed her termination in the third of possibly four hearings Friday.
Kelli Burns taught English at Guyan Valley Middle School in Harts. Administrators suspended Burns without pay in January 2013, and then fired her in March.
According to her termination letter, officials found Burns unsatisfactory in, "Classroom Climate, Instructional Management System, and Student Progress."
Burns said she was wrongfully terminated for several reasons: supervisors failed to adequately rate her performance and board members violated termination policy. But to Burns, the reason garnering most attention is the topic of her sexuality.
"They brought in allegations, actual allegations that I had tried to turn students gay, that I forced students to cross dress, that I showed them nude pictures of myself, all completely ridiculous," said Burns in an exclusive interview with 13 News in March.
13 NEWS obtained documents presented in Burns' termination hearing.
In one letter, a parent accused Burns of "using slang words in front of the class" and stating "in front of the class that she is a lesbian." The same parent also wrote about how Burns rarely assigned work and reviewed material.
"I certainly never discussed the aspects of my sexual life with any student nor would I," Burns said in the same interview.
In a memo reportedly written by a student or several students, Burns is accused of other actions including, "she made us boys wear dresses" and "she tried to turn some of us gay."
Burns said she's upset administrators even discussed her sexuality—especially when she said the allegations rang false.
"People shouldn't have to face this kind of discrimination," Burns said Friday. "Whether you're gay, lesbian, bi, or transgender, or whether you're being accused of being that, it's just ridiculous to bring that into somebody's job performance review."
Burns and the Lincoln County Board of Education faced off in a third hearing at the West Virginia Public Employees Grievance Board Friday. The former teacher said she believes she was fired because she had reported cheating on test scores.
"We want to reverse the dismissal and put her back in the classroom where she belongs," said Gordon Simmons, a field organizer from the Public Workers' Union who represented Burns.
Superintendent Patricia Lucas attended the hearing on behalf of the Lincoln County Board of Education.
"It's a personnel matter and at this time I can't really discuss anything else other than a personnel matter," Lucas said.
During a previous interview in March, Lucas mentioned that the Lincoln County BOE has never fired anyone for being gay.
Administrative law judge Stephanie Ojeda presided over the open meeting. Rebecca Tinder represented the Lincoln County BOE and argued Burns was terminated due to poor performance.
Both parties questioned witness Devonne Brown Parsons, who taught English at Harts Intermediate School in 2010 alongside Burns.
"She was great, she was great to work with, we got a lot done," said Parsons, characterizing Burns as a teacher.
Tinder claimed administrators found Burns' classroom in a state of chaos on several occasions.
Parsons said both teachers were encouraged to employ "21st-century" teaching methods, which allowed students to work in groups, oftentimes in the hallways.
Ojeda said the parties will meet for at least one more meeting, after which she'll issue a decision.

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In case you didn't catch it, Tiago Splitter and his team Caja Laboral just won the ACB Championship in a epic overtime game. This is an open discussion on the game. Please post GIFs. I also have a poll on Tiago coming this offseason. This is my first post so I am having to put filler statements to get it to 75 words long. Go Spurs!!!!!
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Breast feeding also helps to reduce SIDS and its more important to establish a healthy breast feeding routine. Pacifiers can interfere with that.
ETA: But I was told I could give them after the first 6 weeks.
I gave my dd a paci day 1 and she has no problems bf at 2 months.
Quoting ♥DiscoLemonade:" I've been told that to establish good breastfeeding habits, that I should wait until the baby is at least ... [snip!] ... the sucking motion moving the palate forward or something- So should I wait to let her have one, or give it to her right away?"
if youre breastfeeding do not give baby a paci till 4 weeks. it can cause nipple confusion and will be a pain in your ass to get them to keep breastfeeding.
let baby use you as a paci, it will help keep your supply up.
There are a lot of other things that can reduce the risk of SIDS. I don't know why you have to give your baby one at all. So many people just stick those things in their kids mouths and they are not necessary at all.
I didnt know about nipple confusion, and unfortunately, because I gave DD her paci, she never latched.
Are you co-sleeping?
I got terrified that she was starving and after 5 minutes of fighting her to latch, I popped a bottle into her mouth not even thinking it would be difficult to get her to latch after that.
So paci, bottle, then my nipple. She wasnt having it.
I breastfed my last and gave him a pacifier.
I wouldn't give a pacifier at all. Babies don't need one.
Both of mine have had them since day one and both are/ were excellent nursers.
I didn't breastfeed......but there are tons of other things you can do to reduce SIDS. I have major OCD about that, they say Co-sleeping does. I've done it with both boys, a Pacifier, white noise, a fan something keeping the air moving throughout the room, lay them on their back.
There's a bunch of things you can do. They also have a mat that you can lay your child to sleep on and as soon as it doesn't feel any breathing motion, it sounds an alarm to let you know like a fire alarm.
My daughter was given a pacifier at birth due to her being born early and not having the sucking reflex.
i heard nipple confusion is just a myth anyway.. All of my babies took a paci in the hospital after they were born
I keep reading how nipple confusion is a myth.
there was a study that showed hospitals that banned paci's had a huge drop in breastfeeding. So most are going to start offering them again. I wish I had the links. babies are not stupid. one gives them food, the other doesn't. bottle's I can see the problem, they are easy. But a paci? I think it's crap. We forgot and didn't try a paci with our daughter until she was 3 or weeks. we tried 9 different kinds. she HATED them. I was her paci. she was on my b**bs all day/night every day /night lol she even learned to suck and not get milk just to use me as a paci al night.
this new baby I am bring 3 paci's to the hospital and they can kiss my booty!
My pedi told me she doesn't really believe in nipple confusion so I gave my LO a paci a few days after he was born. 14 months later and still BF like a pro. My nipples hurt so bad and he was trying to use me as a paci so I introduced one.


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Marianna Alfa
From a small village in Slovakia came a girl who dreamt of more. Marianna Alfa's dream of traveling and coming to the U.S. soon became a reality. With a built in excitement in her spirit and the determination to overcome any challenge, she developed a reputation of excellence in her Food and Beverage career. Most would be content with this accomplishment, but she hungered for more. She took her creative energy to the canvas. Beginning as a way to relax and have a creative outlet, Marianna soon realized her natural talent and mastered this whimsical theme as her signature design. Animated yet delicate with color that brings life to any room, her paintings are a perfect description of her own essence. Marianna, like all of her paintings, depict elegance, fun, sass and the celebration of….a woman.


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The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and the Soundtrack of Desire
As a consumer, you've experienced desire: that longing for someone, that appetite for something more, that expectation of pleasure and satisfaction that comes from getting what you want. Whether what you want ranges from an ideal body type, to a cool technological gadget, to fashionable clothes or new cars, someone beautiful is out there selling it to you—beautifully. If you're like me then you've found yourself suddenly and inexplicably under the influence of desire, only later trying to understand where your money went. If you're a lot like me then you'll eventually realize that desire has this effect because of the way it looks and, perhaps more importantly, because of the way it sounds.
One of the more interesting snippets of what desire looks and sounds like right now is The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (VSFS), which aired on November 29th and rebroadcast on December 15th. Rappers and rock stars serenade the audience while Victoria's Secret Angels don Swarovski crystal-encrusted lingerie and angel wings. The visual and aural cornucopias echo ideas of abundance and break down the boundary between public and private spaces by implying a type of intimacy—Victoria wants to share her secret fantasies (privately) with just us (in public). The intimacy implied is totally illusive, which makes it all the more desirable.
This illusiveness starts with the models, who enact intimacy and embody silence as the sound of desire. The VSFS's onstage choreography fixes women squarely in the visual domain and undercuts their credibility in the sonic domain. Instead of raising their voices for self-empowerment while on the air the VSFS suggests that women should push up their breasts and show as much cleavage as possible, playing to audiences as seen and not heard.
Bernd Schmitt, David Rogers, and Karen Vrotsos explain what's behind the VSFS's strategy of strategic silence in their book, There's No Business That's Not Show Business: Marketing in an Experience Culture:
"Since 1995 Victoria's Secret has gone from imitating marketing ideas of true luxury retailers to becoming the model for some of those retailers… Every step of this dramatic progression has been pure show business—pushing the boundaries of fashion and taste, engaging (and sometimes enraging audiences) and transforming the industry into re-imagining itself. Like a teenager wearing her first Wonderbra."
Through a maelstrom of controversies and publicity over the lack of women's voices represented in the fashion shows, the VSFS was re-imagined in the early 2000s and took on a (post-)feminist message of empowerment. Here's the idea: VSFS models are "superheroines" because they brandish their assets on their own terms on the catwalk, in an emancipatory celebration. Silent, desired objects are glorified as consumers are bewitched.
The show facilitates desire by creating additional intimacy for consumers, incorporating an "All Access" website replete with revealing video clips and exclusive photos, biographical videos about the models. The actual broadcast now also airs backstage interviews in which models share their private thoughts about why the VSFS is more than a pornographic commercial or a fantastic rejection of old-school stereotypical bra-burning feminism. For example, during the show one model commented that she's "living the American Dream." Another said that she feels senses of accomplishment and growth because "It's every girl's dream to walk in VSFS… the minute I stood on the runway I felt like I became a woman." Yet another model encouraged young female audience members to aspire to participating in a future VSFS, pronouncing that "someone that's watching this will be an angel."
Despite this backstage commentary much goes unsaid. Noticeably absent from the models' remarks is any mention of how the opportunity to speak their minds is presented only to sell more merchandise that is not certified fair-trade. Then there's the total silence around the privileging of light skin and thinness and their relations to higher levels of "erotic capital" in mainstream popular culture. Out of 10 models in the 2011 show, 3 appeared to be women of color (Asian-American and African-American or mixed race) and only 1 appeared to be a darker-skinned woman of color. No women of color contributed to VSFS's on-air backstage footage. And, adding insult to representational injury, the women of color are hypersexualized even as they are muted. What's more is that all models appeared to be under the size of the actual US female consumer (sizes 10-12), suggesting that most real women are still not considered the target audience for VSFS and thereby suffer a profound lack of agency in voicing images of desire for themselves.
The absence, and silence, of average women and women of color in desire industries has been noted by sociologist Siobhan Brooks in Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry. Brooks writes,
"Many feminists argue that women cannot assert agency within sexual economies; their belief is that women are victimized and/or controlled by heterosexual male desire that is not in the best interest of women. On the other side of the debate… contemporary feminists have focused on sexual agency and the empowerment of women within sexual economies as an expansion of women's control of their bodies. However, within the debate… there remains a theoretical void in examining US-based racial and sexual hierarchies present within desire industries, and how these hierarchies mirror existing forms of racial stratification in US institutions."
This racial stratification is stitched into the very soundtrack of the VSFS, which loudly reinforces women's silence as the sound of desire. The VSFS soundtrack nourishes desire through presenting what Deanna Sellnow and Timothy Sellnow, in their article "The Illusion of Life Rhetorical Perspective: An Integrated Approach to the Study of Music as Communication", call an "illusion of life—a dynamic interaction between virtual experience (lyrics) and virtual time (music)." Racial, gender and class differences produced virtual experience. Lyrics expressed these differences through some form of heterosexual, aspirational and consumptive desire—from getting one's ideal sexual partner, to traveling to exotic locales, and enjoying celebrities' exciting and extravagant lives. The pop and rap songs offered fast tempos, driving rhythms, loud dynamics and full instrumentation, representing intensity and power.
The VSFS's performers show the gendered dimension of that "illusion of life." Kanye West's version of masculinity was on display as he flirted with each model strutting down the runway, making his voice the only one heard as models appeared. His famous line from "Stronger" ("I need you right now"), when coupled with the women's silent sauntering, sounded as relevant as it was politically incorrect.
Maroon 5's performance of "Moves Like Jagger" also addressed the theme of desire, especially when lead singer Adam Levine planted a kiss on the cheek of his girlfriend Anne Vyalitsyna (as she remained silent). Jay-Z and West's show stopping performance of "Niggas in Paris," in which the duo performed without any models on stage, highlighted the rappers' "untouchable" status as rap gods and throne-dwellers. The live audience responded more emphatically to this male-only performance than it did to any other segment of the show.
Nicki Minaj was the only female to appear on stage in the role of non-model, performing "Super Bass" with a hint of Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock's "It Takes Two." Though her performance can be read as a subtle critique of the lack of authentic audience agency and absence of a womanist standpoint in VSFS, it sounded no less male-centered than any of the other performers'. For instance, the first line of "Super Bass" is directed at a male audience driven by consumption, "This one is for the boys with the booming system." In this respect Minaj could be seen as The Female Voice of VSFS, as her rapping about self-image and relationships with men is consistent with sanctioned topic areas for women in general.
However, and in keeping with the show's theme of women's silence as the sound of desire, Minaj's performance does offer a quiet critique of hegemonic images of desire and desirability. Unlike the male performers Minaj always stayed behind the models and in the background. Consequently, Minaj's short stature, colored wig, thicker figure, sneakers, outlandish outfit, and darker skin were presented in sharp contrast with the tall, high-heeled, thin, lighter-skinned, scantily clad, and perfectly coiffed models who she stalked as they came down the runway. A scan through tweets posted as the show aired confirms that audiences got Minaj's message even if they eventually turned it against themselves, revealing that desire can sometimes be displeasing and painfully restrictive. Take the following tweet from viewer @kelcicoffey: "Going on a diet after watching #VSFashionShow tonight XD."
Though Minaj's soundless critique speaks volumes, the VSFS soundscape ultimately seals the edges on a spectacle brimming with hegemonic impressions and sensations of desire. The end product is an illusion of life that is mostly white, nearly naked, always feminized and conspicuously silent.
Marcia Alesan Dawkins is an award-winning writer, speaker, educator and visiting scholar at Brown University. She is the author of Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity (Baylor UP, 2012) and Eminem: The Real Slim Shady (Praeger, 2013).
Marcia writes about racial passing, mixed race identities, media, popular culture, religion and politics for a variety of high-profile publications. She earned her PhD in communication from USC Annenberg, her master's degrees in humanities from USC and NYU and her bachelor's degrees in communication arts and honors from Villanova. Contact: www.marciadawkins.com
How Many Mics Do We Rip on the Daily?
A woman's voice to this game right now is so extremely necessary in order to save it.–MC Lyte, My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women in Hip-Hop
On Monday August 30th, BET premiered My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women in Hip Hop, a documentary that traces the rise of female MCs within hip hop and that strives to challenge the view that hip hop is a "man's game." Although the rappers interviewed–for example Medusa, Salt N Pepa, Trina, Eve–all agreed that men are a strong presence in hip hop, they are proof that they are not living in the shadow of male rappers (perhaps in the shadow of Lauryn Hill? Yes? No? Maybe?). The documentary helped bring me back to questions I had about women and hip hop, questions that arose while doing my research on hip hop and representations of urban space.
I come to hip hop not just as a music fan, but as a cultural studies critic. I like hip hop, but I really started paying attention when I saw the connections between the music I was bopping my head to and the stuff I was reading and thinking about. It started with Kanye West, one of my favorite rappers, and his song "My Way Home" (from Late Registration). At the time I was taking a course on African American realist fiction and the City, and thinking through what the idea of home meant for all of the migrants who had come from the South to the North. Chicago weighed heavily on my mind as I drove up from New York City back to Upstate NY one weekend, and listened to Late Registration along the way. The opening sample, from Gil-Scott Heron's "Home Is Where The Hatred Is," came on, and I had one of those serendipitous moments researchers dream of: "Chicago is home for Kanye. Chicago is the place where many of these characters live. But is it home for them? Can this city ever be a home?"
My questions led me to revisit my iTunes and my boyfriend's CDs (we're both big music fans, and one of the bonuses of moving in together was that our music collections became one big collection) in search of other songs about cities. I started building a playlist for my paper and buying songs like no one's business. I was drawing connections between the African American fiction I was reading and the songs I was listening to. They both underscored the importance of urban spaces in the development of a post-migration identity–a very urban one at that. And hip hop is an inherently urban genre. However, amidst Kanye and Mos Def, Jay-Z and Gil-Scott Heron, Murs and Ice Cube, I noticed a big, dark, deep hole: where were the female MCs? It had been easy to find plenty of songs about cities by male rappers, but songs by female rappers? Not so much.
After I got over my initial embarrassment that I had gone so long without noticing this lack in my iTunes playlist, I started to search for female MCs rapping about the city. I collected names and songs. I looked up obscure remixes online, and downloaded songs by female rappers I'd never heard of before. (My favorite from that search? "Philly Philly" by Eve. Once I start humming, I can't get it out of my head.) But there was less of a variety, and they talked about urban space differently. Whereas many male rappers put the grit, the violence, and the dangerous streets of the city front and center in their music, this was not so for the female rappers I looked at. A good example of this is Lauryn Hill's "Every Ghetto, Every City" where she reminisces about her childhood in Jersey, but says that "every ghetto, every city" brings her back to the streets where she grew up. I used to think that I didn't have enough of a sample to say what was the tone of female MCs toward urban space; now I wonder if the sample issue had anything to do with the lack of female MCs nowadays.
However, the documentary ends on a positive note: after calling into question whether Nicki Minaj's popularity is helping or hurting rap (see adurhamtamu's post on The Crunk Feminist Collective for a more thoughtful look at Nicki Minaj's performances), we have Glenisha Morgan from The Fembassy, who argues that if you want to listen to female MCs all you have to do is look for them. She provides viewers a long list of female rappers out there, albeit underground: Medusa, Jean Grae, Tiye Phoenix…Maybe my problem wasn't that I couldn't find female rappers rapping about cities, but that I was looking in all the wrong places. I am looking forward to checking out these female rappers and seeing what they have to say about their relationship to urban space through their music. Thanks, BET, for caring.


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The state volleyball tournament runs Friday-Saturday at the Denver Coliseum. Below are the 3A pool pairings. One team advances out of each pool. No. 1 Grandview received the top seed.
Pool I: No. 1 Eaton, No. 8 Bayfield, No. 12 Lamar.
Pool II: No. 2 Valley, No. 7 University, No. 11 Machebeuf
Pool III: No. 3 Manitou Springs, No. 6 Gunnison, No. 10 Sterling
Pool IV: No. 4 Platte Valley, No. 5 Holy Family, No. 9 Coal Ridge
Friday's schedule
Play begins at 8 a.m. each day. Matches begin 8 minutes following the completion of the match prior.
Matches in order: Bayfield vs. Lamar, Holy Family vs. Coacl Ridge, Eaton vs. Lamar, Platte Valley vs. Coal Ridge, Valley vs. Machebeuf, Manitou Springs vs. Sterling, University vs. Machebeuf, Gunnison vs. Sterling.
Saturday's schedule
Matches in order: Platte Valley vs. Holy Family, Eaton vs. Bayfield, Manitou Springs vs. Gunnison, Valley vs. University.
Championship bracket
Pool I winner faces Pool IV winner; Pool II winner faces Pool III winner.


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Caring Hands Food Ministry Benefit Auction
Friday, April 19, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.
Dull's Auction Barn, St. Rt. 14, East Palestine, OH
Benefit auction of new and gently used items including gift baskets, gift certificates, furniture & more. Food available for purchase. Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
One hundred percent of the proceeds go to Caring Hands Food Ministry which gives food to over 600 people each month.


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NM officials reconsider take-home squads
Budget considerations sited as reason for review — Santa Fe cops cops commute 1.3M miles beyond city limits annually
By Kiera Hay
Santa Fe police officers living outside the city's limits commute an average of 1.3 million miles to work each year on the municipality's dime, according to a report presented Tuesday to city officials. Nearly 50 live far enough away that the round-trip commute is at least 99 miles. Four officers live in Las Vegas, N.M. and travel about 120 miles to and from work each day, putting an average of just over 24,000 miles on their patrol cars annually. Altogether, just over 150 members of the police force take advantage of a city policy that allows them to take their "company cars" home.
Around 84 officers commute at least 9 miles. Another 68 Santa Fe-based officers also take their cars home, but no mileage numbers were provided for them. Deputy Police Chief Robin Contreras said the work life of most police cars generally ends between 85,000 and 100,000 miles, although Santa Fe does maintain a handful of cars with mileages above that. Santa Fe's typical police car, a Chevy Impala, costs around $35,000. The cost of gas and basic maintenance for commuting cars amounts to around $130,819 annually, according to the report.
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What's the most beautiful city in China?
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Urban skyline from a rooftop - Shanghai (. . . oh, are we considering Hong Kong here).
Walking along streets - Lijiang, Xiamen (Gulangyu Island)
Topography - Guilin/Yangshuo
Majority say - Hangzhou
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History - Beijing and X'ian.
Topography - Yangshuo (as casey has said)
Obscene displays of weath - Shanghai
Food - Chengdu.
Overall my vote goes to X'ian, a great, great city.
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If we exclude Hong Kong, Hangzhou is probably #1 for combining urban scenery with nature.
If it's just great urban views you're looking for, then Shanghai would be your best choice.
I don't think Guilin is a good example, the scenery around it is indeed beautiful, but the city itself has nothing.
Chongqing can seem nice when you view it from afar, but extremely ugly when you walk its streets. Still, it is one of China's most fascinating cities I think.
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I once traveled to Guilin and Yangshuo with my friends in October, 2011. We set off alongside the tranquil Li River for a good introduction to Guangxi's dreamlike scenery, with its otherworldly karst topography as a backdrop. Many streets are embroidered with osmanthus trees, filling the air with a sweet fragrance. Take the bamboo raft ride or cycle through the dreamy valleys.
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Why has no one even mentioned Qingdao? Not sure about the new area but the old town is great, it's not a typical chinese city but I don't think it matters.
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Lijiang is incredibly scenic, even though you can hardly move through the crowds of Chinese tourists. You just can't NOT like it.
Of the big cities we visited in a 30-day trip last year (see my China 2012 travelogue), my wife and I thought Xi'an was the nicest.
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I also found that if you get up early in Lijiang the tourist crowds aren't too bad, and on the side streets are nearly empty on most days.
Personally when I was in Xi'an I found it rather dusty and the area outside of the old city wall had very little character. That said, there are many historical sites there and once inside the city wall and wandering around the muslim quarter it can be pleasant.
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Beijing has to be never one. But a lesser known place is Pingyao, 3hours by train from Beijing, amazing old town.
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Beijing, China's capital city over 700 years is the most beautiful city. It is one of the most populous cities in the world.
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Hi, in my view, Shanghai is the most beautiful city of China. It is a historical and cultural city. Travelling Shanghai, you can see the blending of Westerin and Eastern culture. If you have chance, you should visit Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market, Oriental Pearl TV tower, The Bund, Shanghai Museum, Zhujiajiao, or Nanjing Road.
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Most popular cities in china i really like it
Guilin (Yangshuo/Longsheng)
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The California State Athletic Commission agreed today to issue a license for Josh Barnett to fight MMA in California.
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Lynchburg, VA - Friday night The James River Bluegrass Association will present a bluegrass concert featuring Ralph Stanley, II.
Stanley is the son of Dr. Ralph Stanley and was the lead singer for The Clinch Mountain Boys, who have won every award in bluegrass music.
The concert will open with The Clearwater Branch Band and will be at the Madison Heights Community Center.
Admission is $15 and doors open at 6 p.m.
Firecracker Jam will play Friday night at The Ellington. There will be a variety of dance music.
Tickets are only $10 at the door.
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After a lot of deliberation, the Farm Bill has just cleared the House.
The Farm Bill compensates rural counties for federal land they can't tax.
Lawmakers pushed hard to get this bill back in the budget, because for many rural communities the funding is essential for basic services such as police, fire protection and road maintenance.
Now that its through the House, we are a step closer to getting a 1 year extension on this federal program. Now its all up to the Senate for this to move forward.


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- And the mystery sponsor of KSU football is…
- Clayton County women arrested for trafficking teens for sex.
- Floyd County school system planning lay-offs.
- Georgia National Guard unit from Marietta to deploy to Afghanistan in two weeks.
- Big bill for Open Record request.
- [Update] Amazon still in talks with the state.
- [Update] Itty-bitty cars being auctioned.
- Chuck Hagel vote filibustered.
- Facebook caught censoring protests against Obama.
- Le Frogs are totally bankrupt.
- Gun-grab legislation introduced in Missouri.
- Marco Rubio water bottles!
- Who cares what the Supreme Court says!
- Interesting take on the Pope's resignation.
- It's not just Georgia that has a political consultant problem.
- Second vacation this year, but who's counting?
- Sunk boat.
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- Run away! Run away!
- [Update] Jefferson County, Alabama okays debt deal with the Europeans. What could go wrong?
- [Update] SkyNet.
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- It's only a matter of time…
- "Vinegar" valentines.
- Up in the sky…it's a bird… it's a plane… it's a giant rock! [Update] This morning's meteor hit in Russia is said to be unrelated. Harry Stamper…Stamper…Mr. Harry Stamper…white courtesy phone, please.


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Paging Stan Gelbaugh? Brandon Mebane playing the role of the Tez Monster?
How long can our incredible D keep doing the job?
We're getting production out of Marshawn and the line can run block, but the pass blocking is really struggling. Penalties keep us d*ck stomping ourselves instead of touchdown dancing. The rest of the NFC West is in beast mode this year, something must happen soon or we could go 8-8 and still finish last in this division.


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Dead fish that have washed up on Blind Pass Beach will be cleaned up later this week, Sarasota County officials said.
The dead fish began washing ashore Tuesday in what officials say is result of a red tide bloom located in the Gulf of Mexico. As recently as this past weekend, county lifeguards reported signs of red tide at some of the public beaches in the southern portion of the county.
Officials in Sarasota County say inmates on the Sheriff's Work Offender program will begin cleaning up the dead fish on Thursday of this week as officials continue to monitor area public beaches.
"We realize that reports of red tide are an inconvenience for hotels, resorts, visitors, residents and beachfront property owners," said George Tatge, manager, Sarasota County Parks and Recreation. "The good news is we have 35-miles of beaches in Sarasota County and at this time the impacts seem to be isolated to only a small portion of that."
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Some Biyombo updates I had neither seen nor heard, though they're a week or so old: * When it comes to his NBA agent rights, he has fired his former Spanish agent and signed with Bell Management International, who work out of Maryland. Perhaps they will have an easier time of negotiating the NBA waters. * His Spanish team now claims to hold his rights through 2014 with a $3 million buyout on the contract. Previously, those numbers were reported to have been 2012 and $1.4 million. * Biyombo is in a contract dispute with that team and is attempting to get five months of his salary as well as the contract voided. He apparently claims the club didn't pay him on time going as far back as September '010 and also refused to help him get a visa to play in the Nike Hoop Summit. Biyombo's new management has been negotiating with his club in an attempt to reach a settlement as recently as the middle of last week.
Reflections on Tyler Honeycutt and Malcolm Lee slipping into second round of NBA draft.
Big East Linkage brings you NBA Draft stories to review before tonight's draft.
An excellent, detailed description of Bismack Biyombo's workout in Charlotte, which, unlike his workout Tuesday in Auburn Hills, was open to the media. The good news: his offense needs work but isn't as bad as advertised. Also, blocks and dunks were enjoyed by all. (Bonus link: DraftExpress still has Detroit taking Biyombo.)
Three Big East players taken in latest NBA Mock Draft
I have no idea who this is but according to Draft Express the Lakers have promised to draft him. Well that's nice.
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When location scouts went searching for sites around Norwalk to shoot a movie, they stopped to check out St. Stephen's Church. Then they walked next door, to Deborah Ann's, to take a candy break.
"The director thought it was so adorable that they actually wrote a scene for it," said Laura Hill, the production supervisor for "The Witches of Oz," a film she described as a continuation of the original "Wizard of Oz" movie, where "instead of Dorothy coming to Oz, Oz comes to Manhattan."
The movie, funded by Connecticut investors, has been filmed in sites around Fairfield County—Bridgeport stood in for the streets of New York City on film in December.
And on Thursday, the crew came to film in St. Stephens, Deborah Ann's and the Orange Elephant. Two actors, Ari Zagaris and Paulie Rojas, stood behind the counter at the candy store shortly before noon rehearsing a scene and bantering with the crew.
The movie's big names—Christopher Lloyd as the wizard as well as "Lord of the Rings'" Billy Boyd—were not filming Thursday, but Hill, a life-long "Back to the Future" fan, spoke enthusiastically of how down to earth both actors were.
"Once he signed on, all these people were interested in signing on," Hill said of Lloyd, despite it being a low budget film made by a brand new Norwalk-based production company, Blackthorn Pictures.
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this kiro radio station is themed to the andrew walsh show in the segment "taste buds" where rachelle belle comes in to talk with andrew. we have andrew in the center rachelle on the lift and nick on the right
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Net farm income is forecast to be $95.8 billion in 2014, down 26.6 percent from 2013's forecast of $130.5 billion. The 2014 forecast would be the lowest since 2010, but would remain $8 billion above the previous 10-year average. Lower crop cash receipts, and, to a lesser degree, a change in the value of crop inventories and reduced government farm payments, drive the expected drop in net farm income. Net cash income is forecast at $101.9 billion, down almost 22 percent from the 2013 forecast. Net cash income is projected to decline less than net farm income primarily because it reflects the sale of more than $6 billion in carryover stocks from 2013.
Crop receipts are expected to decrease more than 12 percent in 2014, led by a projected $11-billion decline in corn receipts and a $6-billion decline in soybean receipts. Livestock receipts are forecast to increase in 2014 largely due to higher milk prices. The elimination of direct payments under the Agricultural Act of 2014 and uncertainty regarding enrollment and payments during 2014 result in a projected 45-percent decline in government payments. On the other hand, total production expenses are forecast to decline $3.9 billion in 2014, which would be only the second time expenses declined in the last 10 years.
The rate of growth in farm assets, debt and equity is forecast to slow in 2014 compared to recent years. The slowdown in growth is a result of expected lower net income, higher borrowing costs, and moderation in the growth of farmland values. As a result, the value of farm assets is expected to rise 2.4 percent in 2014, while farm sector debt is expected to increase 2.3 percent. This represents a noticeable reduction in the average annual growth in each of these measures compared with the last 10 years. Nonetheless, the historically low levels of debt relative to assets and equity reaffirm the sector's strong financial position.
Get the 2014 forecast for farm sector income.
Projected median total farm household income is expected to remain essentially unchanged in 2013 and 2014, with a slight increase between 2012 and 2013, followed by a slight decrease to $68,132 in 2014. Given the broad USDA definition of a farm, many farms are not profitable even in the best farm income years. With sectorwide net cash farm income forecast to decline in 2013 and 2014, median farm income is expected to decline to -$2,534 in 2014 (down from -$1,453 in 2012). Most farm households earn all of their income from off-farm sources—median off-farm income is projected to increase by 2.9 percent in 2013 and 3.5 percent in 2014, to $62,585. (Note: Because they are based on unique distributions, median total income will generally not equal the sum of median off-farm and median farm income.)
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Forsworn of the Scarlet Liturgy
or: Plot Twist My Players HatedSpoilerVictorious. That is the word that has been chanted in your ears the entire night throughout the streets and within the taverns. Glory. Your prize and your right after having saved this two bit town for the third time. When the wererats threatened to overrun the slums, you were there to defend the common people. As demons poured forth from twisted crags in the upper hills, you were there to save the noblity from certain damnation. In the end when all hope had been lost and the Ash King's firey sigil scorched the skies for weeks on end as his Legion of Flame advanced like a slow burning wildfire... you stood against it all. Victorious. You have become the word, it is but a single aspect of your character. Everyone knows your name, it is chanted in the streets long after the sun has set. This, the latest of the numerous parties you have been invited to, has spilt out into the street as should be expected. Every patron wishes to drink to your name. Gold and silver flows as readily as water. All the songs are of joyous celebration, and they are all singing of you.
The sound of silence roars, as it once had on the fields of battle just outside the city walls. It leaves you deaf to the singing, the praise, the joy of the people. You know what is coming, and that you can do nothing to stop it. Heat bursts forth, escaping from every crack and crevice of the cobblestone street. Even the screams of the first dozen or so to fall cannot reach your ears, you hear only silence. It aches. The utter lack leaves your mind grasping. You take your blade in hand, striking at the first Legionnaire you see. Even as the bone armor grows and distorts his skin from the inside, the man's eyes beg you to save him. Fire burst from his mouth as he screams unheard. You give him a good death. The blade in your hand seperates his life from the everburning hellflames of the Ash King. Guards pour into the square, each clasping the glowing amulets around their necks as they mutter prayers to whatever gods they worship. They join the battle, adding their strength to yours. But you know it won't be enough. You don't even bother with why or how. You just fight.
In the distance, at the edge of sight, stands a slender figure atop a low roof overlooking the town square. He watches the battle with some interest, obviously not bothered by it. There is a white mask covering his face, and his hands are decorated with vicious claws. He stands with his elbow resting in his palm, and his free hand taps a claw against his chin every so often. Every time you think of confronting him, the legions press harder and in greater numbers. Just as you become used to fighting the terrible brutes, they are replaced with many smaller and faster ones that you cant seem to pin down. Every time your strategy changes, so does the forces fighting against you. In the end, it is all you can do to hold them back.
The masked stranger raises a single claw from his lower hand, a dark red light growing there until it suddenly unleashes itself on the town square, removing many of the guards and legions from the fight in a single instant. The blast didnt kill those caught within it, it removed from this world them along with any else that was within its grasp. With that act of recklessness, the tide of battle turned against you. The legions press in harder from every point, your forces spread far too thin to deal with the onslaught. Now that the legions easily outnumbered you five to one. Just as it seemed that your night of celebration was to come to a sudden and bloody end, the legions numbers seemed to thin. It wasnt that there were less of them, but rather that they were pulling away. The masked stranger turns away from the battle and simply disappears, but not before saying one thing that you will never forget. "The Ash King lives."


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Rabies vaccination clinic and licensing information
The Montvale Board of Health, in conjunction with Northwest Bergen Regional Health Commission, will hold its annual anti-rabies clinic on Saturday, Jan. 5 at the Montvale Department of Public Works Garage on Memorial Drive.
Dogs on non-retractable leashes will be vaccinated from 10 to 11 a.m. Cats in carriers will be vaccinated from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Dr. Hansen from Montvale Animal Hospital will be administering the vaccinations. There is no charge for vaccinations.
Montvale residents wishing to license their pets may do so at the clinic. Previous registered pet owners will receive their renewal notices in the mail and should bring their license renewal form to the clinic. For newly acquired pets, a license renewal form is available in the MyMontvale December newsletter, may be downloaded from the Borough's website at montvale.org, and is also available at the Municipal Complex, 12 Mercedes Drive, second floor, Montvale.
If renewing by mail, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope and the appropriate fee. The fee per Montvale Ordinance 2008-1284 is $18 for all pets that are either spayed or neutered, $21 for pets that are not spayed or neutered. The fee is $10 for pet owners who are 55 years or older. There is no fee for licensing Seeing Eye or Hearing Ear dogs. To avoid the late fee pets must be registered by Feb. 28. Checks should be made payable to the Borough of Montvale. Pet owners who fail to license a pet shall be subject to a penalty of $250 per Board of Health Ordinance 2008-1288.
Residents are asked to check their pets' rabies vaccination expiration before mailing. The rabies vaccination must be valid thru Nov. 1, 2013. A copy of the certificate verifying the expiration date should be enclosed. Licenses will not be issued with an expired rabies vaccination date. Pursuant to N.J.S.C. 8:23A-4.2, in order to issue a dog license, the pet owner must first supply to the animal licensing agent a rabies vaccination certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian that the animal's duration of immunity extends throughout at least the first 10 months of the 12 month licensing period. Animals that have duration of immunity which expires prior to the 10-month cut-off must receive a booster rabies vaccination prior to licensure.
At this time the Borough of Montvale would like to remind all residents that no person within the borough shall keep more than a total of four animals per property. Dogs are not permitted to run at large, owners may be subject to fine.
Residents who no longer own a pet or have any questions may contact Janet Russo, Board of Health secretary, at 201-391-5700 at ext. 257 Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.


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NBC's Chuck Todd Admonishes Andrea Mitchell for Lame Attempt to Play Race Card on Rick Perry
Andrea Mitchell's attempt to imply Rick Perry was being racially insensitive, for calling fellow GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain "brother," during Tuesday's Republican debate, was so lame even her NBC colleague Chuck Todd wasn't buying it. Mitchell, on Wednesday's edition of MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports, dredged up the N-Head controversy on Perry as she scolded: "If I were Rick Perry and had that sign or the, the stone that used to be on that, that property I'm not sure I would've gone with the 'brother' stuff, over and over again."
Todd then tried to rein in his NBC colleague as he admonished: "Just very quickly on the 'brother' thing. That's a Southern cultural thing," and reminded her that their "late friend Mr. [Tim] Russert" was also fond of using that term in a friendly way, "He loved to refer to all of us as brother." Even the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza came to Perry's defense as he agreed with Todd and offered: "It sounded to me more like Hulk Hogan saying, 'brother.'" [video after the jump]
The following exchanges were aired on the October 19 edition of Andrea Mitchell Reports:
ANDREA MITCHELL: And Chris Cillizza what about Herman Cain and [Rick] Perry trying to take him on? This is Perry trying to take him on, on 9-9-9 and the whole apples and oranges bit.
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RICK PERRY: Herman, I love you brother. But let me tell you something. You don't have to have a big analysis to figure this out. Go to New Hampshire where they don't have a sales tax and you're fixin' to give 'em one. I'll bump plans with ya brother.
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MITCHELL: Brother Cillizza, I don't know if I were, as Joe Scarborough said, if I, if I were Rick Perry and had that sign or the, the stone that used to be on that, that property I'm not sure I would've gone with the "brother" stuff, over and over again. A little uncomfortable.
CHUCK TODD: Yeah, just very quickly on the "brother" thing. That's a Southern cultural thing.
CHRIS CILLIZZA, WASHINGTON POST: Yeah.
TODD: So I think, you know, there's, there's times - people want to pick on Rick Perry.
MITCHELL: Okay.
TODD: This is just too easy.
CILLIZZA: I agree. It sounded more like, it sounded to me more like Hulk Hogan saying "brother."
MITCHELL: It was brother, it was brother Joe Scarborough, Southern culture-
TODD: Don't forget brother, brother, brother Tim. Our, our late friend Mr. Russert.
MITCHELL: Okay, well-
TODD: He loved to refer to all of us as brother.
MITCHELL: Well it just came off a little bit strangely.
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Oh brutha...er, brother
Submitted by Mister Orange on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:39pm.
How many race cards does Andrea Mitchell's deck have? Until something incriminating surfaces the only thing that will convince me that Perry is racist is a photo of him triumphantly pulling King Arthur's sword from N----- Rock.
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None of the above
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:48pm.
Todd's wrong.
Mitchell's wrong.
Cillizza's wrong.
It's a Christian term of affection/acknowledgement, something I've seen used in a church I went to as a kid, basically "brothers in Christ." Both Cain and Perry are strong Christians, their backgrounds are similar if you think about it.
Nothing strange about that at all......to the informed. Those idiots (Todd, Mitchell, Cillizza) are definitely uninformed about that.
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Good evening Jon
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:04pm.
My brother. God bless you.
You wouldn't them to reference Jesus in any way now would you?
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
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Submitted by GG_NB on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:46pm.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
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The term is older than Christianity
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 6:04pm.
The term "Brother" is far older than Christianity. It's been a term of unity and affiliation since at least the Age of the Spartans.
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Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
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Andrea is pure stupid
Submitted by Injest on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 3:35am.
That brother thing is also a military cultural thing,
"Just very quickly on the 'brother' thing. That's a Southern cultural thing," and reminded her that their "late friend Mr. [Tim] Russert"
But Andrea that "black ink on white paper" is pure stupid but it works for you Mitchell
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Both Cain and Perry are Christian, and are Brothers in the Lord.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:49pm.
Andrea Mitchell nbc newwws Washington.....
yea lame squared...
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Bad mummy. Now go to your sarcophagus for 2,000 years.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:50pm.
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I think Andrea should get a pass on this one
Submitted by bkeyser on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:53pm.
the furthest south she's been in 40 years is probably 49th street, NYC.
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Cornell West called Bill O'Reilly his brother while debating
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:59pm.
each other last week. So was Cornell West being racist Andrea???????
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Oh, Brother...!
Submitted by gopcongress on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:08pm.
Sorry. Too easy.
"The news and truth are not the same thing." -Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
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Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:11pm.
Grow up. Your racist remarks are about as old as you are. Good grief, get some new material before you completely make a fool out of yourself. How pathetic!!
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Good evening jane
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:16pm.
Racism is recorded as far back as the tower of Babel. I think she predates that.
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grammajane......Let's give Andrea Mitchell a break. In fact,
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 1:21am.
you really should feel sympathy for Andrea Mitchell. She has a huge burden that she carries around every day. You've heard the expression that begins with "Beauty is only skin deep...."
Well, since Andrea Mitchell is a biased Leftist so-called "journalist,' the expression and description for Andrea Mitchell, goes something like this: "Beauty is only skin deep, but she and her ideas are ugly to the bone."
Now I don't know about you, but if I was a Leftist who was ugly to the bone, I wouldn't have the nerve to appear on television.
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Andrea Mitchell?
Submitted by KyWriter on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:15pm.
Why is this miserable, common-scold harridan still on NBC? Or anywhere else for that matter. Even Chuck Todd seems to have had enough of her. Must be something to do with the Americans with Disabilities Act. I didn't know it covered delusional ideologues, but it apparently makes an exception for dessicated fishwives.
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Do you suppose?
Submitted by KornKing on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:35pm.
Is stupidity a disability now?
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More "strange" terms and/or titles
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:56pm.
Here's some more "strange" terms and/or titles:
Bother, can you spare a dime?
Brother in Arms.
United Brotherhood of Carpenters.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
International Brotherhood of Magicians.
Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Brotherhood of Street Racers. (That's GOT to be racist!)
(Feel free to add to the list.)
My God! I never knew how "strange" the term Brother really is! It's as if every single Union member strangely calls themselves "brothers" or "sisters!"
Andrea, you need to get out more. Perhaps then you'll realize that the term "Brother" isn't slang, like the term "Bro" is.
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Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
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Submitted by Michael30 on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 1:05am.
Does seem a bit odd doesn't it...
1. Freemasons say "Let the brother receive the light..." Guess they are trying to convert black guys.
2. Band Of Brothers wasn't a series about a military unit, guess it was about The Ink Spots.
3. Oh Brother Where Art Thou wasn't a movie either, it was about a blind black guy looking for another black guy.
4. Brothers in Christ I suppose means that Christ ate black guys. Didn't know he was a cannibal.
5. My own brother Andy, well darn, here I thought we grew up together, but I guess he had that disease that Michael Jackson had that made him look white.
I know these where pretty hokey, but you did ask readers to add on to it.
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And if I were Mrs. Alan Greenspan . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:59pm.
. . . I'd be extra careful about assigning blame in the economic mess.
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andrea is married to ....
Submitted by firstname.lastname@example.com on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 6:32pm.
.........alan greenspan. What do you expect form this biased activist?
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Wazzup wit dat, Bro?
Submitted by jdlybrand on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 7:52pm.
If he'd said "wazzup Bro", she might have had a point.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
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Maybe, but I doubt it.
Submitted by Denny Crane on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 10:38pm.
Is Budweiser racist?
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Submitted by Scott Trent on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 9:00pm.
Andrea Mitchell. Nasally, snob, bitch from hell...
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The prune
Submitted by hughglass on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 9:37pm.
No one watches this dried up prune skank bitch. Who in their right mind would hire this raspy POS?
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Adrea boring
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 11:25pm.
Andrea Mitchell has become such a boring partisan hack you can see her attempts to smear any Republican within shouting distance of her. She should go home and take care of her health issue. Maybe NBC would see fit to substitute a real journalist for her instead of a water carrier and mouth piece for Obama.
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Doesn't anyone here know how to edit?
Submitted by sherlock1 on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 11:25pm.
To "reign in" might mean to insert a new monarch, if it was actually a real expression. On the other hand, to "rein in" is what you do to a horse that is running too fast - you pull on the reins. I suspect that you meant the latter.
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Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 11:42pm.
I admire your precision. Truly I do.
But I've found (much to my chagrin, I might add)...that when I am a bit busy, and typing for all I'm worth, I will actually make the most stupid errors.
Their/there/they're. Its/it's. Like that.
Although I knew the diff between rein/reign....I truly enjoy coming across a phrase/spelling about which I'm not sure, causing me to look it up and learn the difference.
For example..."Toe the line/Tow the line".
On that, I shall rein myself in, or in the words of Timothy H...."Sometimes it's just not worth chewing through the restraints".
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Another joint from Africa native K'naan. It must be a very proud moment in his career when he can say he performed for the World Cup in South Africa. If you heard the Distant Relatives I am sure you heard of K'naan. He has been doing some major things with his unique sound. I wish him the best in his career
Shakira – Waka Waka
A wonderfully produced song for the world cup. I have to say that I really like this song a lot. It is very universal as far as being able to cross boundaries of language, culture, and presonal preference. I see Shakira rocking that yellow and green on her shirt. Hope she is representing her "favorite" team Brazil because they are taking it this year.
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Everybody no matter where you are take a moment and say free Buju out loud or scream it in your mind let your intension feel felt to the world. There are people selling free Buju Shirts. The money goes to help his council. This is their site. Feel free to do your part and read up on him. This is the same thing that Happened with Jah Cure just in a different country and different circumstances.
Enough of the literature this is a song that will touch your soul and let you see the man that Buju is now. This is a marvelous song. So rich in sound and smooth in texture. I am checking to see if there are any ways to purchase this song with him getting the benefit. If you can wait before buying this I will have an answer posted on the facebook.
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A new tune from Gyptian. It would be a tough tune if he wasn't using the auto tune. The only reason I have an issue with it is not because Jay-z deaded that thing called auto tune but because he can actually sing. This song really states what every one else is saying. The same problem in New York is the same problem in Jamaica. "The people need more money." I know plenty of people that commit crimes not because they want to but because they have to. If I had more money I can bring you guys the site that you would really want but they just keep raising the prices of things. Why can we not got to the higher end schools without the money if we don't have the knowledge? Should the governments issue not be to enrich the masses to make more money themselves?
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The digester is a widely used instrument in laboratories performing nitrogen analysis for diversified applications in food&feed, beverage, environmental, chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
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My current drink of choice:
classic gin martini with a blue cheese stuffed olive
My favorite comfort food:
pasta in butter cream sauce
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La Fourchette and the Hominy Grill, Charleston SC. La Moulerie, Boris Bistro and Paris Buerre in Montreal. The Rockaway Athletic Club (before the fire) in Columbia SC
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