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Handicapping Picks for 02/16/2012
Race #3 - Rating = 2
#4 Blue Tambourine - Fair odds 5/2
#2 Jaws n' Paws - Fair odds 5/2
#1 Subpoena the Dress - Fair odds 5/2
Blue Tambourine likes to have the lead early, as evidenced by the fact she earned her last two wins in sprints when in front from start to finish. She didn't have a chance to lead last out in a higher 40K claimer when the opening ¼ went in 21.4 but today she appears to be the lone front runner and capable of returning to winning form. Jaws n' Paws is a perfect 3 for 3 on the SA main track, including a nice win last time out on 1/19 at the slightly lower 16K level. Claimed out of that win by the strong Garcia barn and with Krigger riding back after being up for that last win, this mare show won back to back last summer has every right to win her 2nd in a row. Subpoena the Dress also likes it at SA, with a 4 for 9 record including a strong win one before last on January 2. Claimed by Mitchell out of her last race, a poor effort when breaking slowly following the win, she gets a jockey change to Rosario, who rode her to victory the only time previously in the saddle, so if the top pick can't go all the way in front this gal could get the job done.
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Perhaps bored by the NBA playoffs so far, Miami Heat star LeBron James has accepted a role in an upcoming Judd Apatow feature film.
It's called "Trainwreck," which maybe isn't the best-titled movie to pick for your big acting debut.
The movie will also star Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Tilda Swinton and Method Man. Schumer wrote the script, and it is expected to be…wait a second, Tilda Swinton and Method Man? TILDA SWINTON AND METHOD MAN?!
Apatow announced the news on his Twitter:
Lebron James has joined the cast of my next film Trainwreck written by and starring @amyschumer. Welcome @KingJames facebook.com/photo.php?v=30…—
Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) May 07, 2014
This will be James' third project in the works with Universal Pictures — the studio is working on a feature film based on James' time in high school, and he also plans to star in a movie called "Ballers" with Kevin Hart, which I'm praying is just a basketball-themed reboot of "Twins."
Make it happen, Universal.
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Sun Micrososystems freed OpenOffice.org a decade ago but kept tight controls that stifled the project. Oracle bought Sun but now has seen the light and has transferred the assets to the Apache Foundation.
While the Apache Foundation has some conflict with Free Software in its licensing, ASL is a Free Software licence and The Document Foundation and The Apache Foundation are in contact about future relationships.
""We welcome highly-focused, emerging projects from individual contributors, as well as those with robust developer communities, global user bases, and strong corporate backing," added Jagielski. "The ASF's organizational, legal, financial, and infrastructure support gives incubating projects the ability to provide valuable software to millions of users without having to worry about liability. Today's submission of the OpenOffice.org code base is testament to our track record for successfully incubating highly-established, well-respected projects such as Apache SpamAssassin and Apache Subversion."
Incubating projects (known as "podlings") benefit from hands-on mentorship from other Apache contributors and are guided on an array of processes and principles within the Foundation, including adopting the Apache voting structure and growing a vibrant and diverse community. Jim Jagielski is the proposed podling mentor for the OpenOffice.org community during the incubation process."
see Incubation at Apache: What's it all about?
According to the announcement on TDF-announce, "The Document Foundation would welcome the reuniting of the OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice projects into a single community of equals in the wake of the departure of Oracle. The step Oracle has taken today was no doubt taken in good faith, but does not appear to directly achieve this goal. The Apache community, which we respect enormously, has very different expectations and norms – licensing, membership and more – to the existing OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice projects. We regret the missed opportunity but are committed to working with all active community members to devise the best possible future for LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org. "
When all the dust settles, I expect OpenOffice.org and/or LibreOffice to grow in usability and reliability as a result of this move to the extent that Oracle was holding things back and to the extent that a wide variety of contributors can now more freely do so. It will be interesting to see how IBM and other big players who were associated with OpenOffice.org respond.
It would probably have been smoothest for the contribution to have gone to The Document Foundation but that does not seem to have been a concern of Oracle… The world needs productivity software for offices and will make it one way or another. The worst case scenario now is that the fork will become permanent and two diverse products will arise. The best case is that a merger will take place, preferably as OpenOffice.org reborn or as LibreOffice. The Apache Foundation houses a lot of projects but none are in the face of users on the desktop. This could be an opportunity to diversify but it is a large bite. The worst case is not that bad, either. Competition is good.
UPDATE Here's Oracle and IBM's comments.
"The Apache Software Foundation's model makes it possible for commercial and individual volunteer contributors to collaborate on open source product development." — Luke Kowalski, vice president, Oracle Corporate Architecture Group.
Ha!. The same could be said for any other FLOSS licensing, including the GPL. Linus has no problem with individuals and corporations contributing code. What's this about? It seems petty to me. ASF uses several software licences to distribute software. Presumably, if Oracle owns the copyright on everything in OpenOffice.org, they can just change it to something ASF likes, but OpenOffice.org has many licences and many components are not owned by Oracle so it may be something that throws a wrench into the gears to maximize angst.
SJVN has more on that… Even the trademark has gone to ASF. I wonder how long it will take to figure out the licensing.
UPDATE Ars Technica has a very comprehensive article about all of this.
see Ryan Paul – Ars Technica – Oracle spurns LibreOffice, wants to give OOo to Apache Foundation
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It is always a trade-off as to which end of the wire should do the computing. There is a cost for doing it locally, there is an aggregated cost for a server big enough to do it remotely and responsively, there is a cost for the network bandwidth needed for a lot of data flow, too.
I think that people get comfortable with various architectures and tend to think in terms of what they know about. PCs doing a lot of local work were at one time the best way since people were frequently disconnected from the network. That is not so true today and people are becoming comfortable with needing a network now that it is highly available.
You can go to a MacDonald's in Bahrain and Skype to your sweetie in Pensacola without drawing too much attention these days. No charges, either except the price of a burger and fries and drink. The smart phone apps rely pretty much on being able to connect to a web service designed to support the app. With the clouds rolling in, this will only get more and more into the always on, always connected mode.
"Why use an office suite? Use a browser. Put the calculation, data, formatting, etc. on the server."
Because there are just some tasks that are more efficiently left in the users hands, especially if those users are "power users" who are regularly slicing and dicing data, and who simply can't wait for the "experts" (who are usually very overworked) to get around to servicing their specialized requests.
"Modern thinking in IT is to push complexity to the server where experts can take care of it and to leave the simplest user interface on the client machines."
That same modern thinking includes The charge to also maintain the user user empowerment that personal desktop computers have provided for 20+ years now if at all possible. That is why the 20Mb accountants spreadsheet was replace with Office based plugins that went against the now server based accounting system. Even this transition had to be accomplished gradually with a lot of tact, because one does not just rip the desktop off of a senior financial analysts desk and replace it with a modernized dumb terminal (aka web browser) unless the tools provide are what is required by the users.
"There must be a hundred other programming languages suitable for the task that do not lock businesses in to M$."
The key is that the language has the ability to call formatting, display, and calculation functions from an office suite. AFAIK, that is java and managed .NET code versions of C++, C#, J# and F#. Do the scripting languages used with Linux have the interface call capability vis-a-vis Open Office?
The lock-in occurs because a user becomes familiar with the techniques required and also builds up a portfolio of past solutions that are often drawn upon when creating a new program.
It is hard to iamagine anything more ho-hum than some initiative in word processing or spreadsheet software. In a world that has moved to IM and tweets and such for day to day activities and texting seems to be more popular than actual phone calls, most consumers are unlikely to care one whit.
In the office, at least ones where I have been working, new documents are a minor issue. Reports, on the other hand, are big deals and often consist of some MS Office functions glued together with .NET programs. Those are the ones that aren't legacy items that used VB instead. Documents produced from the reports end up as PDF files that everyone views using the freebie Adobe viewer.
Open Office was once an important FOSS project, I know, but today it is like re-inventing the wheel and always seeming to have some flat spots to spoil the effort.
Richard Chapman
So what's the community supposed to do now, wait a year for OpenOffice to catch up to LibreOffice? I read Rob Weir's announcement of OpenOffice's acceptance into Apache.org. There was no mention of the Document Foundation or LibreOffice. He was called on it in most of the comments including one from Jeremy Allison. I've been reading Rob's blog for years now. This is the first time he's disappointed me.
They allow for the possibility that people can make money on Openoffice without giving up their soource code.
Let a thousand commercial binaries bloom!
Oh well, Libreoffice was a better name anyways.
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"Sunny Bank/I Saw Three Ships," by Julie Andrews, on the LP "Firestone Presents Your Favorite Christmas Carols, Volume 5, with Andre Previn and The Firestone Orchestra and Chorus."
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KALI. Z. FASTEAU - Composer and Multi-Instrumentist: Soprano Saxophone, Nai & Shakuhachi Flutes, Voice, Piano, Synthesizer, Cello, Sanza, Viola, Mizmars, Aquasonic, and Drums.
From a musical family, Kali Z. played piano, cello, flute, voice since early childhood in Paris and New York. She received degrees studying the music of Asia, Africa, 20th Century Europe and Jazz, and then traveled for fourteen years, living in sixteen countries: India (1981-83), Turkey (1976-77), Nepal, Morocco, Senegal, Congo, Italy, Holland, France, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Germany, Greece, Haiti and America, performing in many music festivals and concerts, national radio and TV, film soundtracks, and university programs....
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I understand that some of our guys are UFA and they can go take a look at who ever they want, I know some guys have been cut... but why are they going straight for other teams in the AFC WEST, is it that our leadership and head office is pissing these guys off to the point the vow for revenge maybe? I have a huge feeling that Manning will land in DEN, which will make the AFC West relevant again, and this is where we need that old CP3!!! which he will deliever this year mark my words top 5 QB this coming year! now over to some roster moves
I think we are clearing up space to fix KAM WIMBLEYS contract, he obviously isn't on the same page with the contract as we would like him to be, but the boss and DA must see something for him or he would have been long gone. I also think that either Bush will sign somewhere today CHI or ARI or he will remain a Raider, I think this is another reason we were making drastic cuts to get him on board, but hes entitled to look elsewhere for a starting job.
We keep crying wolf about CB, With Carr and Courtland off the market there is no one useful IMO, I believe in the young speedy talent we have now, DVD, Chekwa (going to be a beast IMO).
The way I see it is our front line, when healthy we can be the best front line in the NFL and im willing to put money on it... remember Seymour was hurt a lot, we lost Shannasey in preason season (who is a straight beast)
And lastly, if we move to a hybrid or a 3-4, Wimbley, Curry, Mcclain, (Blackstock/Gothel) would be devestating as well, as long as we brush up on some basic tackling drills cough cough Mcclain


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First-term U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-Laurens, is defending his remarks about illegal immigration made during a forum at Furman University in Greenville on Tuesday night.
The Republican, who represents District 3, compared the country's illegal immigration issue to a house without a door that allows "any kind of vagrant or animal" to come in, according to The Associated Press.
Duncan's spokesman said Wednesday that he was simply likening the importance of border security to protecting one's home.
State Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian said Duncan should apologize and likely made the comments intentionally to galvanize his base in the state's conservative northwestern corner.
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HTML5 in Windows RT
I have noticed that many sites have two versions, one with Flash and one with HTML5. I noticed that if I visit a site on an iPad, in most cases, the videos would play. But if I visit a site with my Surface or my Galaxy Nexus, I am prompted to download the Flash plugin. Is it possible to maybe disable Flash to be the default video player and use HTML5 instead?


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Debbie Bliss' newest yarn, Rialto Lace has hit our shelves! We saw Debbie working with a sample of this yarn when she came to visit us in June and we've been whispering about it to each other behind closed doors ever since.
Soft and squishy, as all the other yarns in the Rialto family, double-plied for excellent stitch definition and superwash for easy care. What more could you ask from a lace-weight yarn?
At a gauge of 8.25 stitches per inch on US 2 needles and loaded with yardage (429 yds approximately), one skein will get you pretty far into a project.
I'm particularly enamored of this lace stole from the Spring/Summer 2012 issue of Debbie Bliss Knitting Magazine, using 3 balls of Rialto Lace. The light pink shade paired with this airy yarn is a perfect accessory for changing spring-time temperatures. The lace pattern is an easy-to-memorize floral motif paired with a small garter stitch border.


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Why CU?
Someone asked the question the other day when what's his name committed to join his teammate at CU. An answer that was proposed was that the buffs were returning to the recruiting practices of previous administrations. Maybe Mr Wright is a misunderstood young man that will become as clean as the mountain air once he changes scenery. Maybe.


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If you are teaching a course here at the U, Arvid and I are available to lead instruction sessions for your students. We can cover many different topics either generally related to information literacy (e.g., how to use primary sources) or more specifically on how to use our archives. We can teach the courses here in Andersen Library or we can come to your classroom. Just let us know - we'd be happy to help you out!


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Saturday's UFC 152 gave people a lot to talk about. Jon Jones was still dominant, but for a split second, it looked like the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum moment where the unthinkable was about to happen.
But in this case, it didn't.
There was a lot of negativity going into this show on Jones, starting with the cancellation of UFC 151 and his turning down Chael Sonnen, and continuing with his remarks and explanations. The very public back-and-forth with Dana White caused some to get behind him, particularly those predisposed to hate White. But as far as the fans went, it became clear that night those rallying behind him represented a minority viewpoint.
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Some had thought going in, given that Jones' actions gave Toronto the main event the original show didn't have, that the area fans would be thankful for getting a stronger show than anticipated. Instead, Jones was booed out of the building every time he appeared on the screen, and when he came out for his title defense against Vitor Belfort.
But that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Brock Lesnar made a fortune in his early UFC run in a similar position. As far as future business goes, Jones is now a significantly bigger star. As far as that one moment, when caught in the armbar, that was good as well. For the people who don't like Jones, for the first time, they've seen him as beatable, but still haven't seen him really beaten. While his record of 17-1 shows a loss to Matt Hamill, but that was a disqualification in a fight he dominated and nobody who saw the fight takes that result seriously. There are at least two future money fights out there if the cards play out right, in Dan Henderson and Chael Sonnen. And there are contenders like Alexander Gustafsson also on the horizon if things go right.
But if Henderson faces Lyoto Machida next, as Dana White said was planned, Machida would be the favorite in that fight. Sonnen stylistically doesn't look to have a strong chance against Jones, but his mouth will be able to build the fight to top level numbers. But Sonnen still needs to beat Forrest Griffin to even be considered. If pay-per-view numbers for this show come in strong, then Jones has reached a point he can do well with almost anyone. That's a key because even though he finished Machida in their first match, Machida may still be his most difficult stylistic opponent. And as Jones himself said a few times in the past, he wasn't thrilled about facing Machida, because he's difficult to prepare for, and the first Jones vs. Machida fight did the lowest pay-per-view numbers since Jones has been in the title scene.
The flip side of that armbar is the damage that was done to Jones' right arm, still not fully determined. That could both delay his coming back, and in a worse case scenario, leave him with a permanent weakness. Still, a one-armed Jon Jones, aside from those few seconds, had little trouble with Belfort,
But let's look at Saturday's show from the sports, business and entertainment perspective:
Kyle Noke vs Charlie Brenneman: Noke's 45-second knockout breaks a two-fight losing streak at middleweight. The move to welterweight is a fresh coat of paint for him to build from, but this is only step one. Brenneman has now lost three out of his last four fights since he put himself on the map with an upset win over Rick Story, He desperately needs to come back with a win. The finish was a little controversial as far as whether the stoppage was early, but starting the show off explosively is always a good thing.
Mitch Gagnon vs. Walel Watson: Gagnon finished Watson in 1:09, scoring his first UFC win. Watson, a tall bantamweight known as The Gazelle, has not lived up to his promise with his third loss in a row. That puts The Gazelle on the endangered species list. Gagnon took a solid step forward with this kind of a win. For the live crowd, seeing a native of Sudbury, Ont., win in this fashion kept the ball rolling on a strong show.
Seth Baczynski vs. Simeon Thoresen: A third straight first-round finish, with Baczynski scoring a knockout at 4:10. Thoresen was dominating the fight until being caught with a counter left hook to the jaw in a welterweight fight. For Thoresen, it evened his UFC record at 1-1. Baczynski, cut from UFC after losing to Brad Tavares at the TUF season 11 finale, has now come back with six straight wins, four in UFC competition. Not a great fight, but another crowd pleasing finish.
Marcus Brimage vs. Jimy Hettes: Hettes came in on many people's list of being a future player in the featherweight division. He had a 10-0 record at 24 years of age. In his last two fights, he looked very impressive in dominating wins over Nam Phan and Alex Caceres. But it was Brimage, who came out of TUF 14, who dominated the third round to win on 29-28 scores. A major flaw in Hettes' game was exposed here, in that if he can't take his opponent down, in facing even a tired opponent who has solid stand-up, he's in trouble. The fight was good, as Brimage hurt Hettes and nearly finished him in the first. Hettes looked good on the ground and was working for a finish in the second. But Hettes took a major step backward.
Lance Benoist vs. Sean Pierson: Pierson, a crowd favorite from Toronto, won the first two rounds before taking a beating in the third and hanging on to survive with a straight 29-28 win. With a close second round, this could have gone either way. Pierson, 36, has been a journeyman welterweight. Benoist won his first six pro fights and had a strong reputation coming into UFC, but now has lost two close calls, to Baczynski and now Pierson. The crowd was more into this match than anything so far, due to Pierson being local.
T.J. Grant vs. Evan Dunham: Grant won the first two rounds to take the decision in the fight of the night. Since moving to lightweight, Grant is now 3-0, with wins over Shane Roller, Carlo Prater and now Dunham. Dunham came in as a solid name, and this was easily Grant's biggest career win and one that should put him in waters with the real sharks in UFC's deepest division. The loss seriously hurt Dunham. He came in with a 13-2 record, but his decision loss to Sean Sherk was one that UFC officials believed he won and treated it like he was the winner. So he really only had one loss, to Melvin Guillard, and had followed it with two wins, most recent over a tough Nik Lentz. At 30, with so much talent at lightweight, it's hard to rebound after two major losses. This was a great fight, exciting through all three rounds and there was little arguing both getting the $65,000 best fight bonus. This is almost the prototype of what fans and promoters would want out of something on the undercard.
Vinny Magalhaes vs. Igor Pokrajac: Magalhaes returned to UFC after winning five bouts in a row outside, including winning the M-1 light heavyweight title. Magalhaes has some very marketable traits, between the look of a star and fantastic Jiu Jitsu, as a two-time world champion. The question on him has always been his toughness, and he only went 4-5 before starting his win streak. Fans booed the first round of the fight, but the ground work in the second round by Magalhaes made for a strong ending. Magalhaes can scare almost anyone in the division if he can get the fight to the ground. But as Pokrajac showed late in the first, he can be hurt standing. The finish made up for the fans' first-round restlessness.
Cub Swanson vs. Charles Oliveira: Oliveira looked to be a future superstar when he debuted at the age of 20 with some spectacular submission wins. But now at 22, there are real questions regarding his chin after being knocked out cold here. He also missed weight, granted by only 0.2 pounds, but that always leads to questions about discipline. Swanson is making a name for himself in the featherweight division with his third straight knockout. He finished George Roop and Ross Pearson, and picked up his second straight best knockout bonus. For Oliveira, this ground his hype train to a halt in a fight he was expected to win. Swanson is on the rise, but in the past has had trouble with the division's elite, losing to Ricardo Lamas and Chad Mendes, and back in 2009, lost to current champ Jose Aldo in eight seconds. With this run, he's likely to be put back in with people of that caliber. This was a strong start for the pay-per-view.
Matt Hamill vs. Roger Hollett: Hamill came out of a 13-month retirement at the age of 35 to use his wrestling to score an easy decision. This fight had some action in the first round when Hamill nearly finished Hollett with ground-and-pound. But from there, it ended up as the weakest part of the show. Hamill was exhausted after not finishing Hollett with ground and pound. But Hollett, a boxer against a tired wrestler, couldn't get off nor stop his takedowns late. With this performance, one would question what kind of future Hollett would have in UFC. Hamill is a name fighter because he's been around so long, but is not ever going to be a contender again. The worst fight of the show.
Michael Bisping vs. Brian Stann: If there was a story from the start, it was that former ultra-heel Bisping is turning the corner with the fans. Bisping won the second and third rounds against a tough, durable fighter and answered critics who labeled him as overrated and unable to beat top competition. Between his conditioning and ability to mix-up standing and takedowns, this may have been Bisping's most impressive career performance. He's now won five of his last six fights, and the loss, to Chael Sonnen, was a decision many thought he deserved. It was good for business, as Bisping established himself as at least someone who should be under consideration for a future title fight. At worst, Bisping should get a title eliminator next. Stann can be a star, and I don't think was hurt much with the loss. But his time is starting to run out, and he's got to shore up his weakness at defending takedowns if he's ever going to take the next step up. This was a workmanlike fight. Nothing wrong with it, but perhaps because it was hyped up like it was going to be spectacular, it fell a little short.
Demetrious Johnson vs. Joseph Benavidez: This was the most polarizing fight of the night. Johnson became the first UFC flyweight champion, but there was no mistaking that this a lot of people in this crowd were not wanting to see 125 pounders go at a fast pace for five rounds. You had the two best guys in the division, in a split decision fight that ended up being decided when Johnson won the final round. There was only one near finish, by Benavidez in round four. The big message here is that it's going to take time to establish this division to the masses. The smaller guys on top is really a hit-and-miss depending on the audience. Urijah Faber vs. Dominick Cruz wowed them in Las Vegas. Johnson vs. Cruz came across like a top caliber main event in Washington, D.C. But Faber vs. Renan Barao did not get over in Calgary, which led to a Dana White rant about people not appreciating that caliber of fight. White was even madder about this fight, to the point of saying that fans who didn't like this fight, he'd just assume stop watching UFC. From a skill and conditioning level, this was the best fight on the show, but between the size and being put so late on the show, a lot of people didn't see it that way. For business, we are simply not at the point that the flyweight title can headline a pay-per-view.
Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort: If it wasn't for the early armbar spot, the fight was one-sided, as it was expected to be. The fight was good for future business as Jones continues to establish himself with Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre as one of the big three of the sport. In hindsight, Jones with his right arm destroyed, gutting it out and winning, can be one of those legacy making moments of his career. But Belfort was injured, and tired very quickly, offering little. It was not a great action fight by any means, but the armbar and the personalities of the two kept it interesting enough.


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Walleyes and Water Color
August 19, 2014
One big factor in bait selection is water clarity. Here's how to determine the best lure and tactic based on the clarity of the water.
Catch More Dock Crappies
August 5, 2014
Docks and crappies go together like baseball and hot dogs. Here's how to catch more dock crappie this summer.
Fish Ed, Mid-Lake Summertime Lindy Rigging
July 31, 2014
This week on Fish Ed, host Jon Thelen shows you how to catch mid-lake summertime walleyes on the tried-and-true Lindy Rig. The technique has been around a while, but he's got some new tricks that will help you put more fish in the boat.
Fish Ed - Troll Up Summer Crappies
July 23, 2014
This week on Fish Ed, host Jon Thelen shows you the most-efficient way to catch summertime crappies. His trolling tactic with Lindy River Rockers works almost everywhere, even on "metro" lakes with lots of fishing pressure, and is so easy that the whole family can get in on gathering meat for a summertime fish fry.
Casting Cranks for Devils Lake Pike
June 27, 2014
Devils Lake is well known for it's mammoth perch, prolific walleye population, and ever expanding shoreline. This week Fish Ed host, Jon Thelen, spends a day casting crankbaits for big pike. If you plan on fishing Devils Lake this year, Thelen will show you exactly what to do and what to look for to do battle with these hard-fighting fish.
Shallow Water Bluegill
June 27, 2014
Finding and catching bluegill is easy for most, but finding and catching big mature bluegill requires a refined approach. This week on Fish Ed Jon Thelen, host of Fish Ed, shows how to locate and catch big mature bluegill in shallow water.
Off The Wall Walleyes
June 20, 2014
Traditional summertime tactics catch plenty of big 'eyes, or else they wouldn't have become such strong traditions. Lindy Rigging, pulling spinners and suspending live bait account for countless catches. But sometimes, thinking outside the box is an even better way to put more, bigger walleyes in the box.
Jigging Small Lake Breaks for Spring Walleyes
June 5, 2014
This week, Fish Ed Host Jon Thelen alters his plan to fish Lake Winnibigoshish due to weather and chases down post spawn walleyes on a small northern Minnesota Lake by trolling Lindy Jigs tipped with a shiner minnow. This can be a very effective, but often overlooked tactic for spring walleyes accross the Midwest.
Thelen/Christensen Win MTT On Mille Lacs
June 5, 2014
Even the best walleye anglers in the world can learn something new on nearly every fishing trip. Maybe that's what makes those guys so good. They know that tactics, bodies of water and the fish themselves can change from moment-to-moment, day-to-day, and even over the years. Successful fishermen believe they know how to catch fish, but they never close the door on the lessons fish teach every day.
Pitching for Spring Walleyes on Red Lake
May 22, 2014
This week, Fish Ed host Jon Thelen travels to Red Lake in search of spring walleyes. Lindy Fuzz-E-Grubs tipped with shiner minnows are the day's bait of preference for these hungry northern Minnesota fish. Check out this episode for tips and tricks you can use on your next fishing trip.


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A global police tweet-a-thon is going on right now. (hashtag #poltwt) However, the open and anonymous nature of Twitter is disrupting a thread of highly productive conversation. A hashtag was chosen and it didn't take long before there were porn and clearly fake police postings popping up.
I've participated in more than a few government-oriented Twitter chats and have never experienced the level of disruption being attempted in this case.
Is it because it's police who are participating? Is this just something we have to put up with in social media? Will the disruptors get tired in a few hours and stop? Is this something we all have to look forward to when we want to use Twitter for an open, productive, information sharing conversation?
I'm hanging in there for now because it's useful nonetheless. I've already downloaded one guide offered for free and have a few ideas from tweets that I'm going to incorporate in my #SMEM classes. If you're interested, stop by. It's a 24 hour Tweet-a-thon. You too may pick up some good ideas amid the chatter.
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Beyond the obvious and disruptive problem of spam and trolls, we sometimes seem to lose site of the fact that there are limits to the "we are smarter than me" axiom.
While openness can increase the knowledge and productivity of a conversation in phenomenal ways, some people simply don't know enough about some topics to add substance to a conversation.
I can pontificate all I want about international law or particle physics, but I won't add a crum of utility to the discussion — I simply don't know what I'm talking about in those fields.
The balance between openness and expertise can be a tough one to strike, but finding that sweet spot can be the difference between a productive, powerful discussion and a comment wasteland.
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I'm at a point in my life where I am working on letting things bother me less. I tend to be concerned with other's opinions of me, which is not entirely bad, but when it is the the extent that I am constantly adjusting my actions to please or not offend someone, simply to gain approval, then it can be detrimental. And less than genuine.
A long time ago, I had a friend. Some things happened that caused me to considered said friendship and wonder if it was a one sided thing. So, I put it to the test. What I discovered was that it was one sided, and that I was not being myself. Once I started pursuing my goals, doing what I wanted to, following my dreams, the friendship fizzled. I guess the individual didn't like who I really was, and didn't approve of what I was doing. My plans didn't include them as much as they used to, and I was getting along fine.
People are funny like that. Some have expectations for me, that I will never live up to. They expect me to walk, talk, or even write a certain way. They want me to stay inside the lines, to keep up with the joneses, and to fit the image!
I've been down that road, and it wasn't fun. I was created to be who I am, and to live in freedom, not to be chained down by other people's unrealistic expectations. One I started to break free from that, it was liberating. The world became big again, kind of like when I was a kid, and the possibilities became limitless.
If you are bound, break free. It is that simple. Stand up for yourself, and do what you want to do, and if some relationships fizzle along the way, maybe they were more in the superficial/ one sided category. It happened to me, and I have developed deeper stronger relationships with others across the country.
But don't get me wrong, I'm not bitter, really. I was for a long time, but then I realized that that took too much energy. If anyone shows up on my doorstep and needs " a drink of water", I'll definitely share with them.
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While most of us are thinking of tricks or treats, the Salvation Army is planning for Christmas.
Each year, families in need can sign up to have their children's Christmas wishes displayed on the Angel Tree. Then, it is up to the public to adopt an angel and donate the gifts.
The Angel Tree Program is one of Salvation Army's biggest under takings of the year, and Monday was the first day for families to register.
"They're already lined up this morning, before eight o'clock and we started at nine, so it looks like families are really in need this year," said Hattiesburg Director of Development, Katie Tate.
Fulfilling Christmas wishes through the Salvation Army's Angel Tree Program seems to get bigger every year, according to Tate.
"Last year we had over 2,100 angels, 1,100 families that came in," said Tate.
Over the past two years, Tate recalls a large number of angels left on the tree with Christmas fast approaching.
"We had over 800 left, angels left on the tree, last year we only had two hundred," said Tate.
Tate is encouraged by fewer and fewer angels left on the tree, but hopes this year is even better.
"Hopefully, there will be no angels left on the tree this year," said Tate.
To make that happen applications have to get in and fast, Tate says this is the only week to apply.
"Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday from is 9a.m. to 6 p.m.," said Tate.
Tate says there are requirements for applying families.
"To bring their income and expenses, ID, social security cards and birth certificates of all the family members, and it's 12 years old and under," said Tate.
And most importantly the wish list for the kids.
"Our volunteers will write them down. Most of them are clothing items, because that is a big need, the most expensive need. So, that way when the angels get put on the tree the volunteers and donors will know exactly what they would like," said Tate.
Tate says with this week being the only week for families to register, they do work with emergency cases after the deadline.
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Many worry that the gamification of education movement can't and won't teach anything, but instead will just test prior knowledge. This narrow view is one possible outcome, but certainly not what Jane McGonigal seems to have in mind when speaking of the potential of games. John Hunter's World Peace Game is the pinnacle of gamification in education and it doesn't even include technology (yet). Gamestar Mechanic, which is an online platform for teaching video game design, is another great example. Students play the game to learn how to make a game and earn various game elements like sprites and backgrounds along the way. The 2012 Horizon Report predicts that game-based learning will be widely adopted within the next two to three years. That means that here and now educators need to proactively steer it away from a consumption model toward a creation model.
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The questions continue in Effingham County, as Commissioners wait to see possible violations an auditor has found in the budget.A canceled meeting, possible resignations and a lot of questions about an auditor's findings in the county budget.That's the way this all started last week.Some commissioners are now calling for a special meeting to discuss potential violations and the future of the County Administrator.But Chairman Wendell Kessler told News 3 Monday he's "not worried".Kessler told me on the phone that County Administrator David Crawley and his wife Patrice, the County Clerk, have been the target of "unfounded allegations" for the last two years.That's why he expected them to resign at last week's Commission meeting. That meeting was canceled when Kessler and two other commissioners couldn't make it.That resignation has not happened, and Kessler says he sees "no reason" they should quit.Chairman Kessler added that the auditor has presented his findings except for a few financial things, which should be done this week.Now Kessler says David Crawley and the county attorney are formulating their response. Several sources tell News 3 that will include as many as 27 findings of financial and legal issues connected to the budget.Kessler adds that it could be as long as 3 weeks before Commissioners see the results of the entire audit.Several commissioners tell News 3 they want to see that audit now, and not wait three weeks.They have made a formal request to Crawley for that information, and so far have not gotten a response.
It's the story that everyone is talking about, except the people directly involved.It all stems from an audit of the Effingham county budget, which is usually finished by January 1st, but hasn't been made public yet.Several commissioners asked for a summary of that audit, and discovered there were 27 findings, some of which are could be considered major issues.Nine of those findings were explained to News 3:Conflict of interest created in job positions, such as husband and wifeLoss of qualified government status which was known by staff but not the CommissionMisappropriation of county funds diverted to private accountNot following established policy procedure and internal controlsCounty minutes not properly kept in compliance with state lawImproper use of county funds for related party transactionsLoss of 1 of 3 public safety communication towers without notifying the board.Misinformation given repeatedly in public meetings in order to do things like build private roads on public property, which is against county ordinance.Request for board approval for expenditures that have already occurred without informing the Commission that expenditures had already occurredThe man who could be held responsible for those violations is county administrator David Crawley.Crawley and his wife Patrice, who is the County Clerk, were expected to resign at last night's commission meeting, and even went so far as to remove personal items from their offices this weekend.But that meeting and resignation never happened, because three commissioners couldn't attend, and they didn't have a quorum for a vote.Three Commissioners who were at that meeting, News 3 talked to Wednesday. Vera Jones, Phil Keiffer and Forrest Floyd all say as County Administrator, David Crawley's job is to make sure these problems don't occur, and he should be held responsible."Do you believe the Crawley's should be in a leadership position?" we asked Forrest Floyd, Effingham County Commissioner."I just don't have confidence at this point from what I've seen," said Floyd. "Thought we were going to see resignations.""Are you hoping for those?""I think that would be for the best," said Floyd."Some of the findings were very serious," explained Commissioner Vera Jones. "And if we don't take some sort of action where when we do our management report we will recitify some of these issues, it could affect our bond rating.""How can we represent the taxpayers and move forward with them in a leadership position?" wondered Commissioner Phil Keiffer."I just want people to see there are leaders here that want to step up and make the best decisions for the county. The taxpayers, that's what they expect," said Floyd.The Commissioners say they would be happy to take part in a public hearing if either of the Crawley's want to explain their position, clear their name and possibly save their jobs.That way the issues can be corrected in a positive manner.These commissioners are asking for a specially called meeting to discuss Crawley's future and the audit results.They say this shouldn't wait two more weeks for a decision, whatever that may be.
The Commissioners also agree that a criminal investigation is necessary once the full audit is released and analyzed.
The full audit could be released any day now.
We tried to reach County Commission Chairman Wendell Kessler and David Crawley, but neither returned our calls.
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Greetings from Home.
Dream your Highest Dream
Even as you listen to these words you are setting into motion a vibrational shift of no less than eight vibrational levels. It is underway as we speak. The physical manifestation of this began recently in what you call the Venus introspection. The changes in your own structure of the Universe itself have helped you to set this into motion.
Three Keys to Higher Vibration
We wish to focus this day to give you some ideas of some new tools and some areas to watch for because there are three areas that become very important in order to acclimate to higher vibrational energy. We wish to share them with you in our time together this day, not so much to give you definitive tools, but rather to start stretching your thought process. We hope to give you an understanding of your capabilities as creators. As you exit a lower state of vibration, you hold truths. As you raise your vibrational existence, you raise the higher truths with which you resonate. Here Consequently you need higher truths to support your higher vibrations. We offer you some fun truths today that will allow you to look at yourself from a different perspective, and allow you to see some of the possibilities directly ahead in acclimating and living in the higher vibrations of the New Planet Earth.
Key # 1 - Initial Inertia
Taking the small step in the direction of your passion.
The Big Small Step
Many of you easily make commitments to take the big steps. You take all the courses, buy the books and learn the modalities, yet, the small step into action is often the hardest part. You find huge resistance here. "Oh, that means that if I take that step then I have to give something up." Give it up. Let it go, for you have been collectors all your lives. In much the same way the Keeper is learning this same lesson now for he has lived in the same house for twenty seven years and during that time he was a collector of anything and everything. We have told him many times if he wished to experience his own past lives all he had to do was to go out in his garage. He is currently on his second dumpster of clearing out those past life collections.
The Act of Releasing Activates Initial Inertia
Key #2 - Utilizing Vibrational Communication
Key number two is learning to use something called vibrational communication. You are infinite beings playing a game in a linear time line to give you the illusion of being finite. When infinity takes form in a linear time line it appears as a vibration. Thus everything in your world will seem to be made up of different vibrations. You are vibrational beings that exist in the physical bubbles of biology only because your own biology is vibrating between a range of vibration that your eight senses can perceive. That is why you think you are here in this room. But we tell you once again, humans have a problem with reality. You keep thinking that it is real. Even this day you think that there are only 62 of you here in this room. There are no less than 14,000 beings in this room at this time. They are watching from all dimensional levels. They are sitting in your lap. They are playing with your hair. They are behind you going, "I am here. I am here. I am here." And you do not know it because your perception through your own physical bubbles of biology does not allow you to perceive within the vibrational range that they exist. So they are simply out of your vibrational range and therefore to you they do not exist. Your sense of reality then leads you to believe that you are alone in the room. Ahh, but you are changing. Even this day as you have jumped eight vibrational levels you are starting to perceive new dimensional realities. You are starting to perceive new things outside of your normal range; therefore, vibrational communication becomes the new form of connecting hearts.
Vibrations of the Heart
Ahh, but now we are past the initial part of that shock. The next question is, "Okay. So I am God. What do I do with that?" You begin by creating your highest vibration. You begin by taking responsibility for the one creation that you can take responsibility for and that is your own happiness. Dare to create your own reality in a higher level. Dare to release those things you thought would bring you happiness because of a belief system and move in the direction of your heart. That is the hard part for humans because you have lived and have defined truth thus far by belief systems. You put something in a neat little box, pass it on to your children and make laws so that everybody has the same truth and all of it is now going out the window. As you are reaching higher vibrations, you will begin grasping higher truths. Along with that will come a form of vibrational communication which will become much more important, but it means trusting that receiver that you call your heart for that is where vibrational communication passes through you. That is where it is received in your own physical being. That is the part that we offer to each and every one of you that you receive internally. Know that this one key will change the face of your planet in a very short time.
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Music ~ A Form of Vibrational Mastery
Many of you create music. To some this seems to come easy and others more difficult. You have what you know to be abilities. Some of you say, "Well, I am tone deaf," or "I just cannot do that," or "I cannot sing." However, I love music. Know that your own connection to music is just as valid. For mastery of music is actually a form of vibrational mastery. Let us explain: Music is a vibration and therefore a form of vibrational communication. Music is not a human attribute, but rather, a spiritual attribute; therefore, it runs by different principals than you experience in human form. It is for this very reason that you have a separate part of your brain dedicated to interpreting and remembering vibrations in the form of music. As young children you often memorize complicated things by putting them into musical form. That simply illustrates that your mastery of music is far beyond other forms of mastery. We tell you now that the principals that govern music are actually more common ways of how things work throughout the Universe. Music can only be mastered over many lifetimes. Now, here is the fun part. Once music is mastered, it never has to be mastered again as it is carried forward from one lifetime to the next. And even though you still come back with life lessons and difficult things that you are working with, you sit down at the piano at age two and you play all by yourself because you have already mastered it. Many of you are in varying degrees of mastery of the music lesson. Please do not let the fact that many will not create music stop you, for it does not mean that you cannot communicate musically. All it means is that you will not be the one creating the initial vibration. So play the music that is of your heart and that means something to you. Define your own collections of your best songs. Define things that bring you to tears and then share it with others when they ask. That is one of the doors that can open in vibrational communication right away. That is one of the easier ways to overcome initial inertia. Music will become more important as you become closer to Home.
Communication = Education = Empowerment
It is the communication part of vibrational communication that is most important. For in all communication, there is education. In all education there is empowerment. Do you wish to end war on your planet? It just takes communication. For in communication is education. Once you become educated, each one of you knows that you are the same as each other. The knowledge of God is that you are part of the whole and no one is separate. It is actions of separation that cause all war on your planet. You are not on this side of the line or that side of the line. You are all human beings looking for the same enlightenment process. That is where the magic is. So instead, look to that and find ways of developing new forms of communication for that will enhance the similarities rather than focus on differences. If humans could only see how silly they act. It is their own distain with themselves that makes them war with those closest to them.
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Key #3 Learning to Utilize Intersections of Realities
And now number three since many of you have your pens out. Number three is simply learning to use the intersection of realities. You have a timeline. You are infinite beings so you have no beginning and no end, but in order to come here to Planet Earth and play the Game of the bubble of biology, it was necessary to put you into the illusion of having a timeline, so you have what you call a past, present and future. You are moving linearly in that timeline in order to accomplish and play the Game within a field of duality. Now what is happening is that you are aware that you are not the only ones playing that Game. Furthermore, there are many other yous, side by side in other timelines that may be making slightly different choices. There is another timeline somewhere where Steve Rother has chosen not to take that tap on his shoulder and is still playing the role of Contractor in San Diego, California. He thinks he is happy but cannot count all of the hugs he has missed. He has no idea. Furthermore, there are other realities that exist concurrently that do not even seem to have a connection to your own. There are many timelines that were necessary to create the illusion of making the infinite finite. Even so, there are magical times when those timelines cross and leave permanent imprints on each other. Those are intersections of reality.
Such a timeline intersection happened in the days of Merlin and the stories of Camelot. It was an alternate reality which crossed your own and left permanent imprints. We tell you that many more of those permanent imprints are coming ahead soon. As you begin to experience them you will look at them as fun little events. You will look at them and say, "Oh, was that not strange?" You saw one not long ago—your police force in Mexico City saw space beings all over the sky and reported them globally to the world only to have them go away the next day. Interesting concept, intersection of realities.
At this very moment in time you have new planets appearing in your solar system and those appearing in the cosmos daily even though it has never happened before. New planets are showing up every day. Your scientists are having a hard time counting them and naming them at this point because so many of them are coming in. One day there was no planet there and the next day at the same coordinates there is a new planet. We tell you some of this is happening because there are intersections of realities now taking place. We even tell you that there was even the death of a star with the story we told about Akaru, about Trudge. This was a story we told about a whole race of beings who died in order to create dimensional realities that would intersect with your own. That is happening even this day because of that, so the gift of Leilu, Amarah and Trudge live every time you look in your paper and you see that a new planet is discovered. The star systems are merging much the way that alternate realities can merge. That is what is happening here. So as you look into the paper you say, "Well, that is really nice but what does that have to do with me? How can I use that?" You will find ways of using that for when you have an intersection of timeline realities, it intersects forward and backward in your own timeline. We tell you that this holds the key to time travel in your reality and you will begin discovering and playing with that soon. As you are starting to see, some of these strange things are happening throughout your Universe. As they do understand that it is a signal that you can begin working with the timelines. Your own personal timelines—your past, present and future are now beginning to blend into Now time.
The Countdown to Ascension
So take your Games. Enjoy your Games. Have a wonderful celebration on 12/12/12 and every magical master date between now and then. Play the Games for they mean a lot to you, but understand, you are the creators. There is no grand plan in place and you can have it today or you can have it tomorrow. Either way it is going to take your courage to step into it, to push against those boundaries, to define that for yourself. Ahh, but you will have help for you will see many of the cosmic winks as these intersections of realities begin happening more and more often. You will see inspiration coming through, you will see openings, you will see other things happening in your own world that you will be able to utilize. Utilizing them is what brings them in. That is what creates the space, much the same that many of you go out to buy clothes but you cannot buy any clothes because your closet is full. Get rid of some of the clothes in the closet and watch what happens to your buying sprees. Make space in your life for these things to happen as well. Make room to release so that other things can come in and you can begin using these intersections of reality. Make space in your life for the miracles that await you.
The Mary Energy
The Mary energy is here to provide a base of stability for you to step to the next level. It is the same thing that happened in the days of Christ for that too was an important intersection of realities that forever changed the face of your Game. It has happened many times and if you look at some of the stories that have been told, the Mary energy was both the mother and the lover—both the good and the bad, both the positive and the negative, the virgin and the prostitute. No, not right or wrong, but simply both contrasts. The mother energy of Mary is here and you will see it, you will feel it. There will be many that will start channeling the various incarnations of Mary, for she was not only the virgin birth of the Christ, but she was also his lover. She was his wife and the mother of his children in many of the alternate realities that happened concurrently. That energy was necessary to create the movement toward the Christed energy. It is the Crystal Energy this time for all of you are moving toward crystalline form. That is what is happening. That is why the Crystal children are beginning to come in and as that Crystalline Energy starts residing within each and every one of you, know that there is a solid base of the Mother Mary Energy. It is a part of your own heart connection that is here for you this day and she will help with initial inertia, with vibrational communication and your own connection to the Earth as well as these intersections of timelines. Reach into that energy and move it. Work with it in any way you can and you will find it getting stronger every day.
There is a critical mass that is about to be reached. When that critical mass is filled, all the dimensional overtone levels are full and they will close all by themselves. But we tell you, as one thing closes, another one opens so watch for it as you go home this day, as you re-turn to your normal dealings over the next few days, Even those of you reading these words will feel the effects. Watch the new intersections of realities that pop out of nowhere. Watch the strange things that happen as the portals open up even at your desk at work. Watch and learn to use them. Trust those feelings you are beginning to get as your own vibrational communication starts getting stronger. Trust it and use it. Bring the energy through you for light can be worked with in one of two ways: You can be the light or you can reflect the light and it makes no difference which one you do, it is still light. You are light beings. That is why we call you Lightworkers. You handle this energy well and when you feel that you can not get past initial inertia, take one look at what is holding you back, cut the cord, let it go for it allows all the gifts of heaven to come to you so quickly that you will not miss any of it. And then, turn around and help others to overcome that same initial inertia. Challenge them to be the creators and your creations will grow. Challenge them to create the highest and best in their lives first. Challenge them to hold that smile of spiritual confidence that you have and give them the tools, give them the love, give them the energy and make soul contact.
We love you beyond words for they do not exist in any language. You are part of us and we are part of you. We are so very proud of you for you have dared to step out, take off your wings and forget who you were. You even forget that you are sons and daughters of the King and have the greatest lineage possible. Just hold your heart open and allow each one of us to touch every one of you. Welcome Home, dear ones. You are creating heaven on Earth as we speak and it is the most beautiful sight in heaven that we have ever seen.
It is with the greatest of honor that we ask you to treat each other with respect for you are you. Nurture one another at every opportunity for to help another is to help yourself. Re-member that it is a Game you are playing and you are supposed to be having fun, and play well together.
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Chicken Cutlets With Tomato Sauté
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- 1 1/2 pounds small chicken cutlets (8 to 12)
- kosher salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 pints grape or cherry tomatoes
- 3/4 cup dry white wine (such as Sauvignon Blanc)
- 4 scallions, sliced
- 2 tablespoons fresh tarragon leaves, chopped
- Season the chicken with ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Working in 2 batches, cook the chicken until browned and cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to plates.
- Add the tomatoes to the skillet and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until they begin to burst, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the wine and simmer until the liquid is reduced by half, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Stir in the scallions and tarragon and serve with the chicken.
Nutritional Information
- Per Serving
- Calories 287Calories From Fat 34%
- Protein 36g
- Carbohydrate 6g
- Sugar 4g
- Fiber 2g
- Fat 11g
- Sat Fat 2g
- Calcium 46mg
- Iron 2mg
- Sodium 331mg
- Cholesterol 94mg
What does this mean? See Nutrition 101 .
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10And Now Courtney Stodden Is Cheating on Doug Hutchison
Can someone please tell me just what the hell this world is coming to? A couple of weeks ago I had to tell you that those crazy kids, Katy Perry and Russell Brand, are totally over, and about five seconds ago I had to break the awful news to you guys that Heidi Klum is apparently planning on filing for divorce from her beautiful husband, Seal, and NOW I'm here to tell you that there's a new rumor that Courtney Stodden is cheating on her one true love, Doug Hutchison? How much can the heart take before it just stops working? Is this what happened to Sinead O'Connor?
Anyway, here's the rumor, which we can read together before we discuss, all right?
They've only been married for 8 months, but could 17-year-old Courtney Stodden already be cheating on 51-year-old Doug Hutchison?
According to post on TheDirty.com, Stodden "wasn't a virgin when she married her D-list Doug. One of her confirmed boyfriends is Josh Ramsey. She still to this day has sex with him. He went to visit her recently and drove past his own sister's house, just to visit Courtney for the day. You can see by the photos that the picture in the bedroom is clearly an after-sex photo."
Wow, that's a bold claim, but not one RumorFix is willing to accept without further research! So we reached out to the blond bombshell's momager Krista Keller who tells us exclusively, "Josh was her boyfriend, they dated for a little bit but then realized they were better as friends. They're like brother and sister. Josh works with Courtney's dad so they're together 24/7 and he came down to California with Court's dad to come visit." As for the scandalous photo, the country singer's mom tell us it was taken in Doug and Courtney's home, and she was there for the photo and it was completely innocent.
But did the 17-year-old really do the dirty with the guy in the photo? "Absolutely not", Keller assures us. "She was a virgin. Doug knows she was a virgin, trust me there are ways to know when you take someone's virginity, need I say more?!"
The photo in question, though?
What do you guys think? Is Courtney a cheater? Could she really do this to her doting husband? Couldn't you see this couple being one of those couples where "it's totally cool if you do some other dude, babe, as long as I get to watch"? Are you as creeped out by that thought as I am?
Also, Courtney Stodden's mom, you guys. Gross. I know this lady has never really seemed like Mother of the Year material, but slow your roll, eldest Ms. Stodden, and please stop making public comments on your 17-year-old daughter's vagina.
January 21, 2012 at 1:00 pm by Emily
10 Responses to "And Now Courtney Stodden Is Cheating on Doug Hutchison"
I want to point out that her bodyguard looks alot like a kid in her older pics "pre doug". If you want to look for yourself there are pics of her at a place called big daddy and also ones where she is carring a pepsi cup with a guy she seems very close with and he looks very much like her" bodyguard". My opinion is hes not around to keep her safe. Honestly that kid would be snapped like a tooth pick. Come on now, does she really think people are that stupid!!!!!
If this is really a recent picture, then I would have to say that I believe she's cheating. What man would let his wife pose half naked with another man like that in their home, with him right there??? Mom was there too and didn't say " Put on some clothes because you have male company, dear." I don't believe that the two of them never had sex and she walked around looking like a sex toy all the time. UNBELIEVABLE!!!
After suffering mentally and psychology for many years with her dumb mother ignoring reality.. and now marrying the old geyser.. who cares.. Doug's probably happy he doesn't have to hear her whiny voice and suffer the tic's.. handicapped challenged poses and comic-rubbery faces, while she tries to appear sessy for a few hours. Not like he is a normal morally fit and sound man sashaying around with her dressed like a slutty teen to get attention.
hehe Geyser? He wishes. Not without a hand-crank.
her entire persona is about being over sexualized, have you ever seen a photo of her that wasnt inappropriate? i'm not surprised at all that she looks like she just had sex because she always looks like that.
i don't think they just had sex, i think she just ganged banged randoms in the park and he's taking a picture with her afterward.
He called himself that.. I think he means geezer
She is 17! It would be pretty normal for her to be hooking up with people nearer her own age.
@lemacl is right – there are no recent photos of her that are not over-sexualized and inappropriate so why expect that her behavior would reflect anything less? That is her whole schtick.
Krista is really bad about how she runs around trying to stomp out fires. She really thinks her over-sexed little darling tells her EVERYTHING? Yeah, Krista, teenagers tell their parents everything. We know it was a 'gimmick' to sell her to Doug. Now she's trying to tell people Josh is GAY, and therefore they could not have had sex. She lamely attempts to use words to re-paint any scenario, no matter how lame the explanation sounds. Krista has long allowed her to date much older men…you think NONE of them talked their way into her dim-witted daughter's panties? Now the one who tried to claim she is so bullied is, with a few equally young and dumb fans, doing the bullying, making racist and homophobic remarks, demanding others cease their freedom of speech because it is ruining the fantasy they're trying to paint. She then removes her comments on "Courtney Stodden Needs More Drugs", thinking it makes it go away. They are too dumb to realize that every comment she posts is also sent to people's inboxes, and it is also screen-capped. She knows that in 2-1/2 months, she is no longer the 'child bride', etc. She's an adult and there will be even less interest in her than now.


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Unfortunately, the decision by General Motors Co. to freeze its plan marks another bad day for retirees in this country (P&I Daily Feb. 15 and Pensions & Investments Feb. 20).
Portability should mean very little to participants who don't have the skill to invest their assets. As you know, most participants in defined contribution plans don't contribute nearly enough to fund their retirements and their investment decisions tend to be poor, often buying yesterday's performance.
With only about 16% of the workforce covered by a defined benefit plan, we are facing a crisis that might be greater than any concerns associated with Social Security or Medicaid/Medicare. What are the 77 million baby boomers going to do when they don't have a monthly check and they have inadequate 401(k) balances, little personal savings, no home equity, and Social Security payments that barely cover one's property taxes?
As a retirement industry, we need to support defined benefit plans. They need to be managed more effectively to reduce cost to the sponsor so that we can have our workers retire with dignity and a monthly check that will enable them to retire, while keeping them from becoming a burden on the government or their children.
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|Around the Burnside 1/31/13
|Written by Denny Easterling
|Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:38 PM
Timely good deeds are nicer than afterthoughts. Life is hard by the yard but by inch by inch, its a cinch.
I expect you know this, but I'm going to tell you anyway. The reason it is good luck to eat pork on New Year's day is if you know pigs like to root and they always root forward. Eat pork and things will go forward during the year. As you probably know, chickens like to scratch and throw everything backward. Eat chicken and have bad luck. Now you know.
I sometimes wonder about some women. Have a couple or three warm days even in the middle of winter. Something must snap or explode. The lady of our household started doing things around the house as though it's spring cleaning time. Right now she is putting up some curtains she washed and dried and ironed. I just don't understand and I'm sure she didn't have a shot of that five hour energy drink. I think I need that. I'm not complaining, just wondering.
Sometimes you do things that you thought might never happen to you. It happened when I got back home from the hospital where I learned a minute can last for thirty or more minutes and sometimes longer. I'm not sure who is responsible, but it happened. I think it was one of those close by that tells old people what to do.
I'm not a very good shopper for groceries. I pick out what I like and pay little attention to anything else. For example, I've walked by the area where yogurt is placed many times without a thought. Actually with a name like Yoplait yogurt, I thought it was made from goat milk and made mostly for women.
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A fire destroyed a Clare County home, burning it right to the ground.
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Neighbors say the fire shocked them, but what else may have been happening in the home before the fire frightens them even more.
Neighbors believe there may have been drug activity going on in the home.
9 & 10's Meredith Barack and photojournalist Joel Deaner has reaction from them.