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Pictures of Kristen Stewart on June Elle Cover 2010-05-05 16:55:36
Kristen Stewart Won't Say Who She's Dating but Looks Amazing in Elle!
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Kristen Stewart looks gorgeous and girly on the June cover of Elle. The inside shoot toys with the idea of Kristen's image being plastered everywhere, but in the middle of it all is the badass beautiful actress herself. In the lead-up to Eclipse's June 30 release, fans are eager to see any peek at the movie, and it's just the start of another busy two months for Kristen, Rob, and the rest of the Twilight cast. This week she also gave us some of the Met gala's most memorable moments in her divisive Chanel gown. Kristen talked to the magazine about award shows, red carpets, and all the stories about her attitude. Here are highlights:
- On her life: "It's insane! Once somebody finds out, you have to get the hell out of wherever you are. People freak out. And the photographers, they're vicious. They're mean. They're like thugs. I don't event want to drive around by myself anymore. It's f*cking dangerous . . . Somebody knocked on my hotel room door and asked for a light, then said that they were a big fan. I was like, 'Do you really need me to light your cigarette? How do you know what room I'm in?' I can't be by myself and I like being by myself."
- On her award show demeanor: "I think it's funny that when I go onstage to accept an award, they think I'm nervous, uncomfortable, and awkward — and I am — but those are bad words for them."
- On her red carpet reputation: "People say that I'm miserable all the time. It's not that I'm miserable, it's just that somebody's yelling at me . . . I literally, sometimes, have to keep myself from crying . . . It's a physical reaction to the energy that's thrown at you."
- On people saying she doesn't care: "I hate it when they say I don't give a sh*t, because nobody cares more than I do. I'm telling you I don't know anybody who does this that gives a sh*t more than I do."
- On her personal life: "I would never cheapen my relationships by talking about them. People say, 'Just say who you're dating. Then people will stop being so ravenous about it.' It's like, No they won't! They'll ask for specifics."
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Isista 4 years
Thank goodness for an actual human being in Hollywood. She admits that she isn't perfect, and welcomes that with open arms, like many cookie-cutter starlets have been. And she looks fantastic.
4 years
She is too honest. Has to be more clever , say what audience wants to hear. They ask questions but do not want to hear your opinion , rather they want you to confirm they theory about you. It is like the American"How are you?" Nobody really carse how you are and that is just an expression. Paps and many fans just want to hear a sweet , mallow crap, that is all. Well, Kristen is stubborn because she is young and genuinely has no fear to be different. Growing up around HW she does not worship its structure. Not intended really to be a bread winner, does not beg for attention. Rebel. Best of luck.
4 years
I think it's disingenuous that actresses talk about loving their privacy but they're on the covers of every fashion magazines. Since the 90's actresses have pushed models off fashion magazines. Actualy Hollywood KILLED "the fashion magazine" they're not really fashion mags anymore since the focus is no longer fashion but "Celebrity Publicity". Actresses spends more time posing than models. Every night you turn on the TV there's always a group of actresses posing on a carpet somewhere and it goes on throughout the year. In fact I think they're the new models. or Models-Actresses.
4 years
I think she has the right to her privacy, but not the right to insinuate that people who talk about their relationships cheapen them. There are a lot of stars who talk about their relationships in broad terms, but in a mature manner. When press they just sidestep the questions they don't want to answer. It's a balance and some celebs are good at it. The reality is you're in a fame business where you need to pimp your movies to people and get them to movie theaters, and you already know what the deal is. However, I do agree with her about the paps and the media these days. (they're totally out of control). We're not stupid. do we really need the media to be asking such embarrasing very specific personal questions. Somethimes those people make cringe by their questions. Who you're dating? once they get the anwer then it's when are you getting married?, they get the answer to that, then it's when are you having a baby? they get that then it's is it a boy or a girl? they get that then it's when is the due date? what's the name?. Then they start speculating on when the divorce will happen. What the hell does that have to do with anything? My fav is when a celeb is walking with a huge tummy and some fool is saying she's has not confirmed the pregnancy. What's wrong with your brain that can't put 2 and 2 together? What you think is in her stomach a water melon? It's all part of the dumbing down of America by the media.
valerianise 4 years
this interview is excllent, bravo kristen :)
MrLaninaazul 4 years
She's a very smart girl. Don't change Kristen
4 years
Sounds like she really values her privacy and it's good she's learned this early on...only good could come from it. Good girl
jaan_black 4 years
love her...and I believe that she hates all the attention and genuinely prefers to be alone...I'm sure in small doses, it can be fun at times but if you're even a little normal, privacy is key...interesting what she said about wanting to cry, never heard that but I'm sure that much emotion can do that to you
misssdandelion 4 years
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crisk 4 years
i love love love love love love love love loveKRISTEN
crisk 4 years
i love love love love love love love love love KRISTEN
ilanac13 4 years
you have to appreciate her honesty here. :) i like what she had to say and i think that interviews like this really help people 'get' her more :)
AmalieDanielle 4 years
She is amazing. <3
AmalieDanielle 4 years
She is amazing. <3
4 years
Only good thoughts about Kristen. That's amazing. God job kristen, great pics and wonderful answers.
4 years
GORGEOUSSSS!!!!! Also I am glad she is dating someone, there's no reason why someone as hot as her should be single. Too bad she won't tell us whom. But that's ok too.
bellabells7279 4 years
I love her so much. It's sad how her privacy is being invaded. But she is so great.
Piebeary71 4 years
I think Kristen is awesome. Good for her for not talking about her personal life. It's her life and she doesn't have to say jack sh*t about it. Kristen you're awesome, anyone who criticizes you w/out walking in your shoes, f them!!!
white-rabbit149683 4 years
Love her answers.I get her.She's so real-she doesn't pretend she has no flaws or that everything is perfect.She is trying to cope with the abusive part of her job and despite being so young she is doing it with maturity and without taking her clothes off all the time.
kate4g 4 years
Wow!She looks stunning!
kate4g 4 years
Wow!She looks stunning!
eze11 4 years
Damn krist. Lookin good ahhhh!!!!!! :D
cdelaney 4 years
She looks amazing!
cdelaney 4 years
She looks amazing!
4 years
so hot but classy at the same time i just adore this girl she's not a famewhore like ashley G she's just smart beautiful and really really classy
4 years
kristen is no hollywood girl. she is true to herself and not pimping her personal lives at public. SMART GIRL. she is still young but her answer is like her has been live 30 years ahead, LOL. so smart.
jolielove 4 years
Stunning. love her!
jolielove 4 years
Stunning. love her!
sham28 4 years
She's hot and I think she's kind of a dork deep down, which is an awesome combination.
sham28 4 years
She's hot and I think she's kind of a dork deep down, which is an awesome combination.
4 years
Agree with #8. You can be sexy without taking your clothes off. Stay true to yourself and don't be afraid to be vulnerable. She is very smart and considerate person. She makes a great friend.
4 years
Kristen is so wise and mature for a girl of her age. She has a deep thought. I love that she has a deep moral value and she cares about people around her. Kristen, don't let the hatred bother and change who you are. Stay true to yourself.
Celestina1 4 years
Loved how she answered every question. Sometimes people, paps and fans forget that - although she chose a work where she was going to be exposed - she's only 20 years old and can't make the normal mistakes that most of us at her age did. Because every f@cking time she did something "wrong" everybody (and you know is true) points at her saying she's not the role model that she has to be.Keep true to yourself KS!!
Celestina1 4 years
Loved how she answered every question. Sometimes people, paps and fans forget that - although she chose a work where she was going to be exposed - she's only 20 years old and can't make the normal mistakes that most of us at her age did. Because every f@cking time she did something "wrong" everybody (and you know is true) points at her saying she's not the role model that she has to be. Keep true to yourself KS!!
Ana-Sofia 4 years
the second photo it's brilliant, it's great!!!!
4 years
@#17 I think what she meant is that 'it is okay to be nervous, uncomfortable and awkward on stage. It is normal to feel that ways. It doesn't have to be negative because everyone feels like that when they are on stage in front of thousands of people. I can't even make a speech in front of my own family, I totally get her.
bryseana 4 years
That's a lot to deal with at 19 / 20 years old. I can't imagine. Hope she can keep her sanity through all this mania.
4 years
This is probably one of my favorite photoshoot of KS. The hair, the makeup, the background with all the KS's photos and the clothes. Elle, you did a great job. I can't wait until July for the Elle Uk cover of KS. I wonder how they will top this one, because this one is pretty amazing. Two thumbs to Mr. Joe Zee. Love love love it.
4 years
She looks gorgeous! I admire her will to keep her private life private. She is completely right. When you already tell them, they want more or they will use your words and twist them or make up BS story. Fame comes and goes. I'm glad that she is so grounded and doesn't let fame shadow her judgment.
Happsmjc 4 years
I used to be really annoyed by her, for most of the reasons they mentioned in the questions--her looking miserable and like she didn't care...but after recently becoming a Twilight fan I actually like her, and her answers to these questions were great.
Kazagirl 4 years
Love her.
Kazagirl 4 years
Love her.
4 years
At least she is a smart girl. She is right if she says who she is dating people will not leave her alone they will want the specifics. At least she is not dumb to fall for dumb peoples tricks. SMART GIRL!
lwimbush 4 years
shes looks great on the cover, but what does this even mean:On her award show demeanor: "I think it's funny that when I go onstage to accept an award, they think I'm nervous, uncomfortable, and awkward — and I am — but those are bad words for them."
lwimbush 4 years
shes looks great on the cover, but what does this even mean: On her award show demeanor: "I think it's funny that when I go onstage to accept an award, they think I'm nervous, uncomfortable, and awkward — and I am — but those are bad words for them."
4 years
I think she looks so pretty when she is made up.. She is a wonderful actress and very wise at her young age. Yes, we all want to know if her and Robert are dating. But, That may be something they want to just keep between themselves.. Come on now, we all know they are together. When was the last time you saw her with another guy? when she was dating that Michael dude over a year ago. And you never see Robert with women.. Sometimes those publicists make them keep that stuff private. I personally think It would not hurt them at all if we knew they were a couple, I'd be so happy for them. Best wishes to them both..
4 years
yeah, this is such a gorgeous woman! she's honest and sincere in that tidbits. I adore her for keeping her personal life private in contrast to the Hollywood wannabees out there who flaunts every single thing in their personal life then suddenly crash and burn... tsk tsk tsk...
CG 4 years
The cover is boring but everything else looks great. Was her answer about dating someone a yes then?
4 years
She looks lovely on the cover.....and i loved how they still showed her bad a** side!!!!!!She just looks amazing and i agree with Mn you dont have to take your clothes off to be sexy plus please keep the f**king nasty comments to yourself people Thank you!She a great role model for some she keeps her relationship out of public, smart, sexy as hell, great actress!!!!!!
nashcm2 4 years
I`m dead. How beautiful is she!!! Everyone in Hollywood should learn from her. I love the way she is, don`t change for anyone. You`re drop dead gorgeous!!!
4 years
I just love her. she is so honest and true about her feelings. I think people just give her a hard time about everything. And she is one of the most beautiful young women in hollywood today. Keep doing what your doing and be true to yourself. you go girl.
abbyabby 4 years
such a pretty girl!
abbyabby 4 years
such a pretty girl!
4 years
Wowza.........She looks amazing in those pix. I bet she is a great friend and would be awesome to hang out with. xoxo
gd101 4 years
she looks really beautiful! :)
gd101 4 years
she looks really beautiful! :)
The-H-in-Hollywood 4 years
The outfit on the cover is so NOT HER. The black dress is though. I think she does not like to divulge the contents of her mind and soul to journalists writing a story. OR interviewers during the Twi promos. who can blame her? I don't . I respect her for it. Because I am so sick of the famewhores I read about on this site and others.
The-H-in-Hollywood 4 years
The outfit on the cover is so NOT HER. The black dress is though.I think she does not like to divulge the contents of her mind and soul to journalists writing a story. OR interviewers during the Twi promos. who can blame her? I don't . I respect her for it. Because I am so sick of the famewhores I read about on this site and others.
GreenBears 4 years
I have alot of respect for her and the way she guards her privacy. More should learn from her. And she looks beautiful in these photos.
GreenBears 4 years
I have alot of respect for her and the way she guards her privacy. More should learn from her. And she looks beautiful in these photos.
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He can then either score or make an assist making his stats look good.
Between the two penalty area's he is usless every time he has a chance to break he always checks back and does the easy pass back to sagna.
He never links play going forwards, he never works the triangles he gives a short sideways pass and runs at full pelt into spaces that are impossible to get a return pass.
He defends by keeping a distance of 10 feet from the player with the ball in case he has to hurt himself in a tackle, I would like to see Chmberlain or even Rosicky given a chance so we can have another player who is capable of our passing game given a go on the right.
Podolski is very similar and his link up play is very bitty, when they are both in the team we lose the movement to get quality chances when teams park the bus.
Theo needs the rest of the team to carry him otherwise he gets found out like he does for England.
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Semi-OT: Canning a Coordinator
This isn't exactly Bears news, or even professional football news. But I think that some of the conclusions drawn here can apply to the professional game. If I were to connect this to the professional game, it would be titled, "Why Mike Martz's Offense Was No Better Than Ron Turner's (at least, for this past season)" If you're a stats buff, you'll really like this article, BTW. tl;dr: Canning an Offensive Coordinator does not affect an offense's performance to any significant degree. Canning a Defensive Coordinator generally improves the performance of the defense, though not to any great degree. The biggest indicators of season-to-season offensive and defensive rankings is player retention and previous season rankings.


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With the blessing of his daughters, 10-year-old Ciera and 13-year-old Kylee, as well as recently excused head coach Scott Pearne, Eric Hammond agreed to take over head coaching duties at Jurupa Valley Patriot this season. Pearne was dismissed last week in the wake of an alleged hazing incident involving the team.
Hammond said some students were disciplined, but that he couldn't elaborate further.
"The district," he said by phone, "is trying to make sure it's handled appropriately."
From his perspective, Hammond said: "The big thing is it's for the kids. Scott's my friend and it's been hard, but for the kids, we're trying to do what's easier for them."
And many of the kids on Patriot's roster know Hammond as their freshman coach. He also previously was the head coach at Ambassador Christian in 1996 and 1997, and he's been an assistant in the Patriot program since before Pearne arrived, and before that at Rubidoux.
"I'm not abandoning my freshman kids," said Hammond, who will continue to call plays for the freshman team, coaching games at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday when Patriot plays at Perris. "It's a commitment, they make a commitment to us and we make one to them."
It's the notion of commitment that motivated Hammond to take on the extra responsibility, he said. He will have offensive coordinator and longtime coaching colleague Chris Fowler serving as an assistant head coach.
"I didn't want to do varsity football," Hammond said. "My thing is to be a great father and husband, but sometimes we get thrust into things that are necessary, and these kids worked hard last nine months, so I wanted to come up with them, just in the sense of organization and things they're used to.
"They've been really good, real positive. We've been talking a lot about playing hard for each other and the community and to represent coach Pearne, because he put a lot of work into these kids."
Kids who include standout quarterback J.D. Hernandez, wide receiver/defensive back Jalin Burrell, linemen Ryan Darden and Corey Miller as well as tailback Marcus French, all players who've helped rally the team, Hammond said.
"We're keeping coach Pearne in mind. He's done a fantasic job. I coached under him because I respected him, and I really think the kids are going to play hard for each other and for him and our school.
"He loves the kids, he's made that clear, and they love him, that's not disputable. We're not forgetting about him, we're embracing him, he's part of who we are.
"Coach has been a trooper about it. Obviously, he's not real pleased, no one would be, but he had no knowledge of what was going on and my heart goes out to him.
"I talk to him daily, and he's been real supportive. He wants the guys to go out and do well against Perris, and that support means a lot to me. This is what the kids and coaches have worked hard for, and now it's time for the kids to go out and play and experience what millions of high school kids are experiencing across the country."
Perris coach Howard Boyd said he's cautioning his team not to expect any less of an effort from Patriot without Pearne: "I made it perfectly clear when I talked to my kids, the team is still intact. They still have coaches that know the system, and we have to be prepared to do what we have to do to beat them."
Hammond expects Perris to make his head coaching debut at Patriot challenging.
"We expect them to be very physical, very athletic, very well-coached, so we know we have our hands full. But we're excited to get after them. It's been a long summer, and the last week has made it feel two months later, so it's going to be a good matchup to see where we're at."


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All this dealing with Super 8 has reminded me of how I loved the way my miserly relatives documented entire summers, if not more, with one 3 min roll of super eight film. No shots of someone endlessly staring at the camera as an off screen voice says "Do something, i don't know, anything". Super 8 in a cheap bastards hands' = Pure Money shots. Bride and groom at alter, kiss, rice throw, drive away, suddenly you are at a little league game, familiar looking kid hits ball, runs, slides home, -zap- you are at the lake house, rope swing…kid lets go… landing at Xmas gifts being torn open, finally: end shot: the bride from shot 1, holding her newborn first son! All on one 3 min roll! No edits. No kidding!!! In camera, fiscally responsible, almost maniacal, perfect minimal coverage. I love it. My elders survived the depression and self described "Don't waste nothin' "…. even the G on nothing' is saved for a rainy day. 1 Year, 1 roll, which, has been happily viewed by the fam, over and over and over… like a perfect pop song, never gets old, never completely satisfying, always a pleasure to return to!
Well, unfortunately maybe i took this conservatism to an extreme as i "wasted no energy" getting these rolls to the lab 13 years late!
lets hope for better luck on Super8 ROLL 2.
This Time… we PULL 2 STOPS… !!!! The stakes are much higher: we're sending out vintage Sewage footage. C'mon Image… we're lookin' for you…
someone, kiss the roll for luck.. we sending it OFF
stay tuned 4 the re$ults
( coming up: we may also try sending a roll off to 'film rescue international', referred us by yet another helpful Cinematography.com poster)


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Annual appraisals for doctors
The UK is the first country in the world to introduce annual appraisals for doctors across its whole healthcare system.
The new system will mean that problems with doctors are flagged earlier, the GMC (General Medical Council) said.
The assessment will take the form of an annual appraisal - featuring input from patients - and a more comprehensive meeting every five years.
To kick off the new checks, the GMC will today start writing to 13,000 doctors telling them when they will revalidate.
The rest of the UK's licensed doctors will be written to by the end of next month.
The GMC expects to revalidate the majority of licensed doctors by March 2016, with medical leaders expected to go first.


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PGN: Growing up in South Africa, what kind of kid were you?
HE: I was always a bit on the quiet side. I did not grow up in a big family. I grew up with a brother and later we adopted a sister. My family lived on a small holding in the farming community, so growing up there were lots of animals around me. That was something that was hard for me to adjust to here, not having my animals around. I do miss the nature.
PGN: What was your favorite animal?
HE: I loved them all. We had eight Great Danes, hedgehogs and all the farm animals you could think of. Once we had about 20 tortoises in the yard eating my mother's plants. We even had a little lamb that lived with us because her mother kicked her out. She wore diapers around the house.
PGN: That's so cute! Most unusual pet?
HE: [Laughs.] Those would be the ones that I've acquired since I've been here. At the moment, I have a short-tailed possum and two degus.
PGN: Degus?
HE: Yes, they're very similar to chinchillas, and in fact come from the same region of Chile, but they're a little smaller. They have a very thick, soft coat and you have to give them dust baths and all of that.
PGN: What's a fun childhood memory?
HE: Oh gosh, well the first thing that popped into my head was that we had one of those things you'd hook up to the car and a tent pops out from the back and you'd live in it. We call it a caravan but I think you call it a trailer. Anyway, we'd take random camping trips and it was great fun.
PGN: What did the parents do?
HE: My mother is a musician as well. She teaches guitar, voice and piano, and my father is a pharmacist. He used to specialize in hearing aids and acoustics.
PGN: What was a favorite class?
HE: In which school? University?
PGN: No, grade school or elementary.
HE: [Laughs.] Ah yes, we call that primary school. It seems like so long ago. I enjoyed math and biology. I always thought if I didn't go into music I'd become a veterinarian, but I found I couldn't stand to see animals in pain or deal with blood very well, so that didn't work out. Fortunately, the music did.
PGN: And do you play instruments as well as conduct?
HE: Yes, my passion and training was in piano. I did play viola back in South Africa just to get more orchestral experience to help me with my composition, but at the moment I just don't have time to play.
PGN: Where did you study?
HE: I studied composition at Berkley College of Music in Boston. That's why I came to the States. I've always been intrigued by writing for movies and visual media. My degree is actually in film scoring. Berkley was the only school that offered a four-year degree in that field.
PGN: What was the biggest culture shock moving here?
HE: Oh gosh, the Boston accent was just terrible. And also the people were, I don't know how to say it, they weren't very open or welcoming on the East Coast. I'm used to a very warm and compassionate culture where people are very friendly. Everyone is aware of everyone's feelings, where here in the Northeast everyone is just on a mission. You go over and past everyone to get to your path and that was hard for me, that fast, no-nonsense pace.
PGN: My cousin moved to Atlanta and was freaked out at first. People would say hello and he'd practically jump into a karate stance, "What do you want?" It took him a while to get used to strangers coming up and asking how his day was.
HE: I know. It's the strangest thing. When I first came here, I would be in a grocery store or at a pit stop and I would always greet people and say, "G'day! How are you doing?" and they would look at me like I was totally bonkers. I finally realized, OK, I guess people don't greet each other here. My husband is a musician also and in May we went to Nashville, Tenn., so he could study. It was so friendly, it was like being at home in some ways. My husband is from Texas and I think that's why we get along so well, similar cultural styles.
PGN: So how did you end up in Philadelphia?
HE: After graduation, I ended up in New York City, not knowing what the heck I was going to do, and ended up meeting a South African family through a random connection in Oxford [England]. I lived with them and got a job in South Jersey, my current job. I'm an accompanist and vocal coach for the Musical Theatre Department at Westminster College of the Arts. Then through [my husband] Eric, I got involved with the Freedom Band, and when they needed a conductor I applied and got the job.
PGN: How did you meet your husband?
HE: Ha! Online, which was the strangest thing. Back home, online dating just doesn't exist, so I never thought I'd meet anyone decent online. I still sometimes have a hard time imagining that that was really how it happened, but it did.
PGN: A few years ago there were a lot of films at Qfest from South Africa. There were two distinct types of films, some about the mostly black and lesbian community, which faced a lot of discrimination, corrective rape, etc., and some about a thriving, gay party community with amazing-looking bars and clubs, with mostly gay white men.
HE: Yes, there are still very distinctive cultural differences. But things have changed so much in just the five years I've been here, I almost feel like I don't know my country anymore. Certainly if you go to areas like Cape Town or Pretoria, there's a thriving gay community. Cape Town is considered one of the gay meccas. But honestly, when I was living there I was not out yet, so I never explored any of these things. But I've heard about them. Hopefully after the next time I return, I'll be able to tell you a bit more.
PGN: Are you out to the family?
HE: Yes, and like most people I thought the absolute worst was going to happen, but they were all perfectly fine with it. It was ... well, for example, I left my brother for last because he's the most conservative of the family, yet he was the one who broke down crying, saying, "Why didn't you tell me? It's not a problem at all!"
PGN: When were you home last and what do you miss the most?
HE: I try to go every two years, and I miss my family of course, but outside of them, I guess the food. And nature. On the farm, you'd wake up every morning to the sound of animals and drumming and singing in the distance. I could just immerse myself in all the animals around me. And traveling through the countryside, it was amazing how the landscape could change so drastically for such a small country. South Africa is about the size of Texas and yet you could go from desert to bush to lush in one drive.
PGN: I think a lot of people think of "Africa" and pictures of shanty towns with starving kids covered in flies come to mind, not the modern cities and beauty of the country.
HE: It's true. It's amazing how many people won't believe I'm from South Africa because I'm not black and then they presume I live in a hut with elephants stampeding by and that we don't have running water. It baffles me how little people know about the country or that it even is a country. I'll say I'm from South Africa and they'll ask me what country that's in. [Laughs.] I have fun with it, but it's crazy.
PGN: I don't know if you know the term "poverty porn," but it's the practice of media and organizations exploiting poor people and/or countries in order to gain sympathy to sell newspapers or increase donations or support for a given cause — i.e., using pictures of kids in wretched conditions or circumstances and letting that be the only representation shown. Kind of like showing pictures of the worst neighborhoods in Philly and letting that be the only impression that people have of the city.
HE: Yes, it's a beautiful country but people don't know that here. It's an amazing array of climates, from the Kalahari Desert, where the Bushmen still live and hunt, to the Northeast where it's almost forest-like, where the canopy of the trees is so tight the sun barely shines through. It's amazing.
PGN: So back to the States, how long have you been with the Freedom Band?
HE: I think I'm in the second year with them. This will be my fourth concert.
PGN: Yes, you have a holiday concert coming up. What can we look forward to?
HE: A lot of fun. [PGN publisher] Mark Segal will be playing with us. Mark and Councilman Mark Squilla will do a little percussion duel-off. It's a piece I arranged based on "The Little Drummer Boy," and it will be quite comedic and fun. The first half will be a little untraditional because we are featuring composers that have the look of Santa Claus, or Father Christmas as we call him, with photos being projected through the pieces to make it fun.
PGN: What do you think of Thanksgiving? [Laughs.] Obviously it's not exactly a South African tradition.
HE: No, no, not at all. We don't even eat turkey as a rule because it's very expensive there and the turkeys are very small. I love Thanksgiving. I'd never had or known about pumpkin pie or green-bean casseroles and cranberry sauce, but I've discovered I really like them. When Eric came to South Africa with me for the first time, we made turkey for the family and everyone was in absolute awe.
PGN: What are some foods that someone should try when visiting South Africa?
HE: You'd definitely have to try biltong or droëwors, which are a kind of dried meat. You'd call it jerky here, but it's not the same. I'm sorry but what I've had here is just ... awful. Ours is thicker and much better. It's so common there, you can buy it at any grocery store. But we don't have the variety of vegetables that you have here, especially since you have the root vegetables that come in from Latin America. We don't have any of that, but we do have a lot of fruit. Guava and mangoes and papaya, lychees, that sort of thing.
PGN: What are your big holidays?
HE: We don't have any big family gathering/eating holidays like Thanksgiving. The biggest holidays are Easter and Christmas. We also celebrate things like the end of the Anglo-Boer War or Freedom Day, which celebrates the first post-apartheid elections.
PGN: When did you first come out?
HE: In high school, I informally came out to a couple of friends for about two months and then went back in. I didn't officially come out fully until my final year of college. I guess I knew all along but especially in my culture where it's a big no-no, and you get oppressed and all that, I didn't see the need when I was living there.
PGN: What was the first music you ever purchased?
HE: I think the first thing I ever bought was a soundtrack. I also used to listen to a lot of Afrikaans children's stories. There was a famous series called "Liewe Heksie," which means "dear little witch" in Afrikaans. She was an incompetent, forgetful witch who lived with her friends the elves in Blommeland (Flower Land) and was always getting into funny situations.
PGN: What was the historical moment that you remember best?
HE: I guess for me it was the day President Obama took office. I was in the U.S. and it was a huge deal. I was alive for the end of apartheid but I was so little I don't remember it. But the Obama thing was big. Especially coming from a country where we were used to black leaders, to see a black president in America was great.
PGN: Biggest mishap in your musical career?
HE: Oh, well, it's happened more than one time, but in the excitement of conducting I've had the baton fly out of my hand in the middle of a piece. I think I hit someone in the head once.
PGN: And what's on the horizon?
HE: Well, my first love is composing and conducting. I'm currently working on a musical that we're developing for Broadway. My husband Eric is writing the lyrics and I'm doing the music. It's called "The Last Days of Pompeii," and we have a producer in New York and a director and choreographer attached already, so it's coming along nicely. Hopefully by this time next year we'll be opening.
PGN: You'll be the new Rodgers and Hammerstein!
HE: Now that would be nice.
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Tips to Identify the Right Time to Exercise
If you exercise on a regular basis, you may know how to do your workout routine, but choosing the best time to exercise tends to be a problem. You should always pay attention to how you feel before, during and after a workout.
When you eat, make sure that you know when you exercise, so you can coordinate the best time to do both. The considerations we'll be looking at in this article will help you to identify the best workout times for you.
You won't find anyone who has the exact same internal body clock that you do. This is why people seem to function so differently from everyone around them. The best time for your exercising can be determined by your own body clock. You can read about someone else's experiences, but that won't necessarily be the same as your own. Of course, not everyone can follow their body clock perfectly when it comes to exercise. For instance, the best time for exercising might happen while you are working. This is the principle that you need to be using to guide you, whenever need be. Do you know what time of day is best for numerous people? The afternoon. Late afternoon may be the best time for you, also, especially if mornings are not prime exercise time for you. Supplementing your meals with green coffee bean extract is something you may consider to get rid of more calories from your workouts. It's been documented that energy levels rise in the late afternoon because that's usually when a person's body temperature and hormone levels are highest. This gives you the highest levels of energy. Do you work during the day? If so, a visit to your health club when you finish work may be the ideal time for you. If you had a bad day, you can also take the advantage of letting your workout relieve you of any stress related to your day.
When an event comes up, such as a marathon, or a triathlon, you need to modify your workout schedule accordingly. Training during the same time of day that the event itself will take place is usually recommended to get the best results. If you decide to train in the morning, and the event is actually in the late afternoon, this is probably not the best option for you.
Even if you prefer exercising later in the day, you want to prepare your body as much as possible for the conditions it's going to have to endure. People that train in the afternoons for a morning marathon are simply not going to do very well against others that trained every morning for the event. The best time for you to exercise may be different than it is for other people. Hopefully after reading this you'll be able to easily make a decision about the right time for you to exercise according to your own circumstances. If you have a full time job, for example, you obviously have to plan your workouts around this. The ideal time to workout will allow you to do what you need to do each day and to feel great about exercise.
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So this is a thread were you put videos (not necesseraly Youtube) so other people enjoy them. They could be about anything funnys, pranks, videogames, music videos, anime's, cartoons, TV shows, yourself, anything you might want someone else to watch.
This guy is funny. He reviews classic videogames and criticizes them horribly.
Look at him reviewing the Attari 5200
Now here is him reviewing the classic Ninja Turtle Game
This is a must watch
You could hear the smacking sound XD


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News: Birdman Flies Away From Drake Beef Rumors, Reacts To Jordan Deal [Audio]
Monday, Dec 16, 2013 10:11AM
Cash Money Records head Birdman has stepped forward to put an end to the beef chatter involving protégé Drake and reacted to Drizzy's recent big business moves.
Immediately killing the feud speculation, Baby said his main goal as Cash Money boss is to make sure all of his artists flourish with their own solo ventures.
"Drake is my little brother, I love him to death and he's family," Baby said in an interview. "Drake's down with the team for life. He made a commitment when we did another situation. I got nothing but respect for Drake and the whole OVO camp. That's family forever. ... If you know him, he's not big-headed. People see when we're emerging. Like I say, Nicki [Minaj] emerged, Drake emerged, we support their emerge. We want them to everything he's done. He's got the Nike [deal], he's got the Toronto Raptors, that's what it's about. It's about you developing and becoming bigger. We all be bigger. But if you got somebody that's not allowing you to be bigger, that's a problem and we don't operate like that. We gonna support you." (Shade 45)
During his OVO Fest concert in August, Drizzy vouched his loyalty to Cash Money and Young Money boss Lil Wayne.
"If there was paperwork that said 'For life on it' I'ma let you know I'm gonna be riding with this man right here until the end of time, I promise you. I'm not going anywhere. Young Money is forever. Lil Wayne is forever. Drizzy Drake is forever and that's that on motherf*cking that," Drake said during the concert. "This man here is the reason you can feel proud as a city. This man right here is the reason for Drake. Make some noise for the best rapper alive." (OVO Fest)
According to recent reports, rap star Kanye West is proud of Drake for taking his career to the next level with Jordan Brand.
He may hate Nike's guts, but Kanye West says he's got NO BEEF with Drake for signing a deal with the shoe giant -- in fact, he's downright happy for the guy, TMZ has learned Sources close to Yeezus tell us ... Kanye is still real upset with the Swoosh for refusing to give him royalties for a shoe line. But we're told when he found out about Drake's new partnership with Nike for his own special OVO Air Jordans, Kanye was proud. As one source put it, "Kanye will always be happy with rappers taking steps in the fashion world." Bros before OVOs. (TMZ)
The Toronto native broke the news of joining Jordan Brand during a performance near Nike's Portland headquarters earlier this month.
"Growing up, I'm sure we idolized this guy. He goes by the name of Michael Jordan, you understand what I'm saying?" Drake said to the crowd at the Rose Garden Arena during his tour stop in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday night. Known for its microbreweries, chainsaw wielding and local hero Timber Joey, Portland is also home to Nike and Jordan Brand's corporate offices. "So today, I came to Portland and I officially became inducted into the Team Jordan family so I feel like I'm at home right now, if you understand what I'm talking about," Drake said without getting into specifics. "And it is a family and I don't take that word lightly." (MTV)Does your music stash need a serious boost? Gotta have the latest New York tunes? Check out Talib Kweli's top five reasons you need his new Gravitas album right now!
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First Contact, Revisited
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Artist and filmmaker Roberto Mighty will show his groundbreaking short film, First Contact, and discuss the film and an accompanying multimedia exhibit. Through site-specific projections, landscape photography, high-definition video, forest audio recordings, historic voiceover texts and music, First Contact studies the thoughts and feelings of 17th-century peoples as they struggled to reconcile opposing notions about land use. Join us to learn about early interactions between European newcomers and the indigenous peoples who lived here first. $6; FREE FOR OSMH MEMBERS
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United Auto Workers vice president General Holiefield has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge following the accidental shooting of his wife in their suburban Detroit home.
Holiefield entered the plea Wednesday in a Clinton Township court, where he was originally scheduled to be arraigned next Wednesday. The charge is reckless discharge of a firearm.
The 60-year-old Holiefield was cleaning a handgun Dec. 30 in his Harrison Township home when one shot fired, striking 50-year-old Monica Morgan in the abdomen. Morgan accompanied her husband to court.
The charge will be dismissed if he doesn't have another criminal offense within six months.
A no contest plea isn't an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes.
Holiefield is retiring this year from the UAW.
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A quick reminder that the Crysis 3 multiplayer beta is open today to all. As long as you have a PC with Origin, a PS3 or an 360(with a Gold subscription) you can download and enter the beta right now.
Last week we gave you the rundown of what to expect in the beta so check it out before you jump in. Don't worry if you are busy though, as the beta runs until February 12 but get in now if you want to be one of the first to play the game.
Here's a quick reminder of the modes in the beta:
Multiplayer Modes
Here's a gameplay tutorial of what you'll be getting up to in Crysis 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZjYeG_XMzM
Let me know if you plan on putting on your nanosuit and joining in the beta.
Crysis 3 releases on February 19 in North America and February 22 in Europe.


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Substance Abuse Evaluation/Referral
Substance Abuse Evaluation/Referral is funded by revenues generated from the Drug, Alcohol, Treatment, and Education (D.A.T.E.) fund. Revenue is generated from fees collected for some drug and alcohol abuse cases filed and by defendants ordered by the courts to undergo drug/alcohol evaluations and drug testing. After initial evaluation, if a person is determined to have a substance abuse problem, the individual will select an approved treatment provider. The Substance Abuse Service office schedules the initial appointment for them and the probation officer is notified of the appointment time and location. Substance Abuse Services takes an active role in monitoring treatment for the duration of the process.
Hall County DUI CourtPresiding Judge Larry A. Baldwin, II
Mission Statement
The Hall County DUI Court mission is to make offenders accountable for their actions, bringing about a behavioral change that reduces DUI recidivism and the abuse of alcohol and other drugs while raising the re-licensure rate for participants that complete the program; to protect the public, to treat the victims of DUI offenders in a fair, just way; and to educate the public as to the benefits of DUI courts for the communities that they serve.
What is DUI Court?
The Hall County DUI Court is designed to coordinate substance abuse intervention with judicial support through an immediate sanctions and incentives process.
Why DUI Court?
Incarceration has not proven an effective, long-term deterrent for repeat offenders. The ability to utilize Judicial Review in regards to treatment allows for a higher degree of follow-through and accountability for the participants in this program. This will lead to a higher level of treatment success and in increase in public safety as a result.
Hall County Drug CourtPresiding Judge Jason J. Deal
The Hall County Drug Court was organized in February 2000 under the direction of Superior Court Judge John Girardeau. The Court is a partnership among the Drug Court Judge, District Attorney, Probation, Law Enforcement, Drug Court Treatment Team, Drug Court Defense Attorney, Juvenile Court Judge, and the Pretrial Services Director.
The program is a minimum of twenty-four months and consists of five phases. It encompasses vocational, educational, and spiritual components in conjunction with providing substance abuse treatment. Phase 1 provides an orientation to treatment along with urine drug screens, breathalyzers, and weekly Drug Court appearances. Phase 2 provides alternatives to criminal and addictive thinking with continued urine drug screens, breathalyzers, and weekly Drug Court appearances. Phase 3 provides more specific treatment protocols along with urine drug screens, breathalyzers, and Drug Court appearances every other week. Phase 4 is a transition phase and allows the client to act as a facilitator/mentor for clients in Phase 1. Urine drug screens and breathalyzers continue as do Drug Court appearances every two weeks. Phase 5 is the aftercare phase. The client attends group, urine drug screens and breathalyzers as scheduled, and is a role model to the orientation group.
This program provides early intervention and serves as a meaningful alternative to incarceration for the participant who can function in the community with support. It is our goal to improve the quality of life and reduce recidivism for the participants in this program. Those who graduate will have a solid foundation to build upon in order to become a productive member of our community.
H.E.L.P. Program - Health, Empowerment, Linkage & PossibilitiesPresiding Judge Kathlene F. Gosselin
The Hall County H.E.L.P. Program was implemented in December, 2004 under the direction of Superior Court Judge Kathlene Gosselin. The Court is a partnership among the Judge, District Attorney, Solicitor-General, Probation, Pre-trial Services, Law Enforcement, Treatment Team, Defense Counsel, and Indigent Defense.
The program is nine to eighteen months in duration and consists of three phases. The goal of the program is to link participants with community resources that will allow them to live healthy, productive lives and reduce/eliminate future involvement with the criminal justice system. Those who graduate will have a solid foundation to build upon in order to become a productive member of our community.
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Caller: We need help on Slide; at the little Panda on Slide.
Operator: At where at Slide?
At the Little Panda on Slide.
Operator: Little Panda on Slide?
Yes. The roof has just collapsed.
Operator: Ma'am hang on one second. PD do you have an address?
908 Slide.
Operator: 908, thank you very much. It's just off of 4th and Slide?
Do what?
Operator: It's off of 4th and Slide?
It's off of 19th and Slide.
Operator: Okay, okay. Is she inside the store there?
Do what?
Operator: Is she inside the restaurant?
Everybody is inside the restaurant, I'm inside the restaurant.
Operator: Okay, is she breathing okay?
Yes, she is breathing but there is people screaming.
Operator: Okay, what happened?
The ceiling just collapsed.
Operator: The ceiling collapsed?
Yes. Do you want to talk to 9-1-1?
Operator: Okay, how many people are injured?
I have no idea.
Operator: You don't know how many people are injured?
Probably eight or so people in the building.
Operator: Okay, we do have an ambulance on it's way okay, I need you to stay on the line with me okay?
Okay, ok I will do that.
Operator: Okay, we have them on the way if you can possibly talk to them and see how many people are injured, ok?
Okay, how many people are injured? There's a table right here but other than that...
Operator: Okay do you know how much of the ceiling collapsed?
Do what?
Operator: The whole ceiling or was it just a little piece?
No the whole ceiling.
Operator: The whole ceiling in the whole restaurant collapsed?
Yes.I'm standing at the window right now.
Operator: Okay Ma'am?
Operator: Okay,We have them on the way okay? I'm going to go ahead and stay on the line with you okay? Okay, can you see anybody that is injured? Can you see any of them?
No, I can only see...
Operator: What did you say your phone cut out?
I can only see one person as of now there are some people out here trying to help us.
Operator: Ok, we do have the fire department also on the way also to help us out. Okay we have them on the way ok?
Operator: Ma'am? Are you inside the business?
Yes I am inside.
Operator: Can you talk to anybody can you find out how many people are hurt? We need to know it.
Operator: Now then I want you also, can you smell any gas or anything?
Operator: There's what I'm sorry?
I think its water I can't really smell what it is.
Operator: I can hear another lady talking. Ok, ok. Can you see a fire truck or anything yet? I'm sorry?
I can hear sirens but I can't see any ambulances.
Operator: Ok, just so you know I've got a bunch of people on the way over their okay?
Okay, I hear a siren.
Operator: Okay I want to stay on the line with you though so you can tell if anybody is hurt.
There is some more people, I can't tell they are just screaming for help.
Operator: Ok you can hear people screaming for help but you can't find them?
Operator: Ok, go ahead and send another one. Can you see anybody yet can you see any ambulances or anything?
I can hear them but I'm not at a place where I can turn my head. I can hear them behind us my friend can see them.
Operator: Ok is that a fire truck pulling up?
I cant see them.
Operator: You can't see them I'm sorry. Ok, it sounds like there is somebody their ok you are inside the business?
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Operator: Ok what I want you to do, can you get out of the business?
Um, no I can't.
Operator: You are stuck inside?
The paramedics are coming to help us get out.
Operator: Ok thank you ma'am. Ok bye bye
I can't their is a table.
Operator: Ok. How many people are with you?
Yes they are.
Operator: How many people are with you, how many of your friends?
I don't' know, I know there was two at that table.
Operator: Ok ma'am they should be there ok?
OK thank you.
Operator: Ok thank you, bye bye.
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Stephanie Miller Show: Obama Haters Should Try 'Jumping Out of a Plane Without a Parachute'
On Friday's Stephanie Miller show, the host was typically adoring Obama's snarky remarks about how the conservatives are flat-earthers when it comes to the awesome potential for green energy solutions. The forward-thinkers and the scientific minds hand over a half-billion dollars to Solyndra, apparently.
Unfortunately for Miller, her sidekick Jim Ward (who does impressions), completely lost his cool and said Obama's critics "should test the alleged laws of gravity by jumping out of a plane without a parachute." It's another Playtex bottle of the milk of human kindness from liberal talk radio.
MILLER: Yeah I think the President got off a good one the other day didn't he when he was talking he said 'if some of these folks were around when Columbus set sail they must have been founding members of the flat earth society. They wouldn't have believed the world was round' Ah just in relation to the whole energy debate, correct?
REP. ADAM SCHIFF: Exactly, they would have been talking about the alleged round earth theory.
JIM WARD: I think they should test the alleged laws of gravity by jumping out of a plane without a parachute.
MILLER: Oh now!
This Obama oration in suburban Largo, Maryland was the one Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler whacked for inaccuracy: "In a speech on energy Thursday, the president took aim at the "cynics and naysayers" who dismiss potential new sources of energy, such as wind and solar. Leave aside the canard about most Europeans believing the earth was flat before Columbus — that's an elementary-school tale with little basis in fact."
As for the next bit of the speech, where Obama claimed President Rutherford Hayes was hostile to the invention of the telephone, Kessler wrote, "the trouble is, historians say that there is no evidence Hayes ever said this. Not only that, contrary to Obama's jab, Hayes was interested in new technology. According to Ari Hoogenboom, who wrote the definite biography, 'Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President' Hayes entertained Thomas A. Edison at the White House. Edison demonstrated the phonograph for the president....Hayes, in fact, was such a technology buff that he installed the first telephone in the White House."
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MILLER: "Yeah I think the
Submitted by GregE on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 9:11pm.
MILLER: "Yeah I think the President got off a good one the other day didn't he.....?"
He got off a "good one" in November 2008 too, and has been getting off a good one on America ever since. He's getting off lots of "good ones" against the United States Constitution. Our nation is paying dearly for all his good ones.
I swear everytime I think of that, I can't help but think, this guy taught the Constitution at a university???? Who's constitution?
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Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 9:23pm.
Ms Miller...Intelligent and patriotic Americans would have to be FORCED out of a plane without a parachute and aware that the landing would cause brain damage. Ergo,
braindamage + zombiekoolade= liberals.
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It boggles the mind...
Submitted by Jimi Streets on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 2:41am.
...It should anyway. How in God's name did the American people become so freaking shallow as to elect this guy? 53% anyway. Makes no sense, but as a nation, we get the leaders we deserve.
That this man can so openly, repeatedly, and blatantly lie to us, expecting us to believe him, (I think) puts his maniacal ego on a part with some of the most evil leaders in history.
Can you imagine what this wannabe Che would do without the restraints of the Constitution he despises so much? One need only to refer to the failed history of socialism and communism to find out.
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You first, Stephanie.
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 9:21pm.
You can be a leader for once in your life. Go ahead and jump off the top of the nearest skyscraper.
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Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 11:21pm.
She'd better practice by standing on top of her ratings and jumping off, so she won't get hurt.
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Heck fall out a third story
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 10:35am.
Heck fall out a third story bedroom from white house would do...lol..
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Submitted by Curly on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 9:26pm.
I'm a "hater" because I legitimately detest his policies, politics and his morally, spiritually and ethically bankrupt administration? I'm a hater because I am his political opposite? Sick puppies on the left.
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me too...and I can dd one
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 10:34am.
me too...and I can add one thing.I .just cannot stand looking at him.. It must be his pompous little prick attitude which gets me.
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You should quit
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 9:27pm.
worshiping a nitwit, Miss Miller
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they don't understand
Submitted by goldbough on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 9:28pm.
The people who are slamming us Republicans don't get it. It's not that I'm against alternative energy, It's that I'm against the government trying to dictate what goes on in the marketplace. If the feds would move aside, I'm sure some great minds will come up with some great ideas without the government's help. It's not its job to create jobs or tell us what type of energy to use.
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right on the head of the nail
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 10:32am.
right on the head of the nail you hit it..we can produce all we want as long as they the government get their asses out of our way.
the sign I'd like to see in Washington..("government gone fishing, be back in 15 years to inspect all the American people have accomplished".
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Stephanie and the plane
Submitted by NVRAT on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 9:30pm.
Aw shoot, I thought she would jump from the plane without a parachute, after all she seems to be flying high most of the time must be smoking again.
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Stephanie and the plane
Submitted by NVRAT on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 9:29pm.
Aw shoot, I thought she would jump from the plane without a parachute, after all she seems to be flying high most of the time must be smoking again.
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Green Slimers....
Submitted by upcountrywater on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 9:38pm.
global wind power 'to the nearest whole number'
Ditch 100 coal plants, not a problem since energy usage is down.
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Facts. . .
Submitted by rickbren on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 9:57pm.
. . . never deterred a socialist or liberal. . .
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Yeah, I'm gonna jump out of
Submitted by rbosque on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 11:27pm.
Yeah, I'm gonna jump out of an airplane without a parachute just because liberals want our tax money to heavily subsidize an industry that in the real world would go belly up, and I don't.
If these green projects are such a great idea, why are they not making money? In the fantasy world liberals live in, these things make sense. In the REAL world, we throw money at losing technologies and get nothing in return. Guess what? We live in the real world, and we're getting nothing in return.
The free markets should determine if these ideas are viable, we should not be forced to pay for liberal fantasies.
Their hyperbole is just idiotic.
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Submitted by kilrod on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 12:50am.
0 dumb-uh-uh does'nt rate hate, contempt is the best he can do.
kilrod "the Birther"
If an unborn child cannot trust you, why should I,??
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Re-birth of the Birthers
Submitted by berlet98 on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 2:06am.
Re-birth of the Birthers
When a grinning Barack Hussein Obama finally produced his long form Hawaiian birth certificate on April 27, 2011–following years of questions fueled by strong suspicions he was born in Kenya–he felt certain all doubts that he was constitutionally-qualified to hold the office of the presidency had been laid to rest.
They hadn't.
Principal contributing factors for the qustions related to the inexplicably inordinate delays in providing the Long Form certificate and the million or so dollars the Obama camp spent to avoid the minimalist task of simply displaying a piece of paper. Neither the delay nor the money expended made any sense.
Testimony to the lingering doubts, Arizona's Sherrif Joe Arpaio recently launched a privately-funded 6 month investigation into the matter of exactly who and what our president was, Kenyan or American?
As he announced at a press conference, no major media source had investigated the controversy so his cold case posse of volunteers would look into the issue in order to resolve it once and for all.
Arpaio said after receiving the posse report, "We believe probable cause exists indicating that forgery and fraud may have been committed, not only in President Obama's long-form birth certificate, but more disturbing evidence suggests that another fraud may have been committed regarding his selected service registration card. Based on all of the evidence presented and investigated I cannot in good faith report to you that these documents are authentic." (http://abcn.ws/zrMUTU)
Although Arpaio was convinced that both Obama's birth certificate and draft card were forgeries, he isn't prepared to accuse the president, yet. The investigation is continuing.
Left unmentioned by the sheriff is the issue of Obama's Social Security card number which was originally issued to a French immigrant born in 1890 and re-issued to Obama in the state of Connecticut in 1977. The 15 year old Barry was residing in Hawaii with his maternal grandparents at the time and never resided in the Nutmeg State.
At least one blogger has suggested the grandparents' connection with well-connected Connecticut socialite, Helen Canfield, helped grease the skids to secure a SSN for Obama since he lacked an American birth certificate.
On the other hand, Snopes.com, long an avid Obama defender, alleged the SSN was valid. Snopes termed the brouhaha "fantastical." As "proof," Snopes said Jean Paul Ludwig's SSN was different and offered for verification a link to the Social Security Death Index which turned out to be useless and referred searchers to Ancestry.com.
Personally, I'm dubious as to all the birther allegations despite their potent arguments that Barack Hussein Obama was not born in the United States of America and thus ineligible to serve as president–and subject to prosecution as a liar and usurper.
Perhaps due to my septuagenarian naiveté, I find it difficult to accept that America's mainstream media would not have reported those damning facts.
However, a composite, 11 minute video of the president's statements . . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=17584.)
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jumping out of a plane
Submitted by oldfart on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 8:39am.
Since the progrssive/left seems to keep making statements that we are too stupid to know what is good for us I would like to recommend that they personally demonstrate this procedure so we know what to do.
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Submitted by BBallleaper on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 10:14am.
says What?
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We'd push the Obama lovers
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 10:27am.
We'd push the Obama lovers out and wave bye bye..
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Miller proves Christopher
Submitted by cristo on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 11:29am.
Miller proves Christopher Hitchen's position that woman are not funny.
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The Marion County Transit Authority is taking the next step to renovate 401 Monroe Street.
It wants to use the building for additional transportation.
The current transfer station at the courthouse is on a slope.
This location is flatter, which will make it easier for buses to pick up people who need assistance.
It has hired a contracting firm to work on the fascia for the roof, which will allow for gutter installation.
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Despite running short-handed without some team members, the Dolphins posted 88 points to sit atop the standings with UCF.
Pierre took first for the second straight week with a time of 21:47.32. Sophomore Svenja Meyer ran a 22:47.95 for sixth place.
"Joane ran really well and has set herself up nicely for a shot to win an individual conference championship," JU head coach Ron Grigg said.
Freshman Sarah Bailey finished 12th in 23:34.60, while junior Amalia Vogler ran a 24:14.51 for 29th. Junior Alicia Gard-Kaminkow ran a time of 24:45.23 (40th) to finish the JU group.
The Dolphins will now spend the next two weeks preparing for the A-Sun Championships in Nashville, Tenn. on Oct. 29.


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The Indians, counting tonight, are 16-21 since June 1, not bad considering the offensive talent on the DL. The starting rotation, originally thought to be the millstone that would drag the rest of the team down with it, has been the best part of the club. Fausto Carmona, the team's All-Star, has been one of the top pitchers on the staff a year after posting a 6.32 ERA in 125.1 innings. He's pushed his walk rate down to 3.2 per 9 innings, much closer to the 2007 level (2.6) than the 5.0/9 inning rates in 2008 and 2009.
Manny Acta sent Carmona out to pitch the seventh despite starting the inning with over 100 pitches. With about a week until his next start, Acta probably figured that this would be an appropriate game to keep him in a little longer if necessary, and he did so. Things almost backfired, as Carmona couldn't retire Carl Crawford to end the inning, walking him instead. Chris Perez came in, ostensibly to clean up the minor mess and pitch the eighth. That didn't happen, as Perez would walk the first three he faced, forcing in a run. He finally ended the inning with a three-pitch strikeout of John Jaso.
The Indians broke open the 4-2 game with a four-run eighth inning. Jhonny Peralta struck the big blow, a three-run homer off Andy Sonnanstine. The homer was just Peralta's second since the beginning of June, and was just his sixth of the season. Matt LaPorta followed by lacing a double that lapped at the foot of the center field wall. Jason Donald drove him home with a double of his own. Both Peralta and LaPorta finished the evening with three hits apiece, and Jayson Nix and Shelley Duncan contributed solo homers.
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The NHL All-Star Game is good for one thing, for me, every year. It starts up a lot of useless and sometimes downright stupid talk from loads of people. It's important for me to say up front that I think the ASG should no longer be played. To understand my perspective on that, you have to understand the original intent of All-Star Games in general.
Set the way-back machine for any date prior to the dawn of cable television. In hockey growing up, not every game for my home town team was televised and I never saw teams in the
Western Campbell Conference. The All-star game was a great opportunity every year for me to see players, on TV, that I never was able to see. The advent of cable, Center Ice, NHL Game Center & pirated internet streams of games has made the All-Star game outmoded for me. I can, in general, see any given player, on any given night now.
All the All-Star game does now is present an opportunity for idiotic statements and faux snub talk every year. Much more on that after the jump.
The first thing that happens every year is the "snub" discussion. This year when the NHL unveiled the full ASG rosters and the names Teemu Selanne and Nicklas Lidstrom were missing, the internet did what it does. It went into ridiculous hyperbole mode and started screaming about how badly these players had been done to. Shortly after the calls for justice reached a fever pitch on Twitter, this astonishing factoid came out.
Just confirming that Selanne was indeed asked to go to all-star but politely declined.— Pierre LeBrun (@Real_ESPNLeBrun) January 12, 2012
So Selanne decided on his own that he didn't want to attend after approached, such injustice. For the record, after Selanne declined, he suggested that teammate Corey Perry go in his place.
Now that the snub discussion regarding Selanne was over some people pivoted to an even more ridiculous position regarding player participation in the ASG. No less than three journalists suggested that players were obligated to participate in the game if selected. The logic was that people who purchased tickets to the game paid to see stars and a selected player, like Selanne, owed the ticket buyer. Lets set two facts straight on what a ticket purchase earns you, the fan.
1. Your ticket purchase entitles you to sit in Section X, Row Y, Seat #. You may sit in this seat for the duration of the event provided you conduct yourself within the confines of the ticket holder agreement you agree to at the time of your purchase. You may also be entitled to a free soft taco should the home team win.
2. Your ticket purchase does not entitle you to make demands on what any player does with his body or how any player should make any decision regarding their career.
The notion that you are "paying the player's salary" is ridiculous. The closest you might get on that point is that you a providing a minimal percentage of base capital that will be reinvested and over time provide a small portion of a player's salary. Revenue from merchandise, licensing of radio and television rights and corporate sponsorship all bring in more and in the long term provide more to pay players' salaries than your ticket price. Should any of those paid interests have a say on when a player plays? No. Additionally the inane idea that "we pay their salaries" was being espoused in part by journalists who generally attend every game they want to for free via a press pass is just stunning.
Then there is the most outlandish accusation of all. Players who opt out of the ASG are sissies. That one came from a journalist as well. Until you've played the game in a competitive fashion I don't think you have the proper frame of reference to call any hockey player out on their toughness. I played 8 seasons of competitive hockey. I've seen players play though injuries. Play when they shouldn't play. The ASG is worth zero points. If a player doesn't want to risk injury or aggravation of an existing injury, in a game worth zero points, I call that wise.
Then finally comes the most ridiculous of all of the statements being made, this one again by a journalist. Its the "I can't just decide not to go to something work releated because I am tired or do not want to" statement. Please stop trying to compare your writing job for your news paper, or your desk job at Corporation A to the "job" of being a world class athlete. If that's the comparison you want to make you might want to not eat so much and put the bowl of Cheetos down while you are watching them play. Pretty sure they cannot scarf down 3 dozen wings with ranch dressing during a game. My point is that comparing your job to theirs is as stupid and without merit as comparing Call of Duty on Xbox 360 to actual war.
In the end I hold true to the idea that the ASG is an outdated concept that needs to go. It introduces risk of injury in a game worth zero standings points for the players. Sure the NHL makes money from the corporate types who gobble up tickets and from the NBC broadcast rights. How much does the NHLPA make from it? Additionally the game is no longer the NHL's signature event. The Winter Classic has taken that position. Every 4th year, when the NHL players play for national pride at the Olympics is when I tune in to see the stars play. The All-Star Game is nothing like the product put out every night in the NHL. It's time it goes away. I still see the merit of the ASG format in the AHL and ECHL. There is no reasonably priced means to watch minor league hockey and the schedule is not balanced to where each team play each other at least once. The AHL All-Star game is the only time this year that Eric Tangradi will see Yann Danis barring a trade. The AHL version is still serving true to the original intent of the All-Star format. Too bad that game won't be widely televised either.


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Governor Chris Christie is in Arizona for the National Republican Governor's Association annual meeting. He was sworn in as the Chairman of the RGA, replacing Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. As part of his duties as chairman, Christie will travel the country and campaign for Republican governors up for re-election this year.
Former Iowa Governor Chet Culver says it's a great honor to be selected as the head of the RGA or the DGA. He also says being selected as chairman is very beneficial.
"It does give that governor a real platform in terms of national prominence," Culver said.
Even though this honor will give Christie a bigger platform if he wants to run for presidency, some people believe that Christie's aggressive attitude and New Jersey flare may be too much for people of Iowa and the Midwest. Culver believes that the people of Iowa haven't had the chance to truly meet Christie yet to really make their decision about him.
"Every part of the country is a little bit different, but one of the great things about the Iowa Caucus, whether it's the Republican Caucus or the Democratic Caucus, is it gives candidates a chance to come meet directly with the voters," he said.
The Iowa Caucus is essentially a meeting place for candidates and it's an opportunity to refine their message. "I welcome Governor Christie and Hilary Clinton and others to come to our state early and often to become a better candidate and to take those tough questions directly from the people of Iowa," Culver said.
Christie has been out of the state a lot lately, and some people feel that if he is truly putting New Jersey first, he should be in New Jersey. Even though Culver believes this is a fair point, he says traveling around the country has its benefits.
"It also arguably helps your state. You have your governor out there talking about New Jersey in places like Iowa and other parts of the country, talking to businesses, trying to encourage them to come back to your state. So it can work well on the political end and the policy side," he said.
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Microsoft has released its financial report for Q2 fiscal year 2014, announcing a large revenue of $24.52 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2013. The company sold 7.4 million Xbox consoles "into the retail channel" (to the retailer, not consumer) including 3.9 million Xbox One consoles and 3.5 million Xbox 360 consoles. The last report on sales to consumers was around the 3 million mark, so it is safe to assume almost all of the Xbox One consoles were sold.
The Devices and Consumer Hardware division, which houses the Xbox brand reported $4.7 billion for the quarter compared to $2.8 billion year-over-year. On a six-months basis, the firm reported $6.2 billion compared to $3.9 billion yoy.
"Our Commercial segment continues to outpace the overall market, and our Devices and Consumer segment had a great holiday quarter," said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer at Microsoft. "The investments we are making in devices and services that deliver high-value experiences to our customers, and the work we are doing with our partners, are driving strong results and positioning us well for long-term growth."
"We delivered record revenue as demand for our business offerings remains high and we made strong progress in our Devices and Consumer segment," said Amy Hood, chief financial officer at Microsoft. "These results reflect our focus on execution, cost discipline, and long-term shareholder value as we continue to drive the strategic transformation of the company."
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