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Davis Fellowship for Summer Language Study
Fellowship covers the full cost (tuition, room, and board) of summer language study from beginner to graduate level in Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian at the Middlebury College Language Schools. These are merit-based and intended for qualified individuals with interest in one or more of the following areas: international, global, or area studies; international politics and economics; peace and security studies; and/or conflict resolution.
National Geographic Young Explorers Grants
National Geographic provides seed grants to individuals ages 18 to 25 in the fields it has a rich history of supporting. Grant amounts generally range between $2,000 and $5,000. Applicants are not required to have advanced degrees. However, any relevant record or prior experience in the fields of research, conservation, or exploration should be submitted.
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Dino Battaglini, principal of Sonoma Valley High School since July of 2010, resigned last week and was immediately replaced by Lynn Fitzpatrick, the district's director of curriculum and instruction.
The school board accepted Battaglini's resignation at a special meeting on Jan. 17. Officially, Battaglini is on leave of absence until the end of the school year. His final day under district contract is June 30.
"The district appreciates Dino's contributions and wishes him well in his future endeavors," stated School Superintendent Louann Carlomagno.
Fitzpatrick took over as principal on Tuesday. "Lynn has worked closely with the administration and staff at SVHS in implementing the a-g graduation requirements, developing the Freshman Team concept, preparing for implementation of the common core curriculum, and advancing the development of college and career pathways," Carlomagno said.
The district will launch a search for a new principal immediately, Carlomagno said, with the goal of naming the new principal before the end of the current school year. "The district is optimistic that Sonoma Valley will attract quality candidates."
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PAKISTAN, December 30, 2011–Pakistan and and the U.S. are fighting a proxy war in Afghanistan, wherein Pakistan is supporting the Taliban while the U.S. is supporting the Afghanistan goverment of President Hamid Karzai. The November 26, 2011 attack by U.S. coalition led helicopters on a Pakistani checkpoint, killing a reported 24 Pakistan soldiers, is converting the proxy war waged between the U.S. and Pakistan into a real war.
The result is that Pakistan has since closed a key border crossing into Afghanistan stopping the movement of supplies passing through Pakistan on their way to NATO forces.
Admiral retired Mike Mullen, in his 22 September testimony to the armed services committee, alleged that Taliban is the veritable arm of the spy agency of Pakistan and through the Taliban, Pakistan is conducting terrorist attacks on the American and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan has been facing war since the last three decades and its bureaucratic infrastructure is in shatters. The northern region of the country is more stable than the southern and eastern parts and with the constitution of the country being made the country needs democratic institutions to enforce that new constitution.
The Karzai government is trying to bring stability to war affected Afghanistan effecting order in the country as civil and military bureaucracy is taking shape to govern the country.
On the other hand, the Taliban are trying to disrupt and undo the efforts made by the Karzai government. The Taliban are concentrated in the southern parts of the country and are conducting terrorist attacks with the help of IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices). Recently, the US senate and congress stopped 700 million dollars of aid to Pakistan as Pakistan is not taking any steps to control the availability of chief ingredients required to make IEDs.
The Taliban are also doing suicide attacks on the foreign troops in Afghanistan. The recent suicide attack and murder of former president of Afghanistan, Burhanuddin Rabbani was mentioned by Admiral Mike Mullen in his testimony as it was conducted by the Taliban with the help of the Haqqani network, the branch of Taliban that is residing in North Waziristan, a tribal area of Pakistan and has links with the Taliban operating in Afghanistan.
Mr Rabbani was instrumental in bringing the different factions of Taliban to one plateform with the Karzai government and with his death the chances of reconciliation between the different factions of Taliban and Karzai government are negligible.
Mr. Karzai, the Afghani president, is blaming the ISI (Inter services Intelligence) of Pakistan for its involvement in the murder of Mr Rabbani but Pakistan denies any charges of its involvement in the suicide attack killing the former Afghani president.
The recent attack on the Pakistani checkpoint has changed the picture altogether as the war is no more a secret war and has become an open war between USA and Pakistan.
America is denying that the attack was deliberate while Pakistan is claiming the attack was planned. The final inquiry report made by the NATO forces is not being given any importance by the Pakistans. Pakistan is not in the mood to restore the NATO supply line passing through Pakistan and NATO is facing a shortage of supplies.
NATO cannot live indefinitely without supplies from Pakistan. Whether and when Pakistan will restore the supplies is the hot topic. If Pakistan restores the supply then it means that Pakistan does not want the war to go overt and if Pakistan does not restore the supply then it means that Pakistan will keep on fighting the proxy war.
America has been fighting the insurgency in Afghanistan since October 2001 and if we assume that Pakistan has been supporting the insurgents during all this time then the chances of success in Afghanistan for NATO are dim as Pakistan is supporting the Taliban and training them and supplying them with the equipment necessary to do terrorist acts.
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SSC Lower Division ( Clerks ) Grade Limited Departmental Exam 2014 Selection Procedure – SSC Clerk Grade Exam | SSC Clerk Exam Syllabus
8. The Staff Selection Commission have the discretion to fix different qualifying standard in different papers. The name of the candidates who are considered by the Staff Selection Commission to be suitable for appointment on the result of the SSC Clerk Grade examination shall be arranged in a single list in order of merit and they shall be recommended for appointment in that order upto the number of appointments decided to be made.
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Selection to the Lower Division Grade of the service on the results of the examination shall be made to the extent of the available vacancies in order of merit subject to the reservations for candidates of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Ex-Servicemen and physically handicapped persons, in accordance with the orders issued from time to time by the Central Government in the Department of Personnel and Training in this behalf.
9. Criteria for Allocation :
The allocation will be made service-wise, as per the SSC vacancies. The final merit position will be determined by adding marks of paper – I, paper – II. In case Grand total is same, the merit of the candidate will be determined on the basis of the marks obtained by him / her in paper – II and followed by paper – I. If the marks obtained by the candidates in paper – I and paper – II are equal, then the older candidate will be ranked higher.
10. Typewriting Test :
- Appointment on the basis of result of SSC Clerk examination shall be subject to the condition that unless a candidate has already passed one of the periodical typewriting tests in English or Hindi held by the Staff Selection Commission, the candidate will have to pass the type test at minimum tying speed of 35 w.p.m in English or 30 w.p.m in Hindi on Computer [ 35 w.p.m. and 30 w.p.m. correspond to 10500 key depressions per hour / 9000 key depression per hour on an average of 05 key depression for each word ] to be held by the Staff Selection Commission within a period of one year from the date of appointment failing which, no annual increment(s) will be allowed to him / her until he / she has passed / cleared the typing test prescribed by the Staff Selection Commission.
- The candidates who do not pass the said type writing test within the period of probation shall be liable to be reverted to their substantive appointment or temporary posts held by them before their appointment to Lower Division Grade.
- Notwithstanding anything contained in clauses (i) and (ii ) above, a candidate, who has been declared by the competent medical authority, i.e., the Civil Surgeon, to be permanently unfit to pass the type writing test because of a physical disability, may be exempted from the requirement of passing the type writing test and, in the event of his being so exempted, the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) shall cease to be applicable to him from the date of such exemption. The Visually Handicapped candidates with visual disability of forty percent and above will be given 35 minutes time to type. The Staff Selection Commission will engage passage dictators for each of such visually handicapped candidates who will read out the given text material to the candidate during the type test.
11. Submission of SSC Clerk Exam Application 2014 :
- Application for SSC Clerk Exam 2014 in prescribed format as given in annexure – I of the notice or on plain paper ( foolscap size ) duly typed on one side and in double space, in the format and manner as given in the SSC Clerk Exam application form ( annexure – I ) of the instant notice and duly signed in candidates own handwriting in running script and not in bold capital letters, giving the necessary information together with candidates two recent good quality and identical photographs ( 4 cm. X 5 cm. ) out of which one should be pasted on the SSC Clerk Grade application form and the other attached with the application, and one self addressed post card with postage stamps worth 6.00 ( Rupees Six only ) and two self addressed envelops of 12 X 25 cm. size ( out of which one envelope should have postage stamps worth 10 ( Rupees Ten only ) must reach the following address latest by 07.02.2014 ( 5.00 PM ) and by 22.02.2014 ( 5.00 PM ) in the case of candidates residing in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Jammu & Kashmir, Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Sub-Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Island, Lakashadweep and for candidates residing abroad.
Regional Director ( NR ),
Staff Selection Commission,
Block No. 12, CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road,
New Delhi – 110 504.
The forwarding authority should put his / her signatures and Office Seal on photograph of the candidate pasted on the application form for SSC Exam 2014 so that half portion of Seal appears on application form & half thereof on the photograph without defacing the candidate's photograph.
- Application for SSC Clerk Exam 2014 received after the Closing Date or not accompanied by photograph in the manner prescribed in para – 11 (i) above shall be rejected summarily. A candidate must submit his / her application for SSC Exam 2014 through the Head of his / her Department or Office concerned who will complete the endorsement at the end of the application form and forward it to the Staff Selection Commission. It will be the responsibility of the Department or Office concerned to ensure eligibility of the candidates as laid down in para – 3 and all applications for SSC 2014 received through the Department or Office before Closing Date 07.02.2014 & 22.02.2014 for candidates from far flung and remote areas respectively will be accepted by the Staff Selection Commission. SSC Clerk applications received by the Staff Selection Commission after the closing date will be rejected forthwith without any correspondence with the candidate and no subsequent request for re-consideration will be entertained by the Staff Selection Commission under any circumstances.
12. Acknowledgement of SSC Clerk Application 2014 :
The candidates who apply in response to SSC Clerk Exam advertisement are assigned Roll Numbers. These will be communicated to them on the self addressed post card ( sent by the candidates with their SSC applications ) within two weeks from the closing date. The candidate must write his / her index numbers / Roll numbers alongwith his / her name, date of birth and name of the SSC examination, while addressing any communication to the Staff Selection Commission. Communications from candidates not furnishing these particulars will not be entertained. If the admission card is not received by any candidate before one week from the date of SSC examination, they must immediately contact Regional Director ( NR ), Staff Selection Commission, Block No. 12, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 504 with documentary proof of applying for the Staff Selection Commission examination. While appearing in the SSC Clerk examination, candidates are required to put their signatures on the admission certificate in the same manner as signed by them on the SSC Clerk application form.
Candidates are not entitled to receive any travelling allowance from the Staff Selection Commission for taking the SSC Clerk Grade examination. Any change in address must immediately be communicated to the Staff Selection Commission's Office, giving details of Roll Number, Name and New Address in Block Capital letters as also indicating the Name, Month and Year or SSC Clerk Limited Departmental examination.


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Installing Zimbra Collaboration Suite 7 On CentOS 5.x (64Bit)
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Installing Zimbra Collaboration Suite 7 On CentOS 5.x (64Bit)
This article explains how to install Zimbra Collaboration Suite 7 (ZCS) on CentOS 5.x (64Bit). Prepared by Rafael Marangoni, from BRLink Suporte Linux Team.
Zimbra is a collaboration suite very widely used in the world. Users can share folders, contacts, schedules and other things, using a very rich web interface. Click here to know more about it.
One important note is that we're using CentOS 5 64bits, that is not oficially supported by Zimbra team (only RHEL and SUSE are). But CentOS works fine with Zimbra.
1 Some Prerequisites
DNS and Hostname Settings
First, we need to configure the DNS entry that is pointing to the server. In this case, we're using the hostname zimbratest.example.com
Then, we need to configure the hostname in the Linux box.
vi /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes NETWORKING_IPV6=no HOSTNAME=zimbratest.example.com
vi /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 10.0.0.234 zimbratest.example.com zimbratest
Installing Packages
Next, we need to install some packages:
yum install -y sysstat perl sudo sqlite
I suggest that you reboot the Linux box at this point, to apply all the configs.
2 Installing Zimbra 7 Opensource
First, we need to download the tarball from Zimbra's website. Click here.
mkdir /download
Initiate the installer:
tar -zxvf zcs-7.0.1_GA_3105.RHEL5_64.20110304210645.tgz
PS: The Zimbra installation script checks if the distro is RHEL. To ignore that and install on CentOS, you must use "--platform-override".
The installation script is a wizard. For almost all the options, we'll select the default option. These are the questions:
If you leave the question in blank, it will select the default option.
First, we need to agree with the license terms.
Do you agree with the terms of the software license agreement? [N] y
Now, Zimbra will check all the prerequisites. If anything is not found, stop the Wizard and install it with yum.
If everything is ok, the script will ask what are the packages that we want to install. Just select the default options.
Select the packages to install
Afterwards, the script asks you if you want to override the platform. You say "yes", of course.
Now, we need to wait the installation procedures.
When all the packages are installed, a menu will be displayed with some config options. We only need to set the admin password.
Main menu
Followed by 4. And type the admin password.
Store configuration
Then press r to return to the main menu.
Store configuration
And press a to apply the config. Afterwards, save the configuration data.
Main menu
We need to wait the end of the process.
Operations logged to /tmp/zmsetup.04042011-131235.log
3 Configuring Zimbra 7
The Admin Console
First, we need to access the admin console:
or directly by IP:
PS: You will need to accept the SSL cert.
To log in, the user is admin and the password used in the installation script.
Use the admin console to configure the server.
To use the webclient, just point your browser to:
or directly by IP:
Zimbra Docs: http://www.zimbra.com/support/documentation/


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4..Jepson RG, Craig JC. Cranberries for preventing urinary tract infections. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008;(1):CD001321.
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HOUSTON, May 21, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rosetta Resources Inc. (Nasdaq:ROSE) ("Rosetta" or the "Company") today announced its participation in two upcoming investor conferences. Larry Jernigan, Vice President, Resource Management, will present on the Eagle Ford Panel at the SunTrust Robinson Humphrey 2013 "Play-by-Play" Oil & Gas Conference on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at 2:05 p.m. Eastern Time. John Hagale, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the RBC 2013 Global Energy & Power Conference on Monday, June 3, 2013, at 3:35 p.m. Eastern Time. Both conferences will be held in New York City.
A copy of the presentations will be available at the Company's website at www.rosettaresources.com under "Investors - Presentations" prior to the events.
Rosetta Resources Inc. is an independent exploration and production company engaged in the acquisition and development of onshore unconventional resource plays in the United States of America. The Company owns well delineated positions in the Eagle Ford area in South Texas and in the Permian Basin. Rosetta is based in Houston, Texas.[ROSE-G] Forward-Looking Statements All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this press release are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of Rosetta Resources Inc. and its subsidiaries (the "Company") and its management. These forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those herein described. Accordingly, recipients are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Please refer to the Company's risks, uncertainties and assumptions as it discloses from time to time in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the SEC, including the risk factors identified in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, which can be found on the Company's website at www.rosettaresources.com . The Company undertakes no duty to update the information contained herein except as required by law.
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Jim Hill : Are Disney World's recession worries starting to recede ?
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^^^^ So the Jim Hill article is full, 100% fact? Disney is actually going to go forward with it this time?
I'll believe it when I see it.
And a couple of years later we are still waiting. :no:
Wonder if all the tractor pads that were cancelled for WDW were going to be for the Suites. And could Legendary have been cancelled twice in the same decade do to economic stress. So Sad.
Jeff Lange : Looking across the lake at Pop Century's unfinished "Legendary Years"
Jeff Lange : How Suite will this be? A closer look at the uncompleted portion of WDW's Pop Century resort
Nothing else, Lange is sure an excellent photographer.
They really need to find a way to get that puppy back in gear.
How much fun are those years gonna' be to prop-out and everything?! :yes: :D
i just dont get why you would build something like this and not maintenance it so you dont have to rework everything!! and now there going to start work again.. this is all nuts to me.. someone dropped the ball on this big time.. and i understnad work stalled after 9/11.. but that was in 2001.. what they havent seen time or found time to pick up the ball again
New update about Legacy Years. It is being replaced by a new Resort.
Here's the post tread:
Im a little sad that they arent continuing the original project though...
This announcement reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Lisa makes a doll to compete with Malibu Stacy. At the end of the show the Malibu Stacy doll is "updated" and this "new" Malibu Stacy outsells Lisa's very creative idea. The kicker is that what makes Malibu Stacy new is the updated doll now comes with a hat. This substitute for the Legendary years sounds just as uncreative. Way to abandon a plan, Disney. A resort themed from 4 movies...that idea sounds vaguely familiar....
Yeah its kinda like All Star Movies.....
Jim Hill reported on this long ago. The Classic years down the road in theory should be re-themed also since Pop doesn't draw as well as
All Star hotels.
Jim Hill : Monday Mouse Watch: Will Pop Century be rebranded as Disney's Animation Inn and Suites?
It's great to actually see signs of building again and great to see they are going to finish off 'Pop century' as a new resort.
it will be good to see things being completed... it bothers me when things are left unfinished... or completely abandoned... alla River Country...
... Ah! River Country!!... Wouldn't it be good to have something like that again?!...


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NIU's defensive line isn't worried about Florida State's size advantage
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Florida State's offensive line outweighs NIU's defensive line by an average of 55 pounds per man. | Phil Sears~AP
Updated: January 20, 2013 6:27AM
When told Florida State's starting offensive line outweighs Northern Illinois' front four by an average of 55 pounds per man, senior defensive end Sean Progar didn't blink.
His facial expression and body language said it all: Who cares?
"We've played big guys," Progar said. "It's nothing new. I've played a lot of big schools since I've been here, so I know what it takes to get it done. We're really stressing pad level, execution and fundamentals. If we do our job like we've done all season, we'll be fine."
The biggest difference between a so-called mid-major program and a traditional power such as Florida State is often most visible along the defensive line. Smaller programs often have trouble landing athletes with the beef and quickness to control the line of scrimmage.
Anybody expecting the Huskies to be intimidated by the Seminoles when the teams meet in the Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium in Miami on New Year's Day better think again, however.
When the subject of Florida State's alleged size advantage is raised, NIU coaches and players answer in unison: Bring it on.
"I'm sure we'll be just fine doing what we do," defensive tackle Nabal Jefferson said. "We don't need to change anything up or do anything drastic. We just need to play like we've played this whole season. That's all we have to do."
Progar has played in 54 games and started 48, ranking among the most productive players in Huskies history. He was a first-team All-MAC selection with 8½ of NIU's 36 sacks, the ninth-highest team total in the nation.
He has added motivation to excel in the Orange Bowl after being charged with driving under the influence after last year's MAC championship game. His subsequent suspension forced him to watch his teammates participate in the GoDaddy.com Bowl.
"It was my fault, my bad decision," said Progar, a former Glenbrook South standout. "I felt like I let my team down. They were able to get the job done, not only as a team but as a D-line. They played very well in that game."
Progar was encouraged to help coach his teammates as they prepared for last season's bowl game. Jefferson, the Marist grad who was one of 15 winners of the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award, said that started a tradition that has defensive linemen coaching each other today.
"It really helped [Progar]," co-defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen said. "He got to see the other side of football, which is coaching. He really turned it into a positive and coached the guys in that game. That really set him up for this year. He made a mistake, and he has owned up to it. He has gotten better from it, and that's the most important thing."
NIU's defense held Iowa to 268 yards and sacked Hawkeyes quarterback James Vandenberg six times in the Huskies' only loss this season. They had four sacks against Kansas.
Nielsen won't try to confuse Florida State. He won't rely on his linemen shooting gaps, and he won't use a deeper rotation to offset the Seminoles' size, either.
You can't even convince the Huskies that it's an advantage.
"They are definitely big, strong guys," Progar said. "They do basic stuff. They are a lot like Iowa in the way they zone-block and run power and zone. They really only run a few plays. It's going to come down to being more physical than them. Obviously, we're outweighed. We'll be physical in the beginning, then we'll start using our quickness to start moving them."


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June 10, 2005
A Public Creation Display with an Escape Clause
The Tulsa Park and Recreation Board decision to place a display that tells a story of creation based on Biblical accounts raises a host of issues. Among the most interesting is the extent to which concern for compliance with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment comes into play.
There was obviously some concern at the meeting, at least on the part of the Board's legal counsel. As Raw Story reported Wednesday,
Following the advice of the city attorneys, it must include a disclaimer that says the display is an example of one widely held view of origins. To prevent violating the First Amendment it should be placed in context alongside other cultures' creation stories [emphasis added].
From a more complete survey of the status and background see The Panda's Thumb where we learn that the Tulsa Beacon had this to say,
Mayor Bill LaFortune and mayoral aide Clay Bird have pledged their support for Christian display but Dan Hicks, who has pushed for the display, said he can't count on their support. LaFortune has a history of making unfulfilled promises when it comes to Christian groups. Early in his term, LaFortune pledged his support for a Community Block Grant for Cornerstone Assistance Network but then abandoned the Christian organization when it was opposed by Councilor Susan Neal.
Hicks said his display, a series of photographs by Oregon photographer Rick Ergenbright from his book, The Art of God, should be presented because of the numerous displays of pagan religions throughout the zoo. "Either put them all up or take them all down," Hicks said.
In front of the elephant compound is a Hindu statue with the following information: "The Ganesha is a beautiful example of artistic expression, reflecting a cultural belief that is strongly influenced by the presence and power of elephants. This statue was hand carved from granite in Madras, India. As a symbol of wisdom and goodwill, the Ganesha is said to bring luck to students preparing for exams."
"Ganesha is the son of Shiva," Hicks said. "He is the first god a Hindu chants to. This violates the first and second commandments (of the 10 Commandments) and it is very offensive." [emphasis added]"
Hicks apparently agreed to a disclaimer and the possibility that there might be displays of other creation stories.
First, full disclosure: I know only little about the legal history of the Establishment Clause embodied in the First Amendment to the Constitution. What I offer below is more or less an uncritical acceptance of the opinions of people who I believe do know something about this topic mixed liberally with my own opinion. I will try to make clear which is which. If I fail, it is likely best to assume that you are reading my opinion.
I will start with what I understand to be a couple of tests used by the Supreme Court for compliance with the Establishment Clause, then I will discuss the frieze in the Supreme Court chamber by way of an analogy and then offer my opinion on how these things relate to the Tulsa Zoo display.
In Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971) 403 U.S. 602 the U.S. Supreme Court, with Chief Justice Burger delivering the opinion of the Court, outlined what is known as the Lemon Test. The Lemon Test gives legal guidance for the interpretation of the Establishment Clause. It has three elements. (Here, I am following handouts from a University of Maryland.)
(i) a statute [or public policy] must have a secular legislative purpose
(ii) the principal effect of the statute [or policy] must neither advance nor inhibit religion
(iii) the statute [or policy] must not foster "excessive [government] entanglement with religion
But Lemon is not the only test suggested by the Supreme Court Justices. Dispatches from the Cultural Wars and the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy both discuss the Lemon Test and various criticisms of and alternatives to it. The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy notes that Justice O'Connor favors an Endorsement Test. "Justice Kennedy prefers the coercion test" and
Justices Rehnquist and Scalia support a more historically focused inquiry, looking at whether a practice was accepted at the time of the Framers and has continued to take place ever since. And Justice Thomas would apply the Establishment Clause to the federal government alone, giving the states free rein to deal with religion as they wish.
The endorsement test is fairly simple to state but may be hard to apply. Does law or policy amount to an endorsement of a religion or religious practice? In my view, the opinions of Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas do not amount to a test. From the best I can see, Justice Thomas agrees with Rehquist and Scalia but does not believe that the Fourteenth Amendment applies to the First Amendment. Also, as best as I can see, a major problem with the position of Justices Rehnquist and Scalia is that it gives little or no guidance on practices that were unknown at the time of the Framers.
The example that I would like to use by way of analogy is Adolph A. Weinman's design of the friezes on the north and south walls of the Supreme Court. They depict the "great lawgivers of history." Menes, Hammurabi, Moses, Solomon, Lycurgus, Solon, Draco, Confucius, Octavian, Justinian, Muhammad, Charlemagne, King John, Louis IX, Hugo Grotius, Sir William Blackstone, John Marshall, and Napoleon are depicted in a fully integrated piece of art. Yes, Moses and Solomon are there but they are two of eighteen. They enjoy no special place. They are only a part of a troop of great lawgivers.
Now for how I see all this applying to the creationist display at the Tulsa Zoo: Let's start with the statue of Ganesha that causes Mr. Hicks so much heart burn. Does it establish religion under either the Lemon test or the Endorsement Test or any other test? Of course, no one knows because it has not been tried. But I think the answer is no. First, it has a secular purpose: to identify elephants with the larger cultural heritage of India. Presumably, the elephants are Indian elephants. Is its principle effect to enhance or limit religion? I think not. While Ganesha is clearly a religious figure, a god, for Hindus, nothing in what I have read or seen, certainly nothing in the statement that accompany it, would lead one to think that it advances or inhibits religion. Mr. Hicks clearly thinks otherwise but for reasons other than First Amendment reasons. I will discuss his reasoning below. Nor does the statue involve an excessive entanglement in religion as far as I can see. I would feel the same way if in front of the donkey exhibit there was a plaque indicating that donkeys played an important role in the life of several figures from Biblical times. We are dealing with interesting factoids and nothing more.
How about the endorsement of religion test: Again, I see no endorsement here. But I would note that endorsement involves motivation. As to coercion, there is clearly no coercion. However, if coercion becomes the universally accepted test for a violation of the Establishment Clause, we are all in for a lot of trouble.
Answers in Genesis offers one additional example of "GOD versus gods" at the Tulsa Zoo,
As you walk through the gates of the Tulsa Zoo in Oklahoma, USA, as I did a few months ago, you are soon met with a reminder of the religion of some native American Indians. A large globe declares: "The earth is our mother … The sky is our father."
They also allude to other examples,
By allowing Hindu, Native American and New Age religions with their symbols/idols at this facility, the zoo was discriminating against Christianity and other religions . . .
In addition, Answers in Genesis has an otherwise uncaptioned picture of an illustration that features a depiction of Tlatloc which itself includes the following caption. "The importance of rain is reflected in Pueblo art, as in this depiction of a Central American rain god, Tlatloc."
I am somewhat concerned with the Native American religious sayings and art, in part, because I believe that our government at the national level is "entangled" with Native American creationism in its repatriation of skeletal remains policies. However, I have no idea of the context of either the globe or the Tlatloc display. If they are in the context of relevant displays at the Zoo, I would interpret them in the same way I interpret the Ganesha display.
I have no idea what Answers in Genesis is referring to when it mentions "New Age religions." If there are such things at the zoo, I probably wouldn't like them either but for quite different reasons. My remarks on the Answers in Genesis concern about the globe are based on the assumption that it is the Native American saying that concerns them and not the fact that it is a globe. I further assume that the Answers in Genesis list of offensive displays is exhaustive, if not more than exhaustive.
Now let's look again at what has Mr. Hicks so upset with the statue and why he thinks the Biblical creationist display is a necessary corrective.
"Ganesha is the son of Shiva. He is the first god a Hindu chants to. This violates the first and second commandments (of the 10 Commandments) and it is very offensive."
Its not that he thinks the Ganesha violates the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States but that it violates the first (and second) commandment(s). Let's remember what they say.
I am The Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.
You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I The Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate Me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love Me and keep My Commandments.
These two commandments and the two that follow them tell how followers of "The Lord your God" should worship him. They are totally without any secular content or intent. By the way, I think the same is true of the whole Decalogue as it has come down to us but that is another post.
Mr. Hicks sees the Ganesha, and presumably the other items that offend him, as violating the Hebrew Bible commandment against other gods and the commandment against making graven images, idols. Whatever the legal status of the various representations, Mr. Hicks' position is clearly religious. And, for that matter, so is Answers in Genesis' motivation. They cite Isaiah 55:11, Hebrews 4:12, Romans 10:17 in support of their position. Not all the answers are in Genesis I guess. All three passages seem far more irrelevant than the first and second commandment. The depiction offends Hicks' and Answers in Genesis' religious sensitivities.
Before moving on, I want to make it clear that Mr. Hicks was not a member of the Tulsa Park and Recreation Board. He was, however, the acknowledged force behind the decision to include a Biblical creation account among the zoo's displays. It therefore is not a very large leap to say that those who voted for the creationist display shared his motivations.
It is interesting that Hicks and the Board are willing to moderate their offense if the Biblical creation display is allowed. They even accept the disclaimer. They even seem to accept legal counsel's opinion that the Biblical creationist display "should be placed in context alongside other cultures' creation stories." They are willing to accept just about anything to get their own religion's ideas of creation in a display at the zoo. Rather than attack the displays that offend them, that they find idolatrous, they want Biblical creationism at almost any cost. To be sure, Mr. Hicks is reported to have said, "Either put them all up or take them all down." But what does "them all" mean in this context. Not a single one of the displays, which so offend Hicks and the majority of the Board, are creation stories. The saying on the globe comes closest but is far from an explanation of the origin of the universe or any part of it.
If the Board was truly interested in creating a display in which the creation stories from many cultures were told, they would have asked staff to present a unified policy and presentation providing an integrated display of a wide range of creation accounts, just as the friezes at the Supreme Court present a unified presentation of the great law givers. I, certainly, would not be opposed to such an approach. But what they actually approved is a display of one religions belief with regard to creation with a vague suggestion that, if they were forced to, they would add other displays at a later time. The way it will really work is that, when challenged, the Board will first claim that the "pagan" displays currently at the zoo when combined with the new Biblical creation display provide a balanced non-sectarian presentation. When that fails, they will claim that they planned to add other creation accounts all along.
The motivation for this new display is unambiguously to further the interests of one religion. Whatever the legal status of what is already there, this display does not pass the Lemon or the endorsement test. However, I do think that the disclaimer combined with other creation stories would stand up to legal scrutiny, but just barely. I continue to entertain the false hope that as a society we would seek to avoid Constitutional conflicts involving our rights as citizens by wide margins rather than see how close we can cut it and still get by.
One last point, the opinion of counsel mentioned "cultures." I'm never sure what anyone means by this word and I'm even less sure when a politician or lawyer uses it. The exact words were, "other cultures' creation stories." The antithesis of "other cultures" must be "our culture." What counsel is saying is that the Biblical creation story is the creation story of "our culture." He may not have meant it that way, but you can be very sure that his audience understood it that way. Unfortunately, it is probably correct to think that at least a plurality, if not a majority, of Americans accept one or another interpretation of the Biblical account. But we are not talking about what any grouping of Americans' beliefs; we are talking about what a governmental agency sets as policy. And under any interpretation of the First Amendment (excepting perhaps Justice Thomas' and Justice Kennedy's) the attempt by a governmental body to identify the Biblical account of creation with American "culture" is against the Construction of the United States.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - With a quick flick of his wrists, Jarret Stoll sent the Los Angeles Kings on to face St. Louis in the second round _ and the Vancouver Canucks into the offseason a lot sooner than they expected after topping the NHL in the regular season.
Stoll beat Cory Schneider at 4:27 of overtime to give Los Angeles a 2-1 victory over Vancouver on Sunday night, knocking out the top-seeded Canucks in five games in the Western Conference first-round series.
"It's special," Stoll said. "It's pride in the organization, and your team and your teammates and coaching staff. They're a great team over there, it took a lot to beat them."
Stoll scored from the left wing after a turnover at Vancouver blue line. The forward skated in on a 2-on-1, but took the shot himself, picking the top-left corner above Schneider's blocker.
"I was shooting all the way there," Stoll said. "I had a lot of room up top. I knew I had a 2-on-1. I knew that. But I didn't even look twice."
Brad Richardson tied it for Los Angeles at 3:21 of the third period, and Jonathan Quick made 26 saves.
"To close out this series, for me personally, and a few guys in the room, it's something we've never done, so it's a great feeling," Quick said.
The Kings will play the second-seeded St. Louis Blues in the second round.
"You've got to give credit to the Kings," Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said. "They played a real great series, a real tough opponent, played strong hockey, made the strong plays on the ice and, at the end of the day, they deserved to win."
Vancouver was the third Presidents' Trophy winner in four years to be knocked out in the first round of the playoffs. Washington lost to Montreal in the first round in 2009-10 and San Jose fell to Anaheim in the 2008-09 opening round.
While Vancouver had expected a deep Cup run, the Kings don't see this series victory as anything more than the first step for them.
"It probably means a lot more to other people being a big upset and them being the Presidents' Trophy winner," Kings captain Dustin Brown said. "For this team it was what we were going for the whole time."
Henrik Sedin opened the scoring for Vancouver with a power-play goal in the first period.
Schneider made 35 saves in his third straight start after Roberto Luongo lost the first two games.
"We had expectations and hopes to go far in this playoff," Schneider said. "It seems like around the league, parity is running wild. Look at Pittsburgh, ourselves, Detroit, San Jose. New York's facing elimination, Boston held it off today. We can't take anything for granted. Anyone is capable of winning in this league."
The Canucks dropped out in the first round after leading the NHL in regular-season points for the second straight year. Last season, they lost to Boston in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals.
"To be honest, it doesn't matter if you lose the seventh game of the finals or you lose in five in the first round, it's devastating," Daniel Sedin said. "We have the mindset to win every year. When you end up on the losing side it's tough."
Vancouver's new second line of Ryan Kesler, Alex Burrows and Max Lapierre made a quick impression. Burrows fed Kesler from behind the net about a 90 seconds in, but Quick stopped the center's shot from the slot.
The Canucks then ran into early penalty trouble and didn't get another shot for 6 minutes before Lapierre put one on Quick. Vancouver killed penalties to Dan Hamhuis and Henrik Sedin, but couldn't get its power play going on its first advantage.
However, with Henrik Sedin double-shifting, the Canucks capitalized on the second when the Vancouver captain put in a cross-ice pass from Daniel Sedin with 5:56 left in the period.
The opportunity came after Hamhuis kept Mike Richards' clearing attempt in at the blue line.
Schneider preserved the lead when he stopped Anze Kopitar on a breakaway in the dying seconds of the first period. Kopitar put the rebound off the post as time expired.
Both goaltenders stole the show in the second period as neither team could score.
In the early going, Schneider stopped Kopitar's first shot and Brown on the rebound as the Kings outshot the Canucks 6-0 in the first 4:11.
Later, Schneider robbed Richards on a rebound, snaring the puck with his catching glove. With just over 2 minutes left in the second, Quick stymied Daniel Sedin on a breakaway, lowering his right pad to block a snap shot. Sedin slammed his stick against the glass in frustration as he went to the bench.


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It has been 25 years since Australian pace legend Dennis Lillee first set foot on Chennai (then Madras) soil after being appointed head of the MRF Pace Foundation.
Now as "Dennis the Menace" retires and hands over charge to fellow Australian pace great Glenn McGrath, my mind goes back to Lillee's first press conference which I attended as a young sports reporter.
I can vividly recall how jam-packed the hotel was as the city's media fraternity turned out in force to get a glimpse of arguably the greatest fast bowler in cricket history.
Normally a reserved and professional lot, we jostled for space to get Lillee's autograph and our photos snapped with him.
Lillee after all had never played on Indian soil. Australia toured India just once during his glittering career that extended from 1971 to 1984 and that was in 1979 when he was banned from official cricket as he was with Kerry Packer's breakaway WSC.
The biggest surprise for us was the snarling, spitting fast bowler on the field was so cordial and friendly off it.
His arrival was shortly before the start of the 1987 Reliance World Cup (which Australia went onto win).
It was also shortly after Australian wicket-keeper Rod Marsh's revelation in his book that the two had bet on an England win in the 1981 Headingley "Ashes" Test when the odds against England were 1,000?1.
Led by heroics from Ian Botham and Bob Willis, England sensationally came back to win after following on and Marsh and Lillee made a fortune betting against their own country.
The revelation created a minor storm - remember this was a good two decades before the match-fixing scandal in world cricket had hit the headlines.
When asked who his favourite was to win the World Cup, Lillee, with a wicked smile across his face began: "As you know, I am a betting man?"
The rest of his answer was drowned out in roars of laughter from the assembled media.
There was another amusing incident. A young reporter from a news magazine kept badgering Lillee as to why he had never played in India.
I still recall being stunned a week later when I read in his report that Indian cricket fans "resented" the fact that Lillee had never toured this country!
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Major difference between the two is that Clarke will at least warn you before breaking your ****ing
Micheal Clarke does strike me as the kind of person who would run on the pitch, come to think of it.
Except interfere with freedom of association, if they really are blocking the formation of a playe
It's a private body and can do as it pleases, like all private bodies do, as odious as it may be for
I mean the only thing that can even possibly keep the BCCI in check are the players, and there's no
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Ricardo Aldape Guerra was sentenced to death for the murder of a Houston police officer in 1982 and was exonerated in 1997
Ricardo Aldape Guerra was sentenced to death for the murder of a Houston, Texas, police officer, even though the physical evidence pointed to another man who was killed in a shootout with police a few minutes after the officer was slain.
The case against Guerra rested substantially on the testimony of the 10-year-old son of a bystander who was killed in the shootout in which the alternative suspect died. The murdered officer's service revolver was recovered from the other suspect's body, but the prosecution contended that Guerra could have given it to him.
After the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and death sentence, a pro bono team from the law firm of Vinson & Elkins took up Guerra's cause. The firm devoted more than $3 million in time and money to the case, ultimately prevailing on a petition for a federal writ of habeas corpus. The federal courts found the prosecution had intimidated witnesses, conducted a suggestive lineup, hidden exculpatory evidence, and injected false evidence into the trial. The charges against Guerra were dropped. Guerra is Hispanic and the victim was Caucasian.


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The Killing of Satan (Lumaban ka, Satanas [Fight, Satan] in Tagalog-Filipino) is a 1983 horror film from the Philippines, starring Ramon Revilla. "Horror film" is a misnomer. It has a middle-aged "everyman" hero named Lando San Miguel, who is charged with assassinating Satan as well as his lieutenant the Prince of Magic. If you want a taste of what the apocalypse would look like in the tropics (and how quick and campy it would be, flamboyant sorcerers, topless typhoon sequences, Satan in a red tuxedo and all), this movie is it.Watch it here in its dubbed glory on YouTube.
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I miss living near the Appalachian Trail. In the old days, our house in Hewitt, NJ was three miles from the AT and that area's black bears and other wildlife were regular visitors to our yard. I've hiked the trail with and without QRP gear, both solo and accompanied by my wife who came to…
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I've been a fan of Steve's goat & QRP excursions for several years now. His latest video is from Thunder Butte in Colorado with an ATS-4b transceiver. Neat to watch and beautiful scenery but what captures my attention is the trend of Steve's videos over time. They are now to the point of being 'productions'…
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I get a fair amount of hits on my website from Googlers who land here seeking info on ham radio as a communicative correlation to their "doomsday preps". (I think it's because of the QRP excursions written up in the 'Pages' section). Some of them email me and ask mostly-uninformed questions on the topic as if, by…
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Well, did you ever find out who ate the granola bar?
No. I wish I'd eaten the granola bar! [Laughs] Because that would have been so funny! Unfortunately, I really despise granola. I wish I knew. Nicole certainly didn't. Nicole is scared of Bre. And the other girls, I can't speak for them because I wasn't very close, but I don't think they took it either. Maybe one of Bre's other personalities took it.
What was your favorite shoot?
My favorite shoot was either the Ford Fusion commercial because it really allowed me to succeed in reaching my feminine side which was something I definitely was working on throughout the competition. Or I really liked the Wild Boyz shoot too just because it was so much fun.
Do you feel more comfortable being not just a hot tomboy but being girlish now?
They didn't break me down and have me change my personal style. I'm too much of a confident, strong person for that. If you see me walking around on the street, I'm wearing the same types of clothing, maybe with an enhanced style because my style changes every once in a while, as I was when I entered the competition. But I am more comfortable wearing feminine clothing. And if you'd seen me at the Out 100 party, I was wearing a Balenciaga dress, which I found to be really beautiful. And I've learned to look at clothing as pieces of art that you're wearing and you're carrying around. And so I'm excited that I'm more comfortable wearing feminine clothing, but that doesn't mean I'm changing my personal style.
So. Veronica Mars. How was that for you?
I loved my experience on Veronica Mars. Acting is something that I've wanted to do for a long time, but I'd not had the opportunity, mostly because of my schoolwork and because of sports when I was younger. But this really jumpstarted that opportunity for me and I enjoyed it so much that I think I'm really going to try and do some more TV and movies if possible.
I don't know if you've been asked this before. But did Lisa really pee into that diaper?
Lisa absolutely peed into the diaper. At the time, it was very, um, disgusting to a lot of us. We were revolted by it. But I got to know Lisa very well after we were both eliminated and I learned that she's a very genuine and pretty amazing person. She's had a really hard life in a lot of ways, and she's grown from it immensely. Lisa's someone that I wish I had not spoken up so harshly about when I didn't know her that well, because I really learned a lot about her and I grew to love her.
With the editing, it's hard to really know, because they like to show wacky and dramatic things.
Yeah, they show 10% of everyone's personality because that's all the time they're allotted. And I think that, obviously, the parts of your personality that work in with the storyline are the parts that are filmed. There are really important things about everyone that were left out, which is unfortunate, but which is also inevitable.
What was the most interesting thing that happened that was edited out?
I felt that it was not only until the episode that Kyle was eliminated that it showed our friendship and how close it was. And Kyle and I in fact had been really close since the first week. Kyle and I were really crazy and wacky together. And there were times when she broke down because of the competition, or I broke down, and we were really there for each other. And I think that that was my most fond memory of the house, is with Kyle.' So for me it was sad'and Kyle and I spoke about this a lot'to not see the evolution of our friendship from the very first episode.
Who do you think got the rawest deal from the editing. Besides you, of course.
I think that Jayla'they really didn't show any of her comments in the entire season that had been taken so harshly by other girls, until that one recap episode when it showed, like, all her bitchy comments at once. And I feel like that recap episode was sort of like the trying-to-get-the-public-to-hate-Jayla episode. And certainly a lot of us did have problems with her, but perhaps if they had edited it correctly to show what happened each week, it would have been less harsh than, you know, having it all put together in one place. Jayla can be difficult, because she's home-schooled and she doesn't know as much about social graces as a lot of people do, but she also isn't a bad person. Like, her problems are somewhat endearing at times, and even if I was irritated at her many times, I think that she sort of did come out as this huge bitch, and she's not necessarily like that.


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Scientology event is broadcast to all Scientology Churches and Missions around the world in 16 languages.
Scientologists and others celebrate the birthday of L. Ron Hubbard as an expression of respect and admiration for the impact of his wisdom and discoveries throughout the world. Today there are more than 8,500 Scientology Churches, Missions and affiliated groups providing religious services or using Mr. Hubbard's discoveries benefiting millions through programs in human rights, education, drug abuse prevention and rehabilitation and criminal reform.
The Spanish Foundation's new calendar announces: "Born Lafayette Ronald Hubbard in Tilden, Nebraska, USA, he is the philosopher and humanitarian who founded the Scientology religion.... Every year, Scientologists celebrate the birthday of Mr. Hubbard with an annual summary of the impact, positive change and social betterment caused by the discoveries of Mr. Hubbard."


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He kicked his way to movie stardom with The Karate Kid. She whipped herself onto the pop charts this fall with her infectious debut single, ''Whip My Hair.'' And for Jaden, 12, and Willow, 10 (whose parents just happen to be Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith), this is only the beginning: Jaden will star in M. Night Shyamalan's science-fiction film One Thousand A.E., and Willow's album will be out next year. Clearly, in the Smith household, the kids are all right.
EW: Did you guys ever imagine that your careers would blow up the way they have?
JADEN SMITH: I kind of knew that Willow was going to be big. But she took a little bit longer to realize that.
WILLOW SMITH: I never dreamed I would be this big. I love performing. I don't do it just because. I do it because I love it, you know?
EW: Do you both plan to pursue movies and music?
WILLOW: Yeah, I'm focusing on music right now, but I'm going to pick acting up soon.
JADEN: I love both. I'll be writing rhymes in a director's chair when I'm older.
EW: What was your most exciting celebrity encounter this year?
JADEN: I met Lady Gaga, and she was covered in, like, steak. I actually gave her a hug.
WILLOW: My friend met her and was going to hug her, and Lady Gaga said, ''You're going to get sick.''
EW: Did you get sick, Jaden?
JADEN: No, but I took, like, three showers.
EW: Who were some of your favorite entertainers of this past year?
WILLOW: I love Lady Gaga. Glee. B.o.B. Eminem.
JADEN: My favorite movie is Inception. I've seen it, like, four times. I'm still trying to figure it out.
EW: What have been the best and worst parts about becoming famous?
JADEN: I think the best part is the fans and the worst part is the fans. When you're at premieres, it's really nice to know they think you're a talented artist. But when you're trying to hang out with friends and they come up to you, it's weird.
WILLOW: Remember that girl who ran up to you with a bloody arm?
JADEN: Yeah. Oh my gosh. She was like, ''I fell and cut myself, but can I have your autograph?'' I was like, ''Do you have a pen?''
WILLOW: She was like, ''Sign it with blood.''
EW: You must get advice about handling fame from your parents.
JADEN: I get advice about acting. My dad and my mom always tell me to stay in the scene.
EW: What's the most annoying advice they've given you?
JADEN: Probably ''stay in the scene.''
EW: Which one of you gets in more trouble at home?
JADEN: Well, I get in trouble for playing too many videogames: World of Warcraft, Call of Duty: Black Ops.
WILLOW: I get in trouble for eating whipped cream right out of the container. Bad to the bone!