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• February 9 — Coffee Can Offering
• February 11, 7:00 pm — Infertility Support Group
• February 12, 6:00 pm — Young Adults: Communion and Conversation
• February 13, 12:30 pm — Valentine Cookie Bakers
• February 14, 6:30 pm — Adoption Hoe Down
• February 15, 6:00 pm — Jazz Vespers: Tyler Vander Maas Sax Quartet
• February 19, 9:00 am — Caring Connection
• February 21 - March 5 — Celebration of the Arts
• February 21, 7:00 pm — Artists´ Reception
• February 22, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm — Art Gallery Opening Day
• February 23, 9:30 am — Celebration Gallery Walk
• February 23, 4:00 pm — Early Music Michigan Concert
• February 26, 12:00 pm — Celebration Gallery Walk
• March 2, 11:00 am — Celebration Sunday
• March 5, 6:00 pm — Ash Wednesday Service
• March 9 — Coffee Can Offering
• March 9, 12:15 pm — All-Church Birthday Dinner
• March 15, 6:00 pm — Jazz Vespers: The Jim Cooper Quartet
• March 28-29 — Women´s Retreat
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• Infant Nursery — 0-23 months Room 107
• Toddler Nursery — 2 yr. olds - young 3´s Room 106
• Children & Worship (toilet trained) — Older 3´s – Pre K Room 204/201
9:15 AM: Faith Travelers, Junior High, and Senior High begin in worship with their families and are then dismissed to their classes. (Children of all ages are welcome to remain in worship if their families so desire.)
• Faith Travelers — K-6th grade Church 3rd Floor
• Junior High — 7-8th grade The Vine South
• Senior High — 9-12th grade The Vine North
• Infant Nursery — 0-23 months Room 107
• Toddler Nursery — 2-3 years Room 106
• One Room Schoolhouse — 4 years-Grade 2 Room 202
(One Room Schoolhouse children begin in worship with their parents. Following the Children´s Moments, they are dismissed to class.)
**Worship bags and Children´s Pages are available in the narthex with activities that allow for children to participate in worship at their own level.**
Please contact Annette Erbes at 451.2879 or email@example.com with any questions.
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WOMEN´S RETREAT Inviting Mary into our Martha Lives - Seeking Attentiveness Even in Chaos March 28, 4:00 pm – March 29, 4:00 pm at Geneva Retreat Center (Holland, MI). Cost $75.00 per person. Martha is worried and distracted by many things. Jesus reminds her there is need of only one thing and that Mary has chosen this better part. Is it possible for Martha to know what Mary knows? Join us as we discover the gift of attentiveness while seeking to live faithful lives. Reserve your spot by sending a check to Sharon Sorenson by March 19.
2ND BEST SALE is on Saturday, May 3! With Spring just around the corner, it´s not too early to start cleaning closets or the garage with the 2nd Best Sale in mind. Gently used clothing, books, and household goods are all in high demand by our faithful shoppers. Mark your calendar to donate, volunteer and shop our bargains. Sunday, April 27 is when you may start to drop off items. Please multiply your faith by contributing your gently used items, time and energy to help make this annual fund raising event a success. Also if you have extra hangers and/or plastic bags, drop them off in the 2nd Best bin in the church pick-up room.
CAFÉ JUSTO COOPERATIVE A farmer selling his coffee crop in a conventional open market will receive $0.80 per pound or about $1,200 for a 1,500 pound crop. A farmer selling his coffee crop in a Fair Trade market will receive $1.10 per pound plus a small percentage of the final profit of the Fair Trade Company or about $1,650 for a 1,500 pound crop. A farmer in the Café Justo cooperative will receive $1.33 per pound plus 100% of the profits from the final sale or about $10,500 for a 1,500 pound crop. (This allows the cooperative to hire people to roast, package and ship the product. It provides money for some health and retirement benefits for the farmers and their employees. It provides investment money to put back into the farm land to increase yield and buy more land.)
HAITI HOT LUNCH - February 9 The Coffee Can offering this month will benefit the Haiti Hot Lunch Program. This program provides hot meals three times per week to over 22,000 students. The program ensures access to nutritional meals, cooked on-site, to provide energy to learn throughout the day.
CHILI COOK-OFF RESULTS We raised $630 at the chili cook-off last weekend! The first place group (Cuba) will be getting $140 and the remaining seven groups will each get $70 for their group. On behalf of the Fellowship Committee, thank you so much for making this a successful event.
YOUNG ADULTS: COMMUNION & CONVERSATION Are you a young adult (age 18-30) who is looking for a time to reconnect with God while talking about faith with friends? Join us Wednesday, February 12 at 6:00 pm in The Vine for a free dinner followed by Communion & Conversation. We love new friends to join us. Don´t be shy, stop on by! If you need directions or have questions, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
JFON 10-YEAR CELEBRATION Join Justice for Our Neighbors on Friday, February 7 at 6:30 pm in Wesley Hall for a celebration highlighting volunteer service and the positive impacts our ministry has had for immigrants in the community. The evening will include live music, a meal featuring ethnic fare from regions we serve, and presentations by UMC leadership – including Bishop Deborah Kiesey and District Superintendent Bill Haggard. The event includes dinner, live music and a silent auction. Tickets are $30. Register online at jfonwestmichigan.org/events/10th-anniversary-celebration/
GR METRO MINISTRY PRESENTS POVERTY: IT´S MORE THAN YOU THINK... Hidden rules among classes, the role of congregations in sustainable solutions, when helping hurts, building on ministries already in place, and commitment to action. Every congregation in every setting can support what´s working and offer some of what´s lacking in their own neighborhood. These three foundational weeks will equip us to be aware, prepare, and act to alleviate poverty in Grand Rapids. Join us Tuesdays, February 11, 18, 25 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at Trinity United Methodist Church. Text strongly suggested but not required: Poverty: A Mission Study, ed. Jack A. Keller Jr. GBGM, 2012, chapters 2 and 3. ($5) http://www.umwmissionresources.org/products/poverty-english RSVP email@example.com no later than February 6
IPADS FOR MLK – A CHALLENGE FROM THE LEGACY MINISTRY A request came to Legacy Ministry for the purchase of 15 iPads, one for each tutoring station at the Martin Luther King Leadership Academy - FUMC Tutoring Center. The request includes the purchase of educational apps, and equipment that will appropriately provide security against theft. According to Jer Hon-Hawkins, iPads would "expose our students to current technology so they will be competitive learners in the future." The estimated cost for this project is $9,500. Legacy does not have the full amount available for this request, therefore, they would like to challenge the congregation. Legacy Ministry will match up to $5,000. If you are willing to help with this project, please specify iPads for MLK on your giving envelope. Thank you for all you do to help with the vital ministries of our church!
USHERS NEEDED! USHERS CRUCIAL! USHERS ESSENTIAL! Have you ever wanted to serve, but didn´t know where to begin? Being an usher gives you an opportunity to share your gifts of hospitality and service in a tangible way. Ushers work as a team and are guided by a team leader. Sign up using the Sunday bulletin for this low-committment opportunity for one Sunday a month for either the 9:15 or 11:00 am service. We are in great need of ushers for the third Sunday of the month, for the 9:15 am service.
41ST ANNUAL JURIED SPRITUAL ART COMPETION, Art Exhibit Hours: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm daily through March 4 and 10:00 am to 1:00 pm; March 5, Ash Wednesday. For more information visit www.theCelebrationoftheArts.com
Special Guest Exhibit: The Spectrum Health Expressive Arts Program Under the direction of professional staff, the residents and patients in this therapeutic program express themselves as individuals, gaining independence and the motivation to be artistically creative. Visit our main floor gallery to view this inspiring exhibit.
Special Events:
• Artists´ Reception, Friday, February 21 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm in Wesley Hall. Presentation of awards, jazz, and special desserts! Open to the public.
• Gallery Walk-Through Celebration of the Arts, Sunday, February 23 at 9:30 am and Wednesday, February 26 at 12:00 pm in Wesley Hall. Experience this year´s show through the special insight of Nancy Clouse, artist and faculty member from Grand Rapids Community College.
• Early Music Michigan, Sunday, February 23 at 4:00 pm in the sanctuary. Early Music Michigan is devoted to the lively interpretation of music from earlier eras.
• Celebration Sunday, Sunday, March 2 at 11:00 am in the sanctuary. A festive morning service on the last Sunday before Lent, featuring a Dixieland band, led by Bob Nixon.
• Ash Wednesday Service, Wednesday, March 5, 6:00 pm in the sanctuary. The service features music of Taizé in a reflective and solemn setting.
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Concerns & Prayers for:
• Lynne Beals
• Don Chisnall
• Dale Ewalt
• Ken McCaw
• Robert Newell
• Roy Nixon
• Myron Wernette
Service Personnel
• Chris Bolhouse
• Scott Grifhorst
• Stephan Mathos
• Jesse Mounts
• Trevor Norton
• Shawn Seher
• Peter Taylor, Jr
The memorial service for Jer Hon-Hawkins´s father, Jim Hon, who passed away on January 27th will be held on Saturday, February 8th, at 11am at Central United Methodist Church in Waterford, Michigan, with visitation one hour prior to the service.
Thank you, First Church, for all your support during the past 2 weeks since our mother´s death. We´ve felt your presence in so many ways...cards, notes, prayers, telephone calls, and face to face expressions of sympathy. Each caring gesture has been so appreciated.
Lynne and Jim Brandsma
I am overwhelmed with appreciation for the many supportive cards, emails, and the caring presence of church members and friends during my mother, Eugenia Carter´s, physical decline and at her memorial service. The love and care shown by the First Church staff, Caring Connection, and members, has meant so much and will be forever remembered with heartfelt gratitude.
Janet Carter
We are thankful for and blessed by your support of Chuck these past five years, as he journeyed home. We know he is at peace with his Lord.
With Love,
Anne Zimmerman and Family
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9:15 and 11:00 am
Sunday, February 9
"A Spirit-Filled Life"
Rev. Letisha Bowman
1 Corinthians 2:1-16
JFON 10th Anniversary
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I am sure everyone would agree that $15.00 is not a lot of money. If you were in church a couple weeks ago and heard Richard Johnson witness about his involvement in the FUMC Work Program, you heard a very inspirational commentary!
As you know, the Work Program Ministry involves providing two hours work to those who show up early on Tuesday mornings and win one of the coveted assignments at a downtown agency. In return for completing the work, the participants receive $15.00.
Richard recounted a recent morning during the time of the "Polar Vortex" when over 60 people lined up outside the church in near-zero temperatures for a chance to earn $15.00. Now I suspect nearly all of us would scoff at the notion of standing outside at 6:30 in the morning in freezing temperatures for such a purpose. Most of us cannot even fathom the depths of poverty experienced by many in our community.
Our abundance makes it difficult to imagine going through such discomfort for $15.00. Yet this ministry is one of the most recognizable outreach activities at First Church due to the impact it has on those not so abundantly blessed.
When we pray about our church giving, do we joyously thank God for all that we have, and respond generously, or do we needlessly worry about our household finances? Do we remember that people in our very midst go through such effort for a mere $15.00? In fact, most of us have very little to worry about at all!
At First Church, meaningful and impactful ministry happens every day, and is only possible when joyful Christians give generously out of their abundant resources. I recall a few years ago the story of one of our Work Program participants insisting on giving $1.50 of his $15.00 to the church (a tithe)! What a faith statement! I hope stories like this compel us to truly express our gratitude to God with generous giving.
Chris Hawkins, Finance Committee
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A DISCIPLE´S PATH This class has been cancelled. Look for sign-ups this spring.
VALENTINE´S DAY HOE DOWN to benefit the FUMC Adoption Ministry! Wondering what to do that is fun and new for Valentine´s Day? Come to the Hoe Down in The Vine on Friday, February 14 from 6:30 - 9:30 pm! Music will be provided by "Gooder n´ Grits." You can´t dance? Our band and caller will teach you. Light refreshments will be provided! Suggested donation of $14 per person. There will be a silent auction and all proceeds will go to the Adoption Fund. Come and bring your spouse, date, whole family, and friends, and help us bring Raymond home from Hong Kong.
VALENTINE COOKIE BAKERS NEEDED! FUMC traditionally provides decorated cookies for each MLK Class. We are in need of cookie bakers of all ages to meet in the FUMC kitchen on Thursday, February 13. Baking and cookie-decorating will start at 12:30 pm and will finish up about 2:00 pm. Feel free to bring along some holiday sprinkles for decorating! Please use the Sunday sign-up sheet or call the Tutoring Center at MLK (819.1745) to let us know we can count on you!
LENTEN STUDY Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations by Bishop Robert Schnase. You are invited to embark on a journey this Lent. The church has entered a new era. People are seeking spirituality, but not necessarily organized religion. How will the church respond? What will speak to the people of today? Robert Schnase tells us that people are searching for a church shaped and sustained by Radical Hospitality, Passionate Worship, Intentional Faith Development, Risk-Taking Mission and Service, and Extravagant Generosity. Let´s get talking about how we might use these practices to make disciples for Jesus today and into the future.
• Wednesday AM – March 5-April 9, 10:00-11:30 @ Clark, with Dick Youells
• Thursday PM – March 6-April 10, 5:30-7:00 @ Church, with TBD
• Thursday PM – March 6-April 10, 7:00-8:30pm, @ Kurt & Randy Kimball´s
• Sunday AM – March 9-April 13, 9:30-10:30 @ Church, with TBD
• Sunday PM – March 9-April 13, 5:00-6:30 @ Church, with Pastor Bob
• Sunday PM – March 9-April 13, 6:00-7:30pm, @ Dave & Peggy Thompson´s
• Monday PM – March 10-April 14, 7:00-8:30pm, @ John & Marianne Warnock´s
• Tuesday PM – March 11-April 15, 7:00-8:20, @Allyson Cave´s Home
• Wednesday PM – March 12-April 9 (or 16), 6:30-8:00 @ Church, with Laure Mieskowski
CHURCH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Asking for help is not a sign of weakness. Call the CAP Hotline at 455.6210. They will answer the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will set you up to meet with a trained counselor. The first two one-hour sessions will be at no charge to you by telling them you are a member or friend of First Church! So don´t wait any longer – call today!
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Sunday, January 26
Worship 9:15 am ........97
Worship 11:00 am ........135
Church School ........177
Evening Activities ........34
Sunday, February 2
Worship 9:15 am ........108
Worship 11:00 am ........147
Church School ........227
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Derrick Rose camp doesn't have leg to stand on if it dislikes Bulls' direction
BY JOE COWLEY Staff Reporter January 7, 2014 10:57PM
- Luol Deng's Facebook farewell to Chicago
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Updated: January 8, 2014 10:13AM
Derrick Rose might want to proceed with extreme caution.
The next thing he says should be thought out very well.
It's time for the face of the Camp Rose franchise to gather the troops — brother/manager Reggie included — and deliver a simple message: Everyone needs to shut their mouths.
Because fair or not, the Bulls' mess is on Rose.
He's earning $17.6 million this season and still is owed roughly $60 million for the next three seasons. He has earned the complete trust of a franchise still committed to building around him, despite two knee surgeries. And he defiantly won't involve himself in the recruiting game that goes on among the NBA's elite.
So come the trade deadline Feb. 20, there shouldn't be one whisper out of Rose's camp that he's somehow unhappy with the direction of the team. Not when his hands have been on the steering wheel the last four seasons.
The trade of Luol Deng late Monday was for financial flexibility, but it also came about because of Rose's injury.
"When Derrick had the injury against Portland and we learned that the surgery was going to keep him out for the remainder of the year, at that time our focus had to broaden a little bit,'' vice president of basketball operations John Paxson said Tuesday. "We had to look more about the future and a little less about today.''
That's because today is a mess.
The Bulls were headed for no-man's land, good enough to sneak into the playoffs but bad enough to be ousted early and miss out on what could be a fruitful draft lottery in June. Deng had to go.
And, of course, there were immediate whispers that Rose wasn't happy with the decision.
"Both [chairman] Jerry [Reinsdorf] and [general manager] Gar [Forman] spoke to Derrick,'' Paxson said. "I'm never going to speak for Derrick. Derrick can speak for himself, and I'm sure that when he feels like it, he will. Our communication with Derrick has never led us to believe that [he's unhappy].''
Rose shouldn't be. If anything, he should be proactive.
He continued to insist last month that his only goal is to win a title. So he should start acting like a player who wants a ring.
Keep rehabbing, but get on the phone, reach out to possible free agents such as LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony or Chris Bosh and tell them that cap space is coming to the Bulls this summer.
More importantly, be the boss of the Rose franchise, and keep the worker bees in line.
Like Paxson said, Rose undoubtedly will address all of this soon.
It better be good.

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Juliann's StoryIn the Latin food section of your supermarket you will see look for canned seafood from Spain, Portugal, and sometimes from Italy. You will want to purchase either one of the following brand names "Iberia", or "Goya", or "Palacio de Oriente", You will be looking for "Calamares en su Tinta", translation: Squid Chunks in their own Ink, a known delicacy. This rice is delicious. and Spanish/Italian in orgin. Enjoy
2 can(s)
4 onces each can, squid chunks in their ink. brands goya, or iberia, or palacio de oriente.
1 lb
cleaned squid cut in rounds, as if for frying. you can buy frozen squid cut in circles and ready for frying.
1/2 large
fresh sweet green pepper, diced small
1 medium
sweet vidalia onion or sweet onion diced small
3 clove
fresh garlic smashed or put through a garlic press
1/4 c
good white dry table rwine (not a sweet wine)
1/2 small
can of tomato sauce such as hunts or delmonte
1/2 tsp
dried oregano
1/4 tsp
ground cumin powder
2 small
sprigs parsley diced small
1 small
packet goya sazon with culantro & achiote
1/2 tsp
garlic powder ( not garlic salt)
2 1/2 c
long grain white raw rice rinsed twice in cool water
1 tsp
all natural asian fish sauce
1/4 c
olive oil
3 c
water or fish broth if available
1/4 tsp
fresh ground black pepper
1 or 2 tsp
salt or to suit your taste
Directions Step-By-Step
1Heat olive oil in heavy pot add and saute garlic, onions, green peppers, parsley, until onions and pepper are limp. Next add white wine, and stir for one minute then add tomato sauce, and two cans of squid complete with ink sauce in the cans. Stir again gently.
2Next add all the dry seasonings oregano, cumin, packet of Sazon seasoning, garlic powder, and black pepper, Reduce flame and let simmer 2 minutes. while sauce is simmering rinse your rice in cool water twice draining all the water when done.
3Now add Asian fish sauce, to the sauce and put in the rinsed squid rings in the sauce cover sauce and cook for 2 minutes only. (Time 2 minutes only) Any longer and your squid will be tough.
4After two minutes add the rinsed raw rice, and 3 cups water or fish broth. Stir well add a teaspoon of salt or taste if salt is enough. Cover & lower flame to simmer and cook for 35/45 minutes. After done uncover fluff rice and serve with fried fish or just a nice salad. This dish is delicious some people might be put off because of the squid ink but it truly is a delicacy. Pass the chilled wine Enjoy.. Buen Provecho
5Note: When my husband catches fresh fish I take the fish bones after he has filleted the fish. Head and skelton rinse good and put into a pot with a bouqet of garni, spice in a piece of cheese cloth tied together and dropped in the pot for added flavor. Also add a carrot an onion and 5/6 cloves garlic smashed, sprigs of parley, a cup of white wine and simmer for at leat three hours. I then let cool and strain. I discard the fish bodies and bones. I freeze in pint containers and use when I am making Paella, or Mariners Soups or Seafood rice dishes like this dish. Also great for French Bouliabase. But thats another recipe. Enjoy..
About this Recipe
Course/Dish: Rice Sides
Other Tag: Quick & Easy
Lucy Barrios lucyb718 - Sep 13, 2010
Genial Juliann !!!! I made this for my husband today and loved it...gracias por compartir (tx for sharing)..I am Cuban and reside in Miami, and loved glancing through your recipe file. Saludos!
Juliann Esquivel Juliann - Sep 13, 2010
Thank you Lucy, I am so glad you liked the dish. Me alegro que disfrutaron el plato. Gracias, thank you Juliann
Maria Sanchez MCS2010 - Oct 4, 2010
This used to be my dad's favorite dish. I made it for him for the 1st time when I was about 13 & it turned out horrible... but he still ate it & proclaimed I was on my way to be an excellent cook. How do I miss my daddy!!!!! Thanks for the memories=)
Juliann Esquivel Juliann - Oct 4, 2010
Hi Nena, Your papi sounds like a wonderful loving person. I too miss my dad. He passed away 15 years ago. I was very close to my dad. He gave me my first cook book when I was sixteen. He new I loved to cook and he aksed me what I wanted and I told him I wanted a real nice fancy cook book Like the Betty Crocker books I had seen in the store. He bought me my first book. I was so happy i read the book from cover to cover and I think I tried every recipe in the book over the years. I still have it. It is old and tattered and with yellowed pages. I have it covered and have never let it out of my hands. I know exactly how you feel. What beautiful memories. Bendiciones and LOL
Marina Neff Kittiecooks - Jul 19, 2011
Marina Neff [Kittiecooks] has shared this recipe with discussion group:
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When it comes to the Malaysian Indian music industry, many names may rise, but the one name that changed phases was Daddy Shaq. Ever since the beginning, he introduced new styles and new genres of music in his compositions. He never liked sailing alone, and so he took singer/composer Dhilip Varman under his wings, and turned him into an accomplished talent.
A multi award winning singer and composer, Daddy Shaq has been active in the Indian music industry for the past 15 years. He founded and established Rogkwave SounX Production in 1999 that mainly operated a mixing and mastering studio. Besides setting new trends in the indian music industry Daddy Shaq has also introduced many young talents to raise the bar of the local indian music industry.
After a few albums, and a few awards as well (15 to be exact), in 2007, Sashi Rogkwave was re-introduced as Daddy Shaq in Rabbit Mac's maiden album, "Provoked", featuring in the hit song 'Neathu Orethere Parthom'. The controversial nature of the song took many aback, but Daddy Shaq continued to produce greater songs, in Rabbit Mac's second album, 'Ma Carrotz', in 2009. Being featured in hit songs like Neram 11:20am and Kambing Kaigalz, Daddy Shaq astounded many with his powerful vocals.
Together with Rabbit Mac, he founded PSYCHO.unit, which one of the most influential and powerful record labels in the Indian Music industry as of current times. Producing great albums like Sheezay's Kambathu Rapper and Vikadakavi's Vera Mari Bro to name a few, Daddy Shaq produced his solo project, titled 'September 11′.


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IBM Slides as Weak Yen Crimps Earnings
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- IBM (IBM) missed Wall Street's top and bottom line estimates in its first-quarter results as a weak Japanese Yen weighed down profits.
The tech giant reported revenue of $23.4 billion, down from $24.7 billion for the same period a year ago, and trailed Wall Street's forecast of $24.6 billion. Excluding items, IBM earned $3 a share, up from $2.78 a share in the prior year's quarter. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters were looking for earnings of $3.05 a share.
IBM noted that a deterioration in the Yen since mid-January reduced the company's earnings by 7 cents a share. The results underwhelmed investors who sold IBM shares down 3.1% to $200.63 in extended trading.
The Armonk, N.Y.-based company did manage to griw its operating margin to 46.7%, an increase of 1 percentage point. IBM's operating net income increased to $3.4 billion, up from $3.3 billion in the same period of last year."In the first quarter, we grew operating net income, earnings per share and expanded operating margins but we did not achieve all of our goals in the period," said Ginni Rometty, the IBM CEO, in a statement. "Despite a solid start and good client demand we did not close a number of software and mainframe transactions that have moved into the second quarter." The company's software revenue was flat year-over-year, or up 1% adjusted for the effects of currency, at $5.6 billion. IBM's Global Technology Services revenue decreased 4%, or 2% adjusted for currency, to $9.6 billion. The firm's hardware business experienced an even sharper decline, with revenue from its Systems and Technology segment falling 17%, or 16% adjusted for currency, to $3.1 billion. IBM reiterated its fiscal 2013 earnings forecast of at least $16.70, excluding items. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters are looking for earnings of $16.77. --Written by James Rogers in New York. Follow @jamesjrogers >To submit a news tip, send an email to: firstname.lastname@example.com
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ChronoZoom challenge submission
ChronoZoom was developed to make time relationships between different studies of history clear and vivid. In the process, it provides a framework for exploring related electronic resources. It thus serves as a "master timeline" that ties together all kinds of specialized timelines and electronic resources and provides visual intersections of the humanities and the sciences.
You can browse through history on ChronoZoom to find data in the form of articles, images, video, sound, and other media. Equally compelling, ChronoZoom enables users to chronicle history by creating timelines that cover spans of history ranging from billions of years to just a day or two. ChronoZoom links information from five major regimes and unifies historical knowledge collectively into a map of Big History.
By drawing upon the latest discoveries from many different disciplines, you can visualize the temporal relationships between events, trends, and themes. Some of the disciplines that contribute information to ChronoZoom include biology, astronomy, geology, climatology, prehistory, archeology, anthropology, economics, cosmology, natural history, and population and environmental studies.
This project has been funded and supported by Microsoft Research in collaboration with University California at Berkeley and Moscow State University. ChronoZoom envisions a world where scientists, researchers, students, and teachers collaborate through ChronoZoom to share information via data, tours, and insight.
Creating a new visualization using the ChronoZoom data posed several challenges. The design driven innovation methods that we practice rely heavily on interactions with our clients and the end-users of a product or service. With a diverse target audience from researchers and academicians to the general public, it was not only difficult to frame our design challenges but also equally hard to validate our hypotheses and solutions. Doing well in this challenge meant correctly defining our design criteria, creating and refining a concept and developing a proof of concept in a tight timeframe.
1. Understanding the data
The first step involves parsing and examining the raw data. The data was initially imported into a SQL database to run a few queries and collect statistics on timelines, exhibits and contents.
The ChronoZoom data set has a total of 356 timelines, 253 exhibits and 642 content items (images, videos). More than 90% of the timelines don't have sub-timelines.
A majority of the timelines don't have exhibits and the maximum number of exhibits per timeline is 16. Also, most exhibits contain no more than 1 content item, the maximum being 10.
2. Evaluating ChronoZoom
Evaluating the current tool helps us identify and define the purpose and design criteria for the visualization. Team members individually explore the tool over a few days and summarize their experiences, likes and dislikes. This data is then examined and ranked from the perspective of different audiences: researchers, teachers, students and the general audience. This naturally results in a wish-list of features and functionalities which can again be ranked by different factors: audience, feasibility, desirability etc.
Features we liked
- Adaptive time axis, one screen size fits all time scales
- A vast community generated repository of timelines
- Search
- Guided tours, allowing users to create tours
- Shareable URL, Back button
- Regime quick links, Breadcrumbs
- The "wow" effect delivered by the zoomable timelines
- Looks great on very high resolutions (retina)
- Timeline names aren't always visible. Very small timelines within a timeline can't be seen at all sometimes (E.g Dark age in Cosmos).
- Poor readability on small screens
- Timelines and artifacts are scattered all over the screen. It is easy to miss artifact and timeline names if too many are present. Lacks the simplicity of a list.
- The zoom effect is impressive initially but over time can make one feel a little dizzy. Also, it does not allow a side-by-side comparison of two or more timelines on one screen.
- As a timeline starts having many parallel items, it becomes less readable
- At a given point in time, it is not possible to identity simultaneously active timelines and events without careful observation and zooming in and out.
3. Ideate individually
Knowing the advantages and shortcomings of ChronoZoom, team members ideate individually on alternative visualization concepts. These concepts may not necessarily solve all the shortcomings at once but can even focus on just one of them. Wild and impractical ideas are encouraged! Other visualizations of time and history are researched online and compiled into a list that can be used for ideas and inspiration. Different team members have different design sensibilities that shape the visualization concepts they generate.
4. Present ideas, brainstorm
Frequent brainstorming sessions are conducted where individual team members describe their ideas and concepts. The ideas are evaluated identifying their strengths, weaknesses and feasibility. Once all ideas have been exhausted, we explore the possibilities of combining certain features from each idea and building upon them.
5. Define purpose and design criteria
6. Imagine, prototype, evaluate, refine. Repeat.
Concepts are sketched in increasing detail. Interactive prototypes are quick and dirty, enough to test if a concept is playing well with the data and behaving as expected. Upon evaluation, the concepts are either changed or refined further. Sometimes a concept can be reused later in a different fashion.
This process is repeated until we converge towards the final visualization. Towards the end, the focus is more on refining the visualization and paying attention to all aesthetic details.


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(card skim'ming) (n.) The act of using a skimmer to illegally collect data from the magnetic stripe of a credit, debit or ATM card. This information, copied onto another blank card's magnetic stripe, is then used by an identity thief to make purchases or withdraw cash in the name of the actual account holder.
Skimming works by replacing a card reader like an ATM with a camouflaged counterfeit card reader. The counterfeit reader records all of the data on a credit, debit or ATM card as it passes through the skimmer. In addition to ATMs, other locations where card skimming happens include restaurants, taxis or other businesses where an employee will take the card from the actual account holder in order to run the charge. In these instances, the thief has fitted the card reader with a skimmer, or uses a hand-held skimmer hidden in a pocket.
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The Valley of the Moon Soccer Club youth team went undefeated to win the Benicia Old Capitol Classic Tournament. Ten teams in the age group competed in the tournament, which is affiliated with USclub and CYSA, the two main soccer associations in the USA.
"As we kept winning, the bystanders wondered just where this team came from," said team manager Rosa Cervantes.
Valley of the Moon Soccer Club, a program of Nuestra Voz [2] of Sonoma, was created in 2009 to provide outdoor activities and promote health for children. Soccer program participants currently number 120, ages 5 to 16, with activities for both boys and girls. There are 32 coaches/team managers and eight referees who have trained the eight select teams and the ten recreational teams, each with eight players.
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An almost mystical combination beloved in France, mushrooms and fortified wines like Madeira elevate everything they touch. The results are exceptionally fine when you put their magic to work on great-tasting (and inexpensive) blade steaks.
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- 1 1/2 pound top blade beef chuck steaks
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 shallot, chopped
- 2 (4 ounce) packages sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/2 cup Madeira
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch mixed with 1 tablespoon water
Pat steaks dry and cut 3 shallow slits across center cartilage in each steak (to prevent curling), then sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper (total).
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then sauté steaks, turning once, 5 to 9 minutes total for medium-rare. Transfer to a plate and keep warm, covered.
Add shallot and remaining tablespoon oil to skillet and sauté over medium-high heat 30 seconds. Add mushrooms and sauté until golden, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in Madeira, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper and briskly simmer 2 minutes. Stir in water and any meat juices from plate and boil 2 minutes. Stir cornstarch mixture, then stir into mushrooms and simmer until thickened, about 1 minute. Season sauce with salt and spoon over steaks.
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Nutrition Informationper serving (4 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories492
- Carbohydrates7 g (2%)
- Fat36 g (55%)
- Protein34 g (68%)
- Saturated Fat13 g (66%)
- Sodium120 mg (5%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber1 g (4%)
- Monounsaturated Fat18 g
- Cholesterol116 mg (39%)
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type: Quick & Easy
main ingredients: Mushroom, Fortified Wine, Beef, Steak
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CCI® .22 Rimfire Rounds
CCI® specifically designed these .22 rimfire rounds to deliver reliable performance.
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My Marlin 795 loves this stuff! I broke in my Marlin 795 with this ammo and i did not have one single jam! I would most definitely will buy this ammo again my only complaint is the price...@ 20 cents a round its okay but i would love to pay half that... June 25, 2014
CCI .22s Rock For the go bang every time you can always count on CCI. I have owned several guns that I was about ready to get rid of due to problems with the guns ( at least that is what I thought ). When I put CCI .22LR into the equation, problem solved. They are awesome, and I highly recommend! March 15, 2014
Quality Ammunition CCI ammunition has always been reliable for me. I've never had a misfire or any other issue. Accuracy is always consistent. Good ammo at a fair price! November 25, 2013
Best .22 ammo I have always kept several packs of CCI .22 long rifle ammo handy every since I received my first .22 rifle when I was 10. You can't go wrong with it. I have never, ever had any issues with CCI rounds. By far the best .22 long rifle ammo period. January 3, 2013
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Will these work for a Ruger 10/22?
Details:I was wondering if these rounds will work in a Ruger 10/22 rotary magazine.
2 years ago
- Oak Hills CA(read all my Q&A)
A:Have used 4 or 5 different makes of LR ammo in several 10/22's and have gone to nothing but CCI ammo for them. Have never had a problem in many years of using the Ruger 10-22 with CCI ammo and try and keep several thousand rounds of it on hand but that is getting hard to do today so buy it while you can.
4 months ago
- Northern Kentucky(read all my Q&A)
A:yes, every time.
A:I've seen them used in a rotary magazine on a Ruger 10/22, although I'm not sure what brand of magazine. I've only used it in the stock 10 round magazine that came with my 10/22 and my Ruger BX-25.
A:I see no reson why not. Same size and caliber as other ammo
2 years ago
- Cecilia, Kentucky(read all my Q&A)
Details:the coyote have been terrorizing my dog and i am out of 12 guage its getting agrivating
5 years, 7 months ago
A:Depends on bullet placement, it only takes one in the right spot.
A:It depends on how well you shoot.
10 months ago
A:If you want to shoot Coyotes with a 22 LR, I wouldn't use anything less than a CCI Stinger or CCI Velocitor. The Stinger is a bit wild at 1640 fps muzzle velocity with only 32 gr bullet, but it packs a punch and is still reasonably accurate The Velocitor is also a hot round at 1435 fps, but it comes with a larger 40 gr bullet. The Velocitor is a bit more accurate and carries a slightly bigger punch at 134 ft-lbs at 50 yards compared to 119 ft-lbs for the Stinger. The Velocitor is harder to find right now because it has become so popular that it's usually on back order. I don't think BPS carries the Velocitor, but they should.
One more thing to consider is that I've heard that some guns don't chamber the Stinger because it has an ever-so-slightly larger casing. Your standard Ruger 10/22 will handle it just fine, as an example. I wouldn't try it on older gun without calling the gun manufacturer's customer service first.
To answer your other question, one well-placed shot from either of these two rounds will drop a coyote in it's tracks.
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A:if hit rite yes if not maybe 2 or 3
2 years, 3 months ago
A:Well, I suppose it depends where the rounds hit and how good a shot you are.
A head shot should do it.
2 years, 10 months ago
A:In my opinion, a simple solution would be to obtain a reliable and accurate varmint rifle (i.e., .223, 22-250, 22 Hornet, etc) and resolve the situation once and for all. Trapping coyotes can be a difficult proposition especially if you are contending with a pack vs. a single animal. Coyotes will definitely hunt domestic pets. Avoid the loss of a valuable member of your family (your dog) with a single well-placed shot.
5 years, 4 months ago
- California & Montana(read all my Q&A)
A:You might want to contact your local game warden. They can set up a trap to try to catch them. We have had them around here in Richmond, which blew my mind to see them in the city/suburbs! But I know they are trying to trap them.
All else fails... go buy some more ammo!! :-)
5 years, 7 months ago
- Richmond, VA(read all my Q&A)
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Why so much more money?
Details:I'm just wondering from anyone who has used the .22 LR rounds (even bass pro employees!), what makes these rounds so much better that they have to charge DOUBLE the cost of the same number of rounds for other brands? Are they twice as accurate? Higher muzzle velocity? I started using the Remington .22 LR hollow point high velocity and they are pretty good and loads of fun, I shoot with a Mossberg 802 with the thumb hole and flip down front handle. I'm just wondering if the upgrade to double the cost is worth the investment?
5 years, 8 months ago
- Columbia, MO(read all my Q&A)
A:If you value accuracy and reliability, it's worth the money. If you don't mind 10% either failing to fire or load or eject, go with Remington. CCI ammo is almost 100% reliable.
A:If you check the model number it is 0033. This is CCI Green Tag which is listed as a sub-sonic competition round. It is not subjected to turbulence crossing the sonic barrier and more accurate. Twice as accurate, probably not. But when you want a more accurate round every little bit helps.
2 years, 3 months ago
A:you get 100 rounds in each box with cci , not the 50 rounds you get with the others.
3 years, 1 month ago
A:I believe they are 100 rds per package vs 50 rds per standard. Thus the price double.
Correct me if I am looking at the wrong packaging.
4 years, 1 month ago
- Central Iowa(read all my Q&A)
A:I will attempt to answer your question.....Today I bought some Winchester Super X hollowpoints and some CCI Stinger rounds, both boxes had 50 rounds. Once I opened both boxes I immediately realized that the Winchester hollows were not always centered in the bullet. Most of the time the location of the hollow varied from bullet to bullet. Also, the diameter of the hollow varied from bullet to bullet. The CCI rounds were very clean cut with the hollow being nearly the same size as the others and the hollow was closer to the center of the bullet than the Winchesters. I believe the answer to your question is this: the CCI rounds are produced much cleaner and precise than other bullets.
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With the Casey Anthony trial and its shocking verdict a couple days behind us, it's interesting to take a look at how social media interacts with real world news. The Social Media Trial Time called it the "social media trial of the century," and truly social media venues have been overrun with opinions on the trial's verdict, mostly disapproving.
With enough tragedy, mystery, and deceit to match a prime-time TV drama, it's understandable why this trial captured the nation's attention. Many compare the Casey Anthony trial to the OJ trial that had Americans glued to their television sets in 1995. But there wasn't much social media in 1995, and this time around social media made it easier than ever for people to get the latest updates on the trial pro... > Read more
Facebook Announces New Skype-Powered Video Chat
Facebook and Skype, Together at Last Yesterday Facebook unveiled its "awesome" new video chat, powered by Skype. Skype-managed video chat has been in the rumor mill for quite some time, and now we finally get to see it in person! Redesigned Chat Grouped with the new video chat comes a redesigned Facebook chat system featuring a sidebar for the friends you chat with most.
Group Chat Facebook chat also now allows for group chats, allowing users to easily communicate with multiple friends at once. Facebook Video Chat vs. Google Hangouts Facebook's new video chat feature arrives on the tailwinds of Google+ with its own Hangouts feature. How do they compare? Well, Hangouts allows video chatting with up to 10 people, while Facebook keeps it to one on one. Zuc... > Read more
Facebook Blocks Friend Exporter Tool
Facebook is seeking to block Facebook Friend Exporter, a Google Chrome extension that does exactly what its name implies. The Facebook Friend Exporter allows users to easily extract their friends list along with emails, phone numbers, and other friend data. The tool allows the data to be saved into a text file or imported easily to Gmail.
While the extension is currently out of commission, creator Mohamed Mansour hopes to build a new version that uses an alternative design to combat the Facebook restrictions.The Cat-And-Mouse GameRoad blocks were first implemented when Facebook began showing email addresses as graphics rather than normal text that can easily be found and processed by data scraping tools. Mansour bypassed this by obtaining the email addresses through Facebook's mobile site... > Read more
Google Realtime Search Disappears As Contract With Twitter Ends
Google Realtime Search is on hiatus since the company's contract with Twitter, enabling access to the full feed of public updates, expired on July 2, 2011.While the unique Twitter feed has been suspended, Google notes that the publicly available information on Twitter is still available and searchable on the Google search engine.
Google plans on relaunching its real-time search with access to content from various sources including Google+ information, although the date for this relaunch has not yet been set.Hopefully it will come soon, because with the suspension on Google Realtime, there is no way to find tweets further back than a few days, as Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land notes:Twitter has largely outsourced the service of Twitter search longer than a few days to Google, a deliber... > Read more
Yet More Google Updates: Makeovers, Mobile Sites & Chocolate Milk, Oh My!
Don't You Forget About MeIn the aftermath of all the Google+ excitement, I'd like to call attention to some other Google updates that deserve our notice.You may have thought that Google+ was enough to tide you over, but remarkably Google has been dishing out additional updates without pause.Google Products Get a Face LiftYou've probably already noticed the new Google homepage's cleaner, more sophisticated look.
You'll be seeing this sleek redesign applied to a number of Google products, as Google aims to deliver an experience "founded on three key design principles: focus, elasticity and effortlessness." How oddly vague.As Google notes, a shot of Botox from time to time never hurts…unless you have a negative reaction. Taking a look at Google's original homepage in 1997, we ... > Read more
Google+ | Google's New Social Platform Revealed
Google+ Has Arrived!Google's new super-secret social project is finally being rolled out…to a select few, for now at least.But wait to you hear what Google + has got under its hood; more than just a pretty face (and it is quite attractive, thank goodness), the new social project tries to address the gaps and missing pieces in the current social network paradigm.
Vic Gundotra, one of the key players in Google +'s creation, explains:"We believe online sharing is broken. And even awkward…We think connecting with other people is a basic human need. We do it all the time in real life, but our online tools are rigid. They force us into buckets — or into being completely public…Real life sharing is nuanced and rich. It has been hard to get that into software."Google + has done its... > Read more
Facebook Pages Now Customizable Based on Klout Score
Don't be surprised if you start hearing people ask about your "klout"; no, it's not a new brand of Greek yogurt or a bizarre cloud and drought weather phenomenon, it's a measure of your social influence. Klout is a startup that measures users' influence through social media platforms.
Your Klout score is generated through a complex ranking algorithm that takes note of your retweets, number of comments on your links and other measures of your social influence. Involver + Klout = Customized Fan Page What has people talking recently is that Klout has partnered up with the social marketing platform Involver, and together they have some big ideas for Facebook fan pages. Brands can now create a Klout widget on their fan page which measures visitors'... > Read more
Another Round of Google Updates: City Sites, Descriptive Terms & URL Testing
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The city pages show places, offers, events, business owner resources, and community blogs.The layout of these pages is fun and aesthetically pleasing. As a person who relies heavily on resources like Trip Advisor to tell me what to check out when visiting a new city, I'm looking forward to testing out the new city pages.For now city pages is only available for Austin (TX), Portland (OR), Madison (WI), and San Diego (CA).Check... > Read more


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'Your Boy' Statement by Pat Buchanan Draws Immediate Objection
(NNPA) - Conservative pundit Pat Buchanan is playing damage control after creating a bit of controversy when he referred to President Barack Obama as "your boy" in a discussion with Rev. Al Sharpton. Buchanan, a former Republican presidential candidate, was appearing on a show Sharpton was hosting on MSNBC Aug. 2 when he brought up the issue of the Bush tax cuts.
"And let me tell you; your boy, Barack Obama, caved in on it in 2010 and he'll cave in on it again," Buchanan said.
That was all the fuel Sharpton needed as he responded; "My what? My President, Barack Obama? What did you say?"
Buchanan responded, "He's your boy in the ring, he's your fighter."
Sharpton not pleased with Buchanan's response, fired back again. "He's nobody's boy. He's your president and he's our president and that's what y'all have got to get through your head."
The next morning, on MSNBC'S "Morning Joe," Buchanan appeared to clear the air over what he meant with his statement to Sharpton.
"I said one of the big losers, using boxing terminology, was 'your boy,' and I meant the president of the United States," Buchanan reportedly said. "Now this was taken, some folks took what I said as some kind of slur. None was meant, none was intended, none was delivered, for the record."
Ironically, Buchanan's shared an appearance on "Morning Joe" with journalist Mark Hampering, who was making his first appearance on the network after being suspended for a month after characterizing Obama with a gutter epithet.


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Why The Yahoo Revival Is The Real Deal
Yahoo (YHOO) is finding its groove again. Since Marissa Mayer took over as CEO, shares rallied from below $16 to $19.63 (on December 14, 2012). Yahoo is clearly on a revival, and its path is being led by It projects that leverages its existing Internet properties.
Yahoo took the right step by building a Flickr iPhone app. As an avid user of Flickr (the desktop version) for many years, reading Yahoo earn high marks for its Flickr app is a relief. Flickr has a focused community of photographers who rate each other's photos ("favorites"), post comments on photos, and participate in discussions.
The new Flickr app for iPhone competes with Instagram. It has 16 filters, and gives users many ways to share photos. This sharing was, until the app was launched, available only on the Flickr website.
Flickr, welcome to 2012.Investment Analysis Investors cannot be bullish on Yahoo based on a revival for Flickr, but the company is moving in the right direction. Investors should add Yahoo to their watch list. Shares could pull-back, as investors take profit. After that, the focus will be on renewed growth and on valuation. Valuation According to Kapitall's Number Cruncher, Yahoo has a book value of $13.19. It is trading at a price to book of 1.5 times, and has a P/E of just 5.8 times. POP, or Price of Profit, is slightly high, at 18. Comparisons Using the Compar-o-matic tool, Yahoo's valuation is lower than most Internet firms. Only Baidu (BIDU) has a lower POP, at 16.
Investment Ideas Investors considering Yahoo as an investment should also look at AOL (AOL) and Google, Inc. (GOOG). Google's dominance in search continues to hurt Yahoo. AOL's management is shareholder-friendly. The company made the right moves in returning money to shareholders. AOL sold its patent, and paid out a portion of funds to investors.
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The Vampire Diaries Round Table: "Dangerous Liaisons"by Matt Richenthal at . Comments
One dastardly mother. One aspiring landscape artist. One ridiculously hot sex scene.
The Vampire Diaries may have aired a slow episode this week, but it's all relative. There's still PLENTY for our Round Table panel of Matt Richenthal, Steve Marsi, Eric Hochberger and Dan Forcella to analyze from "Dangerous Liaisons." And they get right to it below...
What was your favorite scene from the episode?
Matt: Sometimes the obvious choice is the only one. Especially when it involves clothes being torn off and gorgeous female vampires being pinned against the wall. Yeah. The sex scene.
Steve: Stelena almost kissing. They're totally setting up the love triangle to end all love triangles and it's getting more riveting by the week. Take note, Gossip Girl.
Eric: In an episode filled mostly with conversation and tension, I have to thank Damon for shaking things up when he attacked Kol. Oh wait, should have read question two...
Dan: Not a scene, per se, but my favorite single moment from the episode was learning that the Originals' last name is Mikaelson. That means that dear old father's full name was Mikael Mikaelson! I can't believe Damon didn't have any quick-witted commentary on that little nugget
Dumber Damon decision: going after Kol, telling Elena he loves her or getting it on with Rebekah?
Matt: It may have seemed romantic, but come on. D dropped the L bomb way too quickly. The two just kissed a couple weeks ago. He has to woo Elena a bit, take her out to dinner, buy her some flowers for Valentine's Day. Did he really think she was in the proper state of mind to simply melt over his declaration?
Steve: Going after Kol. The other two decisions can be chalked up to other urges that are far more understandable than picking a fight with an Original and potentially his entire family. Not even Damon can take all six of them.
Eric: Well, I'm blaming the first and third on the second, so let's go with the unreciprocated declaration. Maybe you should try dating her first. Or finding someone that didn't date your brother for two years.
Dan: Anything but the last one. Did you see that final scene? I'm still all hot and bothered after witnessing it. If Esther's plan works, who knows what kind of consequences can even come to Damon? So I'd have to go with choice two.
Harder to believe: Esther wants to murder her own children, Elena and Caroline know how to do a centuries-old waltz or Matt lives in Mystic Falls with no health insurance?
Matt: Shouldn't there be a fourth option: that Matt is the starting quarterback for Mystic Falls High School? Have we ever seen him practice in the last two seasons?!? The only use of Matt's shoulder that we've witnessed recently has been a spot for Caroline and Elena to cry on. He should be dedicating more time to overcoming a zone blitz and less time to overcoming an impending hybrid army.
Steve: Two of the three are quite believable, at least in the world of The Vampire Diaries. After Klaus killed Esther, and she spent a 1,000 years ruminating on that from the other side, why wouldn't she want payback? As for Elena and Caroline, all the town does is throw balls, dances and festivals with age-old traditions. Obviously MF teens can waltz like no other. The only dubious option is Matt's insurance status. He's still a dependent who's in high school, right? And from a seemingly well-off or at least middle-class family? No way he needs Obamacare.
Eric: Please, Steve, Mystic Grill is way too small to fall under Obamacare, even if it does monopolize the Mystic Falls bar scene. And it's only been one episode of Esther, we'll learn more. So the real question is: how the heck does everyone knew that Waltz!? Man, I need to sign up for lessons. You never know when vampires are coming to town to throw a ball.
Dan: Yeah, the revenge is warranted and it is a very historic town, so the winner is Matt not having insurance. Even though Zach Roerig turns 27 soon, he's playing a 17-year old who would be on his parents health insurance. I don't care if his parents deserted him, he's still under their care, right?
Klaroline: Are you buying it at all?
Matt: No, this was my one major complaint from the episode. There was too much pandering to the show's shippers. Between the glances at the ball and the extended tease of Caroline softening to Klaus, it really came across like the writers' priority was to fie up the Twitter world.
Steve: Not particularly, but I'll tell you what I am buying: One of Klaus' paintings, for Dan Forcella, whose man-crush surely grew even more intense last night.
Eric: I was the biggest disbeliever until the sketch of Caroline and the horse. Not sure if I'm buying any art pieces or relationships yet, but I am certainly buying into half the relationship.
Dan: OHHHHH. EMMMMM. GEEEEEE. It's like a magical conjunction for me! My Klaus and my Caroline together for the end of time? Jetting off to Paris, Rome and Tokyo to take in the sights? My heart is surely a flutter! I'm buying. I'm buying it big time! Steve, I will take as many Klaus paintings as you want to buy me. Eric, that sketch, yup! Wow. Klaroline FTW!
Which newly awakened Original made a better first impression: Kol or Finn?
Matt: Kol clearly had the better lines, but he's pretty much a male version of Rebekah and we've seen that attitude before. But for Finn to be totally down with his own death? There's gotta be more to his story. I'm intrigued.
Steve: Neither really. They were sort of on the periphery with Esther commanding the attention. This isn't necessarily bad, though. They're still Originals who can pop off and crush some poor Grill employee's hand at a moment's notice. An air of mystery lingers with those two around for sure. Seemingly irrelevant, you get the feeling they could instantly become relevant ... unlike certain witches/Petrovas who have become mere plot devices.
Eric: How is that a question? Kol had his hilarious love affair with the mirror and crushed the quarterback's hand. What did Finn have besides a weirdly sexual moment with his mother?
Dan: Finn made almost no impression on me, so I guess I have to go with Kol.
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Klaroline!!!! Love them! I can't believe it but I do!
Is it just me or Elijah didn't actually drink the champagne?
Favorite scene - Damon walking away after the fight. It's like he got back all that swagger he lost somewhere in season 2..
Dumber Damon decision - dropping the L word. It's the swagger-less Damon.
Harder to believe - I'm with Matt.. there should be a 4th option.. But, if i must, then I think Matt having no health insurance.. Somehow, I think that after everything, he should've gotten that in order.
Klaroline - Oh Yes! Yes yes!!!! GOD!!!! Yes!!!!!! Everything about this is gold. pure pure gold. How i wish they will let this happen.. even for just one episode.
I am a casual viewer of this show. Sometime I would tune in, others not. It was always pretty much the same thing. Elena and Stefan? Elena and Damon? A neverending merry-go-round. But a few weeks ago I watched the Klaus and Caroline scene and now I am hooked! I love these two!
I will reiterate again that I hate Elena. She's a dumb broad with no self respect whatsoever. Her ex-boyfriend try to kill her like how many days ago but instead of him apologizing, it's Elena who is groveling at his feet for some kind of affection. And I bet when she finds out that Damon slept with Rebekah, she has such a self-entitlement attitude towards him, she will probably throw a hissy fit and expect him to to cry and beg for forgiveness. All Damon needs is to turn a cold shoulder to her or try to hurt her and she will probably start swooning. But it's obviously her loss, Damon must have major mojo because Rebekah was practically having an orgasm with the faces she was pulling and he's just kissing her.
You got it Dan. Totally love Klaroline and if they start selling Klaus' works sign me up. Who wouldn't want something from that gorgeous man! Who, I tell you.
That was didn't have a last name. typo.
Dan isn't the brightest bulb in the bunch is he. In the old days people did have a last name or if they did it was rare. Most of the time the persons fathers name was tagged on to their's for ex. Klaus Mikael's son.
Right on, Dan! I'm in total agreement with you on the Klaroline front. Totally the coolest potential couple on the show. Definitely Klaroline FTW!
4.Not at all,i hate the idea of klaroline it doesn't make sense at all,i believe no one is completely evil but klaus is showing too much of his humanity.I love both characters but not as a couple but i have to admit that klaus will make a good BF.I'm all for forwood,love the phone call scene. 5.Kol all the way,he's handsome.


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The Critic's Choice Awards is not the biggest event of the year, especially when because it was overshadowed with the People's Choice Awards and the Oscar nominations this week. But it is still a red carpet event which brings some of the best celeb moments, like the adorable meeting between Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway. Rebel looks amazing in the sparkling dress that hugs her body perfectly and she looks absolutely starstruck to meet Anne Hathaway. Check out some more Critic's Choice Awards fashion below~
Speaking of Anne Hathaway, she attended the event in a silver beaded Oscar de la Renta gown:
While Anne Hathaway is naturally beautiful in everything, I am not a huge fan of the dress. I prefer Anne in gowns that scream "classic" and "elegance," and the sparkly swirls on the dress may be cute but do not really reflect the star's sophisticated style. Plus the dress has her looking fairly pale on her complexion and not balancing out with dramatic color in her makeup does not help; maybe adding some red lipstick or dramatic, smoky eyes would have improved the look. She still looks absolutely gorgeous, but I think she could have chosen a much better dress.
The biggest miss was definitely Leslie Mann in bright pink Honor dress:
The This is 40 star's Pepto-bismol colored dress does not work with the actress' skin at all and it just leaves her looking like a 13 year old girl stuck in the 90s. The tulip skirt cuts her off awkwardly and has a strange texture to it. I feel that this dress is not the most age-appropriate dress on the actress, who could have pulled off a longer, sophisticated gown. This type of dress seems more suitable for a younger actress at the Teen Choice Awards then for a red carpet event. Although the star gets kudos for the bold move and her awesome pink lipstick, but I hope Leslie chooses a different style of dress for future events.
One dress that I was a surprise hit for me was Emmy Rossum's sparkly blue Carolina Herrera gown.
I was not expecting to love this gown as much as I did, but I am just head over heels for this dress. Emmy just looks like a fairy princess with the blue sparkly fabric that suits her complextion, but the sheer fabric on the top and the flattering fit keeps this dress looking classy and not like the night sky threw up on her. Pairing the dress with old Hollywood waves and elegant earrings just completes this look and leaves Emmy looking absolutely stunning. This is definitely my guilty pleasure dress of the night!
On the other hand, my favorite dress of the night was awarded to Jennifer Lawrence, who wore a beautiful black gown by Prabal Gurung:
I was completely disappointed in Jennifer's dress for the People's Choice Awards, but she definitely made it up for me with this gown. She just exudes sexiness and classiness with this black gown that just hugs her bodily perfect while still looking elegant. Plus the leather trim and cut out on her chest adds the right amount of edge and personality to the entire outfit. Her messy updo, perfect makeup and silver accessories just brings this whole ensemble together.
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Lovelies, whose gown do you wish you had in your closet?
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Family Guy returns with its ninth season and kicks it off with a bang! Stewie and Brian travel to parallel universes and provide us with great laughs and some jaw-dropping clips. It's Family Guy — what did you expect? Read this week's recap!
Hello everyone! I'm Alex and I'm back for another season of recapping Family Guy! This week the tag-team duo of Brian and Stewie go on another out of this world, or rather universe, journey! With a neat little gadget made by the mad-crazy Stewie, the two are able to travel to parallel universes where things only seem to get stranger and stranger!
Before travelling, we begin in Quahog and the Quahog Clam Day. A few memorable clips from this scene include Chris winning a homosexual and the responsibilities that come with it, Stewie's steroid pig, and my favorite — Adam West! It turns out he's made of helium and floats away! It's the juiced pig however that begins the universal journey! Stewie brought him over from one of these universes and it's where Brian and Stewie head to.
Now I won't go into detail on every single universe visited—there was a good amount! I will mention the ones that I enjoyed the best! Feel free to comment on yours!
The first one is a futuristic universe! It resembles a Jetsons/Futurama atmosphere! The odd thing here? Meg is an attractive person! It was definitely a different look for her. The two then travel to the stone-age and we see The Flintstones a lá Family Guy — classy. One of my favorites came soon after. Family guy in Japan! Every single character was hilarious in this clip — especially Peter! Meg kills herself and Peter farts and laughs. Yup, sounds like Family Guy.
Another hilarious clip is in the two-headed universe. Everyone has a happy and sad head. I hope you all agree that the best clip here was Stewie kissing himself. Priceless! The next one was by far the best! The Disney Universe! This was simply amazing! Stewie and Brian looked adorable! The oddball of the family was of course Meg who was portrayed as an octopus. Stewie and Brian were convinced this was the greatest universe after everyone broke into song, but it was not meant to be. Enter Mort, the Jewish pharmacist — he is swallowed up by Meg. But why? Well as the characters later said, "It's a Disney film!" What a burn!
After a quick run into the Robot Chicken universe, the two finally land into a universe where dogs and humans have reversed statuses. Humans are dogs' pets. Stewie enjoys this and takes a #2 and gives Brian a thin napkin to clean it up with. In an attempt to zap back home, Brian wants to stay and after a scuffle with Stewie, the device is broken. Thanks to a dog-like Stewie, the gang is able to transport back home along with a human version of Brian who is later killed by a car — saw that coming!
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Dr. Kenneth McIntire, professor of psychology, has retired after 27 years of service to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
McIntire, who began his career in 1973 as a member of the psychology department, chaired the department from 1986 to 1992. He taught courses in introductory psychology, research methods in psychology and physiological psychology. He also implemented a class titled Witches, Demons and Psychology, which explores how beliefs affect behavior and the importance of using philosophy and science in examining those beliefs.
In addition to teaching, McIntire conducted research in which he taught laboratory monkeys simple manual language that resulted in them having a more human-like perception of the world. In another line of research, McIntire used laboratory rats to determine the behavioral and neurochemical effects of GHB, commonly known as the date-rape drug.
McIntire earned his masters degree from California State University and his doctorate from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.-30-LWG
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Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson picked Darren Fletcher's return as the highlight of the 3-1 win over QPR at Old Trafford.
The Scot struck his first goal for United in just over a year to help his side come back from a goal down to pile the misery on rock-bottom Rangers.
"Everyone is delighted," said Ferguson of Fletcher.
"It has been a long road back for him. It is the first time he has played twice in one week. He didn't let us down again. He never does.
"It is lovely to have him back like that. We will look at Wednesday but he has made a great contribution today.
"We played for 10 or 15 minutes. That was the sum total of our real performance from Manchester United.
"Of course it is frustrating we keep ending up in that position but when they scored it definitely sparked us up."
Fletcher played down his contribution, adding: "The only thing it meant was that it put us in front.
"It is great coming back and scoring goals but you want to be on winning teams. When we went behind I thought 'oh no, here we go'. But the lads always respond."