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Know Your Lore: Scholomance revisited {WoW}
Jan 30th 2012 9:39AM Yeah I'm with you, Sunken Temple was AWESOME the way it was. It adventure of scouting through the corridors it was great, I don't mind seeing progression in Scarlet Monestary though would love to see a HEROIC version of it at somepoint XD hehe..
I'm just pissed that they deleveled Scholomance, and Stratholme. They were fun to blaze through post raid just to burn off steam and get my fix of random zombie killins lol..
They better not DARE touch BRD damnit! That's the last great exploration adventure out there. Dungeons are suposed to be about exploration not lets cut it down and make it one huge room like Tournament Ring. >.< I think that was my LEAST Fave instance... Freeking one room no where to run or hide when crap went down. ... sigh!
Breakfast Topic: Spill your 5-man PUG stories here {WoW}
Jan 26th 2012 11:16AM Oh dear lord Robert, I am so sorry ya had to deal with that. Let me tell ya that not all RP servers have idiots like that. I have an 85 alt (Yeah I get bored on my Home Server and level on others lol) on an rp server and I never ever go into RP while in the middle of running a dungeon. The only thing I tend to rp is when Benedictus goes into his Villanous Monologue "Only Powah!" schpiel lol. But yeah back to the topic at hand. Those "Erper's" aren't all that great. Hell I could tell ya some funky stories cause yeah I have some toons on Moon Guard and I peek into the Inn at Goldshire and just laugh my ass off at some of the whispers I get, it's practically comedy gold there.
But yeah if you were healing your ass off not all people know what it's like to be a healer, cause a good portion of WoW people never roll a Healing class so they have no clue as to the stress that is on the healer to keep someone alive. Hell I can remember one dungeon I had when I was healing on my pally alt. The tank kept pulling and I was trying to keep up with them and they got a bad hit from a boss and died and proceeded to whail into me about my healing. I pretty much said "Ok see the blue line that's called Mana, it's your life. When you keep running chain pulling trash then take on a boss without letting me refill the Mana bar, your basically committing suicide". I get snarky or just go off on someone if they go off on me, what can I say it's who I am lol.
Breakfast Topic: Spill your 5-man PUG stories here {WoW}
Jan 26th 2012 9:24AM OK my Biggest Pet Peeve in PuG's is when I run into these Recount Junkies, who at level 30 are spitting out the DPS charts at the end of bosses/runs. Now I don't mind Recount being posted at 85 at the end of a Raid. But for the love of Pete if your leveling it doesn't matter, seriously save that crap for the end game it's not needed if your killing freeking Doan in Scarlet Monestary.
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I was on my main(Balance Druid) in End time last night, getting my Weekly dose of VP cap. When we have this DK as a Tank. Now mind you I don't mind DK tanks that know what thier doing. But this DK Tank was clad all in PVP gear, with 0 Gems, 0 Enchants. Everytime he would die he'd go "Rez pls" Or if he died to trash "He'd go BR me druid" I would go "Dude we ALL ran back stop being so lazy and do the same" or "I have a cooldown on my BR I'm not going to blow a BR on you on trash, when it could come into play on a Boss fight". It got so bad he was Dying EVERY time on Murozond and we wiped 2times. I Vote Kicked him out I got so sick and tired of his crap. I can understand cheesing your way into the new Heroics with only ONE piece of PvP gear to boost ya over if Regular Heroics aren't dropping the drops ya need. But ALL PvP gear that's just foul, his highest iLvL piece was a 318 axe.
I am Begging everyone, Please don't come completely Clad in PvP gear, one piece sure that's ok but all that's just not good cricket. And Please for the love of GOD stop posting Recount at level 30, Yes I know there's DPS Nazies out there and yes I know you all seem to think that those things are the end all be all, but shit at lvl 30 it's about leveling not about who's tallywhacker is the biggest.
Breakfast Topic: How do you respond when others misrepresent WoW? {WoW}
Feb 17th 2011 9:32AM Sex and Video games...
Yeah sure it's out there in lil slime holes like IMVU, and Second Life. Those places are cesspools for the deviant and pervs of the world. Ya can't have sex in WoW unless you're one of those odd balls that hang out with the ERP crowd of Darknest. You can usually tell the people who are doing something by 1 of 3 variables.
1. Two people in some shady corner sitting next to eachother
2. Two people alone in some far off place one either dancing infront or something.
3. Areas that don't see too much movement ie, Deep Run Tram, Silvermoon, Unused buildings of IF and other areas, have people in them doing either or of option 1 or 2.
But as a whole Sex in vid games yeah it happens the question is if you chose to be apart of it. You can turn a blind eye and just ignore it or worse. People who seek it in a virtual world tend to not have the best of luck in the Real world with members of the opposite sex and will build a larger then life persona to make them feel better about themselves in the virtual world. Speaking as someone who studies Sociology and the human condition, I can't see the real appeal of this form of expression it's un realistic and quite detrimental to the person and the recipent of the act and either or both of them will need serious help in the long run.
In the end, Is it really worth it?
Ghostcrawler to take a break from the forums {WoW}
Sep 26th 2009 5:33PM I can't blame him for wanting to take a break from the forums, everyone has been nit picking him to the point of him prolly wanting to tear his hair out. He became a WoW celebrity of sorts and those who nit picked him so much be came much like paparazzi are to regualr celebs. Ya need to learn to stop jumping down someones back with every word or sentence hell even every vowel that comes from thier mouth or typed up on a forum and actually think about what your actions will cause. Yes I said think something I belive that about 60% of people don't do.
I wish Ghostcrawler a good hiatus may he return refreshed and revived when Cataclysm beta begins. Enjoy the rest dear Sir you deserve it :D
Breakfast Topic: What race would you change to? {WoW}
Sep 23rd 2009 8:05AM I would so switch my Dranei Mage to a Night Elf Mage, Something about being an exiled one coming back to the people who cast her out seems so appealing. hehe....
WoW Rookie: Slotting your sockets with gems {WoW}
Jul 22nd 2009 11:48AM So very true. I always take advantage of the Socket Bonuses... I swear I have some complete goofballs on my server I see a Tank Stacking Stam when he could have more Block or more parry with the socket bonus.... Totally makes me wanna whisper em wiht "Dude take advantage of the Socket Bonus don't just be a stam junkie"
Free US character transfers {WoW}
Apr 14th 2009 7:41PM *sigh* Malygos and Thorium Brotherhood not listed this time around....
Malygos is FREEKING overpoulated with Alliance I would love to jet off that realm Or get more Hordies on it.
THorium Brotherhood - RIP Server.... Now I got a 70 druid on that server who's rotting for now. Dang blast it
Arthas: Rise of the Lich King giveaway {WoW}
Apr 14th 2009 8:15AM I commrnt here for the sake of commenters and future commentairies of commentaries of comments past XD
Breakfast Topic: Virtual Pets {WoW}
Apr 13th 2009 9:37AM I have several pets all collected on my tour of Azeroth and Beyond. These days I tend to whip out my Tickbirds in Naxx til Sapphy's room where I bring out Frosty and show him what happens to dragons gone bad. I think it's important to train your whelplings with displays of punishment to the bad dragons. Did the same wiht my Dark Whelp back in the day he would be by my side when we used to take down Ony..... Really need to get an Azure whelping to train in good behavior LOL


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- Release Date: Jun 9, 2004
- Summary: This documentary explores the complex persona of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos, her rise to power and fall from grace. (Unitel Pictures International)
- Director: Ramona S. Diaz
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Throughout, Mrs. Marcos comes across as an elitist, insulated against real life by wealth and power -- yet one who truly believes she is misunderstood and has done nothing wrong.
Eminently successful at portraying the former first lady's flaws because it allows her to describe them herself.
When a filmmaker can get Imelda Marcos, once one of the 10 richest women in the world, to pull out a Sharpie and draw a Pac-Man, she's alright by me.
But even though Marcos, in this film, provides enough material for a few hundred giggles and head-shakings, she also shows a pathetically human side.
When she's not babbling about the weird symbological system that rules her personal cosmos Imelda is an entertaining storyteller, vividly describing a life that became a national embarrassment and a camp legend.
For the fascinating character study Imelda, Ramona S. Diaz was given a month's access to the former first lady, who supplies so many bizarre equivocations that it's hard to tell whether her actions were malicious or merely delusional.
Entertaining as it is, Imelda seems all too willing to take her at her word.
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Researchers at the University of Georgia have received a three-year $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a vaccine to protect against glanders and melioidosis, pathogens that pose potential risks as biological weapons. Bacteriologist Eric Lafontaine and immunologist Jeff Hogan, both in the College of Veterinary Medicine, are co-principal investigators on the grant, which will test whether vaccination can protect mice in an aerosol (airborne) model of infection. Their work will be conducted at UGA's Animal Health Research Center, a state-of-the-art facility where scientists conduct basic and applied research on vaccines, diagnostic tests and treatments for diseases that infect animals as well as humans. "These bacteria can infect by gaining entry through the nose and mouth and then adhering to the mucosal linings of the respiratory tract," said Lafontaine. "Essentially we're trying to identify the proteins that make the bacterium stick and then trying to counteract their ability to attach and cause infection." Glanders and melioidosis are infectious diseases caused by bacteria of the genus Burkholderia. Both pathogens have been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as "Category B" biological agents, defined as "moderately easy to disseminate and causing moderate morbidity and low mortality." And both have been identified by the Department of Health and Human Services as "top priorities for development of medical countermeasures." "The [U.S.] Department of Defense has a successful track record of vaccine development," said Hogan. "For example, they've funded the research that led to vaccines for anthrax, Rift Valley fever, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis. The process we develop for glanders and melioidiosis would be applicable to other microbes as well." "We are proud to partner with the Department of Defense in developing vaccines for these potentially contagious diseases," said Dean Sheila Allen of the College of Veterinary Medicine. "This is exactly the type of work the Animal Health Research Center was designed to conduct." Glanders, caused by the bacterium Burkholderia mallei, is endemic in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and South America. It is primarily a disease affecting horses, donkeys and mules. It can also infect goats, dogs and cats. Though rare in humans, cases do occur sporadically among individuals who have direct contact with infected animals. Very few bacteria are necessary to cause infection, which begins with flu-like symptoms that progress to more acute phases, including localized pus-forming skin lesions, pulmonary and/or bloodstream infections. Glanders was used in bio-warfare experiments during both world wars. Unlike melioidosis, glanders is somewhat limited as an agent of bio-warfare because the pathogen cannot survive outside its single-hoofed host. Melioidosis, caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is endemic to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. It can infect animals and humans through the skin, ingestion or inhalation after contact with contaminated water and soils. While several countries studied the potential of B. pseudomallei, it has never been used as a bio-weapon. Early symptoms are flu-like but progress to acute respiratory and bloodstream infections. It is deadly unless recognized and treated early and aggressively with antibiotics. |


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One of my favorite Christmas films. Ever since I was a kid, not a single Christmas has gone by without me watching this.
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Nothing says Christmas like a punch to the face, especially a reindeer's face.
Same here. Not a Christmas goes by without me watching this, Elf, A Christmas Story, Bad Santa, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (which is awesome if you haven't seen it).
Well, if you want a film that is completely unpredictable, I highly recommend Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. The best Christmas film that barely has anything to do with Christmas. Also, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A CHRISTMAS STORY?! It's the quintessential Christmas film.
I haven't seen Silent Night Deadly Night so I'll be on the look out for that around Christmas time. I didn't care for Black Christmas that much. I thought original was ok and the remake was lame.
I wouldn't say I don't like Winstead, but I honestly don't see what the hype behind her is all about. She's not that great of an actress as people make her out to be (or at least she hasn't showed it yet) and it seems like she only gets praised so highly these days because she was in Scott Pilgrim.


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BOSTON – April 6, 2010 – Advent International, the global private equity firm, today announced that Will Kussell has joined the firm's Operating Partner Program to advise on global investment opportunities in the retail and consumer sector, with a particular focus on restaurants, health and wellness, footwear and franchisors.
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Luke Huard, youngest of Puyallup family of quarterbacks, finds home at Illinois State
Luke Huard chose not to follow brothers Damon and Brock to Washington, going instead to North Carolina. His playing career didn't go as he hoped but now he's coaching at Illinois State, which plays at Eastern Washington on Saturday.
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Ten years ago, the pocket collapsed on Luke Huard. The youngest brother of Damon and Brock Huard who broke their passing records at Puyallup High School was back home after a college career at North Carolina marked by injury, frustration and self-doubt.
He'd been dumped by the game he loved.
"It was a tough time, and time to to figure out what I wanted to do," Huard said.
But Huard's pocket was filled with the warm embrace of home.
"I'm blessed with the most supportive family you could have," he said. "My family told me to do what I love."
And what he loves is football. Today, Huard is the offensive coordinator at Illinois State, which faces Eastern Washington on Saturday in an FCS quarterfinal game at Roos Field in Cheney. Huard and Eastern coach Beau Baldwin go way back, perhaps further than even Baldwin remembers.
Huard's father, Mike, coached at Puyallup against South Puget Sound League rival Curtis of Tacoma, where Baldwin set records and won a state title in 1989 as the quarterback.
"I was the ballboy," Huard recalled Tuesday from his office at Illinois State.
Five years later, Luke had the ball in his hands under center. His favorite memory is a game against city rival Rogers, which hadn't beaten the Vikings in a dozen years but was undefeated late in the 1995 season.
"We were young, and I was just a sophomore, but I just remember I didn't want to be the quarterback who lost to Rogers," he said.
And they didn't.
As a senior, Huard led the Vikings to a 12-1 record while throwing for 2,650 yards and 39 touchdowns. Fans assumed he'd follow Damon and Brock to Washington, "but I wanted to try something different," he said at the time.
He started seven games as a redshirt freshman at North Carolina in 1999, but suffered a shoulder injury that ended his season. A year later, a new offensive coordinator brought in an option offense unsuited to his style, and just as the Tar Heels went back to a pro offense, Huard developed an irregular heartbeat. Frustration mounting, he transferred to FCS Sam Houston State, but was declared ineligible by the NCAA before he played a down.
And so it ended.
"But I'd been around the game my entire life," Huard said. "I knew I wanted to be a coach since junior high school."
After a year as an assistant at Washington High near Tacoma, he was head coach for four years at Interlake High of Bellevue, "doing what makes me happy."
That included time in Cheney, where Eastern's high school football camp drew hundreds of players. At the time, Baldwin was offensive coordinator under coach Paul Wulff.
"It was a great experience for the coaches and players," Huard said. "Beau was there, and I developed a great amount of respect for coach Baldwin and the staff at Eastern.
"The camps were run very well, and they took great care of us."
In 2007, just as Baldwin moved on to take over at Central Washington, so did Huard, who joined Tyrone Willingham's staff at Washington as a graduate assistant and worked with quarterback Jake Locker.
"I was fortunate enough to coach a lot, and I was given the opportunity to contribute to the passing-game plans," Huard said.
That attracted Illinois State coach Brock Spack, who hired Huard as quarterbacks coach. One year later, Huard was promoted to offensive coordinator. Under his guidance, Redbirds senior Matt Brown has developed into the top quarterback in the Missouri Valley Conference, throwing for 2,998 yards and 25 touchdowns.
On Saturday, the Huard family will be in Cheney, an easy trip compared to dad Mike's journey last week to Boone, N.C., where Illinois State knocked off Appalachian State.
"I gave Mom and Dad a bunch of tickets and let them figure it out from there," Huard said, adding that he can't wait to see the red turf at Roos Field.
"I'm looking forward to it."


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Robert De Niro | |
De Niro at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of The Bang Bang Club | |
Born | Manhattan, New York, U.S. | August 17, 1943
Occupation | Actor, film director, film producer |
Years active | 1963–present |
Spouse(s) | Diahnne Abbott (1976–1988) Grace Hightower (1997–present) |
Children | 6 |
Parents | Robert De Niro, Sr. Virginia Admiral |
Robert De Niro | |
De Niro at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of The Bang Bang Club | |
Born | Manhattan, New York, U.S. | August 17, 1943
Occupation | Actor, film director, film producer |
Years active | 1963–present |
Spouse(s) | Diahnne Abbott (1976–1988) Grace Hightower (1997–present) |
Children | 6 |
Parents | Robert De Niro, Sr. Virginia Admiral |
Robert De Niro (/dəˈnɪroʊ/; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, director, and producer who has starred in over 90 films.[1] His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and Mean Streets (1973). In 1974, after being turned down for the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather, he was cast as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, a role for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also highly regarded for his role in the 1990 crime film Goodfellas.
De Niro's longtime collaboration with director Martin Scorsese began with Mean Streets, and later earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film Raging Bull. He earned nominations for Taxi Driver in 1976 and Cape Fear in 1991. De Niro received additional Academy Award nominations for Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter (1978), Penny Marshall's Awakenings (1990), and David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook (2012). His portrayal of gangster Jimmy Conway in Scorsese's Goodfellas earned him a BAFTA nomination in 1990.[2]
De Niro has earned four nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, for his work in New York, New York (1977), Midnight Run (1988), Analyze This (1999), and Meet the Parents (2000). He has also simultaneously directed and starred in films such as 1993's A Bronx Tale and 2006's The Good Shepherd. De Niro has received many accolades for his career, including the AFI Life Achievement Award (2003) and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (2010).
De Niro was born in the Greenwich Village area of Manhattan, New York,[3] the son of Virginia Admiral, a painter and poet, and Robert De Niro, Sr., an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor.[4] His father was of Italian and Irish descent, while his mother was of Dutch, English, French, German, and Irish ancestry.[5][6][7] His Italian great-grandparents, Giovanni De Niro and Angelina Mercurio, emigrated from Ferrazzano, Molise; his paternal grandmother, Helen O'Reilly, was the granddaughter of Edward O'Reilly, an immigrant from Ireland.
De Niro's parents, who had met at the painting classes of Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, Massachusetts, divorced when he was three years old. He was raised by his mother in the Greenwich Village and Little Italy areas of Manhattan. His father lived within walking distance and De Niro spent much time with him as he grew up.[8] De Niro attended PS 41, a public elementary school in Manhattan, through the sixth grade. He then went to Elisabeth Irwin High School, the private upper school of the Little Red School House, for the seventh and eighth grades.[9] He was accepted into the High School of Music and Art for the ninth grade, but only attended for a short time before transferring to a public junior high school.[10]
De Niro began high school at the private McBurney School[11] and later attended the private Rhodes Preparatory School,[12] although he never graduated from either.[13] Nicknamed "Bobby Milk" for his pallor, De Niro hung out with a group of street kids as a youth in Little Italy, some of whom have remained his lifelong friends.[14] The direction of his future had already been determined by his stage debut at age 10, when he played the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard of Oz.[3][15] Along with finding relief from shyness through performing, he was also fixated by cinema, and he dropped out of high school at age 16 to pursue acting.[14] He studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory, as well as Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio.[13]
De Niro's first film role came at the age of 20, when he appeared in Brian De Palma's 1963 film The Wedding Party, but the film was not released until 1969. He then appeared in Roger Corman's film Bloody Mama (1970). He gained popular attention with his role as a dying Major League Baseball player in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)[3] and began his collaboration with Martin Scorsese when he played the small-time criminal Johnny Boy in Mean Streets (1973).[3]
De Niro had a pivotal role in the Francis Ford Coppola film The Godfather Part II (1974), playing the young Vito Corleone. Coppola had remembered his previous auditions for the roles of Sonny Corleone, Michael Corleone, Carlo Rizzi, and Paulie Gatto in The Godfather. His performance earned him his first Academy Award, for Best Supporting Actor,[3] although Coppola accepted the award as De Niro was not present at the ceremony. De Niro became the first actor to win an Academy Award speaking mainly a foreign language; in this case, multiple Sicilian dialects,[3] although he delivered a few lines in English. He and Marlon Brando, who played the older Vito Corleone in the first film, are the only actors to have won Oscars for portraying the same fictional character. The two came together onscreen for the only time in The Score (2001).
After working with Scorsese in Mean Streets, De Niro went on to have a successful working relationship with him in films such as Taxi Driver (1976), New York, New York (1977), Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1983), Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and Casino (1995). They also acted together in Guilty by Suspicion (1991) and provided their voices for the animated feature Shark Tale (2004). Taxi Driver was particularly important to De Niro's career; his iconic performance as Travis Bickle catapulted him to stardom and forever linked his name with Bickle's famous "You talkin' to me?" monologue, which De Niro largely improvised.[16] The role of Bickle earned him his first Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor. His portrayal of Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull was lauded, as well as his interpretation of Max Cady in Cape Fear.
In 1976, De Niro appeared in 1900, Bernardo Bertolucci's biographical exploration of life in Italy before World War II, seen through the eyes of two Italian childhood friends at the opposite sides of society's hierarchy. He also starred in The Last Tycoon (1976), directed by Elia Kazan. Kazan recalls that De Niro "would do almost anything to succeed" and noted that he cut his weight down from 170 to 128 pounds for the role in this film. Kazan adds that De Niro "is one of a select number of actors I've directed who work hard at their trade, and the only one who asked to rehearse on Sundays. Most of the others play tennis. Bobby and I would go over the scenes to be shot. Bobby is more meticulous... he's very imaginative. He's very precise. He figures everything out both inside and outside. He has good emotion. He's a character actor: everything he does he calculates. In a good way, but he calculates."[17]:766 Kazan developed and used those personality traits for his character in the film.[17]:766 And although the film did poorly at the box office, reviewers praised De Niro's acting. Film critic Marie Brenner wrote that "for De Niro, it is a role that surpasses even his brilliant and daring portrayal of Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II... his performance deserves to be compared with the very finest".[18]
De Niro played Michael Vronsky in the acclaimed Vietnam War film The Deer Hunter (1978), for which he was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Fearing he had become typecast in mob roles, he began expanding into occasional comedic roles in the mid-1980s and has had much success there as well, with such films as Brazil (1985), Midnight Run (1988), Analyze This (1999), Meet the Parents (2000), and Meet the Fockers (2004). Other films include True Confessions (1981), Falling in Love (1984), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Mission (1986), Angel Heart (1987), The Untouchables (1987), Goodfellas (1990), Awakenings (1990), Heat (1995), The Fan (1996), Sleepers (1996), Wag the Dog (1997), Jackie Brown (1997), and Ronin (1998).
In 1987, De Niro was the President of the Jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.[19] He appeared in This Boy's Life (1993). Around this time, he was offered the role of Mitch Leary in In the Line of Fire (1993). However, due to scheduling conflicts with his directorial debut A Bronx Tale (1993), he gave up the role to John Malkovich, who later received an Academy Award nomination for it. In A Bronx Tale, which De Niro agreed to direct after seeing the screenwriter's one-man off-Broadway play, he played a bus driver who struggles to keep his son away from a local mobster. At the 20th Moscow International Film Festival in 1997, he was awarded an Honorable Prize for contribution to cinema.[20]
De Niro would reference In Line of Fire, along with Dirty Harry (1971) and Magnum Force (1973), two more of Eastwood's films, in Righteous Kill (2008). He also appeared in the crime drama Cop Land (1997). He starred in the police action-thriller Heat (1995), along with fellow actor and long-time friend, Al Pacino. The duo drew much attention from fans, as both have generally been compared throughout their careers. Though Pacino and De Niro both starred in The Godfather Part II (1974), they shared no screen time. They once again appeared together in Righteous Kill (2008).[21]
De Niro played Master Chief Billy Sunday in the biographical film Men of Honor (2000), based on the life of Carl Brashear, the first African American to become a U.S. Navy Master Diver. He also hosted 9/11 (2002), a documentary about the 9/11 attacks, shown on CBS and focusing on video footage made by Jules and Gedeon Naudet that showed the role of firefighters following the attacks. He reprised his role as Jack Byrnes in Meet the Fockers (2004) and was featured in Stardust (2007). All of the films were successful at the box office, but received mixed reviews. When promoting Shark Tale, De Niro said that his first experience with voice acting was enjoyable.
De Niro had to turn down a role in The Departed (2006) due to commitments with preparing The Good Shepherd (2006). He said: "I wanted to. I wish I could've been able to, but I was preparing The Good Shepherd so much that I couldn't take the time to. I was trying to figure a way to do it while I was preparing. It just didn't seem possible."[22] In June 2006, it was announced that De Niro had donated his film archive (including scripts, costumes, and props) to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. On April 27, 2009, it was announced that the De Niro collection at the Ransom Center was open to researchers and the public. De Niro directed and starred in The Good Shepherd (2006). The film reunited him onscreen with Joe Pesci, with whom he had starred in Raging Bull, Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale, Once Upon a Time in America, and Casino. The same year, De Niro appeared as himself in an episode of the BBC series Extras, as Ricky Gervais' character claimed it was his ambition to meet De Niro.
De Niro announced that he would appear in the film version of the BBC crime series Edge of Darkness in 2010; however, just after he arrived to begin shooting, De Niro left the film due to creative differences.[23] He was replaced by Ray Winstone.[24][25] He appeared as Senator John McLaughlin in the action film Machete (2010), and starred in the thriller Stone (2010). He again reprised his role as Jack Byrnes in Little Fockers (2010). He appeared in the action film Killer Elite (2011), Limitless (2011) and the romantic comedy film New Year's Eve (2011).[26][27][27]
De Niro starred in the film Manuale d'amore 3 (2011).[28][29] In January 2011, CBS picked up De Niro's crime pilot, NYC 22 (originally titled Rookies), but it was cancelled after airing only four episodes.[30] In 2011, De Niro was the President of the Jury for the 64th Cannes Film Festival.[31] In 2012, he starred in the films Silver Linings Playbook, Freelancers, Red Lights, and Being Flynn. He received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Silver Linings Playbook.
De Niro has said that he is working with Martin Scorsese on a new project: "I'm trying to actually work... [screenwriter] Eric Roth and myself and Marty are working on a script now, trying to get it done."[22]
De Niro's capital ventures have included co-founding the film studio TriBeCa Productions, the Tribeca Film Festival, the Nobu and TriBeCa Grill (which he co-owns with Broadway producer Stewart F. Lane),[32] The Greenwich Hotel (located in Tribeca),[33] and the restaurant inside the hotel, Locanda Verde (run by executive chef and co-owner Andrew Carmellini).[34] According to the July 2010 issue of Gourmet magazine, De Niro is in negotiations with an internationally renowned chef, Natalia Jibladze, to launch an as-yet-unnamed restaurant in Manhattan under his Tribeca trademark. When in Malaysia in 2010, he dined with the Malaysian Prime Minister's wife and was asked to open a Malay restaurant in Alor Setar, Kedah.[35]
Praised for his commitment to roles, stemming from his background in method acting, De Niro gained 60lb (27kg) and learned how to box for his role as Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull,[3] ground his teeth for Cape Fear, lived in Sicily for The Godfather Part II, worked as a cab driver for a few weeks for Taxi Driver,[36] and learned to play the saxophone for New York, New York. He again put on weight for his performance as Al Capone in The Untouchables (1987).[37]
De Niro's brand of method acting includes employing whatever extreme tactic he feels is necessary to elicit the best performance from those with whom he is working. During the filming of The King of Comedy, he directed a slew of anti-Semitic epithets at co-star Jerry Lewis to enhance and authenticate the anger demonstrated by Lewis' character. According to People magazine, the technique was successful, with Lewis recalling: "I forgot the cameras were there... I was going for Bobby's throat."[38]
De Niro married his first wife, Diahnne Abbott, in 1976 and they have a son, Raphael, a former actor who works in New York real estate.[39] De Niro also adopted Abbott's daughter from a previous relationship.They divorced 12 years later, in 1988. De Niro has twin sons conceived by in vitro fertilization and delivered by a surrogate mother in 1995, from a long relationship with former model Toukie Smith.[40]
In 1997, De Niro married his second wife, actress Grace Hightower, at their Marbletown home.[41] Their son was born in 1998 and the couple split in 1999. The divorce was never finalized and in 2004 they renewed their vows.[41] In December 2011 a daughter was born via surrogate.[42][43] In addition to his six children, De Niro has four grandchildren, one from his daughter Drena, three from his son Raphael.[44][45][46][47]
It was reported in October 2003 that De Niro had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He underwent surgery at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in December 2003.[48]
De Niro, who has long resided in New York City, has been investing in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood since 1989. He has residences on the east and west sides of Manhattan. He also has an estate in Marbletown, New York, which acts as his primary residence.
During a film shoot in France in February 1998, De Niro was questioned as a witness about the Bourgeois prostitution ring.[49] De Niro denied any involvement,[50] later filing a complaint.[51] Despite saying at the time that he would not return to France, he later filmed there and presided over the jury at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.[52]
In 2011, De Niro supported the initiative A Logo for Human Rights. Its goal was to create an internationally recognized logo to support the global human rights movement.[53]
De Niro is a resolute supporter of the Democratic Party, and vocally supported Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election. De Niro publicly supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. In 1998, he lobbied Congress against impeaching President Bill Clinton.[54]
While promoting the film The Good Shepherd with co-star Matt Damon on the December 8, 2006, episode of Hardball with Chris Matthews at George Mason University, De Niro was asked whom he would like to see as President of the United States. De Niro responded, "Well, I think of two people: Hillary Clinton and Obama."
On February 4, 2008, De Niro supported Obama at a rally at the Izod Center in New Jersey before Super Tuesday.[55] On March 19, 2012, De Niro and his wife held a fundraiser for President Obama's re-election campaign. At the event, De Niro made a controversial comment—viewed by political columnist John Hayward and Steven Kurlander of the Sun-Sentinel as racist—joking, "Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?"[56][57][58][59]
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Time Out For T.O.
The Dallas Cowboys did a good thing by releasing Terrell Owens on Thursday.
The Dallas Cowboys did a good thing by releasing Terrell Owens on Thursday.
Not because of the alleged chemistry issues he created in the locker room and not because he was a distraction as many would have you to believe.
Simply, this was a good move because it was time.
This has been mentioned before, but the franchises who are traditionally successful have a keen ability to know when it's time to cut ties.
With it being NCAA tournament time, blind resumes are all the rage.
Look at this blind resume: "35-year-old wide receiver (who turns 36 in a few weeks) commands the fourth highest salary on a team that finished 9-7 the previous season. This wide receiver has played for two other teams, both of which he caused problems and allegedly couldn't get along with his quarterbacks. He is coming off his worst season in eight years and has been top five in the league in drops in the last two."
If you read that, the natural reaction would be "of course you should release himâ€â€"but not with Owens for some reason.
Taking just what he did on the field (despite the 10 touchdowns in 2008), it was time to release him.
Besides, the Owens move should open Dallas's eyes to its real strength.
Name another team in the league that has three running backs as good Marion Barber III, Felix Jones and Tashard Choice. All three have different things they excel at and all three have proven they can play well in the NFL.
Name another team that has a Pro Bowl tight end like Jason Witten—who is as good a blocker as he is a receiver—and second-year phenom Martellus Bennett, who has all the physical skills in the world.
Add that with a bruising offensive line that struggles in pass blocking, but excels in run blocking and a quarterback that makes questionable decisions and what you are becomes clear.
Dallas should be a smash mouth, powerful running attack.
That would help out Roy E. Williams (not the one who got released) and rein Tony Romo in a bit.
The Owens move—regardless of why it happened—might hurt Dallas in the short-term, but is great for the Cowboy's future.
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The team behind the radical Nissan DeltaWing has declared it has 'unfinished business'… after being unceremoniously shoved out of the famous Le Mans 24 Hours in June, the fans' favorite will return to finish what it started at the event's little brother, Petit Le Mans.
The pioneering, dart-shaped Nissan DeltaWing, which captured the hearts of 240,000 Le Mans 24 Hour fans three months ago, will race again at next month's American Le Mans Series (ALMS) finale at Road Atlanta, USA, on October 17-20.
Led by Nissan Americas Vice-Chairman, Bill Krueger, the announcement took place today at Nissan's North American headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee.
Designed and built with the aim of completing the famous Le Mans 24 Hours using half the fuel and half the tires of contemporary sports prototypes, Nissan DeltaWing was forced to retire from the French endurance classic after six hours, following contact with another car.
The plight of Japanese Nismo racing driver, Satoshi Motoyama, who tried heroically to repair the impact damage by the side of the Le Mans circuit for 90 minutes before having to admit defeat, garnered massive support for the team from fans, whose demands for it to return to the racetrack will now be satisfied.
Existing race commitments mean that all three of the Nissan DeltaWing Le Mans drivers – Motoyama, Marino Franchitti and Michael Krumm – are unavailable for the prestigious Petit Le Mans ALMS race. Nissan's original GT Academy champion, Spaniard Lucas Ordonez is set to race the car at Road Atlanta, along with American Le Mans Series 2011 PC class champion Gunnar Jeannette.
Darren Cox, General Manager, Nissan in Europe, said: "Le Mans was a huge success for us – the car did everything we wanted it to do and more, proving that the pioneering technology we were testing in the world's most public laboratory works and is a viable option for the future sustainability of motorsport.
"The only thing that didn't go our way was the way the race ended for us, which was entirely out of our control. Because we'd proven the technology worked, it was hard to be too disappointed, but we were blown away by the level of support and goodwill that came our way from the fans so now we feel we owe it to them to race again.
"I'm very proud that Lucas will get his chance in the car – the GT Academy is a major innovation in motorsport that is making the elitist sport of motor racing genuinely accessible to everyone, including those who do not have access to big budgets and sponsorship. Lucas is living proof that the innovation works."
"We're thrilled to welcome Gunnar to the Nissan DeltaWing team. He is a former American Le Mans Series champion and knows Road Atlanta like the back of his hand so he is the perfect addition to the squad."
The team believes that the 1,000-mile, 10-hour Petit Le Mans race is the perfect event for Nissan DeltaWing to not only give fans the race finish they desire, but also demonstrate its prowess on a more traditional track, as opposed to the high-speed Le Mans circuit, which also utilizes public roads.
The announcement comes as it is revealed that, as part of the ALMS merger with the other major sportscar series, GRAND-AM Road Racing, provision will be made for Nissan DeltaWing within the regulations of the resulting new championship, scheduled to start in 2014.
The Nissan DeltaWing team comprises a group of key partners including American motorsport entrepreneur Don Panoz; project patron and Indy 500 team owner, Chip Ganassi; designer Ben Bowlby; tire supplier, Michelin, Dan Gurney's All-American Racers organisation and Duncan Dayton's Highcroft Racing team.
Panoz, who was behind the 'Project 56′ organisation under whose banner the DeltaWing started its journey to Le Mans, said: "Petit Le Mans has built up a reputation as one of the largest sportscar races in the world. Every section of the Nissan organisation has supported this car and I think the fans will love getting to see what Racer magazine called a 'gamechanger'.
"The DeltaWing can race in the 2013 American Le Mans Series and it is part of the merger agreement for ALMS and GRAND-AM. Safety and performance standards have to be achieved, but it needs to be reviewed. For 2014, the new series would incorporate Daytona prototypes, Le Mans prototypes, and maybe even a DeltaWing."
Meanwhile, Nissan DeltaWing's visionary creator, Ben Bowlby, said: "At Petit Le Mans, we will get the chance to show the US fans just how cool this car is but also the chance to prove that it works on a much tighter, twistier road course, rather than the flat-out, 300kmh, Le Mans-style racetrack. It's important for us to gain in lap experience, testing and driver feedback and really validate the whole concept."
Nissan became a founding partner in the DeltaWing project in March this year and the team then faced a major challenge to get the experimental Nissan DeltaWing car and its specially-developed 1.6-litre DIG-T Nissan engine, ready for the gruelling Le Mans 24 Hours.
The project provided a test bed for Nissan to develop future innovations that can be filtered into the Company's global motorsport programmes as well as future road products. This will continue to be the case at Petit Le Mans, with new technology being trialled during the race and further development work being carried out by partner, Michelin, on its bespoke tires, specially built for the Nissan DeltaWing.
Based on fuel consumption and tire wear data taken during more than six hours of running at Le Mans, the car was on course to achieve its goal of completing the 24 Hours using half the fuel and half the tires of its fellow entrants.
Data taken from a standard LMP2 car at Le Mans indicated that it used 2,350 litres of fuel and changed tires every 300 miles, chewing through nine sets. And, while the LMP2 car had a fuel consumption level of 5mpg, Nissan DeltaWing was running at 10.7mpg.
Leading innovation in motorsport is nothing new for Nissan – its GT Academy has proven to be a genuine stepping stone from games console sofa to a real motor racing career. Ordonez was the inaugural winner in 2008; three years later, he made his Le Mans 24 Hours debut, scoring a podium in an LMP2 class dominated by Nissan engine power. The Spaniard was among a handful of drivers who tested Nissan DeltaWing during its rapid development process earlier this year.
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I am looking forward to seeing this car run to the finish this time. I have "heard" that there were restrictions placed on it by the ACO at Le Mans, dont know if there is any truth to that though. If true I would love to see what it can do when unrestricted. It was easily comparable to LMP2 cars at Le Mans.
I was more than dubious when this project was announced, but having seen the car race in the flesh at la sarthe in June i was won over. The fact that it was competitive and sounded and looked the part got the fans on its side. I was gutted when it got punted off!
What fantasy world are you people living in? Competitive with P2? It would have qualified 16th out of 22 if it were included. It was 52nd overall and 13 laps down after only 2 hours! It was a monumental waste of time and money and the personnel involved should move on to more competitive endeavors. This is nearly as bad as the Abruzzi failure. When will people learn to move on…
Very interesting, we have to see this car in action. It will be a real copetitor? Delta Wing! we´ll see.
it barely had the time to prove itself. Krumm took 5 seconds off the previous best time in first qualifying and was heading for a sub 3.40 before the electrics switched off. After that the team only made sure they would qualify.
In the race it was 52nd and 13 laps down because of gearbox trouble. After that the laptimes started to come down before nakajima came by…..
To easy to write it off based on that….


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By Jina Martin
Each year, agricultural leaders are recognized with the top honor in the state — the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame.
On Feb. 14, five new members will be inducted, bringing the membership to 115. They are: Dudley Adelbert Putnam, Charles Raymond "Chuck" Smith, Roy Gene Davis, Lillie "Belle" Jeffords and James Neville McArthur.
"Florida agriculture owes an immense debt of gratitude to these outstanding leaders," Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson said. "Their dedicated service in the areas of research, education, business and government helped make Florida agriculture into the remarkable industry that is known and admired around the world."
Dudley Adelbert Putnam
Dudley Adelbert Putnam was a pioneering citrus grower and cattle rancher in Central Florida.
Putnam was born in Chicago in 1909 and moved to Central Florida with his family when he was a child. After losing nearly everything he owned in the land bust of the 1920s, Putnam's father returned to Chicago, leaving his three sons behind.
Putnam scraped together enough money to pay taxes on the Lake Wales property and hold onto it. He saved money, purchased more land, and he began planting citrus and raising cattle.
In the 1930s, Putnam was one of the first to establish a long-distance trucking company. He started his citrus-hauling business with one restored burntout truck. When the business took off, he pioneered the use of tandem-axle trailer trucks for fruit hauling. He went from cross-country shipping to citrus processing. With the help of C.E. "Tiny" Williams, he sold shares of stock to establish a state-of-the-art processing plant in Bartow.
During his many years with the Farm Bureau, Putnam worked to help pass the Greenbelt Exemption for Florida agriculture and helped secure a gasoline tax refund for gas used in farm tractors.
"I lent my support to anything that was positive for agriculture," Putnam said. "When I finished one battle, it was time to take up another. There is always another challenge."
Putnam's son and grandsons joined the business and kept it in the family. Today Putnam Groves and Dudley Putnam Inc., include more than 800 acres of citrus in Polk County and 5,500 acres of cattle ranches in Polk, Hardee and Highlands counties.
Putnam died in 2003.
Charles Raymond Smith
Charles Raymond "Chuck" Smith has served agriculture as a county extension agent, a farm manager and a legislator.
Smith was born in 1928 in Webster. He enlisted in the Air Force after high school. After his tour of duty, he earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Florida in 1953. That year, he accepted a job as an assistant county extension agent in Citrus County.
He was promoted to county agent a year later, working in Hernando and Liberty counties. Smith was elected to the Hernando County Commission in 1966 and served 12 years. In 1967, he became general manager of the Hernando Egg Cooperative.
In 1978, he was elected to the Florida House of Representatives where he served until 1992. He helped create the Market Improvement Working Capital Trust Fund, to be used for the operation and maintenance of agricultural facilities. He wrote the first bill on Everglades restoration and helped draft legislation to provide excise tax exemption for fuels used in for agricultural purposes.
"I helped and opposed Chuck Smith on many issues," said former House member Everett Kelly, "but there was never any doubt that if you attacked agriculture he would be your worst enemy. He worked tirelessly in all parts of the legislative process to protect and promote agriculture and would take on the highest or the lowest state or national government official in defense of agriculture."
In 1989, he was named Legislator of the Year by the Florida Farm Bureau. In 1995, he received the Agriculture Volunteer of the Year Award from the Hillsborough County Cooperative Extension Service.
Smith is a founding member of the Florida Agricultural Coalition. He is currently serving as executive vice president of the Florida Poultry Federation and director of the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Foundation.
Roy Gene Davis
Roy Gene Davis was born in Fitzgerald, Ga., in 1932, and moved to Brandon, Fla., when he was three years old. He received a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Florida in 1953. After spending a number of years in the Air Force, Davis moved to Tampa and became manager of the garden department at Sears. He went on to manage the garden department at Montgomery Ward before buying 20 acres and establishing his first nursery.
Opening in 1962, Tampa Wholesale Nursery was an immediate success. In 1979, Davis and his wife, Leta, entered into a partnership with Pete and Bette Walker to form Big Tree Nursery. Big Tree also found success, and the Davis family bought out the Walkers' interest in 1992.
Davis is a longtime member of the Florida Nurserymen and Growers Association, Orlando, and he was elected president of that organization in 1985. Davis served five terms as president of the Hillsborough County Farm Bureau and is the founding chairman of the Tampa Bay Wholesale Growers Trade Show.
In 1987, the Florida Nurserymen and Growers Association presented him with the Wendall Butler Award for Outstanding Nurseryman of the Year. That same year, he received Hillsborough County's Agricultural Hall of Fame Harvest Award for Lifetime Achievement in Agriculture.
Davis lives in Dover and owns and operates two nurseries.
Lillie "Belle" Jeffords
Lillie "Belle" Jeffords was committed to the advancement of Florida's cattle industry. She was born in rural Columbia County in 1924 into a large farming family. By the time Jeffords was 15, both her parents had died. She moved in with her high school principal and his wife, caring for their young children after school to earn her keep. By 16 she had dropped out of school, and by 17 she was married. Her husband, Roy, was a farmer in Alachua, and she became a partner on the farm.
Roy and Belle Jeffords farmed peanuts, tobacco, hay and watermelons. Later, they shifted to beef. In 1960, Roy died suddenly following a short illness, and Jeffords was left to run the farm.
She was a member of the Alachua County Cattlemen's Association and the first woman ever elected president of that organization.
In 1980, Jeffords was named Cattlewoman of the Year by the Florida Cattlemen's Association, Kissimmee. In 1989, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services named her Woman of the Year in Agriculture.
Jeffords died in 2005.
James Neville McArthur
James Neville McArthur was born in 1893 in Mississippi. McArthur graduated from Mississippi State College in Starkville in 1916 with a bachelor's degree in agriculture.
After a stint in the Army in World War I, McArthur earned a second bachelor's degree from the University of Florida. In 1929, after eight years as principal of Miami's Dade County Agricultural High School, McArthur established McArthur Jersey Dairy Farms.
He opened a state-of-the-art milk-processing plant in 1951 and acquired a second plant in the 1970s.
Through the J.N. McArthur Foundation, he supported education. He died in 1972, but the foundation continues to fund education, and McArthur Farms remains one of Florida's largest dairies, milking 8,500 cows.
Information was provided by the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame.


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A great alternative to high calorie apple pie filling. Sweet and satisfying Submitted by KAMEL622 Carbs: 25.3g | Fat: 0.6g | Fiber: 6.2g | Protein: 0.4g | Calories: 95.4
The perfect fall dessert. I always have at least one person ask me for the recipe! Submitted by ANDREWMOM Carbs: 28.5g | Fat: 1.7g | Fiber: 1.4g | Protein: 2.8g | Calories: 131.6
Who can resist thick, creamy decadent cheesecake? Try this low-fat version in the single serving size. Carbs: 14.4g | Fat: 4.4g | Fiber: 0.1g | Protein: 6g | Calories: 120.6
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Yummy apples Submitted by PAMELAPO Carbs: 23.5g | Fat: 3.3g | Fiber: 3.2g | Protein: 0.3g | Calories: 116.3
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Instead of a whole pie, try making bite-size tarts. The diminutive desserts cook quicker and are automatically portion controlled. Plus, they're easier to make for a crowd, and there's no need for a fork and plate. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 24.9g | Fat: 4g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 0.5g | Calories: 124.3
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An eggless depression era cake Submitted by BMXWHEELIE Carbs: 34.3g | Fat: 9.3g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 3.2g | Calories: 229
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This almond shortbread recipe replaces my mom's buttery shortbread. My new and improved version has less than half the calories and fat. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 11.5g | Fat: 5g | Fiber: 1.2g | Protein: 2.2g | Calories: 94.9
So very moist and NO ADDED eggs or oil! Submitted by DAKOTATURTLE Carbs: 35.6g | Fat: 4.2g | Fiber: 1.8g | Protein: 2.9g | Calories: 184.5
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This is a rich, marshmallowy frosting that is excellent on Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake or any other cake. NO powdered sugar! Submitted by DAKOTATURTLE Carbs: 16.7g | Fat: 0g | Fiber: 0g | Protein: 0.3g | Calories: 67
This quick and easy fruit pizza makes a delicious, refreshing dessert and a colorful centerpiece. Try it at your next special occasion Carbs: 35.5g | Fat: 12g | Fiber: 2.7g | Protein: 2.6g | Calories: 256.7


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Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013
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Our 2012-2013 Leadership Lecture Series continues with Col. Carson E. R. �Spike� Holman on Thursday, January 31, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. in the Edward L. Holman Chapel on Carson Long�s campus.
Except for his time at college (Gettysburg College, and then graduating from West Point Military Academy) and his service in the Army (Ft. Benning, GA; Ft. Bragg, NC with the 82nd Airborne, as well as a year in Alaska and service as an instructor in small-unit tactics), Holman spent 68 years on campus. He also spent 26 years in the Reserves, giving him a total of 30 years of military service.
Col. Holman taught at Carson Long for 25 years; became president when his father, Col. Edward L. Holman, retired in 1971; and continued to lead the school after his father's death in 1982. He retired in 2007 and has served the school as a Trustee, a member of the Foundation Board of Directors, and a tireless advocate and supporter ever since.
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i now live in michigan i just moved from az. and i love to bake and cook. i am a vegetarian and very health concious so i bake healthy things that taste fabulous. i love to make desserts.
my pet peeve is no price tags on items in stores and no clocks or garbages to be found in rooms.
my banana breads are my most requested baked good. i love to explore and expeiriment with food. i dont care to eat out much because i like to know what went into my food since i have some food intolerances but when i treat myself i like to go to sweet tomatoes but sadly they dont have that resaurant chain in michian. i miss it


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City Hall bosses say they have brought in extra resources to tackle the benefits backlog.
Dan Grimmer
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Delays in dealing with new housing and council tax benefits claims means some city families could find themselves still waiting for their money until after Christmas.
Bosses at Norwich City Council have admitted that the average processing time this year for such claims has increased to 52.1 days, way over the authority's target of 21 days.
The council this week outsourced the dealing of some of those claims to a specialist bureau in an attempt to speed up the time being taken.
But, with almost 650 claims outstanding, there is a danger some of the people waiting, who include some of the city's most vulnerable citizens, will not get a decision on their money before Christmas.
As reported in the Evening News, City Hall staff have been working at weekends to try to clear the backlog and, in September the average time it was taking to deal with claims was cut to 45 days and to 42 days in October.
Of the 648 claims, 183 of them involve people who have been waiting beyond the council's 21 day target.
Lucy Galvin, Green city councillor for Wensum ward, said: "The average turn around for housing benefits and council tax is still very high. "I know there's a plan in place, but it is taking some time to work and this has an effect on people in a difficult situation.
"When the Norwich Foodbank was discussed by scrutiny recently, one of the reasons they gave for people needing the foodbank was delays in getting benefits.
"I think it's a very important thing to tackle and to speed up the process."
The council says part of the reason for the long turnaround times is that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) also sends hundreds of automatic emails to the authority each week, informing them about changes in people's circumstances.
Staff have had to deal with those as well as trying to clear the backlog, so the council this week agreed to use some of its budget to send those claims to a specialist bureau.
That, the council said, would free up their own staff to concentrate on tackling the delay in the new benefit claims.
But Alan Waters, deputy leader of the council, said the current economic climate meant even the best laid plans could be thrown out of kilter.
He said: "When Uniglaze went bust, straight away we had a hundred people on the phone, so you do get unexpected spikes.
"It reflects what an unpredictably environment we are in. The changes to benefit rules, a flat economy and changes in people's circumstances are the context to all this. "It's important for us to see that landscape and to try to mitigate for it. But it's a very turbulant environment which our staff are having to operate in."
The city council administrates £26m of housing benefit for social housing and private tenants each year and £32m for people who claim housing benefit and live in the city council's 17,000 council homes.
The council also administers £15m worth of council tax benefit each year.
• Have you got a council-related story? Contact Norwich Evening News reporter Dan Grimmer on 01603 772375 or email email@example.com
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Many of those claiming HB are in work but in low paid jobs.Many of those in the Tory party still have their blinds drawn,counting their millionaires' tax cut.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
I cannot speak on norwich council on handling benefit claims, but South Norfolk coucil are very good, I was made redundant three years ago, from the first time of claiming, whilst claiming dole, to now, working part time , still claiming some benefits.The coucil has given an excellent service.Full time jobs are non existant.I
Sunday, November 25, 2012
OK Norwich City Council. You state there are delays cause the DWP informs you of peoples change of circumstances. Here is an idea, as unemployment is so high, rules need to be changed. Instead of a person working 16hrs and being classified as a full time worker, that person still remains on the system as an active claim instead of them being signed off. Especially this time of year when people who can work part time ie xmas casual staff, declare this then all their benefits stop or are reduced. Come the new year these people have their temporary contracts end, therefore have to claim again adding even more of a backlog. Stupid rules caused by Government departments cause problems. Time to change them to reflect the true state of this countries economy and peoples circumstances as a whole !
Saturday, November 24, 2012
It's probably inept Councils like Norwich City that are creating the need for food banks.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Peter Watson - The Labour & Lib Dems have an equal share of millionaires - that is people who assets equal or exceed a million pounds. So why keep picking on the tories. The only ones who have seen a tax reduction are people earning more than a million pounds a year (not millionaires per se) without whom many people in this country would not have a job. Labour ought to stop being so hypocritical for once in their lives.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
That's 58 million in benefits m,mm
Saturday, November 24, 2012
if things get tight, why don't they go out and GET A JOB instead of scrounging off the working taxpayers..again and again.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
"if things get tight, why don't they go out and GET A JOB" Where?
Saturday, November 24, 2012
What 3rd party did the council outsource to, were they, are they friends of nuLabour??? we should be told....nuLabour are in their death throes.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Stevejo you go on about jobs, well here is one for you. The rules are you can work part time for under 16 hrs a week, you can therefore earn an extra £5 a week so if you benefit is £71 you can earn £76 via an agency for example, anything over £76 is deducted penny for penny from your benefits. I worked one day for an agency cost me £5 in train fare then I was deducted £10 in emergency tax, so ended worse off. Now is this an example for promoting people to even consider part time work, NO. If this government wants people to work, then they need to make sure people are better off working. With benefit changes kicking in 2013 the matter will be even worse.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
re PC, out and about for 2 hours today, saw 7 jobs advertised in shops, restaurants etc, the jobs are out there if people are not too fussy about what they do, and prefer work to sitting on their posterior. I have found a better job myself this year.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
These millionaire tax cut s lefties rant on about are not for people who have a million pounds in the bank.It is for people who probably run large businesses employing people like Mr Watson and his pals who earn a million pounds..If they did not get a break they would simply go to another country.If you don't like it go and live in Russia There are no millionaires there I think not
Saturday, November 24, 2012
I cannot speak on norwich council on handling benefit claims, but South Norfolk coucil are very good, I was made redundant three years ago, from the first time of claiming, whilst claiming dole, to now, working part time , still claiming some benefits.The coucil has given an excellent service.Full time jobs are non existant.I
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Well well well, isnt it about time this disgrace of a Local Authority was shown for its true values. Lets face it we all knew that tough times were coming.......Right, so why does the council decide to make 5 members of staff redundant during such a time that they knew there work load is going to increase and that they are already struggling. To make matters worse they then outsource the work to LGSS who say they can do a better job for less money and staff and still make a mockery of it. Its OK cos NCC have got some spare money (from where) to pay someone else to help out in this difficult situation. Waters and Arthurs your head should roll!!!
Sunday, November 25, 2012
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