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|First Appearance
|What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?
"But there must be something angelic in the way I look, because even on their last breath, they didn't think I'd actually do it".
Kevin Greer, a.k.a. "The Blue Paint Killer", was a serial killer and rapist featured in seasons three and five of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
The Execution of Catherine WillowsEdit
Greer's accomplice, John Mathers, has been arrested and and found guilty of the various murders that Greer himself had committed. Mather's execution is interrupted by a last-minute postponement of the judgement. At the time of Mathers' arrest, there was no DNA testing, but with the new technology, John Mathers' hair matched with evidence on one of the victims. But the case still wasn't concrete as there was little evidence to link Mathers to all the murders, this is because he was just an accomplice. The case fell to Catherine who, after examining the case, concluded that Mathers was guilty of the murders and was executed. When the execution had been completed, they found a new victim indicating that Mathers wasn't the serial killer. Greer knows of the execution and feels remorse, causing him to lay low for a while before he starts killing again.
What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?Edit
Two years have passed since the execution of John Mathers. Gil Grissom is called in to investigate a homicide. The corpse in the university had been shredded in a wood-chipper. Examining the remains found something familiar, traces of blue paint and motor oil, but unlike the other victims, this one was a man. Greer mistook him for one of his victims as the man had long blonde hair and it was a dark night. The find a garbage bad with a blow up doll in it, which contained a chunk of hair from a previous victim. In the mouth of the doll there was a artists sketch, in the picture, a frightened woman, begging for her life, in the back of what appeared to be a van and through the van's windows they could see the logo of an erotic store.
They saw a van outside the shop which resembled the one is the sketch, when they opened it they found the body of Debbie Reston. In the shop they found a comic book filled with stories and images of women being dominated and tortured, the artists style matching the sketch of the drawing in the doll, the style of Greer. They discover the paper was printed from was from the university that Greer worked at.
When they go to his house to arrest him they discover he is already at the Police Station waiting to speak to Grissom. In interrogation, he reveals that there is another victim that they need to save, a woman named Britt Mosscoe, but this is just a ruse; the name was an anagram for "Miss October" and her drawings were based on a pinup girl from a calendar. When they go to leave, Greer asks to go to the toilet. When he goes into to the cubicle, he suffocates himself with a plastic bag that he had hidden on him. As an apparent suicide note, he made one of his usual drawings while being questioned in the interrogation room, with the slight difference that when it was folded a certain way, the drawing of a bound girl turned into the face of Grissom, the mouth of which said "Goodbye".
Modus OperandiEdit
Greer targeted Caucasian women who were college students. As an elaborate ruse, he applied blue house paint to railings in the fictional Western Las Vegas University campus; the railings were chosen because they were near a water fountain. Motor oil was mixed into the paint to slow the drying process. He would then wait for a victim to touch the railing, and while the victim was trying to wash the paint off at the water fountain, he would ambush them, bind their limbs with zip-ties, bundle them into a van, and drive away from the site. He would then stop the van outside an erotic boutique, where he made sketches of his victims pleading for mercy. He would then sexually assault them before strangling them to death. After he had killed his victims, he dumped them in black garbage bags around Las Vegas and sold his sketches to the owner of the boutique.
The exception to this M.O. was Jonathan Avery Haywood III, who was mistaken for Kaitlin Rackish because of his long hair. As Haywood was male, Greer did not sexually assault or sketch him and disposed of the body by feeding it into a wood-chipper on campus.
Known VictimsEdit
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- Marcia Reese
- Unspecified date in 1988: Charlene Roth
- November 7, 2002: Debbie Reston
- 2004:
- November 1: John Avery Haywood III (mistook him for Katlin Rackish; shredded with a wood-chipper after being killed; didn't make a drawing of him)
- November 3: Kaitlin Rackish
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I like The Miz since day one, heel or actually face. And for me, The Miz vs Punk segment was the best part on RAW yersterday (with the Fatal 4 way for the US championship). I also like Miz TV ^^
I've always been a supporter of face Miz.
I haven't been behind the Miz until he showed us what he could do with Punk.
I'm not convinced yet. He still needs some more tweaking.
There's absolutely no way face Miz will EVER work no matter what they do with him.
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MCP Update: LEGO is currently reviewing all the applications it received for the MCP group... expect an announcement soon.
Raffle: This one is my fault - I was on vacation all last week and was unable to bundle up all 137 entries into one document as requested by LEGO (I've got about 50 left). I should have that done today and LEGO tells me they'll pick the two winners (each one gets a Technic set) shortly.
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Fingers crossed...
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LEGO has the list now... 137 entries. So you're odds are 2 in 137 or roughly 1 in 70... good luck to all.
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Darn - I was hoping for an NXT2.0 kit for myself!!!
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Hmmm lego picks? so is it for how good you write or is it a raffle?
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|I like this Garbanzo, Tomato, and Cilantro Salad even more with the addition of avocado!
Garbanzo, Tomato, and Cilantro Salad with Lime and Chile Dressing (with or without avocado)
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1 can garbanzo beans (chickpeas), rinsed well and drained
4-5 tomatoes or 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, diced in 1/2 inch pieces
1/2 cup green onion, sliced
1 cup (1 large bunch) cilantro, washed, dried, and chopped coarsely with chef's knife or food processor
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2 T fresh lime juice (plus 2 tsp. more for avocado, if using)
2 T extra-virgin olive oil
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Chickpea (Garbanzo Bean) and Edamame Salad with Lemon and Mint from Kalyn's Kitchen
Arugula Chickpea Salad with Feta and Balsamic-Tahini Vinaigrette from Kalyn's Kitchen
Chickpea (Garbanzo Bean) Salad with Tomatoes, Olive, Basil, and Parsley from Kalyn's Kitchen
Mediterranean Garbanzo Salad from Poor Girl Eats Well
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SALT LAKE CITY – On the heels of the state's largest ever disaster drill, the first hospital-based disaster preparedness center west of the Mississippi is opening on Friday at LDS Hospital.
The Intermountain Center for Disaster Preparedness will begin operating on Friday (April 27, 2012) kicking off the program with an educational symposium featuring local and national disaster preparedness speakers that begins at 9 am in the LDS Hospital Auditorium.
Keynote speakers include Utah Lt. Governor Greg Bell, and Dan Diamond, founder and director of the nation's first state-affiliated medical disaster response team. Mr. Diamond has responded to a variety of international disasters, including, most recently the catastrophic 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri. He served as the medical director for Medical Teams International's First Response Team to Haiti. Following Hurricane Katrina, he played a strategic role as director of the Mass Casualty Triage Unit at the New Orleans Convention Center.
The ICDP at LDS hospital was created to help healthcare and first-responder partners in the community and throughout the region become better prepared to respond to disaster and emergency situations. The center is equipped with training classrooms, 17 patient rooms, disaster situation simulators, and emergency supplies
Located at LDS Hospital, the ICDP will be a community and regional resource. The center offers disaster preparedness training and patient simulation for public and private teams who are interested in improving their organization's emergency preparedness.
There are only a handful of similar centers around the United States, including Atlanta and Virginia. Organizers of Intermountain's center anticipate helping thousands of representatives from hospitals, emergency medical services, and law enforcement from around the West and beyond who want to train and simulate events in a safe and practical environment.
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Is she or isn't she? Ever since the Wall Street Journal published a photo of Supreme Court Justice in waiting Elena Kagan playing softball everyone has wanted to know which team she bats for.
Why is it these kinds of fights only really get picked by the left? Aren't we supposed to be adults here? Why when Democrats are in power must there always be an air of immaturity.
That said, lets raise the bar a little higher here and lament on the fact that this wouldn't be an issue if gaydars actually existed.
Hey! Obama could keep Biden busy and out of his hair by naming him his Gaydar Czar!
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Some of you already know me on here as the director of Monstrous Regiment Cardiff and some of you will have been linked to the blog through the Discworld newsletter! I just want to make sure this is nice and prominent as tickets are now on sale!
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The original version of The Price Is Right aired from 1956 to 1965 and was hosted by Bill Cullen. While retaining some elements of the earlier generation show, the 1972 revival added many new distinctive gameplay elements, and now has the distinction of being the longest continuously running game show in North American television history, with more than 6,900 episodes aired.
The show began its 37th season on September 22, 2008 and is broadcasting exclusively in High-Definition.
One Bid is a qualifying game, played with four contestants standing at the foot of the stage ("Contestants' Row"). A prize is shown, and each player bids a price. The contestant who bids closest to the actual retail price of the prize, without going over, wins it and advances on to the stage for an individual pricing game. A contestant that bids the exact price (a "Perfect Bid") also receives a cash bonus - $500 on the daytime episodes (originally $100), and $1,000 on the prime time shows. If all four contestants overbid, they all must bid again. Four initial contestants are chosen from the audience at the start of the show to play the first One Bid round; before each subsequent One Bid round, a new contestant is chosen from the audience to replace the previous winner.
Regardless of whether or not the pricing games are won, all One Bid winners advance automatically to the Showcase Showdown, which occurs twice in each show.
Each contestant spins a large wheel which is segmented and marked with the values from five cents to a dollar, in increments of five cents, in random order. The winner of each Showdown is the contestant who spins the highest value in one spin or the total of two spins without exceeding a dollar. A total of exactly one dollar wins $1,000 and another spin for a bonus cash prize of either $10,000 or $25,000. In the event of a tie, a spin-off is held in which each of the tied contestants is given one spin with the highest value winning. The two Showdown winners in each show compete in the Showcase following the second Showdown.
One Bid prizes generally range in value from $400 to $3,000 in the daytime show. The prizes offered in pricing games vary significantly, ranging from under $3,000 (Clock Game) to the more rare prizes worth $50,000 or more (Plinko, Triple Play or Golden Road). Most games are played for prizes worth between $4,000 and $9,999, or a new automobile. Showcases typically award a prize package worth between $15,000 and $40,000 in most daytime episodes, resulting in the typical top prize for a person who wins both a pricing game and a showcase to be around $30,000 to $50,000. Ceremonial episodes, such as a major Season Premiere or Finale, or a milestone episode (such as the "5,000th" and "6,000th"), will see the budget increased to values similar to the primetime series.
Many of the show's prizes and grocery items are provided through product placement.
From 1991-2008, almost all automobiles offered on the show were made by companies based in the United States, specifically the Big Three automobile manufacturers (although cars made by these companies' foreign subsidiaries were also eligible to be offered). The move was made by executive producer Bob Barker as a sign of patriotism during the first Iraq war in 1991. Since Barker's retirement, cars made by foreign companies have been offered, most notably Hondas, especially since American Honda is based in Ohio, the home state of Drew Carey and Rich Fields.
Carey's libertarian views have influenced the show to lift other Barker-imposed prohibitions such as references to leather seats in furniture and automobiles, displaying simulated meat props on barbecue grills and restrictions on meat-based grocery products used in pricing games.
Bob Barker began hosting The Price Is Right in 1972 and completed a 35-year tenure in 2007. Barker was hired as host while still hosting the long-running stunt comedy show Truth or Consequences, and his retirement coincided with his 50th year as a television host. His final show aired on Friday, June 15, 2007, and was repeated in prime time, leading into the network's coverage of the Daytime Emmy Awards. In addition to hosting, Barker also served as executive producer from 1988 until his retirement, and was responsible for creating several of the show's pricing games and launching the prime-time spinoff. Barker had significant creative control over the series, particularly after 2000.
Reruns of the Barker version ran throughout the summer until his June 15 final episode was once again aired on October 12, 2007.
After he became a noted animal rights advocate in the early 1980s, Barker signed off of each broadcast with a public-service message to "help control the pet population; have your pets spayed or neutered". Carey carried on the tradition upon becoming the new host, although he says it in a slightly different way.
Roger Dobkowitz was the program's producer, having worked with the program as a production staffer since the current version's debut after graduating from San Francisco State University in 1972. Occasionally, Dobkowitz appeared on camera when answering a question posed by the host - usually relating to the show's history or records. FremantleMedia and Dobkowitz parted ways at the end of season 36. Variety reported that it was unclear whether Dobkowitz was retiring or was fired.
Kathy Greco, who has been with the show since 1975, is the current producer of the show. Stan Blits (who joined the show in 1980), Sue MacIntyre, and Adam Sandler (not to be confused with the actor; was associate producer prior to 2008) are the three co-producers.
Frank Wayne, a Goodson–Todman staffer since the 1950s, was the original executive producer of the show's current version; Barker assumed that role after Wayne's death in 1988. Previous producers have included Jay Wolpert, Barbara Hunter, and Phil Wayne Rossi (Wayne's son). Bart Eskander is the current director; Marc Breslow and Paul Alter each served long stints as director previously.
Aside from Barker, the show's production staff remained intact after Carey became host; FremantleMedia executive Syd Vinnedge was named the program's new executive producer, with Mike Richards becoming co-executive producer after Dobkowitz's departure; Richards was a candidate to replace Bob Barker as host in 2007, before Carey was ultimately chosen.
In addition, the show discourages contestants from wearing green shirts because some game props and trip prizes use Chroma key effects, which can blend into a contestant's shirt. The show began using this effect for trips as a result of switching to 1080i in 2008.
Occasionally shows are taped with special audience restrictions. In 1991, an episode was taped restricting the audience to those who had served in the Armed Forces for a Memorial Day episode. This practice is slated to appear again at a September 10, 2008 taping restricting the audience to those who served in the Armed Forces for a Veteran's Day episode. Similar rules were in play restricting the audience to featured branch of the Armed Forces or public safety departments and their family members during the 2002 primetime series.
For the sake of tradition, and through special permission from RTL's subsidiary FremantleMedia North America, the show continued to use the Mark Goodson Productions name, logo, and announcement at the end of each episode until Barker's retirement, even after Fremantle purchased and merged with the Goodson company. The show is now credited as a FremantleMedia production in association with CBS.
Except for the 2002 Las Vegas special, The Price Is Right has been taped at Studio 33 in CBS Television City for its entire run. The studio, which is also used for other television productions, was renamed the Bob Barker Studio in the host's honor on the ceremonial 5,000th episode in 1998. Since Carey became host, there has been talk of the show traveling in the future.
Contestants' Row is placed at the front of the audience, with the scoring displays located on the edge of the stage deck. On stage are three sets of large, paneled, sliding doors, as well as a platform with a rotating wall (the Turntable). Pricing games and prizes are typically placed in these areas. There are also a "Giant Price Tag" prop, a large fly curtain, and other covers used to conceal prizes, games and other staging elements.
The announcer sits at an off-camera podium stage left, while the production crew is in an area stage right.
The set had remained almost unchanged throughout Barker's tenure, although the turntable walls have consistently changed. Until those changes, older shows could be rerun without seeming dated. In 2002, the turntable walls were changed featuring a Hollywood mural and the Big Doors received a new design. The turntable mural was removed midway through the season, but various murals were continuously used for primetime episodes until 2004. For 2006, the Big Doors were repainted with a new design.
An overhaul of the set was made in 2007, when Carey took over as host. The predominant earth tone colors were brightened to project a modern look, although the set props largely remained as they were for Barker's shows.
Further changes on the set were added late in Season 36, as June 2008 tapings were the first with the new transition into full HDTV broadcasts in daytime for Season 37. The production crew is now concealed behind doors that may be closed to prevent this area of the stage from being seen in the 16:9 broadcasts; during the July 2, 2008 broadcast, Kathy Greco was shown closing the new door that conceals the production section.
The set used for prime time specials during Season 36 (sans the black floor) was adopted for daytime episodes taped in Season 37.
During the week of September 8, 1975 CBS experimented with a one-hour version of the show in order to celebrate its third anniversary. The ratings for the week were strong enough to convince the network that the arrangement would work well permanently. CBS made the move on November 3, fitting the show to its current six pricing game/two Showcase Showdown format.
The show has since remained virtually unchanged. New pricing games are generally added each year, while games that have become unpopular or confusing are removed. In addition, prizes and pricing games have kept pace with inflation, resulting in some of the original pricing games that were designed for four-digit cars to be adjusted to allow for five-digit prizes. Apart from minor aesthetics, the current show otherwise maintains a nearly identical appearance to a show produced in the 1970s.
In Season 36 CBS began broadcasting each episode on the Innertube video on demand service available at CBS.com.
In Season 36 the show began a transition to high definition, first with the prime time series, then taping the last three weeks of the show (but not yet broadcast) in high definition. Starting with Season 37 the show began broadcasting exclusively in high definition.
Three syndicated versions of The Price Is Right have aired, with the first two being carbon copies of their daytime counterparts.
This version retained the 1972 half-hour format for its entire run, and did not add the daytime show's Showcase Showdown or (seemingly) the Double Showcase Rule. In most of the U.S., stations carried the syndicated Price as one of five different programs every night of the week in one of the available timeslots created by the 1971 FCC Prime Time Access Rule. Usually, the time slots were one of the two half-hours between 7–8 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific time zones, and 6–7 p.m. in the Central Time Zone (Mountain Time Zone stations' practices varied).
James' contract expired in 1977, and Barker took over the nighttime version that fall (after Truth or Consequences ended its run). The series was cancelled after 300 episodes in 1980 (the last episode taped on March 12), after weekly syndicated game shows had fallen out of popularity in favor of daily offerings. Having a run of eight seasons, it was one of the longest running weekly syndicated game shows of the era and the longest-running version of Price in primetime (beating out the 1957-1964 run by one season).
Kennedy's version was the first to extensively adjust the show's pricing games to accommodate five-digit prizes (the daytime series had only done so sporadically until this point), a pattern followed by CBS' primetime specials that would air during the Summer repeats.
The series failed to earn prime access slots as its predecessor did, due to increased competition from shows such as Wheel Of Fortune and Jeopardy!, and often found itself in late night slots.
This version produced 170 episodes with repeats airing for four weeks during the season and from June 2 to September 5, 1986; to date, this is the only one of the three syndicated versions to be reran (GSN aired it in the 1990s).
On August 23, 1996, CBS aired an hour-long 25th Anniversary Special, using the half-hour gameplay format and featuring a number of retrospective clips. The 30th Anniversary Special was recorded at Harrah's Rio in Las Vegas and aired on January 31, 2002. This one-time road trip enticed 5,000 potential contestants to line up for 900 available tickets, causing an incident that left one person injured.
A second primetime series was a six-show series saluting various branches of the United States armed forces, police officers, and firefighters aired during the summer of 2002, as a tribute to the heroes of the terrorist attacks of 2001. During The Price Is Right Salutes, a $1.00 on the bonus spin in the Showcase Showdown was worth $100,000 instead of the usual $10,000; this prize went unclaimed.
The success of the prime time series, which aired mostly in the summer, along with the rise of big-money "million dollar" game shows, led to CBS launching the current prime time series in 2003, The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular, which has aired 26 episodes.
In the first sixteen $1,000,000 Spectaculars, the bonus spin payoff for the Showcase Showdown was again increased, this time to $1 million. Beginning on the fourth $1,000,000 Spectacular, the winner of the Showcase (or a random audience member in case of a double overbid, which happened on one occasion) earned a million-dollar spin if there was no bonus spin during either Showcase Showdown; during these post-Showcase spins, hitting a green section did not earn any money. The million-dollar spin was eliminated for Season 36 and was replaced with two other methods of winning the prize: One pricing game per episode was selected as a "million-dollar game" with an additional requirement that the contestant needed to fulfill to win the money; and in the Showcase round, the double showcase win rule was adjusted to include the million dollar prize if the winning contestant came within $1,000 (later $500) of the actual retail price of their showcase.
On the prime time series, larger and more expensive prizes are generally offered than on the daytime show. Contestants' Row frequently offers prizes usually seen in pricing games, and many pricing games, including those played for money, offer larger prizes than on the daytime show. The Showcase frequently offers multiple or very expensive cars.
The 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike led CBS to commission another six-episode (and later expanded to ten episodes based on the success in the Nielsen ratings) prime time series. This prime time series featured Drew Carey in a tuxedo, like the 1986 series, and featured massive set changes as the show was broadcast in high definition television for the first time. The set used for these shows was moved to the daytime show in 2008. A contestant on the first episode won $1,000,000 with a winning Showcase bid that was less than $1,000 below his actual showcase price; another $1,000,000 win was recorded at the end of the third show. A third $1,000,000 win was recorded on the fifth airing April 4 in a pricing game. That led to the prize indemnity insurance provider ordering the million-dollar showcase range be changed from $1,000 to $500 for the second series of tapings.
Beginning in the mid-1990s, the program production company—and in some cases, Barker, as executive producer—was sued by seven women. A majority of the lawsuits involved Barker's Beauties and other staff members in cases of sexual harassment, wrongful termination and racial discrimination. Allegations of sexual harassment brought by model Dian Parkinson led to Barker calling a press conference to admit a past consensual sexual relationship with her, while denying any harassment and alleging instead that she was only angry with him for calling off the relationship. Barker was widowed in 1981 following the death of his wife, Dorothy Jo. It has also been alleged that Barker and senior staff created a hostile work environment, particularly to those who would testify for the plaintiffs suing Barker. Responding to the controversy just before his retirement, Barker told an interviewer, "They've been such a problem. I don't want to say anything about them. They're disgusting; I don't want to mention them."
All the lawsuits, except for one, were settled out of court at the production company's insistence.
Both daily syndicated versions, the Kennedy version of the mid-80's and The New Price Is Right of the 1990s exist in their entirety; the Kennedy version aired in reruns on Game Show Network in the 1990s while The New Price is Right has not been seen since its cancellation.
The 1972-1980 series is also believed to exist in its entirety, although it hasn't been reran since September 14, 1980; only five episodes are in the trading circuit (including the Finale) along with the original February 11, 1972 pitchfilm featuring Dennis James and Mark Goodson demonstrating two potential pricing games (which eventually became Take Two and Ten Chances, respectively - the latter called "Cut Price" by James during the pitch) and a clip of James sub-hosting an episode of Let's Make a Deal from 1971 or 1972.
Additionally, James' Christmas Day substitute episode was reran by GSN in 1997 as a tribute after he died, and two clips from episodes not in the trading circuit (a contestant in Clock Game who can't seem to understand "Lower" and a contestant causing James to trip on one of the Turntable steps) were used in Game Show Moments Gone Bananas.
The Price is Right library is held separately from other FremantleMedia programs, due in part to CBS' part ownership of the series. The 1994 New Price is Right was, for many years, further held separately from the rest of the library, as it was owned by Paramount Domestic Television; after the reorganization of CBS Corporation and Viacom (Viacom was Paramount's parent company), this unit is now part of CBS Television Distribution. The separate ownership is part of the reason why Price is no longer shown on Game Show Network.
CBS controls online video of Carey-hosted episodes and posts select clips on YouTube as well as certain full episodes on AOL Video.
Three games were produced during the 1970s, by Milton Bradley, with Contestants' Row; a small number of pricing games; and, in the case of the third version, a spinner for the Big Wheel, albeit with the numbers in the wrong order. In the first two versions, decks of cards had various grocery items, small prizes and larger prizes; the third version simply had cards for each game that included ten sets of "right" answers, all using the same price choices. The instruction book would tell the "host" for the round what color cards would be necessary.
The 1986 version, again by Milton Bradley, was similar in scope to the earlier version, with new prizes and more games, but strangely lacking the Big Wheel. The instruction book refers to Contestants' Row as the "Qualifying Round", and the pricing games as "Solo Games". The book also instructs players to use items priced under $100 as IUFB's. The 1998 version of the game, this time by Endless Games, was virtually identical to the 1986 release, with the same games, the same prizes, and even the same prices; the only changes were the number tiles being changed to cardboard bits and the cars from the deck of 4-digit prizes being removed.
The 2004 edition, again by Endless Games, was a complete departure. Instead of different prize cards and background games, the game consisted of everything you would need to play over 40 pricing games, and enough materials to create all the games not technically included if the "host" wished to and knew their rules; the Big Wheel spinner was also restored, this time with the numbers in the correct order. Additionally, the prices, instead of being random numbers that could change each time the game was played, were actual prices taken from episodes of the TV show. To fit everything in the box, grocery items and prizes were listed in the instruction book, and games were played on dry erase boards. A spinner would determine what game would be played next, although its use was not necessarily required if the "host" wished to build his own game lineup.
A hand-held Tiger game was made in 1998 with four pricing games. A DVD game with 12 pricing games, live casino show host Todd Newton, and video of prizes taken directly from the show was produced by Endless Games in 2005, with a second DVD edition (featuring current host Carey) with a new game assortment in 2008.
An online edition of the game was available from Gamesville during the early 2000s but has since been discontinued.
Mobliss provides a suite of pricing games for cellular phones. Previously, it offered Cliff Hangers and Plinko.
On March 26, 2008, Ludia Inc (in connection with Ubisoft) launched The Price Is Right video game for PC. A version for the Wii and Nintendo DS platforms was released in September 2008. The virtual set in the game resembles the set used in Seasons 31 through 34 rather than the current set. During the taping of this promotion the Plinko board was rigged so that all chips dropped landed in the highest value slot on the board. After production wrapped, the wires used to rig the board were mistakenly left in place, leading to an incident during a taping of the daytime show which had to be edited and re-shot.
Irwin Toys released an electronic tabletop version, featuring Contestants' Row, the big wheel, showcases, and 7 pricing games in 2008.
The most common machines recreate the Showcase Showdown as a bonus feature, with a wheel built into the game above the main video screen. At least four different versions of this machine exist as of 2006, each featuring additional bonus rounds based on popular pricing games: Plinko, Cliff Hangers, Punch a Bunch, and Dice Game. The Cliff Hangers game also exists as a mechanical reel slot machine, with a video screen positioned above the reels for the bonus.
In addition, a Money Game slot machine exists, albeit in limited release. This game has a potential top prize of a new car, and has a different bonus round than the other The Price Is Right slot machines in service.
Another slot machine called The Price Is Right Fishing Game has been created by IGT. The game features a fishing-themed bonus and is not based on any pricing game featured on the program. IGT has also released a game called The Price Is Right Fort Knox Progressives, but there are no elements of the television program evident in its gameplay.
After the 2002 one-off Las Vegas episode, Harrah's and RTL Group have agreed to do live licensed shows (dubbed The Price Is Right Live!) at their venues, with several performers, including Roger Lodge (Blind Date) and Todd Newton (Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck) hosting and Randy West, Daniel Rosen, or Dave Walls announcing.
The casino show was used often during the 2006-07 season to try out new hosts, and in the 2003-04 season was used to try out show announcers.


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Two New CD Titles
The North Carolina Genealogical Society is proud to announce the release of two new titles in PDF format on computer CDs:
- North Carolina Research: Genealogy and Local History, Helen F. M. Leary, CG (Emeritus), FASG, Editor, Second Edition. This is the revised second edition of the book that set the standard for state research guides with its award-winning 1980 first edition. It is useful for research in nearly every southeastern state that had its legal foundation in common law. This 1996 edition includes a completely revised chapter on research strategies that addresses the needs of both novice and advanced genealogists. The PDF is completely searchable.
- Abstracts of Vital Records from Raleigh, N. C., Newspapers, 1799–1839. The abstracts been scanned and saved on a fully searchable CD (PC and Mac compatible). Lois Smathers Neal (1912-1986) was a founder and charter member of the North Carolina Genealogical Society. A native of Haywood County, North Carolina, she was a graduate of Duke University and received her formal library training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Volunteers Needed for Webinars
The North Carolina Genealogical Society needs volunteers for NCGS webinars coming up in 2012 and 2013. Volunteers will be trained to help facilitate these online events. The only requirement is that you need to have a good internet connection and headphones with a microphone. Because these events are virtual, you do not need to be in the Raleigh area to help. We would like to have 4-8 people on a list who can help with monitoring the meetings, helping with rehearsals, recordings, managing communications. If you have a curiosity about this delivery methodology, please contact Mary Gray (email@example.com).
NCGS Awards Guidelines
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Comparing one publication with another in its category to consider which is more worthy of an award, NCGS Award judges take into account what is good and what needs improvement in each publication with a number of specific qualities being considered, as appropriate, for periodicals, books, and websites.
Detailed criteria are available in the following document: NCGS Awards Guidelines.
NCGS News Is Going Electronic
The January 2012 issue of the NCGS News is the last issue that will be printed and mailed.
Beginning with the March 2012 issue, the NCGS News will be conveniently delivered to your e-mail inbox.
NCGS News will be published bi-monthly instead of quarterly beginning in 2012. That means you will receive six issues per year instead of four. NCGS News will now be able to offer more timely news about the North Carolina genealogical community to help you with your research.
The January 2012 issue of NCGS News was mailed to all members and will also be e-mailed to all members for whom NCGS has a valid e-mail address. Did you receive this issue of NCGS News in your e-mail inbox? If it did not arrive in your inbox, did you check your junk/spam folder? (Be sure to set permission to receive e-mails from NCGS.)
If you do not receive an electronic copy of the January 2012 issue of NCGS News by mid-January, then we do not have your current e-mail address in our database. Please send an e-mail to email@example.com with "updated email address" as a subject line or use the online form at http://bit.ly/ncgs-email-form. We must have your e-mail address to ensure that you will receive future issues of NCGS News.
Available Now - Updated NCGS Journal on CD
NCGS is offering an updated and revised North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal (1975–2010) on CD in its online store.
For those who own the current North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal (1975–2000) on CD, a special supplementary disk, North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal (2001-2010), is also available for a limited time.
Save The Date
30 June 2012
The North Carolina Genealogical Society will present its annual Speakers Forum on Saturday, 30 June 2012, at the Wake County Commons Center, 4011 Carya Drive, Raleigh, NC.
Watch the NCGS News newsletter and the NCGS website for more information as it becomes available.


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VIDEO: Human head in a jar - could be best fancy dress costume ever
Personally we don't like the idea of wandering about with our head trapped in a jar - sort of re-enacting Radiohead's No Surprises video in the process. This guy, however, clearly does.
Using a combination of snorkel, fake hands and helmet, he's crafted one of the all-time great fancy dress costumes. Not even Futurama or Walt Disney himself (who is rumoured to have had his head preserved in a jar) can top this one. Unless the latter theme park and animation empire owner has a robot body that can take his pickled bonce out for a walk. Or something.
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The Unsurprising Possibility that the Court Could Strike Down the ACA
I was somewhat surprised, prior to this week's oral arguments, how optimistic some of my favorite legal and political observers were about the outcome of the Affordable Care Act case being argued at the Supreme Court this week. The court, predicted Dahlia Lithwick, "will vote 6-3 or 7-2 to uphold the mandate, with the chief justice joining the majority so he can write a careful opinion that cabins the authority of the Congress to do anything more than regulate the health-insurance market." Linda Greenhouse foresees the Supreme Court upholding the law "by a wide margin." Kevin Drum also sees a 7-2 vote in favor of the ACA. Jon Chait argues that the law is clear, and acknowledges a chance the Supreme Court would simply ignore the law in the way they did in Bush v. Gore. I view things differently.
I think there is a very real chance that the Court would strike down the law, and while I personally find these arguments exceedingly unpersuasive they're not "wrong" in the sense that they have no basis in the text of the Constitution or represent arguments no reasonable person could believe. I wrote a few months ago that the case would essentially come down to Kennedy's vote, and "Kennedy is a moderate enough that I can't predict his vote with any confidence." That's still what I think; it will be a close case, and there are reasons to believe that Kennedy would vote either way. After yesterday's oral arguments, however, it seems likely that any previous optimism on the part of progressives will have vanished. Ezra Klein and Jeffrey Toobin are far from alone in seeing Kennedy's hostile questioning of the Solicitor General as signaling that the law will be struck down. Lithwick, at least, has repudiated her earlier prediction. Why was the earlier optimism arguably misplaced in light of the oral arguments?
First of all, I think (particularly among political writers) there's an important misunderstanding. Even if we concede that the ACA is unquestionably constitutional under the Court's precedents—something that I don't think is strictly accurate, although they strongly point in that direction—it's important to remember that the Supreme Court is not bound by its own precedents. Lower courts are, and for that reason some of the District Court opinions striking down the ACA were embarrassingly feeble. But the Supreme Court does not violate any legal practice by limiting or overruling its own precedents. The law allows enough discretion for the Court to use its powers unwisely in this case, and it might. It is true that even if it is legally permitted to do so, the Supreme Court is very reluctant to overrule major precedents. Even after four decades of Republican-dominated Supreme Courts, the major precedents of the Warren and early Burger Courts remain good law. There is no question in my mind that if the argument being made against the ACA required the Supreme Court to overrule Wickard v. Filburn and return the country to a pre-New Deal conception of the Commerce Clause, it would not do so. But the genius of the argument concocted by the ACA's opponents is that it does not require the Court to explicitly overrule any existing precedent. I think that the distinction between "activity" and "inactivity" is utterly nonsensical as applied to the healthcare market, and Steven Breyer did a good job of explaining why at yesterday's oral argument. But it provides a way for the Court to strike down this particular bill without threatening the fundamental structure of the New Deal.
Anthony Kennedy may well see this as, like U.S. v. Lopez as an exception that keeps the federal government within some limits without threatening long-established and cherished federal programs. And it's worth noting that this is precisely what the Rehnquist and Roberts Court has frequently done. It's true that the Warren and liberal Burger Court landmarks mostly remain formally intact, but this also misleading. Brown v. Board of Education after Miliken v. Bradley and Parents Involved is essentially a different case than the Brown being applied by the Warren Court in the mid-1960s. Miranda v. Arizona has not been overruled, but it has been substantially pared back, as of course has Roe v. Wade. A relatively narrow opinion striking down the ACA could be very much within this tradition.
In arguing that it would not be surprising or lawless for the Supreme Court to strike down the ACA, I don't mean to in any way imply that this would be a good outcome. For the Supreme Court to strike down the centerpiece legislation of an incumbent on constitutional grounds that are (to be charitable) highly contestable would be unusual for very good reason. In my view it would be outrageous, and I don't think that such an opinion would be capable of principled application going forward—however the Supreme Court tries to cabin the newly-minted principle it would threaten many other aspects of the modern state. But there was always a very real chance that it would happen. Elections have consequences, and alas in this case the results of the 2004 election may control the fate of the ACA even after these results were repudiated in 2008.
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Find somebody who has just been in a major auto accident and is lying in the street with multiple fractures ,severe bleeding and in intense pain and than tell me with a straight face that citizen doesn't " want' medical treatment regardless of whether they have insurance or the money to pay for it. Medical care is not a question of wants: it is a basic human need. Human's need water and cities make residents pay for it. Humans need police and fire protection and the use of roads: they are forced by local and state governments with federal subsidies to pay whether they want to pay or not.
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Scott this is a good insight into how these hacks self-justify themselves. What we have is Bush v. Gore redux, and as your colleague Paul says they will just keep inventing law for their own purposes. And yes, elections have consequences , especially when the Supremes are doing the electing.
Sat, 2012-03-31 16:57
There is a very real difference between regulating commerce and compelling commerce in order to regulate. It would not be political activism or unprincipled justification for the mandate to be struck down. There is no limiting principle because the rationale for the law is that everyone is in the market at some point and congress is allowed to compel market participation when it deems it necessary as a matter of public policy. Scalia's now-famous broccoli argument may never happen and be far removed from likely congressional decisions. But his point is still a valid one. Congress has the power to do that IF they determine it to be necessary. That is too much power for congress to have no matter how noble the ACA happens to be. This whole debate could be easily avoided by making it a tax that the government then uses to distribute healthcare. But the dems had to shy away from that approach because of a promise not to raise taxes for middle and lower class income brackets. I think you are giving far too little respect to the opposing arguments here which is probably why most of liberal america was shocked to hear the solicitor general flounder during oral arguments. Kennedy may be willing to vote to uphold but this unlimited congressional power is going to be a problem for him. I would be mildly surprised to see the law upheld. It is a telling scene when the solicitor general has nearly unlimited time and resources to develop a limiting principle and he looked like a 1L during his first oral argument when being pressed by the justices. Maybe such an experienced and well-regarded lawyer would have a great answer if one existed...
Sun, 2012-04-01 21:56
The bigger issue if the ACA is struck down is that the growing healthcare crisis is not going to deflate as a result. Medical care costs will continue to rise at unsustainable rates and the numbers of uninsured will continue to grow with high unemployment and the continuing loss of manufacturing jobs to low wage countries. Republicans may thrill themselves with victory dances, but once they win power they will then have to come up with real solutions, which will put them in open conflict with their Grover Norquist pledge and their pledges to the American people who put them in office and can just as easily put them out of power. A crisis postpponed is not a crisis resolved.
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It started with the C5, and it exploded with the introduction of the Z06. Today's track-day events are crowded with Corvettes. When I started running track events sometime in the last century, I was usually the only Corvette. Last month at Sebring, I looked down the tech line behind me and there must have been over a dozen Corvettes. Every last one of them was a stinking C5 or C6. One driver even complimented me for bringing a vintage Corvette out to the track. Hey, it's a C4, for god's sake.
A track event is where a group of people gather together and rent a racetrack for the day. Sure, it's a little more complicated than that, but that's the basic idea. It's not racing, and no times are taken. The emphasis is on driving fast and not wrecking your car. If you're new (and at one time we were all new), the event organizers will provide you with an instructor who will ride around in the car with you and help with the finer points of driving your Corvette. In fact, they will do that until the organization has developed a certain amount of confidence in your ability to handle your Corvette without hurting someone.
The Car
The best car you can have for a track day is a stock Corvette. They run all day and never break. Remember, the goal is seat time, not to see how quickly you can break your Corvette. I see stock Corvettes that run flawlessly for the whole weekend. Then the helmet comes off and they're driven back home on the highway. That's the way it should be. Most modified cars seem to break at some point during the weekend. They get loaded back on the trailer and hauled home with the owner facing another week of work. It's interesting that most of the cars that fail to complete the weekend are the modified ones. The stock ones keep running like an old clock. I don't think I need to elaborate on this point. I'm sure you get the idea.
The Helmet
You're going to need a helmet. This will be one purchase you can't escape. The prices vary widely. So will the fit. This is why I suggest you buy your helmet at a local store. It's sort of like buying clothes. You can save money purchasing them online, but they may not fit as well as they could. The best way to find a good-fitting helmet is to try several of them on. The front of the helmet should be just above your eyebrows when you tighten the chinstrap.
You're going to notice that there are two types of helmets: the SA (Special Application) and the M (Motorcycle). Both types must pass the same series of impact tests, but the SA helmets include an additional rollbar impact test. Also, the SA helmets have a Nomex liner and are more fire resistant.
Most track event organizers will allow you to wear an M helmet, but racing groups will insist on an SA certification. The price difference is significant, so make sure you check with the people who run the track events near you before you show up at the track.
The Checklist
The secret to having fun during the weekend is to spend a little time going over your Corvette the week before. You need to spend at least a day looking over your car to identify potential problems and then eliminate them before you get to the track. I usually spend two days going over my car before a track day. Then again, my car is a modified Corvette, so it takes a little more effort to get it ready.
Here's a list of some things to check before you head to the track.


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The Need for Discretionary Spending Restraint
The Obama administration released its 2015 budget this week. The budget shows federal debt held by the public falling from 74 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) this year to 69 percent by 2024. That reduction occurs even though entitlement and interest spending are projected to rise substantially as a percent of GDP.
More Taxes than Meet the Eye in Obama's Budget
Yesterday's budget from President Obama claimed to raise taxes by $650 billion, which would come in addition to the $650 billion in tax hikes in January 2013. However, it appears that the president wants much more money from our pocketbooks. The exact amount isn't entirely clear due to the games the Office of Management and Budget is playing with its various tables. But if the president had his way, more than $1 trillion in tax hikes would be coming.
Paul Ryan's Poverty Plan
The House Budget Committee chaired by Congressman Raul Ryan released a 204-page report on federal welfare programs Monday. It provides useful discussions of 92 programs that cost taxpayers $799 billion a year.
Nothing to Celebrate in Obama's Budget
President Obama released his fiscal year 2015 budget request today. Sadly, for those who support smart, sensible budgeting, the president's budget is nothing to celebrate. The budget increases spending and fails to tackle the main driver of our budget problem—entitlement spending. All deficit reduction included in the budget is from revenue increases, not spending cuts.
Chairman Murray's Memo: More of the Same
Today, Senate Budget Chairman Patty Murray sent her caucus a memo on the country's fiscal outlook. She details the "$3.3 trillion in deficit reduction put in place over the last few years;" a likely refrain in President Obama's budget next week. However, Chairman Murray's memo leaves much to be desired.
Flood Insurance Subsidies
Uncle Sam is essentially broke. But the federal government keeps spending. The House is voting this week on a measure already adopted by the U.S. Senate to suspend money-saving reforms adopted less than two years ago.
Folly of Federal Flood Insurance
Subsidized flood insurance is one of the many federal programs that is counter to both sound economic policy and sound environmental policy. Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in 1968 to help homeowners in flood-prone areas purchase insurance. The FEMA-run program covers floods from river surges and storms on the seacoasts.
Fannie and Freddie Offset Reported Government Spending
The federal government took control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (F&F) in 2008 and have bailed them out with $189 billion of taxpayer money.
Spending Restraint in Arkansas
For the fourth day in a row, the Arkansas House of Representatives has refused to approve the yearly appropriation for its Medicaid program, dubbed the "private-option." If the legislature continues this refusal and reverses its decision to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, state and federal taxpayers will save billions of dollars, making the Little Rock legislative battle the most important spending fight in the country.
Another $6.5 Billion in DOE Loan Guarantees
After Solyndra collapsed, the Department of Energy (DOE) should have learned it lesson. Guaranteeing loans for energy and industrial companies is a bad idea. The failures of Beacon Power and Fisker Automotive should have driven home the message. Now, we have further proof that the DOE isn't paying attention.


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A garden honoring Mindy Morgenstern is still blooming seven years after she was murdered in her off-campus apartment in Valley City.
Morgenstern was a 22-year-old Valley City State University senior when she was strangled and stabbed to death by then-Barnes County jailer Moe Gibbs Sept. 13, 2006.
To honor Morgenstern, several Valley City people created a memorial garden in the spring of 2007. Dan Preston was one of the individuals who helped establish the foundation of the garden with his gifts and labor.
The public is invited to a free air show Saturday at the Barnes County Municipal Airport, said Shawn Anderson, chairman of the Barnes County Airport Authority.
The show, which will be put on by Paul and Jarrod Lindemann, fixed base operators for the airport, will start at 6 p.m. and last for about 20 minutes, said airport Manager Mike Lerud.
More in Wednesday's issue of the Times-Record.
A new nutrition club has opened in Valley City. Amanda Goplin is an independent distributor of Herbalife, operating her business out of Valley Nutrition, located at 341 Central Avenue North.
Goplin said the goal of the nutrition club is to help people get healthy by developing a plan for members' different needs. In addition to selling Herbalife products, the club has a personal wellness coach available and will be starting fitness clubs and a weight loss challenge.
Read more in Tuesday's Times-Record.
On Monday, North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger announced he has received a proposed petition to ask state voters to OK a requirement that school classes start after Labor Day.
Jaeger said the proposed initiative was proposed by Kelly Heinert of Mandan and Linda Striebel of Bismarck, and has 25 sponsoring committee members.
More in Tuesday's issue of the Times-Record.
More than 100 motorcycles and riders rode from Valley City Sunday for the annual Red Knights 9-11 Memorial Ride. Read more in Tuesday's Times-Record.
The NFL Punt, Pass and Kick program, returning for its 52nd year, tests the skills of young student-athletes, boys and girls, ages 6-15, in their ability to punt, pass & kick a football.
NFL=PPK encourages more communities to get involved in this program.
Any community group - or even a school - may sponsor the program at no cost.
To register to host a local competition, visit www.nflppk.com, click on HOST A LOCAL COMPETITION and follow the instructions.
For more information about the program, contact North Dakota Coordinator Duane Zwinger at (701) 652-1752 or at email@example.com.
Valley City High School's offense exploded for a 57-27 win at Dickinson Trinity on Friday night after being shut out against Dickinson in Valley City the week before.
Quarterback Jared Lentz completed 6 of 9 passes for 102 yards and two touchdowns for a 178.9 passer rating.
Jack Jenson caught two passes for 22 yards and a score. Rodriguez took his lone catch of the night 44 yards for a score.
Shane Ost led men's competition on Sunday with a 71 on Day 1 of the Lake Region State Invitational on Sunday. Bismarck State College's Matt Schirado and Laramie Keplin of United Tribes Technical College tied at 72 for second place.
Tyler Stevens tied for 4th with a 75, Ben Sorenson and Beau Diegel entered a 7th-place tie at 78, and Darren Young took 9th with a 79.
Day 2 began in the rain Monday at 9 a.m.
Ost finished 3rd on a rainy Day 2, Sorenson, Stevens and Young tied for 7th, and Diegel took 10th.
The Viking men's team took 2nd overall.
Derek Elliott of Valley City State was selected as a North Star Athletic Association Football Player of the Week, the NSAA announced Monday.
Elliott ran for a career-high 266 yards, the second-highest single game total in VCSU football program history, in the Vikings' 56-28 loss to NAIA No. 1 Morningside University on Saturday.
Elliott averaged 11.5 yards per carry and recorded touchdown runs of 77, 64 and 23 yards, as well as a successful 2-point conversion.
Noah Gabel of Valley City and Matthew Trader of Grand Forks won the North Dakota Horseshoe Cadet Doubles Tournament championship in a three-way tie playoff, finishing first in Class A.
Gabel turned in the high game of the class at 60%, and turned in another 53.33% game.
Trader completed two 50% games.


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The Veterans Advocate Foundation is currently in the process of being founded in 2013 to provide support and assistance to personnel who have served in the U.S. Military. Our management team will be comprised of both veterans and civilians.
There are three major aspects to the Veterans Advocate mission: Our non-profit organization will seek to raise and distribute funds through contributions from public visitors to its websites sites (i.e. www.va.org) to worthy local "grassroots" type organizations nationwide that will invest the funds for suicide prevention programs and other veteran assistance/support programs. VA.org's non-profit will directly and indirectly help Vets get back on their feet.
Veterans Advocate's other primary objective will be to maintain a volunteer-based 24/7 veteran support chat line. A veteran who is in need of someone to speak to regarding any issues they are dealing with, can connect directly to another veteran via our online chat software. The support chat will be manned on a peer-to-peer basis, as veteran users are online and available to help.
In addition, Veterans Advocate (www.va.org) plans to feature a 12-Step forum for veterans dealing with addictions to drugs and alcohol. This forum will be moderated by veterans who have personally dealt with/are dealing with addiction problems and are in recovery. This is designed to truly be a vets-helping-vets system. Our staff of "sponsors" will be doing service work by sharing their experiences, strength and hope with anyone veterans in need of help.


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The Most White Trash Family Photo Ever Taken
Taken at "Crüe Fest" a couple years ago in St. Louis. They are all there…the juggalo, the wrestling fan, the pot smoking father and the consistently pregnant wife. Welcome to America? Nah, not quite…..just welcome to a Motley Crüe concert.
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The Rosenfield Program Committee assists in managing the Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations, and Human Rights and planning the year's events.
The Rosenfield Program director, Sarah J Purcell '92, Professor of History, holds a B.A from Grinnell and an M.A. and Ph.D from Brown University. She joined the faculty of Grinnell in 2000 after teaching at Central Michigan University. She has been director of the Rosenfield Program since fall 2008, but her Rosenfield involvement stretches back over 20 years when she served as a student committee member, faculty committee member, and assistant director of the program.
We will be accepting applications in April 2015 for student committee members for the 2015-16 academic year.
2014-15 Rosenfield Program Committee
Faculty Members
Sarah Purcell (History)
Ed Cohn (History)
Carrie Shanafelt (English)
Andrea Tracy (Psychology)
Chris Hunter (Sociology)
Rebecca Hamlin (Political Science)
Mirzam Perez (Spanish)
Student Members
Nipun Basrur '15
Keaton Cameron-Burr '15
Roni Finkelstein '15
Andres Cambrone '15
David Leitson '16
Danielle Chorne '16
Strahinja Matejic '17
Adriana Zenteno Hopp '17
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KENTUCKY (9/11/13) – SurfKY News would like to share with you what has happened on this day in history.
•1853 - 1st electric telegraph used (Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos)
•1875 - 1st newspaper cartoon strip
•1941 - Construction of the Pentagon begins (completed 15 Jan 1943)
•1959 - Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans
•1970 - The Ford Pinto is introduced.
•2001 - Two passenger planes hijacked by terrorists crashes into New York's World Trade Towers causing the collapse of both & death of 2,752 people
•2001 - Terrorists hijack a passenger plane and crash it into the Pentagon causing the death of 125 people
•2001 - Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people onboard
•2002 - Through extreme and coordinated effort, The Pentagon is rededicated after repairs are completed, exactly one year after the attack on the building.
•2003 - John Ritter, American actor dies (b. 1948)
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The UFC giveth and the UFC taketh away. The ufc has signed 8 fighters in the last month alone who have yet to make their promotional debut, it only stands to reason, with that kind of influx there would be a few fighters going the other way as well. Now it appears the ties have been cut with another five fighters and one we already knew about.
To get the old news out of the way, the UFC has removed Roger Gracie's profile from their middleweight ranks. Reports of Gracie's release surfaced last week and came on the heels of his loss to Tim Kennedy in a fight where he not only failed to out strike his opponent but failed to out grapple him as well. It would appear that another five fighters are accompanying Gracie in his journey into the non-UFC MMA world. Those fighters whose names have been removed from the UFC rosters are Dave Herman, Ednaldo Oliveira, Bristol Marunde, John Maguire, and Vinny Magalhaes.