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#2972 Oct 27, 2012
Well if that's how votes are determined then I'm sure Civil Supporter will be voting for Warren. Neither of them can tell the truth. And civil's spouse has a questionable background as well.
#2973 Oct 27, 2012
as i have posted here before, i think they are all a
bunch of crooks in D.C. however, he has been in charge
for the last 4 years and does not like to be held accountable.
if not for the fawning media covering his backside, he would
be behind by 30 points
#2974 Oct 27, 2012
I SUPPORT pRESIDENT oBAMA AND ELIZABETH wARREN 100 PERCENT
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#2975 Oct 27, 2012
Civil, who the hell is Peter? You sound more and more like the wanna-be Mayor every time you post. That's expected though because you roam in the same herd.
Apparently, you've forgotten, or should I say are ignoring that this President along with his Secretary of State, organized a tax funded public television "propaganda" campaign throughout Pakistan spreading their "movie trailer" lie among the masses all while embolden our enemies and perpetuating more violence and death throughout the Middle East while knowing all along they were lying.
This, in and of itself was an intentional, reckless and malicious act of deception by this Community Agitator and his failed administration after our Ambassador and 3 other Americans were murdered in Benghazi while they just "stood down" watching it all happening in real time. And then this man/child had the nerve to go campaigning the very next day in Vegas.
A cornered animal is dangerous. It is very clear now how desperate Oblame-0 was as early as 9/11/12, perhaps much earlier. Without any solid, positive accomplishments to run on, he and his fellow thugs must have viewed any "bump in the road" as a serious threat to his re-election. Lies carry just so far, so long. And his whole regime, in fact his entire persona, is built on layers and layers of lies. The MSM has done a yeoman's job of protecting this fleabag for four years. They are as guilty of the murder of four Americans as is his entire regime.
#2978 Oct 27, 2012
Stamos, I asked you not to hit below the belt like that. That's cold. REAL cold. I'm just having some fun with you, and you resort to that? I never was a herding type, and now you have me running with the loonies. I'm hurt. I just thought you sounded a lot like that other Greek guy that writes for the Sentinel. You know-the guy who sounds just like you, except not as mean and nasty.
But anyway, hot dogs on you in a couple of weeks. Ha ha! One Lizzy dog and one POTUS dog, coming right up!
See you, Stamos! At George's!
Since: Jul 12
#2979 Oct 27, 2012
SLA,thanks for thinking of the MRS,and of course the PRINCESS.dad's little girl needs a couple of shots,and her teeth cleaned.although i too would like to go back to the other topix however,i just CAN'T deal with the SCHMUCK'S anymore.i'll drop into these topix pages now and again.do you not see that the PRAXSIS33,is DEPUTY DOG?he sent me an e-mail,saying that he ISN'T deputy dog.it's either him or STAMOS.these people change their names,like i change my shirts.and of course,their location is HIDDEN.these people only want to cause as much trouble as they can.i wish a monitor would throw out these people.button up the house SLA.WSC.
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#2980 Oct 27, 2012
Right on WSC
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#2981 Oct 27, 2012
Stamos is100% Sentinel material! The Sentinel got called out at the debate last night. If I was there I would of been more specific and direct.
The Sentinel is a front for the RNC,FACT!
#2982 Oct 27, 2012
Well, her future is questionable if I catch her with that fooker I think she's fooling around with. It's freaking happening again. The phone rings and she's up and across the floor, "I'll get it!!!" she's singing. Usually it's a Republican robo-call. Or so she says. She says, "Oh, it was only Scott Brown," and I KNOW what she's thinking then. And I know what I'm thinking. That woman is cheating on me.
I hope she doesn't ask for a divorce before the election. You think an election can get nasty, wait till you hear about this divorce,(if it makes it there).
Thanks for nothing. I didn't need to hear this shite while she's "out with the girls" on a Saturday night.
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#2983 Oct 27, 2012
The trolls remain out there Civil, and that was friggin funny. You have a great sense of humor, it's the only reason why I even still bother. But you really need to get over the guessing game. That's why I say you sound just like the wanna-be Mayor. You just keep guessing! And the reason I say you're among the herd is because you, just like him, except and ignore the lies coming from this Community Agitator and his failed administration. Sure, you may not be spreading those lies around like the con-man does but you certainly do ignore them.
So now Civil, I have something I would like for you to see and then comment on. Do you honestly feel that this is just more "conservative" or "Republican" propaganda? I realize it's "FOX" news Civil but really, do you honestly think this shit is just being made up for political purposes? Check out the video then let me know.
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#2984 Oct 27, 2012
Excuse me Civil, this is the actual video I would like for you to comment on. The other one is what led up to it. Sorry!
#2985 Oct 27, 2012
I can assure you Fanny May an Freddie Mac have always been financially stable.
WorldCom and Enron are very good investment vehicles also
#2986 Oct 27, 2012
One of the biggest embarrassments of being from Mass is that fellow voters here kept reelecting this clown
Anyone that thinks BF represents them, deserves him.
I doubt he could balance his own checkbook,
Nevermind being put in charge of our nations financials.
Joke is on us.
#2987 Oct 28, 2012
You're preaching to the choir, Stamos. Muslim extremists are the original Barbary pirates. It was a poor decision not to reinforce the consulate with marines prior to 9/11. Yes, the 6th fleet is only minutes away. And a reactionary force could have been deployed. Bad decisions-especially politicking on 9/11. Also, seems like there was no intelligence on the ground.
I wish there were a viable third candidate. But anyway, I'm voting in New Hampshire. And Massachusetts. Here's the Telegraph's obituaries for you and me to go vote in NH :http://www.nashuatelegraph.co m/obituaries/
Isn't the electoral college a sham of a way we elect the President, Stamos?
See you, Stamos!
#2989 Oct 28, 2012
Barney Frank was the hardest working leader. You act like it was his fault that the housing market in Fitchburg was overpriced by 40%.
These home owners were qualified! What happened is overzealous vultures decided to BET on the failure of mortgages to a point where they forced its failure for profit!
Mortgage futures!!!! Please explain!!!!
Same is happening with gold prices!!
It happened with energy with Enron and others.The greedy vulture capitalists that do not care if the entire nation fails as long as they profit!!!!!! Hence MittRomney who made a record 20 Million a year during each of the ten years of this countries recession!
These vultures hide behind the words "free enterprise"! There is a difference from Free Enterprise to that of a VULTURE Capitalist/Communist!!!!
#2990 Oct 28, 2012
The MASSIVE OUTSORCING of AMERICAN JOBS!!
This is what caused the economic meltdown,PERIOD!!
People lost their jobs and THEN their houses. You can continue to ignore this FACT!
The Republicans legislate/vote for their DONORS! Hence the tax cut for the wealthy!
#2992 Oct 28, 2012
I'm feeling the love
#2993 Oct 28, 2012
Im voting for Brown. Warren cant tell the truth. Her new tv ad alleges that Brown is lock step with the Republicans. Thats why Warren has used her Senate run to campaign for Obama. And that must be the reason why Brown voted for 90% of the female judges nominated by Obama. because he's a lock step sexist. What is Warren other than a chronic liar?
#2994 Oct 28, 2012
Barney what's yur phone nuber, I'd love to chat with yah
#2995 Oct 28, 2012
Never changed our minds - this household is voting for Scott Brown. Never could stand being lied to and deceit. Warren is desperate for votes. She has run a terrible campaign. Warren in this household.
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Grace Jean Hofmann didn't talk much about her only brother, killed at the end of World War II while a prisoner of the Japanese. Growing up in post-war New York City, her three daughters mostly knew "Uncle Mike" as the handsome uniformed man in the photos decorating the family's Bronx apartment.
The sisters didn't even know where he was buried. After their mother died in 2009, they started searching the Internet for any information on Moszek "Mike" Zanger. They soon learned more than their mother ever knew about his final months, thanks to the dogged work of a pair of World War II buffs.
Next week, Andrea Talbutt of Elmsford, N.Y., Susan Nishihira of Washington state, and Marcy Hanigan of California will travel to the jungle-covered island of New Britain, where they'll visit the wreckage of what is believed to have been Zanger's fighter plane. They'll also visit the former airfield where he was imprisoned and killed by his Japanese captors just weeks before the war ended.
For the sisters, now all in their 60s, the trip will be a poignant milestone in their Jewish Polish family's journey that began when the Zangers immigrated to America soon after Uncle Mike's birth in 1920.
"This has gone to my very heart and soul," Talbutt, a 69-year-old retired high school teacher, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from her home.
"I think it's going to be a real catharsis for all of us, a completion," said Hanigan, who works in retail in Los Angeles.
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Also making the trip is Henry Sakaida, a writer of World War II books from Temple City, Calif., and Justin Taylan, who'll serve as guide. Taylan is founder of PacificWrecks.com, a 17-year-old online database of wartime aircraft crash sites, missing servicemen and air battle details from the Pacific Theater.
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Left-hander Darren Oliver's decision on whether to continue his career is more complicated than it might appear. Oliver, 42, wants to play, but is not willing to return to the Toronto Blue Jays unless the team increases his salary from $3 million, according to major-league sources. The reliever would rather retire than be away from his family for a salary that is well below market value, sources say. Oliver's wife, Melissa, and sons, Brock, 12, and Maxwell, 10, live in the Dallas area. Oliver, who pitched for his hometown Texas Rangers from 1993 to '98, 2000 to '01 and 2010 to '11, would welcome a trade back to the Rangers, sources say. As it stands, he would be taking a significant pay cut with the Blue Jays coming off the best season of his career. The Jays, according to sources, want Oliver back, but are over budget and unwilling to extend their payroll further. Oliver agreed to a one-year, $4.5 million free-agent contract with the Jays last January, figuring that he likely ...
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"The thing about it is that it's not one of those poisons that's tasteless," Blum said. "It has a really strong, bitter taste, so you would know you had swallowed something bad if you had swallowed cyanide. But if you had a high enough dose it wouldn't matter, because ... a good lethal does will take you out in less than five minutes."
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The full results came back in November. Chicago Police Department spokeswoman Melissa Stratton confirmed the department was now investigating the death and said detectives were working closely with the Medical Examiner's Office.
Investigators will likely exhume the body, Cina said.
Calls to Khan's family went unanswered Monday. A knock on the door at the family's small, two-story house late Monday afternoon wasn't answered.


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Huy Fong Foods told to pause shipments for a month
Slater's 50/50 owner Scott Slater is a self-professed fan of Sriracha, and he ordered between five and seven cases of it per store when he first heard rumblings of controversy. The Anaheim Hills-based designer burger chain just last week introduced a limited-edition Sriracha Burger, which he said has gotten a warm reception among patrons.
"I think we have plenty of Sriracha to make it through the next month, but if there is a Srirachapocalypse, we'll probably have to lock the front gates and hire security," he said.
While restaurateurs lamented what they fear will be a shortage, consumers in San Diego seemed less concerned.
"The factory has a three month supply," wrote KOPA 91.3 weekend producer Christopher Carmichael on a U-T San Diego Facebook page. "No shortages unless media manufactured. NO APOCALYPSE."
One woman at Zion Market in Kearny Mesa grabbed eight large bottles off the shelf Friday morning, but most shoppers didn't even notice the full endcap display advertising a $2.99 special on the hot sauce that normally sells for $3.29. Zion Market owner Timothy Moon said he has not seen any change in Sriracha sales since the partial shutdown and the hold on shipments were announced.
A long shot though it may seem, if there is a Srirachapocalypse, it would be a golden opportunity for Huy Fong competitors to gain some market share.
San Diego-based SoNo Trading Company makes a high-end version of the sauce, fermented in smaller batches without the preservatives found in other sriracha sauces. The four-year-old wholesale food company introduced its artisan Sriracha in October this year, but cofounder Zach Negin said he doesn't consider it a direct competitor to the more mainstream rooster sauce, and it's too early to tell whether the hold on Huy Fong shipments will give his sales a boost.
"It hasn't affected our sales, and I don't think it will until they actually do shut down," he said. "Part of me wonders if this is actually real or not."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Greetings! I live in Sweden and I make fanart, mostly from MLP:FiM.
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As long as I can remember.
3) What is your primary motivation for drawing? What is/are the reasons you draw?
My biggest motivation is to get a job involving art in general.
4) How did you enter the My Little Pony fandom?
Stumbled upon fan made music, and then I looked up the show and I was hooked.
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MIAMI College Fair
New Futuro
Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM (EDT)
Thank you very much for expressing interest in volunteering at the MIAMI College Prep Fair on October 27th in Miami, Florida! We have a few different options for volunteer positions and shifts. Volunteers will be assigned to one of the following duties:
General Volunteer
If you would like to be a General Volunteer, please select the Morning or Afternoon option below. Volunteers are expected to be walking or standing the entire time during their shift. There will be time for breaks, meals, etc. throughout the event. Additional information concerning volunteers will be distributed 2-3 weeks prior to the event.
Volunteer Lead
If you would like to be a Volunteer Lead and manage the volunteers in your section, please select the Lead option. Leads are expected to work from 8am to 7pm on the day of the event. There will be time for breaks, meals, etc. but Leads need to be prepared for the physical demands of a long day filled with standing and walking. Leads are required to attend a training and orientation prior to the event. Additional information concerning the Lead position and training dates will be distributed 2-3 weeks prior to the event.
LEAD: 8am to 7pm
Half Day (Morning): 8am to 3pm
Half Day (Afternoon): 2pm to 7pm
It's everything you need to get into college, all in one place. Admission is FREE and there are fun activities and resources for all ages. Invite your parents, siblings, cousins, and friends; the more the merrier! We'll have hundreds of bilingual representatives from universities, colleges, community organizations and exhibitors, all ready to help you get into college and beyond. And the best part? You'll have a chance to win thousands of dollars in scholarships just by showing up!
The MIAMI College Prep Fair will be held from 10am-6pm, however shifts will begin earlier and later to accommodate for setup and teardown. We will be sending out position assignments a week prior to the event so that you will know exactly where you will be working. We will also have some talking points to review for your assigned responsibilities. You will also be given one of our Decide. Plan. Act. T-shirts to wear/keep and will have access to our staff break room stocked with snacks and lunch.
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Athletes and coaches consistently fill reporters' notebooks with clichés and figures of speech, politicized and politically correct jargon that means nothing except that he or she respects the fans, the game and the opponent.
There are also players and coaches who consistently run their mouths, firing off arguments and declarations that distract their teammates and make them look like jackasses.
But for every hundred athletes too nervous to show their personal side or too conservative to speak out on controversial subjects or too stupid to shut up once in a while, there are players and coaches who are freaking hilarious and make athletes seem like real people instead of cliché robots and jocks.
Then 6-9 sophomore forward Brandon Davies — the team's third leading scorer, top rebounder and best athlete — was kicked off the team for violating BYU's honor code.
Like General Motors, Hoagy Time has "reinvented" itself. Riding the emotional wave of a two-game winning streak, my fantasy baseball team has righted the ship ... and has even softened its stance on Jimmy Rollins now that he's begun to hit.
Is fantasy baseball a thinking man's game or does it come down to pulling some juvenile antics and working the waiver wire like a streetwalker on McMicken?
When Jose Canseco last month offered his sincere concern over the world's energy consumption and various global warming issues that have resulted, we at CityBeat were quick to report such thoughtful commentary. In a story titled "Ranking Jose Canseco's Global Warming Tweets" we provided some background on the former Major League Baseball player/steroid user/author and recapped his series of hilarious tweets.
Most of us believed that our immense enjoyment of Canseco's socio-political commentary would be short-lived — after following him on Twitter for a few days we were offered only recaps of him winning long drive competitions and pleading with Major League clubs to sign him even though he's 47.
Then on Sunday something awesome happened. Apparently inspired by the recent release of Titanic 3D, Canseco in fewer than 144 characters again blew everyone's minds: "Titanic 100 years wOw. Global warming couldve saved titanic. Sad to say."
Canseco was prompted by skeptics to elaborate: "Because we don't recycle and consume
like crazy icicles are non existent. Titanic wouldve still existed
today," he wrote.
He then showed frustration with the people who didn't understand the irony he was describing: "You clowns it's very simple. With global warning the weather is hotter so the icebergs would be melted and titanic saved."
Skeptics satisfied, Canseco went back to blasting our wasteful lifestyles: "100 years ago people actually cared about planet and respected nature. Now we can care less and consume energy like it's free."
And then, for good measure, he offered a couple slices of personality that prove follow Jose Canseco on Twitter will continue to be a worthwhile endeavor, political activism or not: "Titanic reminds me of the days I had two yachts in Miami but no icicles" and "I had a bat I named Titanic .It was biggest rawlings ever made and beautiful and unbreakable dont know where Titanic is now."
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that influential people like Jose Canseco are taking on such causes,
even after learning that Al Gore is not dead. Hug 4 u, Jose.
The team is holding informational sessions, skill assessments and bootcamps to prepare prospective skaters for tryouts on Jan. 12, 2014. Sessions are open to interested female skaters 18 years and older and interested referees, who can be male or female as long as they're 18. Interested skaters and referees will be asked to pay a $60 commitment fee on Nov. 3, 2013 to help cover rink rental and training costs.
Location: The Skatin' Place, 3211 Lina Place, Colerain
Time: 9 a.m.-noon
At this session, we will run drills to gauge skaters' skill level and skating ability. Skaters will receive immediate feedback on what they need to work on to pass the actual tryout. We will also hold an informational meeting to answer questions, and give skaters calendar of bootcamps and Monday night practices so that they have a clear plan for how to attain their goals.
Date: Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013
What: Bootcamp and Assessment
Location: The Skatin' Place, 3211 Lina Place, Colerain
Time: 9 a.m.-noon
We will be holding an intensive skills training bootcamp and once again check in with skaters about areas of improvement.
Dates: Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 and Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014
What: Bootcamp Refreshers
Location: CRG practice space (address to be announced)
Times: To be announced
We will hold an intensive skating skills bootcamp on Friday night and a derby skills bootcamp on Saturday afternoon to get skaters back in derby mode right before the tryouts. All participants must provide their own skates and safety equipment for these bootcamps.
Date: Sunday, Jan. 12
What: Tryouts
Location: The Skatin' Place, 3211 Lina Place, Colerain
Time: 9 a.m.-noon
At tryouts, skaters will be tested on the skills they learned at the bootcamps, including timed laps around the derby track, stops, skating backward, skating with others, giving and receiving hits and overall potential as a derby skater. Skaters who pass tryouts will immediately be invited to a league meeting to meet the rest of the team.
To RSVP, email email@example.com.
Remember the Crypt Keeper from HBO's long-lost and much-beloved series Tales from the Crypt? He apparently now owns the Oakland Raiders, which is convenient given the team's "menacing" and "scary" persona over the years.
The photo above was taken at a press conference yesterday as the Keeper announced the hiring of new Raiders coach Hue Jackson.


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Damn you Spiderman 4 internet casting rumors. First you had me believe that The Lizard would be the villian in Raimi's next installment of the franchise. Then you told that Rachel McAdams would don a sexy cat suit for the sequel and that turned out to be a lie (or a mean-spirited prank played on my peen) too. Today there is news that I want to believe but I've been hurt before and I'm just not ready. Movieline reports that the Lizard is out and John Malkovich has been approached to portray bird-themed bad guy The Vulture (my condolences to Patrick Stewart and Ben Kingsley). Making this report seemingly more full of poop is the news that Anne Hathaway is being eyed to step into the role of Felicia Hardy. But not the Black Cat alter-ego Felicia Hardy we all know from the comics. This version of Felicia Hardy would become a new villian known as the Vulturess. I just don't know if I can believe this. That whole incident with Rachel McAdams and my peen has left me with trust issues. If this is the truth however, I hope the Vulturess costume looks a little something like this: (via Movieline)
One word: awesome. Star Wars artist Matt Busch had the good sense to take the iconic posters for the legendary franchise and strip away the flesh. The result is awe inspiring and a little sickening. A zombiefied version of Princess Leia with blood dripping down her mouth was never something I thought I'd want to see, but now that I have I'm all the better for it. My only tiff is he could have left the Attack of the Clones poster as is. It was much more terrifying in its original form. Sideshow Bob shiver… (via Collider)Check out the rest of the posters after the jump!
Sarah Chalke was dubbed Second Becky on Roseanne, having replaced the first Becky several seasons in, but she's better known for her role as shrieky Dr. Elliot Reid on Scrubs. She's got a hot bod, but apparently she's all pregnant now. Laaaame. A word from Sarah: "I don't just play a slut on TV, I am a slut."Did I mention Sarah is pregnant?Check out some more slutty pics after the jump.
Peter Jackson and his brother-from-another-mother Guillermo del Toro begin casting The Hobbit this week and they're not bowing to any big name pressure. "We're auditioning for every role," Jackson said in an interview. "Apart from Ian McKellen, who we obviously want to return as Gandalf, we are not really offering any roles to anybody until we've done a casting sweep…" That's good news if you're short or fat or talented at gazing longingly into another man's eyes. If you fit any of those criteria, you'd better get to Los Angeles or London this week. "What we've done over the years is discover a lot of interesting actors, like Orlando Bloom (in Rings), Kate Winslet (in Heavenly Creatures), Saoirse Ronan (in The Lovely Bones). So if you start looking and auditioning seriously, it's amazing what incredible talent you'll find out there.""We want to find the right people. Casting someone to portray a hobbit is not as easy as you might imagine," Jackson added before slipping shoes onto his hairy feet and inhaling from a long-stemmed wooden pipe. (THR)
It's that time of year again. We all get presents, eat a lot of candy and drink extra sugary Starbucks drinks. Most people might make a tradition out of the family friendly holiday specials that air this time of year. I prefer the more twisted ones. They're not only more realistic, they're just more fun. Here are the top 10 twisted holiday specials. If they're not in annual rotation on TV, you can at least find them on DVD or online. The Simpsons: Roasting On An Open Fire
MTV's Jersey Shore premiered this past Thursday and has taken the world hostage in the subsequent days. In that time, Italian-American groups have cried foul over the series' stereotypical depiction of their race and, Domino's has backed out as a sponsor. Cast member Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is taking it all in stride and eating up the attention. Not since The White Rapper Show's John Brown, has a reality character sparked such a love him / hate him debate through sheer douchitude. Personally, I love the guy. Somebody hand him an excessively-tanned six-packed Emmy statuette immediately.Entertainment Weekly has a short interview with The Situation where he talks about his newfound fame, the show's backlash, and what it truly means to be a "guido." (EW)
Screen Junkies has an unhealthy obsession with Michael Bay so it's only fitting that I post this commercial he recently directed for Victoria's Secret. The rumor I'm starting has it that Bay schtooped every single model on set, but only after he bent the sky over and took it from behind, thus scorching the earth all for a totally awesome shot. Here are today's lin–BOOM!What Your Favorite Sport Really Says About You (HolyTaco) London Knights Fan Makes it Rain Teddy Bears (TotalProSports) Sexy Surfers (TheChive) The Final Frame of Old Dogs is Creepy (FilmDrunk) 25 Amazing Christmas Light Displays (SuperTremendous) The Decade's Ten Biggest Flameouts (Pajiba) Top 10 Twilight Fan Gifts (CelebJihad) 10 Reasons We Miss Dolph Lundgren (Moviefone) A Collection of Horrible Prequel Ideas (Unreality) Is Playground Pole Dancing Porn? (Asylum) Brenda Warner Has Long Hair Now! (BustedCoverage) Quad Loading Fail (RegretfulMorning) Makeover Your Pad James Bond-Style (MadeMan) 66 Hot Track Girls (AllLeftTurns) Vicious Soccer Fight Over Dirty Play (NothingToxic) Tiger Woods Gets His Sext On (Atom)
FOX targets the only race that still cares about their glut of sh*tty, sh*tty parody movies by releasing this trailer for Spanish Movie. For those unfamiliar with Fox's previous spoofs (ie: Epic Movie, Date Movie), you've just officially won at life. Keep up the good work. This time around they have Spanish crossover films such as The Orphanage, Pan's Labyrinth, Rec, Volver, and Open Your Eyes in their sights. I didn't see one Paris Hilton or Amy Winehouse joke in here. Without them as fodder, what will people not laugh at in this movie?Keep an eye out for Leslie Nielsen. It's nice to see that his fart jokes transcend all racial divides. Take that Tower of Babel!
Neil LaBute has given up on Nic Cage and "beeeeeeeeees!" and decided to remake a movie that's only two years old. The original Death at a Funeral was a British comedy directed by American Frank Oz, and featured mostly white people. For the remake, Hollywood decided to replace most of the white people with black people, but still keep in the midget because midgets are always amusing. Chris Rock leads the ensemble cast, and Martin Lawrence leads the utterances of "Daaaaaaaaaamn." The film focuses on a funeral that "devolves into a debacle of misplaced cadavers, indecent exposure and family secrets." Also, Danny Glover poops on Tracy Morgan's hand. Check out the trailer after the jump, if you dare.
Mexican Governer Fidel Herrerra is emptying out a large section of a Veracruz prison to make room for Mel Gibson. The actor is said to be shooting a large production though there is no word on what the project will be. My fingers are perma-crossed that we'll finally see a big budget remake of the girls-in-sexy-jail classic Caged Heat. The Governer refers to Gibson as his friend, probably due to the fact that since shooting Apocalypto in Veracruz, Gibson has also donated $1 million to replace storm-damaged homes in the area. A few years ago I would view this as a thoughtful act of charity. Nowadays I'm not so quick to trust Gibson, and now he has the Mexican government in his pocket. What is he planning? (THR)
Ginnifer Goodwin is Bill Pullman's youngest wife of three in Big Love on HBO. Unfortunately they don't do a lot of threesomes on the show because I guess God "frowns" on that sort of stuff, but I don't particularly want to see Chloe Sevigny naked anyway. A word from Ginnifer: "I have no idea how to play her, but I am dying to figure it out."It's all part of the process, Ginny. Unless of course you fail miserably at honing your craft. Feel some big love with the pics after the jump.
Someone let Quentin Tarantino play with the Japanese, and the result is unsettling. Below is a commercial that Tarantino starred in for SoftBank, a Japanese cell phone company. There's a talking real dog, a talking fake dog, a black man in a kimono, a screaming white woman, and Tarantino, who probably thinks this is all happening in his head. I don't speak Japanese, so if you can translate this please tell me if it's signaling the end of the world.
The poster for Nancy Meyers's It's Complicated shows Oscar co-host Alec Baldwin and Oscar winner Meryl Streep in post-coital bliss. Actually, Baldwin has a look of contented bliss and Streep has a look of dissatisfied worry (obviously he stole a page from my playbook). At any rate, gross Mom and Dad!!!Also, does Alec Baldwin always look like Keyboard Cat after sex?
As usual, all is not well at Hogwarts. Voldemort's power has grown stronger, and he has control of the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Meanwhile, Harry, Ron, and Hermoine are trying to put to rest the Dark Lord and their boners, which are inveritable forces in their teenage years. The newly released teaser trailer starts off with director David Yates and producer David Heyman talking about how lovely it is to be creatively involved and making sh*tbuckets full of money on the last two Potter installments. Fast forward 50 seconds and you get the real meat – actual film footage and John Hurt being awesome. Sure, it's great to see the wizard trio, but come on, the always brilliant supporting cast in these movies bring the real magic. That's right, I said magic. Check out the teaser trailer after the jump, then the movie a year from now when it opens November 19th, 2010.
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Screen Junkies caught up with producer Mace Neufeld after he spoke at the Invictus press conference earlier today. Here's what he had to say about the next Jack Ryan project, which thus far remains untitled:Why did you go with an original script and not one of the books? "Well, we were out of books. Red Rabbit was the last one and we just couldn't seem to get a script out of that. The new management came into Paramount. They said, "This is a really valuable franchise. Let's try and restart it with a younger actor. The Chris Pine idea came up and hopefully that's what we'll be doing" Who did the rewrite? Adam Cozad. Hossein Amini did one draft and Adam is now working on another one. No title yet? No title, The Untitled Jack Ryan movie. Will you reboot his origin like you did with Sum of all Fears? No, no. We pick him up when he's on Wall Street. Do you have action set pieces in mind? It all starts with the writer. It really does. When you say, 'We need action, action, action.' The Jack Ryan movies have never been action films. They've been thinknig man's thrillers. Jack is referred to as a water walker because of his ability to jump ahead to a conclusion. We've always seen that in all the Ryan films. That's how we want to portray him. He's a teacher, he's a historian, he's a linguist and he's really smart. Would you shoot in Annapolis or DC again? D.C. probably yes. So there you have it. Seems like Paramount is pumped to deliver a quality Jack Ryan movie in order to wash the taste of Affleck out of our mouths. Eeewww. Tastes like almonds.
We reported earlier this week that Paul Greengrass bailed on the fourth Bourne installment after having a falling out with the cash-strapped Universal. Now it appears that Matt Damon is showing some loyalty, and sticking by his director's side.When Screen Junkies caught up with Damon at the Invictus press junket he told us, "I'll wait for him and when he wants to do one, we'll do it." When asked specifically is it Greengrass or no Bourne, the actor went on to say, "I've always said that, but I think it will happen. Just down the road. We don't have a script right now."With Damon holding on tightly to the hand of Greengrass maybe Universal will reach a little deeper into their pockets. Afterall, they need to hold on to the Bourne series like grim death if they plan on eating anything other than Ramen next year.
Katherine Moennig is known for choosing non-traditional roles, usually those that involve gender-bending. An example of this is her playing a lesbian on The L Word. Some girls can really pull off short hair. A word from Katherine: "The clothes are comfortable…but on a deeper level I learned that the competition between boys and girls isn't as strong as between women."Yep, I'm envisioning a pilot fight too. Check out more gender-bending pics after the jump.
Whole lot of shaking going on at NBC and more specifically Heroes. This past week we saw the killing off of Adrian Pasdar's character, heard the news that Sendhil Ramamurthy has been cast in a new pilot for the network, and the network itself merged with Comcast. Everyone is taking the departure of Ramamurthy and Pasdar as a sign that the show is canceled. ScreenJunkies reached out to an inside source at Heroes who confirmed these rumors as false.Our source tells us that Ramamurthy got a pilot and asked the writers to write him out. They obliged. Everyone loves Sendhil Ramamurthy and his character, but the truth is he didn't have a lot of screen time this season, and the writers felt they shouldn't stand in the way of the actor's future. Look for Mohinder Suresh to make his exeunt in an episode airing in late January.Our source further tells us that given that Heroes (and it's DVD sales) is huge all over the world, it's doubtful it will be canceled anytime soon. From a business standpoint, another season would bring the number of shows up to 100 which would position Heroes as a bona fide asset for future ancillary ventures. In fact, as The Hollywood Reporter pointed out, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts gave a verbal shout-out to Heroes on his phone call to investors after the merger went through yesterday. It's always a good thing to impress the new boss. That's why I wear tight t-shirts around the office. How you gonna hate on a guy who looks like Rambo pretty much with his shirt off?
With so much crime in the city, how do I teach these keeeeeeedz?! It appears Antoine Fuqua liked his breakout film Training Day so much that he decided to remake it as an ensemble drama and change the title to Brooklyn's Finest. Ethan Hawke plays the same character he did in Training Day, except now he's got more kids to provide for, and Richard Gere is an older, whiter version of Denzel Washington's Alonzo. Along with Hawke and Gere, the film stars Wesley Snipes in corn rows, Don Cheadle donning several different hats, and Will Patton, who's always awesome. Their character's stories interweave in a plot that's not unlike Crash's, but with more corrupt cops or something. Even though it's doubtful, maybe this film will steal an Oscar too.
Here's a newly released still from Kevin Smith's upcoming Untitled Cop Movie (formerly known as A Couple Of Dicks). It's not official yet but it looks like the film will be given the watered-down title A Couple Of Cops. Buzz on this movie is that it is hilarious and I don't doubt that. Barring The Whole Nine Yards, Willis has turned in some funny performances in his career. And to see him and Tracy Morgan square off against gangsters should be entertaining. I am frightened by the thought of Tracy Morgan wielding the power of a gun and badge though. Frightened for our women. "Excuse me, ma'am. You have the right to remain silent and I have the right to make you pregnant. My d*ck is going to frisk your uterus." (via First Showing)
I always knew Cookie Monster was meant for greater things, like a heavy metal German rock band that enjoys pyrotechnics.Don't. Don't hate. Don't hate these links.Flowchart to Determine If You Can Have a Mistress (HolyTaco) Hot Brazilian Bikini Roller Boxing (TotalProSports) Natalie Portman Photoshoot (TheChive) 10 Most Depressing 'My Life is Twilight' Entries (FilmDrunk) Five Best UK TV Shows of the Aughts (Pajiba) Rachel Uchitel Says She's Top Slut (CelebJihad) Gallery of Sweet Custom iPod Docks (Unreality) 7 Guys Who Lived Much Longer Than They Should Have (Asylum) All-Time Scariest Playboy Playmate (BustedCoverage) Nada Surf 'Popular' Cheerleader All Grown Up (RegretfulMorning) Maintain a Mistress Better Than Tiger (MadeMan) NASCAR Unveils New Video Site (AllLeftTurns)
"NOM. NOM. NOM."Paul Thomas Anderson has announced that his next project will be entitled, The Master. He's cast his portly muse Philip Seymour Hoffman in the lead role as a charismatic man who creates his own cult religion. Many assume that this film will damn Scientology but Variety is quick to report:"The drama does not so much scrutinize self-started churches like Scientology or the Mormons, as much as it explores the need to believe in a higher power … and the point at which a belief system graduates into a religion."Sounds interesting though I'm not too sure about the casting. Philip Seymour Hoffman is a great actor but I don't buy him as a guy who founded a church. A Church's Fried Chicken perhaps*, but not a church. (Variety) *he's fat
Jenny Wade is best known for her role as Nina on the cancelled TV series Reaper. She's also appeared in all three Feast movies as Honey Pie. So basically, she likes to star in scary things. Except for Up In The Air. A word from Jenny: "I'm kind of one of those actors who never does it the right way."You sound like an absolute dream to work with, Jenny. Hey, let's hire that f*ck up actress.Oh wait, the pics after the jump explain her employment.
Steve Carell either has to pass a fairly large bowel movement, or his character in Dinner For Schmucks must wear a perpetual scowl. Here are the first set photos from the comedy, which on top of starring Carell and Rudd, also touts Zach Galifianakis, cinemas new bearded "it" actor.Dinner for Schmucks, a remake of director Francis Veber's César award-winning 1998 comedy Le dîner de cons (Literally translated as "The Dinner of Dumbasses"), concerns a renowned publisher who encourages his friends to find the most pathetic guests possible for their weekly dinner party.Sounds like Thanksgiving at your house last week. OH SNAP! I'm sure this comedy centered around a riotous dinner party will bust more than a few guts (man, they just keep coming) when it opens July 23, 2010.Check out Paul Rudd, most likely also wobbling toward the crapper, below. (via Collider)
Those lucky bastards in the UK have it all. Fantastic cuisine, excellent dental care, reasonably-sized ears, Australian layabouts, and now David Cross's hilarious Channel 4 sitcom The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. We've posted a clip (featuring Cross, Will Arnett, and Spike Jonze) below that sets up the premise of the series. Arnett plays an arrogant boss who spits out the grandest cuss-strings since Rip Torn. He mistakes Cross's Todd Margaret as a man of action and immediately trusts him to be his ambassador. Check out the NSFW clip: Did you like it? Did you like the noodles line?? Yeah, thought you would. Want to see more? Well, if you live in the UK you can watch the entire episode at this link. Lucky limey bastards…
If you've got to be fired, there's no better person to break the news than George Clooney. That's the plot of his new film, Up in the Air. He travels the country firing people for companies who can't do the dirty work themselves, but he helps people get a new start and has fun on the road too. It made me think of the other movies about downsizing, and I came up with quite a list of diverse titles. Honorary mention goes to the TV series The Office, which has been chronicling the economic crisis in real time.In Good Company
In Welcome to the Rileys, Kristen Stewart plays a young stripper who uses her stripper powers to help a couple grieving the loss of their daughter. But isn't a stripper really just a Band-Aid for your problems? Shame on you Melissa Leo and James Gandolfini. You can't just jump ahead to the Eighth Stage of Grief — Adopting Strippers. You need to take the bad with the pole-dancing and crab-walking.The Jake Scott film will premiere at Sundance in late January 2010. (First Showing)More pictures of Kristen Stewart in various modes of undress after the jump…
The comedy troupe The Landline posted a new video on their YouTube page that doesn't shed the best light on Avatar director, Mr. James Cameron. Apparently, Cameron is really jonesing for some new effects to see his blue mutant cat people fully realized in gorgeous CG, and he's willing to go to extreme lengths to secure funding. The Landline members include Tim Martin, Charlie Todd, Michael Dubin, Jonathan Fernandez, Jill Donnelly, Jared Neumark, Ben Rodgers and Mike Antonucci. You can check out their YouTube page, and a slew of other funny videos here. James Cameron is Jonesing for Effects – Watch more Funny Videos
2009 in Auto Tunes – Watch more Funny Videos The above video provides a hip, T-Pain-esque summary of this year we just all lived through together. On Tuesday December 8th, VH1 is bringing us 2009: That Really Happened?! In true VH1 fashion, the show will provide a look back at the year that subjected us to Jon & Kate Plus 8, Susan Boyle, Lady GaGa, Chris Brown (the fighter, not the lover), and many, many more things we wish we could erase from our memories. All topics will be delivered by a unique panel of journalists, comedians, and pop culture aficionados that always deliver a good skewing. Here are today's links. Oh Look! A Tiger Woods Flash Game! (HolyTaco) 20 Pics of Chicks That Will Kick Your Ass (TotalProSports) Celebrities and Their Most Famous Roles (TheChive) Wanna Hear Mickey Rourke Rap? (FilmDrunk) Time Lapse of Monster Worms and Sea Stars (SuperTremendous) Another 100 Great Quotes from The Wire (Pajiba) Tiger Woods' Mistress Releases Texts and Voicemail (CelebJihad) 20 Examples of Anime Gettin' Naughty (Unreality) 10 November Headlines That Should be TV Movies (AOL) Increase Your Chances of Getting Laid (Asylum) Jillian Beyor is Your New WWE Diva (BustedCoverage) Cute Russian Singer Falls Off Stage (RegretfulMorning) Older Women Vs. Younger Women (MadeMan) Real Diary of a NASCAR Driver (AllLeftTurns) Drunk Redneck Takes KO Plunge Off Swingset (NothingToxic) Teens, Booze, and a Hote Tub (Atom)


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Today I'm back to being a clone with Lelutka's Leda (yes I love poking the naysayers). I have new pretties from Truth and Blueberry at their main stores; Izzie's cute rings at The Black Fashion Fair; Glamistry's latest release of chic glasses and sexy shoes at Kustom9; and new poses from *EverGlow* available at The Liaison Collaborative.
This round Collabor88 is doing the punk thing and I have pretties from Exile and The Secret Store. I decided to accessorize with a tat from Letis Tattoos, piercings from Punch and CerberusXing and shoes from Reign available at The 100 Block.
So today I'm going a bit conservative with part of the latest release from coldLogic. Also shoes from Livalle and hair from EMO-tions available at On9 formerly known as L'Accessories.
Touch Me, Tease Me
I don't know about you guys but when it comes to body appliers. I know most of us are tired of the same old bodysuits being made over and over and over again. But of course for some reason stores keep making them adding nothing new to mix. That is until I saw THIS bodysuit from Luxuria available at Interlude. What makes this bodysuit different? Its classy, its very well textured, and its sexy without being trashy. Also the work in the crotch area, top notch.
The Shining Court
I've been reading a series of fantasy books by Michelle Sagara West. Actually its 2 separate series of books all set in the same universe. I love the author her writing style is not the usually easy fluff that you get in books now. So some have trouble getting into her books. Stick it out you'll be rewarded.
I very rarely blog RP fashion. The main reason is I get kinda frustrated because RP fashion as a rule is usually a bit behind mainstream female fashion. But with more stores dabbling into the RP fashion genre things are looking better. So today we have my ode to RP fashion.
Personal Jesus
Today I have an Atomic outfit coming soon at The Season's Story which opens tomorrow. Poses from *EverGlow* for Pose Fair 2015 which opens on Saturday. A new hair release from Wasabi Pills available at the Xiasumi School event. And lastly some newness from Collabor88 from Glam Affair and Ingenue.
If I Was Your Girl…
Today some Fishy Strawberry from FaMESHed and cute Roll Up Jeans from Monso at Uber. Also adorable new hair from Spellbound.
So Gone
What do heathens with no kids do for Easter? Not a damn thing!! And it was GLORIOUS. I did the same thing I do every Sunday. I woke up did SL Secrets and had brunch with the spousal unit. Then went shopping in SL, dressing my dolly in between making Sunday dinner and took blog pics for the week. A nice quiet lazy Sunday. Now its Monday and back at work and back to blogging!! Today I look like everyone else!! But not only that I'm blogging stuff others have blogged too. But how many fucks does Lourdes give? Not a one.
Plethora recently released the "There It Goes…The Last F*ck I Gave" pose prop. I decided to title this post "The Last" which reminded me of the last album by one of my all time favorite groups, Aventura. Yeah I know Romeo is still around, but its not the same. More about the pose prop after the cut.
Like A Stone
I have joined the masses of the blogger clones with mesh heads who all look alike!! Eeek!! The end is near!! No not really,but thats what some of the mesh head naysayers believe. Mesh heads are an accessory. No one complains when we all wear the same outfit. Anyway Lelutka's new mesh heads aren't the focus of this post. But I will mention, I am wearing Leda aka "the bitch face". I love it!! I like her down turned lips and look of blatant disgust are just too cute. So anyway, on to the pics.


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November 07 2012
Lyman Girls Volleyball win Region 7B
Posted by Lucy
The Lyman Volleyball team defeated Wall in 4 sets (25-21; 25-21; 22-25; 25-15) Tuesday night at Philip to take the Region 7B championship title and a earn a berth to the State Class B Volleyball Tournament to be held at Mitchell Nov. 15 -17. Lyman opens Tournament play at the Corn Palace, Thursday, Nov. 15 at noon against Parker. Lyman High School band will perform also as the Band of the Day. Tickets are all general admission at the door.
- Scavenging through the county
- WCE Cooperative finishes up repairs after weekend storms
- High winds damage structures,
- North Central Farmers Elevator and South Dakota Wheat Growers Member-Owners Vote No on Unification
- Lyman School Board Election results
- Construction at new elevator site stays on schedule
- What's new at the museum
- Local Lions Club projects recognized
- Lyman reunion moves to Clubhouse
- Remebering those who gave all
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015
According to the Kaohsiung City Government Department of Health (DOH, 高雄市衛生局), 10 patients have died since June due to influenza infections, including a 4- year-old woman, the department said yesterday.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
A gay rights group criticized a Kaohsiung City Government plan to accept lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT) by marking their partners in city records, saying it is merely a measure to "make fun of" the community without having any substantive effect.4 Comments
Kaohsiung City health officials on Wednesday erected a warning sign in a market, after five cases of dengue fever were reported at that location and officials disinfected the area and its environs the previous day.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
The Water Resources Agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that the scheduled water rationing for today and May 20 has been postponed in the Kaohsiung area after the eighth drought prevention meeting on May 15.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
With enough water supply in the Gaoping River Dam (高屏溪攔河堰), the government decided to halt water restrictions in Kaohsiung next week for the third time since phase-three rationing was introduced at the beginning of this month.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Members of a gay group expressed hope Wednesday that wedding leave can be applied to gay couples after the Kaohsiung city government said it is mulling whether to mark the partners of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT) in the household registration system.4 Comments
Monday, May 11, 2015
Hundreds of Chinese immigrant spouses of Taiwanese nationals in Kaohsiung on Sunday urged the government to shorten the wait required to obtain Taiwanese citizen identity cards to four years, from the present six. The call received support from several Kaohsiung elected officials.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
"To save up enough money to help our mother buy a new house" is the wish made for the upcoming Mother's Day by the Lin sisters, whose filial piety was recognized at an award ceremony held Sunday in Kaohsiung.
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Thanks to growing precipitation and the resulting influx of water to Kaohsiung's main source of water, the Gaoping River (高屏溪), the third-stage water rationing scheduled to begin next week will be postponed, the government said yesterday.
Friday, May 1, 2015
A student attending Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU, 高雄醫學大學), surnamed Huang (黃), committed suicide yesterday morning after being implicated in the murder of a fellow student, surnamed Liu (劉), on April 28, according to the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors Office (KDPO, 高雄地檢署).


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Ski Beatz
Artist: Najee The 1
Featuring: Ski Beatz
Song: New York City
Another day in rap means another ode to New York City, but considering the Big Apple literally birthed the culture we all love, can we ever have too many? Never, especially because listening to... More
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Featuring: Rugz D. Bewler | Nicole Wray
Song: Thank God
Inspired by a classic scene from Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, Ski Beatz and his collaborators Thank God for the pleasures of the flesh on the fifth single/video off his newest solo set. Here,... More
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Featuring: Mac Miller
Song: Time Goes
In a day and age where rappers use fifteen different producers on a fifteen-track album, it's actually a refreshing return to hip-hop tradition to hear an album where the producer holds center stage... More
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Featuring: Najee The 1
Song: This World
"Want something? Then go for it" the New York emcee Najee exclaims over the Ski Beatz produced cut. Featured on Ski's 24 Hour Karate School Part 2, released today, This World is a... More
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Featuring: Freddie Gibbs
Song: Illegal
Remember September 22, 2010? Of course you do, it was the day we last heard from Ski Beatz. Way back then it was Go banging through our headphones and his long-delayed album 24-Hour Karate School was... More
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Featuring: Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa
Song: Scaling the Building
The fly-namic duo is at it again. The internet's favorite stoners, Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa have been hyping up the full-length version of this song for months, and now, Scaling the Building has hit... More
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Featuring: Mos Def (Yasiin Bey)
Song: Taxi
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Flaxseed lowers high cholesterol in menBy ANI
Saturday, March 27, 2010
WASHINGTON - Flaxseed may help lower high cholesterol in men, a new study has found.
Suzanne Hendrich, an Iowa State University professor in food science and human nutrition, led a study that examined the effects of flaxseed lignan in 90 people diagnosed with high cholesterol. The results showed that consuming at least 150 milligrams of flaxseed lignans per day (about three tablespoons) decreased cholesterol in men, but not women, by just under 10 percent over the three months that they were given the flaxseed.
While Hendrich admits that's considerably less than the expected outcome from cholesterol-lowering drugs-approximately 10 to20 percent for three months, depending on the individual-it's still enough to make flaxseed a more natural option for some men.
"Because there are people who can't take something like Lipitor, this could at least give you some of that cholesterol-lowering benefit," Hendrich said. "The other thing is, there are certainly some people who would prefer to not use a drug, but rather use foods to try to maintain their health. So this potentially would be something to consider."
Hendrich developed the study with ISU master's student Kai Ling Kong and doctoral graduates Zhong Ye, Xianai Wu, and Sun-Ok Lee to determine whether the main lignan in flaxseed, secoisolariciresinol diglucoside, could lower cholesterol.
They'll be presenting results of the research at the American Society for Nutrition's annual meeting at Experimental Biology 2010, April 24-28, in Anaheim, Calif. (ANI)
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June 8, 2015 @ 18:30
December 11, 2014 @ 18:00
The Following are the Dept. Officers for the Walden Fire Dept.
Chief- Fred Williams
It is with deep regret and great sadness that we announce the passing of Past Chief Kenneth W. Kruehne
January 14, 2015
It is with deep regret and great sadness that we must announce the passing of Past Chief Kenneth W. Kruehne.
Ken was a Life Member of Hudson Valley VFA, Orange County VFA, Fire Chief's Association of Orange County, a member of FASNY, a Past Fire Commissioner of the Walden Fire District, Past Member and Secretary for the Orange County Fire Advisory Board, Member of the Board of Directors for the Orange County Firefighters Museum. 50 year member of the Walden Fire Department, 50 year member and Treasurer of the Orange Hose Co, No. 1.
Ken was dedicated to the fire service and loved to serve. He will be greatly missed.
Services will be held on Monday, January 19th, 2015 from 4:00 pm till 6:30 pm at the Walden Fire Department 230 Old Orange Avenue Walden, New York 12586. Firematic services will be held at 6:30 pm.
Funeral services will be private at the request of the family.
January 2, 2015
Jerry died peacefully in his home in Walden on January 2, 2015 at the age of 87. He passed knowing that he did a wonderful job raising his family and that they loved him very much.
Born April 18, 1927 as the first child of Jeremiah and Jane "Daisy" Whitaker, Jerry grew up in Newburgh, NY. After attending Newburgh Free Academy, Jerry twice enlisted in the United States Navy. His combined seven plus years of service spanned from the end of World War II in the Pacific to the Korean War conflict, serving aboard the USS Mount McKinley.
He married the love of his life, Dorothy (Dotty) Van Leuven in 1954. They lived and raised their family in Walden.
He retired from the New York State Thruway Authority after being employed as a Toll Supervisor for over 35 years. He worked part-time in his retirement for Gridley-Horan Funeral Home as the "man at the door" for many years.
Jerry's faith was strong and he was a Cursillo member and a member of Most Precious Blood parish in Walden. Jerry spent many years serving the Walden community as a member of the Orange Hose Fire Co. along with the Knights of Columbus. He served as secretary and treasurer in the Fire Dept. as well as in the Fire Police in his retirement.
Jerry had a lifelong love affair with Drum Corps. He was a member of the VFW Post Corps and The Criterions in Newburgh in his youth and a Color Guard Instructor for Circleville Drum and Bugle Corps and the Envoys of Newburgh. He loved attending the local contests and shows. He never missed a local parade.
His beloved dogs were an important part of his life. His house always had a spoiled Boston Terrier in it with Dad being the biggest "spoiler" of all. Biscuits will be handed out in heaven!
Jerry is survived by three children: Mary with her husband, Gery Selemon of Newburgh, Jerry Whitaker of Walden, and Lois Whitaker of Newburgh; two grandchildren: Michael Selemon and his wife, Ksenia, and Nicholas Selemon; two great grandchildren: Evelyn and Allison Selemon; sister-in-law, Claire Whitaker of Newburgh and many loving nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his wife, Dorothy; infant daughter, Geraldine; brother, Francis "Bud" Whitaker and sister Sheila Oliansky. (recordonline.com)
He will be missed by all, but left us all with so much love and dignity! Rest in peace Dear Brother!
July 1, 2014
The Walden Fire Dept. was excited and eager to Welcome Home one its OWN. One of the Department's members suffered a serious injury while at a training incident. He was then transported via Helicopter to Westchester Medical Center where he underwent several surgeries.
After speaking to Kevin today he told me that he was sincerely touched in the warm welcome he received from his brothers and sisters and he is just excited to be home. He in fact is eager to get back into serving his community.
Kevin once again on behalf of the Dept. we are glad you are back home brother!
April 26, 2014
On Saturday April 26, 2014 the Walden Fire Dept. held its open house. It was a great day for the Dept. to showcase what we it does and provide some fun activities to the community members.
The dept. provided some great BBQ that was cooked by its members and some great refreshments. There was also some great deserts that included baked goods, cupcakes, and a ton of candy.
The members also walked the visitors through the different steps of "cutting up" a car with the "jaws of life." In fact some of the visitors even had the opportunity to participate, and they all stated that it was a whole lot of fun and much tougher then they thought it would be.
Some visitors also elected to climb a few ladders and to assist with putting "out" an "oven fire". So the activities where nonstop for all the visitors regardless of age.
Plans are already on the way for next year's open house! We all look forward to seeing you then, please keep an eye out for the date!
December 19, 2013
The members and officers of the Walden Fire Dept. were proud to work with the Walden Baptist Church this week for Operation Dalmatian a toy drive. Between many local schools, organizations, and churches we had the ability to help raise enough toys for the children in over 100 local families. During this week the members and officers of the dept. had the opportunity to go collect, sort, wrap and ultimately deliver these toys to the families with the fire trucks of the Walden Fire Department. The Walden Fire Department has been working with the Walden Baptist Church every year for this worthy cause for over a decade. Just another example of how the members of this Dept. enjoy giving back to the community that they live and serve in.
We would like to wish everyone in the community Happy Holidays and a safe New Year!


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Course List
Success in Higher Education -
Instructor: Ms. Jennifer O. Rosti
Block: 4
Time: M/W/F 12:00PM-1:00PM
Term: 2015FA
Units: 1
Introduces students to critical thinking in higher education, taking as its starting point a focused topic in a scholarly field. Critical inquiry will be taught in the context of careful reading of important intellectual works, as well as inquiry-based writing assignments. Research and collaborative skills will also be developed in an integrative setting designed to promote a student's journey toward a life of critical inquiry.
Classial Heroes & Heroines -
Instructor: Ms. Jennifer O. Rosti
Block: 3
Time: M/W/F 10:50AM-11:50AM
Term: 2015FA
Units: 1
Develops a sense of historical perspective and the ability to use the methodologies of the humanities or the fine arts by exploring a subject drawn from the period before 1500.


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Count shows 169 Shelby County Schools employees live outside county
An official count by Shelby County Schools shows that 169 of the district's employees hired after Sept. 1, 1986, live outside the county, in violation of voter-approved residency requirements.
How that happened, and what will happen to those workers now, is unclear.
Officials with SCS provided the information to County Commission Chairman Mike Ritz, but no school spokesman was available for comment.
Last week Ritz asked the county's human resource department and SCS to report the residency status of all employees, a request that came about as the commission grappled with how to handle Memphis City Schools workers who will join the unified school district this fall.
MCS allows workers to live where they choose, and more than 1,400 employees live outside the county. But a county charter amendment approved by voters established that employees of Shelby County, including county schools, were required to live inside the county. The rule was waived for employees hired before Sept. 1, 1986.
SCS has about 5,300 employees. Ritz said he'd heard that a number of SCS teachers were ignoring the charter, and "given what I understood to be the almost encouragement from the top."
"I have already talked to one old Shelby County school board member and reportedly this violation was sort of understood and supported by the school board, the (David) Pickler school board," he said. "So it appears that this charter violation had the support of some of the chief elected officials from the school board, which is pretty disgusting."
Pickler, who served as county school board chairman for 12 years and has been elected to the unified school board, denies that the board allowed or authorized any employee to live outside of Shelby County.
"I am not aware of any conversations ever held at a board meeting or a private meeting where it was ever disclosed to the board that there were any employees who were violating the terms of the residency requirements," Pickler said.
"I'm certainly not aware of any action of the board, whether formal or informal, where we were approving anyone's waiver because we didn't have the right to do that. I would reject that allegation, which is utterly without merit."
Sammy Jobe, head of the Shelby County Education Association, said county teachers have openly lived in Fayette and Tipton counties and in Mississippi and that the understanding was that new hires had to be county residents, but were then free to live where they wanted.
One teacher said she called the district office before buying a home in Mississippi and was told by an assistant superintendent not to worry. Pickler said he was not aware of anyone in administration who authorized residency waivers.
On Monday, the Shelby County Commission approved on first reading an ordinance that would give MCS employees five years to comply with the county's residency rules. The ordinance excludes MCS employees who joined the system before the county's rule was in place.
The number of workers with Shelby County government who live outside the county is not yet available, said chief administrative officer Harvey Kennedy.
He noted that several years ago a group of sheriff's deputies were fired after it was discovered they lived outside the county.
The teachers who live outside the county have contracts, and it's possible the district won't renew them, Ritz said. The County Commission has no authority in this situation, he said.
"All we can do is try to use the bully pulpit. We don't have much influence on the school board, never have," Ritz said. "They historically have ignored us. All we can do is dust up. We can't do anything about it."
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