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HAMILTON, N.Y. - Sophomore Kara Gonnerman (St. Louis, Mo.) scored two goals but it was enough as the Holy Cross field hockey team dropped a 4-3 decision to Colgate in Patriot League play on Saturday afternoon. With the loss, the Crusaders are now 4-9 (0-3 Patriot League) while the Raiders improve to 9-6 (2-1 Patriot League).
Less than 17 minutes into the first half, at the 16:45 mark, Gonnerman got a clear shot into the goal cage among the scrum in Colgate's territory.
Less than 13 minutes later, at the 28:16 mark, Lauren Carey scored an unassisted goal, evening the score, 1-1, going into halftime.
Just nine minutes into the second half, at the 44:56, sophomore Alanna Sikorski (Glen Gardner, N.J.) passed the ball to Gonnerman who shot the ball past Colgate goalkeeper Sarah Pedersen, giving the Crusaders a 2-1 lead. Less than five minutes later, at the 48:35 mark, senior Kristin Schulz (Fairfield, Conn.) made an unassisted goal, making the score 3-1.
Colgate's offense exploded in the final 20 minutes of the game as Mika Ella-Tang, Carey, and Lauren Denenga each scored a goal, lifting the Raiders to a 4-3 victory.
Senior goalkeeper Erin Singleton (Amesbury, Mass.) had six saves while Pedersen had eight stops.
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The tornado that tore through Joplin, Mo. in May 2011 killed more than 150 people, demolished thousands of homes and businesses, and damaged or destroyed 10 public schools. To encourage students to discuss their feelings, the Joplin School District partnered with a local mental health center to offer students a free, 24-hour communication tool that allows them to confidentially reach out for help.
Bucking the national trend, Virginia voters, by a wide margin, want an armed guard in every school, but they do strongly back an assault weapons ban, according to a poll Thursday. A Quinnipiac University poll found that Old Dominion voters favor putting an armed police officer at every school, 66 percent to 29 percent.
Using an online program available through e-centers, the Columbus (Miss.) Municipal School District is graduating more high school students. Read about the one-to-one nature of this program and the wealth of metrics it offers the district.
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The two biggest races of the summer at Colonial Downs will take substantial purse cuts as part of the 2013 stakes schedule announced earlier this week.
The Colonial Turf Cup, restored to Grade 2 status for this season, has taken a $200,000 hit and will now be worth $300,000. The Grade 2 Virginia Derby will now offer a purse of $500,000, a reduction of $100,000.
According to a press release, the purse cuts were necessary to "help boost the level for overnight races."
Overall, Colonial will present 15 stakes worth a collective $1.7 million. A year ago, the Virginia track presented 17 stakes worth $2 million. The totals do not include the $30,000 Old Nelson, a starter handicap that Colonial lists as part of its stakes undercard on Colonial Turf Cup Day, June 22.
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We've all been there, at the end of a long day at work and you somehow make it home to your couch and fall asleep, too tired to make it to your bed. While this is of course completely reasonable and natural, if you want to mix it up from your normal routine, plan for a relaxing and calming bath to help you unwind at the end of the day. We've put together a guide for the best body scrubs, bubble bath, and anything else you might need to relax.
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While bubble baths are traditionally incredibly relaxing, sometimes it feels like that relaxation is reduced because of all the mess. Especially if you accidentally happen to pour too much of the solution into your bath, it may seem like the bubbles never end and it can be a pain to get rid of them. This is why we suggest trying out a bath bomb. The way bath bombs work is you drop them into your full bathtub and let them fizzle, or effervesce to speak in technical terms, creating a lovely smell. Typically most bath bombs are made using Epsom salts for a soothing and therapeutic bath.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have winner!
She's cool, calm and now gas-free. And that's a good thing…?
Here we are. Face to face.
A trio of silver spoons. By the end of this recap, only one will be polished enough to nab the honor of Charm School graduate. The others? Back in the reality drawer to rust. Lacey's hair color suggests that she's on her way.
Not to spoil her mid-episode elimination or anything!
Anyway, commandment:
Sharon has with her Sid, who runs Rock and Wrap It Up, which totally sounds like a safe-sex advocacy campaign.
But no, silly. A leather daddy extolling the virtues of condoms? As if! Rock and Wrap It Up is actually an organization that feeds the homeless with food left behind in dressing rooms after concerts. A brilliantly simple idea.
Sid is, in fact, full of brilliantly simple ideas.
Too. Many. Joke. Possibilities. Considering. The. Cast. And. Leather.
I give.
Anyway, as the girls soak in all this info…
…both Destiney and Brandi M., interview about growing up on welfare and their humanity seriously just rushes in. That's pretty crazy, this being a reality show and all.
Sharon explains to the girls how this lesson will apply to their final challenge: they're going to be setting up booths on Hollywood Boulevard (getting…harder…to…resist…"giving with your head" joke…), and asking the public for donations (harder still!). The girl who grosses the highest in donations will be exempt from expulsion and automatically enter into the Final 2. However, Sharon explains that "working alone is a lot tougher than working on a team." And more boring! For that reason, the girls will be teamed with…
…expelled students, who just happen to be their arch-nemeses! Heather's here to help Lacey.
Megan's here for Brandi M., though her boobs are here for all the horny boys (and girls!) watching.
And Brandi C., is here to help her spitee, Destiney. After all, nothing goes with charity better than institutionalized drama! Sharon announces that she hopes the girls can put aside their differences and focus on the task at hand. Lies! If ever there were an antithesis to the Care Bear stare…
…surely that is it.
Sharon gives the girls 10 minutes to strategize. Despite wondering if Heather was going to give homeless people a lap dance (which is taking a jab at the service industry, and so not cool), Lacey seems amenable to working with Heather.
Heather kind of murmurs, "I don't wanna fight. It's charity," in the most Valerie Cherish way imaginable. The two and a half seconds she's spent outside Charm School seem to have replenished her capacity for endearment.
Speaking of endearment…
…there's none to be found here. Megan interviews that she's here to sabotage, and recommends dressing Brandi M., up as a homeless person. I feel like before, she would have just called Brandi M., homeless, so her assumption that Brandi would need to undergo some sort of transformation to look homeless seems like progression. We're all growing and learning in Charm School.
The girls set up their begging booths on Hollywood Boulevard.
The scene is so Pretty Woman, I can smell the vinyl boots. Only a Lotus and Cinda-f***in'-rella would be needed to really complete the picture. Anyway, the girls are on the lookout for specific items, which have all been assigned dollar values by the judges (or whoever).
The begging game begins.
Brandi C., kind of just waves her paper in the air at first and goes, "Charity."
No one obliges. Perhaps they think it's a personal request and not on behalf of, you know, the homeless.
Megan immediately gets to sabotaging. She has someone put donated water in the wrong place entirely and she has a store owner place some items in Lacey's collection bin. Brandi M., not being an idiot, sees what's happening and corrects the problem.
At least in part: Megan gleefully reports that she didn't get all of the wayward items. Not content with simplicity, Megan has a multi-pronged conniving plan in place. Her next initiative is to collect pens, the item on the list that yields the least amount of pay-off.
And even though she's totally just doing this to be a jerk, collecting pens is no small feat. You know how possessive people get about your pens. I mean, would you give yours up to a woman wearing a dress with a built-in bellybutton window?
And then there is Lacey.
We see her doing relatively well, but that all goes to hell as time goes on and more people reject her pleas for charity.
"You can't even buy one toothbrush to help a homeless person? You don't like homeless people? Is that what it is?" I mean, does anyone like homeless people? We may pity them or even empathize, but if we actually liked them, chances are they wouldn't be homeless anymore, you know? Lacey also berates a woman walking into a bike shop with, "You're gonna go buy yourself a bike, but you don't care about homeless people? Nice, lady."
This woman points out the folly in yelling at people as means of asking for their help. Instead of taking a second to realize that you catch more flies with honey than raving, Lacey only rages harder. This whole crazy-activist-lady-on-the-street thing is coming waaaaay too naturally to her. Keep the red paint and baby seals away from this one.
Megan poses with fans.
Sometimes, so do her boobs. This seems like an occupational hazard if ever there were. In contrast, we see Brandi M., hustling and eventually securing a winter coat from some weirdo who's wearing it in Los Angeles. In May. WTF?
Brandi C., meanwhile, calls out to people: "Do you guys have a minute for charity? It's for charity." At least she's thorough. She also asks a family if they "really need" the stroller they're pushing their child in. Perhaps Brandi C., believes that strollers are as expendable and frivolous as common sense.
Back at the house, Riki and Daniella reveal the results.
First up is Lacey, whose collection added up to…
She's happy enough to dance in response.
That's the true philanthropy of the situation. Money is temporary; dances most often seen being done by drunk aunts at weddings are forever, thanks to the animated gif. A fine invention it is, that animated gif.
Destiney took in…
…which bums her out. Although it's important to note that she and Brandi C., collected 66 tampons. Thank god — we wouldn't want the homeless bleeding on their clean white pants, right?
Finally, there is Brandi M., who would seem to have been sabotaged by Megan. Indeed, Brandi M.'s partner-cum-adversary collected a total of 53 ballpoint pens. And she lost them all in her weave. Anyway, Riki reveals Brandi M.'s final tally and it is…
Brandi M., wins! She's so excited and Megan is so…
…not. At least what you see is what you get with Megan. Here, see closer, get closer:
I love her "Foiled again…for the first time!" vibe.
So Brandi M., is safe at tonight's elimination, while Destiney and Lacey will be called to the carpet. From there, Riki berates Lacey for yelling at people in the challenge. He calls it the "biggest mistake in Charm School history," as though this show had existed for more than a month at this point in shooting. And really, it wasn't bigger than cameltoe or Raven's wig-weave. It wasn't even as big a mistake as enrolling Kristy Joe and Jessica who supposedly didn't need Charm School in the first place. Just following the show's logic! Sharon says she understands Lacey's furor. How…foreshadowing.
Destiney, on the other hand, was nonchalant during the day's lesson, according to Sharon. Destiney doesn't understand what she's talking about, but maybe because she wasn't paying attention. Destiney lashes out, calling out the season's worth of bad behavior from Lacey.
Lacey argues that her passion was community outreach, whereas Destiney's was T-shirt designing, which is selfish. Maybe Destiney's definition of outreach includes outfitting. The only difference is some cotton, you know? Lacey pleads to stay, claiming that she's changing and happier. However, her behavior today proved that she isn't changing — when she didn't get what she wanted, she grabbed. Lacey is going home.
Lacey gets ranty during her exit interview, assuring us she's keeping the Evil Lacey inside of her for people like that non-giving bitch on Hollywood Boulevard today. Is she doing it out of vigilante duty or in hopes of a possible spin-off? Only time will tell.
That means we have a Top 2!
God, girls, don't look so exited.
The next day, they sit outside and discuss their status as Top 2. They're surprised but happy to be there. You'd think they weren't on a reality show with all this original sentiment bubbling to the surface.
They receive a note from Sharon inviting them to her place for lunch. They're so excited. Meanwhile, their Top 2 counterparts in previous Rock of Love seasons got to go to Cabo and all they had to do was accept Bret Michaels' tongue in their throats. Doesn't seem fair.
They get to Sharon's beach house and are amazed by its beauty.
Sharon says she's rarely at this house, but that Jack uses it for his "love den." I'm pretty sure that's none of her business and I'm certain it's none of mine — don't fill my head with images, lady. Anyway, they take a nice walk on the beach…
…and then they eat lunch, during which Brandi and Destiney beg Sharon to tell of her courtship with Ozzy, as though Behind the Music and the E! True Hollywood Story never existed. Seriously girls, get a TiVo. Or Wikipedia. During this meal, they talk about their plans. Destiney wants to start an eco-friendly clothing line or open an Ed Hardy store in Maui. Why hasn't anyone thought of that before? Thank god for the Charm School challenges, inspiring one franchise at a time. Sharon gives them a final assignment: write speeches about why they think they should win. Back at home, the girls get to work:
When that's done, the girls receive another note, notifying them that Sharon has chosen their final expulsion wardrobe.
And actually, she did a great job, as both of the girls haven't looked better all season.
Destiney's dress is especially flattering, particularly in the décolletage area. Thank you Charm School, for teaching me what that word means and for making me care about it more than I ever thought I could.
One last commandment:
Aw. I think I'll miss the glimmers most of all.
The girls read their speeches. First up is Destiney, who used to get angry when she drank and used naked cartwheels to make herself feel cool (damn Heather!). Her father's death made her realize how precious life is, however. There were times toward the beginning of this series that she reverted back the old Destiney, but her non-violent reaction to Brandi C.'s spit showed her and the rest of the world (or at least, the segment of it that watches this show) that she's changing. Now she knows she doesn't need to use her body to get what she wants. A design passion has awoken and she's become a lady. In that order!
Brandi M., on theh other hand puked, burped, farted, did porn and stripped. She doesn't say if she did it all at once, but let's hope not. She's finally figured herself out to the point where she doesn't even need her note cards! She tears them up and speaks from the heart, explaining that she didn't used to care about herself, but thanks to Charm School, has learned to stand up and be a classy lady. She won't lock herself in a room for days, for you see, negative Brandi has died!
It's time to crown the graduate or however they do in these parts. Sharon steps forward, revealing a dress that is almost too vast for the frame.
It's kind of like if a fish mated with a garbage bag and then devoted the life of its offspring to being fashion.
Sharon sort of waves the diploma under their noses.
And she quickly hands it over to Brandi M.
Brandi M., is the first Rock of Love Charm School grad!
She and Destiney embrace and it's as calm and good-natured as you'd expect from previously wild women.
Before she leaves, Daniella offers Destiney an internship at her jeans company, Frankie B. It isn't $100,000 or even $100, but hey, it's better than nothing!
Brandi M., celebrates outside.
It's all a big relief/release for her, and one that doesn't require her to say, "Excuse me" after. What a beautiful change, indeed.
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Watch out, smartphone users. Telstra has announced that they will allow Windows Phone 7 users to add their app purchases to their NextG bill. How long until we start seeing the media tell us about App bill shock?
Windows Phone 7 App Purchases Added To Telstra Bill
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travis @travisOctober 12, 2010 3:03 pm
As long as you can still purchase apps without adding them to your bill, it's all good.
I know that most employees with company owned phones would not be impressed if you can only buy apps through your telco, as it would violate most company agreements to buy them that way.
Hopefully Telstra will enable companies (and parents too perhaps) the ability to block these purchases.
matt GuestOctober 13, 2010 2:23 am
yeah... like how is it any different from getting the shock when the bill of the credit card linked with iTunes arrives (has been reported once I think)
this is no better, but no worse either.
also, the big thing with telco bill shock isn't how easy it is to spend money, its how easy it is to spend F**K LOADS of money.
its the way that they're like "oh, you get 500meg of data with your $30 cap, (but if you go over, its $12 a meg)."
so a song goes from being a 50c download to a $36 one, as soon as you hit some arbitrary and relatively secret limit. (like, if it was 10 songs included a month, people can easily keep track of that, but wtf is a megabyte? they are all just quietly eaten up by everything without the user really knowing)
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FTC Proposes Regulations on Foods Marketed to Children
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An effort to honor former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun with a bust in the state Capitol of his native Minnesota has resurfaced.
The push from Democratic lawmakers is notable because such recognition got mired in abortion politics a dozen years ago. Blackmun wrote the majority opinion in the Roe vs. Wade case in 1973 that legalized abortion. A group that promotes anti-abortion legislation was successful in stopping the honor to Blackmun.
The bill introduced Thursday would place the bust outside the state Supreme Court chambers on the Capitol's second floor. It would be opposite one recognizing former Justice Warren Burger.
Blackmun and Burger were childhood friends in St. Paul. Blackmun also served as an in-house attorney for Rochester's Mayo Clinic before his ascension on the federal bench..
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Q&A: Elizabeth Bricquet, Metro Pulse editorial cartoonist and honoree in Pelican Publishing's 'Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year 2011'
Were you the kid who drew unflattering cartoons of the teachers?
Yeah and anything else that was going on.
For example?
Um. Well. [long pause] I was attacked by a deer once. I used to volunteer at Bays Mountain Park in high school. It was a terrible bloody battle, left my head bleeding. I think I did an unflattering cartoon of the deer.
Do you remember what you drew?
I drew him in the electric chair, something like that.
Do you get out and do research, or just cartoon what you experience in life?
Both. I try to go and feel the wind; I also do a lot of research, reading all the papers, the news websites. Doonesbury's Gary Trudeau always called that front loading; I do a lot of that.
Why do you draw hands and feet so small?
There are no connotations, it just looks funnier when someone's weight is not supported. That's one reason [why] people who draw like they can't draw have funnier cartoons—things look more improbable.
Did you have some training to become an editorial cartoonist?
Well, I got hit in the head by this deer.
Is cartooning your sole source of support now?
Yeah, and I do occasional illustration work.
Unfunny illustrations?
Yeah, my style changes. I go back to more the art school look. I'm also about to start a comic strip online that will include characters in a fictional, composite East Tennessee community, Canfield. And I'm working on graphic novels, too.
You once were a police officer in Charlotte, N.C. Do you ever get a yen to up and join the KPD?
Bless their hearts. I really miss police work and I really enjoyed it. It's like my malaria: A fever that hits me... but it goes away. I feel like I could just walk back into tomorrow and do just fine.
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I guess there's nothing like having the new guy come in and shake things up! Did anyone think about the kids, and the time spent on buses? Schools shouldn't be run like businesses. There are more factors involved. I guess Felske has taken a page from our governor's playbook. He is the third of the last three bad choices for superintendent. Schultz burned out and didn't care, Armstrong didn't show up most of his tenure, and Felske is turning out to be a dictator. Good luck Muskegon Public School students. You're going to need it.
What we really need, is a Masked Crimefighter to roam the streets!
Finally... the true story came out, but you are still an "I told you so douche!"! You just can't control yourself can you? That's why posters, on Mlive, don't take you seriously. It's always your "holier than thou" tone. Get over yourself!
Newt...? Really...? Newt has more baggage than the Denver Airport. Three wives, scandals, sanctions, and this is the intelligent choice?
There is no reasoning with an bigoted, close minded, Republican, like "rightofyou" the self-proclaimed "independent", who's every post is negative on every topic. That sort of reasoning smacks of mental illness. I hope he gets treatment soon, before he harms anyone besides himself.
"President Barack Obama opted to liven things up even more by throwing a political cherry bomb at the do-nothing Republicans in Congress in the midst of their New Hampshire primary campaign."
Good for the President. I'm sick of hearing about this Clown Show, know as the Republican Primary race.
It was interesting at first to watch them hack away at each other, now it's just pathetic. We all know the republicans will run Romney! And, he will lose in November!
How many of you "holier than thou" Mlive posters have something inappropriate on your computer right now?
If the police came in and took your computer, would you be charged with a misdemeanor?
Better clean your cookies and histories and wipe your hard drives NOW. That goes for you too, "packerbacker" (if that is your real name).
Let's wait and hear what was found before we "string him up"!
And "rightofyou" if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, (and picks on Michael Moore)....I'm just saying to you....QUACK, QUACK!
YEAH, like "racer1488" is a great name?.... Your address?.... prison uniform number?.... UPC code on your adult trike? The Harbor owners didn't "BEG" for money, you moron! They held a fund raiser, which you had to pay money "if" you wanted to attend. Go ahead and take your snowmobile to the North Star. I'm sure they enjoy your complaining up there.
And "rightofyou" if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, (and picks on Michael Moore)....I'm just saying to you....QUACK, QUACK!
Great News...I have know Tim for over 20 years, and he is an intelligent, fair-minded person. I am sure he will do a great job as the 2012 President of the Michigan Judges Association. Another PLUS for Muskegon!
"Scam?" what are you smoking????? Your rambling incoherent style is really hard to follow. Sounds like you don't like ANY theaters. Stay home and watch your netflix!
Hey "rightofyou"
Have you ever heard the phrase...pick your battles? You must be very paranoid, to find flaws in "anything" that isn't Republican driven. Your continual diarrhea of the mouth gets old really fast. Go stand in line at the Cinema, and be overcharged for what you're getting.
Say goodbye to choices....
"Seems like some of the pointless liberal blather is gone, wonder if the original posters deleted their own posts because of embarrassment."
This is the BEST that you could come up with. We all know who the censors are, don't we?
I have never seen a bigger bunch of paranoid people in my life. You republicants censor my comments, then blame liberals for doing it, to confuse everyone. Conspiracy theories anyone?
I have better things to do with my time, than to try to convince a few close minded "conservatives", with nothing better to do, than trolling Mlive trying to make their points, that they are wrong.
I never really intended to debate, I just wanted to stir up the hornets nest, that is the Republican party. I guess it's "mission accomplished".
As quoted in "The Week" magazine.
The grassroots movement didn't always consider "tea bagger" a slur: Early Tea Partiers innocently embraced the term until they discovered its vulgar connotations (see also the 1998 John Waters movie Pecker). *giggle* *giggle*
From an article in "The Week" magazine!
The grassroots movement didn't always consider "tea bagger" a slur: Early Tea Partiers innocently embraced the term until they discovered its vulgar connotations (see also the 1998 John Waters movie Pecker)..... *giggle* *giggle*
There's nothing like a Wednesday morning column, by Dave, to bring all of the tea bagger republicans out of the woodwork. Good job Dave, you have them frothing at the mouth, but we're missing a few of the regulars. They must have slept in. Come on guys, you know who you are. Don't fail me now!
good for you Card...I knew that you could do it....short and to the point. Why don't you use THAT skill when you're trying win someone over to the Dark Side! Maybe they would listen more closely. Guys like Kolb, Jon Stewart, and Bill Maher, are the lone voices that tell it like it is. Without republican media spin. Newt? Really. He has more baggage than American Tourister.
Be careful what you wish for, cause if you get it, you, and the country, may not be very happy!
...boy card, don't your fingers get tired from typing all of the misinformation you spew? FOX news (and Rush Limbaugh) would be proud of you. You make wild accusations (as though they were fact) and prattle on, while ignoring all of the idiots in the running for the republican nomination. Why don't you honestly pick apart those nominees? They're your boys. None of them are qualified for any kind of office, much less president. All of your facts usually smack of revisionism or are skewed into outright lies. No wonder Mlive won't let you post in entirety.
Palin gone-check
Cain gone- check
Bachman gone-check
Perry gone-check
Santorum gone- check google
Pawlenty (who?) gone-check
Christie gone-check
Trump (Ha!) gone-check
Newt (once fact checked)- gone- check
Romney (Still here)...you know you want him!
am I forgetting anyone?


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Fred Armisen Leaving 'Saturday Night Live' After 11 Seasons
After 11 long years, "SNL" veteran Fred Armisen has decided not to return for the next season of "SNL," instead wanting to focus more on his IFC show, "Portlandia."
While there has been no official announcement as of yet, it is still basically confirmed. Armisen will be leaving the show along with other "SNL" cast mates Bill Hader and possibly Jason Sudeikis.
Will "SNL" even be worth watching anymore?
"I didn't do any kind of official announcement, but I really felt like it was obvious," Armisen said. "An ending that was a love letter to all the music I grew up with, and also to my friends and to SNL and to [creator] Lorne [Michaels] and to the cast. There was a lot of emotion attached to it, but it was a very positive emotion."
Armisen also says how the departure of his friends and former cast mates Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg last season made his decision easier. So as of now, Armisen will be working on "Portlandia" a lot more.
"'Portlandia' started to pull me away more and more, schedule-wise, and I just felt like it'd be nice to focus on it a little more and go into the fall a bit more with shooting," Armisen said. "So it was because of that. And also it was just a feeling."
Armisen has been in various movies including "Anchorman" and "Eurotrip," but he will always be best known for his epic roles on "Saturday Night Live."
"I came away from 'Saturday Night Live' feeling very well represented," he said. "I felt, and I still feel like, they let me do so much stuff that I wanted to do. Stuff that I almost didn't even know what it was. I was like, this is kind of a little bit of an experiment, or this is just a band thing, this is just a music thing."
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Two Putnam County residents receive Doctor of Pharmacy degrees
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Two Putnam County residents were awarded Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Sarah Embrey of Scott Depot is the daughter of Larry and Beth Embrey. She is a graduate of Dover High School in Dover, Ohio. Embrey served as the social chair for the WVU chapter of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP), the chair of the Relay for Life team for the Alpha Omicron chapter of the Lambda Kappa Sigma (LKS) international professional pharmacy fraternity and was a member of the Alpha Eta chapter of the Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS) national pharmacy leadership society. She was the recipient of the Ruth Davis Flaherty Service Award and the Rite Aid-James K. Harman Memorial Scholarship. At graduation, Embrey received the Dean's Outstanding Achievement Award. She graduated cum laude and will be completing a pharmacy practice residency at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington.
Dr. Jessica "Erin" Torres of Buffalo is the daughter of Mario and Truda Torres. While studying at the WVU School of Pharmacy, Torres served as treasurer for the WVU chapter of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists-Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP-SSHP) and was rank leader for the WVU Marching Band. She was also a member of the WVU chapter of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) and the Beta Eta chapter of the Kappa Psi co-educational pharmaceutical fraternity. She was a recipient of the West Virginia Promise Scholarship, the WVU Valedictorian Scholarship and the WVU Presidential Scholarship. She also achieved President's and Dean's List honors. The President's List recognizes those who achieve a GPA of 4.0. The Dean's List recognizes those who achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Torres graduated cum laude and will be employed in community pharmacy practice in the Charleston/Huntington area.


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Pronunciation: (uh-KWIL-uh)
Abbreviation: Aql Genitive: Aqualie
Right Ascension: 19.67 hours Declination: -2.5 degrees
Area in Square Degrees: 652
Crosses Meridian: 9 PM, August 30
Aquila, the Eagle, is visible in the northern hemisphere from July through October. It represents the bird that carried the mortal Ganymede to the heavens to serve as Zeus' cupbearer. Aquila is located on the celestial equator, which is the center of an imaginary globe of stars around the Earth known as the celestial sphere. This constellation is the home of Altair, the 11th brightest star in the night sky. It contains no Messier objects, but there are a few faint planetary nebulae and star clusters here for the serious observer to find.
Pronunciation: (KAP-ri-KOR-nus)
Abbreviation: Cap Genitive: Capricorni
Right Ascension: 21.02 hours Declination: -20-23 degrees
Area in Square Degrees: 414
Crosses Meridian: 9 PM, September 20
Capricornus is visible in the northern hemisphere in early autumn. It reaches its highest point on September 1. This ancient constellation has been known since Babylonian and Chaldean times. It is represented as a goat with the tail of a fish. Capricornus is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac, which is an imaginary belt of the sky through which the Sun passes on its yearlong travels across the sky. It is also one of the dimmest constellations in the sky. Most of the stars are 3rd magnitude or dimmer. This constellation contains no notable deep sky objects.
Pronunciation: (SIG-nus)
Abbreviation: Sgr Genitive: Sagittarii
Right Ascension: 19.11 hours Declination: -25.77 degrees
Area in Square Degrees: 867
Crosses Meridian: 9 PM, August 20
Cygnus, the Swan, can be seen in the northern hemisphere between June and October. The swan is one of two birds along with Aquila, the Eagle, which are hunted by Hercules. There are a number of possible mythological origins for this constellation. In one version, the swan is the musician Orpheus, who was killed by Achilles at the battle of troy. Upon his death, he was placed among the stars with his harp, Lyra. In another version, the swan was the pet of the Queen, Cassiopeia. The stars in this constellation form a large cross. It has even been referred to as the Northern Cross. Deneb, the brightest star in Cygnus, forms a large triangle with two other stars, Altair and Vega. This prominent formation of bright stars is known as the summer triangle. Cygnus is the home of one of the most famous black hole candidates, known as Cygnus X-1. The constellation also contains two Messier objects, both of which are open star clusters.
Pronunciation: (del-FY-nus)
Abbreviation: Del Genitive: Delphini
Right Ascension: 20.7 hours Declination: 13.82 degrees
Area in Square Degrees: 189
Crosses Meridian: 9 PM, September 15
Delphinus, the Dolphin, is visible in late summer from the Northern Hemisphere. This ancient constellation is located just west of Pegasus. It bears a remarkable resemblance to a dolphin leaping out of the water. Because of this shape, it is easy to recognize in the sky. This constellation is believed to represent a dolphin that helped Poseidon locate the mermaid, Amphitrite. As a reward, Poseidon placed the dolphin among the stars. This small constellation contains a few moderately bright stars and no notable deep sky objects.
Pronunciation: (ee-KWOO-lee-us)
Abbreviation: Equ Genitive: Equulei
Right Ascension: 21.21 hours Declination: 7 degrees
Area in Square Degrees: 72
Crosses Meridian: 9 PM, September 20
Equuleus is located between Pegasus and Delphinus. It is visible in mid-September rising just before Pegasus. Equuleus is an old constellation that may have been identified by Ptolemy in the second century. In some references, it may represent Cerleris, the brother of Pegasus, who was given to Castor by Mercury. It could also have been Cyllarus, which was given to Pollux by Juno. This constellation contains one moderately bright star and no deep sky objects.
Pronunciation: (IN-dus)
Abbreviation: Ind Genitive: Indi
Right Ascension: 21.19 hours Declination: -53.37 degrees
Area in Square Degrees: 294
Crosses Meridian: 9 PM, September 25
The constellation Indus is completely visible in latitudes south of 15 degrees north from July through September. This southern constellation was named by Johann Bayer in 1603 as he prepared his book, Uranometra. He selected this name to honor the Native Americans that European travelers had encountered during their travels and expeditions. This constellation is composed of faint stars and contains no objects of interest.
This constellation is composed primarily of faint stars.
Pronunciation: (MY-kroh-SCOH-pee-um)
Abbreviation: Mic Genitive: Microscopii
Right Ascension: 20.97 hours Declination: -35.2 degrees
Area in Square Degrees: 210
Crosses Meridian: 9 PM, September 20
Microscopium, the Microscope, is visible in latitudes south of 45 degrees north between July and September. It was named by Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille to honor the invention of the microscope. It is one of several constellations named by Lacaille for scientific instruments. This constellation is composed of faint stars and contains no deep sky objects of interest.
This constellation is composed mostly of 4th and 5th magnitude stars.
Pronunciation: (PAY-voh)
Abbreviation: Pav Genitive: Pavonis
Right Ascension: 19.68 hours Declination: -66.13 degrees
Area in Square Degrees: 378
Crosses Meridian: 9 PM, August 25
Pavo, the Peacock, is visible in latitudes south of 15 degrees north from June through August. The name Pavo is actually Latin for peacock. It represents Argus, an ancient giant with 100 eyes. When Argus was killed by Hermes, Hera put its many eyes on the tail of her peacock. Pavo contains only one bright star and no deep sky objects.
Pronunciation: (suh-JIT-uh)
Abbreviation: Sge Genitive: Sagittae
Right Ascension: 19.67 hours Declination: 17.81 degrees
Area in Square Degrees: 80
Crosses Meridian: 9 PM, August 30
Sagitta, The Arrow, can be seen in late summer in the northern hemisphere. It may represent the emblem of Diane and Apollo, Cupids arrow. In the past, it may have been part of the neighboring constellations of Hercules or Aquila. Some ancient references say that the archer, Sagittarius, shot the arrow at an unknown target. Sagitta is the smallest constellation in the sky and contains no stars above magnitude 4. It does contain one item of importance, a globular star cluster known as M71.
Pronunciation: (vul-PEK-u-luh)
Abbreviation: Vul Genitive: Vulpeculae
Right Ascension: 20.34 hours Declination: 25.06 degrees
Area in Square Degrees: 141
Crosses Meridian: 9 PM, March 1
Vulpecula, the Fox, was introduced by Johannes Hevelius. It was published after his death in his star catalogue of 1690. The constellation actually resembles a flying gull as seen face-on. It was originally called Vulpecula cum Anser, The Fox and Goose. Vulpecula is the home of the Dumbbell Nebula. This planetary nebula gets its name from its hourglass shape, which resembles a dumbbell used for weight lifting. It was formed when an old star shed its outer layer of gas. Aside from the nebula, there are no other interesting objects in this constellation. All of the stars are dimmer than 4th magnitude.
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Even though Twain wrote THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN after slavery had been abolished, the newly united country -- especially the South -- was still grappling with the aftermath of slavery and the challenges of Reconstruction. Twain exposes the hypocrisy of slavery: even "moral" people such as Miss Watson and Mrs. Phelps are corrupt because they see no disconnect between their religious values and their ownership of slaves. In a larger context, Twain's mythic tale of death, rebirth, freedom, and bondage uses slavery as the metaphor for all social bondage and institutionalized injustice and inhumanity.The novel is also a coming-of-age story, a bildungsroman: the adventures of the escaped slave Jim initiate Huck into the complexities of human nature and give him moral courage. Jim becomes a father figure for Huck; in deciding to save Jim, Huck grows morally beyond the bounds of his cowardly, cruel, and restrictive society.
Twain also attacked the romanticism of the South: the senseless feud epitomizes the South's mindless adherence to the myths of its past, its reliance on form over substance. Besides the novel's uproarious comedy, there is a tragic view of the Garden of Eden, one of the great visions of the unattainable world of the Noble Savage, the secular dream of salvation. The pure world of the raft is ultimately overwhelmed by progress, symbolized by the steamboat, but the mythic image of the river remains, as vast and changing as life itself.
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KINGSPORT — Marie Hutchinson Hunter, Kingsport, passed away peacefully on August 4, 2014.
Marie was known to all in the Tri-Cities area as a talented promoter of music and the arts for Dobyns-Bennett High School, Kingsport, Tennessee, and East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee. She was a wonderful teacher of music both for Dobyns-Bennett and for private piano students.
She was born in Newport, Virginia, and was an only child. Her father was killed when she was four years old. Her mother went back to college to finish her degree and became an elementary teacher in Newport. When Marie graduated from Newport High School, her mother encouraged her to become a teacher, and she went on to Virginia Intermont College and received a two-year piano diploma. Marie continued her collegiate years at the Peabody College in Nashville, where she received both her M.A. and Educational Specialist Degrees. She took additional course work at East Tennessee State University, Eastman Conservatory of Music and the University of Indiana.
Marie accepted a job to teach choral music at Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1945. She organized and directed several varied choral groups at Dobyns-Bennett, but without a doubt, she is most recognized for the Madrigal Singers which she led for thirty years. In 1946, the Madrigal Singers of Dobyns-Bennett were the first to be organized on the high school level in Tennessee. Marie was involved in many groups over the years and received many awards for her leadership. She was President of the Tennessee Music Educators Association, East Tennessee Vocal Music Association, Kingsport Chapter of Altrusa International, and IOTA Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma.
She was very proud of her membership and long association with First Broad Street United Methodist Church in Kingsport, where she served on various committees and played the organ on many Sundays.
Marie was single for many years, but in 1973 she renewed her friendship with her high school sweetheart and she became Mrs. Shirley Sonner Hunter. After taking early retirement from Kingsport City Schools, she continued to teach private music lessons to children and adults. During her retirement, she and Shirley traveled all over the U.S., Europe, and South America. Marie loved travelling, cooking, gardening and her many wonderful friends. Anyone who knew her quickly developed a deep admiration for her. She maintained her wonderful, cheerful attitude through the years, even during her times of sickness.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Shirley Sonner Hunter; cousin, Robert Helms; and special friend, Hoyt Gillespie.
Marie is survived by stepsons, Michael Hunter and Deryle Hunter; cousins, Eleanor Munsey, Polly McFarlane, Cheryl Kingrea, Larry Reynolds, and William Reynolds; special relatives, sons, and daughter of her beloved cousin, Robert Helms, Robert Helms, Jr., Will Helms, Alan Helms, and Cathy Helms; her devoted caregivers, Betty Minor, Lois Raleigh, Margaret Crawford, Linda Hood, Kay Dockery, and Melody Giacometti; many loving, treasured friends including Helen Whitson, Cary Grabar, Mary Sue Still, Midge Umberger, Trish Harris, and many, many others too numerous to name.
Special thanks to Joy Eastridge and the ministers and parish of First Broad Street United Methodist Church; her doctors and nurses at Holston Valley Hospital, Wellmont Hospice, and Brookhaven Nursing Home.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Friday at First Broad Street United Methodist Church with The Rev. Jack P. Weikel officiating. Burial will be at 4 p.m. at Newport Cemetery in Newport, Virginia, in her family's resting place.
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"Safety Not Guaranteed" is an independent comedy that in addition to being incredibly unique and humorous is also available for instant streaming on Netflix. After reading several comments online of how much people enjoyed the film, I had to see it for myself. The story is centered on Darius (Aubrey Plaza) who is an intern at a magazine based in Seattle, Washington. The plot begins to form early on when she and her co-workers stumbled upon an odd classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
Seeing an opportunity for an interesting story, Darius, another intern Arnau, and the staff-writer Jeff seek out the author of the classified ad to find their intentions in posting the advertisement. Do they really believe they can time travel? Is it a prank? And, who is the author of the post? The mismatched colleagues road trip to the hometown of the author with the idea of interviewing an interesting character, however what they find is far more exciting.
Although there is a definite sci-fi element to the film with time-travel being a focal point, "Safety Not Guaranteed" is so much more than that. Ultimately the film's purpose is illustrating that love can be difficult. There is a definite risk involved in being in a relationship, where you are vulnerable with a person, and you have to trust that they will not hurt you or disappoint you.
"Safety Not Guaranteed" is one of my new favorite films. While the message of the film is reiterated time and again, the ending also leaves some of the plot to the interpretation of the viewers. Also I love Darius! She is funny, cynical, and a very dynamic character that is entertaining to watch.
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The find made Saturday totaled more than 50 kilograms (110 pounds) and an estimated worth about 300 million pesos ($6.7 million).
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Regional director Emerson Rosales of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said the cocaine, wrapped in plastic packs, was concealed in the container ceiling and accidentally tumbled down, revealing the illicit cargo.
The wharf was being used by a banana-exporting company, but Duterte said he believed that company officials were unaware that one of their leased containers held illegal drugs.
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In this exercise, we're going to see how black-and-white fairs when compared with Channel Mixer because conventional wisdom has it that Channel Mixer is the old-school way to do things. And that the black-and-white function which came around about a decade later is the better way to do things. And that's not actually necessarily the case, the two are just two very different approaches to mixing black-and-white images. So I'm back inside this familiar image from Scott Griessel this time it's called Gothic mixes.psd, and this represents the last version of the image we saw with that Shadow/Highlights layer in place there.
I'm going to go ahead and turn Off our existing modification so that we restore the full-color version of the image. And then I'm going to press my keyboard shortcut so you can press it if you got it as well. Ctrl+Shift+B in order to not only bring up the Adjustments panel, but also ignore the fact that a Brightness/Contrast layer is selected so we don't have to click on this left pointing arrowhead. And automatically take us to a black-and-white function so we're generating a new black-and-white layer and we can name it at the same time. So as performing three or four steps in one for us I'm going to go ahead and call this B&W and click OK.
And we've now got a new Black & White layer. And so far we're just seeing the default settings, it looks a little drabbed, so let's try the Target Adjustment tool and see where we get here. At this time we might have a little bit more luck because we do have a wider range of colors to work with. I'm going to start by dragging inside of the young woman's face here upfront, and that allows me to modify Reds as you can see in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. And let's see if I drag inside the shadows of her eyes I might be able to get Yellows, but I should be able to because they are definitely rampant in this area, but regardless of where I'm dragging in the eyes I'm still getting Reds.
So I guess I'm going to have to adjust the Yellows value manually. Then let's see if I drag inside of this other woman's lapel, I believe I get Blues, yes indeed I do, and I'll go ahead and raise that Blues value to about 50, works pretty well for this image. And finally, I've got this little earring detail right there, and this little bit of plastic ends up being identified as Cyan, they're inside the Adjustments panel. So I'm going to take the Cyans, in order to bright that earring I'm going to take it up to a 100.
And of course, I could go farther than that if I wanted to, I can make that earring very bright and deep, but I think that's too much. All right, so reduce that to a 100 once again. Let's checkout these Yellows they are all over the place notice that I just was not able to target them with that Target Adjustment tool. So I'm going to take this Yellows value to 130 right there, not much in the way of Greens going on. If you take a very close look down here in the bottom middle region of the image you'll see that it's brightening when I tweak to heck out of the Greens when I take them up to 300 and it's darkening a little bit when I take that value down to -200, which is a minimum setting, I'm just going to go ahead and match the Yellows at 130 there.
I already set Cyans, I already set Blues, let's dropdown to Magentas. Now, Magentas is something that I have to emit, black-and-white has the advantage over Channel Mixer where this specific modification is concerned. Because notice that I can identify the hair basically, the rear woman's hair really lights up with these Magentas. So I could make her hair light indeed if I wanted to, as if it's neon or something, and this is fairly analogous to what I was demonstrating with relative parametric versus perceptual.
Where relative parametric is concerned I could supersaturate that hair, but it will come at the expense of the edges so I would have all sorts of aberrant edges going on, whereas, with perceptual I'm going to dim down that hair, but I'm also going to have better edge transitions. Anyway, I'm going to take down where Magentas is concerned I'm going to take that value down to 70. And then let's go ahead and settle the Reds down a little bit as well. I'm going to go ahead and take that value down to about 60 just for the sake of following along with me and we end up getting this effect here.
Now, we're pretty close to having the effect I'm looking for, but the more time I spend inside this image I'm not really liking what Shadows/Highlights has done to this forward woman's eye, it looks a little bruised. So I'm going to apply a layer mask in order to reveal the original version of the eye just a little bit. So I'll double-click to the right of the word Masks right there in order to collapse the Adjustments panel. Then I'll switch to the Shadows/Highlights layer, the S/H layer. And let's go ahead and add a layer mask by clicking on the Add layer mask icon.
And then I'll press the B key in order to my get my Brush tool and if I right-click you can see that I have a very large soft brush going. And that maybe a little large for our purposes, but it might work out pretty well too, I'll just hide that panel by pressing the Escape key. And I'll paint with black, this is very important by the way, by default I don't think you're going to see black as your foreground color. So make sure black is showing up there as foreground, if not, go ahead and switch him by clicking on the Switch icon or pressing the X key. And then paint that eye away like so, you don't have to be all that careful, you can paint it to the hair a little bit if you want to.
And then I'm really not going to be careful with this woman in the background here, not because she doesn't deserve care just because she doesn't need it. I'm just going to paint inside of her face in order to brighten her up a little bit. And now, we have two blobs here inside this layer mask thumbnail. Now, I think this is too much contrast now between the Shadows/Highlights version of the image and that original version. So first of all I'm going to press M key, I switch back to the rectangular Marquee tool, so I don't accidentally paint inside the mask.
And then I'm going to bring up the Masks panel by clicking on the Masks tab and I'm going to reduce that Density value. So if I take the Density value all the way down to 0, of course, I am once again revealing the Shadows/Highlights version of the eye so I making the layer mask entirely white at this point getting rid of my modifications temporarily of course. Whereas, if I go ahead and split the difference somehow I'm going to take it actually to 70, works out pretty well for this effect. And we get a very nice black-and-white mix going.
Now, the question becomes, how does this compare with our final Channel Mixer adjustment? And we'll evaluate that in the next exercise.
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Kens continued attempts to cause trouble. Now he even has to start new threads to do it. Is there any doubt who the problem is? BARR HIM ONCE AND FOR ALL, and lets get back to pool!!!
I really like you ken. You bring humor to this board.Sometimes your posts make my day. bw
Ease up, sport. I thought you were making a recovery. Every time somebody pulls your chain and succeeds in getting a reaction from you, he cuts another notch in his keyboard. Rise above it. You will feel better.
Ahhh, leave Ken alone. He just went through a divorce and now that he set the little lady free she is showing how well she can do without him. First a megabuck law suit which should bring a hefty out of court settlement. And now probably a top selling book on pool drills. Makes one wonder what she could have achieved had she never met him. And to salve his male ego he must keep pointing out imagined faults in others.
This one's just too damn funny!!!
Yep, Ken adds "historical revisionist" to his other accomplishments! "....and the legend grows!" lol
Walt in VA
To respond or not. To flame or not. We are what we surround ourselves with and what we ingest.
Ken is the master leader of the flame fanners. He would rationalize his flame fanning as having too many clever things to say. Only problem is that it's never clever enough to be pool-related and it only ends up in ridiculous arguments and d1ck swinging. Once Ken gets in there, the once pool-related, useful post turns into a childish bickering episode. However funny or clever he can be is overshadowed by how childish his responses are to anyone who disagrees with him.

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 Ken is the master leader of the flame fanners. He would rationalize his flame fanning as having too many clever things to say. Only problem is that it's never clever enough to be pool-related and it only ends up in ridiculous arguments and d1ck swinging. Once Ken gets in there, the once pool-related, useful post turns into a childish bickering episode. However funny or clever he can be is overshadowed by how childish his responses are to anyone who disagrees with him.
When I first got on here, I do remember ken's funny stories but dont remember any flames about them. did i miss something in my newbie innocense or have things gotten more flamey in relation to rackmup's stories?
I'm just wondering Anon, how well do you know Ken? Ever meet him like the Texas crew? Ever talk to him on the phone? Ever e-mail him or try to understand his sense of humor or how he feels? I can honestly say then that you can't know Ken until you meet him or at least hear his voice. I've spoken to and e-mailed Ken a bucketload of times over the last couple of months. I dare you to try and find a nicer, more easy going guy. He cracks jokes here and there, big whup, anybody ever get hurt by it? This is a guy that so dearly wanted to go to the Open and made a choice to spend the money so his daughter could visit. He's all about family, friends, and having fun. Pretty good combination I'd say.
I've been reading Ken's posts since day 1, he's never flamed me before. All he's done is been a friend. Maybe instead of all the people out there dogging Rackemup when he was going through his rough time you should have tried reaching out a little. I did. Since, Ken has reciprocated in kind and I'm looking forward to finally face to facing him in Louisville. You wanna flame Ken, he couldn't care less. He's smiling all the time.
Kato~~~knows better than to walk into a battle of wits with Rackemup unarmed, I'm always armed.
PS. Feel better bro
You are right, I don't know him. I only can judge from the image he projects on this board and it is not good most of the time. Regardless of what you may say, I am sure you have the objectivity to see it yourself. If you are his friend then you should reach out to him privately and truthfully as to how he is acting. I don't think I am the only one with this opinion. He responds to the Anons as though they are all the same person dogging him, but if read they are different people that share the same opinion. All people want is a decent board to read, not a bunch of hostile garbage. I have to be honest, I checked a lot of his threads in the section where you can pull up peoples posts. I did not want to be unfair. Let me say, I could not find one attack on him that was not in response to what he himself had already started and when he stopped, it all stopped. For some strange reason he perpetuates it. I don't know what else to tell you, he is your friend and you know him better then I do. I just call it the way I see it.
Below is a post Ken felt obliged to make some time back, before you were here. At that time there were a fraction of the posters there are now and it was really annoying as he soon admitted himself. But it must be too hard for him to change or refrain from old habits. People tend to repeat their behavior, even if it is not in their own best interest. That's just the way it is. Maybe a friend will again reach out to him.
"This message is to the "regulars" of the CCB. It doesn't apply to the inflammatory "anonymous" posters.
It has been brought to my attention by a regular, through a private message (that will remain private) that my attempts at humorous posts are not appreciated. I'm going to assume that this poster has knowledge of other posters that feel the same, otherwise this poster would not have made the statements to me that this person did.
If I offended anyone, I humbly apologize. If the content of any of my musings were offensive, again, I apologize.
I was having fun...nothing more, nothing less. I received many nice compliments from several of you and for that, I say "thanks."
I am just a pool player like the rest of you. I love the game, those who are a part of it and the "friends" that I have made here. I will now refrain from posting anything other than pool related questions and answers unless...unless I just cannot control the urge to attempt humor! I will try very hard to be a "contributor" to the forum rather than the annoyance that I have apparently become to one person who wasn't afraid to make their name and feelings known.
Ken" (______________________________________)
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6 Reasons Why Families Should Stay On-Site in Walt Disney World
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Now that there are 21 on-site hotels at Walt Disney World, families have almost unlimited lodging options. And, since most of the rooms added in the last five years are in the budget category (i.e., $82–$114 a night), it's hard to think of any reason why a family wouldn't stay at a Disney hotel. Especially when you consider that Mickey throws in some generous perks for his on-site guests.
The Six Perks of On-Site Disney Hotels
All guests at Disney resorts–whether they're staying at the $82-a-night All Star Sports or a $1,105-a-night Beach Club Grand Villa–get the following advantages.
1. More Time in the Theme Parks, aka "Extra Magic Hours". Each day a selected theme park runs extended hours. Resort guests can either get in an hour before everyone else or stay up to three hours later. Although not every attraction will be open, several big-deal ones will be, and lines will be much shorter. Mondo perk!
2. Complimentary Airport Transportation, aka "Disney's Magic Express". Disney provides free round-trip bus transportation between the Orlando airport and your resort. Best of all, they handle your luggage from start to finish: check your bags at your home airport, and the next time you see them in is your hotel room.
3. Complimentary Resort Transportation. On-site guests are entitled to unlimited and free use of the buses, boats, and monorails that navigate among Disney parks and resorts. Between this advantage and the Magical Express, families flying in can generally forgo the cost of a rental car.
4. Disney Dining Plan. You can save up to 30% per adult and about 10% per child on food costs by purchasing a Disney Dining Plan as part of the Magic Your Way Package. The plan allows you to choose from over 100 restaurants throughout Walt Disney World.
5. Key to the World Card. Talk about hassle free! You'll receive this all-in-one card upon check-in. It acts as your hotel-room key, theme-park ticket, and dining-plan credit card. You can also use it to charge items directly to your room or to gain access to the Extra Magic Hours. Another bonus: As a theme-park guest, you can have purchases delivered back to your hotel, which sure beats carrying a piñata and eight Pluto sweatshirts around all day.
6. Location, Location, Location. It doesn't take a Baby Einstein to figure out that Disney hotels are closer to the theme parks than off-site hotels. Proximity makes it easier to return to your room after lunch for a nap, dip in the pool, change of clothes, etc.
How to Choose the Right Hotel
So...if you've decided you want to stay in an on-site Disney hotel, how do you choose among your numerous options? First visit Disney's Resorts page. Your choice will hinge on three basic questions.
How much do we want to spend? The value resorts start at $82 per night. Moderate hotels start at $149 and deluxe hotels at $240. Suites and villas range from $148 for a suite at All Star Music to $1,100 for the Deluxe Villas at the BoardWalk. Camping at Fort Wilderness ranges from $42 for a tent site to $265 for a cabin.
What's the perfect location? This isn't much of a factor at the value resorts, which are in the more far-flung parts of Disney property; resign yourself to bus rides and console yourself with the money you're saving. But if you're choosing among deluxe resorts, pick one that's close to the theme park where you anticipate spending most of your time. Families with young kids will probably opt for a hotel close to the Magic Kingdom, such as the Polynesian, which is a 10-minute ride on the monorail line. Families with older kids might chose a location with easy access to Hollywood Studios and Epcot, such as the Beach Club, which has convenient water-taxi service to both parks.
Which theme seems the most fun? This, of course, is purely subjective. Some families like the high-tech and futuristic Contemporary, others prefer the laid back and classically Florida-esque Old Key West. Some swoon over the Victorian elegance of the Grand Floridian, and others feel more comfortable in the National Parks–inspired Wilderness Lodge. An island village? African safari? Southern plantation? Whatever ambience you prefer, there's a Disney hotel that's themed to the max and ready to make returning "home" to your resort almost as exciting as being in the parks.
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Just returned from Disney and can not imagine staying off-site with small children. There were 6 of us, 2 grandparents, 2 parents, a 2 year old and 4 year old. (Well actually went to Disney with a 4 year old and returned with a 5 year old) Can not imagine hauling the kids to a car and driving to hotel and back out to park after naps. Was so easy to just hop on the provided transportation and go back and forth. The dining plan was great - no one went hungry. We stayed in a 2 bedroom unit at Bay Lake Towers with a room overlooking the castle (which was so worth the extra cost so the kids could watch the fireworks in their jammies). We had groceries delivered to the room - breakfast items, milk, diapers,cases of water, etc. We will stay onsite next time we go to Disney and will stay elsewhere in Orlando when we plan to do the other great attractions in the area, that will be another vacation. I think it's probably best to do as 2 different holidays unless you are going for at least 2 weeks.
Couldn't disagree with sft more! We've been to Disney a couple of time with our children and now a few times with our grandkids. We've stayed outside and inside. We've done meal plans and eaten on our own. We've rented cars and stayed put. If you're willing to put a little time into figuring out where you'd like to eat (and there are some very good restaurants in WDW), it's pretty simple to make reservations well in advance of your trip. The free transportation and baggage handling is a fantastic feature! One feature that can't be beat is the ability to go to a park, go back to the hotel and swim, and go back to the park again when the folks who are living off-site have left to make early dinners or because they can't deal with one more minute of walking with the kids. Financial suicide? Only if you're spending way beyond your means - and who's fault would that be? We'll be taking our younger grandkids to WDW in about 4-5 years. We'll definitely be staying in the park, with a meal plan and counting on folks like sft to find other places so we have more of the resort to ourselves!
There is of course a dark side to only staying at Disney. For one, there are many parks outside Disney that are worth visiting and, which are, in the minds of many, superior; Universal and Busch Gardens come to mind. Another reason is the fact that most hotels outside the property deliver similar features and accommodations, whatever the category, for about half the price of a comparable Disney hotel whilst generally providing trasport to and from ALL attractions. Ditto for food, which is usually better, far cheaper and of more variety than available in Disney. My further experience with Disney is that the restaurant you would like to go to is often not the one that has room for you prior to 10:00. Finally, the idea of using one card to galavant through what even a fanatic fan would call an overpriced wonderland seems tantamount to financial suicide. Upon receiving the final bill at checkout, the prudence of alternatives may become obvious and the cost of renting a car, very resaonable in Orlando, may seem but a pittance.
Actually, staying onsite at a Disney resort is a great idea for ANYONE visiting the parks. Indeed, with so many options from which to choose (even camping!) you are bound to find something that works for you!


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