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Cutesy but not Cutesy, Diane Koss
June 1 – August 1, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, June 1
5 – 9 pm
Diane Koss (Westmont, NJ) of Cutesy but not Cutesy uses sewing and creating as a way to pay homage to her grandmother's hard work in hand stitching clothing and quilts. It allows Koss time to reflect on the disappearing tradition of the handmade. Her monsters allow her to add a contemporary twist on a long-standing tradition. Each monster is an extension of herself and her creativity. They are adventurous creatures and deserve to be released to all corners of the earth!
Cotton Monster
Cotton Monsters will be invading the Alternatives Museum Shop at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. Each Cotton Monster is a little (or big) work of art made from recycled clothing and linens without a pattern, so no two will ever be exactly alike. Jennifer attempts to make each cotton monster as different as possible, carefully picking the materials that go into making each one and intuitively sewing all their parts. Though much care is taken in making each unique creature sturdy, Cotton Monsters are soft sculptures.
About the Artist
Fiber artist Jennifer Strunge of Cotton Monster (Baltimore, MD) was taught to sew by her mother when she was a child. Her love of textiles grew, and she went on to study at the Maryland Institute College of Art. As a senior, she designed and made quilts with eyes, and soon after, giant soft sculptural creatures. Inspired by the joy her creations brought to viewers, she created her cotton monster line. When she's not creating her monsters, she can be found with Black Cherry Puppet theatre bringing art and puppetry programs to schools and recreation centers throughout Baltimore.
Visit the artist's website: http://cottonmonster.com/
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About Alternatives Museum Shop
Alternatives Museum Shop at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (DCCA) is an eclectic retail gallery featuring an assortment of fine art jewelry, dazzling glass, artfully designed wooden objects, innovative ceramic vessels, hand-printed and bound papers and books, and a variety of wearable fibers for men and women of all ages. Alternatives Museum Shop was the recent recipient of NICHE Magazine's 2009 Best Museum Store, and a 2010 NICHE nomination.
Works by regional and national artisans make up the collection of functional and decorative handmade items that have been individually selected for quality and innovative design as well as each artist's contemporary approach to his/her craft. Each artist-made item is either a one-of-a-kind or limited production item. In addition to its core artists, the shop is an ever-evolving space that is enhanced by regular featured artist shows, national juried exhibitions, and curated work by top-level collegiate programs highlighting a variety of craft mediums.
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The saying "stay close to your friends and closer to your enemies" was demonstrated by Sensei Xavier and our other senseis during our June 19 MAI Interclub at our sister dojo in Malolos, Bulacan; new techniques were introduced and foundation techniques finessed. Our aikidokas were encouraged by the higher level of practice demonstrated by their senpais and senseis from our federation and the camaraderie that was shared over lunch. We look forward to meeting them again next time and extend our best regards to all our federation senpais and senseis who will be levelling up in their paths as aikidokas. Ganbatte!
Makiling Aikido International successfully held its second Interclub Keiko event for the year 2016 at the UP Diliman Dojo inside the Vanguard Building, CHK on April 2, Saturday from 2PM to 4:30PM
The event was well attended with the students of the PE Classes joining in.
All in all it was a hot tiring afternoon of zagi, starting off with a workshop led by Sensei Raffy reviewing the basics of shikko walking technique. Our formal keiko session then followed with our yudansha instructors each providing a suwari waza technique. A real challenge for tender knees, but everyone made it through with smiles left to share. As an added bonus, the whole practice was done with authentic Capoeira music playing full volume in the background. (It is a shared dojo, after all)
On a side note, the venue was where I got my first 6 hours of instruction in Aikido from Sensei Tom Edison Pena back in 1989. The place certainly has a history of martial arts practice behind it. (^o^)
Thanks to everyone for showing true determination.
Mata ne!
Makiling Aikido International participated in the recently held Yasuno Shihan Manila Seminar sponsored by Kiryukan Dojo in ISM.
A large contingent of MAI Members including our visiting members from MAI Saudi Arabia participated in the two-hour Sunday morning session on February 21. During the seminar Yasuno Shihan provided strong pointers on the importance of taisabaki and valuable insights on espousing a spirit of change in order to attain the next phase of advancement in our practice of Aikido.
Thank you Yasuno Shihan for your instruction and warmest regards to our fellow Aikido practitioners.
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Makiling Aikido International recently held its first Interclub Keiko Practice for the year 2016 at BPI Dojo on February 20, Saturday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 NN.
The event started with a bokken workshop led by Sensei Raffy giving pointers on the proper way of holding the bokken and sword drawing then relating it to basic taijutsu techniques.
Our formal keiko session started off at a fast pace with our yudansha from MAI Saudi Sensei Osama leading the group in a quick succession of techniques. The keiko continued with Sensei Bal, Sensei Adurrhaman, Sensei Raffy and Sensei Xavier taking turns in leading the class.
There was also a solemn awarding ceremony with Certificates of Appreciation awarded to Sensei Xavier Baylon, Sensei Raffy Ravago, Sensei Abdurrhaman Ogues and Sensei Roy Calinga for their contributions to the activities of Makiling Aikido International.
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For those who were not able to attend, see you on the mats. :D
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PARKERSBURG - The Smoot Theatre at 213 Fifth St. will kick off the second half of its 2012-2013 season in February.
The Smoot is also continuing its Kids' Club Series with programs in March and April.
The first show of 2013 will be "Red, Hot and Blue" at 8 p.m. Feb. 22.
Tickets will be $29 for adults and $15 for students high school and younger. More information is available at www.smoottheatre.com or by calling 304-422-PLAY (7529).
Based in Branson, the group has been recognized for its costumes, vocals and dance. The show features music from many different eras, from ragtime and Big Band to rock and roll and disco. It features a variety of production numbers and a live band, said Smoot director Felice Jorgeson.
That will be followed in May by the final show of the season in May, when the Smoot will feature The Four Freshmen, with the Smoot House Band, at 8 p.m. May 11.
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Tickets will be $29 for adults and $15 for students high school and younger.
The Four Freshmen's influence on American jazz and pop singing began in 1948 with four students at Butler University in Indianapolis, Ind. Hal Kratzsch, brothers Ross and Don Barbour, and their cousin Bob Flanigan created a brand new vocal sound. Working without written music and choosing notes by ear, they spread their jazz voicing over a wider range than other groups, and they imitated the phrasing and aggressive feel of a big band brass section.
When band leader Stan Kenton heard the group at the Esquire Lounge in Dayton, Ohio, he immediately recognized their potential. At his urging, Capitol Records signed the Four Freshmen in 1950, initiating a string of hits with "It's A Blue World," "How Can I Tell Her" and "Day By Day." The Freshmen have produced over 70 singles and albums.
Wherever The Freshmen went, they won fans and inspired vocal groups. They played nearly every college in the U.S.A., performing in all 50 states and 44 countries from Asia to Europe to Australia. Bob Flanigan retired from performing in 1992, but he continues as the group's mentor and personal manager.
There have been 22 different line-ups, and the current group consists of Brian Eichenberger, Curtis Calderon, Vince Johnson and Bob Ferreira.
In addition to those adult shows, Jorgeson said there are also two more programs planned in the annual Smoot Kids' Club Series, both scheduled for this spring.
The Smoot Theatre Kids' Club is a series of four family events that always take place during the school year. Jorgeson said one of the shows planned for this season was to feature Japanese drums, but due to several scheduling conflicts, that event has been replaced by "Solazo" at 7 p.m. March 8 at the Smoot.
"Solazo" is a group of three musicians who have lived and learned in South American countries.
"These three musicians bring to us, not only all their unusual instruments, but also their cross-cultural understandings and natural affinity with children, as well as adults," she said.
"Kids' Club members will receive a study guide in the mail to help prepare their families for this wonderfully unique presentation. The study guide will focus on the countries of Chile, Argentina and Cuba and will zero in on the geography, history, culture and arts of each country," Jorgeson said.
Kids' Clubbers already have tickets to the show, while non-members may purchase reserved seats by calling the Smoot at 304-422-PLAY (7529) Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for children.
The final Kids' Club production will be the annual visit by the Missoula Children's Theatre program at the Smoot. This year's production will be "Blackbeard the Pirate" at 7 p.m. April 6 at the Smoot. Tickets are $9 for adults and $5 for children.
A new production from MCT, "Blackbeard the Pirate" will take the audience on a family-friendly journey to meet some of the most colorful buccaneers of the seventeenth century. The script is very character driven and will re-enforce the values of living a healthy and happy life.
Each year, the play features local children in all of the roles. The local children audition, rehearse and put on the plays themselves with the help of directors, costumes and props provided by MCT.
The audition, rehearsal and performance process runs for one week. The program is open to children from kindergarten through 12th grades.
The Missoula Children's Theatre is the nation's largest touring children's theatre and visits nearly 1,000 communities each year with teams of Tour Actor/Directors. A tour team arrives in a given town with a set, lights, costumes, props and make-up, everything it takes to put on a play except the cast.


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Kingsley, teammates enjoy years of success at Woodland
The morning after Woodland quarterback Tanner Kingsley's high school football career ended, he was already gearing up for his last season of basketball.
About a half-hour after the Hawks dropped a 51-12 decision to Ansonia, Kingsley and the other 11 Woodland seniors huddled together in the locker room at Arute Field.
They consisted of Jack Pinho, Zack DeBrizzi, Mike Gondola, Taylor Tucciarone, Mike Lang, Rob Paternoster, Chris Slavin, Levi Fancher, Jake Boncal, Alik Bures and Austin Clarke.
"We all told each other to keep our heads up and that we had a real good ride," said Kingsley on Saturday. "We've all been playing together since age 9 and in Pop Warner and in youth basketball, and have been through a lot together. We talked about all of the positives we had and the great memories."
The left-handed Kingsley still is undecided about his college future, but wherever he winds up next fall, the school will get a quarterback with an impressive resume.
In his three-year varsity career, he threw for a state-best 8,393 yards and 113 touchdowns. This season, he threw for a state-best 3,613 yards and 45 touchdowns in leading the Hawks to the Naugatuck Valley League Copper Division title and a 12-3 overall record.
"It's been an amazing opportunity," said Kingsley. "Nothing gets better than Woodland football. It's been such a big thing for our family. I couldn't ask for a better team, better coaches or a better fan base. When I look back on it, I had a blast, just great memories with great friends."
Among them was junior wide receiver Joe Poeta (three receptions, 75 yards), who injured his right shoulder on a catch in the second quarter and was sidelined for the remainder of the game.
"Joe was having a great game," said Kingsley. "He sat on the sidelines and I went over to him to tell him to keep his head. He really stepped for us and fought until the end. He'll be back next year. The junior class is a great group of guys."
Only Alik Bures, a tackle, will be graduating from the line. The starting linemen from the title game were guards Jake Laliberte and Will Flormann, tackle Max McSperrin and center Alex Warhol, all juniors.
Other key juniors for the Hawks were linebacker Chris McDonald, receivers Mike Kenney and Dylan Abarzua, and punter-defensive back Jason Rodrigues.
Also, sophomore tailback Sean McAllen, who ran for 66 yards against the Chargers, and sophomore two-way starter Coby Vaccarelli, sidelined with a knee injury, will also be back.
Junior Pat Hale, the junior varsity signal-caller, has waited in the wings to become the QB in 2014.
"I worked with Pat every day, and he's a real smart, heady football player who knows the offense," said Kingsley.
Postgame message: Woodland coach Tim Shea offered words of consolation to his team.
"This is not the ending that they wanted, but in time they will feel better," said Shea. "If this is the worst thing they deal with in their lives, they will be fine ... Hopefully, the younger kids got a taste of this and see the hurt and pain in their teammates, and that will motivate them to get back here next year."
Quote of the night: "In the fourth quarter, when we were leading by a good margin, Woodland still was giving it 110 percent effort. I really admire their effort." — Ansonia captain Saiheed Sanders.
Away from Arute: In other football news, Pomperaug senior wide receiver and defensive back Sam Rubinstein was honored Thursday night with a $500 scholarship for sportsmanship and academic and athletic success by the Colonial Football Officials Association at Roberto's Restaurant in Monroe.
Rubinstein was selected from a pool of players who compete in the SWC.
A football, basketball and baseball captain, Rubinstein is looking to study sports management at Ohio State, George Mason, UMass or Towson State.
Rubinstein was nominated by Pomperaug head coach David Roach and assistant coach Rob Mazuroski, who was also Rubinstein's chemistry teacher last year.
"It's exciting to be recognized for the hard work I have put in the past four years," said Rubinstein.
"Sam is truly a student-athlete by definition," said Roach. "The things I teach as a coach are exemplified in his character on the field."
Pequot honors: Running back-safety Tony Ortiz Jr. of Gilbert-Northwestern was selected as the Pequot Conference West Division co-Player of the Year, along with Jim Murphy of Avon.
Joining Ortiz on the offensive squad were tight end Paxton Lewis-Franklin and flex player John Lippincott, both of Gilbert-Northwestern, and offensive lineman Kevin Wheeler of Nonnewaug.
On the West Division defensive team were linebacker Ryan Ott, defensive back Seth Dayton and lineman Mitchell Jackson, all of Gilbert-Northwestern, defensive back Max Stone and linebacker Cameron McHale, both of Lewis Mills, and lineman Gene Llenga of Nonnewaug.
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" Just want to say thanks to the Hawk Seniors this year. My son Alex along with many other Juniors, have been playing football with this class since they were in Pop Warner. I have the pictures! They grew up together. I watched them grow into young men. The Juniors and under-classman will carry on the Hawk's Torch. Thanks Tanner, Tuc, Levi, Jack, Zach, Mike and Chris for setting fine examples of tough Valley Football. Merry Christmas and all the Best. "
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Last week I wrote about using GNU/Linux, and justified why I use it. But, as I confessed, the main reason I started using it wasn't because I'm a rigorous political activist with a go-get-em attitude. I'm Australian, people! America might be the land of the brave, down here we're the land of the apathetic... Anyway, I started using GNU/Linux because it was put in front of me and my old system was taken away. And I could get all embarassed about the beginnings of something I am now a firm believer in, but then I ask myself, does the means justify the end? Does in really matter how and under what circumstances I became involved as long as I'm here now? Does it matter if I'm using it because it's cheap, or because it's better, or because I like the politics? What if I don't give two hoots about the politics? Is there a good way and a bad way to use FLOSS?
There were a couple of pertinent news articles from the last couple of weeks that prompted this particular bout of navel gazing. Firstly, there was the furore caused by Keir Thomas when he confessed that he was 'going back' to Windows for his work because certain elements of OpenOffice.org didn't cut the mustard. He was pretty reasonable about it really, and made certain we all knew he wasn't forsaking Linux forever but he got quite a lot press for it in the form of being dugg and linuxtoday-ed and publicly maimed. In response to this he wrote another entry where he said that it was stupid to politicise free software too much and we have to account for practicality and usability. Then a couple of days ago an article came out about a state grant project in Indiana that is providing Linux machines to high schools under the ACCESS program - because of affordability. So we have one guy who is emphasising usability, and some guy who is emphasising cost, and me, saying I'll just use whatever is in front of me.
So my argument might sound like the lamest. However, that's what the schooling one is all about. In the article, the technology guy at the Department of Education says that the thing is, they aren't emphasising that the machines the kiddies are using are Linux. It doesn't even come up. Isn't that weird but not weird? At first read I thought "that's weird, why wouldn't you stress the nature of the computer?" but then as I recall, they don't do that with Windows, they just assume, and the kids assume, that Windows is what you use. So there are now the makings of 22,000 kids who are being given a Linux platform to work off, and the fact that it isn't Windows ISN'T EVEN MENTIONED. And if you think about how normal that is making Linux flavours for these kids, that is pretty cool stuff. It's being put in front of them. And that's why they use open source.
Apparently, while the reception is pretty good, they are still keen to get a handle on what the kids think about using Linux. But during a survey done with some of the kids last year, the techie asked one of the kids what he thought about using Linux v. Windows. "Who cares?" was apparently the kid's reply. Which, if you think about it, is a far more positive response than "Linux is for geeks/Windows bites". By teaching kids who don't have preconceived notions that there is other stuff out there than Windows, and doing it in such a way that normalises the other stuff... isn't that great? So apparently my apathy isn't that bad after all!
What's in front of us
Is it terrible that your primary reason for using GNU/Linux is that it was just placed in front of you? Of course not. That's most people's primary reason for using Windows, after all, which is I think what you're getting at. It's just what's normal.
Now, should we be concerned about the commitment of these kids to free software if they really didn't care originally what they were given? I don't think so. They might not care about GNU/Linux vs. Windows now, but if they grow up with free software and being able to do whatever they want with it, they will bitterly resent the loss of that freedom if they are later forced to use MS Windows for their job or whatnot. We can hope, anyway!
Scott C.
Wrong state
Actually, the state with the ACCESS program is Indiana, not Louisiana. But Linux is making progress in a lot of US schools, such as this program in New York state: http://in.sys-con.com/read/262426.htm
So sorry! You are absolutely right, it IS Indiana NOT Louisiana, as clearly stated in the linked article. That serves me right - I'll never talk to my friend Louisa while I'm writing about Indiana again. Thanks for picking that up - it should be fixed now. :-)
To some extent...
To some extent, the article is right. When my daughter began using my Linux laptop instead of her Windows PC, she asked me what were the steps required to turn the machine on, login, logout and turn it off.
Now that I turned her PC into a dual boot machine, she indistinctly uses one or the other system, and she seems comfortable working with both.
After countless nights solving my friends' troubles over the phone, I started putting Linux on their machines. After a very short introduction to the desktop and menu systems, they quickly adopted the new system without complaints.
Midnight calls asking for support are over.
Using it because too poor
Not all people have the luxury to upgrade their machine spec every 2,3 years. Thats my reason. After using my pc for 5 years (some of the component are actually 6 years old), the windows is begining to kill it.
To bootip, to load movies and all the other stuff.
Installed linux, boot to gnome, and Voilaaa! my 6 years old Duron 1GHz, 650MB PC133 RAM feels like brand new. Even my Geforce 2 GTS is looking sharp :)
Stuck in Windows programs
And some of us are stuck with our data in proprietary programs for which we haven't yet found a good Linux replacement. (I have 1600+ contacts in ACT!, and I haven't figured out how to move the 80 fields of data from each record - plus my calendar info for the next five years - into Kontact.) Suggestions welcome!
(And then there's the fact that on this 350 MHz PII with 385 MB of RAM, Win 2000 'just works.' KDE + Open Office might be a challenge.)
Fr. Stephen
Abe's Amazing Adventure roolz!
And Master Seven doesn't care what platform runs Abe, just so long as it runs!
Oh... that and Kiki the nanobot, of course. (-:
By the way...
...I will only start referring to Linux as "GNU/Linux" the day that Richard Stallman starts referring to the GNU project as the "Linux/GNU" project. Rather than GNU being crucial to the success of Linux, it was Linux that was crucial to the success of GNU. Particularly since, in the last 15 years, Linux has been successfully ported to two dozen different major processor architectures, while Stallman has yet to get his Hurd kernel to work properly on even one.
Lawrence D'Oliveiro
GNU/Linux vs Linux
I too prefer to just say "Linux", but in fairness...
"GNU/Linux" is a preferred (more accurate or more complete) term for a complete operating system distribution containing both Linux (which is the O/S kernel) and the GNU utilities and shells which collectively provide the POSIX/Unix-like command line environment with which you are familiar. So your particular objection isn't all that logical.
My issue with this is that GNU+Linux is also a very incomplete and unfairly abbreviated term. After all, X isn't GNU or Linux, it's maintained by X.org (or XFree86 before that). Likewise, there is KDE, Mozilla, Inkscape, etc. All produced by different organizations with different goals.
Is X less important than GNU? I could be quite happy with an alternative set of utilities (e.g. FreeBSD derived or Busybox), but X is essential to my needs (I don't know of any replacement, and X, being a GUI is an enormously complex and highly interdependent piece of software -- I'd wager it was a much harder project to complete than the GNU utilities).
In fact, that's a pretty important point: Linux may be small compared to the collected body of GNU utilities (I'm not certain about that statement, since the Linux kernel code is quite large), but compared to any single one, it's huge. And, unlike a bunch of separate utilities, the Linux kernel is a highly interdependent system. As any system engineer understands, that corresponds to a highly non-linear increase in difficulty (the "combinatorial explosion"), and thus many more programmer-hours to complete -- especially with regard to testing. Linux may be only "one part" of the system, but it's clearly the most important part.
Emphasizing the GNU part is, if anything, only reasonable for political and historical reasons -- acknowledging the important role of the project in championing the GPL license and proposing the idea of a complete free software operating system (though, considering BSD, that wasn't truly an original idea either).
So I'd probably rather say "Linux/X" instead of "GNU/Linux", or even Linux/X/KDE, or maybe GNU/Linux/X/KDE/Mozilla/... and as you can see, that way lies madness.
Of course, even "Linux" isn't truly important. There's more than one Unix-clone out there that I could use. So the real point is that I'm using a free software operating system. Of course, focusing on that is the whole point of this magazine, as opposed to all the Linux-focused ones out there.


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Alsatian-born Théodore Deck began his career as a ceramicist in an earthenware stove factory in Strasbourg. In 1851, he settled in Paris and opened his own workshop.
Deck tried to rediscover the manufacturing and decorating techniques of the old factories. He copied and interpreted Saint Porchaire ceramics, Iznik earthenware and Italian majolica Eclectic by temperament and by training, Deck also demonstrated his qualities as an inventor and discoverer. He succeeded in creating a turquoise blue known as "Deck blue" and perfected a technique for creating gold backgrounds which won him a Grand Prize at the Universal Exhibition in 1878.
His growing fame culminated in his appointment as head of the Sèvres porcelain factory in 1887. Deck collaborated on many occasions with painters and sculptors, notably Albert Anker, Raphaël Collin and François Ehrmann who provided the design for this plate. Ehrmann drew much of his inspiration for this neo-Renaissance pastiche from majolica wares created in Castel Durante around 1530. Even the wooden frame fits in with the 19th century conception of the way in which majolica was displayed.


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Shambhala: [Laughing] Actually, the most common ad hominen criticism as of late is that you are a very controlling person. You have tried to build a huge and encompassing system because psychologically you want to control everything and everybody.KW: Yes, I've heard that, but only from critics who have never met me, which suggests to me that these critics are simply projecting their own shadow onto me. Because the people who know me don't say that I am competitive or controlling.Shambhala: What do they say that you are?KW: Borderline psychotic.
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One Direction's Liam Payne has ticked off fans after showing some love for A&E's "Duck Dynasty," the reality show garnered controversy when star Phil Robertson made some controversial anti-gay comments, according to the New York Daily News.
Right. We're still talking about this.
Payne, 20, tweeted to Willie Robertson, complimenting the reality star for his "family values" and business ventures.
"Huge love to you/your family huge respect for your business prosperities and the family values you still all behold," the singer wrote. "Big fan."
As you know -- because we had nothing better to write and/or talk about -- Robertson's father, Phil Robertson, was briefly suspended from the show in November after expressing his religious-based views on homosexuality and black people in the South in an interview with GQ Magazine.
So now people are angry with Payne.
YouTube personality and gay rights activist Tyler Oakley tweeted to his 1.84 million followers: "Very confused and disappointed by this @Real-Liam-Payne tweet," he wrote. "This literally changes everything."
It changes "everything?" This guy must be a big One Direction fan.
"Like for real though if that tweet from @Real_Liam_Payne is legit he's made a huge mistake." Neil McNeil, another popular YouTube star, added. "You realize how many gay fans 1D has, right?"
Once the online forest fire started, Payne clarified his intent on Twitter.
"Being a fan of someone's show and the way they still hold a family together doesn't mean I am ok with all they say," he wrote. "I just watched a show and I liked it as most people do."
Willie tweeted back to Payne, offering words of support. "Thanks bro. Congrats to u boys as well," he wrote. "Y'all keep rockin, we'll keep quackin. Stay strong in this nutty world."
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The Governor's recommendation against including PTSD followed the advice of a number of organizations that provide psychotherapy treatment for PTSD, including the New Hampshire Medical Society.
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BOSTON -- Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers watched Stephen Curry light up the New York Knicks for 54 points. And with his team next up to try to stop the Warriors point guard, Rivers had one thought.
"Make 'em all," Rivers said. "It's like golf. When a guy shoots a 61, he doesn't follow up with another one. So I wanted him to just keep making them all."
The basketball world was still abuzz Thursday, one day after Curry joined an elite group of players to score 50 or more points at Madison Square Garden, arguably basketball's biggest stage.
That exposure, though, has raised the stakes. Curry was already respected around the league. Of all the Warriors, he is the one who strikes the most fear in opponents.
But now, knowing he can go off like that, it figures to increase the defensive attention he receives.
"For sure," Curry said. "But I will embrace that because I will still be able to make plays. ... It is just a different challenge. Any player who is playing well is going to have to make adjustments. It's my turn."
Rivers joked "probably everyone" will guard Curry when the Celtics host the Warriors on Friday.
Curry will not be easy to stop because he is not the traditional shooting threat. On Wednesday, he showed he's versatile in his shooting prowess. The variety of ways he scored, the diversity in how he got his shots, the efficiency with which he made them -- they had even the most noted of shooters awestruck.
"It was phenomenal to watch," TNT analyst Steve Kerr said. "I've never seen a performance like that from beyond the 3-point line. He's amazing. He's got the most beautiful stroke. The game that goes with it, that's what leaves me in awe. He's not just a guy standing in the corner."
The multiple dimensions to Curry's arsenal is why Chris Mullin, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time Warriors great, calls the point guard the best shooter in the NBA. Because no matter the shot -- catch-and-shoot, off the dribble, standing still, with a hand in his face -- you "always feel like the ball is going in."
To be sure, Mullin didn't even see the game to be impressed. He said he was blown away by the box score.
Curry was 18 of 28 from the field, including 11 of 13 from 3-point range.
"Those are just shocking shooting numbers," Mullin said in a phone interview Thursday.
"Everything in New York will be a little bit bigger, so it adds to it. But to me, if you just look at those numbers, I don't care where he does that. If he did it in Timbuktu, it's unbelievable. An incredible shooting exhibition for any generation, any time, anywhere."
Curry said he can't guarantee he will score 50 again.
After all, he was in a zone. What he accomplished, he was still describing as surreal a day later. But he did say he will continue to be aggressive.
The Warriors needed Curry to carry the offense because David Lee, the team's second-leading scorer, was suspended for the Knicks-Warriors game.
Lee comes back Friday against Boston, so the burden on Curry figures to be lighter.
He said his task is to continue getting better at balancing when to look for his shot and when to get his teammates involved.
But some conclude that Curry needs to constantly be in attack mode.
His shooting ability is so special, his skill set and basketball IQ so strong, he needs to take full advantage of both by looking to create offense. Count Hall of Famer Rick Barry among that group.
"That's the way he needs to play all the time," Barry said.
"You've got to paly with that aggressive mentality. As unselfish as he is, and with the vision he has, it opens up so much more when he plays that way. The entire team benefits when he plays that aggressively.
"I don't know how Mark (Jackson) feels, but I'd be mad if he doesn't take 20 shots per game."


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Huge elephant bird egg gets $101,813 at UK auction
Published: Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 8:06 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 8:06 a.m.
LONDON (AP) — A massive, partly fossilized egg laid by a now-extinct elephant bird has sold for more than double its estimate at a London auction.
Christie's auction house said Wednesday that the foot-long, nearly nine-inches in diameter egg fetched 66,675 pounds ($101,813). It had been valued at 20,000 to 30,000 pounds pre-sale, and was sold to an anonymous buyer over the telephone after about 10 minutes of competitive bidding.
Elephant birds were wiped out several hundred years ago. The oversized ovum, laid on the island of Madagascar, is believed to date back before the 17th century.
Flightless, fruit-gobbling elephant birds resembled giant ostriches and could grow to be 11 feet high (3.4 meters). Christie's says their eggs are 100 times the size of an average chicken's.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
{Seville: iPhone Snaps}
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i am so jealous! it looks as amazing as i had expected.ReplyDelete
i love seville and i love your pictures! hope you had a great time!ReplyDelete
i love seville and i love your pictures! hope you had a great time!ReplyDelete
i love seville and i love your pictures! hope you had a great time!ReplyDelete
Siighh I'm yearning for a fabulous vacation, and these pictures don't help the situation =)ReplyDelete
P.S. I kind of love that you and Nicole are friends. I've been reading both of your blogs for years =)
gorgeous! i might just have to hop a plane...ReplyDelete
Its looks like you had an incredible time!ReplyDelete
And is it me or do you and Nicole kind of look like sisters--or is that just me?
Looks stunning! So glad you got to meet up with Nicole again, she is the sweetest :)ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see the rest of the pics!
It is so fun to read about this trip on both your blog and Nicole's. You guys are too cute! You look like you could be sisters. I have now added Seville to my list of places to visit thanks to you and Nicole's rave reviews!ReplyDelete
It looks like you are having the time of your life!! Thanks for sharing your amazing trip =)ReplyDelete
Looks like an amazing trip! Sangria forever :)ReplyDelete
Everything looks so beautiful, especially the Alcazar Gardens and the river. Breathtaking!ReplyDelete
Seville looks GORGEOUS!ReplyDelete
Seville looks incredible! I can't wait to see the rest of your photos! :)ReplyDelete
oh my, Liz! what an incredible trip! sangria and sun-basking? I definitely need some of that soon! It's snowing in Portland this week?! gah. xoxoReplyDelete
looks so amazing!! it sounds like you all had an amazing time. I need to get myself to seville!ReplyDelete
Liz all of this looks amazing! Those gardens are stunning - can't wait to see more pictures it looks like a great trip!ReplyDelete
Looks like such an amazing trip! I'm so jealous of all your adventures! I love your last outfit {the red dress, fedora, and leather jacket}! Adorable :]ReplyDelete
You seriously have me day dreaming about going here now. Let's trade for a little bit? I'll trade you New Orleans for Europe? YesReplyDelete
So lovely! And oh so jealous! hahaReplyDelete
favorite trip so far? great..no pressure or anything...ReplyDelete
and 70 degree weather? you are going to hate scotland...
It looks like you had a great time! I love the sangria shot and you girls are gorgeous. Yay that you got to soak up som much needed sun. Can't wait to see the rest of the pics.ReplyDelete
looks simply amazingReplyDelete
Looks like you had the most amazing weather and a fabulous time Liz!ReplyDelete
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seville looks WONDERFUL! definitely adding seville to my list of places i one day want to go to :)ReplyDelete
Looks like such a fun trip!!ReplyDelete
looks like you had a wonderful weekend! too bad I have never been to seville, once i move back to Europe, I will for sure go! It must be amazing!!ReplyDelete
Your post sent me into a daydream about my trip to Spain in April. Can't wait to see the rest!ReplyDelete
these are so gorgeous, liz! when nicole posted pictures on her blog i commented about how much i want to go to seville. and now i think you've sealed the deal for me! and if it's your favorite trip so far, i think that really has to say a lot for the city! my favorite pictures are the sunset on the river, the alcazar gardens, and the architecture. I'm looking forward to indulging in all those wonderfully spanish things haha. i can't wait to see more pictures!!ReplyDelete
I'm glad you guys had a great time! Take it easy this weekend... can't wait to see the rest of the pics!ReplyDelete
Also, lets do drinks after work next week? I miss you lady!
1. I honestly miss you and corey like I miss my friends that i've known foreverReplyDelete
2. Are those the gardens that we tried to find?
3. Love Love Love whatever you're wearing on the last day. Hope you do an outfit post
4. Best compliment ever that we look like sisters
5. This sister needs a TAN!!!
Sunshine and sangria! What more do you need? :)ReplyDelete
Oh my! Seville looks divine - full of gorgeous colour and light. Thanks for sharing your trip with us!ReplyDelete
looks like SUCH an amazing trip!! mojitos, sunshine, and sangria -- with some of your favorite people?? done and done!! i lived in spain for a summer in college and this post made me long for my days there! glad you had such a wonderful time! xoReplyDelete
What a fun trip! And beautiful photos!ReplyDelete
hello there. just stumbled into your lovely place here.ReplyDelete
i've been to malaga, ronda, granada, madrid... but never seville, or barcelona for that matter. you've made me want to visit there!
We had an amazing time on the Rappelling and Zip lining tour. Ender was a great guide; he didn't go too fast and he made sure that we all were doing good and were comfortable. Afterwards, we had a delicious home cooked meal. It was the best meal we had on our entire trip! We would definitely recommend this trip for anyone visiting Spain in the future by www.privatetoursinistanbul.comReplyDelete


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PLEASANT HILL -- The Contra Costa County Superintendent of Schools will continue to be an elected position, despite the desire of some Board of Education members to convert it to an appointed role.
After months of debating whether to try to place a November measure before voters seeking approval to select the superintendent themselves, county trustees have unanimously agreed not to pursue the idea at this time.
Board Vice President Daniel Gomes, who initially came up with the plan, said he ended up voting against his own proposal last month because it would cost about $600,000 to put a measure on the ballot, which he and other trustees considered too expensive.
"I personally prefer having a stronger board than we have now," Gomes said Monday, "where we have one focus -- or you might say command of the agenda -- rather than having it divided between the superintendent and the board."
When Gomes first proposed converting the position, he cited raises given by Superintendent Joseph Ovick to some top administrators during the recession as a reason the board should have control over the county's top education leader.
At that time, Gomes and some other board members who opposed the raises felt helpless because they could not overrule Ovick without rejecting the entire budget.
Ovick did not seek re-election in the June 3 primary. He will be replaced by Superintendent-elect Karen Sakata, who won the seat with 61 percent of the votes.
Trustee Pamela Mirabella said Monday that she would like to revisit the idea of changing the way the county selects its superintendent, but might enlist the help of the state superintendent of public instruction and local legislators to pursue a statewide measure asking voters whether county boards of education should be allowed to appoint their superintendents.
"I have people interested, but it's a real hard sell," Mirabella said Monday. "Voters have no clue what the county board does."
Trustee Cynthia Ruehlig, who has opposed the idea all along, said before the June 18 vote that she did not believe any problems exist in the current system, according to the draft minutes. Ruehlig said the board should focus on policy and procedures and responsibilities outlined in the Education Code, while the superintendent should be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the County Office of Education, the minutes state.
The County Office of Education runs special education and alternative education sites. It also approves the budgets of local school districts and oversees some charter schools.
Trustee Richard Asadoorian had previously favored appointing the superintendent, but said the cost of the ballot measure was too high, according to the minutes. However, he expressed support for Mirabella's idea to pursue a statewide measure.
Trying to persuade voters to give up their rights to elect the superintendent could be an uphill battle, said Trustee Christine Deane in the minutes.
To see a legal opinion provided to the Contra Costa County Board of Education regarding placing a measure on the ballot, along with video clips from previous board discussions about the issue, visit www.contracostatimes.com.


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So where do I now find my cool running log data?
Just wondering that myself!
you have to go to active trainer. its garbage. i miss cool running! looks like its time to head over to runners world
Yeah... me, too. I followed the directions, but I never arrive at a Merge Data option, and I find no such thing in the My Account section, either. Most disappointingly, I tried to contact the helpdesk only to learn they're not there on the weekend. I think my log is long gone. Bah humbug.
Maybe it's time to switch to MapMyRun.... anyone had experience using it?
I am confused. When I go to active trainer to try to set up my free online training log, it says my email address and user name is already taken. It is already taken by me. So, where is my data?
I also notice that I have to pay extra to log the mileage for my shoes now? Sorry, that doesn't seem like an upgrade to me.
I managed to get in - somehow - after having to log in about three times. Active trainer does have mapping, but it's very very basic compared with mapmyrun - you can't move points once you've plotted them, for example.
I did think that the data would have been migrated already, but I was presented with a few buttons to click that told me the data would take another 24 hours to migrate. I don't know why the database people just didn't migrate everything instead of making us all wait another day!
Edit: Huskydon, is that true? You have to PAY to log your shoe mileage? That's bollocks! The older interface was nice and simple and IT JUST WORKED. I'm a bit annoyed that I'll no longer have access to my shoe data.
Apart from MapMyRun (I haven't used their log, only their mapping functions. My routes in Canberra, Australia, for example.) are there any other web services that offer logging?
Log in as an existing user. Button is in the top right hand corner of the page.
The site is very slow and I too miss Cool Running.
I thought this was supposed to be so much better? This is awful. I thought all my data was supposed to be transferred already but no. why do I have the feeling it has vanished. The thing I liked about coolrunning was the simple easy to use log no bells no whistles just run and log it in. This is crap. I have tried other online running logs and stuck with coolrunning because they weren't doing all that fancy BS. ARGH!!!! I don't want a mapping thing, I don't want to have to click 500 buttons to log my run in. WTF?!?!
I found my Cool Running log. My daily average HR data seem to be lost during migration. It is not an upgrading.
This is the worst "upgrade" I have ever experienced. These people want me to pay $10 a month to have access to all the routes that I took the time to map out and enter myself? I'm sorry, but that just isn't going to happen. Not to mention, the interface is horrendous. I used to be able to add a workout on one page with on click. Now I have to traverse a minimum of three excruciatingly slow pages to add a workout? This a NOT an upgrade. We really had the fleece pulled over our eyes on this one. And, to add insult to injury, I have to wait 24 hours for my workout data to be ported over to see if I even have the option to export it so I can move it somewhere else. I am sick to my stomach thinking that I might lose a couple years worth of data.
I am angry and disappointed, Active. If you want me as a paying customer, maybe you should treat me with a little more respect.
I too thought that the data had been transfered. It does look like you have to pay to track your shoes........this is bs! Give me my cool running log back active!
Yep, I really hope that the last 4 years of my running hasn't vanished. I loved the Cool Running log. It was perfect. This was done for profit motive? My prediction is that everyone will go somewhere else for logging their running.
How dissapointing this is. :_|
this is horrendous and very disappointing. I used coolrunning to log all types of activities: swimming, running, surfing, etc ...the calendar sucks so bad and is so cheap looking.
The great part about coolrunning was how easy it was to input various activities and then get easily viwable daily/weekly/ monthly totals for Total time ,distance and avg. pace.
I just entered a swim workout and the log is ridiculous and does not compute the pace per mile correctly. They did this whole thing *** backwards. And made it as user un-friendly as possible.
Where is any customization at all. This sucks so bad. I miss my coolrunning.com.
Active.com really messed this up. By trying to sell us on training/ triathlon bs they have ruining the best exercise log on the Net.
"My prediction is that everyone will go somewhere else for logging their running.
How dissapointing this is. "
Any idea people where we can find the next best system to log various exercises in easily customized way???? now that our beloved coolrunning.com has been raped and pillaged.
Has anyone figured out if there is a way to add different sports in the log? Or are you just stuck with the options they've deigned to include? Most of my training is paddling of one kind or another, and so far, none of that has transferred from my CR log - just swimming and running. Not at all impressed with the new format.
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text: Black Friday has long been notorious for amazing deals and cutthroat tactics to get that special gift for your loved ones. This Friday is no different, though on a smaller, local scale. If you have a special vinyl lover in the family, or if you're an aficionado of records yourself, this event is for you! Friday is the annual Record Store Day Black Friday event. It's organized by the same coalition that puts on the main Record Store Day in April. The nationwide event is being celebrated locally at Eagle Valley Music & Comics, starting at 10 a.m. and ending at 10 p.m. There are lots of really cool limited edition vinyl pressings to be purchased. Most items are very hard to find and very collectable, including picture records, colored vinyl and more. This will be the last event at Eagle Valley Music & Comics' old location in the West Vail mall before the move to our new location. For more information, call 970-476-1713.


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12 October 2007
A Few Small, Personal Thoughts on Doris Lessing
As for me, I can't claim to be devoted to Lessing the way I am to Coetzee and Pinter, but I did go through a Lessing phase eight or nine years ago, and read many of her books. Which doesn't mean I'm an expert, by any means -- she's so prolific I don't think I read even half of her novels. Maybe a quarter. (I gave a lot of them away, and the ones I kept are in a box in New Hampshire, so I don't have any at hand. Thus, my memories are more impressions than anything specific.)
The Lessing books that I remember being most affected by include some of her most famous -- The Golden Notebook, certainly, and The Four-Gated City (about which John Leonard said, "On finishing this book, you want to go out and get drunk.") -- but also some of the ones nobody else ever seemed to like, such as Mara and Dann, a book I haven't dared re-read, because when I first read it I found it so emotionally affecting that I'm terrified to try again, in case, under different circumstances and moods, I might find more to agree with in the bad reviews. I had mixed feelings about The Good Terrorist, but certain scenes from it remain in my mind, even if most of the characters and plot points have been utterly forgotten.
The Lessing books that I remember most clearly are The Fifth Child and its sequel, Ben, in the World. The first is a knockout of a novella, a profoundly disturbing and alienating book. The second recasts the whole thing, as if one writer had written both Beowulf and Grendel. Taken together, the books are marvels of manipulation, and show just how severely a writer can reconfigure our sympathies. Or, to view the books less metafictionally, they offer a dialectical evisceration of such abstract, often dangerous, ideas as human nature, innocence, and evil. If you want to quickly see the power Lessing is capable of conjuring, read The Fifth Child and then immediately follow it with Ben, in the World.
But then I didn't continue to read Lessing. I stopped after trying multiple times to read The Sweetest Dream, every time finding it turgid, though I had so desperately wanted to like it. I suppose I stopped because I didn't want to happen with her what had happened to me after I overindulged in the work of an even more prolific and uneven writer, Joyce Carol Oates. I devoured Oates's books and stories for more than a year, and after initially being in awe of everything she wrote, I soon enough found more of it to be frustrating than pleasing, and even the work that had initially drawn me in began to seem lackluster. I didn't want that to happen with my reading of Lessing.
Now that I've gained some distance from my initial fascination, though, there are Lessing books I hope to read, and others I look forward to returning to, particularly The Four-Gated City.
My greatest amusement with Lessing becoming a Nobel Laureate, though, is that this -- as Patrick Nielsen Hayden pointed out -- gives us the first Nobel Prize in Literature winner who was also a Guest of Honor at a World Science Fiction Convention (in 1987).
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- Anonymous10/12/2007 12:00 PM
The Making of the Representative for Planet Eight is probably my favorite of her books--a beautiful short novel that doesn't indulge in her tendency for 'diarrhea of the mouth' as my father used to call it (when you run on and on but could express the thoughts more succintly).ReplyDelete
Coincidentally, I picked up THE FIFTH CHILD upon hearing that Lessing had won the Nobel Prize before reading this comment. I agree that it is a profoundly upsetting and moving novella. I'm looking forward to reading BEN, IN THE WORLD, very soon.ReplyDelete
I happened to find your blog while i was looking for reviews on the savage detectives.ReplyDelete
since the last few months, i am finding most literary fiction tame, tame after reading Bolano. i notice your enthusiasm for Bolano.....same here, same here.
i read your post on the ...detectives, well, i just posted my 3rd post on this novel tonight.
i do read a lot but am willing to keep Bolano in a seperate category, for his novels and words suffocate me with heartache. it is indescribable, as he writes....that kind of thing.
i wrote these comments to appreciate your love for this great writer.


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Was that Mariah Carey dissing Jennifer Lopez by not joining the other "American Idol" judges in a standing ovation for Lopez after she performed on the show Thursday night?
Was that Mariah Carey, on the same show, lip-syncing to a medley of her hits?
Will Nicki Minaj be happy if Mariah Carey goes away and never speaks to her again?
Yes, "American Idol's" final week had all drama you'd expect when so many divas occupy the same room.
But enough about Ryan Seacrest. Lopez, who was a judge on the show last year, performed her dance hit "Live It Up," with lots of dance moves and an appearance by rapper Pitbull, according to Us Weekly.
Lopez and Carey have a history, going back to when Carey's ex-husband Tommy Mottola gave material originally meant for Carey to Lopez after Carey left his label. For weeks, rumors have circulated that Lopez was coming back to "American Idol," possibly to replace Carey.
So while the rest of the room stood and applauded, Carey remained in her seat, smiling and clapping, but apparently not willing to get up for Lopez.
Earlier, Carey performed a medley of her greatest hits, which didn't get anywhere near the reception Lopez's performance did.
Shortly after what Us Weekly called Carey's "stiff" performance, allegations of lip-syncing arose.
"There are two type of artists Vocalists & performers," one fan tweeted. "If you're a vocalist, you should NOT lip-sync. Especially on the caliber of Mariah."
Lopez recently told TV Guide "I don't know," when asked whether she was coming back to the show. "When I say, 'I don't know,' people think, 'Oh, she's playing a game.' I'm not. If it became really real where I had to make a decision, I would have to sit down and really weigh out the options of what my life looks like in the next year to see if I would sign. Because it does take up a lot of time, and I do have a lot of other things going on that I'm super excited about," she continued. "So we'll see."
In other words, how many mansions can I buy with the paycheck?
Minaj has made it clear who she hopes Lopez would replace.
"All dem #1s but Jlo phone ringin?" Nicki Minaj tweeted on May 2, referring to Carey's diss that Minaj has never had a No.1 Billboard hit. "I guess having a personality, being a secure woman, and giving genuine critique still trumps that."
Us Weekly has reported that Minaj might be on her way out as well.
BEYONCE REPORTEDLY PREGNANT: Beyoncé is pregnant, according to E! News, citing "multiple" sources.
Right -- she obviously has that "glow." Or maybe she just has that glow because she knows she's Beyoncé.
Speculation has run rampant the past few weeks that Jay-Z's wife, already a mother to their toddler daughter Blue Ivy, was expecting again. Rumors started when she walked the red carpet at the Met Gala wearing a custom-made Givenchy gown concealing her stomach and making any baby bump indiscernible.
Then she canceled a Tuesday performance in Antwerp, Belgium, after her doctors advised her to rest "as a result of dehydration and exhaustion."
The 31-year-old recently told ABC News she "would like more children" and said she thinks her daughter "needs some company."
Can't they buy her a friend or something?
E! News couldn't reach Beyoncé's rep for comment, and Jay-Z's person declined to comment.
GEORGE MICHAEL IN CAR CRASH: George Michael was airlifted to a hospital in England on Thursday after suffering a head injury in a single-car accident, according to TMZ.
The singer's spokesman told the website Michael was riding in a Range Rover around 5:50 p.m. when it crashed on the M1 motorway.
The cause of the accident wasn't clear. No other vehicles were reportedly involved and the driver of the SUV wasn't identified.
A spokesman for the emergency response crew released a statement saying, "(Michael) sustained a head injury and following treatment, stabilization and immobilization by land and air ambulance crews, he was flown to the hospital for further care."
Michael's spokesman said he only received "superficial cuts" and was doing fine.
Michael has had a history of driving under the influence of various substances. He was banned from driving for two years in 2006 after he was discovered unconscious in his Mercedes in London and subsequently convicted of driving while high on drugs.
JUSTIN BIEBER OWES BIG FOR HIS MONKEY: Justin Bieber isn't quite done getting the monkey off his back.
Thanks -- I thought that up all by myself.
German customs officials say Bieber owes them thousands of euros for the care of his pet capuchin monkey that a German animal shelter has cared for the past two months, after customs officials seized the animal because Bieber didn't have the proper papers to bring it into the country.
That must've come as a shock to the monkey.
Thanks again. I'll be here all week.
According to the Guardian, Bieber -- whose people informed German customs that Bieber no longer wants the monkey -- has until midnight Friday to contact them, otherwise Mally the monkey becomes "property of the state" and would be transferred to a permanent home, zoo or animal park in Germany.
Uh ... didn't he already say he said he doesn't want the monkey?
Mally was seized March 28 when 19-year-old Bieber couldn't produce vaccination and import papers after landing in Munich on a private jet while on tour. Mally was quarantined and cared for at the city's animal shelter. Manager Karl Heinz Joachim said Mally, now 20 weeks old, has done well and gained weight.
Shelter officials criticized Bieber for keeping such a young monkey as a pet. They said the animal shouldn't have been taken away from its mother until it was at least a year old. Capuchin monkeys are very social animals and need to be kept in groups, the experts said.
This is where I don't make a "Hey hey, we're the Monkees" joke.
"The best thing would be not to buy one at all, but if you do, buy five," said Joachim.
He said, even though Bieber's manager has said he doesn't want the monkey, the final decision would have to be made by German authorities.
What are they going to do -- mail it back to him?
"Our contact is the person that the monkey belongs to," said Munich customs spokesman Thomas Meister. "We've had contact with lots of people but none of them was an authorized representative."
Meister said Bieber owes them money.
"You can bet we are going to ask for that money back," he said.
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Saturday is May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1642: The Canadian city of Montreal was founded by French colonists.
1765: About one-fourth of Montreal was destroyed by a fire.
1863: The Siege of Vicksburg began during the Civil War, ending July 4 with a Union victory.
1896: The Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, endorsed "separate but equal" racial segregation, a concept renounced 58 years later in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
1910: Halley's comet passed by earth, brushing it with its tail.
1926: Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, Calif. (McPherson reappeared more than a month later, saying she'd escaped after being kidnapped and held for ransom.)
1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
1944: During World War II, Allied forces finally occupied Monte Cassino in Italy after a four-month struggle with Axis troops.
1953: Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier as she piloted a Canadair F-86 Sabre jet over Rogers Dry Lake, Calif.
1969: Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Thomas P. Stafford and John W. Young blasted off aboard Apollo 10 on a mission to orbit the moon.
1973: Harvard law professor Archibald Cox was appointed Watergate special prosecutor by U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson.
1980: The Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing.
1991: Helen Sharman became the first Briton to rocket into space as she flew aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft with two cosmonauts on an eight-day mission to the Mir space station.
2003: A Hamas suicide attacker disguised as an observant Jew killed seven Israeli bus passengers. Pope John Paul II celebrated his 83rd birthday with an open-air Mass and requests for prayers so he could continue his papacy. "Les Miserables" closed on Broadway after more than 16 years and 6,680 performances. 2012: Social network Facebook made its trading debut with one of the most highly anticipated IPOs in Wall Street history; however, by day's end, Facebook stock closed up only 23 cents from its initial pricing of $38. In his first meeting with President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande declared he would withdraw all French combat troops from Afghanistan by year's end. The Olympic flame arrived in Britain, the country hosting the 2012 Olympics.
Actor Bill Macy (91), sportscaster Jack Whitaker (89), baseball great Brooks Robinson (76), baseball great Reggie Jackson (67), rock musician Rick Wakeman (Yes) (64), country singer George Strait (61), actor Chow Yun-Fat (58), rock singer Page Hamilton (53), comedian Tina Fey (43), rock singer Jack Johnson (38), actor Allen Leech (TV: "Downton Abbey") (32).
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