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So arm yourself with this handy watch this/skip that weekend movie guide before your Aunt Mildred suggests a Red Dawn/Killing Them Softly double feature. (Seriously, don't even entertain that idea.)
Watch This: Les Misérables
Something about a grand, old-fashioned musical turns me into a swooning, giddy thing. Weeks later, I'm still humming "Master of the House," even though I don't know all the words. But the emotions are what really linger – Hugh Jackman's stirring performance as Jean Valjean, the ex-con who becomes a hero, is only outdone by Anne Hathaway's brief but soulful turn as Fantine, the young mother who sells her body to feed her child. Sure, it's maudlin and manipulative, but let's be honest, musical theater nerds, isn't that what we're paying for?
Skip This: This is 40
The lesson from This Is 40: You can hire your wife and children to scream at some guy who's not you and get paid for it! You can if you're Judd Apatow, that is. If you're not named Apatow, however, the movie can offer you a few solid laughs, lots of shrieking, several shots of Paul Rudd on the toilet and not much else. The action centers on the sidekick family from Knocked Up, played by Rudd, Apatow's wife, Leslie Mann, and their daughters, Maude and Iris, none of whom can communicate, manage money or be nice to each other. If you want to listen to that for two hours and 14 minutes, be my guest. But couldn't you get that at home for free?
And This: Jack Reacher
One could skip Jack Reacher because the timing is just too raw to see a movie about a sniper who shoots innocent strangers. Or one could bypass the movie because it's entirely forgettable, with only a passing resemblance to One Shot, the Lee Child book on which it's based. Now, now – I'm not saying that movies need to be slaves to their source material. But when the character is supposed to be a 6-feet-5-inch-tall, 250-lb., golden-haired god of a man, I think Chris Hemsworth, not Tom Cruise. Reacher feels like Ethan Hunt, Cruise's Mission: Impossible character, got bored and decided to play detective for awhile. "Fine, Ethan," I muttered to myself, "but you're not the only one who's bored."
Watch This, Pee First: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
You can start watching The Hobbit now, but you're running out of time if you want to finish it before 2013. Lordy, is this first leg of Peter Jackson's latest Middle-earth trilogy long – nearly three hours – but given that it made almost $85 million in its opening weekend, folks seem okay with that. I, for one, was glad to see the return of beloved characters from the Lord of the Rings, with Martin Freeman adding wonderful fussiness as Bilbo Baggins, helping the Dwarves reclaim their mountain home. But the tone of the film is strange: puerile and silly one moment, then deadly serious the next, as heads literally roll. (Spin-cycle alert: If you, like me, are prone to vertigo, try to see it in the 24 frames-per-second format.)
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Daniel Day-Lewis could win another Oscar playing Lincoln, so you might as well get in on the conversation – especially since his Great Emancipator is so shrewd and funny. (Even so, James Spader is even more hilarious as a presidential influence peddler.) For those looking to actually learn a little something, no worries, the whole movie is one awesome episode of The West Wing: Top Hats and Bonnets. Bonus: Your family will think you're all kinds of classy for suggesting it.
Skip That: Hyde Park on Hudson
You know it's rough when the main character is the dullest person in the movie. Laura Linney plays Daisy Suckley, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's (Bill Murray) cousin/girlfriend, but she's so boring it's impossible to tell why he's into her. Sure, there's a fun subplot about British royals coming to town, but it's not enough to overcome Daisy Downer and President HeyMyEyesAreUpHere.
Be Sure to Catch This Other Thing: Silver Linings Playbook
As funny as it is unhinged, Playbook is an easy winner for (adult) family viewing. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence could grab Oscar nods for playing unbalanced neighbors with kooky chemistry. Plus, it's great fun watching hilariously inappropriate people when you're not actually related to them.
And What Do You Mean You Still Haven't Seen: Skyfall
Let's make a rule right now that all movie villains have to be played by Oscar winners, preferably Javier Bardem. You think I jest, but you'll be with me once you see Bardem as the silky, sick Silva in one of the greatest spy thrillers ever made. He's got an eye for the ladies – and one on a certain secret agent man. No wonder, even as a creaky Bond, Daniel Craig fills out the suit beautifully and does a hell of an acting job to boot. (When Bardem is your nemesis and Judi Dench is your boss, you step it up.)


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(EDITOR'S NOTE: The Sun-Gazette reserves the right to edit items submitted for the "Shooting Sports" section. To submit an event, call 326-1551, ext. 3116.)
Meets at the Consolidated Sportsmen of Lycoming County
6386 Route 87, Loyalsockville
Contact: Ed Kelley, 322-5582; Al Foust, 435-0043
Open 12:30-2:30 p.m. Sundays and 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays. New shooters welcome and lessons are available.
Highpower and semiauto military silhouette - 8 a.m. sight-in, start at 9: Feb. 23, March 23, April 27, May 25, June 22, July 27, Aug. 24, Sept. 28 (60-round championship )
Smallbore rifle - 9 a.m. sight-in, start at 10: April 21, May 19, June 16, July 21, Aug. 18, Sept. 15, Oct. 20
Cowboy lever action Saturday matches - sight-in and start at conclusion of highpower match: March 23, April 27, May 25, June 22, July 27, Aug. 24
Cowboy lever action Tuesday matches - 4:30 p.m. sight-in, start at 6: May 7 and 21, June 4 and 18, July 2, 16 and 30, Aug. 20
Cowboy pistol cartridge and smallbore cowboy rifle - 4:30 p.m. sight-in, start at 6: May 14 and 28, June 11 and 25, July 9 and 23, Aug. 13 and 27
The Lycoming Trap Shooters at CSLC has open shooting from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sundays and 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Fee applies.
Keystone Sportsmen's Association
1090 Hughes Road, Muncy
Open trap shooting, 5 to 9 p.m. Thursdays.
Youth trap league meets March 10, April 14 and May 19. Practice at noon, shooting at 1 p.m.
For all ATA shoots, registration begins at 9 a.m., shooting at 10, unless otherwise noted. For details, contact the club. Shoots will be held Feb. 17 (bacon); March 2-3 (door prize), March 16-17 (door prize), April 20 (22nd annual 16-yard marathon, ammo for winners), April 21 (ammo), May 11-12 (all female shooters receive gift), May 25-27 (cash prizes, registration at 8 a.m. daily; pig roast Sunday); June 2 (state shoot warmup), June 22 (MS benefit shoot), June 23 (junior and sub-junior honor shoot), July 13 (free targets for two shooters traveling the farthest to the club), July 14 (worker appreciation shoot, gifts for office staff), Aug. 16-18 (annual sponsor shoot (added money, chicken barbeque Aug. 18)
Tuesday afternoon trapshoots at 1 p.m. Minimum of three shooters per event. Shoots on June 18, 25; July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27
Lycoming Creek Sportsman's Club
75 Sportsman's Club Lane
Marsh Hill
The Sheshequin Buckskinners will hold monthly blackpowder shoots at noon on the second Sunday of each month. They are open to all shooters. Fee applies.
Orangeville Sportsmen Club
Sportsmen Club Road, Orangeville
Bud Bowman, 394-4788 or 784-3686, or Keith Laylon, email@example.com or 394-1336
Regular trap range open, 9 a.m. Wednesdays; 6 p.m. Thursdays; 1 p.m. Sundays
Southern Clinton County Sportsman's Club
55 S. Sportsmans Road, Loganton
Tom Jeffries, 725-3561
Proceeds from sporting clay shoots benefit the Youth Hunter Education Challenge team
Public sporting clay shoot - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 23
Public sporting clay shoots - noon to 4 p.m. April 21, May 19, June 23, July 14, Oct. 13
Youth fishing - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 20 for ages 3 to 12 at club pond
Youth Day - 8 a.m. to noon June 8, shooting and archery events for ages 8 to 12. Registration at 7:30 a.m.
Tripoli's Triggers Firearms Training & Educational Center
531 Washington Blvd.
Open 1-8 p.m. Mondays/Tuesdays/Thursdays; 1-5 p.m. Wednesdays/Fridays; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays
Fees may apply.
Beginners Firearms Safety Course: Participants will learn how to safely load a firearm, safely unload a firearm, safe clearing procedures, basic pistol shooting skills, the differences between a revolver and semi-automatic pistol and how to shoot each one, and more. One-day classes will be held 6-9 p.m. Feb. 28
Ladies 5-week program: Classroom training on firearms safety and handling as well as tactics in self-defense, in particular, dealing with home invasions. Participants must attend each date. Upcoming programs will be held Wednesday evenings beginning April 3; or Thursday evenings beginning March 21
Level 3 course: Tactical training on firing techniques using a barricade for cover and using Hogan's Alley, a decision-making course of fire used by the FBI; noon-2 p.m. Feb. 23.
Troy Rod & Gun Club
Gate 3 Alparon Park, Troy
Contact: Barry Estep, 297-8957
Wobble Trap & Skeet League, 50 birds, 2-4 p.m. Sundays, March 3-24. Registration fees for adults and youth; prizes awarded. Shoot-off on April 7.
5-stand, trap and skeet shoots, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays. Fee applies. No shoot on Feb. 24.

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on December 22, 2012 - 6:03 PM
It would be easy to tag this week's edition of the Scinta Christmas Show with the phrase "Las Vegas comes to North Tonawanda" but that would be unfair; the Scintas were Western New York favorites long before they hauled their act off to Nevada and established a flourishing career in "Sin City" lounges.
Frank, Joe and Chrissi took their vocal and instrumental talents with them when they left, but they keep coming back to WNY to see family and friends. In that sense, putting on a "Christmas Show" was just one reason for the return. This year Chrissi wasn't able to make the trip since she was recovering from surgery and hadn't gotten a doctor's clearance to fly. Ashlee Amoia, a young family friend and former American Idol contestant, has been stepping in to fill Chrissi's role as female vocalist for much of this year and doing a fairly decent job of it.
But the show this year was basically about Frank and Joe Scinta. Frank is the master of many musical instruments, powerhouse song belter, jokester, and all-around master of ceremonies, while Joe plays bass and plays the Jerry Lewis role to Franks' Dean Martin. The interplay between them and the occasional humorous interjections from Peter O'Donnell, the group's drummer, form the base upon which the act is built. Everything else is gravy.
Neither Frank nor Joe have the vocal chops that Wayne Newton, who played in the area earlier this month, used to have but they've aged better. Where Newton's current show dwells more on the past and what his career used to be, the Scinta's homage to the "Rat Pack" era skews younger and relies more on the interaction between performers than placing the weight of the gig's success on the shoulders of someone who can no longer carry the load.
The relationship between the Scintas and their audience is one of easy familiarity, shared values and experiences that allow the performers to ignore political correctness in favor of communicating with people who grew up in similar neighborhoods and on familiar blocks.
Tickets for Friday's event sold out weeks ago, and the seats were filled, more often than not, with folks who remembered what it was like to grow up in the 1950s and '60s, the times when Frank Sinatra, George Burns and Johnny Mathis came into their living room on television sets.
The skits with Frank's impression of Jimmy Durante singing "Frosty the Snowman," or the brothers' mildly risqué routine with Martin and Lewis (Joe's Lewis featured him acting like one of Santa's more demented elves) were the sort of things that got the audience chuckling. Joe's mimicking of Neil Diamond's vocal style and concert wardrobe was enough of a caricature to be right on the money, and Ashlee's take on Michael Jackson's musical catalog was directly in line with what the brothers were doing.
While the character imitations and sung renditions of Christmas and pop standards filled the bulk of the show's stage time, the purely musical moments were almost lost in the mix. When they surfaced, it was more as a brief aside between punch lines.
One exception was when Frank's typically boffo verbal introduction to a Sicilian folk tune gave way to a moment when music as folk art, a direct and individual connection to his heritage, took center stage as he strummed the strings of his mandolin and brought a distinctly personal past into the present before giving way to the rest of the act.


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I came across this video on an old vhs tape the other day. It is a documentary on Larry Holmes and Muhammad Ali as they prepare
for their fight in 1980. It has a sparring session between Ali and a very young Tim Witherspoon who only had a couple pro bouts at the time.
You can tell Ali is not the man he was years before but you will also see the respect Holmes and Ali had for each other.
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Larry was Ali's young sparing partner years and years before that dreadful fight! Ali came in at 217lbs and I knew he would have nothing at all. He didn't!
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Post 1975 Ali was never going to beat prime Holmes.
But I do think Ali's performance was very much hampered by the weakening his body went through because of the thyroid pills which shed his weight. I think he'd have given a better show without them even if he came in the wrong side of 230Lbs. Though it is obvious that the early signs of Parkinsons are there.
There were moments where Ali looked quite quick in sparring in that video, but he was an empty shell on fight night who could barely put one fast jab together, let alone a combination!
Thanks for uploading. I have the documentary 'Muhammad and Larry' saved on my Sky box. It features alot (but not all of the footage in that clip). If there is any more of this documentary on You tube......great!
Even Ali who is hopelessly post prime is more entertaining than just about anyone.
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He looked so slow and Witherspoon looked like he was holding back. Sad.
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Iwatched this fight on Closed Circuit at the New Haven Coll. and at one point there was thousands of people crying and weeping out loud! Is was one of the weirdest situations I was ever in. People were running out of the place before it was ended! I have to admit I walked out just before the ref was told enough, theres was nothing but heart left and that heart that served him so well made him take a terrible beating that night!
I don't think Holmes was the same fighter after that! It affected him negatively. Ray.
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That sounds like a major exaggeration considering that (except for the Witherspoon fight) Holmes totally dominated his opposition for the next 4+ years.
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Great video, sad to see Ali old. I like the end where he said I like him too.
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just watch Ali-Berbick, and it's apparent how much the thyroid pills affected his showing against Holmes.
He was at least able to throw some punches in the Berbick fight
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He might have beaten Berbick if he hadn't absorbed several hundred headshots from Holmes too, Ali did win three or four rounds of the ten with Berbick. God only knows how much that Holmes fight accelerated his Parkinsons and his decline.
There was no real reason why Ali wouldn't have been much worse than he was when he met Spinks the second time. He'd have lost a decision to Holmes, but would have gone out with a decent showing without feeling the need to come back to fight Berbick.
The thyroid pills seriously put his life at risk in the Holmes fight and subsequently gave him an excuse to come back to face Berbick.
The doctor which prescribed those pills should have been struck off and made an example of.....
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BOCA RATON, Fla. - The Stetson men's tennis team dropped a 4-3 road contest to Florida Atlantic on Friday afternoon in Boca Raton.
"The fight was good on both sides," Stetson associate head coach Christophe Noblet said. "It came down to just a few games here and there."
FAU won 6-3 at number two doubles and 6-2 at the number three doubles position to earn the first point of the match, giving the Owls an early 1-0 lead.
"The doubles point ultimately decided the outcome of the match," Noblet said. "Our slow start cost us the win at number 2 and 3."
Stetson and FAU split the singles matches 3-3 leading to the Owls' 4-3 victory.
Sophomore Laurynas Antropikas won 6-5 (4), 5-6 (3), 6-4 at number three, junior Chester Espie was victorious 5-6 (5), 6-5 (5), 6-2 at number four, and freshman Graham Ball earned a 6-5, 0-6, 6-5 (4) win at number five for the Hatters' three singles victories.
"We have now two weeks until our next match," Noblet said. "Georgia State is a good team, and we need to prepare for the challenge."
The Hatters host the Panthers Friday, February 28 at 2:30 p.m. at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center.


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With such features as the Futaba Pilot Assist Link, SpinControl
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Construction: Balsa and plywood factory covered in Top Flite MonoKote
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Airspeed Restrictor: SpeedBrakes Training Flaps attach to rear
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Motor: ElectriFly RimFire 42-50-800 Out-Runner Brushless (GPMG4700)
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Landing gear: Duraluminum SnapGear Quick Landing Gear Mounts
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2.75" (70mm) diameter nose wheel, 2.75"(70mm) diameter main wheels
Tail Mounting: EasyAlign System guides parts into place automatically
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Aileron Control: Single servo control
Cowl: Painted fiberglass
Propeller: Nylon 10x5 (APCQ4120)
Front hatch with magnetic latch provides easy access to batteries
Building Time: Ready To Fly in approximately 20 minutes
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Hobbico NexSTAR BL Select Brushless Trainer Airplane with ElectriFly
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Batteries: Two 9.6V 3600mAh NiMH, GPMP0362
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Wingspan: 68.5" (1740mm)
Wing Area: 722 sq in (46.6sq dm)
Weight: 7-8.5lb (3175-3855g)
Wing Loading: 22-27 oz/sq ft (68-83 g/sq dm)
Length: 56" (1410mm)
CG (Center of Gravity): Forward Limit 3-1/4" (83mm) from leading edge
Aft Limit 3-5/8" (92mm) from leading edge
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Ailerons: �" (13mm) up and down
Elevator: �" (13mm) up and down
Rudder: �" (19mm) left and right
Flaps �" (13mm) down
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RANDOLPH – A Jamestown man was arrested on a slew of charges after troopers pulled him over on Interstate-86 Monday night after clocking him at 105 mph, officials said.
Shortly after 9 p.m., Trooper Robert Morris observed a car that appeared to be speeding on I-86. He activated his radar and clocked the vehicle, a 1998 Saab, going 105 mph. He executed a traffic stop and the driver, Lawrence J. Walsh, 20, of Jamestown was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
Walsh was transported to the state police barracks in Jamestown where a breath test indicated his blood alcohol content level was .16 percent. He was also charged with possession of alcohol under the age of 21 after Morris located a 16-ounce can of beer inside the Saab.
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Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 Blog! Rain and snow is in the forecast for Election Day 2012 across the state of Wisconsin. In today's blog we look at the areas that will see snow, a mix, or rain on Tuesday.
Speaking of snow, lake effect snow showers and flurries pushed through parts of southeastern Wisconsin Monday morning. The snow showers produced a very light dusting of snow in spots. The photo below is from Jackson courtesy of Tom Snyder
The next round of rain and snow arrives Tuesday morning. The timing depends on where you live in the viewing area. Near or just after sunrise a band of snow or a mix will arrive in western counties of our area including towns of Watertown, Fond du Lac, and Janesville. The precipitation will spread east and by 11am most of the southeast Wisconsin will see snow, a mix, or rain.
The Futurecast forecast below is valid at 11am Tuesday. Notice the mix to rain closer to the lakeshore, with snow farther inland in the blue color.
The highest chance for precipitation in Milwaukee will occur between 9am and 3pm. We will keep close tabs on the timing since many will be heading to the polls on Tuesday. You can click here to view the interactive radar.
Any snow accumulation looks to be minor, and stay on primarily grassy surfaces. The Future Snow map below indicates totals in the dusting range for western and northern parts of our area.
After Tuesday, the focus will shift to drier and milder weather for the Midwest. While we stay dry mid to late week, a potential Nor'easter will take aim at the Northeast and New England. The GFS computer model is just one of many models we look at when making a forecast. This model pushes rain and wind along the coast by Wednesday evening. Let's hope this storm tracks east and misses the Northeast!
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^ I'm on a budget - kind of. I sold my 5DII already and the funds should clear tomorrow, but I had all my finances worked out to the dollar to get the MKIII and then I saw that it went back to $3500. I know in the grand scheme it's not that much, but $150 bucks is $150 bucks! That's spending/food money for a week+, or half a BGE11 grip in my mind. I just don't get why they would go back to the original price after lowering it. It's not like they even declared a sale until a specific day. it was just randomly lowered for a week and then put back. It was really bizarre and I don't want to order and then see it back to $3350 in a day or two and be all pissed at myself for it. Same thing happened at Amazon for whatever reason. It's like they know most people get paid on Friday so they are gonna raise it again? It's gotta be some kind of cruel joke or something...
Dropped in the NL from ~€3500 via €3250 after introduction to €2860. Another pricedrop like that and it becomes interesting for me.
I guess all bodies with the light leakage issue dropped in price. So one can find a body for $3000 in US online.However, B&H sells newer version and the price is as of today $35000.Cheaper version: 5260A002 B&H verision: 5260B002 Not 100% sure, but pretty much convinced about the statements above.
Abes of Maine: 3199 USD free shipping
I should have waited to purchase mine smh. The price of this camera seems to be dropping quicker than a brand new vehicle. Almost 15% since release.
Quote from: AAPhotog on August 17, 2012, 04:01:36 AMI should have waited to purchase mine smh. The price of this camera seems to be dropping quicker than a brand new vehicle. Almost 15% since release.And since the 6d "entry ff" rumor imho the 5d3 will continue to drop, since a lot of people wanting a ff body but not the old 5d2 will stop buying the 5d3. The early adopters willing to pay no matter what now have got it, so that's it for the $3500 price tag.The 5d3 be very good for some applications (wedding/event). But many folks don't need the added gimmicks but are set back by the lack of sensor improvement over the 5d2.And the one thing really setting the 5d3 apart from the competition is the af - but it's a mixed bag even apart from the af point highlight problem in servo: few people need this massive af point coverage, but might do better with less af points that are geared for non-f2.8 lenses, too (even my 60d has cross points on the side for the 70-300L, the 5d3 puts it in a group with only horizontal points to the sides).


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on December 26, 2012 - 12:01 AM
When many Mexican-Americans gather to make tamales, a Christmas tradition unfolds.
Families come together to make this Mexican dish during the holiday season as a way to foster togetherness.
"We are all busy, and this brings us all together for holidays," Rudy Mendez, 59, says of his family's Christmas tamale-making tradition, started 36 years ago by Mendez's late parents, Lillian and Rudy. "There's a certain part of me that thinks I am supposed to do this for my family, and I feel the tradition has to go on."
Mendez's family gathered earlier this month to make a whopping 765 tamales (minus a few dozen eaten during the process).
Tamale parties, called tamalades, are "a wonderful time to get the whole family together," says Maria Elana Rodriguez of Allen Park, Mich., a Mexican cuisine historian and author of "Detroit's Mexicantown." "That's what it's all about."
Rodriguez likened tamale making to a cookie exchange.
"If you want to take tamales home, you've got to help," she says.
Tamales consist of a filling, such as seasoned pork coated with a layer of masa (a dough made of finely ground corn mixed with seasonings), all neatly wrapped in a corn husk.
This is a busy time for tortilla factories and tamalerias that make the masa.
"I will go through at least 3,000-5,000 pounds of corn dough in a matter of two weeks during this time," says Susana Garza-Villarreal, 52, owner of Tamaleria Nuevo Leon in Detroit. "I have people coming ... picking up 85 pounds of corn dough. They come every year and, they have been for nearly 20 years."
For Mendez, this year was the first time the tamale-making took place at his home. He still makes them the old school way — the way his parents taught him to make them.
The dried ancho chiles are seeded and stemmed by hand and cooked in water to soften. The cumino (cumin seed) are ground in a Mexican molcajete – a stone bowl made of volcanic rock (think of a mortar and pestle).
Mendez remembers the process, but also relies on hand-written recipes from his mother. There are several tamale recipes in the copper box that record various years and the amounts of meat and seasoning used for each tamalade.
Planning and prepping for the Mendez family event started five days before.
There were 45 pounds of pork butt to order, as well as bags of dried chili peppers and the masa.
On tamale-making day, family and friends arrived from around Detroit in shifts to make the tamales. Some people have been lending a hand for years. Most of them started out as husk runners, who are responsible for soaking husks. Now they sit and chat, spreading masa on the husks, topping with the meat and rolling.
"It's an awesome time, because we don't see each other as much as we used to," Fronczak says. "It gives us a chance to catch up."
Fronczak says he likes spreading the masa and has a knack for it.
"You work hard but the rewards are great," he says.
The end result: tasty tamales wrapped with love.
"It's handmade and family-made," Mendez says.
For perfect tamales
Here are some tamale-making tips from the Mendez family's annual tamalade:
• The pork should be cooked until it is so tender that it's easily shredded with a fork. Gabriel (Goldie) Mendez says it should be stringy, not clumpy.
• Make the sauce ahead of time. Rudy Mendez makes the sauce for the pork the day before. The sauce, a blend of ancho chiles and seasoning, is poured over and mixed in with the cooked meat and chilled overnight. "The sauce gives the meat its flavor and color," Mendez says.
• Soak corn husks in warm water for about 20 minutes to make them soft and pliable.
• Spread the masa with care. On the shiny side of the corn husk, which must be patted dry, spread the masa starting about half way down on the husk and working up to the widest point. The traditional way to spread the masa is to use a butter knife, though one helper, Walt Fronczak, used a putty knife this year with great success. Spread the masa to within about one-half inch of the top edge. If the masa is too thick, the tamale will not cook all the way through. If it is too thin, the tamale will fall apart.
• To add the filling, spread a small amount (about 2 tablespoons) on the masa along one edge. Fold the corn husk over once. Then bring up and fold over the bottom edge so it will tuck in as you continue rolling. Finish rolling to form a neat little package.
Steam the tamales for about 35 minutes. Serve immediately. Or cool, wrap and freeze.
Stove-top tamale pie
Preparation time: 10 minutes / Total time: 35 minutes
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 pound lean ground beef
1 can (8-ounce) tomato sauce
1 can (14-ounce) black beans, undrained
½ cup water
1 can (3-ounce) chopped green chiles, undrained
1 package (1.25-ounce) taco seasoning mix
1 package (8-ounce) corn muffin mix
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
¼ cup sliced green onion
In a large, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, place the olive oil and onion and sauté until the onion is translucent. Add the ground beef and brown; drain the fat.
Stir in the tomato sauce, black beans, water, green chiles and taco seasoning mix. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 5 minutes.
Prepare the corn muffin mix according to package directions. Drop small spoonfuls of batter on the meat mixture in the skillet. Cover and cook over medium heat 15-17 minutes until the batter is cooked through.
Sprinkle the mixture with the cheese and green onion. Re-cover and cook 3-4 minutes over low heat until the cheese melts. Serves four to six.


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quote: I wonder when they're going to release real numbers since the total numbers are what it's really about
quote: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'"
quote: This is why Microsoft wont allow the cheapo brands to make Windows Phones
quote: Microsoft is what Android should be and act like.
quote: They innovate not duplicate/replicate e.g.samsung android devices....
quote: There should have been enough Android fans that want the most powerful and newest phone out there?
quote: After all dont Android fans brag about how many Androids sell and how little the Windows Phone sells?
quote: I think the shine of Android is starting to wear off.
quote: The specs are great no doubt but the execution is poor as everyone rushes out too many devices instead of making polished ones.
quote: You think those cheap tablet knockoffs are helping Androids image?
quote: Microsoft is what Android should be and act like. Its probably why Google is going to make their own low cost tablet soon.
quote: This is why Microsoft wont allow the cheapo brands to make Windows Phones because they lack quality and the experience in making quality devices and the experience would be lousy ruining the overall name and that happening to Android.
quote: Ill even go so far to say that the top quality manufacturers are releasing too many Android devices way too quickly and not putting the polish on them they should so Android as a whole is getting worse and ruining what they started.
quote: Its like people buying knockoff name brand ram, cd-rom drives the cheapest cd media and motherboards from companies that no one ever heard of and then saying Windows sucks. Thats whats happening to Android.
quote: Nokia makes great devices, Windows Phone 7 is an Excellent OS it makes sense that they are selling really well because Quality and for $50.00 is freaking awesome. I wont be surprised if this is the combination that finally starts to steal people away from the iPhone.
quote: Personally I've been burned before with MS and I'm not going to give them another dime for the sht they pulled for the past 17 years
quote: I think that sums up you right there nothing Microsoft ever produces will be good to you so anyone interested in a Microsoft product must be wrong too.
quote: I love my X-Box 360 and even my original X-Box sure the PS2 had more titles but I did so much more with my original X-Box that its still used in my Arcade cabinet. Yet everyone laughed when Microsoft said they were coming with a game console and I bet you were the type that was screaming you saw it blue screened in Walmarts across the nation which wasn't true trying to convince anyone who would listen not to buy it because it will have problems or just that you hate Microsoft for some unknown reasons.
quote: Microsoft has a great product in the Windows Phone device. Its different and works great to this day I have never had to reboot the device its ROCK SOLID. It must be 15 months now not a single reboot required with the Windows Phone how amazing is that?


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Top Definition
Short for mixed-race person, can be used as an insult or a compliment
hey jim, my old mixie brother!
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Can you define these popular missing words?
n. A short, hopefully ironic, way of referring to a mixed drink; a mixed drink being a drink comprised of hard alcohol and some other non-alcoholic beverage.
P1: "Hey, I just bought vodka, gin, and rum, and got coke, orange juice, and cranberry for mixies."
P2: "Did you just say mixies?"
P2: "Did you just say mixies?"
di zdp 12 dicembre 2013
When someone is getting told one thing about someone and then they go and tell that person what the other person said.
That person is mixing up lies; shes mixie
di AreYahDumb 13 dicembre 2013
when someone acts undecided ; when someone is acting weird or diffrent.
thats my word you been acting type mixie lately.
di iBrooklyns 15 giugno 2009
A rude immature pregnant lady who thinks the world revolves around them and their family
mixie-Stink go to class you are stinking up my office!!
stink-Suck it Jay and stop being a mixie!!
stink-Suck it Jay and stop being a mixie!!
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on May 22, 2013 - 2:18 AM
Feb. 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013
Ray Manzarek, who studied economics in college but cherished music and met with Jim Morrison on a California beach one fateful day in 1965 to help create The Doors, died Monday at a clinic in Rosenheim, Germany.
Manzarek, 74, who had lived for years in California's Napa County, had bile duct cancer.
Led by the charismatic Morrison, with his mystical wildness and commanding physical presence, and driven by the power of Manzarek on the organ, the band worked its way into the soul of the 1960s counterculture.
Much of what The Doors became known for was owed to Manzarek, with his penchant for blending musical streams and currents, old and new, from blues to classical, with spoken poetry and an overlay of the psychedelic. The band's biggest hits include "Light My Fire," "L.A. Woman" and "Break On Through."
Morrison's death in 1971 broke the spell. Manzarek, a considerable talent in his own right, struck out for himself. He continued to make music, alone or in bands, through this year, and he exerted great influence on other keyboard artists.
Manzarek had played bass parts for The Doors on a piano. He also mastered the combo organ. He played guitar and percussion instruments as well as the keyboards, and he sometimes sang. He was heard in a half-dozen subgenres of rock. When the punk movement began to flourish in Los Angeles, Manzarek worked in production with the band known as X on the punk landmark album Los Angeles.
The Doors and Morrison remained in Manzarek's life. Over the years, he disputed the portrayal of the band in a 1991 Oliver Stone film.
"Didn't think much of it at all," Manzarek was quoted in 1995 in an Australian newspaper. "It just wasn't the real Jim Morrison ... The Jim we knew was much more sensitive, poetic, artistic, spiritual."
Raymond Daniel Manczarek Jr. was born in Chicago on Feb. 12, 1939. He graduated in economics from DePaul University.
He had planned on law school, but at the University of California at Los Angeles, he quickly switched to the film school, where he first met Morrison. After they finished up, they met again, by chance, on Venice Beach.
Morrison sang, Manzarek liked it, and The Doors were founded. Drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger were enlisted soon afterward. Manzarek wrote a memoir, "Light My Fire: My Life With the Doors," which was published in 1998. He also published two novels, including "The Poet in Exile," which appeared in 2001 and dealt with the rumor that Morrison might still be alive.
Manzarek's survivors include his wife, Dorothy; a son, Pablo; and two brothers.
Morrison was credited with much of the durability of The Doors. But, Manzarek once said, "As the keyboard player, one would think that the music might have had something to do" with it.
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Despite three hours of emotional and tear-filled pleas from religious leaders, family, friends and former clients, a judge on Wednesday threw the book at a disgraced former Greeley funeral home director and sentenced him to hard time within the Colorado Department of Corrections.
Paul Acuna, 45, was ordered to serve a total of 12 years in prison stemming from two separate cases in which he took advantage of a government funeral assistance program and bilked thousands of dollars from low-income clients during his time as the director of Paul's Funeral Service and Cremation.
Judge Timothy Kerns said Acuna may have thought he was doing no harm at the time while he was going through a divorce, battling family issues and on the verge of losing his funeral business. But it was the repeated deceit, lack of transparency and failure to keep in contact with the clients he claimed to love so much that showcased his desire for "greed over the welfare of others."
Acuna has been in jail for eight months stemming from cases that date back to 2012.
A jury in December found him guilty of one count of theft totaling $13,589.84 as well as 11 counts of forgery in relation to contracts prosecutors said he altered, enabling him to bilk the funds from a program offered by the Department of Human Services that helps low-income families afford funeral arrangements.
A week later, Acuna entered a guilty plea for the second case in which he was accused of intentionally pocketing money from at-risk adults — in this case, grieving families.
Rather than put the money in a trust fund, Acuna spent it for personal use, traveled to California and Arkansas without telling the people who had paid him and spent hundreds of dollars gambling in Blackhawk, going to movies, shopping and dining at numerous restaurants, Deputy District Attorney Michael Pirraglia said during his final statements to the judge. Acuna racked up those expenses at the same time he said he was struggling to keep the doors to his business open.
"This is pure greed," Pirraglia told the judge. "To say that his heart was in the right place ... it's a mockery of the whole situation."
Four others spoke out against him during the three-hour hearing. Among them were family members who said they had yet to receive an apology from the man who took off suddenly, leaving them in their time of need.
Mark Magnuson, speaking on behalf of DHS, said Acuna lacked sound ethics and good morals when he took advantage of the system for his own gain.
"Paul has given a black eye to all of the honest and ethical funeral homes in Weld County," he said, adding that the department is reworking its policy on the funeral assistance program.
Zach St. Aubyn of the Greeley police investigated Acuna and told the judge he is usually hesitant to speak at sentencing hearings — Wednesday was his second in 10 years on the force, he said.
Though he said he has investigated virtually every type of crime imaginable, this was the first time he lost sleep over a case. After speaking with victims and families who struggled to collect enough money for funeral services, St. Aubyn said he was amazed Acuna never apologized for his actions.
Prosecutors revealed during the proceedings that an anonymous donor agreed to pay thousands of dollars to the families who were taken advantage of in the case, though no details about the person's identity were immediately available.
Eight other people spoke on Acuna's behalf and echoed Defense Attorney Kevin Strobel's plea that Acuna was not a dangerous man but instead someone who has a lot to offer to society and should be put on probation.
"Paul is a good and caring man," said Myra Camarena, who has known Acuna for 14 years. She said that in the darkest hours after her mother's death, Acuna went above and beyond to make the services the best they could be. "He probably made some wrong choices, but we all do."
Multiple other people, including Greeley Pastor David Meek and Acuna's daughter, spoke on his behalf and said he is desperately trying to rebuild his name.
Immediately before he was sentenced, Acuna made a 30-minute plea asking for probation. He stressed that he was in a "trying time" when the crimes occurred, but he reiterated his poor choices were not made out of bad intent, adding that he was "a humble man who speaks from the heart."
In addition to the two years for the DHS case and 10 years for the at-risk victim case, Acuna faces several years of mandatory parole. The court still has 90 days to determine how much he must pay in restitution.


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I'm just saying better teams are more likely to lose games with less scoring and bigger goalie equipment internationally or in the NHL.
Anybody paying in the AHL regardless of NHL experience weren't deemed good enough to make their respective teams
The best veteran North Americans don't participate in the tournament
Correct. The US and canada could have multiple international teas if all their top players showed up-hell Canada could have 3 or 4. But most don't go play. Most are looking forward to the time off and take it. The Olympics are the main international comp., and the top player show for it. Which is why the US and Canada win the gold and silver.


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School of the Arts - Policies
Tuition Payments
Tuition payments are due the first day of lessons of each month. Students who fail to pay on the designated date will incur a late fee of $10 (Ex. $100 tuition payment increases to $110 tuition payment).
The student is responsible for contacting the teacher if a lesson is to be missed. If the teacher is unavailable, the student should call the SOTA office. Students who fail to cancel their lesson will be recorded as a "no show" and will NOT be given a make-up lesson. Make up lessons will be granted for excused absences ONLY. Students will be allowed no more than two make-up lessons per semester. If the instructor cancels the lesson, the student will be notified as far in advance as possible. Lessons will be rescheduled at a mutually agreed upon time. If the School of Arts closes due to inclement weather, lessons will be rescheduled.
Students who arrive more than 10 minutes late, forfeit their lesson. A make-up lesson may be scheduled at the instructor's discretion.
When the instructor is more than10-minutes late, the student may request a make-up lesson.
Students who arrive tardy, but are less than 10 minutes late will be granted
Inclement Weather
When Chesterfield County Public Schools are closed for the day due to inclement weather, SOTA classes are canceled and will be rescheduled.
Holiday Closings
The School of the Arts has a published list of holiday closings. (See calendar for dates.)
Recital opportunities are offered, and students are encouraged to participate.
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on February 25, 2013 - 12:29 AM
Be happy. Lord knows I am and I sure didn't expect to be.
You've got to love an Oscarthon that could, at long last, give an Oscar to that truly extraordinary film director Ang Lee – and for one of his most beautiful films, "Life of Pi," one of the three great films of 2012.
Nor was there anything wrong with Ben Affleck telling us he doesn't hold a grudge. And you've got to love the first lady giving the Best Picture Award too.
So let's by all means have no fear of talking winners and losers here.
The most important winner of the night was The Crowd Pleaser. No more esoterica for some of the bigger Oscars at the 85th Annual Academy Awards. They could somehow forget the film's director, somewhat insanely, but that didn't stop them from rewarding a crowd pleaser as star spangled as "Argo" for Best Picture. And yes, when it came time to give an Oscar to Best Documtenary, they went for one of the major crowd pleasers of the year "Searching for Sugarman." And Jennifer Lawrence is not exactly unpopular. (Who expected her to get a standing O for tripping over her dress?)
For all that crowd pleasing, you'd think, then, they could make a crowd pleaser of a show. No such luck. The Grammys were better than the Oscars.
Who was the biggest loser of the evening? Despite what seemed a last-minute surge of speculation, the venerable Robert De Niro lost an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in his first nomination in 25 years.
But hey, host Seth MacFarlane initially won the hearts of some who thought a dyed-in-the-wool snarkster was just the ticket for the 85th annual Academy Awards. After that, he flirted with being terrible. Even Daniel Day-Lewis' line about swapping parts with Meryl Streep was funnier. Even Bob Hope, in the Paleozoic era, had better lines than "it's Sunday. Everybody's dressed up. It's like church only with more people praying."
The show was every bit as dreary as many of us feared it would be. Even the James Bond 50th anniversary tribute was noisy and witless until Shirley Bassey showed up to sing "Goldfinger" and, as the comics like to put it, "killed."
MacFarlane's bit with William Shatner began the show smashingly and then went on too long, but it was as juvenile as everyone hoped the creator of "Ted" would be when he was picked to host the show. (Exhibit A: A sung tribute to famous actresses called "We Saw Your Boobs.")
Even edgier were some MacFarlane wisecracks about Jodie Foster, Rhianna and Chris Brown. For all the edge, it was a losing cause.
The first serious winners were:
1. Harvey Weinstein and Quentin Tarantino. Weinstein had two chances out of five for one of his lavishly hyped minions to win for Best Supporting Actor, Harvey – formerly one half of Buffalo rock promoters Harvey and Corky – always had Christoph Waltz in Tarantino's "Django Unchained." (In interviews, Tarantino cheerfully calls Weinstein "my pop.")
When Tarantino himself won for Best Original Screenplay, he had a moment of uncommon insight and grace when he declared it "a writer's year" this year. Considering that he'd just won what was the most competitive category of the night, it was a rare and unexpected moment from him.
An even bigger winner on Sunday was:
2.Patriotism. It made a big comeback at the Oscars in 2013. Two of the Best Picture nominees – the winner "Argo" and the tragically torpedoed "Zero Dark Thirty" – were about American triumphs in the terror-battered New World Order: the liberation of Iranian hostages from the Canadian Embassy in "Argo," the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden and his destruction in "Zero Dark Thirty."
Another film, nomination leader "Lincoln", is about the man usually considered the greatest ever to occupy the American presidency (he was certainly, among other thing, the most gifted writer ever to do so.)
With all that going on, it really didn't matter that MacFarlane couldn't quite come up with the exact proportion of pepper to make up truly appetizing recipe for Oscar night. In truth, he couldn't even come up with a good Harvey joke. Nor was his "edgy" Lincoln joke worth the effort ("the only actor who really got into his head was John Wilkes Booth.")
3. Guilt. Another big winner. There's a good reason why the whole show was supposedly a tribute to Music in Movies: because the only major award they were going to give the year's big musical was the Best Supporting Actress to Anne Hathaway that everyone's expected for months. It helps to realize that in the life of every actor there's usually a musical performer in there somewhere. And, quite possibly, a desire to do it again.
Along with Bassey's "Goldfinger," though, the high point was Barbra Streisand singing "The Way We Were" in a tribute to Marvin Hamlisch.
4. Christopher Plummer. The class act of the evening, by far. Anne Hathaway, who won the Best Supporting Actress Award he introduced, tried to be a class act and, sadly, failed. (Good for her, though, nevertheless. She's almost never bad and sometimes, as in "Rachel Getting Married," she's stupendous.)


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Final Projects
Family and friends joined us last night as the CHID 490 class presented their projects in Allen Auditorium. We were all inspired, educated and enlightened by what we saw! Thanks, everyone, for your amazing work!
In case you missed them, here they are again.
Max McLoughlin
GENTLE VIOLENCE from KARL MAXX on Vimeo.
Katy Brown
CHM from Katy brown on Vimeo.
Elizabeth Heath
Dan Gillmore
Film Making Amateur Hour with Dan Gillmore from Dan Gillmore on Vimeo.
Amalia Kalisz Tonsor
Sugar Creek from amalia on Vimeo.
Karl Benitez
Something more than Sound from Karl Benitez on Vimeo.
Sam Rousso
A Strange Discussion from sam rousso on Vimeo.
Bryan Gamble
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Headquartered and founded in Kansas City, Mo. in 1912, Sertoma is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit international organization dedicated to SERvice TO MAnkind, with 19,000 members in over 650 clubs across Canada, Mexico and the United States. Every year Sertoma Clubs raise more than $20 million for local community service projects. Through these projects, as well as grants and scholarships, Sertoma clubs return those funds to their respective communities.
Our Clubs actively promote freedom and democracy programs. Sertomans communicate the anti-drug message to today's youth. SERTOMA offers a diversity of community services. Local Sertoma Clubs choose sponsorships based upon the community's needs.
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SERTOMA exists for the high and noble purpose of Service to Mankind by communication of thoughts, ideas and concepts to accelerate human progress in the Health, Education, Freedom and Democracy. The primary focus of SERTOMA is communication...helping people with speech and hearing disabilities.
For more information about Sertoma and its community clubs, visit www.sertoma.org or call (877) 737-8662.
Established in 1959 by SERTOMA International, the foundation was designated as the controlling arm of Sertoma's program of speech and hearing in 1963 and to encourage SERTOMA clubs to help the more than 24 million Americans who have speech and hearing disorders. In the early years it established several SERTOMA Centers for Communicative Disorders, however, only two remain in existence today - El Paso, TX and Palos Heights, IL. The program of affiliation has, however, become very successful as nearly 300 facilities are now affiliated with SERTOMA Clubs and the Foundation. the Foundation provides the funding for scholarships and grants. It has created public education materials and an advisory council of speech and hearing professionals and was a founding member of the Council for Better Hearing and Speech month. In 1986 the Foundation coordinated Better Hearing and Speech Month for the entire country.
SERTOMA's annual $75,000 Communicative Disorders Scholarship Program, funded by the Foundation, provides funds for students pursuing Master's Degrees in audio logy or speech-language pathology in the U.S., Canada or Mexico. Thirty scholarships worth $2,500 each are awarded in the spring to help offset the cost of tuition, books and fees.
QUIET PLEASES PROGRAM is a public education program about speech and hearing topics like hearing loss/conservation and employment of deaf or hard of hearing people. The QUIET PLEASES III program focuses on preventing hearing loss in kids. The target audience is children in third through sixth grade. The 22 minute video features a cartoon character who explains how we hear, how hearing loss can occur and how to protect the ears in noisy situations. The video is also available at most Blockbuster stores. QUIET PLEASES VI program targets teenagers with the message that loud music can cause hearing loss. The tape includes interviews with musicians and other music industry professionals who have experienced hearing loss due to loud music.
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Hitman Absolution: Launch Trailer
Scheduled for release across North America, Europe and PAL territories on November 20, 2012 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
Halo 4: Launch Trailer - Long
The official Halo 4 Launch Trailer, 'Scanned', Long Form, from David Fincher and Tim Miller.
God of War: Ascension: Ares God Trailer
In God of War: Ascension Multiplayer align yourself with Ares to gain the powers, weapons, and armor of the God of War. Crush your enemies with brutal melee attacks and the power of fire.
Call of Duty: Ghosts: Trailer
Our first glimpse at Call of Duty: Ghosts and its canine hero. The dog is wearing a soldier's uniform; this is adorable.
Far Cry 3: The Story Trailer
Deep down in insanity there is a place left by humanity and honor: The Rook Islands, a tropical paradise that hides a century of horrors and misery.
Grand Theft Auto 5: First Impressions Video
Simon joins Chris to share all his dirty GTA V secrets, in this first impressions video.
Hitman Absolution: Living Breathing World Trailer
Created entirely from original gameplay moments to highlight the game's realistic virtual world.
Disc Lickers: Episode 4
This week on Disc Lickers, Matt tells us what it was like at the League of Legends Season 2 World Championship Final, Neon shows us his favourite thing in Hotline Miami, and the next instalment of our XCOM campaign.
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Queen Bey, strapped into La Perla lingerie, made the moment her own, but it's hard to ignore the similarities.
Beyoncé wasn't the only trendsetter at Sunday's show to recreate moments from pop culture's past. Here are five more Grammy darlings who prompted the question, "Where have I seen that before?"
Smokey Bear and Pharrell Williams
Courtesy Smokey The Bear; Getty
Madonna 2003 and Madonna 2014
Courtesy Britney Spears; Getty
Sleeper and Daft Punk
Everett; Getty
Pink 2010 and Pink 2014
Jennifer Lawrence and Lorde
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Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs
David Beckham
- 1980s
Fated to Be a Footballer
Beckham, the middle child between two sisters, Lynne and Joanne, grows up in a working-class East London family of ardent Manchester United soccer fans. His father Ted, an appliance repairman, and mother Sandra, a hair stylist, encourage him to play.
- 1986
Scout, You're It!
An 11-year-old Beckham wins an important youth soccer event, the Bobby Charlton Soccer Schools National Skills competition. He also impresses Manchester United scouts while playing a game for his neighborhood club, the Ridgeway Rovers. When his mother tells him Manchester United wants him to try out for their youth league, he "just stood there and cried," Beckham says in Sports Illustrated.
- 1991
Living the Dream
Beckham leaves home at 16 to play for the training division of his favorite club, Manchester United, a legendary English soccer team with more than fifty million fans worldwide. He works on developing his signature free kicks, passing and corner kicks – skills that later make him known for his deadly accurate, game-clinching goals. He joins the team proper in 1993 and makes the starting lineup for the first time two years later, making an immediate splash as a talented goalmaker. He's voted the Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year in 1997.
- 1997
Brand Beckham
Beckham signs an endorsement deal with sportswear and athletic equipment giant Adidas. In 1998, he'll net $13 million from his endorsement contracts; by 2005, having become a spokesman for Pepsi and razor maker Gillette, among others, Sports Illustrated estimates that he makes $30 million every year thanks to his corporate endorsements.
Posh Meets Becks
Victoria "Posh Spice" Adams, at the height of Spice Girls fame, sits for an interview with a soccer magazine. The reporter shows her a picture of Beckham. "I had no idea who he was," she tells Britain's Sun, "but I remember thinking one word: gorgeous." She meets Beckham for the first time after a United-Sheffield game that month, and it was "love at first sight." They become a British tabloid obsession.
- 1998
Ring Me
Beckham proposes at the stately 19th-century Rookery Hall Hotel in northwest England with a $65,000 three-carat diamond solitaire. Posh counters with a lavish $80,000 ring for him.
The Most Hated Man in Britain
In a second-round World Cup match between England and Argentina, Beckham is ejected after kicking Argentine midfielder Diego Simeone after Simeone fouled him. The English team loses on penalty kicks, and Beckham becomes the nation's whipping boy – he receives death threats and an angry fan mails him two bullets with Beckham's name etched on them. Even British Prime Minister Tony Blair weighs in, saying, according to Sports Illustrated, "He is obviously going to have to learn from this."
- 1999
Carbon Copies
Fiancée Posh gives birth to a son, Brooklyn Joseph, named after the New York borough where Posh found out she was pregnant. "The baby is gorgeous," PEOPLE reports her saying. "He has my nose and David's thighs." Second son Romeo comes Sept. 1, 2002, and Beckham gushes to PEOPLE, "Romeo's gorgeous. He's got Brooklyn's nose and Victoria's chin." A third son, Cruz, is born in Madrid on Feb. 20, 2005.
A Nearly Royal Wedding
Beckham and Posh invite 236 guests to their black-tie wedding at a castle outside of Dublin, Ireland. The bride and groom have gold-plated, red-velvet thrones, and Posh wears a crown and a one-of-a-kind Vera Wang dress. An 18-piece orchestra plays the Spice Girls, and the couple sells exclusive coverage of the event to British tabloid OK! for $1.5 million. The estimated cost of the wedding: $800,000.
- 2001
Once Again, a Nation's Hero
England qualifies for the 2002 World Cup due to Beckham's last-minute free kick against Greece that ties the game, 2-2. Following an unprecedented triple championship in the 1999 Manchester United season (the team wins the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League), Beckham is appointed captain of England's national team in Nov. 2000 and named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2001.
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- David Beckham
- Date of Birth
- May 02, 1975
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- Leytonstone, London, England
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Victoria Beckham, wife (1997 to present)
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Brooklyn Beckham, son (3/4/1999)
Romeo Beckham, son (9/1/2002)
Cruz Beckham, son (2/20/2005)
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SCE FCU Helps SoCal Teenagers Learn Personal Finance Management Skills
"Mad City Money" is a real-world simulation of financial decision-making and budgeting
Contact: PCGCampbell Kyle Reuter (310) 224-4957 (additional photos below)
IRWINDALE, Calif. (November 17, 2011) – Financial literacy courses are not required for high school graduation in California. To fill this education gap, SCE Federal Credit Union has created and hosted 127 financial literacy workshops and "Mad City Money" simulations in 2011. Through its nonprofit foundation, SCE FCU has helped educate nearly 3,500 15-18 year olds, parents and community members to date.
"Teenagers are on a crash course towards financial risky business," says SCE Federal Credit Union (SCE FCU) CEO Dennis Huber. "That's the reason our credit union's foundation is providing smart money management simulations for California teenagers. We're teaching financial literacy.
"We aim to teach basic money management skills through hands-on training. Our program helps students form healthy financial practices before going off to college and possibly incurring loans and credit card debt."
SCE FCU partners with schools and community organizations to make a variety of financial literacy workshops open to the public. SCE FCU will conduct 10 workshops during December 2011. Abigail Ulm, Manager of Services for the SCE FCU Foundation says, "Our financial education program continues to grow and we're planning to expand the program in 2012."
Mad City Money events are three-hour simulations where high school students are assigned a life scenario, complete with career, income, debt and insurance payments – even a spouse and children. Participants receive unexpected windfalls and unplanned expenses, just as in real life.
Earlier this year, SCE FCU partnered with Boyle Heights Technology Center and Watts Youth Opportunity Movement, two non-profits running a special youth workforce program for 14-21 year olds, to educate them on smart money management skills. More than 140 participants opened a special savings and checking account, which SCE FCU designed with safeguards to avoid overdraft fees as students learn to use their account.
"This is the first time many of our teens have ever earned a paycheck," said Boyle Heights Technology Center Executive Director Ozzie Lopez. "In the past, many would go straight to the nearest check-cashing store and then the mall. SCE FCU taught them how to save, prioritize needs and wants, which is pointing them in the right direction."
Today, four states in the U.S. require high school students to take a semester of financial literacy and 16 others require financial literacy training to be incorporated into curriculums; California is not one of them.
SCE Federal Credit Union was founded in 1952 and currently has more than 42,000 members, $500 million in assets, several Southern California branch locations, thousands of shared branch locations across the United States and more than 28,000 surcharge-free ATMs available to members. SCE FCU serves all of Southern California, with membership open to individuals and businesses. SCE FCU is a not-for-profit entity committed to improving the financial well-being of the communities it serves, especially those underserved by mainstream financial institutions. With a strong commitment to volunteerism, employees donate hundreds of hours to local community causes each year. Additionally, the creation of the SCE FCU Foundation provides much-needed financial education to the underserved.
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WSJ Poll: Candy Is Dandy But Pot Is Less Harmful
What's worse for your health: a candy bar or a joint?
The new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll produced a surprising answer. Sugar. When Americans were asked their opinion on the most harmful of four substances, tobacco (49%) and alcohol (24%) came in first and second place, followed by sugar (15%) and marijuana. Only 8% said marijuana was the most harmful substance.
LIVE Q&A at 1 p.m. ET Wednesday: WSJ reporters answer your questions about the new poll. Click here to submit questions and RSVP.
In another good sign for the cannabis industry, young adults in the poll said they are following the news about states legalizing marijuana more than news about Obamacare, the Ukraine or same-sex marriage.
The poll found 57% of adults between 18 and 35 years old have "seen, read or heard a lot" of news about marijuana, compared to 44% who were well-informed about Obamacare, 39% about Russia sending troops into the Ukraine and 34% about courts overturning bans on gay marriage.
Q&A Replay: WSJ's Aaron Zitner and Patrick O'Connor on the marijuana poll numbers.
WSJ's Patrick O'Connor explains the significance of Obama's approval rating on the midterm elections:
More on the WSJ/NBC News Poll:
Full Poll Results
Obama's Approval Rating Hits New Low
Candy Is Dandy But Pot Is Less Harmful
Majority Agree With Obamacare Contraception Rule
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JBo's offensive output hasn't been worth his pay cheque in years. He gets more mins in Calgary than he would here, so why would you assume his production would increase significantly? The difference in mins should make up for the small difference in systems
Wings were the 8th best in goals per game, and Calgary was 6th worst. I don't think it's a stretch to say the Red Wings have a better offensive hockey club.
Anyways, Bouwmeester's production isn't what I'd want him for, he helped the penalty kill a ton, something that is important for the Red Wings, especially with losing Lidstrom(who played about 1 minute a game), and Stuart(who was our main penalty killer). I just think he would flourish with the Wings, Calgary plays a passive, trap oriented system. The Red Wings transition game would translate better with Jbow's speed and pass. I just don't think it's a good fit with him in Calgary. I agree though, I really don't like his contract, but let's not act like Yandle's is much better, about 1 million dollars cheaper and 2 years longer.


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when a person is so low on the social chain that they dont know the oldest of news and/or gossip. these people are considered to be low tech, or old, since they only know the old news.
u didnt know that dick and jane were going out?? wow you are really low tech. thats old news!
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Writing for the Mass Media
Introduces students to the basics of writing in preparation for further
study in journalism, public relations, advertising, marketing, and business
and technical writing. The framework required of the basic news story
is used to help students process complex information and write about it
clearly and concisely. The course also includes basic editing, writing
for broadcast, the feature story, and consideration of legal and ethical
aspects of public communication.
Mass Media History, Law, and Ethics
Analyzes the history, nature, effects, responsibilities, influence, and
power of the mass media. Media history leads into instruction about ethical
principles and legal accountability.
Selected Topics in Communication
Presents selected topics not offered in the regular Communication curriculum.
Prerequisites may vary with course content.
College Publications: Forum
Provides practical experience working on the college newspaper. May be
taken more than once for credit. Prerequisite: COMM 203, equivalent transfer
course, or instructor consent.
Forum Photo Staff
Supplies photographs for the school newspaper. Class assignments include
action, candid, creative, and descriptive photography. Students work with
publications editors, photo director, and publications advisors in receiving
assignments, meeting deadlines, and processing film. Prerequisite: ART
180 or permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Principles of Layout and Design
Introduces students to fundamental techniques, concepts, and principles
used to produce effective document designs. This course includes hands-on
projects that develop students' visual literacy, basic desktop-publishing
skills, and the ability to use digital-image-editing software. The designing
of layouts for letterheads, advertisements, flyers, newsletters, and magazine
articles are possible projects.
Electronic Design
Builds upon skills learned in COMM 306, and emphasizes hands-on projects
in which students explore document-design principles and desktop-publishing
techniques in greater depth. Students learn more about the publication
design and production process and how to produce effective, professional-quality
publications. Students continue to enhance their skills in digital image
editing. Prerequisite: COMM 306.
Professional Writing
Focuses on the writing of high-quality correspondence and a variety of
reports used in business and other professional areas. Students learn
about communication on the Internet, as well as about writing collaboratively.
Prerequisite: COMM 203 or equivalent.
Digital Media Survey
Introduces students to the possibilities for making art on a computer.
It explores techniques in several popular software programs. Same as ART
Digital Imaging
Covers basic technical skills for the digital photographer. These include
image capture, processing, retouching, manipulation, and printing. This
course also deals with visual and conceptual skills needed to produce
effective images. Prerequisite: ART 180. Same as ART 320.
Public Relations Principles
Presents methods of establishing and maintaining two-way communication
between an institution and its publics. The course focuses on publicity
and placement with the media, program planning and management, lobbying,
administration, and public affairs. It also covers writing and editing,
small-group communication, research procedures, and legal-ethical considerations.
Advertising Writing and Campaign Planning
Teaches advanced skills in writing copy, creating advertisements, designing
layouts, and putting together a complete advertising campaign. The course
builds on the principles of advertising as an activity of marketing, but
the class focuses on creative strategies and techniques.
Directed Studies
Allows students to initiate proposals for intensive tutorial-based study
of topics not otherwise offered in the Communication Program. Prerequisite:
consent of instructor and school dean.
Advanced Writing and Research
Uses current methods of computer research plus traditional news-gathering
methods as a basis for advanced writing projects. Students assemble information
and produce various forms of in-depth writing on public interest topics.
Students collaborate to read and comment on each other's work. Prerequisite:
Technical Writing
Focuses on writing with clarity about technical subjects for various
audiences. Projects might include technical descriptions, instructions
or procedures, and technical manuals or reports. Technical writing style
and effective peer review are emphasized. Some collaborative work is required.
Prerequisite: COMM 310.
Electronic Communication in Organizations
Provides students with knowledge and skills needed to work with and produce
electronic media. Students are introduced to electronic media and software
tools for producing, presenting, and sharing information in an organizational
setting. Collaborative capabilities are stressed to ensure that students
are prepared to work in the team-based atmosphere common to real-world
communication departments. Prerequisite: COMM 310.
Administration of Non-Profits
This course examines the strategic management of the arts organization
with a focus on evaluation, long range and strategic planning. Topics
covered will include board selection and governance, volunteers, audience
identification, labor relations, fundraising, and communications.
Offers students the opportunity to integrate classroom knowledge with
practical experience. At least two separate internships are strongly recommended.
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing (for transfer students, at least
15 hours completed at Westminster), minimum 2.5 GPA, completion of the
Career Resource Center Internship Workshop, and consent of faculty supervisor
and Career Center Internship Coordinator.
Portfolio Workshop
Gives students an opportunity to create portfolios from samples of their
work that reflect various skills acquired in the Communication Program.
Students learn to produce professional-quality portfolios displaying work
completed in courses and internships. Course should be taken in one of
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TRUCKEE, Calif. — Miracles? Really now! Well, here's one to consider. Remember the whole Batman tragedy in Colorado; how can we forget? Turns out one of the victims was shot right through the nose, and then right through the brain. You're thinking, she's one of the 12 who died, right, or at least she's in a vegetative state. Wrong you are, Matinee Lady. Turns out she has a rare brain abnormality with a narrow channel right through her brain, previously unknown to her, that allowed the bullet to pass right through. A silly millimeter here or there and all bets are off, major damage or death. But as it is, she'll escape the Joker's malevolence largely unscathed, according to her pastor. I'm sorry, but that just passes beyond the realm of plausibility in my book, even to the miraculous.
"Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends." So Jesus challenged us with the whole idea of sacrificial love, just before He went to the cross. And we're thinking, that doesn't really apply to us, does it? Consider how many men in the theater that night in Colorado, in a split second, shielded their loved ones with their own bodies only to pay the ultimate price and answer in reality the challenge Jesus gave us. Greater love! How about the young lady who held her fingers to her friends blown out carotid artery, while still under fire, and ultimately carried her across two parking lots to an ambulance to save her life. Greater love! Jesus didn't give us a mission impossible with His "Greater love" challenge. He's telling us about our potential as transformed creatures. After all, we are His workmanship, His masterpiece, His work of art, created in Christ Jesus for good works, that we should walk in them. What should we expect? Well, of course, Greater love, and nothing less!
Amanda Lindgren said of Alex Teves, "He was my angel that night, but he was my angel every day I knew him. I'm broken … When someone loves you that much and you love somebody that much … how do you believe that this is real?" Julie Vojtsek also shared, "John knowingly shielded me from a spray of gunshots. It was then I believe John was hit with a bullet that would have very possibly struck me. I feel very strongly that I was saved by John and his ultimate kindness."
We strain to understand why the nobility of incredible heroism is often known only in moments of madness and heartbreaking catastrophe. We always seem to have a Joker, a Judas, a Charlie Manson, dictators and fiends of every variety. It's part of life after the garden, when we were given the freedom to choose the love of God, or the incredible darkness of self and separation. But eternity is a long time, and someone promised to make it all right. "The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice." We are promised that, "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." We may not understand it in this blink of an eye we call life, but eternity is a long time. Then, "We shall know perfectly, even as we are perfectly known."
Isn't it the irony of ironies that a group of people go to see a movie about a Super-Hero, only to emotionally and graphically realize the real hero was setting right beside them? And these very heroes echo so beautifully the behavior of the One who so passionately demonstrated His love for all of us on a Roman cross.
— Randy Allen is a Sierra Sun columnist, worship musician, and Bible teacher. He's lived in Truckee for 30 years.


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From Yiddish, to fall down from extreme excitememnt or abhorance.
When i heard she had slept with my roommate, i was about to plotz!
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to collapse or faint, as from surprise, excitement, or exhaustion.
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burst, with surprise
When I heard that, I almost plotzed!
ayon kay Michael ika-12 ng Agosto, 2003
to faint, fall over, shit pants with excitement. Word is famously used in the film "Donnie Brasco" when they arrive at the King's Court in Miami.
"Wait until you get a load of the banquet room. You're gonna plotz!"
ayon kay mtskunks ika-17 ng Pebrero, 2010
to burst, as from laughter.
Moishe told a joke that was so funny, I almost plotzed.
ayon kay Slouchy McGoon ika-15 ng Disyembre, 2012
To shock, surprise, take aback, astound to the extent of fainting or "shitting oneself" .
Krusty: I opened for The Who at Woodstock. I came out in a Beatle wig with a ukulele. Hendrix said he almost plotzed -- his exact words.
ayon kay Joe ika-13 ng Nobyembre, 2004
The act of farting or accidentally pooping while urinating or cumming. Often used to express extreme responses to humour, pleasure or fear.
That Youtube video was so funny I plotzed myself.
I nearly plotzed when I saw that Stormtrooper bikini!
I nearly plotzed when I saw that Stormtrooper bikini!
ayon kay n16h7m4r30rch357ra ika-29 ng Oktubre, 2010