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Sun has been shopping around for a buyer to help it turn around its falling profits and margins for a while. IBM and Sun were in talks over a potential deal -- IBM offered Sun $9.40 per share and the offer was met with resistance by Sun's board.
That resistance led IBM to walk away from the negotiations. The Wall Street Journal reports that Oracle has now agreed to purchase Sun for $9.50 per share. The value of the transaction is $5.6 billion and excludes Sun's cash debt. Sun reportedly had about $2.6 billion in cash and short-term investments and $700 million in long-term debt as of December 28, 2008.
A Sun/Oracle merger makes sense with Sun servers being sold with Oracle database software for a long time. Buying Sun will allow Oracle to offer complete solutions of hardware and software to businesses looking for a one-stop shop.
Other than the issue with IBM offering less than Sun's board wanted for the company, reports had IBM being concerned about antitrust issues stemming from the purchase. Oracle is believed to have less of an antitrust issue since it has fewer businesses that compete directly with Sun.
Oracle executives believe that the purchase will pay off quickly for the company despite the fact that Sun has been posting losses for the last three quarters. Sun is expected to add more than $1.5 billion to Oracles operating profit excluding charges and other items in the first year with that number growing to over $2 billion the second year after the purchase.
The Wall Street Journal reports that some analysts were stunned by the purchase. AMR Research analyst Bruce Richardson said, "The last thing you expected was a database-software company to buy a hardware customer base."
quote: A few years ago, the idea of writing a desktop app using Java was within the realm of reason.
quote: Furthermore .net programmers are dime a dozen, I just wish I knew that before going through 4 years of school. Everywhere I applied in different cities, Java entry level developers got as much as 20% more salary
quote: I'm not exactly sure what on earth you are talking about.BB = 99.99% Java based
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The Myprotein Pouring Funnel is the ideal accessory for the hassle free transfer of supplements from one container to another.
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Not much to say about this, it's a funnel - performs the function of a funnel well
Size of the funnel is quite big but overall its a great product.
I found that the protein didn't really flow through it and more had to be pushed. Would be good if the nosel was bigger as I found that the protein would get caught in clumps.Goes Well With:Protein powders
This product makes the mixing of creatine and BCAA's very easy! No spillages and no wastage, this makes you money go further with these other supplements! Great!
Easy to fill up any bottle to take my protein on the road
southpaw is excellent, super servant to put some powder products in bottles and similar things, really excellent thing
Just too small.sholuld be wider, its jaming all the time
Excellent product. Pretty good size to chuck in your bag if you're needing a funnel on the go. At the end of the day, it's a funnel and it does what it's meant to, nothing else needs to be said.Goes Well With:Anything liquid you want to transfer to a bottle, eg Smoothies, Blended Meals, Creatine
Does the job it's meant to do - cheap price and no problems!
Works great for finer powders like creatine and palatinose but grainier supps like whey and oats tend to get stuck in the spout and need a lot of shaking to get them through.
Very handy for transferring BCCAs into a normal water bottle.
Perfect product for pouring my BCAA's into a bottle to drink during workouts without spilling it everywhere. Goes Well With:A bottle
Great little handyman in the kitchen. Cleaner kitchen, happier wife, more reasons to do a quick work out.Goes Well With:Water bottle
Thought it would be bigger, not as robust as I would have liked but hey it is hand sized for your gym bag so overall it's Good. Goes Well With:My Gym Bag
Does exactly what it says on the tin, makes it easy to fill water bottles with pre-workout supplements.
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel works good for so cheap.Goes Well With:pre workouts
Bought this item to use in smaller bottles to add createne or animo acids to drinks saves spiling and wasting any products.
Ideal for putting powders into water bottle with no trouble at all.Goes Well With:Everything
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel is perfect! It does just the job in a handy travel size. It's high quality and tough so wont crack/snap.
Cheap but good, just what I needed especially when putting creatine into a bottle, just cheap and effective.
This pouring funnel is excellent for putting servings of powered supplements into bottles without spilling any and making a mess.Goes Well With:Bcaa powder
What a brilliant funnel this is! Saving me spilling my supplement everywhere.Goes Well With:powders
This is a very good, extremely effective product Goes Well With:Impact whey protein
Funnel works great!
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel does the job it's designed for. It's much less messy when using this and is a very useful little item that's definitely worth buying.
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel does the job it's designed for. It's a very useful little nick-knack.
I use this to add my glutamine and bcaa's into a two litre bottle of water twice a day to reach my intake for the day. Worth buying and storing in your gym bag!
All as expected, I am very happy!Goes Well With:all my bottles!
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel does what it says on the tin. It works well for what I need, which is mainly putting Creatine into my bottle of water.
Right size, not too big, not too small just fits perfectly. Non stick surface, good price, easy to clean. Fits perfectly into any bottle, would recommend. Goes Well With:Any powders.
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel definitely funnels. My favourite part is when the creatine goes down the funnel's sides and falls into my sports bottle. My only gripe is that the funnel doesn't come with an instructions manual, otherwise this would have been a solid 5 star product! Nice one, Myprotein!Goes Well With:your funnel-ables.
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel is bigger than it looks on the picture. The spout fits perfectly in standard 500ml bottles, and it's cheaper than getting one from a kitchen/home store.
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel is a god send. No more losing precious creatine down the plug hole trying to carefully tip the small scoop into my water bottle.
I use this Myprotein Pouring Funnel for when I'm on the move. I always carry a tub of protein in the car and use the funnel to add protein to a pint of milk.Goes Well With:protein, oats etc.
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel is as described. It's a good product that's great for everyday use.
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel is an excellent product, easy to use too.
Before getting this Myprotein Pouring FunneI, I used to mess around trying to utilise my skills in the discipline of origami in order to transfer my substances into small necked bottles. I have to say I had almost arrived at the perfect method of folding required to perform this task with the utmost efficacy. The major development came when I saw a photograph of the Myprotein Pouring Funnel, I instantly recognized the genius of this device. I have been using it religiously ever since for all my funneling needs. The handle is something that even I hadn't thought to include in my origami engineering, it blew me away. 5 stars, it changed my life.Goes Well With:Small necked bottles, Powder, Liquids
Great product, nothing else to say as it's only a funnel! Goes Well With:any thing that needs to be poured.
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel does what it's supposed to do with no problems. It's an excellent productGoes Well With:Anything powder based
Spout is simply not wide enough; a scoop of maltodextrin powder clogs it up.Goes Well With:Liquid
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel measures around 10cm in diameter, which was a little larger than I was expecting! Some of my powders have clogged up the spout when trying to funnel larger quantities.Goes Well With:Powders, liquids.
With Creatine and glutamine, the Myprotein Pouring Funnel is fine, but as soon as it comes to the intended use with protein powder, it doesn't follow through the tunnel. I am using a mass gainer which is thicker, but I had tried to air it out by moving it about in the tub before trying again, and it was still no use.Goes Well With:Fine powdered supplements
The Myprotein Pouring Funnel is excellent!
Using this Myprotein Pouring Funnel has saved a lot of spillages when preparing supplements. There's not much more to say. It does as it's supposed to.
To be honest this Myprotein Pouring Funnel really hasn't worked for me and I am a little disappointed. Maybe it's my fault for not checking the size before I bought it but it is too small and when I tried to use it to put my powder in the container, the funnel part was not wide enough and it got clogged, so I had to just tip in in anyway. Other than that, it is a nifty little funnel which could be used successfully for pouring liquids etc, so don't let this review put you off buying it if that's what you want it for.
This is very handy and I am no longer making a mess adding supps to my bottle a spilling powder everywhere

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March 14, 2013, 12:59 PM
So I wanted to put this out there to get awareness out to my fellow tar heels that my dad, Rep. Pittman, has sponsored (along with Reps. Ford, Hardister, and Speciale) a bill that would amend the NC constitution in several ways that would really strengthen and broaden our rights under the state constitution, as well as placing the state constitution squarely opposed to any potential attempts at confiscation by state or federal powers. I won't go in to the details here, the bill can be read on the General Assembly's website here. (http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/HTML/H246v1.html) Feel free to ask any questions or give feedback. I talk to my dad all the time about these issues and I've been trying to give him a rundown of what people are mainly concerned with when we talk. As Grassroots NC says, we don't have a stronger supporter of gun rights in Raleigh than my dad so I really think we need to press the issue while we have him and several like him up there. If you want to support the bill the best way to do it currently is to contact the members of the committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House the members of which may be found here. (http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/Committees/Committees.asp?sAction=ViewCommittee&sActionDetails=House+Standing_2) If we can get it through the committee's and get it to the people I think we stand a good chance right now.


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Atonement, a leading contender with seven nominations, was named best motion picture drama. And Daniel Day-Lewis picked up the best actor in a movie drama category for his commanding performance in the historical Western There Will Be Blood.
Usually characterized by free-flowing champagne, off-the-cuff speeches and glamorous parties, the Golden Globe Awards often serve as a predictor for the Academy Awards. (The Oscar nominations will be announced Jan. 22.) This year, though, the show was stripped of its pomp and glitz – due to the continuing Writers Guild of America strike. With no nominees in attendance, the awards were announced during a live press conference by a panel of TV hosts and journalists.
Surprises in StoreFlying by in 30 minutes, the broadcast offered several major surprises. One big upset: Marion Cotillard was named best actress in a movie comedy or musical. (Many speculated that Juno's Ellen Page would walk away with the award.) Cotillard's victory was for her portrayal of the late French monument, singer Edith Piaf, in the biopic La Vie En Rose.
For Billy Bush, a host of NBC's edition of the telecast, Cate Blanchett's win (for best supporting actress in I'm Not There) was a surprise. The host announced his preference – Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone – while remarking on Blanchett's Bob Dylan-inspired performance, "At the end of the day, it's a woman imitating a man."
And while no celebrities were on hand to offer acceptance speeches, presenter Giuliana Rancic offered one of the evening's most memorable quips. Before announcing several awards, the television host said, "I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd be up here. First, I want to say I support the WGA – and no, not because without the strike there would be no way I would ever be standing up here at the Golden Globes presenting."
No Country for Old Men's Javier Bardem was named best supporting actor. In a statement, the grateful star expressed his thanks, saying, "It is a great honor to have been recognized with this award in a time when there are so many outstanding performances in this category."
Other big winners: Ricky Gervais's Extras was named best TV comedy series, and 30 Rock's Tina Fey was awarded best TV comedy series actress. For the dramas, newbie Mad Men was named best TV drama series.
No Glitz, No PartiesWith all official parties canceled, what would all the nominees be doing Sunday night? Days earlier, many confessed they were anticipating watching the press conference from home – or just tuning into other programs.
Nominee George Clooney's rep Stan Rosenfield joshed that the actor would be "watching Bonanza on color television," while Juno star Allison Janney told PEOPLE that she was considering catching the special with her castmates. Said Janney: "If something good happens we can all go out and spontaneously celebrate somewhere." (Janney and her cast could stay put, though; Sweeney Todd won best motion picture comedy or musical.)
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MORGANTOWN - Saturday's game pitting No. 8 West Virginia against Maryland will be the first test for the Mountaineers as they put their unstoppable force against the Terrapins' unmovable object.
Maryland, 2-1 and coming off a three-point loss to Connecticut last week, has the eighth-ranked defense in the country.
Maryland has allowed just 227 yards of total offense per game, and it is even better against the pass.
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UConn's Scott McCummings (11) runs the ball as Maryland defensive lineman Keith Bowers, top, and defensive back Eric Franklin (48) make the tackle in the Terps' 24-21 loss on Saturday
"They have eight or nine of their starters back on defense," WVU football coach Dana Holgorsen said. "For a personnel standpoint, we're very familiar with them. From a scheme standpoint, it's totally different. It's a different scheme that what they did last year."
Defensive lineman Joe Vellano anchors a front that has allowed just 2.5 yards per rush and 2.6 sacks per game.
"The Vellano kid is a guy we were concerned with last year," Holgorsen said. "He's a big, thick, try-hard guy."
The defense has shown a knack for forcing turnovers through the first three games. The Terrapins have made their opponents cough the ball up six times in three games. Vellano has one interception, as does linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield. Hartsfield has also recovered two fumbles, and Eric Franklin and A.J. Francis have recovered loose footballs.
The defense has also recorded 21 tackles for loss with Vellano and Cole Farrand each having four.
WVU, 2-0, has seen its offense rack up 452 yards on the ground in the first two games and another 772 yards through the air.
The Mountaineers are ranked fourth nationally in scoring offense, second in passing offense and third in total offense.
"Maryland has a lot of experienced guys on their defense, much like we have on offense," Holgorsen said. "Much like we have on defense, they have a lot of young kids trying to figure out a new offense. They will continue to get better and better."
Kick-off for the game is slated for noon, and it will be televised on the FX network.
WVU will hold its annual Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in the Caperton Indoor Facility at 9:30 a.m., and it is open to the public.
A limited number of tickets still remain for the contest, which can be ordered by calling 1-800-WVU-GAME.
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UNIVERSITY PARK - It was Military Appreciation Day when Penn State faced Marshall at the Jordan Center Saturday. Apparently the Bumbling ... er ... Thundering Herd did not get the message.
Marshall offered little in the way of defense, allowing the Nittany Lions to score practically at will in a 90-77 victory that was not nearly as close as the final score indicated. Penn State improved to 7-3 on the season, as all five Lion starters reached double figures.
The Herd, who rank 305th in the nation in scoring defense in the latest NCAA statistics (79.7 ppg), fell to 4-5.
"Defensively, we were really poor today," Marshall coach Tom Herrion said. "You're not going to win many games anywhere giving up 90."
It could have been even worse, as PSU coach Pat Chambers cleared his bench late. That allowed the Herd, who were still playing mostly regulars, to cut a 25-point deficit to 13 in the final four minutes.
"I would take the last five minutes out," Chambers said. "I thought we did a phenomenal job against their length and athleticism and skill."
Though long and athletic and skilled, Marshall showed little interest in playing defense, and the Lions were more than happy to take advantage. In the first half, PSU: raced out to an 11-1 lead; made 14 of 24 2-pointers; dunked five times; and led by as many as 20 points.
"They weren't getting back," said PSU forward Ross Travis, who scored eight of his team-high 20 points on dunks. "So one of the game plans was to push the ball as fast as we could up the floor."
Just as importantly, State was not lulled into playing poor defense itself. The Lions blocked eight shots in the first half and held the Herd to 29.7 percent from the field through 20 minutes. PSU's 10 blocks in the game were only two off the school record, and sophomore Donovan Jack led the way with a personal-best seven.
"We always stress defense," Jack said. "Defense starts everything."
Indeed, PSU held Marshall to three points in the first five minutes of the second half, which was when the game got out of hand. A Travis stuff off of one of Tim Frazier's game-high nine assists made it 58-37 at the 15:57 mark. The margin grew as wide as 27 (70-43).
Unlike in the loss at Pitt earlier in the week, when Frazier and Newbill were the only two Lions who really showed up, this was a balanced effort. Travis had 20 points and six boards. Jack had 17 points, seven rebounds and the seven blocks. Forward Brandon Taylor had 10 points, five rebounds and two blocks.
Newbill had 17 points and seven rebounds. And Frazier? He was content to run the whole show, taking only nine shots (and making five) to finish with 11 points, nine assists, four steals and four caroms.
"We ran into a buzzsaw," Herrion said, adding Penn State was the first team to "really carve us up" when the Herd were trying to press.
Marshall freshman guard Kareem Canty had 28 to lead all scorers, but nine came in the final four minutes. Veteran forward Elijah Pittman, who came in averaging 22.9 per game, was held to 10 on 4-of-13 shooting. He was 1 of 5 from the arc and 1 of 6 from the line.
Game notes: Penn State scored 48 points in the paint to Marshall's 30. The Lions also had 19 second-chance points to the Herd's nine. ... Marshall had 12 offensive rebounds in the first half. After a talking-to from Chambers on the subject at the break, PSU only allowed three in the second half. ... Penn State is at Duquesne Wednesday (7 p.m. tip) before returning to Rec Hall to face Princeton next Saturday (2 p.m. tip).
MARSHALL (4-5): Canty 10-19 3-5 28, Thomas 2-9 2-5 6, Sane 1-4 2-2 4, Goard 2-4 5-8 9, Pittman 4-13 1-6 10, Smith 3-9 2-2 10, Boykins 2-3 1-2 5, Manning 2-4 0-0 5, Mbao 0-0 0-0 0, Loop 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-66 16-30 77.
PENN ST. (7-3): Newbill 6-13 3-4 17, Jack 8-12 1-2 18, Taylor 4-10 0-0 10, Frazier 5-9 0-0 11, Travis 5-9 9-11 20, Woodward 0-2 0-0 0, Roberts 2-7 2-2 6, Thorpe 2-5 2-2 6, Montminy 0-0 0-0 0, Wisniewski 1-1 0-0 2, Moore 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-68 17-21 90.
Halftime-Penn St. 47-32. 3-Point Goals-Marshall 9-20 (Canty 5-8, Smith 2-2, Manning 1-1, Pittman 1-5, Loop 0-1, Thomas 0-3), Penn St. 7-24 (Newbill 2-4, Taylor 2-7, Frazier 1-1, Jack 1-2, Travis 1-3, Thorpe 0-1, Woodward 0-2, Roberts 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Marshall 40 (Sane 8), Penn St. 47 (Jack, Newbill 7). Assists-Marshall 11 (Canty 5), Penn St. 20 (Frazier 9). Total Fouls-Marshall 13, Penn St. 19. A-5,633.


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I used to be able to just detect design-time in the page constructor and hook-up some view models with some fake data. This no longer seems to work; I set the DefaultViewModel but the IDEs still say that there's no DataContext set, but it works at runtime.
I take it something has changed from WP7, SL and WPF. How do we simply add fake values to TextBlock controls? There's no fallback value either.
P.S. I didn't know about the dark "Blue Thunder" (my name) VS theme until this series, so I'm pleased if I only learned that
@LukePuplett: Hi Luke, I'm sorry I don't have an answer for you here. I was not aware that anything changed, but I'm definitely not an authority on these matters. If I come across anything I posted it here. Sorry!
Nice work on the videos..Just sent out for a book on app development then found this site. I think I will be making my first app for the app store soon... Thanks oo and..P.S. any coupon codes for your site?
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The 6 Biggest Disappointments of My Disappointing Life
Little Girls Suck Just As Much As Little BoysThe Assumption: Little Girls Are More Mature And, Therefore, Better Than Little Boys
I'm not sure how this got into my head. After all, we're talking about when I was four, but I seem to recall hearing all through my early childhood that girls were more mature than boys. Maybe it was just a misquote intended to describe physical maturation. But to young Gladstone that meant little girls weren't petty or cruel. They were above childish playground taunts and silly cut-throat competition.
The Crushing Realization: Little Girls Are The Devil
I remember some boys in pre-K who refused to play with little girls. Cooties or something. I was never quite sure on the details, but I swear I never had that phase. And one day during quiet reading time, I saw two of my classmates sharing a book that I also wanted to read. Undaunted by their lack of a penis, I asked to join in. Denied. And this is a quote: "No. You're a booooooooooooooooooooy." (That's pronounced "boy," but apparently little girls are capable of making that a four syllable word.)
I soon came to realize that if testosterone is the hormone that turns boys to men who wage war on their brother, then latent supplies of estrogen are responsible for fashioning prepubescent girls into Satan's little helpers. I'm sure there are worse things in the world than ten-year-old girls, but thankfully I've yet to encounter them. Sure, Jeffrey Dahmer would drill holes into his victims' skulls in a failed attempt to convert them into sexual zombies, and then eat them, but only a ten-year-old she-beast would go up to a little girl on welfare to show off her $80 dollar shoes. Only a little girl would throw a party inviting everyone in the class except the one girl she hated. If little girls are more mature than little boys, then that means only they've more quickly acquired the shameful skills of adulthood.
Grown-Ups CheatThe Assumption: Selfish Cheating Children Will Have To Grow Up One Day
I remember being a kid and seeing kids cheat at games. I remember lies told to teachers about the extra Munchkins stolen from Dunkin' Donuts boxes. And I remember just a whole bunch of basically immature, shitty little kid behavior, flowing from thinking that went like this: "who cares about being fair? I want what's best for me." I'd shake my little prepubescent head (which I guess means my head before it sprouted a penis?) and comfort myself with thoughts that one day these kids would have to grow up. Maybe it's because my parents were pretty fair so I kind of assumed that's what grown ups were.
The Disappointing Realization. Grown Ups Are Just Taller Children
I remember the exact day this assumption was shattered. I was about ten years old and in Hebrew School. For reasons that were not clear to me, some kid was throwing sharpened pencils at the back of my head during class. Obviously, because I'm incredibly cool, I didn't tell on him, but I did warn him to stop. He did not. And I did nothing because I didn't want to get in trouble during class. (I was cool and practical!) But when class was over, I walked out to the hall and promptly punched him as hard as I could in the stomach. I then walked to where my mom was supposed to pick me up.
Well, before I got there, I was accosted by this kid's mom who was screaming at me for striking her son. I explained that I wasn't a bully. That her son was throwing pencils at my head. And then she said something I'll never forget: "I don't care what he was doing!" I was pretty stunned. If my mother found out I had first been picking on the kid who then kicked my ass, she would have smacked me herself. But not so with this mom. There was no acceptable reason for her son getting smacked, including him really earning it. I know. I'm bumming you out. Don't leave, I'm about to talk about sex.
College Is Not Much Different Than High SchoolThe Assumption: In College Everyone Will Get The Real Me
I don't know about you, but I did not particularly enjoy high school. Not because I wasn't having tons of great sex with naughty cheerleaders and worldly visiting twenty nine-year-old English teachers from Holland - I totally was. But I thought most of my peers were shallow, sheltered, petty, suburbanite jerks. But come college? Look out! My peers would see the real me! I'd wear a long scarf for no apparent reason and ponder poetry in the windows of 200-year-old institutions, striking the fancy of some bisexual, bipolar girl who dared me to achieve orgasm on the front lawn of the Bursar's office. Or at the very least, no one would call me a fag for liking David Bowie.
The Disappointing Realization: Those Jerks From High School Go To College Now.
Y'know, you'd think I would have seen this coming having actually scored high enough to get into a University, but apparently, it did not occur to me that everyone I disliked was also going off to college too. And that the thick-headed, boring Bruce Springsteen fans of suburban New Jersey I was about to meet were not going to be very different than the thick-headed, boring Billy Joel fans of suburban Long Island I was leaving. (If those musical references are too antiquated, replace Springsteen and Joel with any two nouns in your room and turn my column into your own Mad Libs).
So yeah, it was a depressing realization. But then, in the second half of my freshmen year, this dark, mysterious girl moved in across the hall from me. One day, we got to talking in her room about how cool David Bowie and Alice Cooper were. One thing led to another and suddenly she was making my face up with her mascara, eyeshadow, and lipstick. Y'see, besides being confident in my sexuality, I was pretty sure this was just foreplay. I quickly excused myself and went back to my room across the hall to get a condom. While I was gone, however, my sophomore transfer roommate had invited his gang of well-tailored Sigma Chi date rapists over. My appearance was difficult to explain, but considering these guys literally vomited on each other as part of initiation, I didn't feel I owed anyone an explanation. Anyway, the joke was on them because I totally got - actually I think it just ended up being second base. Maybe shortstop. Is that a thing? Anyway those first two years of college were super rough.


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Prep Time 15 minutes |
Cook Time 15 minutes
1 Tbsp Eden Toasted Sesame Oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp fresh ginger root, finely minced
1/2 cup Eden Sliced Shiitake Mushrooms, soaked in 1 cup warm water for 15 minutes
1 cup cauliflower florets
1 cup carrots, julienned
1 cup broccoli florets
1/2 cup water chestnuts, drained
1/2 cup edamame (green soybeans), fresh or frozen, remove from pods
1 cup mung bean sprouts, rinsed and drained
1 Tbsp Eden Kuzu Root Starch, dissolved in 2 T. cold water
1 Tbsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce, or to taste
1 Tbsp Eden Brown Rice Vinegar
1/3 cup green onions, sliced into 2 inch lengths
1 cup snow peas, stems removed
Heat the oil in a large skillet or wok and sauté the garlic and ginger for 1 minute. Drain the shiitake and reserve the soaking water. Sauté the shiitake 2 minutes. Add the cauliflower, carrots and broccoli. Sauté for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the water chestnuts, edamame and mung bean sprouts.
Mix together the shiitake soaking water, diluted kuzu, shoyu and vinegar. Blend well. Slowly pour the mixture over the vegetables, while stirring constantly until the liquid thickens, just several seconds. Mix in the green onions and snow peas and cook about 2 minutes until bright green and crisp. Serve as a vegetable side dish or over any cooked Eden Traditional Pasta or cooked grain.
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The president of a local builders association has emerged as another critic of the Assessor's Office in the Town of Evans.
Meanwhile, the Town of Cheektowaga is offering to share an assessor with Evans as a way for both communities to save money.
Those are the latest developments in a brewing controversy in Evans, where a taxpayers group is trying to block the reappointment of Jeanne C. Ebersole as town assessor.
The Town Board tabled her reappointment earlier this month after hearing an outcry from Evans Taxpayers United, which has been highly critical of Ebersole's handling of property assessments and claims her appraisals favor political allies, friends and family.
Ebersole, a former real estate agent and Erie County legislator, has said the objections are coming from taxpayers who have a personal ax to grind with her.
But Christopher J. Tucker, a local builder and president of the Buffalo Niagara Builders Association, told the Evans Town Board during a work session last week that it should consider replacing Ebersole.
"In my due-diligence process of reviewing available parcels, a common theme seems to prevail and that is that property assessments often vary so substantially with no apparent path of predictable merit," said Tucker, who is a managing partner with MJ Peterson/Tucker Homes. "One would presume that two very similar properties with comparable values would have similar assessments."
Tucker – who is beginning his one-year term as president of the trade organization – did not provide specific examples, but said he has come across the inequities while investigating investment opportunities in Evans. Tucker said he wanted to share his own experiences with the Town Board, after members of the taxpayers group made him aware of efforts to reappoint Ebersole.
"Such inequities in the assessment process opens up not only the competence of those responsible, but raises questions of integrity, conflicts of interest, and exposes your community to challenges for such inequities," Tucker told the board.
The resolution to reappoint Ebersole for another six years was submitted during the Jan. 2 meeting by Democratic Councilman Paul T. Cooper. Councilman Dennis M. Feldmann, also a Democrat, voted to hold off on the reappointment, as did Republican Supervisor Keith E. Dash.
The matter is still on the agenda for Wednesday's Town Board meeting, but it's unclear if it might come up for a vote. Ebersole's contract runs through September.
Dash, meanwhile, has been considering consolidating the services of the Assessor's Office with another municipality to save money. He has contacted Erie County about the possibilities.
Cheektowaga Supervisor Mary F. Holtz, in fact, sent Dash a letter last week offering to include Evans in a contract Cheektowaga has with the Town of Boston for the shared services of assessor Jeneen Lomando-McSkimming.
Holtz said the shared contract has worked out well for both towns.
"The Town of Cheektowaga is in the process of renewing Ms. McSkimming's contract and would like to propose a similar arrangement for her services with your town," Holtz wrote in her letter to Dash.
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Dear Carolyn: My daughter would like to request cash versus the usual wedding gifts.
How would you go about wording this request? We are trying not to sound too harsh. I thought I read about this idea in one of your previous columns.
A: Trying to soften me up?
Dearest T. The phrasing you seek is as follows: "The bride and groom don't want your stuff, they just want your money."
"Too harsh," right? That's the point: There's no polite way to bill guests for liking you, pat their pockets for loose change, or coerce them into paying your bills. So, please don't try. Thank you.
If you read about this in my column, then you read some version of this. My answer hasn't changed; I just repeat it occasionally since the question won't die.
When couples have a good reason not to want vases and candlesticks, then their proxies can say so when asked for registry info: "Heckle and Jeckle are combining two households/downsizing/relocating overseas, so your presence is present enough." Because it is, right?
Or, to your friends, good ones, when they ask: "Cash always fits."
Stop fretting over weddings
Dear Carolyn: Two cousins are engaged. One cousin has been planning a lavish wedding for over a year, and sent out "save the date" cards nine months in advance. Cousin 2 became engaged days ago. The grapevine buzz is that Cousin 2 plans to marry in haste (no, she's not pregnant), squeezing her affair in before Cousin 1's wedding. I'm offended; Cousin 2 will "steal the thunder" from Cousin 1.
Am I "acting old" by being offended? I'm stressing over what should be joyous family celebrations.
– Acting Old?
A: You are acting old, but only by inserting the "no, she's not pregnant" parenthetical (and by putting two spaces after the periods in your letter, but I fixed that).
The rest is just fretting where there needn't be any, and that's ageless.
I suppose there's the slightest of slim chances Cousin 2 is actually trying to get under Cousin 1's skin. If she is, then, well, imagine what her marriage will be like; it will punish her for her childishness so effectively that any family censure will just be piling on.
But if Cousin 2 is not otherwise an attention-grabbing twit, then please assume Cousin 2 merely wants to get started on married life without delaying it for a wall calendar's worth of event-planning. As long as she's not forcing guests to choose one wedding over the other, call this a tale of two styles and raise an untroubled glass to them both.
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Our new branch officially opened for business this past Monday, June 23rd!
Our old Boyle Heights branch was forced to close due to a 5.5 magnitude earthquake in the greater Los Angeles area on July 29th, 2008. It's been a long road, but the City of Los Angeles has completely refurbished the old City Hall building and welcomed us back with a lovely new space on the first floor for our members to enjoy.
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Georgia Wildlife Resources Division
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Project number: F-42
Study: V
Final Report Date: August 1995
Period Covered: October 1992 March 1993
Authors: Rex A. Dunham, Julie DiBona, Ike Rachmatika, Kimberly G. Norgren, Aimee Emory, Michael Spencer, and Paul Loska
To survey the biochemical variation of crappie in Georgia and determine if hybridization occurs between black and white crappie populations in Georgia.
Isozyme variation at 42 loci was examined for black crappie, Pomoxis nigromaculatus, populations in Clarks Hill Reservoir, upper and lower Walter F. George Reservoir, Lake Blackshear, Satilla River, Ogeechee River, Lake Sinclair, Lake Seminole, Lake Tobesofkee, Lake Nottely, Lake Lanier, Lake Allatoona and Carters Lake, and for white crappie, P. annularis, in Lake Blackshear. As has been found in other Southeastern black and white crappie populations, isozyme variation was minimal. All Southeastern populations of black crappie and white crappie examined, including Georgia crappie, are closely related. However, several unique rare alleles were detected in Georgia populations that have not been observed in populations. In 7 of 13 populations sampled, however, hybrid derived individuals were found indicating past hybridization and introgression of the black and white crappie genomes. Although black crappie populations in Georgia are closely related, they can be divided into management subsets based on presence or absence of rare alleles or white crappie alleles.
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Yemen is facing an increasingly complex and deteriorating humanitarian situation which is leaving many families in a hunger trap and absolute poverty.
The country is one of the world's most food insecure and least developed. The food, fuel and financial crises led to an increase in poverty from 35 percent in 2006 to an estimated 43 percent today. With a country revenue that is heavily dependent on oil exports, the sharp fall in oil prices and production is having a serious effect on the domestic economy, limiting the government's ability to provide basic services.
Hunger and malnutrition are widespread in the country and requires urgent intervention.
Yemen is ranked the 11th most food insecure country globally. Overall, one in three Yemenis are acutely hungry; they do not have sufficient resources to access nutritious food necessary for a healthy and productive life.
Half of the country's children are chronically malnourished and less than 1 in 10 children live to reach the age of 5. Such emergency levels of chronic malnutrition - or stunting - are second globally only to Afghanistan. Yemen has the third highest rates of underweight children in the world after India and Bangladesh; affecting more than half of all children under 5 are underweight.
Yemen's population of 23 million has one of the highest growth rates in the world estimated at 3.1 percent per year. The country suffers from rising unemployment and high poverty rates. Low education levels have led to high illiteracy rates at 66 percent for women and 27 percent for men. The situation of women is of particular concern and gender disparities in Yemen are the highest in the world.
A variety of internal and external factors are putting further strain on Yemen's limited resources.
Since a civil war broke out in Somalia nearly 20 years ago, hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Horn of Africa have crossed the Gulf of Aden. Yemen is also dealing with a humanitarian situation where a 6-year conflict originating in north-western Sa'ada governorate has displaced some 350,000 people and affected many more. Yemenis who have been internally displaced by the Sa'ada conflict and African refugees continue to rely entirely on humanitarian agencies for survival.
The dire situation is further compounded by climate change, water scarcity, population growth, gender disparities, low levels of education and general insecurity. Over the past decade, a series of natural disasters, including floods, earthquakes and locust swarms have affected the homes and livelihoods of thousands of families.
In the current situation where families are trapped in extreme vulnerability, any new shock no matter how minor it is could easily push millions over the edge.
WFP has been in Yemen since 1967 with offices currently in Sana'a, Amran, Aden, Sa'ada, Hajjah, and Hodeidah.
Interventions promote a twin-track approach addressing severe food insecurity and acute malnutrition as well as chronic hunger and malnutrition. Operations focus on key challenges facing Yemen: gender disparities and low levels of education, the Sa'ada conflict and resulting displacement, the growing influx of refugees from the Horn of Africa, and malnutrition and food insecurity above emergency levels.
This strategy has been designed in collaboration with key partners and stakeholders and the agency is working to build the preparedness and response capacity of the government and partners.
WFP's current portfolio aims to provide some 3.1 million extremely vulnerable people with critical food and nutrition support on a monthly basis.
However, the agency's ability to meet its commitments to beneficiaries is severely challenged by dire funding shortfalls. In the final quarter of 2010, WFP is facing a shortfall of 45 percent of its requirements for the year, with a budget of US$108 million for 2010, US$47 million still needs to be resourced this year to sustain vulnerable populations. Due to the ration cuts, beneficiaries and rations under life-saving and safety net operations have already been reduced, leaving refugees, wasting children, pregnant mothers, severely food-insecure Yemenis and conflict affected persons without necessary support.
Currently, the agency has 5 operations on the ground.
Emergency food security and nutrition support to vulnerable populations
In response to the findings of the recent WFP food security survey, WFP launched a highly targeted and calibrated emergency food safety net programme during the hunger season (May-October) for 1.7 million most severely food insecure in complement to the Government's Social Welfare Fund. The assistance allows families to meet the residual caloric gap between the minimum caloric requirement and the typical food intake of a food-insecure household; this gap is calculated at 500 kcal/person/day. WFP and partners use schools as a platform for distribution in order to have the greatest outreach in rural areas, all the while taking the opportunity to promote girls' enrolment.
The agency, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, provides monthly nutrition support to 242,000 beneficiaries. In order to address the inter generational cycle of malnutrition and prevent malnutrition, WFP provides blanket supplementary feeding for children from 6 to 24 months as well as targeted support to malnourished pregnant/lactating mothers. For moderate acute malnourished children from 6 to 59 months, targeted feeding using ready to use supplementary foods is curative. The ration also acts as an incentive to visit health centers and receive treatment, vaccines, nutrition/health education and pre/post natal care
Emergency assistance to families affected by the Sa'ada conflict
WFP provides monthly food and nutrition support to more than 300,000 IDPs, including 60,000 children under 5, scattered in camps, open areas, and with host families in Hajjah, Al Jawf, Sa'ada, Sana'a, and Amran governorates.
Regular and widespread assistance has improved the food consumption of beneficiaries and has contributed to stabilizing the levels of acute malnutrition and mortality among the IDP population. Moreover, in Sa'ada town WFP food played a role in maintaining food prices at relatively normal levels during the war despite the near blockade on the town.
Cooperating partners include Islamic Relief and ADRA. WFP and ICRC have a memorandum of understanding towards increased coordination.
Relief and Recovery Assistance for Refugees from the Horn of Africa
WFP has provided food assistance to Somali refugees in Yemen since 1992. The current operation provides immediate ready to eat food to refugees upon arrival to Yemen's shores as well as cooked meals at reception centers; distributes monthly full food rations to families living in Kharaz Refugee Camp; maintains the nutrition status of children and malnourished pregnant/lactating mothers through supplementary feeding programmes in the camp and urban area of Al Basateen in Aden; and encourages children to attend school through the provision of cooked school meals in the camp and urban area. A voucher for vocational training scheme is planned for urban refugees. On a monthly basis, some 39,000 refugees benefit from WFP assistance.
If food assistance were to be suspended in Kharaz camp, 90 percent of refugees would fall into food-insecurity.
WFP cooperates with a number of local and international NGOs and UN agencies.
Country Programme: Food for Girls' Education and Food for Mother/Child Health and Nutrition
WFP provides food to malnourished mothers, children, and TB/leprosy patients, contributing to improved health/nutrition and promoting attendance at health centers to receive vaccines and pre/post natal care. Across 19 of 21 governorates, take-home food rations act as an incentive to send girls to primary and secondary school and provide a safety net for poor, rural and food insecure families. The operation contributes to addressing key short, medium and long term challenges including: critical gender gap, illiteracy, low nutrition and health education, child marriage, maternal/child mortality, and high population growth. In 2010, more than 1 million persons are planned to benefit from the operation.
Within the first year of Food for Education activities, girls' enrollment increased by 60 percent, in some cases surpassing that of boys. In addition, the food serves has served as a valuable income transfer and safety net for vulnerable families.
WFP cooperates with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health.
Air Passenger Service and Logistics Cluster Coordination in Support of the Humanitarian Response in Sa'ada
WFP in its capacity as Logistics Cluster lead and custodian of the United Nations Humanitarian Air Services, supports the efforts of the Humanitarian Community to respond to the Sa'ada crisis in Yemen in order to enhance the predictability, timeliness and efficiency of the emergency response; and facilitate the access of humanitarian personnel and light cargo to the affected areas and ensure operational continuity.


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Comprehensive Sexual Health & HIV/AIDS InstructionInformation on comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS/STD prevention; includes legal requirements for education in these areas and additional resources for quality instructional programs.
New legislation has been enacted that will change Comprehensive Sexual Health Education and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education. The new laws go into effect January 1, 2016. Please check back soon for updates.
HIV/STD Prevention Disclaimer:
This site contains HIV/STD prevention messages that may not be appropriate for all audiences. HIV is defined as Human Immunodeficiency Virus, AIDS is defined as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and STD is defined as sexually transmitted disease.
California Comprehensive Sexual Health & HIV/AIDS Prevention Act
The California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act, California Education Code (EC) sections 51930-51939 , has two primary purposes:
- To provide a pupil with the knowledge and skills necessary to protect his or her sexual and reproductive health from unintended pregnancy and STDs;
- To encourage a pupil to develop healthy attitudes concerning adolescent growth and development, body image, gender roles, sexual orientation, dating, marriage, and family.
These sections of the EC address both comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS prevention education. The law requires that HIV/AIDS prevention education is taught once in middle school and once in high school, and states that if comprehensive sexual health education is taught, the local educational agency (LEA) must abide by all tenets of EC 51933. The LEA may not pick and choose topics.
"Comprehensive sexual health education" means education regarding human development and sexuality, including education on pregnancy, family planning, and sexually transmitted diseases (EC 51931).
"HIV/AIDS prevention education" means instruction on the nature of HIV/AIDS, methods of transmission, strategies to reduce the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and social and public health issues related to HIV/AIDS (EC 51931).
Abstinence shall be taught within the context of HIV/AIDS prevention education (EC 51934 (3), however, abstinence-only education is not permitted in California public schools.
The following do not qualify as comprehensive sexual health instruction or HIV/AIDS prevention instruction, and therefore, are not subject to the same rules that govern comprehensive sexual health and HIV/AIDS prevention instruction:
- Description or illustration of human reproductive organs that may appear in a textbook, adopted pursuant to law, on physiology, biology, zoology, general science, personal hygiene, or health (EC 51932).
- Instruction or materials that discuss gender, sexual orientation, or family life and do not discuss human reproductive organs and their functions (EC 51932).
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions and answers regarding comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS and STD instruction.
Comprehensive Sexual Health Education
Provides information concerning authorized comprehensive sexual health education (EC 51933).
Clarification of Laws Pertaining to HIV/AIDS Prevention Education
Letter sent to County and District Superintendents on May 4, 2006 regarding the California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act.
Curriculum Guidance
Provides information on curriculum and how to obtain curriculum for loan.
California Healthy Kids Resource Center – Sexual Health Evaluations
The reports in this section evaluate the compliance of curricula with California laws regarding sexual health and HIV/AIDS prevention education.
Equal Opportunity & Access
Discloses the practices of the California Department of Education to ensure equal, fair, and meaningful access to its employment and program services.
HIV/AIDS Prevention Education
Provides information concerning mandated HIV/AIDS education (EC 51934).
HIV/AIDS Instruction PowerPoint Presentation | PPT
Provides information regarding mandated HIV/AIDS instruction and laws related to permissible comprehensive sexual health instruction.
HIV/AIDS Funding & Reimbursement
Information on how HIV/AIDS instructional costs can be reimbursed.
HIV Information
Medically accurate and objective information and resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (EC 51930 - 51939).
HIV Fact Sheets
Medically accurate and objective fact sheets from the CDC (EC 51930-51939).
- Checklist for Guest Speakers
Criteria to determine if an outside consultant is adhering to EC for HIV/AIDS prevention education and comprehensive sexual health education.
- Checklist: Comprehensive Sexual Health Education (DOC)
For review of material for compliance with EC 51933.
- Checklist: HIV/AIDS Education (DOC)
For review of material for compliance with EC 51934.
Parental Notification and Consent
Information regarding parental notification for HIV/AIDS prevention education and comprehensive sexual health education, including a sample parent/guardian notification letter in multiple languages.
Program Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Prevention Instruction
This California Department of Education publication provides guidelines for state-mandated HIV/AIDS prevention education in California middle and high schools.
Teacher Training & Guest Speakers
Provides information regarding the legal requirement to provide teacher trainings and the ability of local educational agencies to contract with outside consultants (EC 51935).
Sexual Health Education Accountability Act
Provides information concerning the Sexual Health Education Accountability Act requirements.
Birth Control Guide
Provides a chart detailing all federal Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive methods in preventing pregnancy, including, but not limited to, emergency contraception (EC 51933 [10]).
Male Latex Condoms and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Medically accurate and objective fact sheet from the CDC on the effectiveness of male latex condoms, prevention of HIV/AIDS, and sexually transmitted diseases (EC 51934 [3]).
Resources for High Priority Counties
Resources for teachers and students that include local clinical sites and, if available, local 24/7 emergency hotlines for youth based on environmental scans of the high priority counties as identified by STD rates, Unintended Teen Birth Rates, HIV rates, and the focus of the CDC funded HIV/STD prevention.
Statewide & National Sexual Health Resources
A list of statewide and national resources for students and teachers on clinical services, medically accurate sexuality information, and comprehensive sexual health educational materials, including 24/7 emergency hotlines.
STD Facts & Data
California Department of Public Health
STD Fact Sheets for Youth
(English and Spanish)
Medically accurate and objective fact sheets on STDs designed for youth from the CDC (EC 51930 - 51939).
STD Local Jurisdiction Data
Provides statewide data as well as local health jurisdiction data for better program planning, and improved planning for resource allocation and interventions.
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President Obama outlined his priorities in his recent State of the Union address including a medical malpractice overhaul and eliminating new IRS tax reporting requirements. The President also pledged his support of action to improve the health care overhaul law. However, he does not support full scale repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) referencing the health reform repeal bill that recently passed in the House. President Obama also called for a ban on earmarks and a freeze on non-security discretionary spending but at the same time called for targeted additional investments, including funding for biomedical research.
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The 8 Strangest TV Show Ideas Ever Made
Making a TV show is a long process. A creator has to pitch it to a studio who has to sell it to a network who has to tell the creator it's now a reality dating contest who has to hire a lawyer to get the rights to his show back. It takes so much hard work from so many people that when it makes it to TV and it's still categorically insane, something rare and special has happened.
When I compiled this list, step one was disqualifying everything from Japan. They only make TV shows in Japan because they're trying to get rid of a surplus of adult diapers and Japanese people, and they're not subject to our interpretation of sanity. If they were, one person in the history of the world might have said, "I bet they don't really buy used panties from vending machines over there." Also, I eliminated every show that was intentionally strange. This should save you the trouble of typing your favorite silly cartoons in the comments section, or at least it would have if you weren't already there doing that. For everyone else who has made the brave decision to relax and enjoy jokes about crazy things, you can start now.
#8. Man vs. Beast (2003)
At first glance, this seems far more awesome than insane. Men fighting beasts is a great idea for a show. It's by far the best way for both things to die (in your face, cancer and bear cancer), and if you're not curious about who would win between a man and a beast, that's probably because you're more curious about who would win between a man and a dick tampon. I hear you talk a lot about how you're three times stronger than us, chimpanzees, but it's just a pile of fruity gym muscles if you don't back it up. I say we meet in a steel cage and the loser leaves Hominidae.
The first problem with the show is the obvious ethical issues. You can't beat up animals, even if it's sweet. An animal can't tell us if it wants to box or not, but I'm not sure why we care. I know enough about talking kangaroos to know that the first animal who can consent to a boxing match is going to be a fucking asshole.
The second problem with the show is that the only thing most animals know how to do on cue and with any enthusiasm is fight to the death or impregnate a surprised chicken. When you take those off the table you're left with a tug-of-war or maybe a race or something. The producers tried their best to come up with events, but the main reason most animals are sandwiches is because they suck at everything. Their competitions were things like a hot dog eating contest against a bear, an obstacle course race between a Navy SEAL and an ape, and 44 dwarves vs. an elephant in an airplane pulling showdown. Incidentally, if I had a show about men fighting animals and animal rights groups and uncooperative kangaroos ruined all my good ideas, 44 dwarves pulling an airplane against an elephant is exactly how I would tell everyone to screw themselves.
The producers had completely given up by the time they put an Olympic gymnast against an orangutan in a hanging-from-a-bar motionless challenge. It was about as compelling as watching someone die in a plastic bag against a goldfish. The contest went on for several boring minutes, and in an outcome too predictable to see coming, the ape wet its pants and lost interest. Humans! Humans! Humans! Honestly, I would have felt sadder for the orangutan if I was watching it lose a pistol duel.
#7. Bosom Buddies (1980)
Bosom Buddies was originally going to be an ordinary comedy about two single guys, but someone said something wrong during a pitch meeting. One of the producers claimed Billy Wilder as an influence and mentioned the film Some Like it Hot which got an ABC executive to suggest that it'd be hilarious if the men in the show were dressed as women. In a perfect world, you'd expect the other ABC executives to say, "Sorry about that guy-- he suggested the same thing in our meeting with $10,000 Pyramid and the NHL." We don't live in a perfect world, so the other executives said, "Ha ha ha ha! Dresses!? And men!? Sold!"
Now the show had to find a reason for the main characters to be in drag every episode. Their characters moved into a women-only hotel by disguising themselves as women. You know your show's premise is good when rapists hear it and gasp, "Oh my god, that's genius." The show was cancelled after two seasons because the only thing more ridiculous than wearing a dress to trick your landlord is doing it for a third year. Plus, Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari's woman costumes were about as believable as two men in wigs making no effort to disguise their voices. They lived in a world where everyone was so easy to trick, there was no need for the elaborate scheme. They might as well have put a jar of mayonnaise on roller skates and shoved it into the manager's office shouting, "That's not male mayonnaise! Rent her an apartment! Actually, rarg! I'm God! Rent an apartment to Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari!"
#6. Circus of the Stars (1977)
The circus has never translated well to television, probably because when you film fifteen clowns climbing out of a car, the only thing that shows up on the tape is grainy footage of how you're going to die. Aside from that, the circus is filled with death-defying spectacles and exhibitions of impossible skill, which makes it strange that it didn't find a place on television until CBS replaced all the highly-trained performers with Perfect Strangers cutup, Bronson Pinchot! To make matters worse, the script for Circus of the Stars was an onslaught of puns. There was a moment when "Weird Al" Yankovic was putting his foot behind his head on a sway pole where "Downtown" Julie Brown whined "How's that for getting a leg up on the situation?" Co-host Alan Thicke turned to look at her and you could actually see him silently convince himself not to punch her mouth off.
"Bronson is no PERFECT STRANGER to a feet across!"
What was especially weird about the show was that they didn't use celebrities with secret circus talents. Did any among us assume "Weird Al" couldn't put his foot behind his head? Circus of the Stars was like a self-indulgent party the stars threw for themselves to show their annoyed friends what they learned in a weekend trapeze workshop. It wasn't very entertaining, and you felt less educated after knowing the cast members of Family Ties were average to below average loose rope walkers. That being said, when I was a kid and saw Brooke Shields' amazing act of taking off her pants and telling dogs what to do, I knew immediately that my future sex life was going to get kind of dark.
#5. Prince of Poets (2007)
Prince of Poets is a televised competition show for amateur Arab poets who perform for a studio audience. I imagine none of that sounds that strange yet. What's strange is the sheer scale of it. One second of Prince of Poets costs more than an average American couple makes in a lifetime of selling their children to Arabic human hunters. It's one thing to hear that people in Abu Dhabi are into poetry, but it's another to see a camera crane swoop down over the heads of 20,000 screaming poetry fans to a man in the center of an MC Hammer stage set reading a poem off a sheet of copier paper. No one has ever spent so much money for so much boredom since San Antonio drafted Tim Duncan.
After each man or extremely oppressed woman finishes his or its poem, a panel of four judges scream, probably because there's no nice way to say anything in Arabic. In fact, their word for beautiful can't be pronounced without a second butthole. They must be doing something right, though; because the United Arab Emirates apparently employs four entire people as poetry critics. In America, we don't even employ that many auto workers. In America, poetry criticism was just a college course fraternity members take to learn how to trick their dates into falling asleep.


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We believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontious Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day He arose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen.
Luke 23:34: 'Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do...."
Por Brandon 14 de mayo de 2003
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People addicted to cats.
John is a catholic. He has over 9000 cats.
Por schn1 06 de marzo de 2010
A member of the Catholic Church, from the Greek Catholicos, meaning universal. Though often called the Roman Catholic Church, that Latin church is but one of the 21 churches in communion with the Pope, and the Roman rite is but one of the 7 rites of The Church. Though widely attacked for many things such as discrimination, the Catholic Church officially does not teach that if your not Catholic or not Christian you are going to Hell no matter what. Though all salvation comes through Jesus Christ and his Church, they do not say that non-Christians can't go to heaven, and call Jews "Brothers in Faith" and "People of the Old Covenant". The actions of a person or more emphasized in Catholicism than in Protestantism, which adheres to faith alone. Also, the Catholic Church takes a critical approach to Biblical studies, and not everything is taken literally. Tradition plays a huge role in the practices of the Church, and not just Scriptures. Tradition can not contradict scriptures. Mary is not worshipped, she is venerated or honored. Adoration i.e. worship is for God alone. The Eucharist is celebrated at every Mass, and Catholics believe in Transubstantiation. This is the belief that the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist. The Catholic Church has apologized to the Jews formally for sins of Catholics against them, and to the Muslims for the crusades.
Catholics number over a billion, is the oldest religious organization in the world. To judge one sixth of the Earth's population so rigidly is close minded and ignorant
Por The Catholic 28 de septiembre de 2005
1. Being universal in scope or magnitude.
2. A member of the Catholic Church, one of the major branches of mainline Christianity.
2. A member of the Catholic Church, one of the major branches of mainline Christianity.
1. The King's tastes were catholic; everything from soup to nuts.
2. Much of Europe's great artwork deals with Catholic religious matter.
2. Much of Europe's great artwork deals with Catholic religious matter.
Por montoro 17 de noviembre de 2003
- The original form of Christianity.
- The church established by St. Peter the Apostle, through instruction from Jesus Christ.
- One who understands that the Holy Bible is a compilement of historical facts and events that are responsible for all existence.
- The church established by St. Peter the Apostle, through instruction from Jesus Christ.
- One who understands that the Holy Bible is a compilement of historical facts and events that are responsible for all existence.
I have faith, I'm Catholic.
Por Tom 04 de abril de 2005
The universal church, created by jesus, guided by the holy spirit and blessed by god. Often misunderstood as a set of rules one must follow. In actuallity the catholic church stresses the fact that jesus loves us and died for us and the rules are simply for our own good. The catholic church encourages its members to seek a personal relationship with god.
non-catholic: haha u can't fornicate.
catholic: yeah so.....?
catholic: yeah so.....?
Por matt 05 de mayo de 2005
The branch of Chrisianity in which all the prodestant braches can be traced to. We follow the pope as the closest living man to God. We belive that there is three persons (Father, Son and the Holy Spirit/Ghost) in one God. Catholics follow the example of Saints and ask them to interces to God and pray for us. We do not worship Mary and the Saints, we just emulate them and ask to pray for us as they are in the full presence of God in Heaven. We celbrate the Eucharist by consuming Christ's body and blood (REPRESENTED by the bread and wine). We believe that if you are truly sorry, you can be forgiven of any sin, if you are not sorry when you ask forgivness, that's basically another sin. Being comprised of humans, the Church is subject to fault like the Inqusitions. Catholics have been persecuted throughout history by the Romans and many militant, extremist Prodestants. Most negative things said about the Catholic Church is just plain lies or misunderstood practices.
Supposedly, Catholics are against homosexuals, say everyone is going to hell, have no maorals, extremely conservative, pagans etc. In reality, Catholics are tolerant, moral people. Alot of the negative things said about Catholics being intolerant etc are true of many evangelical protestants. So many people make wild accustions out of sometimes unfounded, blind hatred for the Catholic religeon.
Por northendwhitetrash 05 de septiembre de 2007


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quote: It's all just tough love <3. Pirks is adorable, just like RIM's superheroes.
quote: Now, if RIM really wanted to get people back into their fold, they should go for the dark and gritty, like Batman.
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Casella, Prokofiev & SchumannGuest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda leads influential Italian Alfredo Casella's orchestral suite from La donna serpente (the serpent woman), his only major opera, from 1931. Pianist Jean Eflam Bavouzet performs Prokofiev's dynamic Piano Concerto #5, written a year later. Schumann's hopeful Symphony #2 closes the program.02/21/2014 - 02/23/201402/21 - 8:00 pm02/22 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Conservatory Dance Company at Point Park UniversityConservatory Dance Company students shine on stage in this annual tradition featuring the dazzling work of our most accomplished dance faculty.02/21/2014 - 03/02/201402/21 - 8:00 pm02/22 - 2:00 pm02/22 - 8:00 pm02/23 - 2:00 pm02/28 - 8:00 pm03/01 - 2:00 pm03/01 - 8:00 pm03/02 - 2:00 pmLocation: George White Studio, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Bach and BeyondChatham Baroque's core trio focuses on Bach's intimate works: the magnificent Chaconne for unaccompanied violin, a solo suite for the German lute, duets from The Art of the Fugue, and Bach's Sonata for violin and continuo in G Major. Beyond Bach are pieces by his contemporaries Georg Philipp Telemann, Carl Friedrich Abel, and Johann Kropfgans.02/21/2014 - 02/23/201402/21 - 8:00 pm02/22 - 8:00 pm02/23 - 2:30 pmLocation: Fri@Sewickley Presbyterian, Sat@East Liberty Presbyterian, Sun@Chatham University chapelwebsite
Freya String Quartet Presents RootsMusic from and inspired by the roots of the Freya String Quartet's members. Includes Armenian folk songs, the world premiere of Matthew Peterson's Badlands, and the String Quartet in G Minor by Edvard Grieg. FSQ's recent residencies include those at the Charlotte New Music Festival and Opera Theater Summerfest.02/21/2014 - 02/22/201402/21 - 8:00 pm02/22 - 8:00 pmLocation: Union Project, 801 N Negley Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Music for GuitarMatt Korbanic, guitar.02/21/2014Time: 4:00 pmLaughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
The Great OneA tale of family, friendship, and redemption, plus Roberto Clemente and the Pittsburgh Pirates!02/21/2014 - 03/15/2014Pittsburgh Playwrights Theater, 937 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Anthony Coleman in Recital Solo concert by innovative composer and pianist Anthony Coleman. 02/21/2014Time: 8pmLocation: First Unitarian Church of Pittsburghwebsite
CongregationWitness the North American premier of Congregation, a public interactive kinetic light and sound installation by UK-based media artists KMA. Presented free of charge by the Pittsburgh Office of Public Art and Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership. Open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Closed Sundays.02/21/2014 - 03/16/2014Time: dusk - 10:00 pmLocation: Market Square, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
The Secret Life of RobotsThis show by Toby Atticus Fraley (creator of the whimsical installation "Fraley's Robot Repair") features a dozen scenes of robots in everyday scenarios, which are domestic vignettes presenting an unpolished look into the unseen, and often mundane, lives of robots -- constructed from vintage thermoses, picnic coolers, and various found objects.02/21/2014 - 04/27/2014812 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Simon Johnson, organAs Organist at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, Simon Johnson presides over the five-manual Willis/Mander organ, one of the finest musical instruments in the world. A noted soloist, accompanist, improviser, choir director, composer, editor and arranger, Johnson will include Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C major (BWV 547) and Widor's Symphony No 6 in his program.02/21/2014Time: 8:00 pmCalvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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