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5 Inappropriate Children's Versions of Famous Hit Songs
As long as there are children in the world, there will be someone trying to make kid-friendly versions of the stuff adults love. Music is no exception. In fact, an entire franchise, Kidz Bop, has been built around the idea that kids like Usher songs better when his capable vocals are replaced by the wailing of a roomful of tweens.
And maybe they're right. The Kidz Bop franchise has been in business since 2000, releasing over 20 albums of your favorite songs held down and punched in the face by a bunch of goddamn kids. Nine of the first 10 went gold in the U.S.
Here's the thing, though; sometimes no amount of censorship and lyric changes can mask the fact that the song in question is clearly intended for an adult audience only. When that happens ... the Kidz Bop Kidz usually just go ahead and sing that shit anyway. For example ...
#5. Maroon 5 -- "Moves Like Jagger" (Featured on Kidz Bop 21)
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Write this down, parents of America: Every song about dancing is actually about fucking. There is the rare occasion when a song will be written specifically about a dance, so you can count those as exceptions, I suppose. "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 is not one of those songs.
If you're one of the 11 people alive who still haven't heard it, for the sake of brevity, just know that the first line of the chorus is "Take me by the tongue." There is almost nothing in this world that we encourage the children of the world to take by the tongue.
So how do the Kidz Bop people handle the problem? Here's a side-by-side comparison.
OK, right off the bat, great job taking care of the "tongue" business. "Hand" is indeed less inflammatory than "tongue." Unfortunately, the rest of the Kidz Bop version sounds dirtier to me. "Kiss until we're drunk" is pure gibberish. By comparison, "dance until we're done" sounds more like sexual innuendo than anything else. There is literally no other time you can dance until. You can't dance until after you're done. You can dance until you're dead, but aren't you also done at that point? This line makes no sense if it's not a metaphor of some sort. It's pretty clear that these kids are singing about having an orgasm. Adam Levine wasn't nearly that presumptuous so early in his version of the song.
They don't even get through with the chorus before they make another change for the worse. Check this out:
I admit that the Maroon 5 version wouldn't play for the kids. It sounds like a promise that no one's getting roofied with a side order of assurance that someone is still getting blown at the end of the night. The problem is, the Kidz Bop version sounds even more rapey. Swapping in the word "convince" implies that consent is no obstacle to these kids, especially when they've decided they want to "know" you, if you know what I mean.
When the adult version does finally start delivering the sex metaphors, the Kidz don't flinch one bit when delivering them right back, verbatim.
That reads like a lost verse from "Little Red Corvette," except (given his modern-day status as a desexed Jehovah's Witness) Prince would probably hide under a couch if you sang those words in his direction. That's a damn creepy thing to have to say about a song performed by children.
#4. Franz Ferdinand -- "Take Me Out" (Featured on Kidz Bop 8)
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You all remember Franz Ferdinand, right? Of course you do, Scotland. Hey, everyone else -- Franz Ferdinand was the band that totally didn't sample Led Zeppelin or Ringo Starr for their breakthrough hit, "Take Me Out."
It's a swinging tune that you can sort of even dance to, and hearing the constant refrain of "Take me out!" might even give the less-attentive-to-details set visions of a guy asking a girl out on a date.
When put in the hands of children ...
... it's proof that you don't need exposed genitals or excessive swearing to make something inappropriate for certain ages. Between both versions, the lyrics pretty much remain the same, and that's exactly the problem. Case in point:
Does that seem ... dark to any of you? Is it possible that the "taking out" in question here is less of a meal at Hooters sort of thing and more like a murder? You bet it is! The most common theory is that the song is told from the point of view of a sniper waiting to kill his target but too exhilarated by the feeling of holding a life in his hands to let it go by pulling the trigger. And no, I don't know why the sniper would be the one yelling "take me out," in case you're wondering. There are also some domestic violence theories if that's more your speed.
Whatever the case, lyrics like this are not generally the domain of children.
Clearly, someone in this song is getting shot, and these kids sound downright giddy about it, as evidenced by the one subtle change they make to the lyrics:
They deliver that unsympathetically placed "WOOOOOO!" in the same way an arena full of concertgoers respond to being asked "How's everybody feeling toniiiiiiiight?!?!?"
The most uncomfortable aspect of this Kidz Bop cover is that they try to offset the inappropriateness of the lyrics by having some older dude sing the really gory parts, because having a grown man wander into a kids' party to croon about death makes it way less weird.
#3. Hinder -- "Lips of an Angel" (Featured on Kidz Bop 11)
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Unless there's a construction project currently in progress somewhere near the Oklahoma trailer park you call home, there's a good chance it's been a while since you've seen or heard from the band Hinder (the name is a sly reference to the effect their songs have on your ability to hear good music on the radio). Their 2006 single "Lips of an Angel," a song about how it's bullshit that you can't freely talk on the phone to your side piece while your spouse is in the room, was a massive hit.
Probably not the most kid-friendly song scenario, unless any single moms out there are looking for a catchy way to tell the little ones why Dad's an asshole. The Kidz Bop franchise has never been one to let a minor thing like inappropriateness get in the way of massacring an already terrible song, though. Once again, to lessen the discomfort of hearing a group of kids tackling such adult subject matter, a grown man sings most of the lyrics while the youngsters squeal along on background vocals, dropping out only when doing so shields them from singing about boning.
Adding the cigarette-ravaged voice of an adult male makes it sound like a dude who's been married seven times previously has roped in his army of kids to sing backing vocals on the romantic modern rock cover he's recorded to play in the background when he proposes to Future Stepmom Number 8 at a NASCAR event.
There's only one real lyric change to speak of, but once again, as necessary as it may be, it only makes the implication behind the lyrics far worse. Behold:
Just what the fuck is that supposed to mean, Kidz? At your age, you damn well better be grateful. Your parents' mortgage isn't just paying itself, and being one-fifteenth of the Kidz Bop band isn't going to make you or them a whole lot richer. If kissing this floozy makes you less appreciative of the stupid neon hats and skinny jeans and whatever else your parents work so hard to provide for you, then I'm assuming the "girl in the next room" is your mother, and it sounds like she has good reason to forbid this relationship from continuing. Also, calling your mom "my girl" is fucking disgusting. Stop it.


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No hard storyline today so join me in some nitpicking:
* Bill O'Brien quickly made it clear at his Tuesday press conference that he and the Nittany Lions have moved on from Ohio State and are thinking Purdue.
We aren't under those restrictions so let's revisit the rare holding call against Brad Bars that extended an Ohio State possession following a Buckeye punt late in the first half with Penn State leading 7-0.
ESPN analyst Chris Spielman, a former Buckeye standout no less, called the penalty bogus, and I'm hard pressed to think of a more devastating call against PSU over the years for a few reasons.
You rarely see that call made; the Buckeyes capitalized on the gift to tie the game; it stole the Nits' momentum since they have been good in the two-minute drill; compounding the timing was the fact that Penn State was getting the ball back to start the second half (never mind that Matt McGloin's interception/pick-6 turned the game around.)
Throw in the opponent and the chance for O'Brien's first marquee win and the call is on a short, infamous list.
This is not to suggest that the officiating cost Penn State the game. When you are outrushed by 200 yards (234-32), when you can't block the opponent, and when you are totally outschemed at halftime, the better team won.
But there are a half-dozen plays that shape a football game, and this penalty was definitely one of them. It obviously would have been included in the customary list of post-game video provided to the Big Ten office for review.
O'Brien said the Lions have put Ohio State behind them, but Penn State has been penalized 16 times in the last two weeks so keep an eye on his reaction to any yellow flags today.
* The next-worst key call I can remember going against Penn State was in 2002 when Tony Johnson was ruled out of bounds late in what turned out to be a loss at Michigan. Joe Paterno called for a complete re-evaluation of Big Ten officiating after that game, but an equally bad call went in the Lions' favor a couple of plays earlier.
* In fairness, no call against Penn State compares to the one in 1982 that Nebraska endured at Beaver Stadium when the Lions were gifted possession at the Cornhuskers' 2, even though Mike McCloskey was way, way out of bounds. The Nits turned that one into their first national title.
* A reporter mentioned to O'Brien this week that the Lions have been outscored 42-3 in the third quarter of their three losses. The coach acknowledged the point and called it fair criticism. While it speaks to the lack of quality adjustments at halftime, the Lions are outscoring their opponents by an amazing 66-0 in the first quarter. Maybe that means the staff, at least so far, is better with a week's notice than 20 minutes.
* None other than Kirk Ferentz, once viewed as a potential successor to Paterno, finds his name on hot-seat rumors that are buzzing the Internet. Iowa is 4-4, has been unimpressive and even finds itself as an underdog at Indiana today. Maybe Ferentz, though under contract through 2020, stayed too long with the Hawkeyes.
* For as well as O'Brien and Charlie Fisher have developed McGloin, the use of backup Steven Bench has been curious. There have been at least two great opportunities -- in lopsided wins over Navy and Iowa. But in both cases, O'Brien said he wasn't comfortable and felt it was "Matt's game." Because he saw action for a few plays (and functioned OK) when McGloin was injured at Virginia, Bench is not eligible for a redshirt unless he's injured. The Lions have been chasing a decorated junior-college quarterback who may end up as the 2013 starter if Christian Hackenberg stays committed and then redshirts, which is the tentative plan, or if he doesn't.
* Count me among those who still believe Sam Ficken can overcome his difficulties and have a productive career as the Nits' placekicker. He's now 5-of-12 for the season in field goals after a 2-of-8 start. Plus unless the Lions are going to scholarship a kicker next year -- highly doubtful -- Ficken likely will be the best they have in '13, too. Until Ficken misses a couple more, I'd rather see O'Brien continue to develop him than go for it on fourth-and-13 from the opponent's 25.
* The Lions' longest rush this year is 25 yards -- by fullback Mike Zordich.
* It was nice to see Penn State honor Jim Tarman last week with a plaque to be placed in the press box. This gesture was long overdue as there are many former sports information/athletic directors at Big Ten universities recognized in their home press boxes who did not impact their schools more than Tarman and Fran Fisher impacted Penn State.
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It seems obvious from events in our area that many teenagers are not being educated adequately regarding technology and communications media....
Educate????? More education? Schools??? Schools need to do this? OMG! It is time for DISCIPLINE and parents given back the right to raise and discipline their kids WITHOUT Government interference. When in the hello are we going to start facing the music? We are living in a society where a parent even looks at their kids cross eyed they are being nailed with abuse and a bad parent.
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Attempted murder
Dorchester County Sheriff's deputies were contacted by Colleton County Medical Center in reference to a shooting September 7 that occurred on Alonzo Road.
The victim told police he was the location around 3:30 a.m. drinking with a friend. He said an argument ensued over a female and escalated to a physical altercation when he struck his friend with his fist. His friend reached in his pocket and pulled out a small semi-automatic pistol.
The victim said he tried to take it away and it went off. After the weapon went off, the victim said they both left, in separate directions.
The victim went to another friend's residence where he realized he had been shot in the foot. He got back in his car and went to the hospital.
The victim refused to tell police the name of his friend or where the friend lives.
Stolen trucks
Two motor vehicles were stolen September 4, according to Summerville Police incident reports. One was taken from Pine Forest Country Club on Glen Eagles Drive in Summerville and the other from Holiday Inn Express on Holiday Dr., in Summerville.
Between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. the following morning, a red Ford F-350 truck was stolen from the Holiday Inn Express. It was locked, although the complainant told police there was a sliding rear window that may not have been. The truck is valued at $10,000.
A white Ford F-250 was stolen from a driveway between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., on Glen Eagles Dr. The truck was locked. The truck is valued at $17,000 and the golf clubs in the truck are valued at $2,100.
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COLUMBIANA - A six-year head baseball coach was brought back to the city school district for a seventh straight year, but not without some opposition.
A group of parents approached the board of education recently to air their concerns about Scott Knox's coaching style, which the superintendent and one board member described as "black and white."
Over his 15-year high school coaching career Knox has led two teams to the state final four in Columbus-Boardman in 2001 and Columbiana in 2010.
Prior to that, the Clippers hadn't made it to the State Tournament since 1981 and the win marked Knox's 203rd career victory.
A Columbiana graduate who later played baseball at the University of Kentucky, Knox currently teaches physical education at Boardman High School.
While the board heard complaints from parents about Knox, they also heard from those in support of keeping him on as coach.
It is the first time a complaint has ever been aired about the coach, Superintendent Don Mook and board members Randy Guy and Mark Hutson said.
"My four years here I have not heard any negative comments about the baseball program or Mr. Knox," Mook said.
Guy said it "was a little bit odd" that only recently complaints are beginning to surface, and, like Mook and Hutson, believed it only fair to give Knox a chance to address those concerns in the future.
"I certainly would like the chance, if someone didn't like the way I was handling something, to give me another chance," Guy said.
As far as the complaints go, he believes parents weren't in favor of keeping Knox because of his "straight forward" coaching style.
"There's not a gray area. It's black and white. A lot of people don't deal well with that. He'll tell you what he thinks. A lot of people like it sugar coated ... He's just laying it on the line, telling the players 'You have to work hard,'" he said.
He added that Knox is also "extremely competitive" and will select an underclassman to play over an upperclassman if he feels the underclassman is playing better.
"I know he wants to bring this program to the point where it's the top program in the area in baseball. He certainly isn't doing it for money," he said.
Mook said the coach makes roughly $3,000 a year on each of the one-year contracts he has been awarded, and that compared to other schools-and even other coaches in the district-that salary is on the lower scale.
The highest salary for a coach in the district in baseball, football and basketball is roughly $6,200, he said.
He also said the complaints were likely a result of frustration over a "less than successful season."
Knox met with Mook, the board and other school administration, including the athletic director, before he was hired for another year. The only board member opposed to the hiring was Tony Roncone.
Mook had made the recommendation to hire Knox again and Hutson said "we felt there was a need to follow the chain of command."
He and Mook both said Knox's strength as a coach is his knowledge of the game.
Knox said he is thankful to the board for allowing him to stay and that he is looking forward to the upcoming season.
"It's a privilege and honor to be able to coach where I graduated from," he said.
Knox was approached to coach in Columbiana while he was working as a coach in Boardman, and it was his history in the area that drew him back, he said.
One of his goals as coach is to create an opportunity for student athletes to play to go on to the collegiate and professional level.
During his 15-year career more than 100 of the students he has coached-including a handful from Columbiana-have gone on to play at those levels, he said.
He doesn't anticipate any drastic changes in his coaching style.
"I believe in accountability. I think our programs have been very successful," he said.
He credited his coaching staff, Jerry Ensley, Aaron Walker, Gary Kohler and Brian Dickens, for the success as well.


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Belfort wants winner of Weidman/Silva
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Vitor Belfort has won his last two fights with impressively devasting knockout finishes over Chris Weidman and Michael Bisping. Belfort will be an eager view of Saturday's main event and believes he deserves a fight with the winner:
@VitorBelfort: @danawhite the fans and me are very excited to see who is going to my next opponent on this Saturday I deserve the winner!
With no clear cut contender, Belfort may have a case, however should Silva win, he has already defeated Belfort and should Weidman win, Dana White has already said Silva would be granted an immediate rematch.


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California raises minimum wage to $10 per hour
California raises minimum wage to $10 per hour
Labor cost impact on dairies is expected to be minimal, but suppliers are another matter.
by Dennis Halladay, Hoard's Dairyman Western Editor
California is on track to have the highest minimum wage in the U.S., after Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill September 25 that will boost it to $9 per hour on July 1, 2014, and to $10 per hour on January 1, 2016. Washington has the current highest minimum wage in the nation at $9.19 per hour.
Although California's minimum wage is currently $8 per hour and labor is the largest milk production cost after feed, hay and replacements, the direct impact of a 25 percent higher minimum wage on dairies is expected to be minimal.
One reason is because most dairy jobs already pay more than $10 per hour. Another is that constant increases in production per cow, as well as automation that cuts the number of workers needed, tends to keep the cost of labor per hundredweight stable or nudge it slightly lower. Still, every new cost adds up for dairies that are already hard-pressed to meet operating expenses, let alone generate a profit margin that allows repayment of debt.
Longtime industry observers say indirect impacts are likely to have the greatest financial effect on dairies — the inevitably higher prices that will be passed on to dairies by suppliers and service providers.
"Where they are going to feel it is the people who supply goods and services used on farms," says Michael Marsh, CEO of Western United Dairymen in Modesto, Calif. "[A higher minimum wage] is going to raise their costs, which of course will be passed along to dairy farmers and will once again increase the cost of doing business in California."
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The author has served large Western dairy readers for the past 36 years and manages Hoard's WEST, a publication written specifically for Western herds. He is a graduate of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, majored in journalism and is known as a Western dairying specialist.
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE - For many, vacation is a time to kick back and toast to whatever comes to mind. While that's a personal choice, let's remember that getting drunk can inadvertently affect those around you. And at higher elevations, in an exciting atmosphere, it can affect you differently. Here are a few things to keep in mind when you're dipping into Lake Tahoe's many watering holes.
1. Though it is a common belief that elevation increases the potency of alcoholic beverages, it actually does not affect your body's ability to metabolize alcohol. In other words, your blood-alcohol content will be the same after one beer in the mountains as will be at sea level. But because the air is thinner, elevation does affect the body's ability to absorb enough oxygen. This can cause somewhat of a drunken feeling - light-headedness, dizziness, and shortness of breath. Combined with one, two or three too many drinks, things might get a little hazy, or blacked out, real quick.
2. There's a longstanding myth that alcohol helps warm the body when it's cold. Initially, a drink will dilate your blood vessels and move them closer to the surface of the skin, offering a temporary feeling of warmth. But, according to the Discovery Channel's trusty Mythbusters, this won't help one stay warm over any period of time, and it actually might make them colder. Because the veins move blood outward, core body temperature - the heat one needs to stay warm in, say, the snow - drops.
3. Bars in Nevada don't close at 2 a.m. Sometimes, they don't close at all. Drinking in the Silver State can take endurance. Don't put on the wobbly boot until you've donned your trousers, as the saying goes. If you're going to start drinking on the California side and move over to Nevada for the late hullabaloo, don't drink and drive.
4. According to Highaltitudelife.com, the Mayo Clinic and other sources, elevation has been known to increase one's chances of dehydration. Through perspiration and the exhalation of water vapor at high altitudes, the body can use up to twice as much moisture as at sea level. That means you need more water to keep your body functioning. And it means a heavy night of drinking, without substantial hydration, can mean one elevated hangover.
5. There's a distinction between possessing an open drink (container) in public and being drunk in public. In Nevada, having an open container is legal in some cities, but California has a statewide law that bans open alcoholic beverages in public. That doesn't mean you're allowed to wander the streets three sheets to the wind on either side of the border. In both states, it is illegal to be drunk in public and police closely watch behavior.
6. Drunk driving is never tolerated. If you're caught behind the wheel and under the influence, even if your blood alcohol level is less than .08, you will be charged and spend the night in jail. And on winter nights, those concrete floors are plenty cold.
"We want everybody to have a good time," South Lake Tahoe Police Department spokesman Lt. David Stevenson said. "But know your limits and don't drink and drive."


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LEWISTOWN - Barry G. Hutchinson, 67, of Caldwell Hill, Lewistown, died Friday, May 3, 2013, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.
He was born April 7, 1946, in Lewistown, the son of the late Banks and Ellen (Kauffman) Hutchinson.
Barry is survived by: one brother, Larry Hutchinson and wife, Joyce, of Lewistown; and two sisters, Sue Renninger and husband, Terry, of Burnham, and Sandi Steward and husband, Raymond, of New Cumberland; and many nieces and nephews.
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Barry worked for Mifflin County Maintenance and as night watchman for the Brooklyn Hose Company.
He was a member of the Brooklyn Hose Company, City Hook and Ladder, American Legion Post 90 and Moose Lodge 143.
A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 8, at the Barr Funeral Home Inc., 120 Logan St., with Pastor Kurtis A. Swisher officiating. Interment will be in Mount Rock Cemetery.
A viewing will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Wednesday, at the Funeral Home.
Family will provide all flowers.
Memorial contributions may be made to Centre Union Church, 470 Caldwell Hill, Lewistown, PA 17044.


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By Peter Sestoft, Professor IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
In this second part, Peter finishes the first "demo" lecture of the F#-based programming language course (started in part 1, found here:
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Excellent lecture. I'm waiting for the next ones!
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The lights. The dry ice wafting across the stage. The double-neck guitar. The brain-walloping volume. The mullets.
"Rockshow" has them all. And there is no irony in their appearance. This was Paul McCartney and his band, Wings, smack dab in the center of the 1970s, giving it their arena-rock all. Now, finally, after lingering around for decades in lousy VHS dubs and various bootleg forms, "Rockshow" is getting the official, cleaned up, dusted down and cranked considerably louder treatment.
The film, which has never had a theatrical release – it ran on network television at the time, and then vanished – will premiere at the Screening Room Cinema Cafe (Northtown Plaza, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst) at 7 tonight and 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Why care about a concert film from the dim and distant past? The reasons are abundant.
First off, this is McCartney at the peak of his solo prowess. In 1976, when McCartney and Wings arrived for the gig in Seattle which provides "Rockshow" with most of its footage, the former Beatle was riding a commercial wave that saw him dwarfing the sales figures of his fellow former Fabs. John Lennon was all but retired, fully ensconced in his "house husband" phase at the Dakota in New York City. George Harrison was about to release his lukewarm "Thirty Three and 1/3" album, but wasn't touring on any grand scale. Ringo Starr was …. well, being Ringo, which means cute, charming and completely inconsequential, musically speaking, bless his heart.
But McCartney was moving from strength to strength with albums like "Wings at the Speed of Sound" and "Venus and Mars," both of which charted high across the globe, and yielded hit singles. The "Wings Over America Tour" of 1975-76 marked his first U.S. jaunt since the breakup of the Beatles, and it was the biggest, most buzzed-about tour of the era. Significantly, it was also anything but a nostalgia trip. McCartney played very little Beatles material on the tour, filling the set instead with current songs culled from his solo albums and his Wings releases. So "Rockshow" was documenting McCartney at a peak based on his post-Beatles work.
"Rockshow" boasts an absolutely smoking set list, too. Opening with the arena-friendly "Venus & Mars/Rockshow/Jet" medley, McCartney and his band – and it was indeed a real band, with every member contributing to the sonic stew, and most of them getting a featured spot in the set for a lead vocal of their own – come out kicking. By the time they get into a torrid "Let Me Roll It," it is more than obvious that McCartney was the only Beatle to fully comprehend the possibilities of arena rock. He took to it like a drunkard takes to drink, embracing the possibilities of the rock spectacle that in the years following the "Wings Over America" trek would become the industry standard.
There's the whole issue of the Rickenbacker bass, too – no small matter. Though he is rightly revered for his songwriting prowess, McCartney is rock music's first true electric bass virtuoso, and "the Ric," as it's known, is the bass he was born to play. (Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know he's also pictured with his Hofner violin-shaped "Beatle bass," but gimme a break – the Ric has the tone, not that flimsy old thing!) So "Rockshow" is all about the bass – McCartney's playing was mixed incredibly high during this period, dwarfing even the electric guitars of McCulloch and Laine, and his playing is simply sublime here, a lesson in how to approach rock bass as a melodic instrument. And the Ric, coupled with McCartney's "Ziggy Stardust"-like mullet and black silk outfit, is one of the most iconic images in '70s rock.
I've watched "Rockshow" in dodgy bootleg form with terrible audio and even worse video quality so many times over the years that finally seeing it in digitally remastered rendition with pristine audio is a shock – like stumbling upon a video of yourself as a young child that you've never seen before. Now, 35-plus years on, we can see that Wings was the finest ensemble McCartney would (most likely ever) front in his post-Beatles life.
Even though Lennon is the one who has always been granted the street credibility, this film makes it plain that McCartney took his solo career far more seriously than did any of his fellow Beatles. Even Lennon.
So here it is, at long last. "Rockshow" is so strong that, by halfway through the film, you'll be considering growing a mullet yourself.
Four stars
Starring: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Joe English, Jimmy McCulloch
Director: Jack Priestley
Running time: 141 minutes
Rating: Unrated, but suitable for all audiences.
The Lowdown: Long-awaited release of film documenting the 1975-76 American tour of Paul McCartney & Wings.
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Control of Variable Speed Wind Turbines
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A variable speed, fixed pitch wind turbine is difficult to control: it is stable at below rated wind speeds but becomes unstable as power output is limited by stalling the turbine at above rated wind speeds. This turbine is suitable especially for small, sub-100 kW wind power plants as we can avoid the use of a costly and failure-prone pitch mechanism. The aerodynamic torque of the turbine is considered a disturbance to be cancelled by feedforward control. The torque cannot be measured and is estimated by a Kalman filter as an extended state. The estimated aerodynamic torque is also used to define a rotational speed reference and to restrict the power input. In addition, a fuzzy controller is designed and compared to a previous one. A turbine and wind field are modelled for the Kalman filter to operate. The Kalman filter yields a good estimate of rotational speed from noisy measurement. In laboratory tests, both 100 kW and 300 W generators and frequency converters were subjected to variable wind torque. Both control algorithms, feedforward and fuzzy, operated satisfactorily. The tests showed that a Kalman filter must be used to give the fuzzy controller a good estimate of aerodynamic torque. Power output was controlled at all above-rated wind speeds. In the small turbine, maximum power was also restricted from 300 W down to 50 W without problems. The small wind turbine was also tested in a wind tunnel and in field conditions.
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JOHNSTOWN - Northern Cambria boys basketball coach Dan Weber gave his final interview of the season Wednesday night as Semisonic's "Closing Time" played over the audio system at the Richland High School Sports Center.
The scene couldn't have been more symbolic.
Weber's suit jacket was gone, the top two buttons of his shirt unbuttoned and the remnants of tears remained in his eyes.
The Colts' 65-46 loss to Conemaugh Township in the second round of the PIAA Class AA state playoffs meant that 10 Northern Cambria seniors, including all five starters, had played their final basketball game at the school.
"You can't make this about tonight," said Weber as his players trudged out of the locker room with their heads hanging, trying to console each other. "You have to make it about what the past four years meant to the program and what the seniors did for our school and our basketball program."
The senior class finished with 80 wins, three Heritage Conference championships, a District 6 Class A title last year, won two state playoff games and finished as the District 6 Class A runner-up in 2011 and the Class AA runner-up this year.
But Northern Cambria's senior class did most of that damage by itself. The Colts' top six players, Adam Polites, Derek Bearer, Jeff Hogan, Josh Bonatesta, Nick Lee and Alex Atkins, all will graduate this spring.
Only one underclassman, Zack Lee, played for Northern Cambria Wednesday, despite the lopsided score. Lee finished with no points, no rebounds and did not attempt a shot.
"There is going to be some rebuilding to a degree, there's no doubt about that," Weber said. "Any time you lose guys who started two seasons and in some cases three seasons, you are going to take a big hit."
Northern Cambria's girls basketball team found itself in a similar situation three years ago.
The Lady Colts were coming off an appearance in the Class A state championship game but lost star seniors Breanna Kochinsky, Janae Dunchack, Jess Rocco and Ariel Rocco. That squad has finished 6-15, 4-17 and 2-19, the past three seasons.
"It's going to be tough for them," Bearer said. "We're a senior-oriented team, but I have some faith in the younger guys. They'll get there.
"Zack Lee is going to be good. He's a junior, he hasn't played much, but he's had some experience. He'll be all right."
Despite the lack of varsity experience next year's Colts team will have, Northern Cambria went 13-4 at the junior varsity level this past season.
"I'm hoping they can keep it going," Hogan said. "Hopefully Coach [Weber] will take them to some summer camps, and maybe if they work really hard, they can continue the tradition."
One thing Northern Cambria will have going for it is a large and often raucous student fan base despite the school being so small.
"No matter what sport it is, no matter how bad they are, our fans are always there supporting our teams," Bearer said. "They are going to struggle a couple years, but I think they'll build back up."
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The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary raised fresh questions about what can be done to protect schools from gun violence more than a decade after the Columbine shootings led schools nationwide to adopt new safety measures.
The 1999 incident at Colorado's Columbine High School—in which two boys killed 12 students and a teacher before taking their own lives—was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. elementary or high school before Friday.
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Many schools responded with measures like installing metal detectors, developing crisis plans, and keeping doors locked and accessible only by buzzer.
Michael Dorn, executive director of Safe Havens International, a nonprofit that works with thousands of U.S. schools to develop safety plans, said there has been a dramatic improvement in school safety since Columbine, "but so much more" could be done. He said that all school staff nationwide should be trained on how to recognize and deal with potential threats. Only some schools have done so.
"There is no strategy that guarantees you can stop school violence, but we need to empower people to feel like they are prepared to deal with potential threats," he said.
After Columbine, many schools nationwide adopted zero-tolerance policies that punished students who brought weapons to school, even if by accident. Those policies led to criticism after students were punished for bringing items, such as nail clippers, to school.
Experts said there is a limit to what schools can do to prevent a determined killer in a nation with easy access to guns.
Officials at Sandy Hook Elementary sent a letter home to parents earlier this year alerting them to a new security system. Under the system, the school's doors were kept locked and every visitor had to ring a doorbell, which was monitored by the school staff. Once inside, visitors had to stop at the office and sign in.
Staff at Sandy Hook had practiced safety drills each semester, and were trained to lock the door and find a safe place in the room in the event of an attack, said Carrie Usher, a fourth-grade teacher there. She said the death toll could have been much higher if not for that training.
"We just heard so much gunfire. It was unbelievable," Ms. Usher said. "It felt like it lasted for five minutes. It wouldn't stop."
Schools already are protected by federal laws that prohibit guns within 1,000 feet of elementary or high schools, with a few exceptions, such as for law enforcement officers. Numerous state laws also protect schools.
As a result, schools are generally relatively safe from gun violence. Each year, since 1992, less than 2% of all youth homicides occurred at an elementary or high school or as children walked to school, according to a joint report issued earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice.
The number of youth homicides has bounced around during that time, peaking at 34 during the 1992-93 and 1997-98 school years. During the 2009-10 school year, the latest data available, 17 children were killed at—or on their way to—school, according to the report.
Jon S. Vernick, co-director of the nonpartisan Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, said that, after some mass shootings, some states have adopted some stricter gun rules, but said they have not done enough, adding that schools can only do so much. "We can talk about metal detectors all we want, but the best way to make our schools safe is to make our communities safe," he said.
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Mobile phones have driven constant technological innovation, and consumers are now using the devices for everything from texting to updating their social-media accounts and watching videos.
One local company has taken that innovation a step further and created a system that allows consumers� mobile phones to be used as loyalty reward cards.
Mercury, formerly called Mercury Payment Systems, launched MercuryLoyalty on Friday after acquiring Sundrop Mobile, a Florida-based mobile marketing company. It is the first acquisition the credit-card processing company has made.
MercuryLoyalty allows customers to sign in at point-of-sale systems, such as cash registers, using their phone and be rewarded for their transaction. To sign up, customers put their phone number in the business� system, and they can then choose how much interaction they want with the company.
�It helps merchants increase revenue by engaging and rewarding their best customers,� said Jan Owen, Mercury�s spokeswoman. �You don�t have to have a bunch of cards in your wallet, so as a consumer that�s cool.�
The system went through beta testing with Yogurtini, a national frozen-yogurt company.
It has been a success so far for a Denver store that was one of the first to try out the new program, said Trevor Predhome, general manager of the store.
The system is designed for small- to medium-sized businesses that don�t have access to card-less loyalty programs because the systems large companies and grocery stores use are expensive, said Mercury CEO Matt Taylor.
�We�re leveling the playing field for small businesses,� he said. �Our goal is to integrate technology to make it easy for small businesses to get access and get the program started.�
Businesses pay a monthly fee and messaging fees for the system, so the more frequently a business messages customers, the more it costs.
A business can get started for about $50 a month, and a successful program can run for about $100 a month, Taylor said.
Businesses do not need to have Mercury�s payment system in order to get MercuryLoyalty.
While no local businesses have signed up for the system yet, Mercury is hoping to get a wider customer base at the Retail Now 2012 conference in Las Vegas that ends today.
It�s a big step for Mercury, but this could be just the beginning for the way consumers use their mobile devices.
Taylor said he thinks that within the next five years, the plastic credit card will go the way of the dodo bird in favor of using mobile devices to pay for products, and that�s exactly what Mercury is working toward.
�(MercuryLoyalty) is a big step forward into getting into the mobile consumer industry,� he said. �I firmly believe that consumer�s mobile device will begin to act as a payment device. There is no standard for that technology. It�s a race to standardization.�
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A 30-year-old Alden man was charged with felony drunk driving early this morning after being stopped for driving erractically on Bullis Road in Elma, the Erie County Sheriff's Office reported.
Todd T. Felong was charged with aggravated drunk driving and various traffic infractions, deputies said. His blood-alcohol content was .20 perecent – more than twice the legal limit of .08, deputies said.
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5 Things That Are Much Sadder Than They Ought To Be
#5. People Trying To Be Funny In Magazine Photos
The other day I was heading to work and I saw a newsstand fronting some magazine's "comedy issue." I honestly don't know what mag it was or who was on the cover because I walked away to avoid seeing someone I respected wearing Groucho Marx glasses, holding a rubber chicken or doing something else equally awful.
Staged photographs of comics are always a letdown because most celebs didn't get where they are today by being funny in still pictures. In fact, not only is it nearly impossible to be funny in a staged photo, it's also pretty hard to avoid looking like a giant douche. Even three of the most hilarious human beings to ever set foot online have failed.
Don't worry. We all feel a deep sense of shame about this.
And it's not just the Cracked comedic brain trust that can fail. Look at these pics below, and keep in mind that every single one of these people is talented. That's why these ham-fisted attempts at humor make me so very sad. It's like even talented artists are saying, "All right, fuck it. I'll sit on a whoopee cushion for a GQ shoot. My manager said it's good press."
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Wait. She's dressed like the Queen, but she's not the Queen ... oh, I get it!
"Is that sadder than seeing pics of war crimes or watching Tower Heist?" some of you ask.
No, not as sad. (You skipped the part in the introduction where I already explained that, didn't you? You also make me sad.)
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#4. Old People in Fast Food Restaurants
As you may have heard, a prerequisite to working for Cracked is the completion of an intense physical strength regimen not unlike the one for Navy Seals. (Why else would a grown man like Seanbaby waste so much time with mixed martial arts?) As such, I rarely frequent fast food establishments unless I'm making McNuggets runs for DOB. (As Cracked's senior writer, he's exempt from the requirements and consequently has no abs.) In any event, the point is, I don't go to fast food places too often, but when I do, and I see old people there, I get a little sad.
I'm not sure why. I mean, when I'm 70 and retire from Cracked after having sold the movie rights to my column 5 Hidden References to Deviant Sexual Practices in Family Matters, I might treat myself to a McNugget or two (if DOB hasn't eaten them all). So what's the big deal?
I don't know, but when I see old people in McDonald's, I instantly invent tragic back stories, usually involving younger versions of these senior citizens who were forced to chow on burgers in their 20s and 30s while still believing that some day they would be in a better place. Some day that ship would come in, and only the finest foods would pass their lips.
"Can you believe we used to eat that crap before we made all that money in white slavery? Bwahahahahaha!"
So I guess somewhere in my head I believe an old person eating a Big Mac is what it looks like when dreams die.
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#3. The Less Intelligent Members of the Gay Community
By the time I was in my teens, most of my stereotypical assumptions about the gay community had been shattered by reality. I learned fairly quickly that not all gay men have a good fashion sense. Not all lesbians work at Home Depot. Gays aren't all bleeding heart liberals or disco fans. Some gay men are macho sports nuts. Some gay women are girly-girl fashion mavens. I get it. We all get it, and if we don't, then there are enough members of the gay community to point it out and make sure we do.
But more recently it occurred to me there was another assumption I'd been making about gay people that never seemed to get corrected. Specifically, that all gays are smart. Uniformly. As if that were even possible. Not sure why I jumped to this conclusion. Maybe it's because when I think of homophobes, I think of small-minded neurologically impaired, thick-necked dbags whose limited IQs make them fear and hate anything outside of their immediate experience. So (in my own neurologically-impaired way) I assumed that the opposite of a homophobe must be more enlightened and intelligent.
"I just solved Fermat's last theorem while waxing. Isn't that hilarious?"
But of course that's absurd. Heterosexuals don't have a monopoly on stupidity and there are plenty of LGBT folks who are every bit as functionally retarded as the straight people who ruin life for the rest of us. But the thing is, despite there being nothing unusual about a full intelligence spectrum in the gay community, dim-witted gays still make me incredibly sad. Maybe it's because it's hard enough to struggle for equality without spending all day struggling to figure out the 20 percent tip on your quiche or brie or whatever gay people eat. Or maybe it's because I've seen some big, dumb, gay-bashers in my day and I'd like to think all gays had an intellectual advantage over such adversaries. But no. Stupid has no single sexual orientation.
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With only 3 HB R10s among the 95 racers in Valencia, Spain, the HB team, consisting of drivers Teemu Leino, Adrien Bertin and Andy Moore and their helpers and mechanics, it would be an uphill struggle against the much larger teams that were present.
After qualifying straight into the semi-Final, which consisted of the fastest 14 drivers, Teemu started the main Final on pole position after a very strong semi-Final run. Andy and Adrien qualified into the quarter-finals but Adrien had an unfortunate problem that prevented him from bumping up into the semi-finals while Andy would start from the 10th position in the Final. This meant that 2 of the 3 HB R10s this weekend made it into the Final, out of nearly 100 racers!
In the 45-minute Final, Andy's plan was to run one less stop than everyone else, which might have come strong in the end - however a crash at the end of the 104 km/h (64mph) main straight put an end to his race. Teemu drove strong against the former 1/10th and 1/8th IC European Champion, the pair racing away at the front, until an unusual breakage forced Teemu to drop several laps and he finished in 7th overall.
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Most of the javascript code I have written/read, from my experience, are designed to work very closely with the view file and the model that's passed from the controller to the view. In my opinion, the javascript code shouldn't care what controller is used.
Thanks Andrew. As far as the controller/view pattern I am using here. The goal of the home-index.js pattern is to quickly implement the initialization for a page. It is common for me to have the same underlying implementation called by both pages. So in your example, I'd simply put the code that two pages share in a JavaScript 'class' or 'module' and call from each initializer.
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Celebrity cook Paula Deen said while being questioned in a discrimination lawsuit that she has used racial slurs in the past but insisted she and her family do not tolerate prejudice.
The 66-year-old Food Network star and Savannah restaurant owner was peppered with questions about her racial attitudes in a May 17 deposition by a lawyer for Lisa Jackson, a former manager of Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster House.
Deen and her brother, Bubba Hiers, own the restaurant. Jackson sued them last year, saying she was sexually harassed and worked in a hostile environment rife with innuendo and racial slurs.
According to a transcript of the deposition, filed Monday in U.S. District Court, an attorney for Jackson asked Deen if she has ever used the N-word.
"Yes, of course," Deen replied, though she added: "It's been a very long time."
Asked to give an example, Deen recalled the time she worked as a bank teller in southwest Georgia in the 1980s and was held at gunpoint by a robber. The gunman was a black man, Deen told the attorney, and she thought she used the slur when talking about him after the holdup. "Probably in telling my husband," she said.
Deen said she may have also used the slur when recalling conversations between black employees at her restaurants, but she couldn't recall specifics.
"But that's just not a word that we use as time has gone on," Deen said. "Things have changed since the '60s in the South. And my children and my brother object to that word being used in any cruel or mean behavior. As well as I do."
William Franklin, Deen's attorney, said the celebrity was looking forward to her day in court.
"Contrary to media reports, Ms. Deen does not condone or find the use of racial epithets acceptable," he said in a statement.
The civil lawsuit was filed in March 2012 in Chatham County Superior Court and was transferred to federal court a few months later. Deen and Hiers have both denied the allegations made by Jackson, who is white.
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ATTICA - The Seneca East Board of Education met Monday night, recognizing the boys cross country state champion team.
Members include Karl Burgderfer, Alex Buckley, Jason Willman, Robby Schaffer, Ben Frankart, Wes Pipher, Carson Pipher, Jared Stockmaster, Michael Szabo, Bryce Watson, Brady McWilliams, and Tommy Solis. Coaches Matt Schock and Mike Farrell also were recognized as well as Midland Athletic League coach of the year Doug Mason. Wes Pipher was honored as MAL runner of the year.
Board president Jaimie Beamer said the team record was 162-1 as it earned MAL, district, regional and state titles.
Beamer congratulated head football coach Ed Phillips and the team, nominated for the Academic All Ohio team award, with individual mentions to players Marshall Lucius and Jordan Bowerman. Superintendent Mike Wank said the team won honorable mention last year and have achieved a higher grade point average this year.
Such honors have spurred the Athletic Boosters Club, represented at the meeting by president Tom Nagel. Nagel said since the cross country team won state honors he has received numerous calls regarding the lack of sports pictures and plaques on display. The board asked Nagel to work with the boosters to develop a layout of pictures and plaques for the board to review.
Motions approved included offering a supplemental contract to Emily England as the junior high girls basketball coach for the 2012-13 school year and accepting Matt Schock and Rick Bowerman as volunteer baseball coaches.
District treasurer Laura Brickner reported a $90,000 increase in revenue and $35,000 decrease in expenses compared to the same time last year. She said the cafeteria expenses are in the black after being in the red in November 2011. School finances have been affected with state grants cut though federal grants have not yet been received, according to Brickner. Her financial report for Oct. 31 was approved.
Wank presented a report for absent elementary principal Brad Powers, announcing a reading program for parents at 6 p.m. Dec. 19 in Seneca East auditeria. Reading intervention specialists and classroom teachers are to describe the school's reading program and interventions used to help students read at or above grade level by the end of third grade. Seneca East Public Library Director Barb Bayer is to be present to sign up families for library cards.
High School Principal Don Vogt reported the school is to be locked down Nov. 30 in a state-required drill. He added department meetings are ongoing, including possible changes to curriculum. Fifty-three seniors have paid deposits for the senior trip cruise out of 77, with another 10 parent couples available to fulfill chaperone requirements.
Other motions approved included:
SE transportation manual for drivers.
In-lieu transportation reimbursement for Doug Emlinger family.
Memorandum of understanding with American Library Association.
Shirley Mitchell as substitute in various areas for 2012-13 school year.
The board discussed a new hosting format for OHSAA tournaments before entering executive session.
The board is to meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at the office.


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on January 17, 2013 - 12:12 AM
With student security suddenly at the top of every school board's agenda, the Springville-Griffith District is taking advantage of a security professional within its own ranks: School Board President Mel Williams.
Williams, a security inspector of correctional facilities around the country, volunteered to conduct a security audit of the district's buildings.
"We have a lot of good policies in place, but I'm sad to say if someone dedicates themselves to hurting people and giving up their own life, there's little we can do," Williams said at this week's board meeting. "But the best deterrent is a trained staff."
Because the staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School was prepared last month, "they saved many lives," Williams said.
He said he would do a walk-through in February of the district's four schools and provide a security assessment and checklist to the School Board.
In other matters, Business Administrator Ted Welch called the district's budget calendar "compressed" but responsible. With a scheduled overview Jan. 29 and adoption by April 23, it is a tighter time frame than last year, he said. Yet with the district still buzzing about last week's well-attended Community Conversation, school officials are optimistic.
"This district has had great difficulty getting input on budgets. In five years, we weren't able to get the volume of community input that we did the other night. It's a great leap in the right direction, and we can use it as a budget instrument," Welch said.
On a darker note, the business administrator said the revenue-to-expense gap for 2013-14 would be between $600,000 and $1.2 million. A 2 percent increase in the tax cap of $291,249 wouldn't even cover the health care increases of about $300,000, nor the increased retirement and insurance costs and higher debt service expenses.
Meanwhile, board member Joan Kelly suggested the district form a subcommittee to study the feasibility of keeping open Colden Elementary School. Board members Jon Einarsson and Delia Bonenberger said the matter ought to be considered outside of budget season, while board member Kara Kane thought a study of the entire district configuration would be wiser. Superintendent Paul Connelly said a school closing would be an unlikely consideration this year.


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On 5-26-12 just before 1:00 a.m. officers were called to a disturbance at 521 Center Street. While in route to the business officers heard shots being fired and later located a shooting victim on the North side of the business.
Mr. Terry Bullard was celebrating his recent graduation from Central High School at Mediums' located at 521 Center Street when shots range out in the parking lot. Detectives believe Bullard was not the intended victim but that an argument between others resulted in shots being fired and one bullet striking Bullard killing him. There were at least 100 people present during the shooting and interviews by detectives have not yet developed a suspect in this incident.
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Congratulations go out to the new Berkeley-Jefferson Extension Master Gardeners who were officially received at an awards ceremony held Oct. 23. Twelve individuals successfully completed the requirements to become Certified WVU Extension Master Gardeners.
Those individual are: Sharon Bias, Roger Campbell, Judith Childs, Kate Didden, Angie Dymacek, Joann Harstad, Diana Molineaux, Suzanne Patrick, Kata Rishel, Sarah Thompson, Deborah Willis and Raymond Winiarski.
In order to become a certified Master Gardener, they successfully completed the Extension Master Gardener Training course and then completed 30 hours of volunteer service. In order to remain a certified Extension Master Gardener, they will be required to provide at least 12 hours of volunteer/community service and acquire six continuing education hours each year.
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Pictured from left are, from left to right: Clark Dixon (BJEMG president), Mary Beth Bennett (Berkeley County Extension agent), Deborah Willis, Kata Rishel, Kate Didden, Roger Campbell, Judith Childs, Angie Dymacek, Sharon Bias and Louise Finch (BJEMG coordinator). The following people were absent from the photo: Joann Harstad, Diana Molineaux, Suzanne Patrick, Sarah Thompson and Raymond Winiarski.
Also honored at the Oct. 23 meeting: Verna Anson and Vel Hanlin for their continued service to the Master Gardener program with Honorary Lifetime Membership. Virginia Winston was awarded her Fifteen-Year Pin. Don Boward (Berkeley County) and Clark Dixon (Jefferson County) received Outstanding Contribution for 2012 Awards. We also had the opportunity to view slides from the many events and activities the Berkeley-Jefferson Extension Master Gardeners were involved in providing 3,238 hours of community service to the local area. We have many activities planned for 2013 and welcome anyone interested in joining us to apply to the WVU Extension Master Gardener program. Job well done!
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A highly popular character in James Patterson's Maximum Ride. Fang has black wings and is extremely quiet. He has the power to blend in with his surroundings.
"Fang swerved closer to me, big and supremely graceful, like a black panther with wings." -Book 5 of the Maximum Ride series.
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To drive a car really fast.
"I was 'fanging it' down the freeway, when the cops pulled me over doing 150."
"You should 'fang' off this set of lights."
"You should 'fang' off this set of lights."
by Diego August 14, 2003
To give, pass, or throw.
Fang us a piece of that cake.
by Luf October 06, 2007
sharp, sickle-shaped teeth, perpendicular to each other in the mouth.
me. I have fangs.
by The Girl With the Most Cake August 11, 2009
To move quickly (esp. within a vehicle)
"Drunk on beer we all went fangin' off 'round the corner".
by Dansemacbre February 16, 2005
A fang is a long, pointed tooth. In mammals, a fang is a canine tooth, used for biting and tearing flesh. In snakes, it is a venom-injecting tooth (see snake venom). Spiders also have fangs, which are part of the chelicerae. Some fantasy creatures such as dragons have fangs.
Fangs are most common in carnivores or omnivores, but some herbivores, such as fruit bats, carry them as well. They are generally used to hold or swiftly kill prey, such as in large cats. Omnivorous animals, such as bears, use their fangs when hunting fish or other prey, but they are not needed for consuming fruit. Apes also have fangs, which they use for threats and fighting. However, the relatively short canines on humans are not considered to be fangs.
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A higher level of shenanigans, also anything to describe a funny saying.
Dude, throwing that vending machine off the roof and setting that dog crap on fire were our two greatest hooliganisms.
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Drunk football fans usually participate in hooliganism after their team beats their rival.
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After years of being straight edge, Paul decided to convert to hooliganism
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The city streets were filled with hooliganism
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Wannabe American, Irish narcissist, who reckons he has a God given right to preach at politicians about what's wrong with the world while hoarding his own obscene wealth where taxes can't touch him. Still peddles his bland, pompous, corporate music around the world, charging $100 a ticket so people can watch him disappear further up his own arse.
Bono is a smug, self-righteous, wanker.
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doesnt know the number 4 in spanish
Bono: "uno! dos! tres! catorce!"
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The vocalist and sometimes guitarist of the Irish rock group U2
Bono's real name is Paul David Hewson
by Shadow November 04, 2004
It stank like a rank bono.
by willg October 26, 2006
Bonehead more like. A talentless dwarf irish schlock rock singer who's been releasing the same overblown pompous wank rock song over and over again since 1980. A man who's level of understanding of geopolitics is around GCSE level but who insists on lecturing us all on how to save the world. A prick who goes on about 3rd world poverty all the time yet is strangely silent when it comes to really political issues like Iraq. In fact, worse than that, the little twat sucks around Tony Blair (the man responsible for hundreds of thousand of deaths in the middle east), has photo opportunities hugging the cunt and tells us all to vote for him! He even donates his crappy 'beautiful day' song for cunt Blair to use as his election theme. Oh yes Bonehead, I bet its a beautiful day in Iraq you fake little fuckwitted douchebag. In fact it gets worse, the horrible ugly sunglassed asswipe organises 'Live 8' with his arselicker-in-chief Bob Geldof to 'make poverty history' (I can really see that working - watching a bunch of over the hill has-beens flogging their latest album is really gonna make a difference to starving children in Africa) but really to drag up a bunch of his corpse mates from the 80's and flog a few albums. Then all the performers and their entourages who are all supposed to be doing this for charity (about 300 people altogether) get a £5000 goodie bag (containing Ipods, chanel perfume etc) to take home with them as a thank you! (Laughable. You couldn't make this stuff up. He then makes it a condition of the gig that (because war criminal Blair is his mate) no performers are allowed to mention Iraq, Afghanistan or Bush and Blair. What a horrible, hypocritical little wanker. 'In the name of love' my fucking arse. In the name of money more like. Fuck off and die in Mortal Kombat style pain you smug twat!
Bono? Isn't he that shortarsed little twat who's always lecturing us on how to save the world? The talentless, phoney, fuckwitted cunt.
by ripoff July 24, 2006
Self-righteous piece of shit.
My name's Bono. I'm a huge faggot.
by BennyBoo March 01, 2006
Irish origin.Another word for leprechaun ,similar to dwarf but smaller.
The Bono does not like to be called small so wears 12 inch heals to hide his diminutive size.
The Bono does not like to be called small so wears 12 inch heals to hide his diminutive size.
Those oompa loompa's look like little Bono's!!!!
by greenben101 June 25, 2009