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TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT YOUR HOME SPICES part II
As I mentioned in my first article concerning this subject I had finally got my list of medicinal and flavorful spices down to 15, which will make it so much easier to remember and work with.
I gave you seven of them in the previous article, each with a short synopsis, and I'm giving you the remaining 8 in this article, again, each with short synopsis.
Since each spice has a multitude of medicinal uses that I believe are necessary (vital) for all of us to know; I am going to follow up by spending time on each and every spice (an individual article), giving you all the information I have.
#8. GINGER: There is really nothing out there that can top Ginger for soothing and stopping queasy stomachs. Whether the queasiness is due to motion sickness, seasickness, 'morning sickness', or even radiation treatments, Ginger rises to the occasion and quells that nasty feeling. Research has demonstrated that Ginger beats dimenhydrinate, which is the main ingredient in motion sickness drugs such as Dramamine. Ginger stimulates saliva flow and digestive activity, settles the stomach, relieves vomiting, eases pain from gas and diarrhea, and as mentioned, is an anti-nausea remedy.
#9. MINT: Mint is known by most herbalists as the premier stomach tonic. It can counteract nausea and vomiting, promote digestion, calm stomach muscle spasms, ease hiccups and relieve flatulence. An aromatic oil found in Peppermint can relaxe the airways and fights bacteria and viruses. Menthol interferes with the sensation of pain (rather like it 'short-circuits the nerve transmission in route.) This particular ability makes it useful in reducing headache pain. Some research has suggested that peppermint can kill many different kinds of microorganisms and may even boost mental alertness.
#10. OREGANO: At this date, 4 compounds have been found in Oregano that soothe coughs, and this ability to sooth coughs makes it possible for Oregano to help unknot muscles in the digestive tract, making this spice a good digestive aid. There are possibly at least 19 chemicals with antibacterial action that may help reduce body odor. And recent studies have indicated that Oregano contains compounds that can lower blood pressure.
#11. PARSLEY: This spice is a diuretic, which means it helps prevent problems such as kidney stones and bladder infections. It can keep our body's 'plumbing' in good condition by causing it to produce more urine and keeping things "flushed' out. Parsley can also relieve bloating during menstruation. The high level of chlorophyll contained in Parsley allows it to be an effective breath freshener. Simply by chewing on a few of the leaves will leave your mouth feeling refreshed.
#12. ROSEMARY: This spice has the distinction of being rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants can prevent cataracts, lower the risk of cancer, heart disease, and memory loss. 19 chemicals found in Rosemary have an antibacterial aaction that helps fight infection. Historically, this spice has been used to ease asthma, as Rosemary contains volatile oils that can reduce the airway constriction induced by histamine – the chemical that causes asthma and other allergy symptoms.
#13. SAGE: The oils found in Sage are antiseptic and antibiotic, so it can help fight infections. This spice is effective for the symptoms caused by menopause – those dreaded night sweats and hot flashes. There has been recent studies that indicate that Sage may be of value to people with diabetes. Diabetics have the problem of their hormone insulin not working as well as it should, and Sage may be able to give a good boost to insulin's action.
#14. THYME: Thyme is an antispasmodic, meaning it relaxes respiratory muscles and is known for treating bronchitis, and emphysema. Thymol, the main ingredient of Thyme increases blood-flow to the skin, allowing for faster healing. This spice has the ability to fight several disease causing bacteria and viruses. It has antiseptic properties, and can be used as a mouthwash, skin cleanser, anti-fungal agent for athlete's foot and as an anti-parasitic for lice, scabies, and crabs.
#15. TURMERIC: This spice is well loved because of it's beautiful golden/yellow color. But it has many medicinal properties. The curcumin in turmeric has anti-inflammatory effects, including relieving rheumatoid arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome. It's been found that curcumin can also lower cholesterol. Turmeric is chock full of antioxidants and contains the vitamins A, C and E.
Keep watching for more articles on HOME SPICES, there's a lot more information on its way!


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Guest Voice: Joe Tssario says privatization will hurt beer distributors
In a Guest Voice column, Gene Barr, chief executive of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the state's largest business advocacy organization, advocated putting 5,000 state-store employees out of work and putting most of Pennsylvania's 1,200 beer distributors and their employees out of business ("It's time to end state's monopoly on liquor sales," April 5, Erie Times-News).
I am talking about Barr's backing of Gov. Tom Corbett's plan to privatize Pennsylvania's liquor industry.
As usual, when anyone pushes to dismantle our system, they start out with the argument that only Pennsylvania and Utah control the way that their states sell alcohol. A state full of Mormons and a state full of Quakers are fighting progress, choice and convenience. In fact, 12 states have no or limited alcohol sales in grocery stores; six states allow only beer; 15 states allow beer and wine; and 17 states allow beer, wine and spirits.
Many states have unique laws for selling alcohol. In Kansas, supermarkets can sell 3.2 beer. Beer with higher alcohol content, as well as wine and spirits, are sold in beverage stores around the state.
In Massachusetts and New Jersey, each grocery store chain is limited to two licenses. Rhode Island allows wine sales in grocery stores in towns with 10,000 or fewer residents and in the town of Newport. As a Pennsylvanian, I am not feeling so backward and alone anymore.
My point is this: When I walk into a state store, I am greeted by an adult who is friendly, well-dressed and knowledgeable. The stores are clean, bright and well-stocked. If they don't have something I want, they make an effort to try to find it for me.
As for myself, I've been a beer distributor since 1978. I have seen many changes in our industry: credit cards, Sunday sales, craft and imported beers and myriad packages. The governor has thrown the beer distributors a bone by proposing that we will get the first chance to purchase licenses to sell wine and spirits. He knows that it is a bone that most of us will choke on because the vast majority of us don't have the space for these items, the expertise to sell these items, or the nearly $100,000 required under some scenarios to purchase the licenses to sell these items.
The value of our distributor licenses will be diluted because Corbett also proposes allowing every convenience store, drugstore, grocery store and big-box store to sell beer. Couple that with the cost for licenses and the plan will drive many of us out of business.
There is also the April 12 opinion column by businessman Mike Ridinger and state Rep. Greg Lucas. Lucas was against this bill but voted for it because it was going to pass anyway and is apparently now for it. In the column, they claim that the governor's plan has the potential to create thousands of new jobs. And good-paying jobs to boot! Maybe jobs similar to the ones this plan eliminates.
They also state that there is a conflict of interest with state government encouraging alcohol consumption on one hand and offering help for alcohol dependence on the other. Sort of like our state lottery and our casinos offering help for problem gamblers.
Our system needs to be upgraded, not thrown out, with expanded hours for state stores, more locations and the ability for beer distributors to sell six- or 12-packs.
We have invested heavily in our stores. We have mortgages, families and employees. I don't think it is fair to tell a group of people who have played by the rules the state established that the rules are now not convenient and the rules no longer apply.
I think if the governor's plan goes through, we will regret what we have done, and we won't like what Pennsylvania looks like in the coming years.
JOE TSSARIO owns West Lake Beer Inc. in Millcreek Township.

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That's according to Ashley-Cooper's mother Karen who has told a Brisbane radio station that coach Ewen McKenzie has come down hardest on the popular 90-Test back.
Ashley-Cooper is among six players slapped with one-match suspensions for staying out late and drinking last Tuesday night in Dublin.
Fifteen players in total have been disciplined for breaking team protocols by failing to return to the team hotel by midnight on the eve of their training-free day.
McKenzie admitted he was particularly disappointed that the likes of Ashley-Cooper and fellow veterans Benn Robinson and Tatafu Polota-Nau failed to lead by example on the night.
While Ashley-Cooper has copped his punishment, his mother said he was upset he'd been painted as a boozer when his main crime was returning to the team hotel after 1am.
"These players are now being made an example of, but because Adam's the most senior player, they're coming down on him the hardest," she told Triple M.
"So he's missing a game for not upholding the behavioural and cultural standards of an elite athlete representing the Wallabies.
"He said he'll cop it and move forward but he's really upset because they are claiming excessive and inappropriate alcohol intake by him, and alcohol was not the problem.
"It was the time he got home."
Mrs Ashley-Cooper said the 29-year-old admitted he had several beers with teammates but hadn't drunk excessively.
While there was no official curfew for the tour, McKenzie said the players were aware they needed be back in their hotel by midnight.
In judging each case, the coach said punishments were decided on the lateness of their return, the amount of alcohol they consumed and their coming involvement in the Ireland Test match that weekend, which Australia won 32-15.
McKenzie also said players were permitted to have a glass or two of alcohol with their Tuesday night dinner which is usually held together as full group.
In a break from routine in Dublin, four groups of around eight players were allowed to choose their own restaurants.
Former Wallabies star Drew Mitchell, who is close friends with Ashley-Cooper, also showed his disdain for the bans on his Twitter account.
"The saddest thing is that some players think drinking a few beers is worse for the culture than texting shit behind their teammates' backs," Mitchell posted.
When contacted by AAP, the France-based winger declined to clarify which players.
But another ex-Wallabies winger, Ben Tune, was full of praise for McKenzie's hard-line stance.
"And THAT is why Link is the best man to mould these young Wallabies into a world class team #standards," he tweeted.


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Haven't you sat in the movies and watched with envy the high-speed chases that end in a blaze of glory. Well it doesn't really happen like that of course – as most of it is stunt riding and trick photography. It is now possible for members of the public to attend an auto stunt school to learn about high-speed shootouts, how to brake in style and do a wheelie. Naturally it's not for the feint hearted and you can rest assured that they won't end in explosions. Are you looking for a corporate gift of a different kind? Continue reading
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Total Institutions and the Possibility of Consent to Organic Therapies
Jeffrie G. Murphy
Arizona State University College of Law
Human Rights, Vol. 5, p. 25, 1975
Certain contemporary forms of organic therapy used in an attempt to correct or control deviance strike terror into the hearts of traditional liberals and humanists. Psychosurgery, particularly, has experienced a resurgence of popularity, and its use has been advocated on impulsively violent persons and on so-called "hyperkinetic" children. It is useful to begin a discussion of organic therapies with the absolutely clear paradigmatic case of psychosurgery, and this is an extremely useful example upon which to build a discussion of organic therapies in general. It was the primary focus of Kaimowitz v. Department of Mental Health, which held that psychosurgery could not legally be performed on involuntarily confined inmates of prisons or mental hospitals because such inmates are incapable of giving informed, competent, and voluntary consent to such procedures. This case illustrates the enormous practical importance of analyzing the concepts of informed, competent and voluntary consent, and the enormous moral and legal mischief that can be done when these concepts are used in a casual and ill-considered way. This article examines this case, concentrates on how the concepts of competent consent, informed consent, and voluntary consent should be analyzed, and considers whether it is even possible for such consent, with respect to psychosurgery and other organic therapies, can possibly be given by involuntarily confined inmates of social institutions.
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Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta star Lori Allen is a perennially upbeat, can-do kind of woman, but the owner of Bridals by Lori is now facing a devastating diagnosis: breast cancer.
In a clip from the TLC special Say Yes to the Cure: Lori's Fight airing on Oct. 26, she tearfully delivers the news of her illness to her beloved staff.
"I went in for a regular mammogram, and the results came back positive, and I have breast cancer," she says to her shocked employees. "I've got to have surgery and I'm going to be out for quite a while."
For Lori, who has spent her career helping brides find just the right gown for their big day, letting other people do the heavy lifting at her Atlanta shop is not something she's used to.
"I'm the girl that everybody counts on. I'm the girl that when you need something done, I'm there to do it," she says. "But this go-to girl is going to be down for a little bit."
Lori leans on her coworkers, whom she describes as being her family, for support – particularly her best friend, the shop's fashion director Monte Durham, who also stars on the show.
"You know you're going to owe me when you get back because sending me to bridesmaids isn't very nice," quips Monte, who will be running the bridesmaids' floor of the store while Lori is out, trying to lighten the mood.
Though Monte and Lori enjoy the levity of the moment, the two pals both choke back tears discussing their close friendship and how to handle Lori's battle with breast cancer.
In the one-hour special Lori opens up about her diagnosis, which happened in April, and her struggle to beat the disease.
"I was devastated when I found out that I had breast cancer," says Lori. "Wanting to turn something very negative into something positive, I decided to share my journey ... in hopes that I can raise breast cancer awareness and perhaps help other women facing breast cancer be less afraid."
Say Yes to the Cure: Lori's Fight airs on Oct. 26 on TLC.


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In order to trade Forex successfully these days, you should obviously possess the corresponding knowledge and skills, which need to be put into practice effectively. Still, your knowledge base itself without a decent platform to put them into practice is the same as a car without an engine. You can see it shine in the sun, but without an engine it won't start and move at all.


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Once again Kate Middleton has brought shame upon the royal family of Great Britain, and prostituted her body for all to see. As you can see in the pictures below, Kate Middleton wasted no time in giving photographers upskirt shots of her "knickers" upon her arrival in America.
Kate was wearing a slutty short dress, which the slightest of breezes lifted up to reveal her royal hindquarters. Many in England reportedly were overcome with the vapors upon hearing the news, and had to remove their powdered wigs before laying down and fanning themselves profusely.
These upskirt pictures of Kate Middleton prove once again that she is no better than a common gutter skank. The British royal family would be wise to arrange for another little "accident" in a Paris tunnel.
Abdullah The Butcher
The pug faced mule did this on purpose to insult Islam.
The british know us Muslims don't believe in women wearing anything but a burka in public….mainly because it keeps immoral displays such as this from happening.
I have sent word to Kate…that the next time she goes out in public…she had best be wearing the burka or else it will be Sharia Law for her and her husband, the doofus.
It's people like you, who would like to keep women dependent and enslaved so they can't think or choose for themselves, who give Muslims a bad name and keep the stereotype going. You have no more proof than Christians do that your "law" is correct and actual fact so get off your high horse. Men and women are equal and should not have to wear more clothes than their fellow counterpart (male).
Abdullah The Butcher
Females are too stupid to make any decision; you are proof of that.
According to Islam the man was given power and control over women because they are only good for having babies.
You had best change your attitude because when Islam takes over, uppity bitches like you will be stoned on sight.
Lol you're an idiot =] Girls look way better in bikini tops and shorts. Oh and stay away from public pools. No bombing allowed.
Maverick Joe
Bet you still wanked off to the photo too towelhead.
Prophet Mohammed
Filthy bitch
Men and women are NOT equal. If women leave the house, and I don't think they should, they should always be covered with a burka. Also, women are good for plowing and reproducing…absolutely nothing else.
I think you wuld probably make a good concubine if you cut the back talk and just did your job(s). I have room for one more in my harem and as long as you're a decent looking infidel and don't have a problem growing a lush bush of pubes I will welcome you to the harem. You must also be strong on plow. Let me know.
Isn't the fact that you call yourself "Prophet Mohammed" taking the prohets name invain? Maybe you should look at yourself and the way you act!
Westside willy
I think she likes you Abby the Fooloah
i think this photo is fucking hot
Maverick Joe
You stupid religious fanatics. You are a typical male repressive chauvinistic retarded neanderthal caveman. There are women out there more intelligent than you you fucken douchebag. If I saw you on the street I would be-head you with a blunt axe just for being an idiot. I hope when you die you you realise there is no heaven or hell and so you wasted your whole life believing in nothing more than a fairy tale handed down by other douche bags over the centuries. Religion is a social tool meant to control society so the rich and powerful can control our lives. Fact is people are turning away from religion because they realise it isn't helping their lives at all. Fuck you and your stupid demi-gods, fuck Allah, fuck Jesus, fuck buddha, fuck Hindu fuck all religion!
Abdullah The Butcher
tranny joe
Women are stupid because Allah made them that way.
And you wearing a dress doesn't make you a woman, it just makes you perverted.
eat shit mofo
Kate the princess I think she is your sister
I'm going to invest in fainting couches.
Jordan Dunnuck
Wtf is with the rage? That's not even a slutty outfit you fucking retards
Abdullah The Butcher
jordan duckfuck
Shut up asshole. If you have to ask, you are too stupid to understand immoral behavior.
jordan dumbfuck
Slutty? What are you blind? Anytime your hoo haa is showing in a dress it is slutty. I would be willing to bet I seen more of her ass than that Fairy Prince she is married to. If she had been wearing a burka like she is supposed to then this wouldn't have happened, and I wouldn't have had to look at her bare naked ass.
well if you dont wanna look close ur eyes DUH and you call women dumb?
are you a women chimp ?
or just gay?
Wow. Fucking shit stained indians really reinforce why here in canada we all hate them. Im a girl and i have beat the shit out of pakis like you all the time. Islam is a goofy tale. You are the only race where each and every one of your men look like you were dunked in a mud puddle. You come to white countrys and creep on us women cause you are so filty and discusting. No one in our country likes your kind unless you try really hard to be white and lose the whiny accent. Nothing is good about you or your god or your beliefs. All low life skinners. The only thing worth saving in your race is your women and white tourists.
Abdullah The Butcher
susan the bull dyke
I bet many a camper has mistaken you for Bigfoot. You sound like a very hairy female.
When Islam takes over we shall study all bull dykes to see how Satan has corrupted and transformed thier bodies and then we shall burn them alive.
muslim hater
That film is true. WOWEN ARE EQUAL TO US. AND BTW IF YOU LOVE ALLAH SO MUCH YOU SHOULD GET A ROOM!!!! :P
Westside willy
First of all do you even know what a skinner is, unless ya been to the pen I doubt it. Secondly you are as racist and ignorant as a muslim extremist, I live in Canada and I am white, if you knew anything you would realize most of the brown skin people in wesrern Canada are from India and are mainly Sikh and Hindu and did you know that a Sikh temple will feed anyone who is starving even if they are white Christians, can that be said in return for the Christian class. You must be a real desirable butch bulldyke if you are proud of beating up Indians. I have been in hundreds of brawls and maybe only a handfull with immigrants, so you do the math. I don't condone what these pre-pubescent shit tards ar saying but if you had half a brain you would realize that they are fucked up white kids trying to get attention. You sound like white trash yourself, move to Texas where you can be sorounded by your kind, mind you I don't think that those good ole boys down there take kindly to bull dykes either.
This land aint ours anyway, it was the commonwealth of Brittian that spent hundreds of years conqouring races and countries and converting them to Christianity and allowing the people of these countries ei(India) to travell freely in the commonwealth, and prior to that they decimated a proud race of first nations that had already been here for 12 000 years living in perfect harmony with the land. Oh yes and lets not forget the Christian crusades that targeted the Muslim and Jews as heathens and therefore enemies to the crown. The bad blood started 900-1000 years ago and it was the Christian that time that waged a holy war in hopes of capturing Jerusilim. In the process they bankrupted the country, captured Jerusilim and lost it again.
THe true Muslim culture has made great contributions in history to the sciences, architecture, philosophy and art. and it is a small percentage that are violent miscreants. So should we punish the masses for the acions of a few? If that was the case we should have all been massacared a long time ago.
ps if ignorance is bliss you must be the happiest bitch out there you uneducated sack of moose dung.
Woah woah woah, we don't want any racist Canadians in Texas! We're still trying to deal with the racists who already live here, geeze!
Abdullah The Butcher
loose lissa
Shut the fuck up asshole. If we want to send racist cannuck mofos to texas…we will.
im no bull dyke. im 110lbs and 5.2…not that big. also ive only defended close family and friends. like my sister and her woman beating ex-boyfriend who is east indian. and the east indian who beat the shit out of a 15yr old girl cause she wouldnt fuck him. i've tried hard to see the good in a race who is famous for disrespecting women. also yes i know what a skinner is, know a few people in prison and learned a few to many things. all my comments were towards the kind commenting on here. Also im not christian either. i've seen evil in alot of religions and would never choose to associate with any. i lived by a sikh temple in abbotsford, bc and i know they help people out but at the same time i couldnt walk down the street without being completely creeped out on. maybe if their woman dressed down again the men would be able to control them selves around young white girls.
seroiusly look at the values they have. if you believe woman are nothing but fuck toys thats sad but i have no intrest with those within a group who believes crap like that. just like you probably got a big problem with the aryan nation because of the beliefs within. if you noticed i only put down the men in the race. thats called SEXIST..and only with one race. i'd love to meet a decent male from that race but so far i havent met any and i've given alot of them good chances to prove themselves.
i dont belive in organized religion cause evil comes of it everytime.
Abdullah The Butcher
bull dyke susan
This is not a self help, "dear abby" blog.
We don't care that your immoral lifestyle has resulted in you having bad family relations.
If you want to improve yourself, read the Qur'an and wear a burka. If you do that you might be picked up by a fine Muslim and if you are a changed woman (no longer a bull dyke) he will probably ask you to join his harem as a concubine.
dear susan
i'm east indian , i don't think it's fair of you to denigrate all indian men . i agree with you that a majority of them are disgusting and treat women badly but to generalize is unfair. i lived in india all my life, have studied in canada as have many of my friends from india and i dont think any of us look at women as fucktoys. most of my friends have white girlfriends and a couple are even married to them and they are all happy relationships based on love and respect. it's a pity you haven't met decent indian men, they do exist however few they may be.
ps i hate religion too.
willy one would think a smart man like yourself (or so you claim to be) who is so set on setting raciest straight would focus on the vugar shit abdullah says on every picture and chimp dude or mohammad instead of the one chick standing up for woman rights, and standing against woman being talked down about. but again maybe your just one of the crowd,, so sad and pathatic just like the rest.
Abdullah The Butcher
john the asshole
I have never said one "vugar" word in my life.
If you continue to slander me; there will be consequences.
Eat shit and die you ignorant mofo
muslim hater
Someday you will realize you should be more polite. Mohammad was a man who liked to kill. Someone should have destroyed Mecca by now.
Westside willy
Dude I am always slamming the foolah and the head giving chump, they are bitches of the worst kind. BTW that dame was deflamating a whole race again for the actions of a few so as far as I am concerned she can kiss my ass. WHite dudes beat girls too, and believe me I will smash any dude that hits a women of any race, just ask my wife. I was camping three years ago when we heard some railer trash kicking his girfriend, I beat him till he cried, same type of thing happened in a bowling ally and I kicked the dude in the throat. I despise racists, pedophiles and abusers and if you are worried about the love triangle beetween the chump, abby the foolah, and Mohhamed the donky dic wait til the foolah finds out the chump has been giving head elsewhere. I aint just one of the crowd, the crowd consists of brainwashed sheep, I am the black sheep that hates the nature of comformity and its material trappings. Believe it or not jail changed my life, I was a drunken thug that ran with a gang, now I am a peacfull but millitant hippi that throws punches not flowers. You wanna talk down to me, thats fine, I know who has more wisdom and enlightenment and its likely not you however that is a judgement call and I could be wrong. I know my history and it would appear that it has an uncanny tendancy to repeat itself. It is not east against west it is religion against religion and that is nothing new.
BTW I am sick of women cring about womens lib, in north america women have more opportunitie than men, . It has gotten to the point where men have to tread very lightly or else they could accused of harrasment or sexism for opening a door for a lady I am cool with equal rights as long s it is equal. As for women of different cultures, they have been treated like that for generations, not to say that it is right but at some point they should band together because no one else will be thier advocate the only way to be heard is to make noise. Nobody has ever won thier freedom by sitting back and doing nothing It is like Jim Morrison said,"They got the guns, but we got the numbers, we're gonna win you we're taking over,"
Abdullah The Butcher
backside willy
You sure are a sensitive homoqueer. I bet you used a box of snot rags when you typed that long-winded bullshit.
eat shit and die ghetto monkey
Some people clearly thought you were serious there, but I, the all-knowing IHateCelebs caught your clever satire – standing up for women's rights by calling them chicks! Very funny and well done.
do you still have the accent? i'd love to hear you say "eat shit and die you igorant mofo" with that silly high pitched accent you guys got. kinda funny..no really funny. is that you in the picture? i think you got something on your face..might wanna run it past a mirror..woa something weird on your head too. looks like my laundry.. can i have my dirty boxers back, gotta throw them in the wash. thanks buds
i havent lived an immoral life for one and why would i want to be with someone like you when i got a wonderful young sexy husband and a baby. wow your women should come here. they could be hookers and make money sleeping with ugly dudes like you instead of screwing for only disrespect and a goat every few years. oh wait they are coming here. i got two of them living here in my appartment building. doing great now that they dont got men like you embarrassing them and holding them back. they brought the kids here and never looked back. hopefully their sons grow up to be lovely gentlemen.
Abdullah The Butcher
bull dyke susan
You are disgusting.
Only in the degenerate west would you find two women who call each other husband.
Your trial at Sharia Court will only take seconds. I already have determined you guilty of immorality.
You will not be so impertinent when the stones are bouncing off your thick skull.
eat shit and die rug muncher
Shashidam too Kosseh Nanat!
Tera peh thenoo picheyo kush karda hunda
Westside willy
super cala fraja lististic expy alydoscious if yo say it loud enought it is realy quite attrocious
your fucking hilarious.
Susan the lard ass
You said you are 110lbs and 5.2. Damn if that ain't an obese pig I don't know what is. Does your poor husband get any food in that household? You not only munch carpet I believe you munch anything that moves……..
yes i am huge. gotta roll to get anywhere. i store my snacks between my rolls. yum yum. haha
so chimp man when is the evolution proccess gonna end? at least most us women have gotten past the chimpazee stage OoOo AhAh
and i dont munch carpet. we shave. gotta love the invention of the razor…
frilly willy im only against the men of the culture till i see one with some worth to them. its not a color issue its an behaviour issue. if that large of a group of men all act like rude pieces of shit. i will not like them. one of my friends is of the culture but a woman she agrees with me. and yes white men do beat women too and i hate them too, the difference is i've met nice white guys too, nice black guys, nice american indians, nice mexicans, it is part of the east indian culture though to walk all over women. instead of there being a few bad ones in the bunch i see it as a few good ones instead even though i've never met any yet.
Susan the slut
"i've met nice white guys too, nice black guys, nice american indians, nice mexicans"
Is there anybody or species that you won't fuck?
I hate discrimination
That doesn't even make sense…
Yes, it does since spics and coons are not human beings but are subhuman trash that serve no useful purpose.
Well, no useful purpose for healthy human beings. Homoqueers like you need some one to scrub the shit stains out of your trailer's toilet for a can of Coca-Cola and (spic) and someone to ass fuck you while you count your food stamps (abid).
…Is this site for real? Hardcore Muslims, this is your Access HollyWood………………………..My word.
Blasphemy! This site is more like the Entertainment Tonight for Jihadists!
hey abdullah you know abdullah the butcher is a wwe wrestler right? your a reaal knob you know that?
I hate discrimination
Abdullah, in reference to your multiple earlier comments about women being useless and dumb, I think you should do your research because the most intelligent person in the world just so happens to be a woman ( by which I mean highest IQ). Also, as I understand it,( I may be wrong and if I am, feel free to correct me) your religion does not condone things like homosexuality, but is it not also a sin to hate people for those things? I would also like to note that calling people obscenities and telling them to eat shit and die could be viewed by some as vulgar.
And on another note, I don't think that women should have to wear more clothes than men, if men get to walk around bare-chested, they should be allowed to, just like men. The most common argument is that children could be disturbed by seeing breasts, but I personally think that the hairy, sweaty chest of an over weight man beats breasts on the disturbing scale any day.( It is noteworthy that that last comment was a bit of a whimsical spin on a logical counter/ supporting argument for a couple of comments further up this chain).
No one cares what you thin, so eat shit and die, motherfucker.
muslim hater
You made a mistake. Think not thin. What's the rush?
I hate discrimination
I'll take that as me being right then, seeing as you cannot come up with an actual, valid argument to oppose my suggestions.
Imam Khalid al-Ashari
Women are not people. They are property. One doesn;t ask their cat or their camel what they think about pressing, important issues.
So why would a man ask a woman, who is nothing but a life-support system for a vagina, their opinion about anything?
What ever man owns you needs to slap some sense into you, harlot. Then again you do sound like a raging lesbodyke so this acting out is a manfiestation of that mental illness/penis envy.
Know your place, slattern.
After reading this thread it is plain to see that all religious fanatics must be rounded up and summarily executed. Christian, Muslim, Catholic, it doesn't matter. All of you are a pariah on human society and you must be dealt with in a manner that is final.
How enlightened and tolerant of you.
Your ilk will the first expunged when the great jihad comes to your shores, homoqueer.
ugh… lord! please dont… can you just imagine a whole slew of stinky non deodorant wearing goat fuckers storming our beaches in their white dresses and checkered red n white towels on their heads. The smell would be horrid. Its a mixture of bad b.o. and goat cunt and ass then pachuli thrown on top of it. This jihad must require a hygine rule, dont come over here and stink up our land anymore, just stay home where there are other stinky goat fuckers like you. is it your goal to spread goat fucking, that shit wont fly in the US, there are laws against it to put sick twats like you away.
Obviously you have been hated and bullied in life, so go and see a psychiatrist and calm down. But also, religion will always be around, it has been around longer than 'science'
Your temples must be destroyed. You books of fairy tales must be burned. You must be killed for the good of human society. Deny your false religions and come bask in the radiant glow of science. Science has brought you the internet and the computers you fools are are using to connect to it. Religion has brought you nothing but stupidity and conflict. There will come a time when we will come to stamp all of you out.
You know that science is not everything. Science brought us nuclear and chemical weapons, viruses and all things that may destroy the world. There are millions of people who have found comfort in religion, after years of despair. There will be no chance that religion will vanish. Never.
Calm down religion hasn't been proven wrong…. Like God may have created the big Bang
Lover_of_Roast Pork
You fuckin towel heads need to Chill a bit …Sit the Fuck Down with a Nice Cold Beer and Chew on a Pork and Gravy Roll ….Thats what us Aussies ….chill out mutha fucka …
Solid Shit
does no one see these are 'pretend' jihadists? idiot dumbfucks
I love this!! To wear pantyhose these days is so rare. To catch someone, anyone, wearing pantyhose without panties is a true find. Kate has a lifelong fan!!
allah fuckahkbarintheass
I reckon that's hot as, but hey the shots wouldn't be on the internet if some scumbag didn't take them, like William & Harry's mother hey, the photographing fucked up paparatsi fucked up there too! I might have spelt paparatsi wrong but I don't give a shit just like the pathetic smothering photographers, why don't you just fuck off and leave people alone dead shits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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The Marque match-up in the area tomorrow night, will take place in Shallowater when and old school 2-A rivalry gets renewed as Shallowater hosts Idalou at Todd Field.
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RIP, Mike Nichols and His Dangerously Stylish Mrs. Robinson
A fashion icon for the ages.By Véronique Hyland
A fashion icon for the ages.By Véronique Hyland
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It defeated The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for the top spot.By Delia Paunescu
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From embarrassing to dead.By Lindsey Weber
Captain America finally got taken down a notch.By Delia Paunescu
Why didn't they try this in The Other Woman?By Kylie Gilbert
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Date: 3/20/2011
Community Hospital Doctors First in Northwest Indiana to Implant MRI Safe Pacemakers
Medtronic's Revo MRI Surescan device is FDA approved for use around or in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment.
Patients with new pacemakers no longer need to stay away from MRI diagnostic imaging tests for fear that their device may cause an irregular heartbeat. Cardiologists on staff at Community Hospital in Munster are first in Northwest Indiana to implant MRI compatible pacemakers in patients. The Medtronic Revo MRI Surescan device is safe for use around or in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment.
"It has been estimated that up to 50 percent of patients with standard cardiac rhythm devices who need an MRI aren't able to get one," said cardiac electrophysiologist Mark Mitchell, D.O., FACC.
Until now, if patients required whole body imaging, computerized axial tomography (CT) scans were the only acceptable alternative, Mitchell said. But CT scans use low-dose radiation to produce images which aren't high definition, making it more difficult to diagnose conditions such as cancer and stroke, he said.
This particular MRI pacing system is the first permanent pacing system to receive FDA approval for the MRI environment, Mitchell said. It offers advantages to both doctors and their patients who need to undergo an MRI. This test is the standard of care in soft tissue imaging, which allows doctors to see internal organs, joints and muscles in order to better diagnose patients, he said.
About 1.5 million Americans have pacemakers, devices that send electrical pulses to the heart to help maintain a regular rhythm, according to medical technology developer Medtronic.
Medical imaging and electronic implantable devices such as pacemakers are important technological advances, particularly in older, more fragile patients, John H. Burke, M.D. cardiac electrophysiologist said.
Over a lifetime, more patients will need an MRI than not, Burke said. Now, there is an alternative pacemaker that is safe for patients undergoing MRIs.
This particular pacemaker functions the same as other devices that keep the heart beating at a steady rate, except the leads (the wires that are attached to the heart) have a different design feature. Powerful MRI magnets can cause other pacemakers to malfunction or initiate an erratic heart rate if the leads heat up during the procedure.
The pacemaker Revo MRI SureScan can be programmed before a patient undergoes an MRI scan so it will not interfere with the device's function.
"Before undergoing an MRI, the SureScan pacemaker is specially programmed and reset into a 'safe mode' which requires an advanced intervention," Burke said. "But programming looks and feels much like the programming that is done during an in-office check-up appointment."
For more information about new devices and surgical techniques offered by the hospitals of Community Healthcare System, visit our web site at www.comhs.org. To find a cardiologist or electrophysiologist on staff at the hospitals of Community Healthcare System, call 219-836-3477 or toll-free 1-866-836-3477.


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At this point, it might be easier to list the Hollywood stars who you won't be seeing in the highly-anticipated sequel "Anchorman 2."
First up, of course, are the stars returning from the 2004 original: Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Chris Parnell and Fred Willard.
Kristen Wiig is co-starring in the sequel, and among the newcomers slated to make cameos are James Marsden, Greg Kinnear, Meagan Good, John C. Reilly and Harrison Ford, plus returning walk-ons from rival newscasters Luke Wilson and Vince Vaughn (and, if we're lucky, Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Tim Robbins).
And now we come to the latest urgent piece of casting news. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oscar winer Nicole Kidman has also shot a brief scene in "Anchorman 2," although details are being kept under wraps.
Who else will make the trip to San Diego?
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When Barry Singer first conceived of Your-MailBox-Store, he saw it as a special-concept store that could assist small businesses by offering services they rely on daily.
Originally from the San Fernando Valley, Singer moved to Santa Clarita in 2000. With customer service experience in the information technology field where he built and managed customer service teams, Singer felt he could go up against the local competition by offering what other similar stores might not.
You can make an assumption by the name of the business about what type of products and services Your-MailBox-Store offers, he said, and you would be partially right. But the retailer offers much more — it's pretty much a one-stop service shop for the small-business owner.
The store is more than just a mailing and shipping store, he said. The retailer provides mailboxes and shipping services but also prints business cards and banners, he said.
Singer thinks he and his wife, Shirley, will succeed by offering the kind of customer service the chain stores can't, he said.
The retailer also provides services for copying, laminating and bounding of any printed material. It has an authorized notary on staff every day, enlarges and reduces prints, transfers prints to DVD, creates large-format poster-size images, fingerprint services, passport photos and document shredding. Soon, it will offer Western Union services as well, Singer said.
And, the store offers one other service — it provides U-Haul rentals to help customers rent and return trailers.
Part of the small business niche Singer targets is home-based businesses, he said, because so many people work out of their home now but they need all the services of a regular company. Use of his store's personal mailboxes also makes it possible for anyone to have a real street address for his business.
Your-MailBox-Store will come and pick up a package, without charging a pickup or travel fee, Singer said. And it will package it, ship it and provide tracking access to the customer. The retailer stocks about 80 sizes of boxes and packages.
"I can ship just about anything to just about anywhere," Singer said. "I have shipped some pretty strange items — from horseradish to a musical instrument."
Before opening Your-MailBox-Store, however, Singer spent about a year working out the financing, finding a location, and figuring out who he would partner with. He ended up selecting RSA Regional Shipping Association, which assists small-business owners in setting up a mail store and provides an online shipping tracking system.
While Singer looked into franchise stores, he said he found he could open his own independent store and get the support he needed for less money than a franchise fee. Also, owning his own business allows him the freedom to operate and provide the kind of customer service he wants to specialize in, he said.
"I think customers can appreciate the fact that we are not a "big biz" franchise," Singer said. "We are family owned and will continue to operate that way."
The Newhall-based Your-MailBox-Store had a soft opening a little more than month ago to become familiar with the equipment, systems and processes, he said. But a grand opening is planned for Sept. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
"Starting out, I was looking for a way to help others get services they needed and wanted," Singer said. "I knew I could help them with great service at a great price."
Your-MailBox-Store is located at 23756 Newhall Ave. in the same center as a new Dollar Tree discount store.


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Looking back at the classic romantic dramedy Jerry Maguire we know Jerry had Dorothy at hello, confessing his love for her by with the now famously quoted dialogue, "You complete me."
We posed the question for you this Valentine's Day: who completes you this and why?
The winner chosen as the most romantic by TomCruise.com team member and resident Jerry Mcquire expert Abby, who's seen the movie over 100 times, received flowers, chocolates and a Jerry Maguire DVD.
You post came flooding into our blog, the official TomCruise.com Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/officialtomcruise, and the official page at Twitter, tagged #YouCompleteMe. Each was more romantic than the last.
However, there could only be one winner…and that's Dave B. from Facebook!! CONGRATULATIONS Dave! We hope you and your wife both enjoy the flowers, treats and movie on this most romantic of days.
Here's what Dave had to say in his winning entry:
We also got a couple tweets from some lonely young women around the globe who were resigned to spend Cupid's holiday toughing it out on their own. The team at TomCruise.com thought that shouldn't be the case, picking out a pair of ladies to send a bouquet to and let them know we were thinking about them today.
So, to Hellen K. (@HellenKouf) and Emily B. (@Butterfiled_EMS), the team at TomCruise.com wishes you an extra Happy Valentine's Day! Enjoy the flowers as much as we enjoy giving them to you.
Here's what Hellen and Emily thought about the gift coming their way:
And Emily took it a step further, this morning posting the picture of her with the flowers we sent. Take a look at the lucky young lady below:
We're thrilled you enjoyed the flowers Emily!! Hope it made your Valentine's Day happy and bright.
We also had a sampling saved of some of the more sensitive entries to come our way. Take a look below at how some people feel about the special person in their lives:
Thanks again to everyone that entered! Your romantic natures are an inspiration. We hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day, spending it with someone close to your heart.
For everyone who want to relive one of the more romantic moments from Tom's filmography, check out the iconic clip from Jerry Maguire below:
To get the entire story of how this powerful moment sprung into the popular consciousness, we suggest you condsider purchasing the Jerry Maguire DVD to catch the entire movie. It earned Tom an Oscar nomination for Best Actor and inspired team member Abby to watch the movie over 100 times!
That's a fairly ringing endorsement.
Here's the details on how to purchase, below:
Again, Happy Valentine's Day!


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The ETS staff planned and held a mini-conference in 2010 — Building Better Students: Preparation for Life After High School. The purpose of this conference was to address college, job and life readiness issues from both policy and research perspectives. ETS invited experts, thought leaders and policy figures from a diverse set of fields to identify and assess key college and job readiness skills. At this conference, world-renowned researchers and policymakers candidly discussed how we, as a nation, can best build better students through four key educational areas:
- teachers and the curriculum
- programmatic interventions
- selection and assessment
- policy
Each presentation has been posted to the Building Better Students conference website and plans for further dissemination include a published book. The planning efforts for this conference and the forthcoming book will allow ETS to approach expanding job readiness research from a prepared and knowledgeable perspective.


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Per Yahoo finance " 1y Target Est: $14.00"
Given this is where the stock was before. XTO continues to drill and add new wells and capacity. Natural gas prices have risen and futures indicate they will rise more. The remaining suits will be dismissed because they had their chance to be included in the Frakouser Class. Case law says they must demonstrate why they severed for good reason. They don't have a single good argument.
Sentiment: Hold
If you looked at the analysts estimates on Yahoo for HGT, you would have seen that this $14.00 target was from one single analyst made back in 2007.
I sincerely hope you check on things better than that before using such in buy and sell decisions and then maybe you will also do so before posting such on these boards and providing very misleading information to those who don't verify.
oooooooh, a reply from NHY ---- I haven't seen one of those in years. If anyone is reading, this guy is one of the sharpest, most astute posters on oil/gas trusts you will ever read. He doesn't have much use for lazy investors, but his inputs are the best you will find on these boards, and what he shares is always worth consideration. All in my lazy investor opinion.
That is probably an old target which wasn't updated since before the price crash.
On the contrary, this result sets a legal precendent for the other cases. Makes it more likely they will have the same outcome.
yeah, the real key is that this is a perpetual trust, if gas prices continue to rise this will be a great investment. Legal overhang remains an issue, but should be well priced in at these levels.


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Before the National Weather Service started in 1890, farmers did not have a scientific way to predict the weather, so they left the forecasting to the plants and animals. Many established ways of weather prediction that farmers used have long been considered old wives' tales or animal folklore. Though scientists don't always agree with this method, many people still use it as a way to predict the weather.
Feb. 2 is an important day in Punxsutawney, Penn., as well as many other states across the United States and Canada. It is on this day, Groundhog Day, many gather to watch a groundhog as it emerges from its winter hibernation. The story says that if the groundhog sees its shadow there will be six more weeks of winter. This is only one method of animal weather prediction out there.
One of the most popular ways of predicting winter weather is using a persimmon seed. This method involves slicing a ripe persimmon seed in half and distinguishing the type of flatware it most resembles. It is said that if the seed is spoon-shaped then be prepared for a lot of wet snow and shoveling in your future. The fork, however, means a milder winter with just light dustings. And then there is the knife, which means that you will be "cut" with chilling winds. There are a few people around the office who partake in this ritual. When asked what he found, Chris Haefke replied, "Spoon!" Many others have also found spoons in their persimmon seeds; so, if this folklore proves true, I would start sharpening those shovels.
Another prediction method is to take a gander at a woolly bear caterpillar's stripes to determine the winter ahead. It is said that if you chance upon a caterpillar with a black band wider than its rust-colored one, then you're in store for a harsh winter. Though many have come to believe in this way of predicting the weather, with some even holding festivals in the wooly bear's honor, scientists say the thickness of the rust-colored bands on the caterpillar actually tell of the past summer, the amount of vegetation consumed and the actual age of the caterpillar, rather than a future forecast.
Before the turn of the century, farmers used the goose bone method as a way of predicting the oncoming weather. This method entails drying out a goose's breast bone and watching it as it turns colors. The saying goes, "If the bone turns black, purple or blue it will be a harsh winter for you. If the bone stays white you will be alright."
The most outlandish forecasting method I have read is the myth of the onion skin. "Onion skins very thin, mild winter coming in; onion skins thick and tough, coming winter cold and rough." This is not a well-practiced approach to winter weather forecasting, but nonetheless is considered cherished folklore.
There are many more ways that farmers and Missourians alike use to predict the winter weather. So whether you rely on animal and plant forecasters or that of the National Weather Service, just remember, "We'll weather the weather, whatever the weather, whether we like it or not."


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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Thaicom, Thailand's leading satellite operator, has become the first in the Asia Pacific region to introduce commercial In-Flight Connectivity Services using Ku-band to provide broadband on commercial flights. The deal has been agreed with Thailand's number one premium low cost airline Nok Air, which last year transported nearly six million passengers. With 48,000 flights per year the carrier will provide broadband Wi-Fi services on many of its aircraft starting in August - ranging from Internet access to other complimentary services in the future.
The announcement comes as Thaicom launches its "New Frontiers" campaign which will see it expand its focus to include end-to-end satcom mobility services for air, land, and sea vehicles. The company already has a strong pioneering history and is looking to the future with two new satellite launches planned before 2016, an extension of its target geography to include Africa and a host of yet-to-be-announced new industry partnerships and acquisitions.
Suphajee Suthumpun, Chairman of the Executive Committee and CEO, Thaicom Public Company Limited said: "We are very pleased to be working with Nok Air on this in-flight connectivity service which is a young and very buoyant area for both the satellite and airline industries. It is a milestone and the first of many announcements for our exciting New Frontiers campaign aimed at serving the industry and our customers better. We are delighted to launch the IFC with Nok Air which should be beneficial for domestic as well as international passengers on board Nok Air's flights."
The Thaicom In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) broadband service, with its partner Global Eagle Entertainment/Row44, will in this case be implemented as a value added service for Nok Air passengers to enhance their experience by giving access to broadband combined with video content. The service is capable of delivering 3G-like speed for a superior in-flight broadband experience. The expansion plan shall further include the Asian region with in-flight connectivity services provided through Thaicom broadband.
Mr. Patee Sarasin, Chief Executive Officer of Nok Airlines Plc said: "Nok Air is adding in-flight Wi-Fi to our existing complimentary services to increase the appeal to passengers, particularly the new generation who insist on connectivity. The introduction of in-flight Wi-Fi is consistent with the airline's drive to be innovative, as it has already offered free broadband connection at airport boarding gates. The in-flight Wi-Fi connection quality will meet users' expectations and the service will be initially available on domestic flights, which constitute the bulk of Nok Air's operations. We are always looking at ways to improve customer experience and are glad to be partnering with Thaicom to achieve this."
Go to http://www.thaicom.net/ for more information
About Thaicom
Thaicom Public Company Limited, a leading Asian satellite operator, was established in 1991 with unique proposition in providing integrated solutions for satellite broadcast and broadband. The Company houses high profiled engineering teams to provide leading-edge innovative solutions on telecommunication and satellite that answer every need with a full spectrum of services. Until now, Thaicom has launched six satellites into the orbit; three satellites are in operations. Thaicom 5 and Thaicom 6 are a "Hot Bird" broadcasting satellite for Thailand and SE Asia, boarding more than 600 TV channels, coverage over Thailand , SE Asia and Africa (by the name "Africom-1"). Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR) is the world's first broadband satellite and is providing broadband services to 14 countries across Asia-Pacific region. With the unique performance and technology of Thaicom 4, the Company has provided its solutions to many countries in the region to enable the broadband connectivity everywhere, also to recover communication networks at the time of disasters; such as in Japan, China and New Zealand. And further in 2014, Thaicom 7 will be launched to expand Thaicom's servicing capacity and footprint in the regions.


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Jersey City has declared a curfew of 6 p.m. today for two areas of the city, in addition to banning pedestrian traffic in Port Liberte and Country Village, because of high winds and rising waters caused by Hurricane Sandy.
The curfew, which will end at 1 p.m. tomorrow, will be enforced along all of Washington Boulevard east to the Hudson River, and west of Route 440 to the Hackensack River from Communipaw Avenue to the Bayonne border.
The Hudson River has become a dangerous place, evident in some videos posted today to YouTube of pedestrians standing dangerously close to the Waterfront.
"We know that many residents have in the past gathered on the waterfront to look at the tides during storms. This storm is unlike any other we have faced," Mayor Jerramiah Healy said in a statement. "We will be enforcing this curfew to protect the safety of our residents."


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Huskers' Midterm Report Card: Offense
As far as off weeks go, sticking one right in the middle of a football season is nice for symmetry. Nebraska has six games in the books, and six more to go so now seems as good a time as any to evaluate the Huskers on a unit-by-unit basis.
By definition, traditional letter grades signify specific levels of achievement, or lack thereof, on a 100-point scale but for the purposes of this report card, we'll be grading the Huskers on progress as much as anything else. The baseline expectation coming in was to win the division title — a realistic expectation based on the experience Nebraska returned — so everything that follows is based on the following question: Is this specific unit bringing the team closer to that expectation or pushing them further away?
Today we'll tackle the offense, tomorrow the defense.
QUARTERBACK — Statistically speaking, Taylor Martinez is actually putting the "dual" in dual-threat quarterback this season. Martinez ranks third in the Big Ten in passer rating, second in completion percentage, first in yards per attempt, and first in touchdown passes. That's all progress over previous years. As a runner, he still displays plenty of big play potential. At the halfway mark, he has five touchdowns after rushing for nine as a sophomore and 12 as a freshman. He's averaging 56.33 rushing yards per game, down from the previous two years but his 4.97 yards per attempt is slightly better than 2011. All in all, numbers anyone can like but here's two you can't: four interceptions and eight fumbles (four lost). Maybe this is too reactionary based on what happened last week, but the biggest thing slowing Nebraska's offense down is turnovers. At this point, two-and-a-half seasons into Martinez's career, I think its fair to wonder if his big risk, big reward style of quarterbacking is holding Nebraska back. With this running game, what would the Nebraska offense look like with a simple game manager who prized possession over everything else, particularly in big games? Just knowing that that question still exists says everything. FINAL GRADE: C
RUNNING BACK/FULLBACK — It's hard to think what the Nebraska backs could be doing better right now beyond holding onto the football slightly more. The Huskers lead the Big Ten in rushing and rank sixth nationally. Even if you were to removed Martinez's rushing output, Nebraska would still be second in the conference and 12th nationally. The fullbacks have been more of a mixed bag but with Andy Janovich emerging as a prototypical fullback, there's little reason to dock the overall grade based on that alone. FINAL GRADE: A
WIDE RECEIVER/TIGHT END — This is another group that's been as good as advertised. Kenny Bell ranks third in the conference with 77.2 yards per game and is emerging as a legitimate all-conference type receiver. Perhaps the best pure receiver Nebraska's had in quite some time and he's only a sophomore. Quincy Enunwa remains a rock-solid blocker and good possession receiver while Jamal Turner still show flashes of pure excitement with limited touches. Even Steven Osborne has elevated his game in limited snaps. You know the tight ends are probably more talented than they've been able to show in six games, but there are only so many passes to go around. Drops haven't been a major issue to date. FINAL GRADE: A-
OFFENSIVE LINE — Nebraska's 2012 offensive line isn't a group that will go down in history but so far they've probably been good enough. They're leading the way for the Huskers highly effective ground game and that's really what they're built to do. Spencer Long is developing into a really solid player and the Cole Pensick/Seung Hoon Choi combo gives the Huskers pretty good guard play game in and game out. Tackle is a bit of a bigger problem. The combo of Brent Qvale, Andrew Rodriguez, and Jeremiah Sirles is merely average through six games and has looked woefully overmatched at times against BCS conference opponents. The Huskers have the second most sacks allowed in the Big Ten, averaging two per game. The real question with this unit is will Nebraska be able to run the ball when teams, like Ohio State, really gear up to stop the run. FINAL GRADE: B-
COACHING — This is truly the toughest grade to give out. In year two under Tim Beck, the Nebraska offense shows flashes of brilliance. It also shows periods of stubbornness. On the good side, Beck has to be a nightmare to prepare for. Nebraska puts a lot of formations on film and runs new plays each week out of almost all of them. On the bad side, some of Martinez's struggles could probably be limited by simply giving him easier throws to make. It's hard to evaluate Martinez given the ups and downs. One week it looks like you can take the reins off, the next it looks like it's time to reel him in. Beck has to have a better grasp on that than anyone. Still, the offense is one of the best weapons in the conference and that's enough to give Beck more than a passing game. FINAL GRADE: B
Tally it all up, and Nebraska's offense as a whole is in the B/B+ range. If the offense could get out of its own way, minimizing penalties and turnovers, it could be an A very easily so if you want to really delve into the report card rhetoric, Nebraska might be deserving of the dreaded "great potential, doesn't apply itself" tag.
It's not failing but it's not all positive either.


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Nurse Fucktits
Featuring Alix Lakehurst
Date May 11th, 2009
Photos 46
These two dudes are sick. At least they claim to be sick. Or maybe they heard about this sex-hungry nurse who roams the halls and looks for guys that are virile enough to handle a raging nympho. That's Nurse Alix's claim to fame. She clocks in, then goes from private room to private room looking for guys so she can stiffen their pricks with her huge tits and trained mouth. Nurse Alix would do this in the emergency ward if she could get away with it but the doctors and nurses would object. Today, she's found a double room with two malingerers who dropped hammers on their feet at a contstruction site. When Nurse Alix finds out their cocks are good to go, she wastes no time. Seeing as how it's almost lunchtime, she extracts their loads and has nutjuice for lunch. You see, the nurse is on a liquid diet.


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The confidence of the Saints is burbling to life. After a 56-yard touchdown drive and a stiff stand by their defense, the Saints may be in the process of taking control of their first win.
Now, it's way too early to say this is certain. But if you had to go on the aura of a building and the collective attitude of a crowd, the Saints would be on their way to scratching that zero off their record.
Drew Brees is throwing well today and the offensive line is giving him more time. But there are still some offensive issues to iron out. Most notably, someone needs to flog Reggie Bush until he gets it into his head that he needs to run north and south in the National Football League. In college, he was playing against several future accountants, biologists, marketing consultants and cops with a few future NFLers thrown in for a little excitement. He could juke them out of their socks without thinking about it.
But in the NFL none of those schlubs and schmendricks make it to the field. They're all on the sidelines, or in the press box. The pros have had a year of film to study and they know us moves.
He needs to come up with a different repertoire. Granted, by the end of the third quarter, Bush had 57 yards on the ground and another 37 through the air. But the stutter-steps, shoulder drops aren't fooling anybody, even the folks who need a Himalayan Sherpa to guide them to their seats.
The question that really needs to be asked is: At 6-feet, 203 pounds, does Reggie Bush have the size to run north and south in the NFL?
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Anne Arundel County police said they arrested a suspected drug dealer in Brooklyn.
After complaints of drug activity in the area of Church Street and Disney Avenue, undercover detectives arrested one man after they bought $20 worth of marijuana around 11 p.m. Monday.
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Day 1 in Helsinki
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So as it happened I found myself travelling down from Jyvaskyla to Helsinki one Friday evening on the train for a 48 hour whirlwind tour of the Finnish capital. I don't want to say too much about the journey but our train companies could do with taking a leaf out of the nationalized Finnish system. Free WiFi for EVERYONE, trains bang on time, friendly staff, electronic ticketing and the ability to cope with comfortably sub-zero temperatures are just some of the delights of the system.
Helsinki itself seems pretty typical of European capitals. It is cosmopolitan, vibrant and full of things to do. It is staggeringly clean due to the Finnish obsession with recycling and the people are accommodating and friendly too.
The main reason for Helsinki's location was its strategic and trade value as a port throughout the Middle Ages and through into more modern times. It is naturally quite defensible and its no surprise that the Swedish defended it keenly, whilst their enemies saw it as a vital capture whenever warfare was rife.
The main port nowadays has ferries departing primarily to Tallinn, St. Petersburg and Stockholm (though there are others) whilst the tram will take you pretty much everywhere you need to go. On that note, buy a Helsinki Card - not only does it give you unlimited public transport but it also gets you discounts all over the place and a free Panoramic Tour which is 29€ on its own!!
Day 1 was spent exploring a few museums and places of interest - the weather was foul and I decided to put off the trip to Suomenlinna (the Sea Fortress) till it had improved (see tomorrow's entry for how well that went!). Its an interesting city and I'd heartily recommend getting around on the tram, above ground allows you to see so much more of the place
Things I did
Panorama Bus Tour - B
As mentioned, this is free a Helsinki Card but 29€ on its own
Helsinki City Museum (http://www.hel.fi/hki/museo/en/etusivu) - A-
I really enjoyed this free little museum near to the Senate Square. There is only enough to keep you entertained for 30-45 minutes but the exhibitions about the people and places of the town are intriguing and well presented. Plus it was dry and the people very friendly indeed!
National Museum of Finland (http://www.nba.fi/en/nationalmuseum) - A
On a significantly smaller scale than the British Museum but composed of a similar wealth of information. Tracing Finland's history (and the history of the local area) all the way back to the Stone and Iron Ages this museum kept me entertained for 3-4 hours
Yrjonkatu Swimming Hall (http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en/sights-and-attractions/yrjonkatu-swimming-hall) - A-
A spontaneous decision, and a very pleasant surprise. Although (a) the entrance is tucked away round the back and feels more than a bit dodgy (b) its single sex on alternating days (c) bathing shorts are nowhere to be found, this is an absolute gem. Wood-fired saunas, relaxing Roman-style old baths and even table service if you want a beer or coffee between swims/saunas. The oldest baths in the city and definitely something everyone should try.
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By Michael H. Kleinschrodt
DVD columnist
What's most remarkable about the British sleuths whose cases arrive Tuesday on DVD is how much they have in common despite differences in era and gender.
But when the teens start disappearing and Holmes is framed for murder, the detective senses the return of an old foe.
Jonathan Pryce (the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies) makes a suitably melancholic Holmes. Beautiful Anna Chancellor ("Four Weddings and a Funeral") is wonderful as a menacing thief, and Bill Paterson ("Miss Potter") is perfectly cast as the loyal Dr. Watson. The sets and costumes are as impressive as any Hollywood feature. The DVD's bonus features are minimal, however, and the movie is split into two "episodes."
3 stars
Starring: Jonathan Pryce. Director: Julian Kemp. Rating: TV-14, for violence and thematic content. Running time: 1 hour 54 minutes (split into two "episodes").
She soon enlists the services of budding juvenile delinquent Geoffrey Shawcross -- her very own "Irregular." Besides providing an opportunity for Hetty to rehabilitate the teen before he's too far gone, he works cheap.
"Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: The Complete Collection" is a contemporary mystery set in England's Lancashire district. Think of it as the United Kingdom's answer to "Murder, She Wrote" -- even down to a jaunty theme song.
Patricia Routledge, best known to American audiences for "Keeping Up Appearances," takes the title role. Young Geoffrey is played by Dominic Monaghan -- before he was a Hobbit in the "Lord of the Rings" films and before he got "Lost" on American television.
The DVD includes all 27 episodes, which aired from 1996 to 1998. The set's primary extra is the 1990 made-for-British-television film "Missing Persons," based on the novel by David Cook.
Routledge created the role of gray-haired Hetty Wainthropp in that film, which later inspired the series. But the film is a darker affair, with a different supporting cast (and a different backstory for Geoffrey Shawcross). The more enjoyable series lightened things up considerably and even gave Hetty a more youthful appearance (including auburn hair).
"Murder, She Wrote" fans will find "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" to be a delightful diversion.
Both of these titles are being distributed by Acorn Media Group, a Washington-based company specializing in the best of British television. Upcoming releases include Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren's ("The Queen") last appearance as Jane Tennison in "Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act" (to be released Sept. 11) and Robbie Coltrane's (the "Harry Potter" movies) reprisal of the role of Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in "Cracker: A New Terror" (to be released Sept. 25).
3 stars
Starring: Patricia Routledge and Dominic Monaghan. Directors: Vary. Rating: TV-PG, for violence and thematic content. Running time: 24 hours (27 episodes and one feature film on 13 discs).
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Release dates are subject to change.
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Georgia Rule 1 star (R, 2007) Fed-up mom Felicity Huffman sends out-of-control teen Lindsay Lohan to grandma Jane Fonda's Idaho farm for a summer of redemption. Garry Marshall's cast includes Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes and Garrett Hedlund. The script reduces the characters to simple stereotypes, and the movie depends on crude sex jokes for laughs. A third-act attempt to get serious by dragging in a child-abuse subplot is not only desperate but offensive. DVD includes audio commentary, deleted scenes, a gag reel and production documentaries. Sexual content and some language. 1 hour 53 minutes. (N)
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