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Overlord Minions Review
Never thought that having critters do your bidding would be so lame.
The game's main hook is that it's entirely played with the stylus. If only said stylus mechanic was actually responsive. My major gripe with Overlord Minions stems from the inability to actually give my minions specific directions via the stylus; I would frequently attempt to do things like pick up a key or move a box, but to no avail. Let me warn you: your patience will often be unnecessarily tested by continuously poking the screen with the stylus and having nothing to show for it. Because of this general unresponsiveness, working towards completing a stage becomes dull and irritating.
Directing multiple minions towards a destination can also be nerve-wracking. As you progress through later chapters, timing and speed become vital when navigating the little creatures to safety. Because they follow each other in a line, navigating around a corner becomes tricky; the third or forth minion tends to run into the wall as the group changes direction -- thus leaving them jogging in place. Levels with moving platforms are especially challenging -- it's often better to just direct one or two minions at a time instead of worrying about losing one behind a corner or down a bottomless pit.
In case you were picking this game up for its hack-and-slash appeal, keep in mind that the combat is mind-numbingly simple; you just rub the stylus left-and-right over an enemy. The faster this movement is, the swifter the minion's attack. And while each minion has a special attack (with an accompanying charge meter), combat still just isn't all that exciting.
Also, while multiple respawn points for your fallen minions are scattered throughout each stage, there aren't any checkpoints around. After leading the brigade through a drawn-out process of unlocking doors, slashing enemies, dropping drawbridges and blowing up walls, it'd be nice to have the piece of mind of never having to redo the same process again (especially since a stage can take about thirty minutes to finish). This gets particularly aggravating with stages spanning multiple levels; once everyone dies, you have to start from the beginning. Even though health is scattered throughout the stage, it just isn't enough sometimes. You do have the luxury of unlimited respawns, though, so making sure one minion is alive at all times can be crucial.
The game's most redeeming quality is easily the boss battle for each chapter. These manage to be mildly entertaining, and also ease the irritation of progressing through the repetitive and boring stages. Each battle requires you to figure out how to use your minions, their skills, and the environment to exploit the boss' weak spot -- which is just more interesting than the regular moment-to-moment gameplay. Unfortunately, there are only six of these battles, and they just aren't enough to make you want to sit through the rest of the game.
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Many people expect to make up for skimpy nest eggs by working longer into their retirement years.
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Nearly 60 percent of recently retired Americans ended up leaving the work force sooner than planned, primarily because of poor health or because they were laid off or forced into early retirement by their employer, according to PNC Financial Services Group's latest Perspectives on Retirement survey.
"The survey clearly shows that the age at which people expect to retire is not always in their control," said Celandra Deane-Bess, senior wealth planner at PNC. "Economic uncertainty, employer actions and unexpected health issues often force individuals to retire earlier than they planned, which puts a premium on sound financial habits early."
On average, workers who aren't retired expect to stop working at age 67, according to the survey.
People who consider themselves to be on track with their retirement savings on average expect to retire earlier, at 65.7 years.
That compares with the expected retirement age of 68.2 years for people who acknowledge that they aren't saving enough.
The survey, conducted by telephone in July, also found that women have more doubt than men about their ability to afford retirement.
Just over half of women polled, 51 percent, agreed with the statement, "I'm afraid I may not be able to retire." That compares with 48 percent of men who responded that way.
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TRAD TKO Boxing Gym supremo Johnny Eames today announced the line-up of the first event, from the promotional arm of the famous East London fight factory of the new season, the appropriately titled BROTHERS IN ARMS, which takes place at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Friday, 18th October 2013.
Heading up the show is a real barnstormer, as Nathan Graham defends his BBBofC Southern Area Light Middleweight title, against TRAD TKO's very own Freddie Turner.
Nathan makes not just his first defense of the crown, that he won back in December 2012, following Kris Agyei-Dua's unfortunate fourth round retirement from a painful dislocated shoulder, but also his first ring appearance of 2013.
No such potential ring rust for Freddie, as he will be making his third outing since signing with the esteemed Mr. Eames earlier this year.
In his two previous outings, under the TRAD TKO banner, young Freddie has scored resounding points victories over Costas Osben and former British title challenger Max Maxwell.
Heading up the support sees TRAD TKO's sensational, big punching, Heavyweight prospect Paulius Kasiulevicius back in action, against a yet to be named opponent.
No doubt once again Johnny will be looking to give the former two-time Lithuanian National Amateur Heavyweight Champion another serious test, especially after the short work he made of his previous pair of opponents.
Back in June, on his pro debut, Paulius stopped Czech Republic's Frantisek Kynkal in just two minutes and twenty five seconds of the first round, no mean feat considering Kynkal also has a knockout reputation, stopping both his previous opponents early also.
Then back in July Paulius stopped another equally big hitter, Janis Ginters, who in May stopped Ivo Apsitis and then just two weeks before locking horns at York Hall with Paulius also stopped Deniss Grocevs, no soft option as both these Ginters victims fell in the first.
Another of the TRAD TKO stable of unbeaten prospects that will be in action, on October 18th, is Middleweight Festim Lama.
With just two fights under his belt young Festim is proving to be quite a crowd pleaser, due to his all action, non-stop pressuring, fight style. In his first outing Festim stopped Didier Blanch in the third, then back in June scored a shut out points victory over Dan Blackwell.
Teen Lightweight sensation Tommy Martin makes his fifth outing in under a year, since signing with the aforementioned Johnny Eames.
On his last outing, on the TURF WAR event in July, young Tommy put on one of the best performances of his career to date, on way to scoring a shut out points victory over Kristian Laight.
Nineteen year old Tommy will be looking to put in yet another seriously impressive performance, as he is hoping to persuade Johnny it's time for him to step up to six rounders.
Making his pro debut will be another TRAD TKO teen, this time Basildon, Essex, Super Flyweight Joe Stevens. Johnny has high hopes for Joe and feels the kid has got what it takes to become a future title contender.
The event is titled BROTHERS IN ARMS for a very good reason, as the event will feature not just one pair of brothers but two.
The first sibling pairing is the Romford based Upton brothers, Paul and Anthony. Both were outstanding amateurs, with a host of amateur accolades under their belts.
Paul made his pro debut back in June, scoring a superb 40-37 points victory over the highly experienced Brummie Dee Mitchell, whilst Anthony will be making his pro debut on the BROTHERS IN ARMS event.
The second pairing are Onder and Siar Ozgul, who just like the Upton boys, both have world class amateur credentials, having both represented Turkey in international competition and secured an array of accolades during their amateur careers.
Onder also represented Turkey in the AIBA World Series of Boxing, so in a way already has a level of pro boxing experience.
So there we have it, once again it seems Johnny and the TRAD TKO team are serving up another sensational night of boxing, with lashings of all action, equally matched bouts, just what is needed to warm the cockles of any discerning fight fan on what will surely be a chilly mid-Autumn night in the Capital.
Nathan Graham versus Freddie Turner Southern Area Light Middleweight Title clash headlines the Johnny Eames TRAD TKO Events promoted 'Brothers In Arms' event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Friday 18th October 2013.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The Texas Tech baseball team needed one more quality start, and its best available pitcher was questionable at best.
Left-hander Cameron Smith, a valuable member of the Tech pitching staff all season with his hard-to-hit breaking pitches, had been on the shelf all during the regional after feeling some discomfort in his arm on Friday.
But with Tech facing elimination after dropping a one-run decision in a game resumed Monday afternoon after it was suspended late Sunday night due to rain, the junior convinced head coach Tim Tadlock he was good to go.
Was he ever.
Sore arm and all, Smith gave a carer performance, tossing a complete-game, three-hit shutout of the Hurricanes, and Zach Davis' two-run single in the top of the ninth gave him two big insurance runs as the No. 23 Red Raiders beat No. 3 Miami, 4-0, to clinch the first Super Regional berth in school history.
"It's just really special when a kid tells you to trust him, (you) say 'here's the ball.' It's pretty neat," an emotional Tadlock said after the game. "It's just a baseball game but at the same time you put a lot of trust in these kids, and they got it done."
Smith, 8-2 on the year with a 2.86 ERA, lobbied Tadlock between the end of a 2-1 loss and the beginning of the winner-take-all game to give him the ball. Part of it was for redemption from the three runs he allowed in a 9-8 loss to Oklahoma that knocked the Red Raiders (43-19) out of the Big 12 Championships.
Part of it was also the moxie he has shown throughout the season. Far from the hardest thrower on the team, Smith followed a string of stellar outings by starters Chris Sadberry, Dylan Dusek and Ryan Moseley by giving Tech a career performance.
Dusek, Moseley and Smith combined for 23 shutout innings in the regional, all against the No. 1 seed Hurricanes.
"I just tried to go and prove myself from what my last outing was," said Smith, who walked five — stranding three and picking off another — while striking out three.
"I had to put my team first and had the guys behind me.
"I was just trying to do my job to keep us in the game.
"Actually, in the middle innings (the arm) started loosening up a bit. I was just trying to hit my spots and like I said, put the ball in play and let my defense work behind me."
That it did. Miami (44-19) never got a runner past first base until the seventh inning, and even then, after a visit to the mound by Tadlock, Smith enticed Alex Hernandez into an inning-ending double play.
From there, Smith retired six of the final seven he faced and squashed what little momentum Miami had left.
He ended the game by getting Johnny Ruiz to ground out to first, setting off a wild celebration on the infield.
"We probably don't need to play him in golf, because he's a pretty good sandbagger," Tadlock said. "He might be that guy that'll take your money."
He certainly took Miami's hopes of reaching its first Super Regional since 2010, hopes that had skyrocketed after the Hurricanes rallied from a 1-0 deficit to take a 2-1 win in a game that was suspended late Sunday night due to rain.
That win seemed to give the Hurricanes all the momentum they needed to finish out the regional on their home field.
"Very confident," Miami senior outfielder Dale Carey said.
"We talked about it yesterday ... to win the first one and the second one is our game. The second game we're the home team on our home field. We were very confident going into that game. Credit (Tech), they did a better job than us today."
It took awhile, though.
Miami starter Derik Beauprez matched Smith pitch for pitch over the first four innings, holding the Red Raiders to a hit and two walks with two strikeouts. Submarine-style right-hander Cooper Hammond followed with two more innings of shutout ball before a huge error gave Tech the break it needed.
Hammond hit Ryan Long to start the seventh, then Tim Proudfoot singled to shallow center. Devon Conley laid down a bunt toward third base, but catcher Garrett Kennedy's throw went wide and high down the first-base line. Long scored the first run of the game while Proudfoot moved to third and Conley took second.
After a Hunter Redman strikeout, pinch-hitter Alec Humphreys lifted a fly to left deep enough to score Proudfoot, and suddenly Tech had what seemed like a huge 2-0 lead.
"It definitely helps having a run on the board," Conley said. "It gave Cam some breathing room and he just pitched the same, let us work behind him. It was a real confidence booster and was really good to finally get some runs in."
Just to be sure, however, the Red Raiders tacked on two big insurance runs in the ninth. Leadoff singles by Proudfoot and Conley and a sacrifice bunt by Hunter Redman set up Davis, who replaced Humphreys in the seventh inning. Davis fought off a pair of two-strike pitches before lifting his two-run single to shallow left-center to push the lead to 4-0.
Smith then slammed the door shut in the ninth, and the Red Raiders are now two victories away from possibly the biggest first in school history — the College World Series.
"We don't need to start counting our money at the table," Tadlock said. "We've got a game (this) weekend and we're going to stay grounded. We just need to keep playing baseball."


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The "E" suggestion was made long ago -- never got much traction. But with texting, maybe it could. "U" is making inroads.
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Over the holidays I ran into a former classmate who I always admired. Kayla (not her real name) was smart, funny, and had it going on. This woman was beautiful and outgoing and it was easy to see, even as a young woman, that she was going places.
Now a successful bank manager, Kayla was almost recognizable. Her beauty was still there but her effervescence had dimmed. She told me that her husband of the past 10 years was an addict. She scolded me a little, saying that she was a fan of my work but she had never seen me address addiction. Being the on point and whip smart Kayla that she always was, she pointed out that over 20 million Americans are addicted to alcohol and drugs. She confided that she and her husband were addicts together, but she was able to get help. "My man is a junkie," she said. "And nobody knows." Kayla insisted that I write something for families like hers; families where everything looks great from the outside, but they are self-imploding.
This is for Kayla, her family, and all of the families out there silently suffering not only with addiction, but with the stigmas surrounding addiction. The more we can bring taboo topics into the light, the sooner you can find healing and recovery.
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It is generally recognized that the addiction is usually the symptom of very real emotional issues. Addictions are often a means to numb or avoid dealing with issues, challenges, and circumstances. People can become addicted to almost anything — and we do. We live in culture of addiction. The National Institute of Drug Abuse claims that addiction costs the country $600 billion a year in costs related to lost wages, emergency healthcare and crime.
Everyone knows that you can be addicted to drugs and alcohol but people can be addicted to food, shopping, tobacco, gambling, gaming, television, watching porn, work, and other activities. There are 12-step programs and support groups to address almost all of these issues but today we are specifically talking about drugs and alcohol. In a previous column, popular media personality Alexyss K. Tylor shared how her son's addiction led to a difficult incarceration. In a future column, I will address healing your own addictions. Let's talk about partner addiction.
If your intimate partner is an addict, here are the do's and don'ts.
DO be clear about where your partner is in his addiction.
If he is actively using and abusing you will not be able to have a rational relationship, plain and simple. You cannot have a healthy relationship with an unhealthy person. A relationship with an addict will leave you feeling depleted because it is mentally, emotionally, and spiritually broken. Relationships with vampires only work in the movies.
DO realize that every member of your family needs help, support, and rehabilitation.
The addicted person may be the "identified patient" but just like you probably can't live with someone with measles and be healthy, the same is true of addiction. The secrets, lies, shame, and blame surrounding addiction can poison your family unit.
DO be honest with your children about what is happening cognizant of their level of understanding.
Our children are very smart and intuitive. If one partner is falling apart, the other one has to still make the kids feel safe in the chaos. Lying teaches the kids that they can't trust you either.
DO have a system of faith, whatever that may be.
Trying to go it alone in such dire circumstances is mentally abusive to yourself. If there is some kind of slight light of belief that you have, this is the time to hold on to it. If you are a religious person you may find solace in your place of worship. If you are spiritual, allow your prayer, meditation and other practices to be your foundation. You may also find solace or relief in "alternative" healing practices like reiki and EFT, emotional freedom technique.
DON'T avoid the situation.
Addiction will not just go away. You can't pretend that everything is fine. In NYC we say, if you see something say something. The same is true here. If you see something, do something. Your family will not survive otherwise.
DON'T be in denial.
Denial is detrimental. You can be a little addicted only like you can be a little pregnant. You will have to make some tough decisions. You may need to take your kids and go in the same way that a sick limb has to be amputated to save the whole body. Tough love and honesty with yourself is required.
DON'T try to go it alone.
I can't stress this enough. You need support. Find yourself a good therapist and/or support group immediately. You can find AlAnon Family Groups online or in your city.
DON'T enable your partner's addiction.
Addicts lie, steal, and cheat. Your partner is married to their addiction, when it is active, not to you. Be aware of that and make moves to keep yourself and your family safe.
DON'T skip the self-care.
You have to take care of you in order to be able to care for everyone else. Self-care is not an optional step. Love up on yourself for the sake of your children and family.
DON'T stay in a place of shame, blame, secrets, and lies.
Let us shine a light on our broken places because none of us suffers alone. Our challenges may look different, but we all have them. Be honest with the people who you love about what you are going through. We are only as sick as our secrets.
Your loved one is not just a drunk, druggie, cokehead, crackhead, pillpopper, heroin addict, tweaker, stoner, speed freak, or junkie. Your partner is not a loser, even though they may have temporarily lost their mind. They are an ill version of the person you love. If they get the help they need, you may not get back to your previous normal. But a "new normal" of love, health, healing, and wellbeing can be reached.
Good luck.
Abiola Abrams is the author of the award-winning guide The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love and founder of SacredBombshell.com, where she offers empowerment coaching.
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Stevie J Reportedly Ordered To Spend 30 Days In Rehab After Failing 10 Drug Tests Due To Cocaine And Weed In His System
Even when the cameras aren't rolling, Stevie J consistently finds himself in some drama.
According to the New York Post and the AP, he's been ordered to spend 30 days in rehab after failing not just a few drug tests, but 10 since he was initially arrested for his failure to pay $1.1 million in back child support for two of his kids, who reside in Pennsylvania. Stevie J has been out on bail trying to get that situation taken care of.
Stevie J, born Steven Jordan, was ordered to submit to random drug tests as part of the terms of his release, and in 10 urine samples taken from June up until this month, Jordan was caught with weed and cocaine in his system. Judge Andrew Peck just ordered Jordan to rehab to deal with his 0bvious drug habit, which his lawyer tried to argue against. According to attorney Michael Bellinger, if Jordan was sent to rehab, he wouldn't be able to pay down his debts because he wouldn't be able to work (Jordan is still out here making music when he's not filming "LHHATL"). But Judge Peck said in court that at this point, Jordan is pretty lucky that he hasn't been put in jail for violating the terms of his $25,000 bond agreement.
It's clear that it's time for him to sit down somewhere and deal with his drug abuse problems before things get any worse than they already are.
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Master P Reportedly Shooting Reality Show Highlighting Family Drama
For the past few months, we've been hearing about all of the family drama surrounding Master P, his estranged wife, Sonya Miller and their children. In case you missed it, Sonya recently filed for divorce from the hip hop mogul, although they've been living separate lives for nearly seven years. Since her filing, a slew of accusations have been hurled from each party. According to Sonya, P left her destitute and kidnapped their children. According to P, Sonya is battling a drug addiction and needs to step up to become a better mother to their children.
"I think people don't realize that she put us in this position when she put her business out in the public. So we just gotta deal with it," he told TMZ earlier this month. "One thing I will say it that drugs destroy a lot of families and I'm not going to let it destroy my family.
"We ain't hiding no more because I think this situation is affecting a lot of families, not just my family," he continued. "I think that, you know, drugs destroy families. I'm not gonna let it destroy mine. I'm going to fight for it. Whatever I can do for her, I'm gonna do it."
Not only has he decided to stop "hiding" his family woes, if recent reports are correct, then he's actually looking to draw more attention to the turmoil that's currently plaguing his family. According to TMZ, P has already begun shooting a new reality show highlighting his family problems. The show is already reportedly being pitched to BET, Oxygen and VH1.
NY Mayor-Elect De Blasio's Daughter Discusses Her Substance Abuse In New Video
Bill de Blasio's 19-year-old daughter, Chiara de Blasio, is talking candidly about her struggles with drugs and depression, just days before her father's inauguration. Up until now her father's campaign team had worked hard to suppress the details about Chiara's problems, so as not to distract from the image of a happy and tight-knit family from Brooklyn, reports The New York Times. But she's coming clean in a new video that has been posted for the public.
In the five-minute clip, Chiara speaks candidly about her adolescent battle with depression, which led to drinking and drug use. These habits heightened when she was attending college in California last year.
In the video, Chiara, dressed in a colorful headband and a taupe T-shirt, speaks in typical teenage cadences, saying her effort to become sober has been "the hardest thing I've ever done."
She also described a sense of "physical insecurity" after leaving her parents' home in Brooklyn for Santa Clara University in 2012. It was during this period she grew dependent on marijuana and alcohol.
Chiara's video announcement was met with a statement from the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy at the White House, who praised her "tremendous bravery in speaking out about her recovery."
According to the de Blasio team, the video is an effort to help those who might be suffering from similar issues during the holiday season. Others says that Chiara's substance abuse has long a subject of speculation in the New York political world and the video allows the family to approach the subject on their own terms. Still others say the timing was important, with many people choosing to "dump" unfavorable news during the holidays when the public are more concerned with holiday festivities.
"She speaks to it with incredible courage and clarity and, you know, with a voice that really suggests an incredible wisdom for someone who's only 19 years old," the mayor-elect said.
According to an individual familiar with the situation, Chiara had wanted to speak out about her substance abuse during the mayoral campaign, but her parents were concerned about how that might affect her recovery.
New Yorkers responded positively to the personal nature of de Blasio's campaign — from talk of Bill de Blasio's family problems growing up (his dad committed suicide), to his wife's changing sexuality — and might do so as well to Chiara's video.
"Now, every one of those members of that family is part of our lives, and will continue to be for as long as Bill de Blasio is in office," Hank Sheinkopf, a political consultant, said. "They will be part of our daily New York drama, whether they like it or not, and whether we like it or not."
The Aftermath Of Addiction: 15 Celebrities Who Died From Drug Overdoses
"They tried to make me go to rehab, I said, "No, no, no" Yes, I've been black, but when I come back you'll know, know, know." These lyrics by Amy Winehouse ring eerily true for many who have abused drugs and alcohol. From prescription drug abuse to extreme alcoholism, we've had to say goodbye to so many legends as a result of their addictions. They say success comes with a price and, unfortunately, these celebs paid with their lives.
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Crack Babies Didn't Ruin America. In Fact, Most of Them Are Doing Just Fine
In the 1980s, the crack epidemic swept through cities across America and made people fearful. Another part of the conversation was the threat of crack babies, children born as addicts who would have a slew of health problems, taxing the health care system and other public services. The New York Time's Retro Report looked back on the decades-old panic and found that those fears weren't realized. In fact, they were drastically overstated to begin with.
Dr. Ira Chasnoff's study, the one that started the crack baby panic, observed just 23 infants, making it shaky, at best, as foundation for the scrutiny. Faulty extrapolation led to major news outlets reporting on a coming epidemic that was never to arrive. Crack babies were said to be born at low birth weights, experienced tremors and were at an increased risk of SIDS, but research from Dr. Claire Coles found those are symptoms are common in premature babies regardless of the substances mothers may have consumed during pregnancy. She told Retro Report, "I think that people got very focused on cocaine is the cause of this, rather than thinking substance abuse is the cause of this, maternal lifestyle is the cause, of this social issues is the cause of this." The research she led found that fetal alcohol syndrome was a much more serious—and common—problem.
Unfortunately, her research was ignored. Chasnoff's study was later used to justify rulings that charged addicted pregnant women as child abusers and murders rather than getting them into the appropriate treatment programs. The cases became sensationalized, with black women the faces of a scourge on American life. Though there were other things and other mothers harming children with substance use during pregnant, crack became the focus of media attention because it was a black, poor problem.
The Times report is eye-opening. But the most moving part of the report, however, is the testimony of Devin Stone who was the subject of early research on crack babies. She's married and has a healthy child of her own; moreover, she was the first person in her family to graduate from college. Stone is living proof of what longterm research later found: children exposed to crack or cocaine in the womb had only slight mental disadvantages than their drug-free counterparts.
Dr. Coles says it's ultimately a matter of stereotypes. "I think if you say something three times out loud, people take it as fact. And also I think there's certain ideas people want to believe that really fit in with cultural stereotypes and it's hard to get rid of those."
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Sad: Footage Surfaces Of A Seemingly Drug-Influenced Chris 'Mac Daddy' Kelly Only Hours Before His Death
Last week the hip-hop world stood still when news broke that Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly of 90's group Kris Kross passed away. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially uncertain, as rumors that Chris suffered from a rare form of cancer had been circulating for years. Within 24 hours of his passing, a representative on behalf of the Fulton County Police Department expressed that the rapper's death was likely the cause of an overdose. A friend of Kelly also told authorities that he'd been indulging in a combination of heroine and coke the night before.
Now, new evidence has surfaced. A video acquired by TMZ, which is said to have been taken only hours before his death, depicts Kelly with a group of friends, attempting to rap. Kelly appears to be under the influence of some sort of drug and is eerily rapping along to a song with lyrics about "a room full of dead bodies." It's really sad and difficult to watch, considering the seemingly drug-induced state that he's in.
According to The Jasmine Brand, a public viewing for Kelly will be held Wednesday, May 8th throughout the afternoon and evening. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 9th at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church. Kelly's mother also released this statement regarding his passing:
"It is with deep sadness that we announce that our beloved Chris Kellyhas passed away on May 1. To millions of fans worldwide, he was the trendsetting, backwards pants-wearing one-half of Kris Kross who loved making music. But to us, he was just Chris – the kind, generous and fun-loving life of the party. Though he was only with us a short time, we feel blessed to have been able to share some incredible moments with him. His legacy will live on through his music, and we will forever love him."
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Kim Porter Scandal Unfolds: Sources Say Disgruntled Nanny Is A Deceitful Criminal With A Record To Prove It
Yesterday we reported that a woman by the name of Dawn Drago was suing actress and mother of three of entrepreneur P.Diddy's children, Kim Porter. Drago's suit, which was filed by attorney Patrick Reider, accuses Kim of violently and verbally abusing her during her period of employment as Porter's nanny. Drago also claims that Porter is an avid drug user who is not above getting high in front of her twin daughters. The lawsuit implies that Porter's drug of choice is marijuana and goes on to suggest that she also indulges in coc*ine and pill-popping.
Since the explosive claims made headlines yesterday, a source close to Kim has reached out to TMZ, stating that the former nanny is a liar and that she's bitter because Kim fired her. The source went on to say that Drago is a convicted shoplifter, which is something that she failed to mention on her employment application. The insider also revealed that Kim is not allowing the claims to move her and that the allegations made about her being a drug abuser are completely false. Since Diddy has taken no action (at least not that we see) against Kim in an effort to remove the twins from her home, some are taking that as proof that he does not believe the allegations either.
In response to the source's shoplifting revelation, the firm representing Drago released a statement to TMZ, saying that her prior conviction is irrelevant" because she was not working at a shop."
Yeah, allow that to settle for a moment.
Should a plaintiff's prior convictions be considered in civil lawsuits?
Tags:drug abuse, Kim Porter, lawsuit, p. diddy, sean combs
Drugs + Child Abuse? Kim Porter, Diddy's Ex Accused By Nanny
What a way to wake up on a Thursday. Hit maker and platinum producer P. Diddy won't like the recent news that is circulating around fashion model Kim Porter, the mother of his twins D'Lila Star and Jesse James.
A former nanny alleges that Kim Porter's behavior was less than stellar when it came to their children.
According to TMZ:
Nanny Dawn Drago says she worked for Diddy's ex, Kim Porter, from 2011 to 2012. Drago claims in the lawsuit — obtained by TMZ — Porter chain-smoked pot in the house while the young girls were home. But Drago claims marijuana was not Kim's only drug of choice. She alleges she found cocaine as well, and on one occasion she says she was driving the kids to school and noticed they were covered "in a white powdery substance." Drago claims the kids had gotten into "a bag containing the powder, along with clear capsules, filled with another powdery substance in a bag in the back seat."
Not that drug abuse is uncommon in Hollywood, but around the kids? We hope the allegations aren't true….but you never know when it comes to folks with power + wealth.
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Yeah OK: Birdman Says Wayne's Hospitalization 'Wasn't Nothing About No Drugs'
Update: Friends say Lil Wayne has been released from the hospital.
Since Lil Wayne's hospitalization last week, there have been numerous claims made about the New Orleans rapper's medical condition and the events leading up to his hospitalization. Some reports have even implied that the entertainer was on life support and family members were contemplating whether or not to pull the plug. Yesterday, Wayne's mentor Birdman called up Angie Martinez of Hot 97 to tell how things went down and refute the conflicting reports that may be circulating.
On Wayne's current state:
"He's great. He's doing much, much better. He's good."
"[He'll probably be going home] today or tomorrow, real soon though. He's recovered real good."
On the events leading up to Wayne's seizure:
"He had a seizure Tuesday night. He's really been in the hospital since Tuesday. You know, all of the stuff that people is saying, there's no truth to it at all. He had a seizure. We brought him to the hospital. We've been here ever since. He's doing much better and he's straight."
"We were on our way to shoot a video when it happened. This is like the second or third time it happened, so automatically we laid him down and called the ambulance to get him to the hospital… I was there with him."
On speculation that drugs caused the seizure:
"Honestly, you know it's just his work ethic. What he puts in, what he believes in and how hard he works, how much dedication he gives to music, his fans and what he's trying to accomplish in life. It ain't had nothing to do with drugs, no such thing like that. He works around the clock. It wasn't nothing about no drugs. He just needed to get some rest and relax. Take it one day at a time. He'll be back, normal as anybody else. He just needs to relax."
"At this point that [syrup] is not what they're saying the cause is. It's more of not getting proper rest.
On TMZ's report:
"None of that was true. We were actually watching the game when all that popped off. It wasn't never no truth to that He was never in that kind of situation [life support, medical induced coma etc.] throughout the whole few days we've been in the hospital. He ain't never been bout to die."
"They [TMZ] freaked the world out with that."
"We got family and kids. When you putting out false rumors like that, you know, you can really damage families like that and have them fear."
Turn the page to hear Baby's full interview.


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PHILADELPHIA -- Carmelo Anthony hit a pair of jumpers late in the fourth to turn back a late Philadelphia rally, and was perfect down the stretch from the free-throw line.
The clutch play was enough to give this tight one to Denver and knock out the big zero in the win column.
Anthony scored 31 points, Andre Miller added 18 and Marcus Camby had 10 points and 11 rebounds to lift the Denver Nuggets to their first victory of the season, 108-101, over the 76ers on Friday night.
"I was a little nervous the way things were going for us," Camby said. "We should be 4-0, but the record is 1-3. It really feels good to win. Now we have to hope this carries over."
The Nuggets were the NBA's only winless team, losing their games by a combined six points. J.R. Smith had 16 points and the Nuggets held off a late Sixers rally to jump into the win column.
The Nuggets played without Kenyon Martin, out indefinitely after an MRI revealed loose cartilage in his left knee.
Kyle Korver had 23 points and Allen Iverson scored 21 on 6-for-21 shooting for the Sixers, who lost their third straight. Samuel Dalembert had 17 points and Chris Webber 16.
The Sixers won their first three games, then dropped two straight on the road. One of the two streaks is a mirage, and the Sixers will get a strong indicator of what kind of team they really are next week on the road.
The Sixers head West for games at Seattle, Phoenix and the Los Angeles Clippers before returning home Nov. 21 against Detroit. They'll play seven of their next nine on the road.
"This will tell a lot about our team," Iverson said. "You lose three and you find out what you're about. Honestly, I feel good about it happening so early so we can see what type of team we are."
After playing loose with the ball (21 turnovers) and apathetic on the boards, the Sixers caught a too-little, too-late spark in the final minutes.
Willie Green grabbed a defensive rebound and followed with a basket to make it 104-101 with a minute left. The always-hustling Korver swiped another rebound, but Green hoisted a quick 3 when the Sixers still could have used a two, or the more-reliable Korver should have taken the deep shot.
Anthony scored 10 of the last 14 points and sealed the win. He made all six free throws in the fourth.
"That's what he does. He gets a lot of money to do it," Denver coach George Karl said.
This loss will surely linger for a few days. Maybe more defensive drills are on the practice slate.
Because while the Sixers sank a few big shots in the fourth -- led by Korver -- they simply could not make enough stops to ever really make a significant dent in Denver's lead.
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About Us – Diamond Sporting Group
Diamond Sporting Group (DSG) is a cutting edge multi-brand sports group specialising in festivals, sponsorship, live events, sportswear and brand creation.
The team at DSG are proud to have created a unique event that has made a significant impact on the world's sporting scene, with 386 teams competing in 2015 and even more expected in 2016.
Launched in 2008, Bournemouth 7s is the World's Largest Sport and Music Festival and takes place every year on the last Bank Holiday weekend in May, attracting over 30,000 sports enthusiasts and festival goers.
2015 Festival – SOLD OUT
A third successive Sell Out, the 2015 Festival yet again attracted over 30,000 people over the Bank Holiday Weekend.
The festival saw 386 teams take part across Rugby, Netball, Dodgeball and Hockey. The brand new Somersby Cider Garden was a highlight, whilst Kopparberg's Big Top Dance Tent again proved to be a huge hit!
• 30,000 People
• 3,000 Campers
• 162 Rugby Teams
• 96 Netball Teams
• 96 Dodgeball Teams
• 32 Hockey Teams
2014 Festival – SOLD OUT
A second successive Sell Out, the 2014 Festival attracted over 30,000 sports enthusiasts and music lovers.
The introduction of Hockey 7s, alongside a host of new arenas including the Kopparberg Big Top Dance Tent and the Jägermeister German Beer Tent ensured this was the biggest and best Festival to date.
• 30,000 People
• 3,000 Campers
• 184 Rugby Teams
• 96 Netball Teams
• 64 Dodgeball Teams
• 22 Hockey Teams
2013 Festival – SOLD OUT
The 2013 Bournemouth 7s Festival Sold Out two weeks in advance!
The introduction of Dodgeball to the sporting line-up proved a huge success with teams being made up of dodgeball enthusiasts, groups of friends and sporting celebrities including Former England Rugby Captain Lewis Moody.
• 20,000 People
• 3,000 Campers
• 180 Rugby Teams
• 96 Netball Teams
• 48 Dodgeball Teams
2012 Festival
While Bournemouth 7s celebrated it's 5th year, the 2012 Festival was proud to witness the birth of sister company Viper 10 Sportswear. This was to be the start of a very exciting year for the brand proclaimed as 'The Next Generation in Sportswear'.
310 team spaces along with the V.VIP Lounge, VIP Arena and Kopparberg Campsite all sold out in record time!
• 20,000 People
• 3,000 Campers
• 212 Rugby Teams
• 96 Netball Teams
2011 Festival
Adopting the nickname the 'Sporting Glastonbury', Bournemouth 7s 2011 invested heavily in the V.VIP Celebrity Lounge to create a truly memorable experience with hostess service, cocktail barmen, bongo players, themed furniture and decor creating an Ibiza chilled vibe in the day with DJs including Brandon Block cranking the party up into the night.
• 18,000 People
• 2,500 Campers
• 202 Rugby Teams
• 96 Netball Teams
2010 Festival
Firmly cementing it's place on the world's sporting and festival circuit, Bournemouth 7s 2010 was proud to welcome over 4,000 competitors across 266 teams.
The Festival Entertainment was taken to another level with 20 live bands and 10 DJs on the line up including an exclusive set in the VIP Arena by Radio 1's DJ Spoony.
• 15,000 People
• 2,000 Campers
• 172 Rugby Teams
• 94 Netball Teams
2009 Festival
An increase in team entries from 96 to over 200 teams made Bournemouth 7s Festival the 'Largest of its kind in the World'.
With Title Sponsors Nintendo Wii Fit in place, the Festival welcomed many celebrities including British Lions players, England Rugby & Netball Internationals, Irish Rugby Internationals, TV personalities and Gladiators!
• 12,000 People
• 1,000 Campers
• 132 Rugby Teams
• 76 Netball Teams
2008 Festival
Having seen the growth of the celebrated Dubai and Hong Kong Sevens, the Diamond Sporting Group Team set about creating a festival combing sport and music to create an unrivalled festival atmosphere!
The first ever Bournemouth 7s was born out of an idea which was revolutionary in the UK and set the standard for everything we have done since!
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Proposals to Update Bulgaria's Healthcare Budget to Be Made in Days
Bulgarian Health Minister Tanya Andreeva announced options to review the financial framework for troubled National Health Insurance Fund (NZOK) are to be made public this week.
Her comments come weeks after medical union representatives and NZOK officials warned the fund runs a BGN 330 M (EUR 165 M) deficit for this year and will only be able to make payments to hospitals until September.
Andreeva however stressed the need for an analysis to be carried out at the NZOK which could show where and for what reasons shortage of financing is most likely to occur, the Bulgarian National Radio reported.
Earlier this week Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev urged Parliament to consider a budget update before dissolving on August 6 to avoid a dire financial situation which could arise during the two-month term of the caretaker government yet to be appointed.
In Plevneliev's words, boosting expenditure in healthcare, but also in other key areas, should be an utmost priority.
Opposition GERB also called on ruling parties to review NZOK's budget.
Cabinet officials suggest amending the fund's framework without introducing changes to other sectors is also an option.
The issue was not discussed during Thursday's session of the Council of Ministers, one of the last taking place before the government steps down later in July.
- » Two-Thirds of Deaths in Bulgaria Linked to Cardiovascular Diseases
- » Bulgaria Ranks 46th in Bloomberg's Healthcare System Index
- » Bulgaria Wins Praise for Achievements in Fighting HIV/AIDS
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Opera Theatre rocks art song with 'Guns N' Rosenkavalier'
Next weekend, baritone Andrew Wilkowske, fresh from a role with the Florentine Opera, will stand amid the crystal chandeliers of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music's lovely recital hall, open his mouth . . .
. . . and let fly the opening lines of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now," followed by a few power chords on his electric guitar. »Read Full Article
Calling all bartenders: Cocktail Week contest to use Wisconsin ingredients
The second annual Great Sconnie Sip-Off, which challenges state bartenders to create original cocktails using all Wisconsin (or Wisconsin-produced) ingredients, this year takes place during the first Milwaukee Cocktail Week, on Sept. 23.
Competition organizer Dy Godsey, who writes the Fun Behind Bars blog, said, "Shining a light on Wisconsin's talented mixologists and the bounty of our state is an objective that is very dear to me." »Read Full Blog Post
Day 40: CBS and Time Warner strike blackout deal
The blackout of CBS-owned stations and Showtime on Time Warner Cable ended Monday when the two sides reached an agreement in their dispute, according to The Wrap.
The nearly monthlong dispute involved fees paid by the cable company to carry a channel's programming and control of digital assets. »Read Full Blog Post(9)
On Tap for Today: Last sighs of summer with Brewers, county fair and Doggie Dip
It's Labor Day. Time too celebrate the achievements of American workers.
How to celebrate? That's the question. Used to be you'd put away all your white pants and throw a couple burgers on the grill but now white pants are fashionable all year long. You can still host a barbecue or you could enjoy any of these other events today: »Read Full Blog Post(2)


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Pios top Kaplan for 5-3A crown
CROWLEY – The streak will live on to the senior class of next season.
Four years and 39 straight regular season wins without a loss. As in the past three seasons, the streak came down to a week ten shootout for the District 5-3A title.
Once again, the Pios were up to the challenge.
Notre Dame capped another undefeated regular season and sent Kaplan walking the plank in a 35-7 win Thursday night at Gardiner Stadium. Coupled with the Parkview win over Redemptorist, Notre Dame will likely regain the top seed in the 3A playoff bracket.
"You get this far and you get that close, it was really wearing me out," laughed Pios coach Lewis Cook. "The first game and the last game are the toughest and to be undefeated and be so close, all week I was thinking how I didn't want them to lose. It is a great accomplishment for them, but there is a lot of work left to be done."
Kaplan made things interesting with conservative running and a five minute opening drive. The Pirates were stopped on a fourth down play at the Pios 28 and after an exchange of punts, Notre Dame had the ball at the Kaplan 36.
Waylon Young hit Zac D'Aquin over the middle for a 16-yard completion on third and 11. On fourth and seven from the 17, Young hooked up with D'Aquin again for a gain of 13 yards.
With first and goal at the four, Logan Venable took the handoff and slanted off left tackle, getting a block at the goal line from Jacob Melancon for a touchdown. Conner Goss kicked the point after to put the Pios up 7-0 with 1:43 to go in the opening quarter.
Kaplan's Jalen Baker brought the Pirates right back to ND territory with a 45-yard kickoff return. The Pirates converted a fourth down pass to drive inside the Pios ten, but on fourth and two at the eight, Baker was held to no gain when Jerry Menard and John Rothermel crashed the left side of the Pirates line to make the stop for no gain.
"They were having their way early, executing some drives," added Cook. "We were a little anxious and got ahead of the ball a couple of times which let them make some plays. Turning them away and following it up with scores changed the game. We didn't make any major changes, I just told our guys to concentrate and execute the plan."
ND's D.J. Petitjean intercepted a third down pass at the Kaplan 42 and returned it down the left sideline inside the Pirates ten. A holding penalty backed up the return to the Kaplan 23 and just made the scoring drive a little longer.
Young went back to the air on third and long, finding Drew Trahan for a diving catch at the Pirates ten that gained 13 yards. Cook gained four up the middle and Venable got two off right tackle.
On third and goal, Young faked to Venable up the middle and handed to Luke Besse on a counter around the left side. Cook and guard Brannon Trahan led Besse around the left side untouched. D'Aquin's PAT made it 14-0 with 5:15 to go in the half.
The Pios defense forced another punt to the ND 38. Three plays and 42 seconds later the score was 21-0.
Venable took it around the right side for 14 yards on first down. From the Kaplan 46, Young threw to D'Aquin streaking straight up the hash marks for a 26-yard completion.
Stu Cook swept right on first down from the 22, cut back to the middle and burst past the secondary for the score and a 21-0 halftime lead.
"We had to play perfect and for a little while we did," explained Kaplan coach Stephen Lotief. "We didn't convert on fourth down, had a chance to get off the field and couldn't. We had some chances, had play option a couple of times with guys open and sputtered. Whenever you get those chances you have to capitalize. We didn't and that wore on us."
Any hopes Kaplan had of a second half rally were sunk by a couple of cannon shots into the bow of the Pirates ship. Luke Bourgeois brought ND out of the locker room with a kickoff return to mid field and sparked two quick Pios scores in the opening minutes of the third quarter.
Logan Venable swept right for eleven yards into Kaplan territory. From the 43, Stu Cook took a quick handoff up the middle, slipped a tackle and cut left away from the flow. Angling to the corner, he wouldn't be touched until the end zone making it 28-0.
"Watching their films, we saw they had a tendency to over pursue," noted the senior tailback. "We felt if we could get in open space we could attack with one cut and go and our offensive line was the key to that with the way they were coming off the ball."
The next possession was much of the same. After Luke Besse ran for 8 yards, Waylon young found Zac D'Aquin going vertical up the hash marks again for 11 yards. On first down from the Kaplan 44, Young went over the middle to tight end Jackson Landry and he carried tacklers for a 24 yard gain.
From the twenty, Stu Cook started right and sprinted through a gaping hole opened by blocks from Venable, Besse and Pete Petitjean. The 20-yard TD run pushed Cook over a hundred yards rushing for the night and came with 7:35 to play in the third quarter for a 35-0 ND lead.
Kaplan never could get their explosive ground game sailing against the Pios. Fullback Joshua Greene was held to 40 yards on ten carries and speedster Jalen Baker gained just 29 yards on nine carries.
"Baker made a couple of good runs early, but the key for us was limiting the fullback Greene," summed up Cook. "A couple of times it looked like he was coming out of there, but our defense didn't let him get loose. Once the trap play got shut down we were able to focus on some other things they were doing. Our defense got physical, put some good shots on them with tackles and it looked like they got a little frustrated."
Pios linebacker John Rothermel helped stuff the run with a game high 16 tackles. Coaxed to pass, that didn't work out very well either. Defensive end Kevin Johnston put a hit on Pirates QB Kameron Abshire for an incompletion and Rothermel stepped in for an interception to end the third quarter.
Kaplan got a late score when Jante Rutland ran 41 yards for a touchdown with 5:05 to play. ND's Brent Sonnier recovered a Kaplan fumble with 1:36 to play and keep the final score, 35-7.
For the team that opened the season with 600 yards of offense, Kaplan gained just 57 yards rushing and 101 total first half yards. Over 70 of those yards came on the opening drive and one pass at the end of the first quarter.
The Pirates were held to 106 yards in the second half. Over 80 of those yards came in the fourth quarter when the game was decided.
"We were playing to stop the run and make them throw the ball the whole game because we knew we would have good coverage and do what had to be done to come out on top," noted safety Ricky Stoma.
"Stopping them on fourth down to keep them out of the end zone made the statement that they weren't going to get anything from us and the game turned early because of it," added Kevin Johnston.
"Our guys were keyed for the game, they knew it would be a challenge and were excited about playing," concluded Coach Cook. "I told our defense to keep fighting after those first couple of drives. Waylon (Young) settled in and made some good throws and that gave us good balance. We were able to pop some big runs and those kinds of touchdowns are big, when you don't have to drive down and knock it in. When you can put points on the board from 20 or 30 yards out, it makes a big difference."


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Did anyone watch Silver Linings Playbook and think, "I want that ending to wrap up even nicer?" It had a very sweet, very appropriate conclusion but that wasn't always how it ended for director David O. Russell. The Oscar-winning film starring Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro hits Blu-ray and DVD April 30, including a bunch of deleted scenes. One of them is an alternate ending that brought all the characters back together for one more time. Check it out below. Read More »


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Skip to comments.From 'Bombingham' to Bush: How Condoleezza Rice fulfilled King's dream
Posted on 11/19/2002 11:51:40 AM PST by xsysmgrEdited on 07/12/2004 3:59:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Who would have predicted in 1954, the year of the Supreme Court's landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision, that in less than half a century two distinguished black Americans (and one of them a woman at that) would be sharing foreign policy decision-making with the president of the United States? Perhaps Martin Luther King might have included such a prophecy in his "I Have a Dream" oration.
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The Reps did NOT want a full MANUAL recount of the entire state.
For that matter neither did the Dems until time was just about over.
I'm not defending Gore!
I am so confused about these statements that I think I will move on to another thread where black is black and white is white......
A wastebasket full of outspoken liberals in Hollywood, and This guy's favorite movie stars a republican politician? Man. I'm tellin' ya folks, you CAN'T make this stuff up!!!
Dittos on post #99. And fer the record, Ms. Harris was Sec. of State, not empress regardless of my tongue in cheek remark regarding same to your lunatic raving.....
And you know this how ?
The Reps from the get-go were against a MANUAL recount, county or statewide.
A wastebasket full of outspoken liberals in Hollywood, and This guy's favorite movie stars a republican politician? Man. I'm tellin' ya folks, you CAN'T make this stuff up!!!
Tuco was the REAL star - not Blondie.
The Reps position was clear from the beginning - NO manual recount statewide.
And Empress Harris made sure it wasn't going to happen.
And you know this how ?
9/11 happened under her watch.
Zat right ? Ya know sumtin', after a little too much Sake, I sometimes think I can speak Mandarin Chinese but that don't mean I can.
That's right, rewrite history.
The fact is that the Reps opposed a MANUAL statewide recount.
The NSA's primary arena of operations is the National Security Council, whose central members, besides the President, are the Vice President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affair. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the CIA Director are not even members of the NSC, but advisors to it. The description of the NSC on the White House page doesn't even mention the FBI.
These are the personages among whom the National Security Advisor coordinates policy; I don't really think that comparing raw data from the CIA and the FBI is part of Dr. Rice's job description.
What lie are you referring to?
Well I'll be darned.
I thought Bush was in office almost 8 months at the time of 9/11.
Sorry, sarcasm doesn't work for people who have been documented saying things that were flat-out wrong. It looks too much like you are telling the truth.
You're on drugs, man. Just say no.
Please lay out PRECISELY what those dots were, so that we can all see how obvious it was.
If you can't, that will prove something, too.
That's right - blame everybody but the Bush Administration.
They agreed to it but the Dems only wanted certain precincts recounted, and only certain ballots at that. Is this an argument of yours that you have supported on FR? No wonder you dislike the Bush admin.
You're George Snuffagumpalis, aren't you?
Exactly, and that is part of the function that will be created by passing of the Homeland Security bill
If you can't, that will prove something, too.
See post #21.
Never happened.
I ALSO blame the people we hire to "ensure domestic tranquility".
Well, don't just sit there Dog Gone, pass the man his crayons.
Once in awhile, Tuco has been entertaining here, but this is nothing but a troll post. He may get away with it this time, but if he doesn't provide substantive arguments, he needs to go somewhere else permanently.
I haven't seen a trace of that tonight. Just hateful, groundless, insults.
Of *course* you do...
Come on, guys! Don't you realize that this guy does this on almost every Condi Rice thread?
Someone really needs to take away his Condi Rice Blow-Up Doll immediately, if not sooner!
Be Seeing You,
There was an FBI special agent who mentioned it in a memo.
There was this Arabic calendar.
And also see post #25.
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"Twas the Night Before Christmas" Kids Brunch
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Inspired by the idea of combining two favorite holiday traditions, Dina of Deliciously Darling Events decided to give her family's Christmas Brunch a playful Twas the Night Before Christmas theme! She styled every precious detail with creative flare & hung her stockings by the chimney with care… alongside an ADORABLE felt mitten advent calendar! ;) PARTY HIGHLIGHTS […]
DIY Tutorial: River Rock Backdrop
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We love creative backdrops, and today on the blog we shared Fresh & Relaxing Spa Party Ideas from Marigold Mom, where she created a super easy River Rock Backdrop! Read on for an easy DIY Tutorial by Angie and her (awesome) accidental tip!
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In need of some much deserved pampering, Angie of Marigold Mom wanted to treat her hard-working mom friends (and herself of course!) to this amazing Fresh & Relaxing Spa Party. From the cool, crisp infused "spa water", bamboo fragrances & nature melodies to the stocked pampering stations, body scrubs & mud masks, how could you not relax in this tranquil setting? […]
Since her kids were born on the same day, Bird of Bird's Party wanted to settle on a theme for a joint boy + girl birthday. Living in the country near lots of farms, she new exactly what popular theme she would recreate this time… a Kids Farm Animal Barnyard Party (with some serious creativity)! "Hatching Chicks" cake […]
While literally waiting for her son to be born, Kristin of Paige Simple started planning for her son's first birthday. Using inspiration from his nursery and party supplies she already had, Kristin celebrated with a gingham, polka dot & red striped Nautical Birthday Party that has us swooning over the adorable whales, precious birthday boy party hat & awesome dessert […]
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Laura has a love for all things Spanish, including her financé ;) so Angie of Marigold Mom styled this Modern Spanish Bridal Shower for her friend and bride-to-be! She added contemporary touches like crafted spanish style banners with phrases like "Te Amo", mini succulents and decorated paper rosettes for a vibrant celebration! PARTY HIGHLIGHTS to look out for: – Patterned […]
White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread Cookie Recipe {Virtual Holiday Cookie Exchange}
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Jessica from Pen N' Paperflowers and Kim from The TomKat Studio are hosting a fun Bloggers + Bakers Holiday Cookie Exchange this week and I'm excited to be a part of it today! I wanted to do something a little different and decided to try out a White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread recipe I've been eyeing for a […]
The Perfect Purse {+ We're Giving One Away!}
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Winner update: 12/12/12: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks so much to everyone that entered! And the lucky random winner is… Commenter #334 NICOLE J! Congrats! ***** Every so often, I find things that I love love love, and have to share. It's Jen, your favorite photographer here at Hostess With The Mostess, and I'm excited to tell you about this […]
Holiday Recipe: Eggnog Shooters
Melissa Johnson (for my first contributor post!) here from Best Friends For Frosting, a website about all things dessert, DIY and Entertaining. With all of the holidays approaching, I wanted to make a special drink that is festive, fun and versatile enough to enjoy during all of the upcoming get-togethers. These Holiday Eggnog Shooters provide the […]
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Step into the wardrobe, through the fur coats into this Winter Wonderland party inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia. Louisa of The Little Big Company frosted every inch of this majestic "party land" to celebrate her client's daughter's sweet sixteen. From the perfect dessert bar sleigh to accent trees, reindeer, snowflakes & jewels she whipped up a magical world […]
Little Man Mustache Bash {First Birthday}
That is one amazing birthday boy photo-op (in a polka-dot suspender onesie sitting on his mustache piñata)! Birthday boy Landon is lucky to have mom, Shannon (+ her other half Rebecca) of the Petite Party Studio to create an amazing Little Man Mustache Bash! From the vibrant red crepe paper ruffles, polkadots and argyle patterns to the vintage style graphic posters and collaged […]
We teamed up with HP to bring you some free holiday party printables this season! I decided to go with a "Santa Treats" theme with a heavy focus on milk & cookies… something tells me a lot of you will be enjoying those this month! ;) Below you'll find a few ideas how to use […]
Bundle Up, Baby! Winter Baby Shower {Part 2 – Mini Desserts + Hot Cocoa Bar}
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Here we go with Part 2 of our new Bundle Up, Baby! winter baby shower theme! (If you missed Part 1, you can check it out right here.) Mini Desserts + Hot Cocoa Bar Instead of a big dessert table, I decided to focus on a few mini desserts + hot cocoa bar featuring a […]
"Bundle Up, Baby!" Winter Baby Shower {Part 1 – Tabletop, Activity, & Decor}
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Ready for the final installment of the 3 baby shower themes we created for Huggies… and also for you?! Hope so, because baby it's cold outside… and this one just might warm you up! ;) First came the "Showered With Love" GIRL Baby Shower theme, then a "Go Baby, Go!" BOY Baby Shower theme… and […]
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I've got puppy love for any adorable animal themed party, but especially when it's in PINK! Camila of Personatta dreamed up one doggone cute Pink Puppy Dog Party to celebrate her daughters' 2nd birthday. Her love of dogs and favorite color (pink of course!) inspired the dog bone cookies and pink paw print cake pops to the pink paper decor […]


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Donald Cameron and the European president Jean-Claude Juncker
The United Kingdom is indeed a member of Europe today, and most Europeans hope sincerely that this will remain the case.
The romance of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor has been called the greatest love story of the twentieth century. However with the first edition of this biography in 1988, highly acclaimed author Charles Higham used explosive secret intelligence files to reveal a far darker side to their forty-year relationship. Now the author has re-visited and updated his international bestseller, resulting in a fascinating, and at times shocking exposé of Wallis Simpson. New and disturbing revelations have come to light, adding to the now classic story of an illegitimate child from Baltimore who rose to become the mistress of the king of England and brought about his abdication. Wallis gained control of the Monarch through sexual techniques learned in China, but risked losing everything through a reckless, long-term affair with William Bullitt, US Ambassador to France. Newly released FBI files demonstrate, as no other source has done, the extent of the Duchess's espionage activities and how she conspired against Britain in the interest of Hitler. This is an intimate and extraordinary account of the woman who very nearly became the Queen of England.Higham's presentation of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor is conspiracy-theory writing of a Californian kind, but not necessarily authentic history... in spite of the allusion to recently-released FBI files. Concerning the latter, it's clear that FBI agents could hardly be thought of as credible authorities concerning the murky background to Nazi events in the Old World. These agents could do little more than note down rumors that floated their way. Consequently, Higham's presentation of FBI impressions of the "secret lives" of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor deserves to be thought of as no more than poorly-written historical fiction.