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ill be at the game tonight, hawes looks horrible through my tv i can only imagine what it will be like watching him live
It's maddening to watch him play. softest center in the league.
Not sure how you can predict a fifteen point blow out after last nights embarassment
I think they're going to win, and they don't win close games. Doesn't make much sense, but there you have it.
Last I checked, the line was Sixers -6, which seemed crazy to me.
Valid logic if you think theyre going to win I guess
Even zaza can bitch slap this front court if the hawks pay attention
Im as pro Jrue as most folk
But the lakers got Ramon sessions for basically nothing. The cavs took on Luke Walton for gods sake. For a team based on its athleticism sessions would have been a nice fit.
Cavs were going to require a first-round pick for Sessions. I wouldn't have wanted to give up ours.
Well the 17th 18th lpicks usually end up much better than sessions already is
They required a first round pick because they picked up a bad contract. Sixers could have given them better contracts
Rather have sessions than a low teens first round pick.
Two things ... first, are you still on vacation - we miss the daily game day previews.
Second, I think you are right it will be a healthy Sixers win.
Can someone name a frontcourt so weak and unathletic as ours ? You know what happens when you asks your wingmen to rebound against opposition bigs all season long ? You burn them out ! Because a wing spend much more energy jumping up and down against a big plus to box out bigger guys takes a toll on you, thats why Iggy's knees flared up and did you see Turner going for rebound now a days ? Almost grounded ! EB isn't even jumping anymore. Asking your undersized, unathletic, old PF to everynight guard opposition best frontcourt players, be the lonely shotblocking menace and half the game play against centers too would run him to ground. So to cover our despicable weak frontcourt plus generate 90% of the team offense and also defend opposition wings and smalls, has burned out our perimeter. The team unbalance cought up to them. This season has so litte time to rest and prepare that smokes and mirrors could back fire on you.
Do you remember the mini ressurgence begun after the all star weekend, so guys were fresher. The blame is on the front office, owners camp. But they are young and exciting and continuity !
Nothing Collins is doing makes sense, from playing endless Small Ball to declaring that Evan Turner is not allowed to bring up the ball unless he gets the rebound to the Lou Will Iso Show to Jodie Meeks still getting 25 minute a game, etc. etc. etc.
Collins is puzzling me..
First he said one of the reasons that ET couldn't start is because Lou and Meeks together are too small to be the bench backcourt unit. So what happened ? Since he moved ET to the starters, we have seen a lot of that small backcourt, so if one of the positive aspects of Jrue, ET and Iggy are their versatility and interchangeable, why not mix and match Lou and Meeks between them, and now they have the other Young too to add.
In NY game that midget backcourt killed us, and from that game on I've been seen a lot of those 2 together.
Also the EB, Thad frontourt maybe our best but can't get the job done forever, guys are always in size, weight, athletic disvantage, one year after another and this season with this schedulle ? Unreal to expect another thing.
headed to the game tonight...only wish i were sitting right behind the bench so i could let the coach know that he no longer gets a free pass in this town cause he hustled in the 70's
I've been to a couple games this year, and every single person around me has agreed that Collins is an incredibly overrated coach, that Meeks does not belong on the court ever, and that Turner needs to have the ball in his hands more.
liked hawes so much better when he was wearing a crisp pinstriped suit and the only time i noticed him at games was when he would shamelessly ogle the dance team(he did this every time the dance-oh sorry, DREAM team performed)
Brian, its a 730 tip tonight for some reason
flyers had a home game, gives them a little bit more time to get the court/arena ready
^ guessing that has something to do with the Flyers game not ending until 4...with an injury delay, a long goal review AND a shootout that they probably were not counting on...
Game was always scheduled for a 7:39 start
Jeremy Lin is out for six weeks
When I tuned in last night, Shumpert was playing PG again. Pretty funny.
Offense is down to 17th in the league, with a rating of 103.8. Last year the same rating would have been 25th. It's never too late to trade away some of our dazzlingly gifted non-scoring perimeter defenders for offensive talent or draft picks.
What's the use of comparing it to last season when offense in the entire league is down? Their DFR is 97.3, #1 in the league this year. Last year it would've been #1 by an absurd 3 pts/100pos.
It's also never too late to cut ties w/ your starting front court and replace them with bigs who can actually dunk the ball.
That 'girl' Brittney from Baylor would probably be better (I use the quotes cause if you've heard her talk and seen her adam's apple you know what I'm talking about)
replace them with bigs who can actually dunk the ball.
They need to defend as well - not just dunk - though looking at the free agents - there's not a whole lot out there
and yes, I'd still use the amnesty on Elton Brand, I'm still hoping for a clippers implosion
You know, even if they got absolute zeros on the defensive end (which is pretty much what they have right now), but guys who could take advantage of easy looks, that would be a major upgrade. This is for a post I'm thinking about writing, but check out these numbers:
Hawes TS% since coming back: 45.7%
Vucevic TS% since Hawes came back: 25.0%
Think about those numbers for a second. Your centers are supposed to be getting easy hoops for you.
The perimeter defense has to make up for shitty interior defenders right now, and while it's frustrating to watch, they get the job done. Still the best defense in the league. But on the offensive end, the bigs just completely drag down the overall efficiency. You expect perimeter guys to be at or slightly above 50% TS (the really good ones are better), but the average center's TS% is almost 54%, the average PF is almost 53%. Thad has basically been average and the other guys haven't even been close since early in the season, when Hawes was shooting a completely unsustainable percentage on long twos.
Guess I don't have to write the post now, but the nut graph would be if you look at the micro (closing games out, beating really good teams) the answer is probably a complete rebuild. But if you look at the macro, improving the overall efficiency differential, just getting league average bigs would improve their offense by leaps and bounds.
Do you really consider 'beating really good teams' a micro problem? If you can't beat really good teams, you can't contend for a title, which is kind of the purpose of professional sports (in my opinion) so it's kind of a macro issue.
The big man problem isn't the only over efficiency differential problem, the ability to finish at the basket and or draw fouls is a team wide issue that might even be worse next year when hopefully Lou Williams is playing for someone else
Well, the overall differential is actually really good even this season. The problem w/ the offense is that they don't get enough easy points, be it at the free throw line, or at the rim. Yes, the perimeter guys need to get to the line more often, but not having a single big who is above average in terms of efficiency, and really only one guy who's close to average, is a huge drag. Lou and Iguodala are basically average in terms of efficiency for their positions, Jrue and Turner are decidedly below average, but you can make the case that Iguodala and Jrue are in total better than their numbers, because they hurt the efficiency of their opponents significantly.
The big men are a double dose of suck. They're inefficient on offense, and their covers are more efficient on the other end because of their soft interior defense.
My point is that a noticeable increase in overall efficiency differential could be gained simply by getting average offensive bigs in here who played little to no defense, instead of terribly inefficient bigs who play little to no defense. The upgrade wouldn't even need to be that expensive.
The micro issues are no less important, they're just harder and more expensive to solve. It's basically a moneyball-like argument. You can make the team markedly better, on paper, but odds are you still aren't going to be able to overcome a team w/ legit superstars who get calls.
but if this team manages to add an average to above average center this offseason, a guy like Sam D, couldn't that be the difference between winning losing the games like the Clippers, TWolves, maybe even a couple of the Spurs games...and doesn't that make them one of the top 3-4 in the league?
Who knows?
If they're going to make marginal improvements, that's the direction they should move in, definitely. But is that what they're going to do, or are they going to keep this core together and bury their head in the sand hoping they grow together? And even if you do make that type of marginal improvement, is it enough to beat Miami and/or Chicago in the playoffs? I don't know, but I kind of doubt it.
Jump on the deandre Jordan clipper implosion dream bandwagon.
F me. League pass has Bobcats/Pistons on their one HD channel instead of Sixers/Hawks. Ridiculous.
Alright, let's just get the mf'ing win.
Aaaand we're off....Hawes wins the tip. A harbinger if there ever was one.
EB, give him the jumper, not the baseline.
Hawes turnover with a 7-inch advantage on the blocks. Awesome.
Sissy jumper from a 3-on-2 break. Lovely.
2 possessions, 2 shit Hawes plays.
Nice D, Hawes. +1 for Josh Smith. Take the fucking baseline away and play off him.
Does anyone WANT to shoot the ball?
Hawes does.
Hawes turnover on the inbound pass. This guy is just awesome.
Hawes glued to the floor, Pachulia gets the board from behind him.
Nice pass, Hawes. Awesome.
Turner's bringing the ball up, if that excites anyone.
I like ET's movement off the ball. I'd rather see Battie than Hawe.s
EB is on. Stop giving him the ball.
Iggy beats his man with a nice crossover and still gets plucked from behind. Thats horrible!
Sissy putback.
Iguodala just ate Johnson's lunch on the defensive end.
Battie to the rescue!!
Summer's coming. So that's nice. Warmth and stuff, you know.
Nice play, Turner for the layup. Hawes mercifully to the bench for Battie.
Jrue turnover results in a dunk on the other end. See you midway through the second quarter.
Watching Holiday overdribble is frustrating
Has Iggy really earned the extnded minutes he gets in the first quarter lately?
Does he really need to earn his minutes at this point? Who's out-playing him?
Thats how Collins coaches. He goes with the hot players from game to game. Iggy has been ice cold as of late.
He's going to mirror Joe Johnson's minutes, at a minimum, as he should.
Crazy shot by Thad.
Zum just described Lou as a guy who likes to play off the ball. Could've fooled me.
Good idea Turner, bad result
Good idea Turner, bad result!
PHI 17, ATL 23 after one.
Terrible first quarter. 10-run for Atlanta after Meeks and Lou subbed in for Jrue and Turner.
On the route to under 70. Yay.
Good play to save that d-board for the Sixers.
Wow, Thad got hacked ...
Do I even need to describe what happened on the first play when Hawes came back in?
Spencer Hawes play of the game, brought to you by Kleenex
Jodie banks in a jumper from the foul line. Pretty.
Kinda doubt he meant to do that
Yeah, I was being sarcastic.
I don't even know what to say about the Sixers' C rotation. No faith in anybody on this team that's not a senior citizen
I've been really quite about Hawes. But it's 10 games now since he came back. And his defense has been atrocious ...
don't think his offense has been much better..
I was understanding you until you said "has been atrocious" and not "is so reliably atrocious, you could set your watch by it".
Collins going back to his starting lineup in a time of need.
Meeks vs Green!! Thats a primetime matchup!!
Finally went back to Brand. He goes to the line. First freebies for the Sixers midway through the second quarter.
BTW: Whatever happened to Lavoy?
Doug found his cache of snuff porn.
Meeks for three off a Jrue drive and kick.
Fuck you, Hawes.
Argh. Needed that three, Jodie. Keep the D up, please.
Nice work, Jrue.
Come on, get a couple stops and go into the half w/ the lead.
Malik Rose has really been critical of Iggy lately
Meeks jumper ties it up. Come on, another 1:45 of effort, let's go.
Jrue is 1/5 and this is one of the best halves he's played in a while.
And Jrue gets the hook, of course.
AI9, again. Good call about him being cold, Kelly.
Jodie and Lou are our only players that can hit those mid rangers consistently. I really don't understand why the Sixers don't run plays for them. Especially for Lou. He can play off the ball so well and chances are good his catches his defender on the wrong foot.
Also: Is it concerning how bad our guards are finishing around the rim? I feel like I can watch any Hornets/Wizards/Bobcats game and their guards look like way better finishers.
There's a lot of concerning shit going on.
1. Get some bigs.
2. Get some shooters.
3. Learn some plays.
4. Learn more plays.
5. Learn how to drive
5a) how to initiate contact
5b) how to make a layup
6. Learn some more plays
Shooting hasn't been a problem, at least not shooting threes. They're #8 in the league at 36.7%
I'd just like to have a Wesley Matthews kind of guy coming off the bench that can hit some shots and play some D. Or even a guy like Leandro Barbosa. I mean, I'm not high on those players, but they can change a game from time to time. We've just Lou every 2nd and Meeks every 15th game.
Wes Johnson couldn't shoot pool.
He's having a rough season. He'll bounce back.
You mean rough career, right?
Thought you said Wes Johnson, my bad.
PHI 43, ATL 41 at the half.
Much better second quarter. Come out and play two more like that, get this win.
Great, another run for Hawes.
Nice work, Jrue.
Good effort, Turner. Got his own board and put it back in. Come on, now.
Give Josh Smith that nonsense.
Would you trade Dre for Al Horford straight up?
Nice pass, Hawes. Why doesn't he get yanked for coughing the ball up?
That was such a stupid play.
Nice drive, Turner.
Nice work, Turner.
4 on Brand. That's trouble.
Turner again.
Heh, sissy trip to the line.
Lou +1. Hit the freebie for the lead, please.
Fuck me, they're free.
Fucking banked three at the buzzer. You've got to be kidding me.
Andre "split pair" Iguodala at the line.
...as was foretold in the prophecy
Horrible posetion Iggy
Nice pass, Lou.
4 on Josh Smith. Big play by Thad there.
Thad playing Smith as best he can taking a charge
Shit, Joe Johnson w/out Iguodala on him now.
Turner is playing him tough
Lou for one?
PHI 62, ATL 66 after three.
I don't quite understand the subs in that quarter, but whatever. Bad quarter overall. Hopefully the foul trouble limits Josh Smith in the fourth.
How about doing something different in the fourth. ATL has to be tired, break out the full-court press or something. Stop fucking sitting back on your heels.
If momentum does not change soon, the Hawks will separate themselves. I give the Sixers 4 minutes to "take control" of the game, otherwise ...
Low energy = Sixers kryptonite (because not enough talent to overcome).
Too many jumpshots
Jrue has played 3 minutes this half. He has 6 boards and 6 assists in 19 minutes, his shot just isn't falling so he gets glued to the bench.
Come on, Ivan Johnson from 18 feet. Give me a fucking break.
Meeks43! Big shot. Like how he used the dribble to clear for the three, instead of coming in for a long two.
Brand looking cat quick
Surprised Dre didn't get called for the charge.
EB trying to get us this W. Would be great if the young guys could feed off his energy...
Elton Brand.
I know he's nowhere what he used to be, but he tries. Every night.
OK, never trail again. Get a stop here.
Wow, Iguodala hit one that didn't go straight down.
Fuck me, Hawes back in the game.
Spencer Hawes, rally killer.
Give me a fucking break. Hawes takes a fadeaway with Joe Johnson guarding him in the post. You are a complete fucking joke. JOKE.
Fuck you, Hawes.
Damn there never seems a game thread where I don't have to say that once.
Brand using muscle vs Smith
Huge fucking shot, out of the EB double.
Again from the kick from Brand in the post. Come on.
Iggy with a huge 3
ELTON! This is what happens when we have a dominant big man!
I love this game so much.
Now would be a great time for Johnson and Smith to start missing their shots.
EB playing like it's 2005 all over again.
EB to the line!
Johnson way short.
We get the 50-50 ball.
EB pushing a tired Smith around.
Give the fucking ball back to Elton. 5 on Josh Smith.
Ugh, Jodie gotta hit that. Fuck me.
Fuck you, Hawes.
Why the fuck, Doug, is Hawes in there?!
Hawes is doing everything in his sissy power to lose this game, btw.
Except miss free throws. The man just never goes all out on anything, does he?
EB again!
Damn it's within 4 points, which means... I'm freaking out.
Brand blocks him the first time, fouls him the second. Ugh. How about missing the pair?
OK, get a hoop.
ET works in the high post and hits over Teague. Huge shot.
What the fuck was that, AI9? Oh, Johnson had his arm tied up. Great.
We've to invite the Clippers this off season. Those guys need to learn flopping.
So villainy.
Man's board by Jrue to seal the game. Fucking awesome.
Agree with Malik on Jrue's game tonight. And Doug fucking sat him for 9 minutes in the third.
That Josh Smith three just sunk everyone who bet on the Sixers -6 tonight. Turner put the exclamation point on it w/ the missed freebie.
Is this the first such win of the season? I mean coming back in the 4th and winning a close game. The Lakers game was similar I guess.
PHI 95, ATL 90 Final.
Big win. Keep it going.
This is the last time we see Meredith, right? Enjoy.
I'm going to get to see who's more manly, Meredith or Kim Jones, watching the Yanks all year. Unless she's replacing Kim Jones.
Have never seen MM live. But she does not look manly on tv IMHO. I liked her, she seemed courteous and smart.
Attendance has been pretty good this year.
17,206 per game. Last year it was 14,751. The year before it was 14,224.
doug collins really went all out for this win tonight. Iguodala logged 42:49 minutes, Brand 37:19.
just got back from the game, some thoughts
eb was awesome, wish they gave him the ball more when he has it going
why did jrue sit most of the 3rd?
once again hawes looked bad, why doesnt hawes get pulled for ever turnover like jrue or turner?
I was asking the same thing about Jrue. Thought it was a terrible message to send. His shot wasn't falling, but he was really running the team and contributing across the board. And it's not like he was chucking shots. Thought the team really suffered when he was on the bench.
Happy as I am about the win, I miss the time when Spencer was only allowed to play five minutes per quarter. Actually, fuck that. I miss him being injured.
Real out of character weekend for the Sixers.
All of these things are uncharacteristic:
1. Loose to a bad team (Wiz)
2. Win a close game.
3. Live at the line in the 4th qtr (which is how they and many teams win close games.)
4. Get a big performance from Brand in a 2nd of a B-B.
5. Controlled the D-Boards against a physical team.
This team doesn't win too many games when Lou and Thad combine to shoot 5/12 for 10 points.
wow-just got home(stopped at the xfinity center thingamabob after the game...whole new postgame scene at the sports complex, and now fans who get shut out of playoff games have a natural place to gather...i worry about what it could add to eagles gamedays a little bit though)...ELTON BRAND!Un-real. In the last 8 days, I've seen him singlehandedly save the season twice. I thought his 3rd quarter against Boston was good-his 4th quarter tonight was unreal. He couldn't miss-the standout plays were the two 3point plays, the two outlandish o-boards where he just would not be denied, and the back to back kickouts for open 3's by Jrue and Iggy. EB has earned every cent of that contract
Thank God for him because the offense was uuuuugly for the first 3 quarters-as were Collins' manic substitution patterns. Doug was getting a lot of heat from the knowledgeable fans around me and ET was getting a lot of love. He had a ral nice game, by the way-more aggressive moving off the ball than I've ever seen him-inexplicable that he sat on the bench for the first 10 mins of the fourth in lieu of Jodie Meeks(who to his credit showed a lot of hustle and energy tonight...unfortunately, he is a very limited offensive player and a poor defender)
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BURY'S last match of the season against unbeaten table-toppers North Manchester represented a yardstick as to how far they have progressed under the management of Derek Heath, captain Jon Allen and South African coach Darren Hall.
The conditions were a major factor, a strong downfield wind was in favour of the visitors in the first period and with some astute line kicking from penalties, they used the resulting kicks to push Bury back into the left corner.
Taking nothing away from North Manchester, they play a somewhat physical game but do make good use of possession, scoring four tries in the half, all about the same area with only one converted.
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The days of Indiana schools charging tuition to transfer students will soon
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when deciding just who, and how many, non-resident students will get to come
to their school.
Duneland Superintendent Dirk Baer said schools that accept transfer students
are being urged by the Indiana School Board Association to develop specific
criteria outlining their policy.
"You can't just arbitrarily say 'we're going to take only the basketball
players,'" Baer said.
The change affecting non-resident students was prompted by Indiana's major
new tax law, H.E.A. 1001, which calls for the state to assume the school
general fund expenses that are now paid for by local property taxes. At
Duneland, the per pupil cost breaks down to $6,368 paid for by local property
taxes, with another $2,268 coming from the state. In an effort to cut local
property taxes, the state will now assume the full student costs.
As a result, schools will no longer be able to charge the transfer students
tuition as they currently do.
According to State Senator Karen Tallian, D-Ogden Dunes, the new law doesn't
specifically prohibit schools from accepting transfer students nor does it
require schools to accept them. But one unintended consequence of the law is
that there is no longer a mechanism for schools to collect local tuition.
"Everybody has just come to this realization and no one knows what to do,"
she said.
In July, the Duneland School Board accepted a recommendation from Baer to
continue a freeze, imposed in the middle of the last school year, on new
transfer students. The only non-resident students now at the Duneland Schools
are the approximately 40 students who were already enrolled prior to this
school year, along with any siblings.
Whether Duneland will be able to keep that policy intact -- or whether it
must now accept all non-resident students who want to attend Duneland --
remains to be seen. All that is known at this point is that Duneland will
have to stop collecting tuition from those families, though Baer said it's
unclear just when.
Baer said the issue represents another case of the state imposing a change
without addressing the consequences. "The state does it again," he said.
He said he hopes that schools retain some autonomy in deciding how many
non-resident students to accept. Otherwise, he said, the move could result in
an open enrollment at public schools.
Tallian agreed, but noted that there is speculation statewide that some
schools will attempt to reject non-resident students if they have
disciplinary problems or that they'll accept students based on their
placement tests, taking in only the higher achievers.
A recent Associated Press story on the subject said state lawmakers might
address the issue in the next session by setting a uniform policy for all
Indiana schools. Tallian, however, isn't so sure. She said her hunch is that
lawmakers will let local schools develop their own policies and won't touch
the subject -- until after problems arise.
Although the state will absorb the costs of school general funds, local
property taxes will continue to pay for other school expenses, including
capital costs. In Duneland, that would include paying off the bond for the
$74 million Chesterton High School as well as any possible new school.
Clearing the way for non-resident students to come to Duneland without
charge, and enjoy the amenities that their home schools might lack, might not
sit well with local taxpayers.
Baer said that concern is exactly why Duneland has included in its
non-resident tuition a capital fee that takes into account local taxes paid
toward the new CHS. He said school officials only felt that it was fair that
non-resident students share in that cost.
Tallian said the Department of Education is in the process of developing a
new form that schools will use for transfer students. She said it's her
understanding that schools will still be able to charge the non-resident
students a fee to offset their capital costs.
If state lawmakers do take up the subject, Tallian said she doubts lawmakers
would clarify the matter by prohibiting schools from accepting non-resident
students. But she also doesn't see the other extreme of requiring schools to
accept all non-resident students.
Often, she said, there are valid reasons for allowing students to attend a
public school outside their home district. She cited as one example teachers
who want their own children to attend the school in which they work. But she
also said it would be "pretty chaotic" if every student in Indiana got to
pick what school they want to attend, with no restrictions.
"There has to be some stability in our school districts," she said.
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The thing about Felicity Jones' promo tour for me was that there were plenty of big gowns but a failure to excite. She had good moments but, like many this year, they were pretty forgettable as no one picked up Lupita Nyong'o's baton from last year.
My favourite by far was her Dior Couture gown at the Golden Globe Awards, followed by the BAFTAs.
Her nearly-there looks included the overworked McQueen Oscars gown, the overlined Valentino at the Producers Guild Awards and the underwhelming Balenciaga SAG Awards gown, with the Critics' Choice Movie Awards my least favourite of the season.
Simple and chic worked well for Felicity when she donned Saint Laurent at the Vanity Fair Party and Erdem for the Directors Guild Excellence In Production Design Awards.
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Teaching Landscapes - Theory or Practice? Training Archaeology Students in Britain
This paper outlines the problems of teaching landscape archaeology to Master's Degree students in Britain. The M.A. in Landscape Archaeology trains postgraduate students to a high professional level primarily for fieldwork in the profession, but it is firmly embedded within an academic base. There is much in the literature of how we perceive, understand and interpret landscapes both from a philosophical and theoretical viewpoint, but these theories have to be balanced with the essential practical elements of fieldwork. This paper will explore the balance that needs to be reached between teaching the theoretical aspects of landscapes with the practical problems that professional archaeologists will encounter in their working lives.
Keywords: Landscapes, Archaeology, Theory, Practice
Dr. Paula J. Gardiner
Head of Education, Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Bristol
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Gateway students lauded for teen-dating violence awareness video
The Gateway Video Club members took a shot at changing their community, and received an award for their efforts.
A five-minute documentary film about teen-dating violence earned the club first place in the "Take A Shot at Changing the World" contest and a $3,000 reward, which the students donated in part to a local charity.
Steeltown Entertainment Project's Youth & Media Program, based in Pittsburgh, announced the winners of its fourth annual digital-media contest this month to an audience of students, educators and family members at the Loews Waterfront Theatre.
Gateway's documentary, "If Only We Had Known," told the story of Gary Cuccia and Jodi Miceli, whose daughter Demi Brae Cuccia was killed in 2007 as a result of teen-dating violence.
More than 120 students from 17 schools participated in the contest, which challenged middle and high school students to produce videos focused on social change.
"I think this contest helps them realize that films are really powerful tools," Steeltown Youth & Media Program Manager Rachel Shepherd said.
Members of the Gateway Video Club worked an average of eight hours a week — for about five months — to produce, shoot and edit the video, said executive producer Heaven Serrano, who graduated from Gateway this month.
"There were a lot of personal hours being put in to the film," Serrano said.
"But we didn't think we were going to win."
The film crew comprised 13 Gateway students, so organizing the staff was a task in itself, Serrano said.
But once the production got rolling, excitement among the crew started to build, she said.
"As ideas came to life in the film and we got to interview the family, the entire crew became more enthusiastic about it and they wanted to help more and more."
The documentary is one of many public service presentations within the Gateway community in recent years to shed light on the realities of teen-dating violence.
Through plays, assemblies and passed legislation, Cuccia's family has helped to inform the community at large about potential warning signs of teen-dating violence.
"By making this documentary, we hoped to tell Demi's story, as well as her parents' story, in a way that will show people everywhere how much the Cuccia family has changed the lives of many people," video club supervisor Juanita Kollar said.
The students backed their sentiment by donating $1,000 of prize money to the Demi Brae Cuccia Awareness Organization and Demi Brae Memorial Fund.
The video club received $1,500 to purchase video club hooded sweatshirts and Serrano received $500 to help pay for college.
Serrano will attend Brigham Young University-Idaho, where she'll pursue a degree in psychology and continue filmmaking as a member of the university's video club.
She would not be the first "Take a Shot" contestant to pursue filmmaking after high school, Shepherd said.
"If filmmaking is going to be an industry in Pittsburgh, we need to start training people to be part of that industry."
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Published: June 28, 2007 at 6:49 AMI dunno about the LOTR thing. They've already brought in HP and I doubt they want to turn the parks into a who's-who of fantasy fiction. I wouldn't mind it at all, being a fan of both properties... but it might be a bit redundant.
Also, NewLine and Peter Jackson are still battling it out over LOTR money, which means that he may have no involvement in any kind of LOTR theme park attraction, even as an advisor. Not sure that is such a good idea.
Published: June 28, 2007 at 8:08 AMIf you would like to hear the entire Conference, IOACentral Radio was there, and our show this week will be the conference, just in case you would like to hear the other aspects that were talked about.


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Executive Agile Forum - Agile Adoption—Where's the Payoff?
Agile Transformation, Inc.
Thursday, March 21, 2013 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM (CDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Agile Adoption—Where's the Payoff?
Financial Payback of Agile Adoption, Jorgen Hesselberg
Agility enables organizations to quickly adapt to changing market conditions. This sounds attractive, but what is the financial impact of increasing the ability to deal with uncertainty? In this interactive talk, Jorgen Hesselberg will explain in plain language and through concrete examples how building a learning organization and maximizing embedded flexibility not only reduces waste, but dramatically improves the ROI of an organization's initiatives and projects.
Jorgen Hesselberg is the Senior Manager of Enterprise Agile Adoption at Nokia. With over fifteen years of experience in a variety of business environments, Jorgen specializes in helping companies achieve value through strong leadership and effecve project management processes and techniques. As Director of Agile Alliance's Agile Adoption program and speaker at international conferences, Jorgen is a recognized thought leader of Agile Enterprise Transformation.
Enterprise Benefits of Agile Adoption, Sally Elatta
Are you practicing Agile methods but wondering how you can take Agile and Lean methods to the Enterprise Level? Does your organization approve too many projects without understanding capacity? Do you 'push' and multi-task several projects at the same time using the same team members? This short presentation will give you a glimpse into the Enterprise benefits of stable teams and Agile Portfolio Mgmt. Please watch this video before the session: http://bit.ly/VT4gCC
Sally Elatta is the President of Agile Transformation and an Enterprise Agile Coach. Sally has taught thousands and coached dozens of organizations through their Agile Transformation journey. She is the Agile Expert for the PMI Learning, Education and Development (LEAD) community of practice, hosts a popular 'Transforming to Agile' webinar series on PMI.org, and she is a frequent speaker at PMI and Agile conferences.
The Executive Agile Forum is a meeting of Chicago Area Leaders who are passionate about agile, and who meet to network and share their experience to foster greater Agile Adoption in Chicago. Please forward this invitation to senior managers who are (or could be) passionate about Agile Adoption and want to connect with like-minded individuals.
Networking will begin at 11:30 a.m. and the session will start promptly at Noon. Lunch is included (please let us know of any dietary restrictions).
When & Where
Maggiano's Little Italy
516 North Clark Street
Thursday, March 21, 2013 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM (CDT)
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Watch: Stunning Four-Minute Trailer for Miyazaki's 'The Wind Rises'
by Alex Billington
July 19, 2013
Source: YouTube
Today is the perfect day for a full-length look at the new Studio Ghibli movie The Wind Rises, directed by animation legend Hayao Miyazaki. As a die-hard fan of Ghibli and their work, this film in particular is one I've been following closely, mostly because it's the first Miyazaki himself directed since Ponyo in 2008. We've featured gorgeous artwork and a short teaser trailer already, but this one is the big reveal and it's stunning to see. There are no English subtitles yet, but that shouldn't matter. Just watching the phenomenal animation and intimate WWII story is enough of a joy. I'm very excited for this, as any Ghibli fan should be.
Here's the full 4-min Japanese trailer for Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises, found via The Film Stage:
Studio Ghibli's next film, with the legendary Hayao Miyazaki at the helm, will be called Kaze Tachinu or The Wind Rises. It's an adaptation of Miyazaki's most recent color comic as well as a novel by Tatsuo Hori, about the man who designed the Zero Fighter airplane which was used in World War II. Hideaki Anno will voice Jiro Horikoshi. The Toho Company has the film set for release on July 20th in Japan, but we're not sure about any US plans just yet. Stay tuned. For those interested, follow the @ghibli_intl account for additional updates. In one of their recent tweets, they state: "the Studio Ghibli Int'l Team is hard at work to bring you #TheWindRises as soon as possible after the Japan opening on July 20!" It looks quite wonderful.
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The body of Australian speedboat racing champion Steven Antuch has been pulled from the Georges River after a horror accident on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said they located and recovered Mr Antuch's body shortly after 11am on Wednesday, following a major search of the river involving divers, police and SES volunteers.
The 28-year-old from Picnic Point was on board the speedboat when it overturned about 4pm near the ramp at the end of The River Road in the Georges River National Park in south-west Sydney.
Detective Inspector Glen Fitzgerald said the body still needed to be formally identified, but dozens of Mr Antuch's family and friends had gathered near the accident site and were comforting each other.
Mr Antuch is a champion racer who reportedly broke the Hawkesbury River Bridge to Bridge race record last year.
St George Motor Boat Club Commodore Robert Taylor said it was "a very traumatic time" for those in the club.
"We are only a small family and we are all shocked," he said.
Mr Taylor was so impressed with Mr Antuch he had recommended him for a senior position.
"He was the nicest and most responsible young man I know. So much so I recommended him as vice-commodore of St George Aquatic club, that's how highly thought of him.
"A lot of young blokes are a little bit irresponsible, drink too much and are rowdy. Steve was not like that," he said.
Mr Taylor described Mr Antuch as a "competent boat driver" who was "highly regarded by his competitors".
He was a champion racer with records for bridge-to-bridge events, he said.
He was the nicest and most responsible young man I know. So much so I recommended him as vice-commodore of St George Aquatic club, that's how highly thought of him
Late on Tuesday, Botany Bay water police Sergeant John Cox said a Hurstville man, 27, had been taken to hospital after the boat rolled but it is understood he returned to the river on Wednesday to await any news of his friend.
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My first blog entry - Vermont Sourdough from Hamelman's 'Bread'
I've been baking bread for a year or two now. This site has been a great resource and although I haven't commented very much I have absorbed a great deal of knowledge from many of the posters here.
I've made a few nice loaves recently, so I thought I would share some photos. More importantly, I'm starting to feel more confident in my ability to produce consistent results, which is a great feeling. I'm starting to understand how the dough is supposed to feel, and what to expect at various stages.
I've been baking boules almost exclusively, and using a Dutch oven to bake in, so as to eliminate as many variables as possible as I practice. I started out just wanting to make a good baguette, which is an ambition many of many novice bakers before they realise the deceptive magnitude of the task! Making boules and using the D.O. allows for simpler shaping and a consistent oven environment, so I know that if my results vary, they can be attributed to the dough itself.
There are two important things that I think I have learned recently:
Firstly, it's remarkable how little mixing you actually need to do. Even having read books like Hamelman and Tartine, which advocate folds over intensive mixing, and the use of autolyse periods, it's not until recently that I really tried testing the limits of how little you can get away with. I've been touching, pulling and stretching the dough to see how it feels at various stages (I used to be afraid to 'mess up' the dough by playing with it too much!) and have been amazed at the difference after an hour of autolysis. It goes from tearing easily to being able to form a damn good attempt at a windowpane. It still tears eventually, but the difference is huge.
Knowing that, I started to worry much less about getting enough gluten development. After autolysing, I mixed this bread for just 2-3 minutes at a low speed (I use an old bread machine for mixing most of the time, on the speed for incorporating ingredients rather than the faster 'kneading' speed). I also did a full stretch and fold on the counter, folding the dough up into a tight bundle, and finished off by sort of shaping it into a boule for practice. But I only did the one fold (recipe says one or two), because the dough seemed to hold its shape well and I wanted to see how it turned out.
Secondly, proofing. During bulk fermentation, the dough didn't rise that much, because I wanted to follow the time and temperature guidelines from the recipe and see how it worked out. It didn't get close to doubling, but I could tell that the dough was active by looking at the bottom of the (clear) container and seeing the well-aerated structure of the dough. Also, after shaping the dough had that wonderful bounce-back upon being gently prodded or poked. From experience, that's when I know things are on the right track (the first time this happened was with a Tartine loaf a while back - I immediately said to myself, 'oh, so that's what it's supposed to feel like!' and spent the next few minutes prodding the dough with a stupid grin).
Anyway, I've been struggling with the final proof for a while now. It is a mysterious thing. Descriptions in books are rarely adequate, because it is a difficult thing to describe. You really need to touch a lot of loaves before you start to get a sense of how they look and feel as they rise. The finger-poke test is commonly recommended, but really, what is a 'slow bounce'? When does the dent 'almost remain?' Sometimes the dent would 'almost remain' in some parts of the loaf but not others, like when you poke what feels like a big air bubble close to the surface and get a misleading impression.
I was making a recipe from www.weekendbakery.com (another very good site) recently and liked their description of the poke test: "use your finger to carefully make a very small dent in the dough. If the dent remains, the bread is ready to bake, if the indentation totally disappears, the dough needs a little bit more time". I took two things from that: one, to make very small, gentle indentations. And the other, that if the indentation remains, I haven't necessarily gone too far. That was partly what used to scare me. Also, I remember reading descriptions on this site of the poke test being a test of the potential of the loaf's gluten network to hold on to the developing gases; so now when I poke the loaf and there is some bounce back, however small and slow, I think of the dough as still 'having potential' to rise further while retaining its shape and strength, and feel reassured. All this has allowed me to feel more confident and comfortable in assessing when the dough is ready to bake, and I think I've been proofing more fully than I used to when I was always afraid of 'going too far'.
The loaf
Back to the Vermont Sourdough. The moderate hydration meant it was a joy to handle after dealing so often with higher hyration doughs. Just a little flour, and no sticking! It felt moderately firm, and not excessively full of gas, which made it easy to shape. I used the method when you up your hands around and pull the dough to tighten it, after doing a series of folds. I baked it in a preheated Dutch oven at 240-250c with the fan on, took the lid off after 25 min, and baked for another 20 min with the fan still on but reducing the heat a little based on how the crust was developing.
(edit to add: I forgot to mention that this particular loaf was retarded overnight before baking. In the morning it looked fairly well expanded, but I gave it some more time at room temp since it spent only around 10 hours in the fridge compared to the recipe's time of up to 18 hours, and the poke test showed it still had some bounce to it. The cold dough made for nice and easy scoring.)
It turned out better than many breads I've made in the past with more mixing / more folding. Often I get a dense, even crumb, especially in the middle of large boules, and a slightly rubbery, chewy texture. This had a nice irregular structure throughout, and was light and moist. I like the hint of grey and the small specks of rye you get with this loaf. The flavour was subtle and subdued, with only a hint of acidity, which is fine for its use as an 'everyday bread' as Hamelman describes it. The flavour of this bread doesn't hit you so much as it gently prods at your senses. The smell was pleasant, the crust crisp and crunchy. I've made it before but not as well as this.
Oh, and this was made with an 11% protein white flour (Allied Mills Superb, an Australian flour, unmalted I believe) and some local rye flour (Eden Valley mills). I'm English but currently living in Perth, Western Australia.
That's all, I think. Here's some more pictures:
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Naturally, Gordon Brown paid lip service to the idea that the PBR was all about consultation, but everything about the occasion - the sense of theatre, the scope of the announcements and the small forest that had to be chopped down to produce the accompanying documentation - meant that this was a day when real decisions were taken and real cash spent.
As ever, the chancellor announced a dizzying array of micro-measures - tax credits, minimum income guarantees, cheques for headteachers. But the mini-Budget was really about the five Ps - prudence, productivity, pensions, petrol and politics.
According to legend, Mary Tudor was supposed to have had the word Calais engraved on her heart at her death. In Brown's case it would be prudence, since he has an almost preternatural fear of the economy re-entering a period of boom-bust. So, while there was an extra £2.6bn in spending for next year and almost £4bn in each of the following two years, the Treasury will be reaping more than that in higher tax receipts.
The spectacular improvement in the public finances means that both Labour's fiscal rules will be comfortably met. There is no question of the government having to borrow to finance current spending now or at any time in the immediate future, while the ratio of debt to GDP is falling like a stone.
Pet obsessions
Indeed, so prudent has Mr Brown been that the tax take as a proportion of GDP will be considerably higher at the next election than it was in 1997.
Productivity is another of the chancellor's pet obsessions. Like Nigel Lawson before him, he is a genuine supply-sider, believing that only by reforms of labour, product and capital markets can Britain close the productivity gap with the US. As such, the parts of the PBR that for most people went in one ear and out the other were the parts that really excited Brown. There were proposals for changes to corporate taxation, simplification of VAT, an extension of tax breaks for research and development, tax relief for share options, incentives to boost investment in the inner cities, plans for a shake-up of the way the City works. Measures such as these will take years, even decades, to work but ultimately may prove to be the most important slice of the package.
That said, today's headlines will be dominated by what the chancellor offered to the elderly and truckers. The government's problems with petrol and pensioners are an indication of how Brown's focus on long-term issues left him oblivious to short-term pressures building up around him. Labour's approach to pensions - and to the welfare state more generally - has been to move away from universality and to extend means testing. The theory was that help would be targeted at the neediest through the minimum income guarantee, with the basic pension raised in line with the increase in inflation. But last year inflation was running at 1.1% and the pension went up by 75 pence a week.
Universal benefits
The resulting backlash explains the generosity of yesterday's package, a melange of universal benefits and means testing. As such there were big increases in the state pension together with a £200 "winter warmer" to every household, but also a hefty rise in the minimum income guarantee and plans for a pensioner tax credit aimed at those ineligible for income support but living not far above the poverty line.
Brown was caught unawares by the scale of the fuel protest, particularly since he had abandoned the automatic excise duty escalator in the Budget in March. Up until then, higher fuel duties had been seen as a win-win play, providing revenue to cut the budget deficit inherited by Labour while also being environmentally-friendly.
Yesterday's package offered more concessions to the protesters than had been suggested but probably not enough to placate the hard-liners. But the real point was to sever the link between militant truckers and ordinary motorists, who were wooed with lower vehicle excise duty and cheaper ultra-low sulphur petrol.
Whether Brown has done enough to placate his critics remains to be seen. What is clear, however, is that this was a package with an election in mind. With polling day perhaps less than six months away, the mini-Budget was really about fighting fires while leaving something in the bank for tax cuts in the spring. The fifth P - politics - was the most important of the lot.
The speech in full
Part 1: the economy
Part 2: the fiscal stance
Part 3: families and pensioners


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Western Conference Finals Preview
(Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
SAN ANTONIO (WOAI) The San Antonio Spurs will play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals.
The Thunder advanced to the finals after eliminating the Los Angeles Clippers last night.
Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals will be Monday night in San Antonio. Tipoff is scheduled at 8 p.m.
Game 2 will be in San Antonio on Wednesday, with Games 3 and 4 in Oklahoma City on Sunday and Tuesday.
If needed, Game 5 would be back in San Antonio on Thursday, May 29th, with a possible Game 6 in Oklahoma City on May 31st and Game 7 in San Antonio on June 2nd.
Meanwhile, point guard Tony Parker has a Grade 1 strain of his left hamstring and is listed as day-to-day.
Parker had an MRI exam on Thursday, one day after leaving Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals against Portland with the injury. A Grade 1 strain is considered the least severe of the three grades, so the Spurs appear to have avoided what would have been a devastating injury to their best player.
Parker had a Grade 2 strain in the NBA Finals last season, but was able to play through the injury.
The Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks in the first round 4-3 and then beat the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round 4-1.
Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round 4-3 and then beat the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round 4-2.
(AP) No. 1 SAN ANTONIO SPURS (62-20, 8-4) vs. No. 2 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER (59-23, 8-5)
Season series: Oklahoma City won 4-0. Both teams were missing key players at different points of the season series, so it's hard to draw too many conclusions. But the Thunder's athleticism certainly stood out. OKC grabbed 23 more rebounds in the four games and had an average margin of victory of 9.3 points.
Story line: The rematch. These teams, which have been the most consistently successful squads in the West over the last five seasons, squared off in the 2012 conference finals. The Spurs jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but OKC ripped off four wins in a row before losing to Miami in the NBA Finals. All told, the Thunder have won 10 of the last 12 against the Spurs, bringing the latest in a long line of doubts about San Antonio's ability to stay on top.
Key matchup I: Kevin Durant vs. Kawhi Leonard. The league's MVP meets one of the NBA's rising young stars in Leonard, the unflappable third-year swingman who relishes a challenge. The 6-foot-7 Leonard will be asked to defend one of the most unguardable players in the league, but he has had some success against Durant in the past.
Key matchup II: Gregg Popovich vs. Scott Brooks. Popovich has won coach of the year honors two of the last three seasons. and is widely considered the game's best coach. All Brooks has done is win at least 50 games in four of the last five years and lead the Thunder to the finals in 2012. But he is often criticized when the offense stagnates and could still be on the hot seat if Oklahoma City falls short this season.
X-factor: Reggie Jackson. The Thunder guard averaged 21.3 points on 68 percent shooting against San Antonio in the regular season. "If anybody watched our games, they watched Reggie Jackson basically be the Spur killer every time we play them." - Popovich.
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Where is the grossest place to unexpectedly find poop
45 Comments on "Where is the grossest place to unexpectedly find poop"
There should be an all of the above option.
The only kind of poop I would want to see in my bath tub, would be that poop soap. Other than that, no brown tide for me.
In the car is just as bad. I can imagine the stench in a hot 120+ degree car. Ewwww.
In my shoes isn't as bad. Shoes can be thrown away, and feet washed.
In bed is disgusting. I don't mind rolling in the dough, but rolling in the doo is just plain nasty.
The fridge is equally as gross. I keep my food in there and ABD (already been digested) food need not apply.
I am winter's hurricane, I am the great blizzard of 1899, and no body shall be exempt from my wrath.
"Two percent of the population think; three percent of the population think they think, and 95 percent of the population would rather die than think."
I picked the bathtub because the fridge was just too bizarre of a choice.
Incidentally, I have found a turd in my bed. "Freshness Date for a Turd" in the forums, May 2004. The horror.
.....hugging bunnies since 1969
.....hugging bunnies since 1969
Oddly enough, I HAVE found poop in every one of the choices offered except the fridge, (that's just bizarro) and the car.
I voted for the car because it's my last sanctuary. If I find poop in it, I'll sell it and get a moped.
Holy skid marks Batman!
Bad kitty! Bathtubs are NOT litterboxes!
I had to go with fridge. The tub I can just spray and rinse clean, the shoes I'd just throw away, the sheets would be goin' in hot water, and my car would have to go to the detailer.
But the fridge would have to be emptied, wasting a lot of money, THEN I'd have to clean and disinfect it, AND I'd have to go shop for more food. I wouldn't be taking any chances of E-coli or some other yucky thing taking up residence in the chill chest.
When I think of the fridge as an option, I think of Jeffery Dahmer. Is that gross enough for you?
Pulling My Pants Down For Peace, Plop and Posterity!
Pulling My Pants Down For Peace, Plop and Posterity!
All of these choices were RANK. The grossest I've ever found poop was at a family restaurant I used to frequent when drinking. It's like a TGI Fridays called Kelseys. One night after several drinks I went to the washroom and there in the middle of the floor was a pair of huge white jockeys almost buried under a mound of soft serve. I had one of the fastest 12 drink pisses of my life and went back to the bar and called Sandy the bartender over.
After I told her the situation she dispatched some poor custodial kid to deal with it. He went in and was out from his reconaissance in record time, he called Sandy over and kept shaking his head, she seemed pretty firm with him and he went into the back and emerged later with garbage bags on each arm, and a towel wrapped around his head over his nose and mouth to deal with it. The rest of my pees for that night were deposited in the Mr. Sub next door.
I have had turd in the fridge...had something wrong with me and the Doc asked for stool sample, and provided me with the "kit". I know some of you must have dealt with the "kit" before, a much too small poly glove, a very tiny specimen container, and a fucking popsicle stick. I pooped, glopped a few stick-fuls of sludge into the jar, and all over the sides (god damn it!), screwed the lid on and jammed the damn thing in the fridge until my appointment two days later. My wife, not having caught up on the events of my Dr's visit yet, opened the fridge and almost added to the chilled poop collection I seemed to have started. It took quite a bit of explaining, and showing the directions to her, to calm her down. I had to bleach the damn thing once the whole ordeal was over, and restock the whole thing as well, which, on reflection, probably wasn't a bad thing.
"One of the founding members of the Front Page Hyena Pack, and runs as its alpha male when the urge strikes him, which is often." Daphne (one perceptive chick)
I'm holding off on voting for now because I can't decide between bed and fridge and car.
Any unexpected shit is gross, and the bed and car are the hardest to clean or throw away (and most loved). Also, is it smears or a whole load?
Fridge? Is it properly contained or just sitting there without any barrier? Working with animals, samples are kept in fridges, but stored in several layers of plastics so that there is no contact with things around it. But finding it unsuspected in my own personal FOOD fridge with nothing surrounding it, as natural as the way it was born? THAT would be the worst!
I'm also tempted to say fridge because the description was funniest: 'Just-- Why??'
'Hey that sounds pretty nasty, how about a courtesy flush over there?' (AP1)
'Hey that sounds pretty nasty, how about a courtesy flush over there?' (AP1)
If I found poop in my fridge, I'd need to move. The circumstances as to why poop would end up in my fridge, might be a sign for me to join the witness protection program. Sorta like "Luca Brazzi sleeps with the fishes", I don't want to find the symbol for "Queen of Sharts eats shit", either.
Don't be playin' with the Queen of Sharts
Don't be playin' with the Queen of Sharts
There's just no way a piece of crap is finding it's way into my fridge. I guess the medical description could be the only way, but that little sample jar would be triple zipplocked and wrapped in four plastic grocery bags stuffed in some small compartment that would henceforth be bleached.
What's so funny 'bout poop, love, and understanding?
What's so funny 'bout poop, love, and understanding?
But, Pantload, the question is not "where would you rather PUT poop?" The question is, if you were the victim of Turd Terrorism, which location would gross you out the most?
Would you be most dismayed to find caca in your Van, your Vans, your Vanity, or your Van de Kamps?
Yes, I'd say fridge for sure. How the hell would it get in there in the first place? Unless, of course, I was at a raw food extremists house, then maybe it wouldn't be so bizarre to find it there. Some of these morons actually eat their poop thinking they'll get nutrition out of it. (I've also recently learned that the same doctor who recommends feces eating told his followers to re-eat their vomit. I've got some puking to do myself right about now!)
If a man farts and no one's around, does he make a sound?
I found Jesus! He was behind the sofa the whole time!
I bet the doctor that told people to eat their poo and their vomit knew that it wouldn't be too hard to end up doing both at the same sitting.
Holy skid marks Batman!
Bad kitty! Bathtubs are NOT litterboxes!
I voted for the car simply b/c my car is new and I'd HATE to have to find another new car all over again! I could clean just about anything else and move on.... but the car? Certain odors just WON'T leave a car - ever!
Rock-n-roll! Poopy-poo!
Rock-n-roll! Poopy-poo!
My thoughts exactly shitwit!
Holy skid marks Batman!
Bad kitty! Bathtubs are NOT litterboxes!
Last week I was in the shower and a sudden urge to fart came upon me. So of course I began to lean into it and it blasted forth. However as soon as it left I knew it was a little too juicy. My mind said uh oh then dont look behind you dont look behind you but I did and it was the Homer Simpson DOH! It was a spectacular fecal splatter pattern I must say.
The Thunderous Crapper 63 Enjoying home toilet advantage since 2004!
there should be a other option ...... once after walking my dog I gave him a hug and came away covered in dog crap. Apparently he rolled in dog poo and I didnt notice till it was to late. Thats the worse for me I ended up with shit all over my shirt and arms. oh and I agree with Chuck that whole eating shit thing make me throw up a little in my mouth.
40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
Ha! Yes! On your loved one if you just gave them a hug and it got on you!
I was holding off on voting before becuase I wasn't clear on if it was a whole shload or just smears (which has actually happened in varying degrees-- stories for later)(and from a COMPLETELY unkown source or just unexpected one), but now that you say that, I (unoffically) vote for that!
'Hey that sounds pretty nasty, how about a courtesy flush over there?' (AP1)
'Hey that sounds pretty nasty, how about a courtesy flush over there?' (AP1)
Of all those horrifying choices, I went with the fridge.
And it burns, burns, burns -
The ring of fire.
And it burns, burns, burns -
The ring of fire.
On my upper lip. I have drinking buddies who do a stinkfinger swipe move sometimes, and, well... you get the picture. The revenge involved fromunda cheese. Aside form that, car. Bed is gross, but understandable from a certain perspective. Like, if you're sick and have the trots and are sleeping... I'm not sure, but it seems plausible. Fridge has been explained away already. I was skeptical, but the more I thought about it, medically requested and contained poop in the fridge is not really as bad as it could be. Poop in the car? How would that occur? Maybe that crazy asstronaut lady had a shart while she was hauling ass to get to her romantic rival and it flew out of the top of the diaper... Also, I'm reminded of the first Jackass movie. Ugh.
Pretty damn funny GGG. If I were a vic of turd terrorism I'd still have to go with the fridge. That would just stick in my mind every time I opened it's door no matter how well I would clean it. Crap is NOT food even if that's where it got it's start.
What's so funny 'bout poop, love, and understanding?
What's so funny 'bout poop, love, and understanding?
Ugh, I'd have to say fridge. I'd have to throw away all the food, including the pickle in the peanut butter ice cream jar.
Uh, Grannie, that ain't no pickle, and it sure ain't no peanut butter ice cream...
"One of the founding members of the Front Page Hyena Pack, and runs as its alpha male when the urge strikes him, which is often." Daphne (one perceptive chick)
xD Thanks for the chuckle.
I've plumped for bed but not my own thankfully. I worked in the laundry room of a hotel for a very short while and on my first day there a load of sheets tumbled down into the big metal basket that was at the foot of the laundry chute.
They looked ordinary enough until we unfolded them and found a huge amount of very sloppy stinky shit in them. Where the sheets had been folded had served to make what was already a quite considerable amount of shit look gargantuan. There was a chocolate smear of about 18 inches wide by some 10 inches or so deep. It was absolutely caked into the sheets.
They didn't need to be thrown though and I raised a chuckle when we discovered the people next to lay in them were a devoutly religious couple from the States who were over to see their family and also some preacher chap who was appearing locally.
I'd have to agree with healthy 1, that there should be an all-of-above. Lacking that, disgusting as some of the others are, i went with fridge (very well contained stool samples notwithstanging). I would be highly offended to find, say, a moist log on a plate, sitting amongst my food.
Happy crapping! (_o_)
Happy crapping! (_o_)
i would say fridge but this gives me a whole lot of ideas
_Church would be one. ______
Producing waste since 1967
Producing waste since 1967
Hanus Anus- you seen Garfield a Tale of Two Kitties? One of the specialty dishes is known as the Carlisle log. Can you guess what it looks like? lol
I will have to go back and vote on this one because when I first read the question I couldn't think of a time of finding poop in any of those locations. However, I have had to store stool samples in the fridge (in a big HAZMAT container), so I could vote that. The most unexpected place I found poop was in my own pants! It happened this way: I was at work and had to go. I had a fairly large, normal b.m., a little soft at the end, and managed to drop the book I was reading. I got up off the seat to get it, sat back down, and wiped myself. Then I got dressed, smelled an unusually vivid poop smell, and decided to investigate. Fortunately, I was still in the bathroom, so I simply re-lowered my pants. In doing so, I suddenly felt something moist and of near body temperature on the back of one leg. Upon lowering my underpants, I saw a decent-sized turd in them, just having rubbed parts of itself down my leg. Obviously, when I got up to get that book, a hanger-on turd fetched loose and landed in my undies. Yuck! Long and not very successful cleanup job.
The grossest place I ever unexpectedly found poop was in the summer of 2006 at Miller Park in Milwaukee. As college students, my boyfriend and I went up there for a baseball gaem. By the 2nd inning, I had to pee and I went down to a restroom and a line that was considerably long. I was starting to hurt real bad, and after about a 10-minute wait I noticed mysteriously that no one had gone in or come out of oen stall and that the door was ajar. I mentally already had myself sitting down and feeling relief before I even got to the stall because the lines were moving very slowly. The lighting was very dim and to add to the problem, I had my sunglasses on. I went in, latched the door and dropped myself onto the black seat just as my bladder was about to seep into my pants. Immediately, I felt a squish under the largest part of my left thigh that I thought at first might have been a large amount of sweat from my butt on that humid day. My pee was done in just over a minute and I still felt something odd under my thigh. I got up to grab the toilet paper and wipe and looked down on the old black seat to find four inches of smashed moist poop amost equally deposited on me and the seat. It was even grosser than the time as a middle school student when I had to both have diarrhea and puke at the same time while my older sister was playing in an orchestra concert.
At church this morning I visited the restroom to pee; it is a small unisex bathroom complete with sink and toilet. The toilet water was empty; however, near the bottom of the rim, at the extreme left side of the bowl, were two small bits of poop sticking to the porcelain. My question: given normal seated posture and normal trajectory of descending poop, how did that poop get there? Either the donor was sitting sidesaddle on the seat (a near-impossibility as the sink is immediately adjacent), or he exploded sideways (wouldn't a cheek get in the way?). Odd.
Could it be a miracle?
Im outta here. Can't top that one.
I have read of people who work in restaurants spitting on peoples food as revenge for some slight they think they have suffered.
I wonder if anyone has ever been so pissed at a customer they actually served them the proverbial
"shit sandwich"?
I voted for "in the fridge",
but "in the food" would certainly be worse.
Eat chilies and feel the burn!!
If I had two faces do you think I'd be wearing this one?
in my mouth or on my face. as a mother i have many times seen something brown on my kid and said to myself what is that i think i'll taste is and find out. don't ask me why i thought this i just did. luckily i have never tasted shit, it has always been chocolate or dirt.
Earth, insane asylum for the universe.
Chief, a while back I was listening to a Detroit talk radio station and the subject of discussion was so called food terrorism. One particularly disturbing caller said he hated his job so much that he would nightly shit into the pot of simmering chili being made for the next day. I guess the smell would be overwhelmed by the volume and the shit would disintegrate, but what really disturbed me about this was that the eatery he worked at (names were not allowed) very closely described a place I used to eat at regularly in Detroit.
Please tell me Chief, please please. Isn't chili supposed to have some corn in it.
PD...........Were the corn kernels plump with sweet tasting centers?, if your answer is yes things are OK On the other hand, were they merely empty shells?........
Eat chilies and feel the burn!!
If I had two faces do you think I'd be wearing this one?
Chief, as soon as I finish this last case of Listerine, I'll give it some thought.
Lye is a good breath freshener & general oral cleanser, it eats away your cheeks and lets the air flow through.
Eat chilies and feel the burn!!
If I had two faces do you think I'd be wearing this one?


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The Universal Music Group's proposed acquisition of EMI is headed for the endgame in the regulatory process. According to sources, on Friday the European Commission will put the deal and the concessions package to vote before full college of EU commissioners, sources say. The deal is expected to be approved -- albeit with Universal selling off a substantial amount of EMI's assets, including 50-60% of EMI's European annual sales volume, sources tell Billboard.biz -- with a formal press release being issued Monday.
The EU has until Sept. 27 to make its decision known and issue a written report on the decision.
Meanwhile, sources say things are also coming to a head in the U.S. too, where the Federal Trade Commission has been reviewing the deal. The FTC is also expected to reveal its decision next week, sources suggest. The Federal Trade Commission declined comment while the EU was unavailable for comment at press time.
Universal Music-EMI: Vivendi Confirms Payment [1]
In Europe, the vote by the full college is the third and final step in the process, sources say. So far, sources say that VP of the EU and Commissioner for Competition Joaquin Almunia has approved the deal, and on Sept. 7, it went before the advisory committee comprised of representatives of the 27 EU states, which voted on the deal.
It was unclear at press time how that vote turned out, but sources say the vote isn't enough to stop the deal or give it approval, although the EU Directorate-General for Competition Alexander Italiener has to tell the board how it has taken their opinion into account as the regulatory process moves toward the full college's final vote.
Universal Music-EMI Update: Where the Deal Stands [1]
As has been reported, the deal will likely be approved by both the EU and the FTC due to the concessions package submitted by the Universal Music Group, which includes the divestment of the global rights of the Parlophone, Chrysalis, and Sanctuary catalogs. That means that UMG will be selling labels that include acts like Radiohead and catalogs like Sinead O'Conner and Jethro Tull, among many others, but it will hold onto the Beatles catalog, which is on the Parlophone label.
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Very nice appartment- Noise from street.
Close to rail station. Extremely cheap. No a/c! We could not sleep at all, it was simply too hot and uncomfortable. The bathroom comes with a squeegy to mop up after you shower. Although we knew about the red light location, we did not expect a man to be staring into our room from across the street. Not worth saving money to stay here.
220 Euro for 1 night in a room which has nothing similar to the picture shown in the website. The decoration cost of the room I stayed is less than 500 Euro.
The room was clean and it was just good to have a roof over our heads The price paid was what I'd expect for a glamorous 5 star hotel and not a plain, clean apartment found at the top of a very dirty, old building in a very seedy neighbourhood. It was way overpriced for essentially a backpackers hostel.
The design is contemporary minimal, with walk-in power shower. Good breakfast for a good start of a busy day. The location is not to my liking, but they can't do anything. Bring ear plugs or you can get them from the reception/bar!
cheap, relaively clean. lift needs to b fixed not that you really care cause it's been out of order for ages. fix the lift. I know it's been out of order for ages.
Loved it! it was really awesome! i really want to go back! Nothing was bad! awesome personnel and if there was any trouble everyting was easy to fix. really welcomming and a great place to realx and just to get the hang of that you really are in germany
dangerous area
pool room downstairs was great. good value beers in the hotel too. staff were friendly & the place was secure, (which is key, as the location is doggy) would recommend for sure. although the location was fairly rough, drug addicts, prostitues etc, we never felt "unsafe".
Nothing.Nichts.Nil Nada Extremely basic,more like a prison cell.unpainted plain concrete ceiling,small unwelcoming room,dirty,smelly shower area,no facilities in room,no towels or bed linen,had to go to reception and pay a deposit(refundable)to get bed linen and make your own bed and to top it all,in the middle of Frankfurts red light zone,constant noise from the street below until 6 in the morning
Very friendly staff, clean room and bathroom, excellent location, reasonable price and great bar on the 3rd floor! Excellent breakfast too! The only problem we had during our stay was noise. Not the usual noise I'd expect from the street or rowdy backpackers, but from decorators and cleaners. We only stayed for one Sunday night. At midnight there was somebody fixing the floor of the corridor. When we asked if it could wait till the morning he said "no!". Then the next morning we were woken at 6am by someone vigorously cleaning the corridor! We have young children so this isn't really acceptable. Would still recommend this hostel though!
ambience, friendliness, so near station and city center.
reasonable breakfast, very friendly staff. wifi in certain area. a bit expensive for a hostel.
nothing only the near distance to station it was very bad .the room were unclean the room had not service the price in comporison of the condation was exteremly high .I never recomend this hotel to others.
Location, Location, Location! Next to the Train Station, can't top that. room was small for a 4 people private, it was expected though, it was a good price. Breakfast room is too small for all the people they host, should work on that, but the breakfast was good.
Most of the staff were friendly. It was very noisy at night. My room was above the reception/activity room. Live music after midnight and loud singing. There was no closet in the room, so I had to live out of my suitcase.
during the exhabition, hotel fee is very expensive.
No one! Bed not done, no warm water!!, Ordered a single and received a 4 "bed" room. It is not an hostel, even the quality of a youth hostel, advanced payment demanded! How can you score that place as a 3 star hostel? It is not acceptable!
good location, very near to Frankfurt Main train station dining room always crowded....table to big
Free Wi fi
Clean, friendly, lots of extras, great location and value... couldn't ask for more! Nothing