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The South Korean pop star's follow-up to viral hit 'Gangnam Style' breaks the record for most views in a single day.
After breaking existing records for most views for a video in its first day on YouTube, PSY's new music video "Gentleman" sets another record, breaking the previous one held by "Kony 2012" on the popular video hosting site. The 35-year-old entertainer's follow-up to his first global viral hit "Gangnam Style" is likewise making its mark on YouTube, breaking the record for most views in a single day with 38 million views.
With 8 million more views than "Kony 2012" previous record (30 million views) garnered by "Gentleman" last April 14, PSY's mischievous dance track clip edged the short film for the distinction of getting the most views in a single day. This achievement came just a day after it first broke the record held by Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj's collaboration "Beauty and a Beat" for most views of a video on its YouTube debut.
Although it's still a long way to go before "Gentleman" duplicates the 1.5 billion views of "Gangnam Style", it may well be on track to overtake its predecessor for the title of most watched video of all-time as it already got viewed 215 million times over the past ten days since it was released. It's a very quick turnaround considering that "Gangnam Style" took all of 50 days to reach 100 million views.
The new record-setting accomplishment is welcome news for the South Korean superstar in light of the recent ban that his new video got from a state-run broadcast network based in his own homeland for abuse of public property. Right at the opening sequence of the clip, PSY is seen kicking a traffic cone that says, "No Parking," after which he bursts into laughter as he points to the camera, the first of many ungentlemanly behaviors he exhibits for the music video.


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Preventing dance injuries to the foot and ankle
Published: May 28, 2013
We have all watched a ballerina perform, and applauded at the end of the performance. But how many of us have paused to consider the demands placed on their feet and possible injuries they may develop during a performance or long hours of practice.
Dancing is an excellent exercise, for the whole body. If you love dancing for exercise, from ballet, hip hop, salsa, Calypso, Zumba or any other forms of aerobic dance, you must know dancing places more physical demands on the feet and ankle and increases your risk of injury. In addition, the type of footwear or lack of correct footwear used during the dance can also put the feet at risk for injury. The various positions and steps performed during the dance routine put pressure on different parts of the foot and cause injuries to these parts of the feet. For example, ballet dancers have added risk of foot and ankle injury because of specific positions such as "on pointe" and "demi-pointe," which can add stress to the toes and ball of the feet.
The most common injuries seen in dancers may include:
• Dancer's fracture or fifth metatarsal fracture, which is often the result of landing awkwardly on the outer side of the foot or twisting of the ankle.
• Lateral ankle sprain, which is a common injury among all athletes. This may happen from landing awkwardly after a jump or twisting the ankle especially on uneven surfaces.
• Bunions (Hallux Valgus), do not usually develop because of dancing, but may be made worse by wearing tight fitting shoes and irritation to the big toe joint.
• Stress fractures may result from too much dancing or dancing for too long which causes stress and weakens the bones. This most commonly happens in the second metatarsal and may cause pain and swelling.
• Ankle impingement syndrome is pain to the front or back of the ankle related to bone pinching the soft tissue when the ankle is pointed in one direction or the other. Over time this can progress to arthritis to the ankle joint.
• Trigger toe or tenosynovitis results when a tendon cannot glide within its canal, causing it to "jam" or get stuck. This prevents the big toe from being able to move freely up and down and sometimes getting stuck in one position.
• Sesamoiditis, Hallux Rigidus, Plantar Fasciitis and Achilles Tendonitis are also common injuries to the foot seen with overuse and repetitive trauma that occur while dancing.
All forms of dance place unique stresses on the foot and ankle. While the level of participation varies from recreational to professional, dance remains one of the most physically demanding activities on the musculoskeletal system and especially the feet. The hours of practice in dance may improve strength, flexibility, and balance. But sometimes overuse or chronic injury can occur.
Tips to prevent dance injuries
• Don't be extreme: Start your dance routine slowly and gradually increase the frequency, intensity and the duration of your exercise to avoid dance-related injuries and to safely and effectively partake in dance fitness. You may need to take a beginner's class before heading to the advanced class as well as taking one or two classes a week first instead of taking a class every day.
• Take the time to warm up: Always stretch gently and warm up for a few minutes before a dance class by doing light exercise. This will allow your muscles to loosen and warm-up and be better prepared for the workout. You can also get to the gym a few minutes early and do some cardio like walking on the treadmill, the elliptical or ride the stationary bike to get your body ready to boogie down.
• Cool down too: It is just as important to cool down after a workout as it is to warm up before. Your muscles will recover faster, reduce your risk of injury and you will feel better. This will prevent lactic acid build-up and any unnecessary injuries that might occur from tight muscles, if you just walk out of the class and head on with the rest of your day.
• Focus on proper technique: Proper technique is a vital ingredient in preventing dance-related injuries. Turning your body the wrong direction or holding a position incorrectly can instantly lead to injuries — pulled muscles, strains, sprains and even fractures. It is important to listen to your body. If something doesn't feel right or if you have pain don't do it. Pay attention to your dance instructor to learn proper dance moves as well as ask questions about how to do the moves can be a big help.
• Wear proper footwear: Before you start a dance-fitness class, ask the dance instructor for footwear recommendations. You might be able to get away with using your regular running shoes for a while, but if you plan on dancing often, it is best to invest in the correct footwear to prevent injuries.
• Cross train: Most dance routines will give you a full-body workout, but doing only one type of workout puts you at risk for overuse injury. Many injuries can be prevented with improved posture, flexibility and strength. Instead of doing only dance classes every week, add a strength training class, a Pilates class or another type of cardiovascular workout to exercise the muscles you don't use regularly with dance and allow the dance muscles to rest in between workouts. Not only will you reduce your risk of injury, you will also get fit faster and avoid burn out.
Tips for the injured
If you do get a dance-related injury, it is important to take a rest from dance class and start on the road to recovery. It is best to follow the PRICE (Protect the injured area. Rest from activity and dance. Ice. Compression bandage or wrap. And Elevate an injury to decrease swelling). If pain and swelling persists, it may be time to see the podiatrist for an evaluation and treatment of any injury that is present. Early diagnosis and treatment of injuries helps to prevent long term complications and allows a safe return to your dance routine. Specific stretching and strengthening exercises or physical therapy may also be recommended.
• For more information visit www.apma.org or www.foothealth.org or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. To see a podiatrist visit Bahamas Foot Centre Rosetta Street or call 325-2996 for an appointment or visit Bahamas Surgical Associates Center on Albury Lane off Shirley Street or call 394-5820 for an appointment.

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SAO PAULO (CBS/AP) It may sound shocking, but in the land of thong bikinis and Carnaval, 20-year-old student Geisy Arruda says she was expelled from a Brazilian university for wearing a dress that was just too darn sexy.
Bandeirante University said they booted her for flashing on campus and disrespecting "academic dignity."
Either way, the tourism student who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students when she wore a short, pink dress to class and then became a Brazilian television and Internet sensation for fighting back, has gotten a team of lawyers and threatened to sue.
And it looks as if the tactics have worked.
Bandeirante University reversed its decision to expel her following a flood of negative reaction.
The dean of the private college in suburban Sao Paulo released a statement Monday announcing the reversal, without saying why it had decided to let her back in.
Videos of students ridiculing and cursing Arruda for her short outfit turned up on the Web, and quickly made headlines across Brazil and drew attention around the world to the Oct. 22 incident.
Student even took out newspaper ads Sunday to publicly accuse her of immorality.
Arruda was forced to put on a professor's white coat to cover her short, pink dress and was escorted away by police amid a hail of insults by students, some of whom shouted "whore."
Arruda said just before Monday's decision that she was humiliated by the experience and was never warned by university officials that her dress was too racy, according to the private Agencia Estado news agency
"If a security guard or a professor had told me something I would have humbly returned home and changed my clothes," she said, accompanied by seven lawyers at a packed press conference.
In originally expelling Geisy Arruda from the university, officials said she paraded provocatively and raised the dress.
"There are hundreds of girls wearing miniskirts on this campus every day, and nothing has ever happened," Vice Dean Ellis Brown said at a news conference Tuesday. "The size of the dress was never discussed - her behavior was."
Her expulsion prompted complaints from the national student union and Brazil's minister in charge of women's policy, and a demand from the Education Ministry that the university explain why it had kicked her out.
The student had told reporters through one of her lawyers that she was going to sue the college so she could finish the semester.
Arruda and her lawyers could not be reached for comment on the school's reversal, but in her interview ahead of the decision she said she wanted to return to school but was also scared about going back.
"I only want to go into the classroom, sit down, study and take tests," she said.
Although Brazil is known for revealing clothing — especially in beach cities, where many bikinis are referred to locally as "dental floss" — most college students dress more modestly on campus, commonly in jeans and T-shirts.
The university published newspaper advertisements Sunday saying it expelled Arruda for disrespecting "ethical principles, academic dignity and morality."
The ads also alleged Arruda acted in a provocative manner incompatible with the university's environment.
University lawyer Decio Lencioni told Globo TV that the institution was merely following its rules.
"The problem is not her clothes," he said. "It's her behavior, her attitude."
Lencioni and the university alleged Arruda even raised her dress and stopped to pose for photos the night she wore the short dress on campus. He said she also chose the longest way to get to class to attract the attention of more students.
Arruda vehemently denied the claim, saying, "It's a big lie that I raised the dress," Agencia Estado reported.
In Sunday's ads, titled "Educational Responsibility," the college said it had previously warned Arruda to change her behavior and decided to expel her after talking to students, staff and Arruda.
"I always dressed in a way that makes me feel good and that doesn't offend anybody," Arruda said during an interview with Brazil's Globo TV. "I was always like that and was never recriminated by anybody."
Civil police in the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo outside Sao Paulo, where the university is located, said they will investigate the students accused of heckling Arruda. The university said some will be temporarily suspended.


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by Bruce Strand, Sports editor
Terry Hadden pitched the distance and Brandon Meyer delivered two big hits as Elk River stymied Maple Grove 3-1 at home Monday.
On a windy, 60-degree afternoon, Hadden limited the Crimson to four singles and one walk, striking out seven.
The senior right-hander outdueled freshman Brett Schulze, who allowed just seven hits, for his second complete-game wins. Hadden (2-1) has one loss in relief and one no-decision.
"Today I was focusing more on getting the first pitch for a strike and getting the first out of the inning," said Hadden. "I was working low and they hit a lot of ground balls and our infield did a great job. And Porter Morrell did a great job behind the plate like he always does."
The Elks are 5-1 in conference and 10-1 overall. Maple Grove is 3-7 and 3-8. Coon Rapids at 8-1 is the only team ahead of the Elks in the NWSC.
Coach Ryan Holmgren said coaches talked to the team about playing an efficient game.
"When you play Maple Grove, it's the team that makes the fewest mistakes and throws strikes that comes out on top," said Holmgren.
"They are traditionally a very good defensive team with good discipline, and offensively they go after that small-ball game really well. So we had to throw strikes and make plays in the field. Terry did a great job throwing strikes and keeping his pitch count low."
Meyer, the Elk leadoff man, belted a solo homer in the fifth inning, a line-drive down the line, his second round-tripper in two games. The junior shortstop also led off the first with a double, took third on an error, and scored on Hadden's single.
Matt Baker knocked in the other run with a triple up the right-center alley in the third inning, after a single by Tim Sanford.
Meyer and Hadden were each 2-for-3. Nick Johnson was 1-for-2 and Sam Wirtz (double) and Baker each 1-for-3.
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LUKE Hedger is hoping to "make Yate proud" in his toughest season yet.
After a very successful couple of years in the British Superbike Championship Series, winning back to back championships – British 125 GP and Superstock 600 – Hedger will be competing in the British Supersport Championship against some of the best racers in the UK.
Hedger had his first test at Brands Hatch in Kent recently.
The conditions weren't great but it was good for him to associate himself with the bike and the Gearlink Kawasaki team, who he won his Championship with last year.
At the end of March the team will be taking the riders over to Spain for a two-day test and then three official BSB tests at the beginning of April before the first round at Brands Hatch begins on Easter weekend.
This year Hedger will have two races at each round, one on Saturday and then another on Sunday, with all his races shown live on Eurosport.
He said: "I am really looking forward to the first round at Brands Hatch and hope I can make Yate proud.
"I have had an amazing couple of years so far but none of it would have been possible without my loyal sponsors, especially 1st Choice Flooring, who have been there for me and supporting me from the start."


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St Mark's, Meera Bagh hosts Swedish delegation
St Mark's Senior Secondary Public School, Meera Bagh, hosted Cecilia Ottersten Nylund and Kajsa Broenkvist, lecturers from the Central Administration Department, University West, Trollhattan, Sweden for a week.delhi Updated: Mar 21, 2011 23:10 IST
St Mark's Senior Secondary Public School, Meera Bagh, hosted Cecilia Ottersten Nylund and Kajsa Broenkvist, lecturers from the Central Administration Department, University West, Trollhattan, Sweden for a week. The aim of their visit was to initiate a collaborative effort and model possibilities for teachers and students of both institutions to benefit from each other's strengths. They interacted with the teachers and students of the school about teaching methodology in Mathematics, English and Social Science and also didactical teaching aspects. They met the school chairman TP Aggarwal and principal A Aggarwal and presented their proposals for consideration and future implementation.
Dev Samaj Modern School No.2, Sukhdev Vihar, organised a Literacy Mela under the aegis of Delhi Schools Literacy Project (DSLP) for the learners of the slums. The Mela was followed by several cultural activities performed by the slum learners throughout the day. Several stalls of games based on literacy were put by the participating schools to motivate the learners. One of the star attractions of the Mela was the stall put up by the Old Springdalian Association where they sold old clothes and toys at extremely subsidised prices. To encourage the learners and to sharpen their creative skills, several competitions were also organised. School's chairperson Swadesh Sharma addressed the gathering. Chief guest Kusum Vir, director, Directorate of Adult Education, Ministry of HRD, Government of India, appreciated the efforts laid by the school and congratulated the principal Manoj Madaan and his team for making event a grand success. The other distinguished guests present were Rajni Kumar, honorary advisor of DSLP and other members of DSLP.
Balvant Ray Mehta Vidya Bhawan, Lajpat Nagar, celebrated its annual sports meet. Chief guest Satinder Kaur, regional director education, lauded the efforts of the students and gave away the prizes for their performance in various co-curricular activities. Principal Lalita Kharabanda and the headmistress Sunita Bhatia welcomed the august gathering and appreciated the efforts put in by the teachers and students in presenting a spectacular show. The highlights of the events were the march past, hoop drill, yoga, Japanese dance and umbrella dance. Manager RK Wadhera proposed the vote of thanks.


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Free music at Itasca tonight
Come out to Itasca State Park tonight (Sunday) and relax at the historic Forest Inn, as you enjoy familiar folk and folk rock songs performed by Jim and Molly Bauer, Minnesota-based acoustic guitarists with contemporary folk musical origins.
Jim and Molly are returning for their fourth season at the original concert series: Itasca's Music Under the Pines. The free concert begins at 7 p.m. For more information, call 218-699-7259.


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This article is a transcript of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Free Samples" from season eight, which aired on April 6, 2012.
- [Plankton laughs, squirts out chum onto a plate, smells the chum and laughs again. Karen comes out of the door]
- Karen: What do I owe the excessive volume of this giggling?
- Plankton: You may thank my new and original idea, darling. [Karen is confused] Free samples! [Karen is still confused]
- Karen: New and original, my exhaust fan.
- Plankton: Okay, so I didn't invent the concept, but I have improved upon it by removing the only obstacle to chum's success!
- Karen: You mean the smell? [Karen starts laughing] Smell.
- Plankton: No. I mean getting the public to try some! Once everyone gets a taste of my delicious chum, they will tear this place apart to get some. Plus it's free, and who can resist free! [scene cuts in Chum Bucket, Plankton is sitting on a bench near the store with free samples] Step right up for your free samples of delicious chum!
- Nat: Hey, what did he just say it was?
- Plankton: I just said they're free!
- Nat: Oh... I thought he said freaks. In that case... [everyone goes in line] So glad I actually left my house today.
- [everyone gets some chum]
- Plankton: That's the spirit, people. Step on up, but please take your time and be orderly. I wanna savor this whole putting Krabs out of business. Business.
- Sally: What is it?
- Shubie: Oh, who cares silly-big-milly? It's free!
- Sally: Oh, it's going to be so good cause it's free!
- [everyone starts putting the chum in their mouths then gets surprised]
- Plankton: Eat up. [Plankton laughs, and Shubie holds her stomach, Nancy and the Lifeguard turn green, Nancy's hair stands on end, everyone is nauseous] I have no idea that chum was this rotten. I better not be here when all this agony turns to anger. [Plankton runs]
- Nat: Hey, he's making a run for it! We can't let him get away with this! Let's get up and... [Nat was nauseous again, and he spoke in a deep voice]..get him.
- [everyone, still sick, chases Plankton. Patrick comes up to the stand]
- Patrick: "Free samples". [Patrick eats one of the chum and enjoys it] Yum! [Patrick eats more chum]
- [everyone was by the Chum Bucket. Lifeguard pounds on the door]
- Lifeguard: Hey, you!, I know you're in there!
- Plankton: It's not fair! If Krabs gave away free samples he wouldn't get this treatment!
- Karen: If Krabs gave away free samples, he probably won't poison people thus tarnishing the good name of his restaurant.
- Plankton: Yeah, I suppose you right, Karen. [Plankton got an idea] Free Krabby Patties! Step up, step up, you'll never get this chance again, folks!
- Harold: Free Krabby Patties?!
- [everyone runs to the stand again]
- Nat: Hey, what's all the hubble?
- Nazz: Oh, didn't ya hear? Someone's giving away free Krabby Patties!
- Plankton: That's it. [laughs]
- Lifeguard: Hey, wait a minute. Aren't you the same guy who was giving away those rotten chum samples before?
- Plankton: [sweated nervously] Oh, that wasn't me that was... uh... my... brother-in-law, yeah, er, Flankton.
- Lifeguard: Oh, okay.
- [everyone eats the chum, Lifeguard's eyes popped out and his arms fall out, everyone else falls on the Lifeguard. Plankton comes out of the sewer]
- Plankton: Krabby Patties, anyone?
- [other people eats the chum, as a fish hurls]
- SpongeBob: [singing] I'm off to work, off to work, getting ready for flipping. [SpongeBob sees people by the Krusty Krab] Those customers can't get enough Krabby Patties. Settle down folks: I'm here; I shall have your Krabby Patties before you shortly.
- Nat: You!
- Lifeguard: You made those awful Krabby Patties which made my eyeballs fall out!
- [SpongeBob got scared and slides into the Krusty Krab]
- SpongeBob: Mr. Krabs!
- Mr. Krabs: Over here boy. [Mr. Krabs was hiding by the table]
- SpongeBob: What is going on out there?
- Mr. Krabs: The whole town has turned against me! And I have no idea why. [Lifeguard throws a brick with a note through the window] "Because the Krabby Patty is terrible". [gasps] Krabby Patty? Terrible? How do those words even go together?
- SpongeBob: I don't know, but we have do something to turn this situation around.
- Mr. Krabs: SpongeBob, you're right. We have to do everything in our power to bring those customers back. We'll triple the prices.
- SpongeBob: Mr. Krabs, if you want to get customers in here, shouldn't we lower the prices?
- Mr. Krabs: Fine. [Mr. Krabs lowers the price from $2.99 to $2.98] How about that? [one of the customers throw rocks] I'M RUINED! [Mr. Krabs starts crying]
- SpongeBob: Mr. Krabs, if you want your customers back, we're gonna need to take more extreme measures.
- Mr. Krabs: I'm all ears.
- SpongeBob: We simply give Krabby Patties away for fr- [Mr. Krabs grabs SpongeBob's lips]
- Mr. Krabs: Don't you say it, boy.
- SpongeBob: It's the only way, Mr. Krabs. [SpongeBob was holding a stand] Alright, sir, it's time.
- Mr. Krabs: Time? But it's too soon. [Mr. Krabs jumped to the stand] I'm not ready to let them go free.
- SpongeBob: But you said to go ahead with the plan no matter how hard you fight me.
- Mr. Krabs: I don't remember saying anything like that.
- SpongeBob: I do. [SpongeBob pulled the sheet off, Mr. Krabs screams] Free Krabby Patties! Get your totally and completely free upcharge Krabby Patties!
- Mr. Krabs: NO! [Mr. Krabs tries to run but his claws are in chains]
- SpongeBob: It's for your own good, Eugene. Free Krabby Patties, come and get your free Krabby Patties! [the word "patties" echoed]
- Mr. Krabs: Uh, for a second. I thought we have to give away a ton of Krabby Patties, but it looks like free ain't even enough to jump start me business. Wait, free ain't even enough, my business is doomed! [starts crying again]
- Plankton: I can't really believe how well this is turning out for me today. [laughs]
- SpongeBob: Hmm, looks, it's time to pull out the big guns. [SpongeBob opens the small doors and plays the calliope] No one can resist the sweet sounds of a calliope.
- Shubie: Hey look, Billy, a calliope.
- SpongeBob: Squidward, here's your cup like we rehearsed.
- Squidward: I can't feel my legs.
- SpongeBob: Here let me help you, Squidward [SpongeBob pulls Squidward's nose, Squidward goes in front of Billy]
- Baby Billy: Look, mama, a monkey! [Billy throws a penny at Squidward] Dance, monkey, dance! Dance, monkey!
- [Squidward takes off his suit]
- Squidward: I quit!
- SpongeBob: Wait, Squidward, don't leave. We can't give up yet.
- [Plankton laughs]
- Plankton: Sweet and delicious victory, you are mine!
- [SpongeBob pulls up Mr. Krabs]
- SpongeBob: Don't worry, Mr. Krabs, we'll fix this.
- Mr. Krabs: Not this time boy, it's all over for the good old Krusty Krab, it's probably best if you start looking forward for a new job, boy, maybe in the different way like.
- SpongeBob: You mean, different. [SpongeBob gets an idea] That's it!
- Mr. Krabs: Well, that was better than I expected. Well only one more thing left to do now. I have to leave back with me mom.
- Narrator: Five minutes later.
- SpongeBob: Krabby Patties, brand new Krabby Patty recipe, all new, all different, all deliciousness, try them for free!
- Nazz: You can't be serious.
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- Nat: Let him go, it's too late.
- SpongeBob: All new free Krabby Patties!
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- Frank: Yum yum yum yum yum yum. YUM! YUM! [Frank goes like a rocket] Hey, buddy boy, take my wallet, I gotta have more! [Frank goes in the stand and takes two Krabby Patties]
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- Plankton: No, wait! What's going on? You hate Krabby Patties remember? [a dump trunk dumped money] Uh-oh. [the money landed on Plankton]
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- SpongeBob: Hear what?
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The liberal media went into quite a tirade Friday after conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh made a satirical remark about the Democrats relegating House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) to Nancy Pelosi's (D-Cali.) chauffeur when the new Congress convenes in January.
Not surprisingly, MSNBC's Ed Schultz devoted a good part of his program to this issue Friday - filled with accusations of racism, of course - and got into quite an argument with Republican strategist Ron Christie (video follows with commentary and full transcript at end of post):
Readers shouldn't be at all shocked that Christie's take on this issue - that in the full context of the entire segment, Limbaugh's remarks weren't at all racist - was right on. Here's what Limbaugh actually said Thursday:
RUSH LIMBAUGH: Have you ever noticed when we end up talking about race it's always a bunch of liberals that are responsible for it, liberals in the media, liberals in the Democrat Party. This morning on MSNBC, The Daily Rundown, the cohost F. Chuck Todd interviewed former Democrat Congressman Martin Frost who's now some wealthy rich lobbyist. He does some commentating on TV. F. Chuck said, "Some speculation that Pelosi is trying to end the fight." This between Steny Hoyer and Clyburn, Hoyer wanting Clyburn to go back to the back of the bus, leadership battle here. "Clyburn has no interest in going down to the next leadership spot." He wants the whole shebang. "They are talking about creating a new spot, is that the right thing?" Here's Martin Frost, a former Democrat from Texas.
MARTIN FROST: Here's the thing. The top two leadership positions get a car, a driver. They get more staff. They get security. They get an office in the Capitol.
CHUCK TODD: When it was the three in the majority, did Clyburn also have all that?
FROST: Yes, he had all that. When you're in the minority caucus chair doesn't carry any of the stroke or the perks that it carries even in the majority.
LIMBAUGH: Do you believe what we have here today to start? We got quarterbacks crying in Miami. We got television people on the air in Philadelphia trying to say that the head coach of the Redskins is a racist, and now we've got the Democrats worried that Clyburn's getting the shaft because he's not gonna have a car; he's not gonna have a driver; he's not gonna have security; he's not gonna have any of the stroke or the perks. That's what this is all about. So last night on PBS, the Tavis Smiley Show, Tavis is interviewing the Washington Post congressional correspondent Paul Kane. You all know Paul. (interruption) You don't know Paul? Fine. So nobody else does either. "You start to hear footsteps of a brown-black coalition that might be lining up behind Jim Clyburn. I only raise that because I am wondering how that might fracture or splintered the Democratic Party in the House, quite frankly, along racial lines."
PAUL KANE: Barack Obama is starting off his reelection campaign now. He needs to reenergize the African-American vote. All of those first time black voters from 2008, he needs to get that group of people back behind him 110%. He does not want to begin that by kicking the highest ranking black congressman ever out of leadership. That's just a recipe for disaster.
LIMBAUGH: What's Obama got to do with it? Obama's gone. You know, we're gonna extend the Bush tax cuts to everybody here, where's Obama? Axelrod is out there saying, "Hey, you know what? We have to deal with the reality that is." This means, folks, don't tell me we can't secure a veto of health care. I'll get to this in more detail in just a second, but now Obama's gotta get involved to save Clyburn? Obama's gotta get involved because the white Democrats in the House are gonna throw Clyburn overboard, take away his car, take away his driver, take away his perks, take away his stroke, take away his whatever, and put him to the back of the bus? And Tavis Smiley is in on this now? Last night Tavis Smiley responded to Paul Kane. He said this.
TAVIS SMILEY: It's amazing what happens when black and brown people after years of not having any power start to demand some respect; all hell seems to break loose.
LIMBAUGH: In the Democrat Party. So there you have it. All hell breaking loose in the Democrat Party because now black and brown people, "Tonight we on the inside, we wanna get in there." You have the current white leadership responsible for the biggest shellacking in the history of the Democrat Party, well, since the thirties. You got Pelosi throwing a party to celebrate this yesterday afternoon. Pelosi threw a party at 3:30 to celebrate the achievements. The white racist leadership of the Democrat Party is trying to ace out Clyburn. Tavis Smiley says, "That's what happens when black and brown people after years of not having any power --" now, Clyburn has had power. Clyburn has had power, but they want to take it away from him here. Tavis Smiley is not down with this. Clyburn starts to demand respect and all hell seems to break loose in the Democrat Party. Hey, I have a suggestion. You know, I like to mediate these things. I like to bring people together. I like to unify people. I don't like seeing this kind of strife. Clyburn's worried about not having the car. Clyburn's worried about not having the perk of a big office, driver, and so forth. The way this can all be worked out, Clyburn's new position: Driving Miss Nancy. He gets to keep the car. He gets to go everywhere she goes, parties and everything else. He's not in the back of the bus. He's in the driver's seat, and she's in the back of the car being chauffeured. Solved problem.
As Christie said, in the context of the entire segment, the Driving Miss Nancy remark was by no means what Schultz and others in the media made it out to be.
Limbaugh further explained his point Friday:
LIMBAUGH: The opening of yesterday's program where we quoted, we played audio sound bites, Martin Frost, Democrat, claiming that the race between Hoyer and Jim Clyburn for the number two leadership post in the House is all about a car and a driver and so forth. Well, if you read the media today you would think I'm the one that said that because they are so ticked off over Driving Miss Nancy. There's a website out there, Talking Points Memo: "Even for Limbaugh, this was just beyond the pale. This is outrageous." I didn't do anything but react to what the Democrats are doing and make a little humor out of it. Clyburn, instead of being at the back of the bus let him drive Nancy Pelosi around, if that's what leadership is about in the Democrat Party, perks, a car, driver. Get in the car, let him drive it, Pelosi in the back, Driving Miss Nancy. I knew it was gonna irritate 'em, and it did. They knew it was gonna irritate them, and they let it irritate them. But now you would think that I'm the one who said, not Martin Frost, I'm the one who said that this is all about perks, a car and a driver. Am I bothered by it? No, folks, this is part and parcel of the way things are. I actually love it.
After playing the audio of Todd and Frost from the previous day, Limbaugh continued:
LIMBAUGH: So this is Martin Frost, a former Democrat member of Congress, former leader. He's now a commentator He's from Texas, and he's the one that pointed out: "The top two leadership positions get a car, a driver, they get more staff, they get security, they get an office in the Capitol." I didn't say it. Martin Frost did. So, anyway, I just wanted to illustrate, once again, how all of this takes place and how all of this happens.
Indeed. And as Christie said to Schultz, in the context of the entire segment, what Limbaugh said wasn't at all racist. But you wouldn't know that from all the carping and whining about this issue in the mainstream media.
For those interested, here's the full transcript of this "Ed Show" segment:
ED SCHULTZ, HOST: Now, let`s get some rapid fire response from our panel on these stories.
Rush Limbaugh has unleashed his trademark racism on the highest- ranking African-American in Congress, House majority whip Jim Clyburn. And George W. Bush admits he personally authorized the use of waterboarding prompting renewed calls for a criminal investigation.
With us tonight XM Satellite`s black eagle, Joe Madison, one of the most listened to African-American radio talk show hosts in America. And also republican strategist Ron Christie, a former special assistant to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. And the author of the new book, "Acting White: The Curious History of a Racial Slur."
Gentlemen, Rush Limbaugh. I want to let you go first, Joe, what did you make of the comments that we played earlier in the program tonight?
JOE MADISON, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Racially insulting. And you heard him. I heard them. My audience was so upset they even talked about boycotting Disney because I guess is affiliation with ABC. Look, you know, to sit up there and paint this image of a Morgan Freeman "Driving Miss Daisy," you took a man, Jim Clyburn who won is extremely honorable, one of the most progressive legislators, here is the guy who supported -- went against Bill Clinton when it came to the China trade act because of human rights violations and environmental violations. He stuck with unions. He`s spoken out for working men and women. He was the third most powerful individual and you reduced him in a matter of 45 seconds to a chauffeur. It was racist. Call it what it is and Limbaugh has been doing this and ever since he`s been doing talk radio and why he gets away with it.
SCHULTZ: Ron Christie.
MADISON: I don`t know.
SCHULTZ: Well, he does get away with it. Ron Christie, your thoughts.
RON CHRISTIE, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: This is one of those instances that I was actually listening to "The Rush Limbaugh Show" and I`m sure you guys didn`t hear the entire thing before the segment, during the segment and after. In the segment actually referred to a segment, not on a network that we don`t know. It was on MSNBC where they were talking to former Congressman Martin Frost. And Frost said that the leadership battle that`s going on in the House of Representatives right now frankly has been reduced to perks, and whether or not Clyburn, if he is forced from his leadership position, will have to give up his driver, his security detail and of course the car. And Limbaugh said.
SCHULTZ: He referred to her as Miss Nancy, Ron. Come on.
CHRISTIE: Hang on a second, Ed. I will not let you guys try to denigrate him here.
SCHULTZ: Nobody`s denigrating you and you`re not calling the rules on this show. Wait a minute.
CHRISTIE: I`m not calling the rules. I actually listened to the entire segment, Ed. I dare say you didn`t listen to the whole thing. I did.
SCHULTZ: How do you know I didn`t?
CHRISTIE: Did you, Ed?
SCHULTZ: Ron Christie, you do this every time when we challenge you on this program. Now, I`m asking you to be a gentleman about this.
CHRISTIE: As always I will.
SCHULTZ: He referred to her as Miss Nancy. He talked about the back of the bus. Now how do you defend that? He put this on his Web site. Stop parceling out the racism this guy throws out and throw your ideology out the window and tell us how you feel.
CHRISTIE: Well, Ed, and I would say the same thing to you. I don`t like the picture that`s on the screen at all. I don`t. I actually listened to the entire segment which I said that`s why I asked you whether you heard it from start to finish. Let me just say this, if you want to talk about throwing ideology out and racism, it`s frankly ironic that the president of the United States, when he was talking to a group of Hispanics said that if the Republicans want to be in the car of the nation and move forward.
SCHULTZ: I`m not talking about that.
CHRISTIE: .they`d have to be in the back of the car. Ed, you said, if we`re not talking about people being in the back of the bus, Ed.
SCHULTZ: Ron, we are not talking about Rush Limbaugh.
We`re talking about Rush Limbaugh and how he wheels his racism.
CHRISTIE: I absolutely.
SCHULTZ: From time to time and how do you support that?
CHRISTIE: As a gentleman from one gentleman to two others, I would say to you for having heard the entire segment in its context, he was making an allegorical reference that the whip, the current majority whip of the United States House of Representatives, if he was being pushed out of his leadership position, it was a former democratic member of Congress saying that this was an issue about perks of a car, a driver, and a security detail. My point to you is, if you listen to it from the start to the finish, he was not being racist in his intent.
SCHULTZ: You know, Ron.
MADISON: Can I jump in here?
CHRISTIE: He was not being racist in his intent in my opinion.
MADISON: Can I jump in here for a moment?
SCHULTZ: Not being racist, wow.
MADISON: Can I jump in here for a moment? And I`m going to tell you, I usually don`t try to get angry but, Ron, let me tell you something, he didn`t talk about Nancy Pelosi wanting the perks. He didn`t talk about Steny Hoyer wanting the perks. He didn`t talk about Boehner wanting the perks. They`re the same darn position, but yet when it came to an African- American, all of a sudden he wants the perks. Now I`m going to tell you something, Ron, I love you, I respect you. But quit being on an apologist. This was a racist comment. He reduced this man and his position and all he`s done to a chauffeur. That is racist.
CHRISTIE: My affection goes back to you equally.
MADISON: And I don`t have anything else to say. That`s it.
CHRISTIE: Let me finish my point.
MADISON: You`re double talking.
CHRISTIE: Equally the same but as you`ve said.
MADISON: You`re double talking.
CHRISTIE: Rush was saying that.
MADISON: Oh, Rush was -- insulted him.
CHRISTIE: Sometime this was a deal that related to the perks, not Rush.
MADISON: Oh, Ron.
CHRISTIE: That`s what he said.
MADISON: I swear. I wish I was on satellite radio because I got a real -- I got one of those whoopees choice words to use and you`re full of it.
CHRISTIE: Well, gentlemen, I`d only wished, and Ed I challenged you this from the outset. If you had heard the entire segment, Rush was not trying to be a racist.
SCHULTZ: How do you know I didn`t?
CHRISTIE: There are too many people who are trying to play the race card. The far more racist that the president of the United States says that the Republicans should be in the back of the car of the nation when Rosa Parks was so brave with her bravery of what she did and the first African-American president of the United States wants to call Republicans worthy of sitting in the back. That is racist and no one has challenged the president on that and that`s pathetic.
MADISON: It wasn`t to be challenged.
SCHULTZ: Joe Madison, Ron Christie, great to have you with us tonight.
CHRISTIE: Take care, gentlemen.
SCHULTZ: I appreciate your time. Thanks for being on, you bet.
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Along with dog-and-pony shows and stock analyses that proved to be anything but independent, another hallmark of the Winner reverse takeovers was information fed to investors about how the firms were performing.
Kandi Technologies Corp., which manufactures go-karts and small electric cars, went public in an RTO that Kelley and his partners conducted in 2007. Chris Carey of sharesleuth.com pointed out that although the company claimed to have sold 1,005 electric vehicles in the second quarter of 2010, a subsequent annual report indicated that only 658 had been sold for the entire year. This past summer, Kandi declared that it had signed a letter of intent to make up to 20,000 electric cars for the Chinese city of Hangzhou. The news drove up Kandi's stock. Chinese media reports suggested that the first 100 vehicles would be delivered in August, but the company's third-quarter report, released in November, indicated that none of the fleet had yet been sold.
Then there is the case of Telestone. In 2011, the Forensic Factor, a stock research firm with a short position in Telestone, wrote that despite the company's claiming spectacular revenue and earnings growth, it had failed to generate a penny of cumulative cash flow; that its accounts-receivable policy did not appear to conform to standard accounting rules; that two teams of auditors had resigned in a seven-month period; and that the firm was claiming to develop a new industry standard in wireless technology while spending less than $1 million a year on research. The Forensic Factor concluded that Telestone was either producing falsified financial results or failing to conform to GAAP accounting standards.
Soon afterward, an investigation firm called JadeStone, which carries out due diligence on Chinese companies, conducted its own inquiries into Telestone, including an on-site visit to its factory in Shijiazhuang, China. Among JadeStone's findings was that Telestone's real production capacity was 75% below company statements and there were differences of as much as 98% between Telestone's financials as reported to the SEC and those appearing in local Chinese tax filings. A Telestone manager on site told JadeStone's investigators that production was $15 million a year. "This figure is consistent with all of our findings and is 83% less than the company's reported annual production of $90 million," said JadeStone, which also took a short position on the stock. By this past fall, Telestone's stock was down to $1.41 compared to a high of about $10 in the fall of 2011. The company disputes the reports by Forensic Factor and JadeStone.
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Kelley has conducted reverse mergers for at least 11 Chinese companies. Four of these were done with Winner, before his business relationship with Chiang terminated in 2007 after Chiang went to jail for several months after ignoring six Ontario court orders related to the nearly $10 million he owed his former supplier.
"Everyone realizes that four out of every five companies that go public by backing into a shell go bankrupt within five years," Kelley said in an investor presentation reported by a Wall Street financial newsletter in 2009. In his case, Kelley said, none of his companies had gone belly up because of his rigorous due diligence. But of the 11 companies he had helped get listed, eight had fallen to penny-stock status by the end of 2012. Of the eight, several were delisted from the exchanges where they traded and one other merged with another company.
Undoubtedly, this dismal result has something to do with investors souring on Chinese reverse mergers in the wake of Sino-Forest and other scandals. But just as undoubtedly, it has something to do with the quality of the companies. Kelley declined to be interviewed for this story. One journalist who has heard Kelley speak is Wall Street veteran Bob Flaherty, who now says of RTO promoters: "The thing I saw wrong was not these companies going public; it was the fact you had this inside group coming in and getting the stock at extremely low amounts. ... It was not the Chinese really making money on this"—although others clearly were.Report Typo/Error
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PENSACOLA — Gov. Rick Scott arrived in this Panhandle city Friday night to the catcalls of more than 150 teachers, union members and Democratic activists protesting his policies.
Inside the New World Landing banquet hall, Scott hit on familiar policy themes of creating jobs, freezing state regulations, dismantling the growth management agency and rejecting $2.4 billion in high speed rail money from Washington.
"I got elected to represent you, the taxpayers of the state. It's not fair to you," Scott said of the rail project. "They're putting pressure on me. (Vice President) Joe Biden complained about me this week."
The crowd at the Escambia County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day dinner applauded when Scott said teachers will be paid based on merit and ability, not seniority, and said he will expand charter schools and abolish sinkhole insurance.
"We're stopping all those things," Scott said.
He said he's "shocked by how many people are in the Capitol every day."
He said it makes no sense to provide more affordable housing when the state's real estate market has collapsed. "They wanted me to fund more affordable housing. The whole state's on sale," Scott said.
Outside, the sign-waving protesters were upset with proposed cuts to public schools and proposed changes to public employees' pension plans.
They ridiculed Scott as being beholden to rich Floridians. One woman carried a hand-lettered sign that said F(D) CAT stands for "Florida doesn't care about teachers."
"It's just wrong to balance a budget on the backs of people who need the most," said Ida Nissen, 74, a retired Pensacola teacher. "I think they ought to put more taxes on people who can afford them. We've got a lot of billionaires in this state."
Rhonda Chavers, leader of the nearby Santa Rosa County teachers union, said Scott's narrow victory over Democrat Alex Sink should have compelled him to try to unite Floridians.
"We're very disappointed in his lack of response to unite the state," Chavers said.
Scott had no comment on the protesters, but the local Republican Party chairman didn't seem to mind: "It's a good party when you get protested," Susan Moore said.
State Rep. Doug Broxson of Milton called Scott the most apolitical person he's ever met," who's willing to do what's right even though it means peril to his personal reputation."
Not everyone was so effusive.
David Morgan, the county's Republican sheriff, said Scott needs to do a better job of explaining his policies to Floridians.
"Any time you change things, you have to articulate a plan," Morgan said, "and some of his plans and programs haven't been well articulated."
Scott ended his half-hour speech on an upbeat note, saying Republicans need to remember that the main reasons they won last year is because they favor lower taxes and smaller government.
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Chelonia Dance Company, Beloit College's resident dance group, performs their annual dance concert each spring in the Laura Aldrich Neese Theatre. The all-student company is directed by associate professor, Chris Johnson. Dances are presented from faculty, guest artists and student choreography. More information...
Two of the pieces—one faculty/guest work and one student work—are chosen to be presented at the American College Dance Festival Association (ACDFA) regional festivals in the spring. Since 2001, Beloit's pieces have been regularly selected for the prestigious gala concerts at ACDFA. More information...
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Beloit College provides additional opportunities for students to perform whenever possible such as with guest artists, in student produced concerts and the annual December Workshop showing of all student choreographed works.
See photos of our recent performance of Wreath of Memories in the Hendricks Center for the Arts on Holocaust Memorial Day.
Dancers have been featured in theatre productions such as Brigadoon, Love of the Nightingale, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Guys and Dolls.
Creative Opportunities
Students with creative ideas for special performances, collaborations, and unique venues are encouraged to pursue their visions. Students regularly produce their own concerts, put together outdoor performances, collaborate with art and music students, and perform in areas throughout the campus. These performances vary from elaborately choreographed projects to collaborations with music students and late night shows in the C-Haus.
Professional Exploration
Dance students have contact with working professionals both on and off campus. The department regularly engages guest artists to work with students to create pieces, conduct workshops and produce performances. Some of our recent guests include: Joel Hall, Kirby Reed, Natasha Shirokova of Moscow's Modern Dance Theater, B. J. Sullivan, Linda Lehovec, Erica Wilson-Perkins, BlackEarth Collaborative Arts, Jin Wen Yu, Paula Frasz, Catherine Cabeen of Bill T. Jones Dance Company, and Aiko Kinoshita, director of Seattle's AcornDance.
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Transition Countries Resist Global Slowdown: Productivity Gains Offset Effects of Appreciation
After satisfactory performance of the transition countries in 2000, their growth slowed down in 2001 as the external conditions deteriorated. This tendency was checked in the second half of 2002. Industrial production and exports have generally strengthened since then - though in some countries apparently only temporarily. Expanding consumption was the major factor supporting growth in the year 2002 as the capital formation was generally weak in the more advanced countries and only moderately strong in the less advanced ones. The contribution of foreign trade to GDP growth in 2002 seems on the whole positive, excepting Russia and most post-Yugoslav countries. Despite weak growth in the EU, exports of the accession countries (and of Ukraine) performed quite well. This must be attributed to the ongoing growth in labour productivity and related cost improvements in industry which kept exports competitive. Gains in labour productivity are generally associated with some cuts in employment, adding to unemployment which is generally high, or very high, and unlikely to go down significantly even in the medium run. There has been a continuous decline in inflation. In most cases the disinflation is gradual and appears to be little affected by the monetary and fiscal policies. Inertial cost-price adjustments are likely to continue in the foreseeable future. The remarkable strength of the national currencies appears to have had a fairly limited impact on the performance of trade and production so far. The recent years' exchange rate trends may have reflected financial (or even speculative) developments so that a potential for adjustments, involving devaluation, may be there. But the likelihood of major adjustments seems rather small because the solid capital inflows will continue even in the medium term, especially in view of the prospective EU membership of the candidate countries. The general concern over potential loss of competitiveness due to overvaluation remains still valid. However, the productivity and efficiency gains may offset the negative consequences of real appreciation and the process has been associated with quality and price gains in export activities. It is not clear yet how sustainable the process of productivity improvements will be. Most probably high levels of investment (including green-field FDI) are needed to maintain its momentum. Growth acceleration in 2003-04 is possible provided the business climate in the EU improves. Otherwise growth rates will be roughly the same as in 2002. In any case the average rate of catching-up vis-à-vis the EU will stay at about 2 percentage points per year.
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Over the past few months we have come to a unanimous decision around here – the people at Lego Duplo are AWESOME! I mean Corey already thought that Lego was a pretty sweet invention already but Lego Duplo has sealed the deal on our love of the product and our loyalty to the brand.
This month was no different. It all started when we heard that Lego Duplo was launching 3 (THREE!) new Toddler Products! The slightly larger blocks are easier for little hands to hold, with some new themes, great colors and the same incredible Lego Duplo quality they were bound to be a hit.
To celebrate this exciting launch we hosted our first ever (and certainly not our last) Lego Duplo party! What better way to play with our fun new toys than to invite over some kids and get our build on.
The kids at our party ranged in age from 10 months to 6+ years old and as I expected they all loved the blocks! The new sets have some really sweet characters including a little teddy bear that has quickly become Audrey's favourite. Of all the new and exciting things found in the playsets the Lego Duplo Toddler Build and Pull Along set was the biggest hit. There's something SO fun about being able to build your creation onto of wheels and then watch as it gets pulled all over the house!
The other great thing about these new toddler products is that they work very easily with all the other Lego Duplo blocks we have! No need to worry about having a separate bin for all the Toddler Toys, now your big and little kids can play together. It's not very often that you come across a brand that creates their playsets with everyone in the family in mind.
Just imagine, it's Christmas morning (I know it's months away but work with me here, use your imagination just a little!) you're older child opens their gift to find a Lego Duplo Number Train and as she's excitedly tearing into the package, your younger child opens theirs to find the Lego Duplo Toddler Build and Pull Set! They each begin building and creating with their new toys and before you know it they've added their Lego Duplo Brick Box to the mix and are playing together happily on the floor, while you and your husband sit blissfully sipping tea and enjoying the euphoria of their love for each other.
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Kids Go Hungry Over Weekend, Backpack Program Helps
This story caught my eye this morning because I thought it was the other Hillary — but getting my Clinton confused with my Duff led me to this great charity: Blessings in a Backpack.
It makes so much sense — there are 16.3 million kids getting free or reduced price lunches through the National School Lunch Program — so who feeds those kids on the weekend? The Blessings program packs backpacks with nonperishable food and passes them out at the end of the week to keep kids going until school rolls around on Monday. Food charity programs like this and Meals on Wheels fulfill a need especially poignant when economic times get tough.
Hilary Duff was in Fort Wayne, IN, to publicize the program. She said:
I feel lucky enough to have a voice or a name that people might pay attention to. I think that people might not be aware that a couple neighborhoods away, kids aren't having food on the weekends, and we just want people to be informed and to know what's going on in their communities and to help if they can.
To see why the need is so great, and how you can help,
Here are some surprising stats on food stamp benefits that signal a need for more help:
- A household is ineligible for the Food Stamp Program if it has more than $2,000 in savings or other assets.
- The USDA calculated that there were 12.4 million children that were at hungry or at risk in 2005, the year the program started.
- The average per-person food stamp benefit is .93 a meal.
If you want to help the Blessings in a Backpack program, there are lots of ways to donate time, money, and resources.


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Losses from Failure of Stakeholder Sensitive Processes: Financial Consequences for Large US Companies from Breakdowns in Product, Environmental, and Accounting Standards
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Two Scottish terriers have become some of the world's most famous pooches after they opened the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
All eyes were on two-year-old Mac and Misty, aged 18 months, as they stole the show at the opening ceremony, watched by people from around the world.
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Pocahontas Day at the Legislature
Pocahontas County was represented well at the State Capitol on Wednesday, March 9th! On Wednesday, March 9, 23 Pocahontas County individuals participated in the Pocahontas County Day at the Legislature. This event was coordinated by Linda Simmons, Pocahontas County Chamber of Commerce Liaison and Delegate Denise Campbell. Each business participating presented an educational table display of their business More Info »


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He's back on screens this week in Woody Allen's Midnight In Paris, so now seems like a good time to take a quick look back over Owen Wilson's career to date and see where the hits and misses lie. Bursting onto our screens alongside his brother Luke and ol' buddy Wes Anderson (with whom he's done most of his best work), Wilson climbed quickly up the Hollywood ladder, specialising in light comedy and projecting a breezy insouciance that works brilliantly against more uptight foils. Here are the best of his roles to date, and a few that are not quite so good…
ESSENTIAL VIEWING: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
This would earn a place atop any Owen Wilson list just for his ability to deliver the line, "The crickets and the rust-beetles scuttled among the nettles of the sage thicket. "Vámonos, amigos," he whispered, and threw the busted leather flintcraw over the loose weave of the saddlecock. And they rode on in the friscalating dusklight." As the wannabe intellectual and irresponsible junkie friend of the Tenenbaums, he adds a touch of mania to a film that might otherwise be over-mannered, and of course plays a key role in the final reconciliation of the Tenenbaum family, even if not in the way you might predict. Dressed in cowboy style and surrounded by some of the worst art ever to afflict the eyeball, he's not the star of this thoroughly-ensemble effort (although he did co-write the film with director Wes Anderson), but he is one of the reasons it's an enduring delight.
ESSENTIAL VIEWING: Zoolander (2001)
Truly, Wilson was so hot right now in 2001. Straight after the Tenenbaums hit came his glorious turn as dim-witted, so-hot-right-now male model Hansel in Ben Stiller's wonderfully witless take on the fashion world. His ability to sell complete innocence and a profound sense of stupidity ("The files are in the computer?!") without ever losing his charm has never been better demonstrated, and his account of his peyote-fuelled adventures ("So I'm rappelling down Mount Vesuvius…") is one of the great comic asides. Once again, he shows a propensity for fringed leather jackets, but this time rounds it out with a multi-ethnic troop of impeccably cool hangers-on, no grand plan at all, and the ability, in extremis to "go monk" and miraculously remove his pants without taking his trousers off. It's hard to argue with that.
ESSENTIAL VIEWING: Bottle Rocket (1996)
Proof that the Wilson persona hit the screen more-or-less fully formed, this debut he shared with Wes Anderson (built from a short film the two had made together two years before) casts him as a big dreamer who doesn't quite have the talent or the toughness to back up his own schemes. Planning a big heist to impress landscape gardener and criminal mastermind Mr Henry (James Caan), he is persistently running ahead of morose friend Anthony (Luke Wilson, who gives good morose) and quiet Bob (Robert Musgrove) in his puppyish enthusiasm for crime and his frustration when he's not met with equal energy from his friends. Still, it's his basic good-nature that sets him apart from other wannabe hoodlums, with both Anderson and Wilson clearly sharing some degree of faith in human nature, and an admiration for those who swing for ridiculous fences and still come up smiling.
RECOMMENDED: Shanghai Noon (2000)
It would take a die-hard Chris Tucker fan to dispute that this is Jackie Chan's best American outing. An East-meets-West cowboy pastiche, this sees Wilson playing one of his trademark roles, another criminal who's more style than substance, more gregarious than gangster. His easygoing ineptitude is a source of continuous frustration to the more efficient, vastly more focused Chon Wang (Chan). So laidback he's frequently horizontal, Wilson's Roy O'Bannon cemented that mixture of Texan cowboy and California surfer dude that's become something of a calling card – but it never worked better than against the disciplined Chan, who bounces off it nicely. He also serves as a great audience surrogate, standing properly gaping at Chan's clearly impossible physical prowess and reminding us through his own corresponding incompetence just how good the dynamo superstar really is.
RECOMMENDED: Midnight In Paris (2011)
Woody Allen may not be as consistently brilliant as he was at his peak, but he still hits more highs than lows, and this is decidedly one of the highs. Playing a character who's a little closer to his own life than usual, Wilson is affable screenwriter Gil, who hopes to abandon his Hollywood career and write novels instead, much to the horror of his fiancée Inez (Rachel McAdams). A series of midnight walks take him mysteriously back through Paris, first to the 1920s and then even further back into the Belle Epoque. Along the way there's love and loss and lessons in literature from giants of the past. Wilson's general equanimity to the adventure helps sell the bizarro premise, but he retains enough excitement at the prospect to draw the audience into the world with him. Decidedly one of the most likeable Allen stand-ins we've seen in a while.
FOR THE FAN: Wedding Crashers (2005)
Paired with fellow "Frat Pack" member Vince Vaughn, and once again with McAdams, this is one of the biggest hits of Wilson's career, but perhaps not his most subtle or intelligent. As one of two wedding crashers who hit other people's nuptials in search of a good time, he sells the concept beautifully, and there's great chemistry with Vaughn. What's nice to see is that it's not Wilson doing all the enthusiastic chivvying here: Vaughn gives as good as he gets in pushing his friend along when he seems down, the pair less mismatched buddies and more brothers from another mother. That said, a few overly familiar set-ups and uninspired gags hamper both stars, and this one never quite flies. It's decent Friday night entertainment, but never quite up to the standard of Wilson's funniest work.
ONE TO MISS: Drillbit Taylor (2008)
Five minutes after this film ends, it's almost impossible to remember what happened in it. Wilson himself is as lackadaisical and likeable as ever, but he has almost nothing to work with. His sense of timing and ability to deliver nonsensical lines is as spot-on as ever, but it's a film that just screams out for someone equally charismatic to bounce off, and there's essentially nothing there, Wilson howling into a void of pleasant-but-barely-there young stars, underwritten adult roles and been-there plot developments. There's a bit of competition for this slot, in fact, from similar films like The Big Bounce and I Spy, but Drillbit wins for sheer unmemorability. Let's hope that Midnight In Paris reminds directors what Wilson is capable of in slightly more dramatic roles. That, or just Twolander.