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After the wife made me watch Black Swan I would have welcomed someone to have shot me and put me out of my misery!
Latvian cops cuffed a 27-year-old man on Saturday for allegedly popping a cap in a fellow cinemagoer for eating popcorn too loudly during a screening of Black Swan. According to a report by local news agency Leta, regurgitated in the Guardian, the 42-year-old victim died of wounds sustained during a screening of the …
After the wife made me watch Black Swan I would have welcomed someone to have shot me and put me out of my misery!
and noisy teenagers that can't shut up through a movie...
are the main reasons I hardly ever go to the cinema anymore.. yes its nice having a huge screen and big dolby digital surround sound.. but I prefer being able to curl up on the sofa with my mrs and not have to put up with the local teens chatting amongst themselves and making a racket while I watch a movie..
not to mention the fact that its almost a TENNER a pop nowadays..
I guess if I moved out to a posh area maybe it wouldn't be so bad
plus the fact that despite paying the best part of ten quid, there are 20 minutes of adverts to sit through before the movie actually starts.. of course I could show up 20 minutes later but then run the risk of having to sit right at the front in the corner..
my sofa on the other hand is always placed in optimum viewing position for my tv, and the movie starts exactly when I want
I seldom go to the cinema for much the same reason. However I've found the perfect way to do it. If there's something I *really* want to see and think will be good on the big screen, I take a day off work and go by myself in the early afternoon. As long as it's not half-term, you pretty much get the screen to yourself, it's off-peak so usually cheaper and no kids - utter bliss!
Still most good films are just as watchable at home. The exceptions are the big blockbusters/CGI-a-thons where it pays to be immersed in the action. Example - last film I saw in cinema (on my own, place to myself) was the Star Trek reboot.
Sorry to disabuse you, but posh kids can't behave themselves in cinemas either.
While we're busy popping caps into people, can we save a few rounds for the dense ones who can't follow the plot and have to keep asking their partner (in a loud whisper) where this bloke came from, who's he then, I reckon he's the murderer, etc?
the ear-bleeding sound levels that will make a four engine 747 at take-off sound like a whisper. I guess this is to ensure your safety by preventing you to hear the noise of popcorn crunching your teenager neighbor produces.
I couldn't agree more, but you can still have the decent sound and big screen. I recently purchased an HD projector and surround sound.
Providing you can wait a little longer to rent the movie, it's a much nicer experience.
I added a new word to my "word bank" today. Thanks, bootnotes!
What we need here is a Countdown-style Filth-O-Tron to turn terpsichorean into some hideous term of abuse which can then be used to traumatise some wide-eyed kiddie and get us a bit of coverage in the Sun.
That's two! :-P
Countdown has a Filth-O-Tron now? Gosh, it really did go downhill after Richard Whitely passed..
I can make "corner ape sh*t".
A bit convoluted for abuse but surely worthy of a few lines in a red-top?
I thought Lester was already using one of those?
Paris because she thought so too
...but judicious use of "niggardly" and/or "pedagogy" might do the trick.
I'll set 'em up, you knock 'em down. :)
"word bank" was a subtle reference to another bootnotes story from the last couple of weeks.
He sounds more like a graduate of Police Academy - specifically Eugene Tackleberry. Shoot first, no-questions later !
(Jesus, I can remember that after all these years...)
Excessive to continue munching so loud it spoilt the film, but good on the other guy for fixing the problem permanently.
There really is no need to be offensive.
I'd give the guy a job at our local fleapit
- he could take out the mobile phone users and smokers for me.
Mind you he'd need a large ammo box.
The girlfriend wants me to go with her to Black Swan. Just how hot is the chick on chick stuff?
Not that impressive in Black Swan - Chloe's much better for that and I'd say has the better, if more conventional, narrative. Black Swan is a bit of a film buff's film with some nice quotes, blurring of subjective and diegetic and, of course it has Natalie Portman in it. Want to borrow my copy of Natalie Portman Watches Paint Dry? The ballet stuff shows just how barbaric the practice is - the sooner it's banned the better!
Oh come, it's not her fault: imagine... it's the end of the 90's... you're trying to build an adult film career... the top man from one of the biggest movie franchise ever calls and asks you to be in his newly-relaunched trilogy... what DO YOU SAY??
A shame all of them got so royally let down by his George-ness :-(
"only if I can get Keira Knightley to be my decoy"
Nothing about "atramental anatids"? I'm disappointed.
I'm Impressed.
Well played Sir!
My favorite (and only) other time I've heard this is Messers Python and the cheese shop. A frankly astoundingly funny skit..
You can turn Terpsichorean into Sharp Erection. Not quite in the same class as shitheads, but...
It's not bad, though, is it?
... Terpsichorean ecdysiasts as featured in the M*A*S*H books ;-)
The owner of the Cheese shop go shot as well.
20 comments so far and nothing but cheap jokes.
This man is dead, and the crime did not deserve the time.
Listen, bud, i weep for every fallen sparrow, but the only way to stay sane in this goddam world is to put some distance between me and the pain of others by laughing at it, ok?
Yet another example of half-arsed Reg reporting!
I know - standards are slipping. Sea urchin and guava or hedgehog and sun-dried tomato? Alas, we may never know...
Cheesy Shots-its?
Walkers Roast Chicken and 9[mm]?
Forgive me, but this feels tasteless in the extreme. A man asks another cinema goer to eat their food more quietly and is shot dead for it and all you can do is make cheap jokes? Just because they're foreign doesn't mean their death is any less serious or tragic...
Most dramatic is that 42 yr old man was shot front of his 14 yrs old daughter. And another 3 kids will without father. :(
They are pretty much all serious, and the majority are tragedies for those closely involved. I invite you to spend the rest of your life sitting in the serous corner weeping while thinking of this endless litany of woe.
The rest of the human race will continue finding what laughs it can.
Latvia is somewhere near Alabama, right?
Mental bastard on the loose is carrying a weapon where it's not even allowed, shoots a father of four. Well, well. We're gaining an incredible international fame by all the crap that's happening around lately. Hey, 1-up, my fellow citizens, we're doing real good! Uh-oh...
and gave credit to The Guardian (as expected) but also gave credit to el Reg for the clarification. Must be someone at AP who is either a techno-junkie or just knows good reporting when s/he sees it.
How the hell did he passed the psychiatric test ? Sir can you stop eating so loudly . Bang F U. I'll eat as loud as I want.
The only reason for going to the cinema these days is if you want to catch a bout of flu, or whatever other bug it is they are giving away this week.
The films are in the main, pretty poor IMHO, and certainly not worth the cost, effort, time.
It's amusing if the guy eating the crisps gets shot (as originally reported) but tragic if the complainer does, as we now know.
At least the surviving members of the audience managed to hold onto the little weasel - let's hope he gets to share a cell with a fellow homicidal maniac who finds him strangely attractive, in a 'terpsichorean' sort of way (see earlier anagram).
the worst part of this tragedy is that he was shot in front of his daughter. how is it possible, that no one mentions this FACT!
the criminal has got doctorate and a lawyer degree. the rumour has it, that the shooter actually fired THREE shots it the victims chest. some scary stuff indeed!
/PS: I speak Latvian.../
" What we need here is a Countdown-style Filth-O-Tron to turn terpsichorean into some hideous term of abuse "
sore chin taper, hear nice sport, share nice port, iposh canterer, tire near chops, seer point char, o trench i rapes, hie ports nacre, pets near choir and so forth. For the perp whilst serving Bubba of B Block Tan Spire Chore might fit the crime best.


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Recently, I've caught wind of the political situation in the Philippines. The RH Bill, or the reproductive health bill, is the biggest political discussion in the country nowadays. It aims to provide help to reproductive health by providing health centers, supplements and legitimizing services, such as abortion, to help families and individuals become healthier citizens.
However, as a Catholic country, the Philippine Congress, and senators who approve of the bill, are under fire from Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). What I saw wrong here was that they aimed to excommunicate those who supported the said bill. Just because it contradicts to their teachings, having them excommunicated from their beliefs is never the right answer.
There's just something wrong with the situation and the way the government and authorities are handling the situation. One senator, by the name of Vicente Sotto, had plagiarized an article from a blogger named Sarah Pope, who runs the Healthy Home Economist website. This particular article was discussed in the senate, and read by a heartfelt senator, in which the details of such were read in a great manner. I've done my research. Vicente Sotto, or known as "Tito" Sotto, in his country, was a former actor, and a host in a noontime variety show. That figures.
Religious restrictions and bad governance, see for yourself here, is a big trouble with the Philippines. Believe me, I know Filipinos who are quite intelligent and have great experience and knowledge, but the people in their government are really the ones making things worse for them. There should be a separation of the church and the state in their country. Religious beliefs cannot play a big factor when it comes to the health of their citizens. People should be able to decide against the government and not kneel down its power.
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along with the impasse over the aid package to Greece, underscore the long and rocky path ahead for Europe. I continue to favor northern European countries, such as Germany and the Netherlands, but now we can add one more to the list: France.
I am upgrading France from a neutral or benchmark holding to an overweight (potential iShares solution: iShares MSCI France Index (NYSEARCA:EWQ)). The main reason is because French equities are now looking attractively valued. At a price-to-book multiple of 1.14, France is 14% below its 5-year average, and is offering a 31% discount to the MSCI World Index, and a 15% discount to Germany.
Most of Europe enjoyed a decent rally in the aftermath of the ECB announcing its bond purchase program in September, but equities have since fallen, with France underperforming. As of November 16, French equities are down 3.7% since August while Germany is down 1.1%, Italy is down 2.2%, and Spain is down 0.2%.
True, France's growth prospects look lackluster, with a forecast of 0.4% (recently revised downward) by the European Commission and IMF. Still, in our view, the "recession discount" is already priced in. Those concerns have been fueled by worries that the government's ambitious budget, which aims to cut the fiscal deficit to 3% in 2013 mostly via tax increases, could trigger a deeper recession.
Meanwhile, worsening news out of Germany, in particular lower growth forecasts, has increased the odds that EU policymakers are more willing to let the ECB operate on looser monetary policy to support growth. Ironically, that, in turn, could disproportionately benefit French equities.
Make no mistake, downside risks remain within the banking sector. But the broad French market is well diversified with no single sector accounting for more than 16% of the MSCI France Index, and the deep discount in non-financial sectors compared to peers in Germany and the rest of developed Europe is in our view hard to justify. And while expectations on corporate profits have been revised down steeply since the third quarter, the hurdle set for any upside surprise is now low.
Across Europe, the state of the financial sector is a concern. Indeed, I would balance the France overweight with European financial sector underweight in order to help mitigate specific risk linked to financial sectors.
With lingering uncertainty over the Greek bailout as well as the timing for Spain to request assistance through the European Stability Mechanism, I remain cautious on southern European equities. Instead, I look to the less sensitive and undervalued core markets. And I would include France in that category now.
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The whole thing is not about cold water, it's about donations.Don't play the fool. Donate instead.
I still think the bucket of ice water thing is one of the most asinine promo/affinity stunts anybody ever came up with. It's kinda snarky too.
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Don't play the fool. Donate instead.
For everyone that thinks this ice bucket challenge is stupid, read this: http://www.forbes.co...-stupid-youre-wrong/
To me this is similar to when celebrities go to poor places and are shown helping the poor and/or adopting a child. 1000 awwws mixed with 1000 poking fun....
....to be honest neither is the right answer, if someone is being helped good if not a typed opinion won't change it.
Btw, just so you all realize...I did also donate to them, just thought it would be fun to do the challenge as well...always enjoyed making myself look like a fool haha
Stephen, ignore the negative posts -- thanks for putting yourself out there and encouraging us all to participate in something fun.
Lol no criticism taken guys xD Btw...none of you are excused from the nominations lol
No matter what you think about him... that was cool.
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Man with NO feet refused parking badge - because he is not disabled enough
A MAN who had both his feet amputated has been refused a blue parking badge – because he was deemed not to be disabled enough.
Tom Hannah, 73, had two operations last year to remove the lower parts of both legs after an irregular heartbeat caused circulation problems.
The grandfather - who needs crutches and help to move on his prosthetic limbs - was given a temporary blue badge to allow him to park in disabled spaces.
But when he tried to renew the pass he was told he wasn't eligible because he could walk more than 20 yards - despite the council admitting "common sense" would suggest he was entitled to a badge.
Am I disabled or am I not? I've lost both my legs and if I'm not what else do I need amputated?
Furious Tom said: "Am I disabled or am I not? I've lost both my legs and if I'm not what else do I need amputated?
"I applied for a blue badge last year and they gave me one for a year.
"When I spoke to them, they said 'this is a provisional one' and I said to them, 'what do you expect, the leg to grow back?' "I was told I could walk more than 20 yards. They said it more than once.
"Walking is a real struggle. My friend from across the road comes and takes me because when I go out I take a wheelchair because I don't trust myself not to fall.
"I'm really annoyed and really upset.
"I was so angry when I was told that I would not be eligible for one because I can walk a short distance with my crutches - more than 20 yards I was told.
"That kind of distance - I couldn't get from my front door to my car." The former MOD worker from Fife, Scotland, first had leg problems while on a cruise in Norway with his daughter Maryanne, 45, and thought was cramp.
Medics discovered he had an irregular heart beat which was causing circulation problems and he had both lower legs amputated.
He said: "I had never heard of this before. They took my left leg off - it was really painful.
"I'll not be able to go up the street. The car parks in Dunfermline are all on hills and getting up and down hill is quite painful for me.
"I put myself through hell to try to walk. I'm ok in the house but when I go out you have no idea.
"You think you're walking on a level surface but when you get a prosthetic leg you have to keep an eye on the road all the time. Your foot will catch and it will trip you over."
Fife Council has now told Mr Hannah he will have to go for an assessment with an occupational therapist.
Anne Cowan, Fife Council's lead professional for accessible transport and concessions said: "When evaluating an application for a blue badge, all councils must follow a code of practice issued by Transport Scotland.
"This is national practice not council policy and the rules laid out in this guidance are very specific.
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A recent preliminary research report has been published by a Consortium of European Academic Institutes which claims to prove that the remains of a random selection of corpses at military cemeteries across Europe have literally been found to have "turned in their graves". This astonishing claim is purported to result from recorded information about recent military and political events being relayed to the souls of the deceased individuals using newly developed VHF radio-neurological techniques.
The 3.2 Million Euro research project was jointly funded by the European Commission and the Paris based Institution for Peace Studies and commenced in December 2002. It is due to present it's findings officially in December of this year.
Recordings of speeches made by various members of the US and UK administrations justifying the recent military actions in Iraq, together with statements made regarding other "axis-of-evil" nations were converted into high resolution digital radio pulses ("jocularly described as "soul rays" by one member of the team) , which researchers at the Universities of Puisson sur Fousse in France and Ausberg zur der Fug in Germany have apparently developed over recent years during medical experiments aimed at reviving coma patients. These pulses are claimed to be able to regenerate activity within fossilized neural systems in order to allow "special monitors" to record patterns of thought frozen into the brain and allow "projective hypothetical reactions" to be developed, resulting from these residual electro-neurological signatures (can this be right? Ed. Comm).
Painstaking archaeological uncovering of 47 corpses was carried out over the initial year of the project with the full permission of the majority of the descendants of the individuals concerned and the War Graves Commissions concerned. Locations selected included the Paaschendaele, Arnhem, Kiev and Ypres war cemeteries but also one French cemetery in Vietnam from the 1950's. After measurement of skeletal positions and 3-D high resolution determination of main limb angles, the subjects were then returned to their original burial state. The information pulses were applied over a one week period 6 months after reburial and the process of remeasurement appeared to show that on average 72% of sampled subjects showed a rotation downwards of on average14.6 degrees and in three cases complete reversal.
Subject matter "beamed" to the souls included speeches by George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Tony Blair, Geoffrey Hoon (only 14 seconds due to lack of suitable data) and Wolfowitz/Golding ("this is the 4th World War") together with impartial factual information about the conflict relayed via synthetic impartial voice recordings. This factual information included details of the number of hydrocarbon fuelled automobiles currently in existence in Western Europe and the US and projected increases over the next 20 years, broad details of the geographical spread of currently proven global hydrocarbon reserves, an objective view of the search for alternatives over the last 20 years and the current state of affairs in the Middle East.
Mr.Pierre de la Fouchard, leader of the French contingent of the research team, stated to Le Monde last week that in his opinion this provided clear proof that former soldiers who had died for freedom in military actions seen by most to be necessary in a "Fight Against Evil" had indeed "turned in their graves" upon knowing what was now occurring in the name of freedom and upon receiving an appreciation of the nature and character of the leaders responsible for these actions and their motives for doing so.
The oldest survivors of the Battles of the Somme and Stalingrad, Mr. Tommy Brinson of Birmingham, England (Private 22nd Rifles) and Fritz Shoenhauser of Dusseldorf (Obersturmbahnfuhrer Iron Cross Oak Leaf Clusters Stalingrad) aged 104 and 95 respectively, said today that they were unsurprised by the apparent reactions of those who may have been former comrades. Mr. Brinson went on to say that he thought the Iraq situation "sounded a bit odd what did they do to our lot?"…Herr Schoenhauser diplomatically stated in fluent Polish, but with a slight facial twitch, that he was sure the situation was "complicated" but that unwarranted invasion of countries where no imminent aggression was apparent was "probably not a great move in the long run".
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AMHERST — Roberta Blake's trip to Hawaii was a dream vacation, one she planned to take with her niece for more than a year, a neighbor said.
On Tuesday, she called friends to say she was having a great time. On Wednesday, the vacation ended tragically when Blake, 65, was killed in a biking accident.
The Honolulu Advertiser reported that witnesses told Haleakala National Park officials that Blake had successfully negotiated nine miles of curved road when she lost control of her bicycle, crossed the double yellow center line and was struck by a tour van. She was participating in a downhill bicycle tour when she lost control of her bicycle.
She was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident occurred near the park's visitor center.
Neighbor Laurel Mate said Blake was a very generous person who truly enjoyed her work as a nurse's aide at the Crystal Waters Retirement Community and Assisted Living Facility in Strongsville.
"She was a compassionate, generous person who really enjoyed working with the elderly," she said. "I'm going to truly miss her."
Mate said Blake went on vacation with her niece. The women were scheduled to return Friday.
"She always dreamt about going to Hawaii," Mate said. "When she called me Tuesday, she said she was finally able to relax and was really enjoying herself."
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GALABAT, GALLA BAT, or METEMME, a town in the frontier district of Egypt and Abyssinia, near one of the western sub-tributaries of the Atbara, about 100 miles W. of Gondar, in 13° N. let, and 36° E. long. Most of the houses are built in the Abyssinian style, with conical roofs of grass, and the place would be of little importance if it were not the staple market for the exportation of Abyssinian produce across the Egyptian frontier. Beeswax, coffee, cotton, and hides arc the principal articles of legitimate trade ;'..but as recently at least as 1873 the traffic in slaves was quite as important a department of its commerce. The town and district form a small ethnographical island, being peopled by a colony of Tokrooris from Darfur, who, finding the spot a convenient resting-place for their fellow-pilgrims on their way to Mecca and back, obtained permission from the king of Abyssinia to make a permanent settlement. They are an industrions race, and grow a considerable quantity of cotton. When Sir Samuel Baker was at Galabat in 1862, the sheikh refused to recognize the authority of the viceroy of Egypt ; but when De Cosson passed through in 1873, the Egyptians had a camp, with a strong stone wall, on the top of a hill commanding the town, and acted as masters of the place. The population of the town and district, which have an area of about 40 square miles, is estimated at 20,000. Galabat is the proper name, and Metemme is really the native word for a capital.


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Another year of SeedCon brought some of Chicago's best entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, digital startup enthusiasts and students together for two days of sharing ideas and innovative strategies.
Built In Chicago's very own founder, Matt Moog, was the one who kicked off the 13th annual conference Thursday evening by celebrating the abundance of entrepreneurial talent in Chicago, as well as Built in Chicago's success in turning that talent into a community.
"What's amazing about the community here is the rate at which it's been growing," Moog said. "When we look at all the data in the community, there are 33,000 people in this market who get up every day and think about creating great new digital experiences."[ibimage==20479==Original==none==self==ibimage_align-center]
SeedCon on welcomed over 300 attendees between the events held Thursday and Friday and brought in leaders such as Sam Yagan, co-founder of OK Cupid, and Mark Suster, a University of Chicago alumnus and a partner at GRP Partners.
Thursday's keynote speaker Nick Kokonas, an investor and co-owner of Alinea (a.k.a the "Best Restaurant in America,") shared what he looks for in a pitch. And trust me – Kokonas would know what makes a successful one, as he said he gets 10-15 pitches per week just through email.
"I invest in the person, not the idea," Kokonas said. "I want to know what makes you the type of person that doesn't accept failure."
Completely run by Booth students with the help of Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, SeedCon connected attendees not only to ideas, but to resources through panel events, a fast-pitch competition and keynote speeches.
Chris Liang and Paul Wu, co-chairs of Booth's Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Student Group, helped to secure speakers and panelists for SeedCon as well as narrowed entries for the fast-pitch competition from 81 down to 6 finalists.
CEO and founder Antonio Ransom secured the win of the fast-pitch competition Thursday by presenting Intelligent Loop, the SalesForce.com of industrial operations. Second place went to DigitalGroundUp, an interactive digital marketing platform for startups, while Infrared Solutions, a company that provides alternatives to current infrared detection technologies, clinched the third winning spot in the competition.[ibimage==20478==Original==none==self==ibimage_align-right]
Fast-pitch competition judge John Pytel, co-founder and CEO of GoSoapBox, said he knows what conferences like SeedCon can mean to budding startups. GoSoapBox, a web platform facilitating communication between audiences and speakers (that, by the way, was used for attendees to ask questions throughout SeedCon), won Lean Startup Challenge last year.
"Giving someone free money and prizes can be really, really helpful," Pytel said. "We won Lean Startup Challenge last year – I don't know what would have happened if we didn't have that. Just for fostering the professional success of companies, events like SeedCon are huge."


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Prior to coming to the California Department of Social Services, Director Lightbourne served as Director of the Social Services Agency of the County of Santa Clara for more than ten years. He also served in the administration of Mayor Willie Brown as Executive Director of the Human Services Agency of the City and County of San Francisco, and as Director of the Santa Cruz County Human Services Agency.
Before his role in the public human services field, Will served as General Director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, one of the oldest and largest private human services organizations in the Bay Area.


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The Age Structure of Unemployment in Great Britain 1953-1980
As unemployment increases to record levels in the U.K. increasing attention has been devoted to the distribution of unemployment. This has revealed inequality in the incidence of unemployment not only by occupation, region, race and sex but also amongst individuals. Moreover it also becomes apparent that as the total number out of work has increased so has the degree of inequality of its distribution. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the age distribution of the unemployed. A great deal of emphasis has been placed on the phenomenal increase in youth unemployment since the mid-seventies but of considerable significance has been the deterioration in the position of older workers, especially males. The evidence suggests this to be a process that has been going on since the mid-sixties in the U.K.
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I will be shooting it; but not a whole lot. As nice as they are, the Henry isn't very competitive.
Cost was under a grand - and that's all the hint I'm gonna give.
I had talked with him at a match in early Nov & he said it would still be a couple weeks before he'd get to it. He finished it just before Christmas. So.................. ???? I have no idea.
I paid deposit and filled out the order sheet in Sept 2011, I gave him the rifle in Oct 2012. If you had scheduled it back then, you'd either have it now, or it would be soon.
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Jefferson County ranks highly in health
Jefferson County ranks among the top counties in Iowa for its residents' health, according to a report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, which studied the health of residents in every county in the nation.
Jefferson County ranks No. 21 out of 99 counties for its overall health outcomes. Jefferson County residents report experiencing fewer poor physical health days as well as fewer poor mental health days than the state average.
The county's residents reported experiencing an average of 2.2 poor physical health days in the 30 days prior to taking the survey, which puts Jefferson County in the top 10 percent of counties nationally. That number also is lower than the state average of 2.8.
Jefferson County residents reported an average of 2.4 poor mental health days over the prior 30 days, which also is lower than the state average of 2.7.
The county scored well in having a small percentage of low birthweight babies, which accounted for 4.9 percent of all births compared to the state average of 6.9 percent.
Iowa Department of Public Health director Mariannette Miller-Meeks said these rankings were a valuable tool but only one of many tools in shaping the state's policies toward health.
"It's important to understand these rankings do not present a complete picture of what Iowa's counties have accomplished," said Miller-Meeks. "These rankings will be used in conjunction with other community health assessments and planning efforts to find the best ways to address challenges and build upon successes."
The report identified a few areas Jefferson County could work on. Twenty-one percent of adults routinely smoke tobacco in Jefferson County, which is higher than the state average of 18 percent. Thirty percent of adults in the county are obese, which is only slightly higher than the state average of 29 percent. Fourteen percent of the county's population under 65 is without health insurance, compared to the state average of 11 percent.
At the same time, Jefferson County scores quite well on other behavior-related benchmarks. For instance, 16 percent of adults in Jefferson County engage in binge drinking, which is below the state average of 20 percent. The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia is much lower in the county at 137 cases per 100,000 people than the state average of 346 cases per 100,000 people.
The report contains a section on "social and economic factors." Jefferson County scores well on a few of these criteria but needs to improve on others. The bright spots for the county include its violent crime rate, which is less than half the state average, and the number of children living in single-parent households, which is 22 percent for Jefferson County and 27 percent across Iowa.
The county's ranking takes a hit because of measures such as children living in poverty, who account for 23 percent of children in Jefferson County compared to 17 percent in Iowa. At the time the data on unemployment were taken, Jefferson County's unemployment rate stood at 7.3 percent to the state's 5.9 percent.
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AIG, bailed out by America, may sue America - Simpson and Bowles try again - Goldman manages around trading rules - Feds, banks reach foreclosure deal
CAN'T MAKE IT UP: AIG, BAILED OUT BY AMERICA, MAY SUE AMERICA — In a story that seems almost too audacious to believe, insurance company AIG, which only just finished paying back its $182 billion taxpayer rescue, is reportedly considering joining a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the terms of that rescue, by far the most controversial and publicly derided of the Wall Street bailout era. The possible legal action comes as AIG is also running a splashy national ad campaign saying "Thank you, America," for saving the company from total collapse. A federal judge in New York in November tossed out the lawsuit AIG is considering joining, noting that AIG had two options in 2008: Agree to terms of the bailout or go into bankruptcy. It chose the bailout. But the lawsuit continues on a separate track in federal court in Washington and in a federal appeals court.
Former AIG CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg initially filed the shareholder suit. There is a corporate governance argument to be made that the AIG board has a fiduciary duty to shareholders to consider joining the lawsuit, as the NYT notes in the story below. But there is an even larger PR argument to be made that doing so would be potentially more damaging to the company's reputation and share price than failing to take part in any settlement of the Greenberg lawsuit. Greenberg is represented in the suit by prominent attorney David Boies, who famously handled Al Gore's failed effort to continue a recount in Florida in the 2000 presidential election that eventually went to George W. Bush.
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LAWSUIT DETAILS — According to the A1 story broken by NYT's Ben Protess and Michael J. de la Merced, AIG's board "will meet on Wednesday to consider joining a $25 billion shareholder lawsuit against the government, court records show. The lawsuit does not argue that government help was not needed. It contends that the onerous nature of the rescue — the taking of what became a 92 percent stake in the company, the deal's high interest rates and the funneling of billions to the insurer's Wall Street clients — deprived shareholders of tens of billions of dollars and violated the Fifth Amendment, which prohibits the taking of private property for 'public use, without just compensation.'
"… [S]uch a move would almost certainly be widely seen as an audacious display of ingratitude. The action would also threaten to inflame tensions in Washington, where the company has become a byword for excessive risk-taking on Wall Street. Some government officials are already upset with the company for even seriously entertaining the lawsuit, people briefed on the matter said. The people … noted that without the bailout, AIG shareholders would have fared far worse in bankruptcy … 'The AIG board of directors takes its fiduciary duties and business judgment responsibilities seriously,' said a spokesman, Jon Diat." http://nyti.ms/10aIGvb
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SIMPSON AND BOWLES TRY AGAIN — Campaign to Fix the Debt's Erskine Bowles is holding a presser this afternoon alongside several business executives at the Nasdaq in NYC to renew his group's call for a grand bargain in Washington to reduce the $16 trillion national debt. Thus far Bowles and his debt reduction partner Alan Simpson's efforts, even with heavy assistance from prominent CEOs, have failed to push through such an agreement as part of any recent fiscal fights. The debt ceiling debacle of 2011 didn't produce a mega deal, nor did the just completed fiscal cliff fight. Now Simpson and Bowles are trying again as Washington approaches the triple fiscal fiasco of the debt ceiling, sequester and possible government shutdown.
But will things be any different this time? Why do the event? Campaign to Fix the Debt's Jon Romano emails MM: "CEO/private sector participation in the Campaign to Fix the Debt to restore the nation's fiscal health is increasing — because those who help drive the economy understand what is at stake. Nasdaq has invited us to educate and engage their members, which include some of the nation's most innovative and creative entrepreneurs."
HOT READ: GOLDMAN MANAGES AROUND TRADING RULES — Bloomberg's Max Abelson in a story that popped at midnight: "Sitting onstage in Washington's Ronald Reagan Building in July, Lloyd C. Blankfein said Goldman Sachs Group … had stopped using its own money to make bets on the bank's behalf. … That may come as a surprise to people working in a secretive Goldman Sachs group called Multi-Strategy Investing, or MSI. It wagers about $1 billion of the New York-based firm's own funds on the stocks and bonds of companies … according to interviews with more than 20 people who worked for and with the group, some as recently as last year. The unit … has no clients, the people said.
"The team's survival shows how Goldman Sachs has worked around regulations curbing proprietary bets at banks. … The law doesn't bar longer-term wagers. … Michael DuVally, a Goldman Sachs spokesman, said in an email that MSI engages in long-term investing and lending. A 2011 proposal for implementing the Volcker rule uses a 60-day cutoff to classify short-term trades. 'We have made changes to the strategies this business historically has employed to bring them into compliance with our current understanding of the Volcker rule,' said DuVally. … 'If the final rule requires additional changes, we'll make them.'" http://bloom.bg/WGE2xi
THIS MORNING ON POLITICO PRO FINANCE — Kate Davidson and Jon Prior on the "robo-signing" settlement … MJ Lee on how Rep. Greg Walden is not amused by the $1 trillion coin idea … Jon Prior on how BofA's sale of its servicing rights could help get borrowers into HARP more quickly … To learn more about Pro's subscriber-only coverage — and to get Morning Money every day before 6 a.m. — please contact Pro Services at (703) 341-4600 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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DRIVING THE DAY — Should be an interesting day of reaction in D.C. to word that AIG may sue the federal government … NFIB small business survey out at 7:30 a.m. EST, expected to dip slightly to 87.2 from 87.5 after November's huge drop … Consumer credit at 3 p.m. EST expected to rise $10.5 billion … Bowles-Simpson event at Nasdaq begins at 1:30 p.m.
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IN DEFENSE OF BASEL — NYT's Andrew Ross Sorkin on the Basel committee move: "While there is no question that the original rules would do a better job preventing the next 100-year flood in the banking system, their quick adoption most likely would have created their own drag on the economy because bank lending would most likely have been curtailed. … In truth, the reason that regulators ultimately chose to relax the rules was simple practicality: many banks in Europe and some in the United States would have never been able to meet the requirements without significantly reducing the amount of credit they were to extend to Main Street over the next two years. … That's the other side of the regulatory coin that Main Street often forgets about. At the time that the original rules were written in 2010, the consensus among economists was that the global economy would be in much better shape today." http://nyti.ms/VHuKo3
COMING THURSDAY: QRM RULE? — Per Compass Point Trading's Isaac Boltansky: "[T]he most meaningful event of the week is the CFPB's expected release of its Qualified Mortgage (QM) rule. The CFPB will hold a field hearing in Baltimore on Thursday and we have been told to expect the release of the QM rule to coincide with this hearing. … The QM rule is unequivocally the most important mortgage-related rule still not public. The QM rule will define the metrics for assessing a borrower's ability to repay a loan, which in turn establishes the parameters of a mortgage lender's legal liability stemming from underwriting."
LEW PICK COMING SOON — M.M. and others have reported for some time that White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew was a near lock for Treasury Secretary. Bloomberg's Hans Nichols now reports Lew could get the call "as soon as this week." More Nichols: "Selecting Lew to replace Timothy F. Geithner would also require Obama to install a new chief of staff, the first step in a White House staff shuffle for his second term. Many of the president's senior aides may be taking new roles as the president recasts his team. …While Obama hasn't made a final decision to pick Lew, his staff has been instructed to prepare for his nomination … Among the leading candidates to replace Lew as Obama's chief of staff are Denis McDonough, currently a deputy national security adviser, and Ron Klain, who had served as Vice President Joe Biden's chief of staff." http://bloom.bg/VOUhbA
ISSA, CUMMINGS WANT FORECLOSURE SETTLEMENT EXPLANATION — House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and ranking member Elijah Cummings sent a letter to Fed and OCC requesting a briefing on the new settlement agreement. Letter: http://bit.ly/Wpn9Xh
CUMMINGS SLAMMED THE SETTLEMENT in a statement: "I am deeply disappointed that the OCC and the Federal Reserve finalized this settlement and effectively terminated the Independent Foreclosure Review process before providing Congress answers to serious questions about how this settlement amount was determined, who these funds will go to, and what will happen to other families who were abused by these mortgage servicing companies, but have not yet had their cases reviewed."
SETTLEMENT DETAILS — WSJ's Shayndi Raice, Nick Timiraos and Dan Fitzpatrick on Page A1: "Major banks agreed to pay $20 billion to settle mortgage-related legal disputes, in Wall Street's latest bid to put alleged abuses of the home-lending process in the rearview mirror. Bank of America will pay $3.6 billion to Fannie Mae as well as repurchase certain mortgage loans made from 2000 through 2008 for $6.75 billion. …
"The deals come as near-record-low interest rates are feeding a new upturn in the U.S. housing market. That recovery, and expectations that banks finally will surmount the legal challenges that have dogged them since the financial crisis in 2008, have sent bank shares surging to recent highs. … Reducing banks' legal uncertainty could ultimately clear the way for a wave of new loans." http://on.wsj.com/USBej3
ALTMAN: GOOD JOB ON DEFICIT SO FAR! — Roger Altman writes in the FT: "The last-second deal to avoid America's fiscal cliff has been criticised by budget experts, the business community and the press. … Critics are transfixed by the bitter negotiations, however, and are missing the big picture. It may be happening in stages, but the U.S. is making real progress towards reducing deficits and stabilising its debt. Indeed, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget … the federal debt to gross domestic product ratio … will be stable at about 73 percent for the next decade. That is because annual deficits are now on track to be halved and, therefore, the debt level will not continue to grow faster than the economy. Yes, this ratio is still too high, but stabilising it will be a crucial achievement." http://on.ft.com/Vzt7qd
FIRESTONE: DON'T TRIVIALIZE THE DEBT CEILING — NYT's David Firestone in an editorial blog post: "Back in the summer of 2011, the first time Republicans threatened not to raise the debt ceiling and forced a downgrade of the nation's credit rating, many in the party minimized the possible consequences of their actions. … That was nonsense then, and it's still nonsense as we enter into yet another debt-limit fight. Busting through the limit would indeed constitute default, since the government would be unable to pay its bills.
"Credit markets don't care which bills are in arrears. By refusing to pay its basic obligations, Washington would undermine the trust that makes lenders willing to buy government bonds. It's not even clear that the president has the constitutional authority to pick and choose which creditors to pay and which to stiff." http://nyti.ms/TYLNA0
KRUGMAN: MINT THE COIN — Paul Krugman in a blog post: "Should President Obama be willing to print a $1 trillion platinum coin if Republicans try to force America into default? Yes, absolutely. He will, after all, be faced with a choice between two alternatives: one that's silly but benign, the other that's equally silly but both vile and disastrous. … Yes, it was intended to allow commemorative collector's items — but that's not what the letter of the law says. And by minting a $1 trillion coin, then depositing it at the Fed, the Treasury could acquire enough cash to sidestep the debt ceiling — while doing no economic harm at all. … So if the 14th Amendment solution — simply declaring that the debt ceiling is unconstitutional — isn't workable, go with the coin." http://nyti.ms/UF2lgp
SALMON: THERE WILL BE NO COIN — Reuters's Felix Salmon: "Let's be clear about this: no one's going to mint a $1 trillion platinum coin. Nor is anybody going to mint a million $1 million platinum coins. But it would probably be stupid for anybody in the government to say that they're not going to do it. … Everybody who's ever been in charge of any country's finances knows that the concept of a debt ceiling is profoundly stupid, self-defeating, and generally idiotic. … It's important to recognize just how damaging the platinum coin move would be, all the same.
"It would effectively mark the demise of the three-branch system of government, by allowing the executive branch to simply steamroller the rights and privileges of the legislative branch. Yes, the legislature is behaving like a bunch of utter morons if they think that driving the U.S. government into default is a good idea. But it's their right to behave like a bunch of utter morons. If the executive branch failed to respect that right, it would effectively be defying the exact same authority by which the president himself governs." http://reut.rs/Wrk34Z
NEW DODD-FRANK BOOK — Per release from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University: "[Today], the Mercatus Center at GMU is putting out a new book entitled: 'Dodd-Frank: What it Does and Why it's Flawed.' Hester Peirce of Mercatus and her co-authors look at the law's applauded objectives and argue that in fact, much of what will be implemented, could very well set the groundwork for the next crisis; poorly designed consumer protections will actually pass more costs on to consumers and give them fewer financial options. And perhaps worst of all, Dodd-Frank gives greater regulatory oversight to the same regulators that haven't managed to adequately handle their current list of market monitoring responsibilities."
PELL INSTITUTE LAUDS TRAVELERS PROGRAM — Per release: "Amid budget negotiations that could impact education funding across the country, The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education … released an in-depth report on The Travelers Companies Inc.'s signature education program, Travelers EDGE … praising it as a leading corporate college access and professional development program to help underrepresented students succeed. The program could serve as a national model for other companies to follow." Report: http://bit.ly/WuIfn2
DISNEY EYES LAYOFFS — Reuters's Ronald Grover: "Walt Disney Co. started an internal cost-cutting review several weeks ago that may include layoffs at its studio and other units, three people with knowledge of the effort told Reuters, in an early sign that big companies may not be finished tightening their belts. Disney … is exploring cutbacks in jobs it no longer needs because of improvements in technology, one of the people said. It is also looking at redundant operations that could be eliminated following a string of major acquisitions. …
"After years of repeated and sometimes severe cost cutting in the wake of the financial crisis, by last summer it looked as though Corporate America had trimmed all the fat and was back on the path of profits through operating growth. But news Disney is weighing cuts — on the heels of Eli Lilly and Co.'s warning last week that cost controls would drive earnings this year — could herald yet another wave of retrenchment." http://reut.rs/RDaLX2
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- Series
- Daria
- Character
- Jane Lane
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- Snarky Artist
- Year Completed:
- 2012
- Construction Difficulty:
- Very Easy
- Costume worn at:
- FanimeCon 2012
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Alter, alter, alter. I altered the jacket, took off pockets and shortened sleeves. I took a pair of dress pants (thrift stores ahoy) and altered them, and painted an old work t-shirt that I don't need anymore because I quit! 8D
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I may be her permanent fiancee but even I exclaimed (yes, I'm not usually an exclaimer; but exclaimed is the correct word): 'Who dat?'
This vision of the creative reinvention of Molly Parkin appears in the latest (4th) edition of the biannual fabulous fashion magazine Ponystep. To buy a copy or a subscription, click here. Its war against the apostrophe (by refusing to acknowledge its existence) will surely secure the affections of a generation.
Moll's decision to ditch the turban is a bit like hearing of the split of Brad and Jen or Depp and that French singer whose name forever slips from memory's talon. I didn't think it possible. But there you go. Just proves once again that you can spot a prehistoric bug in amber, but not a living, breathing duo.
Accompanying Rankin's gorgeous portrait is an interview with Moll by the magazine's editor Richard Mortimer. I cannot commend it enough. Among other things she talks about our unique relationship. No, I'm not going to quote. Treat yourself to an orgy of celebrities beautified or beauties celebrated.
And while I'm here, there's still time to gift Molly's re-issued erotic novel Love All to anyone in your life in need of comic Viagra this Christmush. Click here to buy the e-book - it's only £1.66 for fuck's sake. Or, as Ponystep would put it, for fucks sake.


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Rowand returns, Burriss gets start in DC
Rowand returns, Burriss gets start in DC
WASHINGTON -- The lineup card that Giants manager Bruce Bochy delivered to the umpires Sunday was notable for both who was on it and who wasn't. San Francisco regained the services of center fielder Aaron Rowand, who misssed Saturday's game with a tight right quadriceps. "He's good to go and feels 100 percent," Bochy said.
Rowand's goal clearly was not to beat the heat -- he returned to the lineup in time for a day game in sweltering Washington, D.C., where the heat index has stayed well above 100 all weekend and showed no signs of relenting in time for Sunday's game. "We'll keep an eye on everybody, especially the pitchers," Bochy said. "We knew it's going to be smoking out there, but teams have been playing in this stuff for a long time. It's something you can't control -- we're going to go out there and play hard." With that as a factor, the rest of the lineup had a heavy presence from the team's younger players. Bengie Molina sat out Sunday's game, though in the interest of not losing too much offensive power, Ray Durham stayed in as the second baseman. The Giants hoped to generate some runs against Nationals pitcher Garrett Mock, who made his Major League debut. Also in the lineup was Washington native Emmanuel Burriss, making his first start in front of his hometown fans. Burriss has been a notable story this year as he is the first player from the D.C. public schools to play in the Major Leagues since 1981. "I'm sure all his friends and family are excited to see him start, and I know he is," Bochy said. "He's played very well defensively. I put him at second [Saturday] night, and he made a good defensive play. It was great game awareness for him." Burriss has had a cheering section of a few hundred friends and family members all weekend and was honored in a ceremony Saturday at the park where he used to play Little League ball. He was joined in the lineup Sunday by catcher Steve Holm, who has started 12 times this season, and John Bowker, who has made 28 starts so far at first base. All three players are in their rookie seasons. Bochy also would have his pick later in the game when it comes time to use the bullpen to relieve starter Barry Zito. Closer Brian Wilson, who hasn't made an appearance since a June 1 outing against San Diego, has been throwing to stay fresh in the interim. "He's good, and the rest of them are fresh," Bochy said. "But if Zito goes nine, that's great." It would be good news for both Zito and the Giants, who haven't had a complete game from a pitcher this season.
Michael Phillips is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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He has been ruled out for both legs of this quarter-final, meaning coach Massimiliano Allegri will reshuffle the defence by welcoming back veteran Alessandro Nesta, while Daniele Bonera will slot in at right-back in place of the injured Ignazio Abate.
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Ibrahimovic, who tops the Serie A scoring charts with 22 goals, will lead the line against his former side. Robinho has recovered from an ankle problem and is likely to start alongside the former Inter star ahead of Maxi Lopez and Stephan El Shaarawy. Alexandre Pato has gone to the USA for treatment on his persistent muscle injuries and will not feature on Wednesday.
Barcelona have a few worries of their own as defender Eric Abidal is scheduled for a liver transplant and another left-back option, Adriano, is suffering from a thigh strain.
Therefore, Carles Puyol is likely to be moved to left-back with Javier Mascherano partnering Gerard Pique at centre-back. Coach Pep Guardiola could opt for a 3-4-3 system which he used against AC Milan earlier in the campaign.
Dutch winger Ibrahim Afellay has been included in the matchday squad to continue his training, but will not take part in the actual fixture, following his recovery from knee ligament damage. Spain international striker David Villa remains a long term casualty.
Which players will partner Lionel Messi upfront remains a mystery, but the two front-runners appear to be Cesc Fabregas and Alexis Sanchez with Pedro also in contention for a place in the starting XI.
- AC Milan have never lost the home leg of a European Cup quarter-final tie, winning 10 and drawing four.
- The Serie A champions have conceded 11 goals, the most times of any side left in this season's competition.
- Current Milan players Ibrahimovic, Maxi Lopez, Van Bommel and Zambrotta have all had spells with the Blaugrana during their careers.
- Barcelona have already beaten AC Milan at San Siro this season, winning 3-2 on Matchday 5 during Group H action.
- Guardiola's side topped Group H with 16 points and the Italians were runners-up with nine points.
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I will be interested to see where she is 6 months/year from now.....Originally Posted by pminn1608;3448469;
I will be interested to see where she is 6 months/year from now.....Originally Posted by pminn1608;3448469;
No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible. George Chakiris
Believe nothing that you hear and only half of what you see. :nono
We have no idea what the stats are for online and text voting. It could be way different than DI.
And IMO if anyone is being promoted as f1 it's Mel. Lets not forget her previous ABC role. How many times have one of the judges told her she belongs in this comp. She is always placed behind the interviews in the red room. And if one being interviewed happens to move and stand in front of her, they move the cameras. The camera is always turned on her. How many times have they brought up the fake puplic dumping, the injury, etc. She was placed in b2 twice now. Was she bottom 2? who knows but I am sure it was a ploy to gain votes for her. JMO
Originally Posted by InCBMP;3448440;
The rules state that you can't copy and paste a post from another site, and that is too bad because on the mother board there is a post from a former ABC/Disney employee. On a thread from a week ago where somebody threw out a thread called, "They already know who the winner is", this poster answered with a long post that explained how the producers go about attempting to shape the winner they want. Some of it we have already discussed on this board, and some of it was a bit of an eye-opener.
There were several things, most which point to Gilles, but some which point to Melissa. One of the things that she pointed out is that the producers will promote a contestant that promotes ABC; thus, for the first few segments, we heard Melissa connected with the Bachelor ( ABC show with upcoming offshoot, The Bachelorette).
Now, we have Gilles with his connection to Brothers and Sisters, an ABC show - so according to what this poster said last week before the news came out about Gilles' new job, it points to Gilles as the new ABC promoter.
Just for fun, one of the other things she said that they do to promote a contestant/s is show a bad rehearsal ( the contestant is having so much difficulty, "I can't do this", "So and so is a slow learner/has a hard time remembering the steps and routine" which we hear from Cheryl and Gilles all the time) only to go out and do an excellent dance which leaves the immediate impression that they suddenly overcame all obstacles!
There really is considerable producer manipulation going on.
Originally Posted by anders332;3448481;
Melissa has been asked twice that I know about offers. Once she said there were none, and the second time she said she was going back to Texas and have some vacation time. At this point, Melissa is not in show biz. However, that is right now, so if something changes and she is offered something down the road, Melissa can not be accused of lying imo.
I could be wrong but Gilles getting a B&S gig would be the biggest thing anyone has ever gotten from DWTS?? I mean Mario Lopez was runner-up but got a gig hosting Extra and some other dance show but that's not even in the same league as being on an ABC primetime show.
Originally Posted by pminn1608;3448469;
I see what you mean, but the difference is they have already used Melissa, first to bring more viewers to DWTS and now to promo the Bachelorette - they're probably done with her. But Gilles would be a great publicity prop for ABC and create interest in one of their newer shows B and S.
That is so funny that you mentioned the bad rehearsal. I just saw a new interview with Gilles and Cheryl and he mentioned first that she had to work with someone who had "no dancing experience whatsoever" and then that he was "hard to teach and a slow learner". Guess they have their "talking points" down.Originally Posted by Bloomers;3448489;
I find this discussion very interesting and am always up for a good conspiracy theory. Bloomers, I didn't realize that Warren was beating Brooke consistently in the fan vote last season, although I'm not surprised to hear it, because I also feared that he would win over her in the final (undeservingly IMO), and was happily surprised that he didn't.
If TPTB have no problem "choosing" the winner despite the vote, it seems clear to me that Gilles is the "chosen one". I have thought for a while that Shawn was untouchable in the fan vote, but it makes sense that a Gilles win would be more advantageous to the show for various reasons, just like a Brooke win was last season.
I think if Gilles is scored considerably higher than the ladies next week, as he was this week, it may indicate that they are setting it up for him to win, regardless of the voting.
Cynically, but realistically, I think I have to agree with this assessment. You will notice that the judges repeatedly tell her she can't be a bad dancer; she is a beautiful dancer, etc., but it is obvious they don't want her to win!Originally Posted by ducky2;3448504;
On another board, a poster got a tweet from somebody at ET who said on Tuesday that Melissa and Tony were scared to death they were going to be voted off that night. That means they are seeing and feeling they same things we are saying.
Tony has been on this show for a long time; he knows how it works by now - so do the rest of them.
This would describe each and every contestant on the show each and every week, we see all the difficulties the dancers have with routines in rehearsals and majority come out on dance night and do an excellent dance which leaves the immediate impressed that they overcame all obstacles. imo seems a generic statement by the person in the know.Just for fun, one of the other things she said that they do to promote a contestant/s is show a bad rehearsal ( the contestant is having so much difficulty, "I can't do this", So and so is a slow learner/has a hard time remembering the steps and routine) only to go out and do an excellent dance which leaves the immediate impression that they suddenly overcame all obstacles!


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I love these rulers - clear concise measurements in either Pica or Inches. The interior lines assist students in creating parallel lines for perspective drawings. Just make sure students don't "play" with the rulers by slapping, bending or waving them, as they could snap pieces of the edges off.
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In ancient cultures, rivers were revered as places of enchantment. The 110 Freeway, which cuts through Los Angeles from Pasadena to the ocean, is a 20th Century river—a pulsing, powerful artery—that unites communities, even as its construction destroyed homes and changed the city's landscape forever.
Based on true stories collected from the communities that line the freeway, historical documents, and original writing, ONE-TEN opens an intimate window onto 70 years—a lifetime—of Los Angeles history and daily life. The music draws its influences from freeway sounds as well as cultural and historic source material. The singers are characters, but they also make up a freeway chorus that scats and honks its commentary.
ONE-TEN is a work in progress created by composer Laura Karpman and librettists Shannon Halwes and M.G. Lord.
ONE-TEN is a commission of the LA Opera and is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts with additional support from Meet the Composer's MetLife Creative Connections program. Our workshops were made possible by the talents of these wonderful people:
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AB: For the past three summers, we have worked with in-service teachers on image processing, planetary geology, and earthquake and volcano content modules using inquiry methods that ended with mini-research experiences. Although almost all were science teachers, very few could give a reasonable definition of science at the start of the modules, and very few had a basic grasp of the processes of scientific research and could not include substantive scientific inquiry into their lessons. To build research understanding and confidence, an instructor-student interaction model was used in the modules. Studies have shown that children who participate in classrooms as learning and inquiry communities develop more complex understandings. The same patterns of complex understandings have resulted in similarly structured professional communities of teachers. The model is based on professional communities, emphasizing from the beginning that inquiry is a form of research. Although the actual "research" component of the modules was short, the teachers were identified as professionals and researchers from the start. Research/inquiry participation is therefore an excellent example by which to allow their teachers to learn. Initially the teachers were very reluctant to pose questions. As they were encouraged to share, collaborate, and support each other, the role of the instructor became less of a leader and more of a facilitator, and the confidence of the teachers as professionals and researchers grew. One teacher even remarked, "This is how we should be teaching our kids!' Towards the end of the modules the teachers were ready for their mini- research projects and collaborated in teams of 2-4. They selected their own research topics, but were guided toward research questions that required data collection (from existing studies), some data manipulation, interpretation, and drawing conclusions with respect to the original question. The teachers were enthusiastic about all of their research experiences and overall expressed a new understanding of science and research.
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A week of competition on the flattest road in the world sees a new 13-year land-speed record broken by a group of student athletes and their science schoolmate counterparts. Derek Henkle is embedded with the fastest students on earth and reports exclusively for AFPTV.
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U.S. President Barack Obama was preparing to announce Osama bin Laden was dead when word got out and crowds gathered outside the White House in Washington and at Ground Zero in New York City. Derek Henkle reports.
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Kelly Rowland is taking the high road when it comes to singer Keyshia Cole's comments about Destiny's Child's Super Bowl halftime performance earlier this year.
Kelly tells Rolling Stone that Keyshia's negative critique about fellow group member Michelle Williams didn't make it on her radar until others around her mentioned it. "It didn't even make it on my radar until other people brought it up," the 'Kisses Down Low' songstress explained. "It didn't even matter. We had a wonderful performance, and that's all I cared about. I was with my sisters and the three of us matter to each other, and that's all that counts. We matter to a lot more people, with all due respect, than her."
Keyshia took to Twitter to express her opinion following the Destiny's Child halftime show at Super Bowl XLVII in February. "I think I was frightened to blink for a sec. Then Michell sung and woke my ass up from my daze! She always f*ckN the groove up [sic]," she tweeted.
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Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived…and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now that the infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends and family without so much as a good-bye. Starting over in a new town with only each other is unimaginable for Rory and Darcy. They were inseparable as children, but they haven't gotten along for years. As the sisters settle in at Juniper Landing, a picturesque vacation island, it seems as if their new home may be just the fresh start they need. They fall in with a group of beautiful, carefree teens and spend their days surfing, partying on the beach, and hiking into endless sunsets. But just as they start to feel safe, one of their new friends goes missing. Is it a coincidence? Or is the nightmare beginning all over again?
From the bestselling author of the Private and Privilege series comes a heart-stopping new trilogy about a girl who must pick up the pieces after the only life she's ever known is taken from her.
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This book kept me glued to my earphones from the very begening to the end.
the ending caught me by surprised.
Goes along the line of Six Sence the movie.
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